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HFC 55 - Dos Anjos vs Battle PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rukter Demenok (ranked 5890 p4p, 4018 weight class) and Your Sweet Destruction (ranked 418 p4p, 426 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Demenok might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Lighthouse Speech. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Your Sweet Destruction!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demenok tried to score with a low kick but Sweet Destruction checks it.
Sweet Destruction ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sweet Destruction fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demenok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sweet Destruction scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Demenok.
Demenok tries to move into range but Sweet Destruction moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sweet Destruction throws an overhand right that lands on Demenok's shoulder, as Demenok tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the liver by Demenok. Beautiful body shot.
Sweet Destruction swings for the body but Demenok moves out of range.
Demenok feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Demenok throws a poor cross that misses
and Sweet Destruction counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sweet Destruction misses with a body shot
and Demenok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Demenok definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
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!
Sweet Destruction closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sweet Destruction missing with knees to the body.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Sweet Destruction controls the action.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Sweet Destruction controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sweet Destruction swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sweet Destruction with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sweet Destruction tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demenok avoids it.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sweet Destruction blocks an uppercut.
Demenok works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Demenok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sweet Destructions head.
A short body shot lands from Demenok as the two fighters clinch.
Sweet Destruction trying to control the position but instead, Demenok has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sweet Destruction into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Demenok.
Sweet Destruction's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Demenok misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Demenok creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sweet Destruction's elbow.
Nice body punch from Demenok.
A short uppercut from Demenok.
Sweet Destruction throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demenok blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sweet Destruction blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demenok misses with a body punch.
Sweet Destruction tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demenok misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok misses with a body punch.
Sweet Destruction misses with the head strike.
Demenok missing with knees to the body.
Sweet Destruction throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Demenok.
Demenok works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sweet Destruction digs a right hand into Demenok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Demenok's gas tank.
Demenok tries a body shot but Sweet Destruction blocks it.
Demenok working aggressively here.
Demenok pushes off an throws an elbow but Sweet Destruction leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Demenok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demenok manages to break the clinch.
Sweet Destruction lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sweet Destruction.
Sloppy strikes from Sweet Destruction. Those never looked like landing.
Demenok is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Demenok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet Destruction rushes Demenok and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Demenok pushes Sweet Destruction back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sweet Destruction missing with knees to the body.
Demenok lands a hook that snaps the head of Sweet Destruction backwards.
Sweet Destruction misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Demenok doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sweet Destruction's elbow.
Demenok throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sweet Destruction takes a shot to the head.
Demenok lands a shot to the body.
Sweet Destruction looks winded!
Demenok lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sweet Destruction backwards.
A short right from Demenok on the inside.
Demenok's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demenok misses the jab.
Demenok works Sweet Destruction's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demenok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Demenok slips a straight right by Sweet Destruction.
Demenok looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Sweet Destruction.
Demenok lands with a hook. Sweet Destruction tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Good work by Sweet Destruction as he checks the leg kick.
Demenok clobbers Sweet Destruction with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Demenok takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Demenok tries to work over Sweet Destruction's front leg with a kick but Sweet Destruction checks it.
Demenok pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Demenok takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Demenok scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demenok takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slow jab from Demenok misses its intended target.
Sweet Destruction rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Demenok connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sweet Destruction looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rukter Demenok dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sweet Destruction moves in looking to clinch but Demenok pushes him off.
Demenok thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sweet Destruction moves out of range of the body kick from Demenok.
A little jabbing left from Sweet Destruction on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sweet Destruction is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demenok.
Demenok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sweet Destruction can do to turn this around?
Good work by Sweet Destruction as he checks the leg kick.
A nice side step and Sweet Destruction releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sweet Destruction misses with an uppercut
and Demenok counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sweet Destruction uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Demenok has time to react.
Sweet Destruction misses with a right hand
enabling Demenok to counter with a crisp jab.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Sweet Destruction misses with a hook
and Demenok counters with a nice body shot.
Sweet Destruction misses with an uppercut.
Demenok appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet Destruction lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sweet Destruction.
Demenok tries to land a front kick but Sweet Destruction steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sweet Destruction wants to counter the offense by Demenok and move into the clinch position.
Good shot there by Sweet Destruction.
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!
Sweet Destruction walks into a straight right hand from Demenok.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok drops his hands momentarily and Sweet Destruction takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Your Sweet Destruction seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sweet Destruction misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demenok.
Sloppy strikes from Sweet Destruction. Those never looked like landing.
Sweet Destruction misses with a wild body shot.
Sweet Destruction is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Demenok takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Demenok lands a glancing blow to the side of Sweet Destruction's head.
Demenok lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sweet Destruction comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sweet Destruction moves away.
Sweet Destruction tries to counter by closing the distance.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Sweet Destruction.
A little feinted left hand from Demenok on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet Destruction misses with a series of wild punches.
Sweet Destruction ducks under a wild hook from Demenok.
Demenok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demenok digs a good body shot into Sweet Destruction's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sweet Destruction moves out of range of the strikes.
Sweet Destruction looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sweet Destruction looks to score with a jab to the body but Demenok is just out of range.
Demenok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Demenok blocks a jab.
Demenok throws a jab when Sweet Destruction was well out of range.
Sweet Destruction swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Demenok counter with a right hand.
Demenok staying out of range there.
Sweet Destruction checks the leg kick.
Demenok misses with a low kick as Sweet Destruction jumps back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Demenok, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sweet Destruction dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sweet Destruction looks to throw the jab but Demenok is out of range.
It appears Demenok was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sweet Destruction scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Demenok punishes Sweet Destruction's body with a nice straight punch.
Demenok misses with a looping right.
Rukter Demenok is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Sweet Destruction misses.
Demenok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Demenok ducks right into an uppercut from Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction misses the shot to the body.
Sweet Destruction misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Demenok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sweet Destruction's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by Sweet Destruction. Beautiful body shot.
Sweet Destruction swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Demenok counters with an outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Sweet Destruction checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demenok throws a hook but Sweet Destruction blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sweet Destruction. Demenok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Demenok lands a really nice looking cross but Sweet Destruction seems unphased.
Sweet Destruction throws a body punch but Demenok moves out of range.
Sweet Destruction on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Demenok. Demenok obviously looking to wear him down.
Demenok walks into a stiff left hand from Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction tries to bum rush Demenok with a series of wild strikes but Demenok uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Demenok is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sweet Destruction rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Demenok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Demenok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 Rukter Demenok will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get 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.
Demenok looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sweet Destruction looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Demenok moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Demenok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Demenok looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Demenok misses with a wild body shot.
Sweet Destruction tries to counter with a clinch but Demenok shakes him off and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction moves to clinch but Demenok breaks away
and Demenok counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Demenok lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sweet Destruction tries to counter with a clinch but Demenok shakes him off and moves away.
Demenok lands an overhand right.
Sweet Destruction misses with a hook.
It looked like Demenok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sweet Destruction throws a hook but Demenok avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweet Destruction cracks Demenok with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sweet Destruction takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Demenok swats away the attempt to clinch by Sweet Destruction.
Demenok wants to slow Sweet Destruction down by chopping away at his legs.
Demenok connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sweet Destruction momentarily.
Demenok misses with a hook. Sweet Destruction ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Demenok.
Sweet Destruction avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Demenok sets himself, and Sweet Destruction steps forward looking for the clinch! Demenok avoids it this time.
Sweet Destruction thuds a left hand into Demenok's body.
Demenok looks for the body kick but Sweet Destruction saw that one coming.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Demenok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Demenok.
Sweet Destruction fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demenok moves away from the strike by Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Demenok counters with an outside leg kick.
Sweet Destruction throws a lazy uppercut
and Demenok counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sweet Destruction clinches up against the cage.
Demenok presses Sweet Destruction against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Demenok lands with a short shot to the head.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Sweet Destruction controls his hands.
Demenok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Sweet Destruction controls his hands.
Demenok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Sweet Destruction.
Sweet Destruction is trying to maintain a safe position but Demenok gets an underhook and turns Sweet Destruction into the cage.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rukter Demenok has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Sweet Destruction controls his hands.
Demenok avoids the elbow strike from Sweet Destruction, against the cage.
Sweet Destruction scores with a knee to the head.
Sweet Destruction tries to land knees in the clinch but Demenok avoids the damage to the body.
Your Sweet Destruction has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sweet Destruction takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Demenok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sweet Destruction backwards.
Demenok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sweet Destruction backwards.
Demenok is leaning against Sweet Destruction and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Demenok blocks the elbow strike.
Demenok lands a nice shot to the body.
Sweet Destruction is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Demenok lands a body shot.
A short right from Demenok.
A knee to the head by Sweet Destruction.
A hook to the body from Demenok.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Demenok.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demenok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sweet Destruction's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Demenok.
Demenok tries to throw a body punch but Sweet Destruction avoids it by throwing Demenok back against the cage.
Demenok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sweet Destruction backwards.
Demenok lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Demenok.
Sweet Destruction tries to land a knee to the head but Demenok blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Demenok.
Demenok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sweet Destruction.
A short body shot lands from Demenok as the two fighters clinch.
Demenok lands with a light punch inside.
Demenok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sweet Destruction's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sweet Destruction ducks under a wild hook from Demenok.
Sweet Destruction on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Demenok. Demenok obviously looking to wear him down.
Demenok lands a slapping body shot.
Demenok misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rukter Demenok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Demenok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sweet Destruction.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rukter Demenok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Demenok 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rukter Demenok!
Rukter Demenok decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob Brown (ranked 2533 p4p, 1145 weight class) and Olli Lindholm (ranked 269 p4p, 130 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Bob Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Olli Lindholm!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindholm lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lindholm.
Brown blocks a jab.
Lindholm scores with a body shot.
Brown gets a clinch.
Brown stalls.
Lindholm can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Lindholm managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Lindholm tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Lindholm pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lindholm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brown there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lindholm slips under a jab from Brown.
We've been informed that Lindholm 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.
Lindholm moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Lindholm. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindholm.
Lindholm moves forwards but Brown connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Lindholm.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lindholm.
Lindholm throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Lindholm checks a leg kick.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Lindholm.
Lindholm throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Brown takes a swing at Lindholm's ribcage but misses.
Brown with a nice cross.
Lindholm throws a front kick that sends Brown stumbling back into the cage.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lindholm.
Brown thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lindholm if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lindholm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
As Brown backs off Lindholm throws a huge counter combo but Brown manages to avoid it all.
Lindholm slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindholm connects with a body shot.
Brown slips under a jab.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Brown lands a jab.
A jab from Brown misses.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lindholm cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lindholm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Lindholm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Lindholm throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lindholm manages to circle out of the way.
Lindholm throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Lindholm misses with a straight left.
Brown looks for the body kick but Lindholm saw that one coming.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lindholm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Brown misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindholm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Lindholm.
Brown will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lindholm uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brown has time to react.
Lindholm throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Lindholm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lindholm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brown is looking to clinch but Lindholm is avoiding it.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lindholm lands with a nice body kick.
Lindholm thuds his right hand into Brown's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lindholm swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brown.
Lindholm fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown throws a push kick but Lindholm slaps the foot to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Lindholm.
Lindholm is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brown had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Lindholm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lindholm lands a nice hook to Brown's body. Brown takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lindholm scores with a nice head shot.
Brown is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindholm fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brown's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lindholm connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brown scrambles back to his feet.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lindholm. That one must have hurt.
Brown gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lindholm looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lindholm trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olli Lindholm 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.
Brown tries to clinch but Lindholm is having none of it.
Olli Lindholm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lindholm throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Brown tumbling to the canvas!
 Brown is rocked!
 It looks like Billy Bob Brown has been cut.
Lindholm drops back looking for a leg! Brown is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Brown manages to kick Lindholm off! Lindholm jumps back into Brown's guard.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lindholm loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Lindholm throws a big right hand that misses.
Lindholm wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Lindholm is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindholm slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lindholm trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Lindholm trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Lindholm from controlling successfully.
Lindholm might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Brown haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lindholm scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lindholm keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Lindholm pushes him off.
Lindholm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brown scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lindholm cracks Brown with a right hand to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lindholm.
Brown has closed the distance and engaged Lindholm in a clinch.
Lindholm breaks the clinch.
Lindholm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lindholm avoids the head kick by Brown.
Lindholm takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Lindholm coming out on top.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Lindholm is just out of range.
Lindholm appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
Lindholm's corner calls for a 1-2. Lindholm obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Lindholm's torso.
Nice straight punches there by Lindholm. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindholm.
A low kick lands for Brown.
Nice body kick there by Lindholm.
Brown gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Lindholm gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olli Lindholm!
Olli Lindholm took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Spence (ranked 889 p4p, 3419 weight class) and Simeoni Jukola (ranked 117 p4p, 416 weight class). Spence comes to the cage accompanied by Were Coming. Alan Spence has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Spence !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simeoni Jukola!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence misses with a left hand
and Jukola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good shot there by Spence .
Jukola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Jukola.
Spence tries to counter by clinching up but Jukola breaks away and moves out of range.
Jukola misses with a shot to the body
and Spence counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jukola lands a jab to the nose.
Jukola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spence misses with a left hand
and Jukola counters with a stiff right hand.
Jukola throws a hook to the side of Spence 's head but Spence sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spence lands with a nice body punch.
Spence misses with a left hand
and Jukola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been told by Spence 's head coaches at - Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spence moves out of range of the strikes.
That kick from Jukola tenderised Spence 's leg. Spence is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jukola misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence lands a nice looking body shot.
Spence on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Spence avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Spence misses the target.
Jukola misses with a shot to the body
and Spence counters with a stiff right hand.
Spence lands with a nice body punch.
Jukola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spence .
Spence misses with a shot to the body
and Jukola makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jukola lands with a good body shot.
Jukola lands with a hook. Spence tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Spence misses with a wild body shot.
Jukola misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jukola misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Jukola.
Jukola thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Spence misses its intended target.
Spence thuds a left hand into Jukola's body.
Spence bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jukola's head backwards.
Spence takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Spence defending well as Jukola loads up on a big left hand.
Jukola throws a poor cross that misses
and Spence makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jukola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spence .
Decent striking displayed by Spence there.
Jukola missing with a left hand there. Spence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence checks a low kick from Jukola.
Jukola tried to score with a low kick but Spence checks it.
Spence swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Jukola. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jukola.
Jukola throws a series of punches but Spence avoids them all with ease.
Jukola lands a body shot.
Spence swings for the body but Jukola moves out of range.
Jukola fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jukola connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Spence 's hands.
Jukola throws a sloppy body shot
and Spence counters with a nice uppercut.
Spence misses with a wild body shot.
Spence comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Simeoni Jukola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spence showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jukola.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Spence .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spence checks the leg kick nicely there.
Spence misses with an uppercut. Jukola saw that one coming.
Jukola tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jukola walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jukola moves out of range as Spence strikes.
Jukola misses with a body shot.
Spence lands a jab.
Spence scores with a decent looking hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Simeoni Jukola will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Spence misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jukola.
Jukola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Spence misses with a hook.
Jukola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spence is looking to clinch.
Jukola takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Spence just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Jukola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jukola takes a swing at Spence 's ribcage but misses.
Spence swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jukola looks to land a right hand but Spence moved out of range.
A big right from Spence misses.
Jukola is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Spence with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence looks to land a left hand but Jukola moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Jukola misses its intended target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spence lands a hook that snaps the head of Jukola backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukola is pushing Spence up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jukola tries a body shot but Spence blocks it.
Spence stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jukola lands a shot to the body.
Spence makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spence can't find room to land a body shot as Jukola controls the action.
Jukola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spence takes an elbow to the temple.
Spence swings wildly with an uppercut but Jukola uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jukola lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spence backwards.
Spence blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jukola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence misses with the head strike.
Jukola lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jukola misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jukola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spence throws a punch but it's blocked by Jukola.
Jukola lands a body shot.
Spence takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
Spence tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jukola misses with some punches.
Jukola trying to control the position but instead, Spence has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jukola into the cage.
Spence dodges an elbow strike from Jukola.
Jukola tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spence 's elbow.
Jukola misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jukola.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jukola blocking some punches.
Spence prevents a body shot from Jukola.
Spence has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jukola lands a nice elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Spence .
A nice left hand lands by Spence .
Spence lands a hook that snaps the head of Jukola backwards.
Jukola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jukola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jukola throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spence s head.
Nice elbow from Jukola.
Spence prevents a body shot from Jukola.
Spence blocks a body shot from Jukola.
Spence pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jukola looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Spence lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spence wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Simeoni Jukola seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spence throws a body punch but Jukola moves out of range.
A nice side step and Jukola releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jukola scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Spence doesn't seem bothered though.
Jukola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Jukola.
Jukola takes a swing at Spence 's ribcage but misses.
Spence with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jukola to score with a decent uppercut.
Spence swings for the body but Jukola moves out of range.
Jukola misses with a hook to the body
and Jukola takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Spence - just one landing.
Jukola swings for the body but Spence moves out of range.
Spence swings for the body but Jukola moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simeoni Jukola showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Spence shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jukola jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Spence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jukola. Spence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Spence .
Spence pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spence misses the jab.
Jukola fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spence looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jukola throws a solid leg kick but Spence takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jukola.
Spence swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jukola is looking to clinch.
Jukola swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukola misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Spence misses its target.
Jukola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Jukola misses its intended target.
Spence is looking to counter punch.
Good exchange - Spence coming out on top.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jukola. Spence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spence defending well as Jukola loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Spence misses the target.
Spence misses with a hook
and Jukola counters with a nice uppercut.
Jukola cracks a nice hook into Spence 's ribs.
Jukola on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jukola lands with a hook. Spence tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jukola feints and then cracks Spence 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spence down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spence tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jukola was well out of range. Poor timing from Spence .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jukola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Jukola.
It looked like Spence wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jukola misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Spence counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jukola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jukola is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Spence rather than just go for the knockout.
Spence bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jukola's head backwards.
 Jukola is rocked!
Spence lands an uppercut, right on the button! Jukola tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alan Spence !
A less than humble Alan Spence misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saggy Dinglestomper (ranked 2368 p4p, 1003 weight class) and Kai Kona (ranked 276 p4p, 121 weight class). Kona has chosen A Warriors Call as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saggy Dinglestomper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kai Kona!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kona scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kona 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.
Kona throws a head kick that misses.
Dinglestomper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kona.
Kona gets a clinch.
Kona jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dinglestomper walks away with a smile on his face. Kona gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinglestomper moves away.
Jab, jab by Dinglestomper - just one landing.
Saggy Dinglestomper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kona tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinglestomper was well out of range. Poor timing from Kona.
Kona pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dinglestomper is out of range and Kona settles back down.
Dinglestomper has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kona catches Dinglestomper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dinglestomper misses with an uppercut
and Kona counters with a thumping low kick.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook. Kona ducked under it nicely.
Dinglestomper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kona checks a low kick from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona misses with a body kick.
Kona with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dinglestomper circles away quickly and effectively.
Dinglestomper swinging wildly here.
Dinglestomper looks to score with a jab to the body but Kona is just out of range.
Kona ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Dinglestomper misses the target.
Dinglestomper's corner calls for a 1-2. Dinglestomper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kona blocks a head kick by Dinglestomper.
Kona lands with a nice body punch.
Kona takes a swing at Dinglestomper's ribcage but misses.
Kona is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dinglestomper rather than just go for the knockout.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kona throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dinglestomper lands a nice shot to the body.
Dinglestomper misses with a body kick.
Dinglestomper takes a swing at Kona's ribcage but misses.
Kona swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kona scores with a nice strike.
Kona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy right hand but Kona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinglestomper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dinglestomper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kona lands a head shot.
Kona doesn't manage to clinch there - Dinglestomper circles away.
Kona blocks a leg kick.
Dinglestomper is looking to chop away at Kona's legs.
Kona throws out a counter right but Dinglestomper avoids it with no problem.
Dinglestomper throws a jab but it's blocked by Kona.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kona. Dinglestomper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kona lands with a hook. Dinglestomper tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dinglestomper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kona moves away.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick lands for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper tries to land a body kick
and Kona counters with an inside leg kick.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dinglestomper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kona takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper struggles to land a body shot inside as Kona controls his hands.
Dinglestomper has a couple of punches blocked by Kona.
Kona misses with some punches.
Kona misses with a punch to the body.
Kona is leaning against Dinglestomper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kona blocking some punches.
Kona scores with a shoulder strike.
Dinglestomper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dinglestomper misses with a punch on the inside.
Kona misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Kona scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kona scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kona tries to pull guard but Dinglestomper forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dinglestomper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kona swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinglestomper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinglestomper digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kona throws a punch but it's blocked by Dinglestomper.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kona backwards.
Dinglestomper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kona misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Kona fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kona.
Dinglestomper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinglestomper digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kona tries to work over Dinglestomper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinglestomper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kona.
Kona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Dinglestomper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kona softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dinglestomper just leaning against Kona, taking a breather.
Dinglestomper lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dinglestomper tries a body shot but Kona blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dinglestomper.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kona.
Kona is trying to pull guard but Dinglestomper turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Saggy Dinglestomper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kai Kona.
Kona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Kona 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.
Dinglestomper misses with a body shot.
Dinglestomper tests Kona's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dinglestomper thuds a left hand into Kona's body.
Dinglestomper avoids the body shot from Kona.
Kona jabs at Dinglestomper's body.
Dinglestomper 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dinglestomper.
Kona pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dinglestomper is out of range and Kona settles back down.
Dinglestomper misses with a wild body shot.
Dinglestomper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kona.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona slips under a jab from Dinglestomper.
Kona takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kona misses with a wild body shot.
Dinglestomper throws a looping overhand right but Kona ducks down to avoid it.
Kona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dinglestomper scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kona lands with a shot to the body.
Kona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dinglestomper finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kona misses with a straight right.
Kona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dinglestomper takes a swing at Kona's ribcage but misses.
Dinglestomper gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kona takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dinglestomper swings widly with a right hand
and Kona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dinglestomper moves out of range as Kona strikes.
Dinglestomper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kona 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 Dinglestomper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dinglestomper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dinglestomper just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Dinglestomper lands.
Dinglestomper misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinglestomper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kona paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dinglestomper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kona connects with a leg kick.
Dinglestomper lands a jab to Kona's midsection.
Kona misses the shot to the body.
Dinglestomper throws a head kick but Kona moves out of range.
Kona connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kona lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dinglestomper's sensitive parts.
Kona loads up on a big right hand but Dinglestomper slips the punch.
Dinglestomper misses with a body kick.
Dinglestomper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kona throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dinglestomper wants to clinch up but Kona keeps it at a distance.
Dinglestomper moves forwards but Kona connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick but Kona sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Dinglestomper misses.
Kona tries a head kick but it misses.
And Dinglestomper counters with a quick kick to the body but Kona blocks it.
Kona throws the left hand but Dinglestomper avoids the punch easily.
Kai Kona seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dinglestomper lands a slapping body shot.
Kona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook. Kona ducked under it nicely.
Kona connects with an inside leg kick.
Dinglestomper feints and then cracks Kona's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kona down.
A punch lands to the side of Kona 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Kona.
Kona throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dinglestomper misses with a body shot.
Kona looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Kona throws a leg kick
and Dinglestomper counters with a body kick.
Dinglestomper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kona moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kona fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dinglestomper.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kona takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kona scores with a nice strike.
Kona misses with a body shot.
Dinglestomper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dinglestomper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kona misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kona takes a swing at Dinglestomper's ribcage but misses.
Kona slips under a jab.
Dinglestomper lands a glancing blow to the side of Kona's head.
Kona misses with a straight left.
Dinglestomper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Kona blocks the low kick.
Kona avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kona connects with a leg kick.
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 Saggy Dinglestomper will probably get the nod.
That's time! Dinglestomper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dinglestomper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kona checks a leg kick.
Dinglestomper throws a wild body kick that Kona sees coming a mile off.
Dinglestomper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kona throws a leg kick but Dinglestomper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kona misses with a few strikes there.
Dinglestomper half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dinglestomper cracks Kona with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dinglestomper scores with the left hand. Kona knows he should have avoided that one.
Kona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinglestomper moves away.
Kona swings for the body but Dinglestomper moves out of range.
Dinglestomper 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Kona misses its intended target.
Kona scores with a nice right hand.
Kona pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dinglestomper misses with the body kick
and Kona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinglestomper throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kona on the side of the head.
Dinglestomper throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kona on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dinglestomper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dinglestomper - that will leave a mark!
Dinglestomper tries a head kick but it misses.
Dinglestomper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dinglestomper throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kona swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Kona's front leg with a kick but Kona checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Dinglestomper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kona misses with a straight right.
Dinglestomper slips a jab from Kona.
It looked like Dinglestomper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice straight punches there by Kona. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kona.
Dinglestomper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dinglestomper tries to move into range but Kona moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dinglestomper misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinglestomper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinglestomper pushes Kona away with a front kick.
Dinglestomper with a nice cross.
Dinglestomper misses with a wild combination.
Kona is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dinglestomper's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kona connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dinglestomper scrambles back to his feet.
Dinglestomper looks for the body kick but Kona saw that one coming.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Kona's front leg with a kick but Kona checks it.
A low kick lands for Kona.
Kona moves out of range of the leg kick from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch up.
Dinglestomper fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kona.
Kona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kona walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dinglestomper.
A jab from Kona misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper misses with a looping right.
A head kick by Dinglestomper misses
letting Kona counter with a right hand.
Kona lands the left hand.
Dinglestomper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kona moves away.
Dinglestomper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dinglestomper moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dinglestomper misses with a leg kick.
Kona avoids the head kick by Dinglestomper.
Kona changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kona jabs Dinglestomper right on the nose. Dinglestomper blinks but takes it well.
Dinglestomper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kona counters with a straight right hand.
Kona avoids the head kick by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kona checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy uppercut
and Kona counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Kona.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dinglestomper throws a lazy uppercut
and Kona counters with a series of strikes. Dinglestomper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kona wants to slow Dinglestomper down by chopping away at his legs.
Kona throws out a loose jab but Dinglestomper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinglestomper slips under a jab from Kona.
Dinglestomper scores with a leg kick.
Kona lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dinglestomper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kona now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dinglestomper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dinglestomper throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kona to counter with a crisp jab.
Dinglestomper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kona lands with a kick to the temple. Dinglestomper shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping body kick lands there for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy head kick
and Kona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dinglestomper is looking to clinch but Kona is avoiding it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Kona comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kona has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Kona!
Kai Kona seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leif Leifsson (ranked 1572 p4p, 1549 weight class) and Jeremy Motts (ranked 178 p4p, 174 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leif Leifsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Motts!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Motts slips under a jab.
Motts lands an overhand right.
Motts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Motts misses with a right hand
and Motts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
 It looks like Jeremy Motts has been cut.
Leifsson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Leifsson throws a hook but Motts avoids it easily.
Leifsson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Motts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot by Motts.
Motts slips under a jab from Leifsson.
A shot to the body from Motts misses
and Leifsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leifsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leifsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Motts does it's job there.
Leifsson throws a shot from downtown. Motts moves away and avoids it.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Leifsson! Motts is backing up but he can't get away as Leifsson lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Motts and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Leif Leifsson!
Our winner, Leif Leifsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ko Van Den Born (ranked 467 p4p, 870 weight class) and Jet Gunner (ranked 75 p4p, 125 weight class). Gunner has chosen Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ko Van Den Born has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ko Van Den Born seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ko Van Den Born!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jet Gunner!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Den Born lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gunner misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Den Born counters with a straight right hand.
Van Den Born throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Den Born wants to clinch
and Gunner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Ko Van Den Born has been cut.
Van Den Born tries to keep at a distance but Gunner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gunner misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunner.
Gunner blocks a body shot from Van Den Born.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Den Born.
Gunner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Den Born swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Gunner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Van Den Born.
Van Den Born lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner blocks an uppercut.
Van Den Born tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Den Born misses with a body punch.
Gunner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Gunner.
Van Den Born misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've been informed that Gunner 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.
Van Den Born gets through Gunner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Den Born lands with a left to the head.
Van Den Born takes a shot to the head.
Gunner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gunner throws a head punch that misses.
Gunner lands an elbow inside.
Gunner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Den Born misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Den Born fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Den Born leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Den Born cracks Gunner with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Den Born pushes Gunner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunner throws an elbow but it misses.
Gunner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Den Born lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gunner backwards.
Gunner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gunner.
Van Den Born tries to throw a body punch but Gunner avoids it by throwing Van Den Born back against the cage.
Van Den Born throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gunners head.
Van Den Born goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Den Born misses with the head strike.
Gunner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gunner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Den Born lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunner gets through Van Den Born's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gunner tries to throw a body punch but Van Den Born avoids it by throwing Gunner back against the cage.
Van Den Born lands a body shot.
Gunner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Den Born tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gunner's elbow.
Van Den Born takes an elbow to the temple.
Ko Van Den Born's cut is getting worse.
Van Den Born misses with a body punch.
Gunner misses with a punch to the body.
Gunner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gunner lands with a right to the head.
Gunner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Gunner.
Gunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Den Born misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Van Den Born fails to land.
A short uppercut from Gunner.
Van Den Born blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunner is leaning against Van Den Born and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Den Born works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gunner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Den Born's defenses.
Gunner tries to work over Van Den Born's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Den Born has a couple of punches blocked by Gunner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Den Born struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunner controls his hands.
Gunner works on Van Den Born's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Den Born misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunner pushes Van Den Born back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Den Born takes an elbow to the temple.
Ko Van Den Born's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gunner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gunner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Den Born throws a head punch that misses.
Gunner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Den Born swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Den Born or not.
Gunner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunner pushes Van Den Born back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunner tries a body shot but Van Den Born blocks it.
Gunner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Den Born is breathing heavily.
Gunner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Den Born misses with the head strike.
Van Den Born misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jet Gunner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ko Van Den Born's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Van Den Born fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gunner with a jab.
Van Den Born displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunner throws out the jab.
Van Den Born throws a body shot but no joy.
Gunner is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gunner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunner throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Den Born holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Van Den Born.
Van Den Born's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gunner lands a nice uppercut.
Gunner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gunner has a couple of punches blocked by Van Den Born.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Den Born blocks an elbow strike from Gunner.
Van Den Born swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gunner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunner lands an elbow inside that Van Den Born shrugs off.
Jeez, Ko Van Den Born's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ko Van Den Born's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jet Gunner!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jet Gunner thanked EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Travis (ranked 1172 p4p, 681 weight class) and Alex Ferreria (ranked 133 p4p, 90 weight class). Travis comes to the cage accompanied by Chris Travis - Crunch Time. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Ferreria!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferreria looks to throw the jab but Travis is out of range.
Ferreria dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Travis 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.
Ferreria swings widly with a right hand
and Travis counters with a left to the body.
Travis scores with a hook.
It looks like Alex Ferreria has been cut.
Ferreria lands a jab to Travis's midsection.
Ferreria misses with a shot to the body
enabling Travis to counter with a crisp jab.
Travis throws a right hand that misses
and Ferreria counters with a stiff right hand.
Travis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreria scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Travis throws a quick counter kick to the body but Ferreria avoids it.
Travis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ferreria.
Ferreria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferreria misses with a head kick.
Ferreria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Ferreria misses its intended target.
Travis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ferreria misses with a head kick.
Travis slips a jab and a cross from Ferreria.
As Ferreria looks to move away, Travis throws a big counter combo but Ferreria just gets out of the way.
Ferreria looks to land a right hand but Travis moved out of range.
Travis thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Travis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ferreria throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Travis misses its intended target.
Ferreria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Travis thuds a left hand into Ferreria's body.
Travis slips a jab from Ferreria.
Ferreria rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Travis counters with a right hand that sends Ferreria tumbling to the canvas! Can Travis finish him? He dives into Ferreria's guard looking to do just that!
Ferreria is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travis advances to half guard.
Travis is trying to work for a kimura but Ferreria is defending well.
Ferreria is defending against the submission attempts here by Travis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis is just content to waste time from the top position. Ferreria takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ferreria is pulling down on Travis's head to control his posture.
Travis trying to control the position from guard on top but Ferreria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Travis is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Travis wants to control from the top but Ferreria keeps moving.
Travis advances position into side control!
Travis is trying to get an arm triangle but Ferreria is defending well.
Travis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Travis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Travis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ferreria has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Travis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Ferreria's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ferreria scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ferreria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Travis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ferreria.
Travis is looking to counter punch.
Jab, jab by Ferreria - just one landing.
Ferreria throws a body shot but no joy.
Travis is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreria misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Travis.
Alex Ferreria seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Ferreria finds it's way through Travis's defenses.
Travis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreria misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ferreria lands with a good body shot.
Ferreria swings away with a body shot that misses
and Travis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Travis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ferreria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Travis was well out of range. Poor timing from Ferreria.
It appears Travis was looking to counter with a kick there.
A jab from Ferreria misses.
Travis throws a body kick that misses
and Travis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alex Ferreria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferreria misses with an uppercut. Travis saw that one coming.
Ferreria has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Travis tries to land a body kick
and Ferreria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Travis.
Ferreria missing with a left hand there. Travis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Travis throwing a counter right hand but Ferreria manages to avoid it.
Travis misses with a series of wild punches.
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!
Ferreria swings away with a body shot that misses
and Travis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Travis throws a poor cross that misses
and Ferreria counters with a nice uppercut.
Ferreria swings away with a body shot that misses
and Travis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Travis tries to land a body kick
and Ferreria cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreria's jab looks to have found its range, popping Travis under the eye.
A shot to the body from Travis misses
and Ferreria counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ferreria misses with a hook.
Ferreria lands a head kick!
Ferreria scores with a nice head shot.
Travis blocks a jab.
Ferreria looks to land a left hand but Travis moved out of range nicely.
Travis throwing a counter right hand but Ferreria manages to avoid it.
Ferreria throws a lazy uppercut
and Travis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Ferreria.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ferreria darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ferreria misses with a hook. Travis ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Travis misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferreria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferreria listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ferreria throws the left hand but Travis avoids the punch easily.
Ferreria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ferreria lands a nice shot to the body.
Ferreria throws a hook but Travis blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Ferreria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Ferreria's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Travis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ferreria counters with a nice uppercut.
Travis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Travis is looking to clinch but Ferreria is avoiding it.
A big right from Travis misses.
Travis avoids the body shot from Ferreria.
Ferreria throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Travis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Ferreria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ferreria.
Travis works Ferreria's body with a nice hook.
Travis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreria was well out of range. Poor timing from Travis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreria fails to land with a series of punches.
Ferreria throws a lazy uppercut
and Travis counters with a stiff right hand.
Ferreria fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Travis on the side of the head.
Travis steps into range and cracks Ferreria with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Ferreria flops backwards and Travis dives into his guard looking to finish!
Ferreria is still in real trouble! Can Travis finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Travis postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ferreria is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Travis, into his guard.
Travis has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ferreria doesn't defend quickly enough and Travis has managed to lock this one up! Can Ferreria escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Travis on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chris Travis!
Chris Travis 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Slash Slingin (ranked 397 p4p, 900 weight class) and Shaquan Woods (ranked 58 p4p, 127 weight class). Slingin comes to the cage accompanied by Addicted to Pain. Woods has chosen LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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9 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slash Slingin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaquan Woods!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods misses with a body kick.
Woods throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Slingin's head.
Woods stuffs the takedown.
Slingin checks a leg kick.
Woods throws a head kick but Slingin moves out of range.
Slingin moves out of range of the strikes.
Slingin cracks Woods with a right hand to the side of the head.
Woods misses the body punch
and Slingin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Woods tried to score with a low kick but Slingin checks it.
Woods fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slingin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Slingin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Woods keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Slingin fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slash Slingin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woods throws out a leg kick but Slingin moves out of range and Woods only half commits.
Woods's coach down at HPS was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Woods's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Woods checks the leg kick nicely there.
Slingin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slingin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Woods steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slingin.
Slingin misses with a straight left.
Woods getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Slingin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Woods.
Woods misses with a leg kick.
Woods lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A slow jab from Slingin misses its intended target.
Woods waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slingin.
Slingin shoots in but Woods avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Slingin fails to land the takedown.
A little jabbing left from Woods on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Woods throws the left hand but Slingin avoids the punch easily.
Slingin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Woods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slash Slingin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slingin throws a lazy uppercut
and Woods counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Woods misses with a wild body shot.
Slingin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Woods to the mat! Woods manages to get full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slingin being controlled here momentarily.
Woods has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Slingin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Woods keeping moving, preventing Slingin from controlling successfully.
Slingin distracts Woods with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Slingin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Woods not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Slingin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Woods is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Slingin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slingin trying to control but Woods is working from the bottom.
Woods pulls Slingin in close to prevent any damage.
Woods looking to control.
Woods escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slingin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Slingin with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woods had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Slingin defends it easily.
Slingin advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Slingin wants to control but Woods is keeping him busy.
Slingin advances to full mount.
Woods tries to reverse the position but Slingin maintains control.
Slingin looking to finish Woods with some ground and pound. This is bad for Woods!
Woods can't escape the position.
Slingin lands a couple of good shots and Woods has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Slingin lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Woods is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Slingin is hanging on to Woods's back as he tries to escape.
Slingin looking for the choke from the back.
Woods tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
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 Slash Slingin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Woods digs a good body shot into Slingin's ribs.
Slingin misses with a wild body shot.
Slingin misses with an uppercut
and Woods counters with a left to the body.
Slingin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Slingin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Slingin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Woods trying to control the position.
Woods is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Slingin lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woods is trying to control the position but Slingin postures up.
Slingin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Woods working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slingin connects with a couple of short punches.
Slingin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Woods has momentary wrist control but Slingin slips an elbow through the middle.
Slingin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Woods throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Slingin escapes and throws Woods's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Woods tries to buck Slingin off but Slingin is having none of it.
Woods is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Slash Slingin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slingin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Woods has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slingin is chipping away with strikes.
Slingin is looking to take a break and control but Woods is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slingin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Slingin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Slingin is looking to take a break and control but Woods is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Woods's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Woods is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slingin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Woods keeps working.
Slingin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Slingin with the ground and pound but Woods regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Woods regains full guard. Nicely done.
Slingin chips away with some ground and pound.
Slingin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Woods works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slingin looking to pass the guard.
Woods has his foot on Slingin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Slingin works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slingin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Slingin being controlled here momentarily.
Slingin trying to control but Woods is working from the bottom.
Slingin postures up in Woods's guard and throws a big left but Woods blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Woods is trying to control the position but Slingin postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Slingin trying to control the position from guard on top but Woods is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Slash Slingin dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Slingin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Woods.
Woods bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Slingin's head backwards.
Slingin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Slingin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Woods.
Woods connects with an inside leg kick.
Slingin throws a looping overhand right but Woods ducks down to avoid it.
Woods throws a quick inside leg kick.
Slingin looks to land a left hand but Woods moved out of range nicely.
Shaquan Woods seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Woods misses with a straight left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Woods!
Slingin checks a leg kick nicely.
Slingin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Slingin misses with a straight right.
Slingin lands with a hook. Woods tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Woods throws a jab but it's blocked by Slingin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circle momentarily. Woods darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Slingin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Woods's waist but Woods gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Slingin off to one side.
Woods's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Slingin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Woods scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Woods.
Woods throws a good cross that connects.
Woods scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Slingin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Woods.
Woods has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Slingin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Woods sprawls well initially but Slingin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Slingin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Woods sees it coming and defends easily.
Woods is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Slingin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Slingin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Woods manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods keeping moving, preventing Slingin from controlling successfully.
Woods is trying to control the position but Slingin postures up.
Woods wants to sweep here but Slingin controlling him for the moment.
Slingin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slingin throws a big elbow that misses.
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!
Slingin wants to control from the top but Woods keeps moving.
Woods escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slingin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Woods keeping moving, preventing Slingin from controlling successfully.
Woods is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slingin trying to control the position from guard on top but Woods is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woods working for submissions but it's allowed Slingin to get to half guard.
Shaquan Woods has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Slingin lands strikes from half guard.
Slingin is nestled in close to Woods, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Slingin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Woods sees it coming and defends easily.
Woods wants to get back to full guard.
Woods is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Slingin pulls his head out easily.
Slingin is keen to just control but Woods is a slippery customer.
Slash Slingin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slingin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Woods wants to get back to his feet.
Slingin controlling the action here.
Slingin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Slingin blocks the strikes from Woods.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Woods misses with a hook. Slingin ducked under it nicely.
Slingin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Woods sprawls and moves away.
Woods looks to score with a jab to the body but Slingin is just out of range.
A jab from Slingin misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shaquan Woods.
I think Slingin 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Slash Slingin!
An out of breath Slash Slingin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Patriot (ranked 151 p4p, 324 weight class) and Ed Ford (ranked 21 p4p, 38 weight class). Gorgon Patriot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Patriot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Ford!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot throws a low kick, looking for Ford's leg but Ford calmly moves out of range.
Patriot misses with a looping right.
Ford 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.
Ford misses with a head kick.
Patriot throws a big counter combination but Ford scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Patriot buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patriot can pounce on him.
Patriot moves out of range of the strikes.
Patriot fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ford just manages to avoid it.
Ford gets tackled into the cage by Patriot. Patriot maintains the clinch.
Ford lands a body punch.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Patriot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Patriot.
Patriot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patriot has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
Patriot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Ford works on Patriot's body with a couple of short punches.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford lands with a light punch inside.
Patriot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patriot misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Patriot.
Patriot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Patriot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ford working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Ford.
Patriot misses with some punches.
Ford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Patriot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot blocks a body shot from Ford.
Patriot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ford.
Patriot misses with a punch to the body.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot prevents a body shot from Ford.
A nice left hand lands by Patriot.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ford digs a right hand underneath Patriot's ribcage. Patriot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Ford blocking some punches.
Patriot misses with a punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a nice uppercut.
Patriot gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Patriot.
Patriot working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Ford.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ford lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patriot.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Patriot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patriot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Ford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Patriot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Patriot throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patriot.
Ford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford lands a shot to the body.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford lands with a light punch inside.
Patriot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ford gets through Patriot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Patriot.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ford lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Patriot.
Ford scores with a shoulder strike.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorgon Patriot 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.
Patriot looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patriot.
Patriot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patriot moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFord.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Ford backs away, Patriot returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ford misses with a kick to the body.
Ford takes one to the side of the head.
Ford pushes Patriot up against the cage in a clinch.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Patriot pushes Ford back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ford presses Patriot against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Ford misses with some punches.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries a body shot but Patriot blocks it.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gorgon Patriot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Patriot lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ford or not.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Patriot misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Patriot fails to land.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot lands with a right to the head.
Ford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patriot misses with a body punch.
Ford works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Ford prevents a body shot from Patriot.
Ford pushes Patriot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Patriot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford lands a nice shot to the body.
Ford blocks a body shot from Patriot.
Patriot lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patriot scores with a shot to the side of Ford's head.
Patriot lands a left hand.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patriot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Patriots head.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Ford.
Patriot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Ford.
Ford blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Patriot controls the action.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patriot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Patriot tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot misses with some punches.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford blocks a body shot from Patriot.
A short uppercut from Patriot.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Patriot fails to land.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Patriot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patriot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ford on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Patriot.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patriot's elbow.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patriot.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Patriot.
Ford tries to work over Patriot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patriot presses Ford against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorgon Patriot dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Patriot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ford moves into the clinch.
Patriot digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Patriot prevents a body shot from Ford.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ford.
Ford lands a shoulder strike.
Ford scores with a shot to the side of Patriot's head.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford cracks Patriot with a nice body shot.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot digs a right hand into Ford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ford's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patriot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford tries a body shot but Patriot blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Patriot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford lands a right hand.
Patriot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patriot working aggressively here.
Patriot misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patriot.
Patriot changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ford fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Patriot with a nice calf kick.
Ford lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patriot.
Ford looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Patriot wants to clinch.
Patriot throws a low kick but Ford moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Ford was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ford checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ford is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Patriot lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patriot tries to clinch but Ford is having none of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Patriot.
Ford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Patriot works on Ford's body with a couple of short punches.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Patriot.
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Patriot.
Patriot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Patriot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Patriot has a couple of punches blocked by Ford.
Patriot pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Patriot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patriot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patriot tries to close the distance and clinch but Ford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patriot throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ford has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patriot finds it's way round the side to connect with Ford's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patriot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patriot connects with a leg kick.
Patriot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ford moves forwards but Patriot connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Ford does it's job there.
Ford needs to keep his hands up - Patriot had a free shot at his head there.
Ford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patriot.
Patriot misses with a hook
and Ford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Patriot wants to slow Ford down by chopping away at his legs.
Gorgon Patriot is winning the standup battle so far.
Patriot with the inside leg kick.
A left and a right from Ford both land. Nice combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Gorgon Patriot did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looks like Gorgon Patriot has been cut.
Ford feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Patriot sprawling to the canvas! Patriot rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ford finish him?!
Patriot is rocked!
Ford's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Ford blocks the leg kick.
Oh Patriot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ford drops Patriot with a naaaaasty hook - Patriot is in real trouble here! Ford dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Ford!
Ed Ford is the new lightweight champion!
Ed Ford decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ademaro Dos Anjos (ranked 80 p4p, 288 weight class) and Dre Battle (ranked 14 p4p, 39 weight class). Dos Anjos's entrance music is VOU DESAFIAR VOCÊ. A fine choice. Battle has chosen HEART ON ICE as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ademaro Dos Anjos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dre Battle!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dos Anjos counters with a right hand to the body.
Battle connects with a body shot that sends Dos Anjos's belly button to the back.
Dos Anjos throws a body punch but Battle moves out of range.
Battle throws out a counter right but Dos Anjos avoids it with no problem.
Battle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dos Anjos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Battle throws out a loose jab but Dos Anjos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battle loads up on a big right hand but Dos Anjos slips the punch.
Dos Anjos throws a leg kick that misses.
Battle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dos Anjos checks it well.
Battle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dos Anjos is able to avoid easily.
Dos Anjos slips a jab from Battle.
Battle throws a leg kick but Dos Anjos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Battle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Anjos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Battle swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Anjos.
Nice body kick there by Dos Anjos.
Battle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Anjos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battle manages to avoid it.
Dos Anjos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Battle keeps the fight on the outside.
Battle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos blocks the body kick.
Dos Anjos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Battle throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Anjos's shoulder, as Dos Anjos tries to avoid the shot.
Dre Battle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Battle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Battle throws a big shot that misses.
Dre Battle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Anjos scores with a decent looking hook.
Dos Anjos digs a good hook to Battle's body.
Dos Anjos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Battle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dos Anjos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Battle takes a step back to recover.
Dos Anjos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Battle misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle looks to land a right hand but Dos Anjos moved out of range.
Dos Anjos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Battle takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Battle throws a wild body kick that Dos Anjos sees coming a mile off.
Dos Anjos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Battle.
Dos Anjos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Battle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Ademaro Dos Anjos has been cut.
Battle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dos Anjos moves in looking to clinch but Battle pushes him off.
Battle scores with a sloppy right hand. Dos Anjos should have avoided that one.
Battle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dos Anjos to score with a decent uppercut.
Dos Anjos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Battle manages to break the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dos Anjos. That's going to slow Battle down.
Battle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Anjos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Battle finds it's way round the side to connect with Dos Anjos's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos takes one to the chin there.
Dos Anjos throws a body punch but Battle moves out of range.
Dos Anjos sizes up Battle with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dos Anjos scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Battle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Battle cracks a nice hook into Dos Anjos's ribs.
Dos Anjos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Battle swings widly with a right hand
and Dos Anjos counters with a nice body shot.
Battle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Anjos misses with an uppercut.
Battle throws a head kick that half lands.
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!
Battle throws a body kick that misses
and Dos Anjos counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Anjos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Battle moves away.
Dos Anjos fails with the takedown
and Battle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dos Anjos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Battle.
Dos Anjos moves in looking to clinch but Battle pushes him off.
Dos Anjos lands with a hook. Battle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Battle moves out of range of the body kick.
Battle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dos Anjos under the eye.
Battle misses with a right hand
and Dos Anjos counters with a right hand to the body.
Battle tries to land a front kick but Dos Anjos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dos Anjos takes a swing at Battle's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Dos Anjos does it's job there.
Dos Anjos tries to clinch there but Battle circles away.
Dos Anjos misses the jab.
Dos Anjos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Battle under the eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Battle misses.
A jab from Battle finds it's way through Dos Anjos's defenses.
Dos Anjos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Battle finds it's way round the side to connect with Dos Anjos's head.
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 Ademaro Dos Anjos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jab, jab by Battle - just one landing.
Dos Anjos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Battle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Anjos avoids the body shot from Battle.
Battle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battle tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Anjos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Battle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Battle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Battle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dos Anjos seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dos Anjos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice uppercut there from Battle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Anjos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Battle was covering up waiting for the punch and Dos Anjos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Battle pulls Dos Anjos in close to his closed guard and prevents Dos Anjos from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dos Anjos wants to control from the top but Battle keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Anjos 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.
Dos Anjos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Battle is keeping the position for now.
Battle controlling the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dos Anjos misses with a hook.
Dos Anjos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Anjos misses with a looping left.
Battle throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dos Anjos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Battle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Battle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dos Anjos.
Battle misses with a lunging right hand
and Dos Anjos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dos Anjos tries to land a leg kick but Battle saw it coming and moves away.
Dos Anjos darts in trying to clinch
enabling Battle to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Anjos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Battle throws out a counter right but Dos Anjos avoids it with no problem.
Battle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dre Battle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dos Anjos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Anjos is looking to wear down Battle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big right from Battle misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Battle in his tracks.
Dos Anjos misses with a series of wild punches.
Battle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dos Anjos just misses with a punch to the body.
Battle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dos Anjos lands with a nice body punch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dos Anjos here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dos Anjos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Battle slips a jab from Dos Anjos.
Battle throws a leg kick but Dos Anjos sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Battle.
Dos Anjos shoots in and gets a takedown into Battle's guard.
Battle has his feet on Dos Anjos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
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!
Battle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Battle throws a jab but it's blocked by Dos Anjos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dos Anjos.
Battle lands with a right hand.
Battle takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Dos Anjos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Dos Anjos blocks the leg kick.
Dos Anjos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Battle manages to circle out of the way.
Battle works the jab nicely.
Dos Anjos misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick from Battle, right into the meat of the thigh.
Battle throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Anjos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battle.
Battle misses with a kick to the body.
Dos Anjos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Battle.
Battle misses with a hook.
Battle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Anjos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Battle on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dre Battle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dos Anjos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Battle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Battle throws a push kick but Dos Anjos slaps the foot to one side.
Dos Anjos takes one to the side of the head.
Dos Anjos closes the distance and pushes Battle back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Battle.
Battle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A cross from Battle lands.
Dos Anjos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battle.
Dos Anjos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dos Anjos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Anjos throws a body punch but Battle moves out of range.
Dos Anjos misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Anjos scores with a nice right hand.
Battle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dos Anjos connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Battle does no damage.
Dos Anjos doesn't manage to clinch there - Battle circles away.
Battle has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos with a hook.
Dos Anjos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Battle walks into a stiff left hand from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos doesn't manage to clinch there - Battle circles away.
Dos Anjos looks for the body kick but Battle saw that one coming.
Dos Anjos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Battle. Battle obviously looking to wear him down.
Dos Anjos misses with a low kick.
Battle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dos Anjos throws a body shot but no joy.
Dos Anjos throws a body punch but Battle moves out of range.
Battle lands with a shot to the body.
Battle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Battle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dos Anjos.
A telegraphed right hand from Dos Anjos misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Battle.
Battle scores with a nice right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Battle looks to land a left hand but Dos Anjos moved out of range nicely.
Dos Anjos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Battle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut is getting worse.
Battle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Battle misses with a head kick.
Dos Anjos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dos Anjos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Battle's sensitive parts.
Dos Anjos moves out of range as Battle strikes.
Dos Anjos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Battle sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Battle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Battle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Anjos.
Battle lands a head kick. Dos Anjos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Battle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dos Anjos drives through and clinches with Battle against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos tries to land knees in the clinch but Battle avoids the damage to the body.
Battle has a couple of punches blocked by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Anjos misses with a punch to the body.
Battle misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Battle fails to land.
Battle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dos Anjos struggles to land a body shot inside as Battle controls his hands.
Battle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Anjos misses with a kick to the body.
Battle throws an off balance right hand
and Dos Anjos counters with a nice body shot.
Battle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dos Anjos lands a jab to Battle's midsection.
Dos Anjos looks to score with a jab to the body but Battle is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dos Anjos looks for the body kick but Battle saw that one coming.
Dos Anjos throws a jab when Battle was well out of range.
Battle throws a jab but it's blocked by Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Battle.
Battle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Battle does it's job there.
Dos Anjos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Anjos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Battle can pounce on him.
Battle throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Anjos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Anjos throws a front kick that sends Battle stumbling back into the cage.
Dos Anjos tries to clinch up.
Dos Anjos throws a looping overhand right but Battle ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Dre Battle just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Ademaro Dos Anjos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Battle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Anjos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dos Anjos looks to land a body kick but Battle moved away.
Dos Anjos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Battle misses with a right hand
and Dos Anjos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Battle throws a nice looking combination but Dos Anjos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dos Anjos pushes Battle up against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Anjos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Battle is trying to break the clinch but Dos Anjos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Anjos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Dre Battle has been cut.
Dos Anjos scores a nice knee to the body.
Battle takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Anjos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Anjos.
Battle is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dos Anjos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Dos Anjos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battle misses with the head strike.
Dos Anjos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Anjos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dos Anjos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dos Anjos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Battle managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Anjos.
Dos Anjos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battle avoids it.
Battle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Battle misses with the head strike.
Dos Anjos tries to work over Battle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Battle has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dos Anjos seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Battle can turn it around.
Ademaro Dos Anjos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Battle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dos Anjos tries a body shot but Battle blocks it.
Dos Anjos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Battle backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Battle.
Battle breaks the clinch.
Dos Anjos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Anjos is trying to control. Battle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Battle is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Dos Anjos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Battle sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Anjos prevents Battle from improving his position.
Battle is trying to maintain the position but Dos Anjos is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos trying to control the pace.
Dos Anjos trying to advance position but Battle counters by regaining guard.
Dos Anjos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dos Anjos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Battle, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
You can see the frustration on Battle's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dos Anjos trying to control the action but Battle is working from the bottom.
Dos Anjos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've been hearing good reports from Dos Anjos's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Dos Anjos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Battle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Battle can't do much from the bottom here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ademaro Dos Anjos had his way with Dre Battle in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Dos Anjos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Battle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dos Anjos connects with a crisp jab.
Battle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Battle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Anjos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battle looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Anjos is just out of range.
Battle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Anjos.
Battle looks to land a body kick but Dos Anjos moved away.
Battle looks to land a right hand but Dos Anjos moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Battle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dos Anjos thuds his right hand into Battle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dos Anjos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dos Anjos throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Anjos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dos Anjos has a takedown stuffed.
Dos Anjos lands a nice hook to Battle's body. Battle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Battle throws a push kick but Dos Anjos slaps the foot to one side.
Battle misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dos Anjos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dos Anjos wants to clinch.
Battle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dos Anjos.
It looked like Dos Anjos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Battle throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Anjos moves out of range easily.
Dos Anjos throws a solid leg kick but Battle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dos Anjos.
Battle swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Anjos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dos Anjos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Battle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Battle tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Anjos scores with the left hand. Battle knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Battle moves out of range of the body kick.
Battle throws a body punch but Dos Anjos moves out of range.
Dos Anjos feinted with a counter takedown.
Dos Anjos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Anjos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Anjos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Battle. That snapped Dos Anjos's head back.
Battle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dos Anjos connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battle.
Dos Anjos throws a poor cross that misses
and Battle counters with a body kick.
Dos Anjos throws a looping overhand right but Battle ducks down to avoid it.
As Dos Anjos backs off Battle throws a huge counter combo but Dos Anjos manages to avoid it all.
Dos Anjos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dos Anjos is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Battle.
Battle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good standup being displayed there by Battle as he connects with a hook.
Dos Anjos with a hook.
Battle looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Anjos is just out of range.
Battle scores with a kick to the body.
Battle throws a shot to the body.
Battle tries a head kick but it misses.
Dos Anjos tried to counter with a leg kick but Battle avoided it.
Battle misses with a body kick.
Dos Anjos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dos Anjos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battle was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Anjos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Battle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dos Anjos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dos Anjos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Anjos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Battle knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ademaro Dos Anjos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Anjos wants to control but Battle is keeping him busy.
Dos Anjos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Battle rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dos Anjos's guard! Nice work there by Battle!
And that's the end of the fight!
Dre Battle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Battle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 47:48
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 47:48
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dre Battle!
Dre Battle is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Dre Battle, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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