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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moganesh Jain (ranked 816 p4p, 813 weight class) and Sergey Objedkov (ranked 43 p4p, 42 weight class). Jain comes to the cage accompanied by The Monkey King. Sergey Objedkov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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13 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moganesh Jain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Objedkov!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Objedkov misses with an uppercut. Jain saw that one coming.
Jain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Objedkov misses with a straight left.
Objedkov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jain tries to improve position but can't.
Jain wants to control but Objedkov postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jain is looking to regain half guard here but Objedkov keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Objedkov lands some shots froms side control.
Jain wants to control but Objedkov postures up.
An elbow from Objedkov crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jain is looking for a sweep.
Jain stops Objedkov from passing to mount.
Objedkov trying to control the action but Jain is working from the bottom.
Jain might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jain regains half guard there - taking advantage of Objedkov's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Objedkov wants to take a breather but Jain is having none of it.
Jain is looking to improve his position.
Jain trying to hold on to Objedkov's head to control him but Objedkov postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ground and pound from Objedkov.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Objedkov working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jain tries to roll over but Objedkov keeps him under control.
Objedkov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Objedkov wants to pass to mount but Jain is defending the position.
Jain is controlling Objedkov's trapped leg to prevent Objedkov from advancing to side control.
Jain wants to improve his position but Objedkov is controlling well.
Objedkov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Objedkov wants to free his trapped foot but Jain is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jain looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Objedkov is nestled in close to Jain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jain is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Objedkov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Objedkov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Objedkov prevents Jain from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jain tries to roll over but Objedkov keeps him under control.
Objedkov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Objedkov connects with a nice short shot to Jain's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Objedkov lands a nice short elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Objedkov prevents Jain from improving his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Objedkov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Objedkov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jain's hands.
Jain misses with a straight right.
Jain avoids the body shot from Objedkov.
Jain scores with a shot to the body.
Jain throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Objedkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Jain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Jain misses the target.
Jain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jain walks into a jab.
Jain misses with a hook
enabling Objedkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Objedkov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Objedkov lands with a straight right. Jain didn't see that one coming.
Objedkov misses with a straight right.
Objedkov tries to clinch there but Jain circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Jain misses the target.
Objedkov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Objedkov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jain is trying to defend but Objedkov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Objedkov prevents Jain from improving his position.
Objedkov trying to control from half guard but Jain is working away.
Sergey Objedkov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jain wants to get back to full guard but Objedkov has passed into side control.
Objedkov scores with punches from side control.
Jain regains half guard.
Objedkov prevents Jain from improving his position.
Jain won't allow Objedkov to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jain wants to get back to full guard.
Jain trying to control but Objedkov postures up.
Jain is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Objedkov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Objedkov's back!
Jain is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Objedkov has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Objedkov tries to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jain looking for the choke but no joy.
Jain is looking to control Objedkov but Objedkov is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Objedkov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jain biding his time, controlling Objedkov.
Jain working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Jain looking for the choke from the back.
Jain doesn't have the hooks in and Objedkov manages to turn into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Objedkov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jain wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Objedkov wants to control from the top but Jain keeps moving.
Objedkov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jain keeping full guard, as Objedkov tries to pass.
Jain looking to control.
Jain pulls Objedkov in close to prevent any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Objedkov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Jain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jain misses with a looping left.
Jain throws an off balance right hand
and Objedkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Objedkov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Objedkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jain manages to avoid it.
Objedkov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jain connects with a body shot that sends Objedkov's belly button to the back.
Jain misses with a hook
and Objedkov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jain. Objedkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Objedkov tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A jab from Objedkov misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jain lands a jab to the nose.
Jain misses with an uppercut.
Objedkov scores with a sloppy right hand. Jain should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jain swats away the attempt to clinch by Objedkov.
Jain is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Objedkov's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Objedkov misses.
Jain is looking to clinch but Objedkov is avoiding it.
Objedkov moves into range and clinches up with Jain.
Jain misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jain.
Objedkov tries to throw a body punch but Jain avoids it by throwing Objedkov back against the cage.
Jain scores with a shoulder strike.
Objedkov has picked Jain up - he's going for a ride! Objedkov dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Objedkov wants to free his trapped foot but Jain is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Objedkov is nestled in close to Jain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jain is looking to get back to full guard here but Objedkov has managed to pass to side control instead.
Jain trying to control but Objedkov flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jain tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jain is squirming around, avoiding Objedkov's attempts to control the action.
Objedkov looking to finish Jain with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jain!
Jain bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jain tries to free his leg and advance position but Objedkov is retaining full guard.
Objedkov trying to keep a closed guard but Jain is proving a slippery customer.
Jain has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Objedkov to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Jain is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Objedkov pulls down on the head and he's put Jain to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Sergey Objedkov!
Sergey Objedkov 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Braylin Timmon (ranked 794 p4p, 664 weight class) and Kieran McArthur (ranked 100 p4p, 84 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Braylin Timmon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kieran McArthur!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timmon looks to throw the jab but McArthur is out of range.
Timmon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Timmon digs a good body shot into McArthur's ribs.
Timmon throws a hook but McArthur avoids it easily.
McArthur throws a leg kick which misses Timmon's front leg but catches the back leg as Timmon tries to avoid it.
McArthur comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by McArthur.
McArthur moves out of range as Timmon strikes.
McArthur throws a nice inside leg kick.
Timmon tries a head kick but it misses.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and McArthur moves out of range easily.
Timmon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Timmon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Timmon throws a head kick that misses.
Good leg kick by McArthur.
McArthur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McArthur moves away from the strike by Timmon.
A solid leg kick lands there for McArthur.
McArthur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McArthur takes one to the side of the head.
 It looks like Kieran McArthur has been cut.
Timmon looks to land a left hand but McArthur moved out of range nicely.
Timmon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McArthur fakes the leg kick and cracks Timmon in the body.
Timmon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for McArthur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McArthur lands with a thumping leg kick.
McArthur avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Timmon.
McArthur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Timmon throws a hook to the side of McArthur's head but McArthur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Timmon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Timmon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McArthur was well out of range. Poor timing from Timmon.
McArthur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McArthur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McArthur ducks under a wild hook from Timmon.
McArthur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McArthur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McArthur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McArthur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Timmon.
Timmon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Timmon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McArthur moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McArthur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Timmon. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McArthur fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Timmon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McArthur avoids the head kick by Timmon.
McArthur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McArthur moves out of range as Timmon strikes.
McArthur is looking to slow Timmon down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by McArthur.
Timmon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McArthur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Timmon.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and McArthur moves out of range easily.
McArthur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McArthur throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McArthur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Timmon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McArthur. McArthur obviously looking to wear him down.
McArthur has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
McArthur is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McArthur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A good leg kick by McArthur.
McArthur has closed the distance and engaged Timmon in a clinch.
Timmon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Timmon misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McArthur.
McArthur lands a shot to the body.
McArthur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Timmon lands a nice shot to the body.
I was talking to Timmon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Timmon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Timmon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McArthur swings wildly with an uppercut but Timmon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Timmon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from McArthur.
A nice right hand lands inside from Timmon.
A short uppercut from Timmon.
Timmon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Timmon misses with a punch to the body.
Timmon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Timmon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McArthur blocks a body shot from Timmon.
Timmon tries a body shot but McArthur blocks it.
Timmon misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from McArthur.
McArthur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Timmon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McArthur's elbow.
Timmon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Timmon on the inside.
McArthur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McArthur prevents a body shot from Timmon.
A short uppercut from McArthur.
McArthur misses with the head strike.
McArthur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Timmon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McArthur.
Timmon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Timmon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McArthur backwards.
McArthur misses with some punches.
Timmon presses McArthur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Timmon lands a body shot in the clinch.
McArthur throws a head punch that misses.
Timmon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McArthurs head.
A left hand lands to the body for McArthur.
Timmon misses with the head strike.
Timmon tries to throw a body punch but McArthur avoids it by throwing Timmon back against the cage.
Timmon lands a right hand.
McArthur tries to throw a body punch but Timmon avoids it by throwing McArthur back against the cage.
Timmon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Timmon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McArthur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McArthur scores with a nice hook to the head.
Timmon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McArthur can't find room to land a body shot as Timmon controls the action.
Timmon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Timmon scores with a shoulder strike.
Timmon lands a body shot.
McArthur has a couple of punches blocked by Timmon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kieran McArthur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kieran McArthur's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McArthur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Timmon takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Timmon 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.
McArthur scores with a jab.
McArthur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McArthur, as that shot connected.
McArthur listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McArthur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McArthur slips a straight right by Timmon.
McArthur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Timmon.
Timmon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McArthur.
A big left from Timmon misses.
McArthur is trying to counter with his kicks.
Timmon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McArthur flicks out a counter leg kick but Timmon steps away.
Timmon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kieran McArthur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Timmon throws a lazy right hand but McArthur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Timmon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Timmon walks forward, straight into a front kick from McArthur.
McArthur scores with a sloppy right hand. Timmon should have avoided that one.
McArthur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McArthur is looking to chop away at Timmon's legs.
Sloppy strikes from McArthur. Those never looked like landing.
McArthur blocks a head kick by Timmon.
Timmon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McArthur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McArthur staying out of range there.
McArthur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Timmon.
A nice leg kick from McArthur, right into the meat of the thigh.
McArthur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Timmon.
Timmon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McArthur throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from McArthur tenderised Timmon's leg. Timmon is trying to keep his angry face on.
The fighters circling - Timmon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Timmon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Timmon misses with a straight left.
McArthur thows a body kick. Timmon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for McArthur.
Timmon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Timmon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McArthur.
McArthur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Timmon throws a big shot that misses.
Timmon misses with a head kick.
McArthur works Timmon's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Timmon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McArthur.
McArthur connects with a body shot.
Timmon throws a sloppy head kick and McArthur moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Timmon takes a swing at McArthur's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from McArthur.
A nice leg kick from McArthur, right into the meat of the thigh.
Timmon misses with a body shot.
Timmon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Timmon looks to score with a jab to the body but McArthur is just out of range.
McArthur throws out a counter right but Timmon avoids it with no problem.
Timmon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McArthur.
McArthur closes the distance and clinches.
McArthur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Timmon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McArthur's elbow.
Timmon throws a head punch that misses.
Timmon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McArthur lands a hook to the side of the head.
McArthur blocks an uppercut.
Timmon misses with a punch to the body.
Timmon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McArthur or not.
Timmon lands with a light punch inside.
Timmon misses with some punches.
Timmon swings wildly with an uppercut but McArthur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Timmon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Timmon tries to throw a body punch but McArthur avoids it by throwing Timmon back against the cage.
Timmon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McArthur's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McArthur lands with a light punch inside.
McArthur has a couple of punches blocked by Timmon.
Timmon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Timmon lands with a short shot to the head.
McArthur blocking some punches.
McArthur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Timmon can't find room to land a body shot as McArthur controls the action.
McArthur throws a head punch that misses.
McArthur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McArthur misses with a short punch on the inside.
McArthur lands a left hand that snaps the head of Timmon backwards.
Timmon struggles to land a body shot inside as McArthur controls his hands.
Timmon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Timmon blocks an uppercut.
McArthur scores with a hook to the body.
Timmon tries to throw a body punch but McArthur avoids it by throwing Timmon back against the cage.
Timmon cracks McArthur with a nice body shot.
McArthur scores with a shot to the side of Timmon's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McArthur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kieran McArthur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McArthur scores with a hook to the body.
McArthur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Timmon.
McArthur lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McArthur creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McArthur pushes Timmon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McArthur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
 Timmon is rocked!
McArthur lands a shot to the body.
Oh Timmon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McArthur lands a left hand that snaps the head of Timmon backwards.
McArthur throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McArthur lands a nice uppercut.
McArthur creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Timmon's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Timmon drops to his knees and McArthur pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kieran McArthur!
A very excited looking Kieran McArthur rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yves Trudeau (ranked 639 p4p, 736 weight class) and James Noir (ranked 92 p4p, 107 weight class). James Noir has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yves Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Noir!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Trudeau tenderised Noir's leg. Noir is trying to keep his angry face on.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Noir counters with a straight right hand.
A leg kick checked by Noir.
Trudeau throws a jab when Noir was well out of range.
Trudeau lands a nice looking body shot.
Noir walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Trudeau misses with a right hand
letting Noir counter with a right hand.
Noir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trudeau throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
It seemed like Noir was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Trudeau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Noir.
Trudeau throws a looping overhand right but Noir ducks down to avoid it.
Trudeau throws a lazy uppercut
and Noir counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noir. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trudeau was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trudeau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trudeau.
Yves Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noir moves out of range of the body kick from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a sloppy head kick
and Noir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick misses from Trudeau.
Noir has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Noir throws a shot from downtown. Trudeau moves away and avoids it.
Noir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Noir.
Trudeau fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a hook but Noir avoids it easily.
Noir dodges the punch combination from Trudeau.
Trudeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir misses the shot to the body.
Noir lands with a right hand.
 It looks like Yves Trudeau has been cut.
Trudeau throws an overhand right that lands on Noir's shoulder, as Noir tries to avoid the shot.
Noir misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trudeau misses the jab.
Trudeau fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Noir on the side of the head.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
enabling Noir to counter with a crisp jab.
Trudeau misses with a series of wild punches.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Noir was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Noir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trudeau.
Trudeau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Noir.
Trudeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Noir.
Noir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trudeau.
Trudeau thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trudeau scores with a nice strike.
Noir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trudeau.
Noir is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Trudeau throws a looping overhand right but Noir ducks down to avoid it.
Trudeau ducks under a wild hook from Noir.
Noir connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trudeau momentarily.
Noir dodges the punch combination from Trudeau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau throws a body punch but Noir moves out of range.
Noir misses with a hook.
Noir ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
It seemed like Noir was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Noir might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Trudeau lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Trudeau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noir.
The fighters circling - Noir throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trudeau throws a series of punches but Noir avoids them all with ease.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Noir was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau misses with a hook
and Noir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Noir lands a right hook to the body.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Noir counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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 Yves Trudeau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yves Trudeau'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.
Trudeau misses with a wild combination.
Noir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trudeau throws a leg kick
and Noir decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Trudeau's guard.
Noir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Noir trying to control but Trudeau is working from the bottom.
Trudeau might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Trudeau is looking for a triangle but Noir pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Noir has passed into half guard!
Noir looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau trying to hold on to Noir's head to control him but Noir postures up.
Noir wants to work for an arm triangle but Trudeau is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Trudeau looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Trudeau has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Noir is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Noir is trying to control the action in half guard but Trudeau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Noir not doing much here.
Noir thows a huge punch but Trudeau dodges it nicely.
Noir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Noir wants to take a breather but Trudeau is having none of it.
Noir missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Trudeau moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Noir trying to control but Trudeau is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Trudeau throws a hook but Noir avoids it easily.
Trudeau misses with a body punch
and Noir counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trudeau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Noir counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Noir staying out of range there.
Noir let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Noir swings for the body but Trudeau moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Noir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trudeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trudeau lands a leg kick that knocks Noir off balance momentarily.
A head kick from Trudeau lands but Noir takes it in his stride.
Trudeau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trudeau lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noir throws a body punch but Trudeau moves out of range.
Noir misses with a straight left.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trudeau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trudeau walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Trudeau throws a looping overhand right but Noir ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Noir will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yves Trudeau's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Noir takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Trudeau thows a left - swing and a miss!
Noir checks a leg kick nicely.
Noir swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trudeau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trudeau throws a jab when Noir was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Noir! But no joy.
A big right from Trudeau misses.
Trudeau takes one on the button.
Noir lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Trudeau connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Noir momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noir takes a swing at Trudeau's ribcage but misses.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Noir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trudeau throws a right hand that Noir ducks under and follows up with a left that Noir also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau tries to land a front kick but Noir steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trudeau misses with a hook.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Trudeau throws a looping overhand right but Noir ducks down to avoid it.
Noir misses with a wild combination.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Noir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trudeau misses with a hook
and Noir counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Trudeau finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Trudeau slips a jab from Noir.
Trudeau swings away with a body shot that misses
and Noir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau looks to score with a jab to the body but Noir is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau misses with a hook. Noir ducked under it nicely.
Trudeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses
enabling Noir to counter with a crisp jab.
Noir ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
Trudeau staying out of range there.
Noir lands a left and a right that send Trudeau crashing to the mat, dazed. Noir thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trudeau misses with a series of wild punches.
Trudeau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Trudeau there.
A head kick by Trudeau misses
and Noir cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yves Trudeau's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trudeau throws a big shot that misses.
Trudeau tries to move into range but Noir moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Trudeau slips under a jab.
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses
and Noir counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trudeau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Noir connects with a looping right hand.
Trudeau looks to land a right hand but Noir moved out of range.
Trudeau looks to land a right hand but Noir moved out of range.
Noir jabs Trudeau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trudeau throws a poor cross that misses
and Noir counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Noir bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yves Trudeau's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noir lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trudeau circles away quickly and effectively.
Trudeau misses with a kick to the body.
Trudeau throws an off balance right hand
and Noir counters with a nice right hand that sends Trudeau toppling to the canvas! Trudeau scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Noir finish him?!
Trudeau is rocked!
Trudeau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Trudeau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Noir under the eye.
Oh Trudeau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trudeau looks for the body kick but Noir saw that one coming.
Noir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Noir drops Trudeau with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Trudeau looks back up at him and smiles so Noir waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Trudeau misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noir cracks Trudeau with a hook to the temple - Trudeau is on wobbly legs here! Noir swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Trudeau falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Noir wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Noir!
James Noir decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Hawtry (ranked 388 p4p, 333 weight class) and Jay Steve (ranked 55 p4p, 46 weight class). Hawtry comes to the cage accompanied by The Rain. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jay Steve enters the cage!
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25 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Hawtry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Steve!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve moves away from the strike by Hawtry.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Hawtry slips a straight right by Steve.
Donk. Hawtry catches Steve right on the button with a cross.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve misses with a looping left.
Steve takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab from Steve.
It looks like Charles Hawtry has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Hawtry has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hawtry cracks Steve with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hawtry slips under a jab from Steve.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Hawtry moved out of range.
Steve lands a lovely overhand right.
Jay Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steve moves out of range as Hawtry strikes.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hawtry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Hawtry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Hawtry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steve walks into a left hand.
Nice shot by Steve.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawtry misses the target.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawtry avoids the body shot from Steve.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steve throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Hawtry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawtry throws the left hand but Steve avoids the punch easily.
Steve throws out a counter right but Hawtry avoids it with no problem.
Hawtry takes the fight into the clinch.
Steve throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good body shot from Steve.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but Steve holds him up against the cage and eventually Hawtry drops back down to his feet.
Steve misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawtry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Steve fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Steve throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawtry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steve fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jay Steve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steve moves into the clinch successfully.
Hawtry misses with a body punch.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve lands an elbow inside.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry stalling in the clinch but Steve improves position.
Steve working aggressively here.
Hawtry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hawtry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steve blocks the elbow strike.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Steve.
Hawtry lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry lands a nice shot to the body.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry blocking some punches.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Steve.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Hawtry trying to land knees to the body.
Hawtry takes a shot to the head.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve tries to work over Hawtry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Steve just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Hawtry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawtry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Hawtry misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Hawtry tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steve smiles and moves away.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry slips under a jab from Steve.
Donk. Hawtry catches Steve right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawtry lands with a nice body punch.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry works Steve's body with a nice hook.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawtry.
Hawtry moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSteve.
Hawtry connects with a jab.
Steve fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hawtry on the side of the head.
Hawtry loads up on a big right hand but Steve slips the punch.
Hawtry lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steve tries to clinch up
and Hawtry counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hawtry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Hawtry'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.
Hawtry takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steve misses with a left hand
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Steve misses.
Steve ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steve scores with a nice right hand.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawtry avoids the head kick by Steve.
Hawtry was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hawtry lunges at Steve with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Steve's hand.
Hawtry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Steve but Steve pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Steve is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Steve misses the target.
Steve swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawtry tries to counter by clinching up but Steve breaks away and moves out of range.
Hawtry shoots in and bounces Steve off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Steve pushes Hawtry off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses the jab.
Hawtry half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Steve throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Steve dips to his left and cracks Hawtry with an uppercut!
Steve throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Hawtry scores with a jab to the head.
Steve smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Hawtry does it's job there.
Hawtry misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
Hawtry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
Steve connects with a body shot that sends Hawtry's belly button to the back.
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawtry's head.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steve throws a jab when Hawtry was well out of range.
Hawtry throws a series of punches but Steve moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Hawtry lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry walks into a jab.
Hawtry is rocked!
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Hawtry ducks down to avoid it.
Oh Hawtry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steve throws a monster overhand right that drops Hawtry! Steve follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Steve!
A very excited looking Jay Steve rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Charles Hawtry spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck you all, ya pricks!!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Kardashian (ranked 290 p4p, 253 weight class) and Mikhail Orlov (ranked 49 p4p, 44 weight class). Kardashian comes into the arena with Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit blaring out of the sound system. Mikhail Orlov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Kardashian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikhail Orlov!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Orlov misses.
Orlov scores with a jab to the head.
Orlov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kardashian tries to move into range but Orlov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Orlov misses with an uppercut.
Orlov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kardashian looks to throw the jab but Orlov is out of range.
Kardashian throws a shot from downtown. Orlov moves away and avoids it.
Good leg kick by Kardashian.
Kardashian has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The House Of Pain in the buildup to the fight.
A jab lands there for Orlov.
Orlov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kardashian throws out the jab.
Kardashian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kardashian listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kardashian swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Orlov to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Orlov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Orlov.
Orlov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kardashian.
A counter left hand to the body from Kardashian misses its target.
Kardashian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orlov. Kardashian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kardashian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Orlov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Rob Kardashian has been cut.
Orlov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An inside leg kick from Orlov misses.
Orlov avoids the body shot from Kardashian.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
Orlov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kardashian looks to land a left hand but Orlov moved out of range nicely.
Kardashian cracks Orlov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kardashian takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fighters circle momentarily. Orlov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Orlov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kardashian had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kardashian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Orlov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kardashian walks into a stiff left hand from Orlov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orlov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kardashian counters with a stiff right hand.
Orlov misses with a hook.
Kardashian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orlov.
Orlov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Orlov looks to land a right hand but Kardashian moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kardashian punishes Orlov's body with a nice straight punch.
Orlov pushes Kardashian away with a front kick.
Kardashian lands with a straight right. Orlov didn't see that one coming.
A slow jab from Orlov misses its intended target.
Kardashian defending well as Orlov loads up on a big left hand.
Kardashian misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Orlov.
Orlov thumps Kardashian with a low kick.
Kardashian slips a jab from Orlov.
Orlov slips a straight right by Kardashian.
Orlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kardashian moves away.
Orlov throws a wild body kick that Kardashian sees coming a mile off.
Orlov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Kardashian misses its target.
Orlov looks to land a left hand but Kardashian moved out of range nicely.
Orlov throws a head kick that misses.
Orlov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kardashian counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Orlov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov pushes Kardashian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kardashian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kardashian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kardashian misses with an uppercut.
Kardashian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Orlov. That one must have hurt.
Kardashian 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.
Orlov scores with a spinning back kick!
Orlov lands a glancing blow to the side of Kardashian's head.
Orlov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Orlov swings for the body but Kardashian moves out of range.
It looked like Kardashian was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Orlov.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Orlov 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 Kardashian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kardashian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kardashian takes a swing at Orlov's ribcage but misses.
Orlov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kardashian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orlov can pounce on him.
Orlov throws a nice looking combination but Kardashian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Orlov misses with a kick to the body.
Orlov avoids the body shot from Kardashian.
Orlov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Orlov lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Orlov.
A shot to the body from Orlov misses
and Kardashian counters with a nice uppercut.
Orlov closes the distance and clinches.
Kardashian working hard to break the clinch.
Orlov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Orlov lands a right hand.
Kardashian working hard to break the clinch.
Orlov throws a head punch that misses.
Orlov misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kardashian.
Orlov misses with the head strike.
Kardashian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orlov scores with a jab to the head.
Orlov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kardashian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Kardashian misses.
Kardashian throws out a loose jab but Orlov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kardashian swings for the body but Orlov moves out of range.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Orlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Kardashian's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kardashian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Orlov ducks under a wild hook from Kardashian.
Orlov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kardashian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orlov.
Orlov throws a body shot but no joy.
Orlov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kardashian throws a looping overhand right but Orlov ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Orlov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mikhail Orlov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kardashian slips under a jab from Orlov.
Kardashian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orlov.
An attempted straight right counter from Kardashian misses the target.
Orlov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Orlov throws a big shot that misses.
Kardashian takes a swing at Orlov's ribcage but misses.
Orlov feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orlov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kardashian is looking to counter punch.
Orlov cracks Kardashian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
Kardashian connects with a crisp jab.
Kardashian forces Orlov back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlov prevents a body shot from Kardashian.
A short right from Orlov on the inside.
Orlov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kardashian's elbow.
Kardashian has had enough of the clinch but Orlov keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Orlov.
Kardashian lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Orlov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kardashian.
Kardashian breaks the clinch.
A jab lands there for Orlov.
Kardashian misses with a low kick.
Kardashian scores with the left hand. Orlov knows he should have avoided that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Orlov 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 Kardashian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kardashian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Orlov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kardashian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orlov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kardashian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice uppercut there from Orlov.
Orlov lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlov 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.
Orlov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kardashian. Orlov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kardashian misses the jab.
Orlov slips under a jab.
Kardashian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kardashian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orlov.
Kardashian throws a looping overhand right but Orlov ducks down to avoid it.
Orlov clinches up with Kardashian and pushes him back against the cage.
Kardashian looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kardashian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kardashian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orlov was well out of range. Poor timing from Kardashian.
Kardashian just misses with a punch to the body.
Kardashian misses with a hook
and Orlov counters with a low kick, right behind Kardashian 's knee.
Kardashian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orlov lands with a hook. Kardashian tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kardashian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orlov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov misses the shot to the body.
Orlov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
Orlov pushes Kardashian up against the cage in a clinch.
Kardashian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kardashian misses with a punch to the body.
Kardashian tries to work over Orlov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orlov lands with a right to the head.
Kardashian wants to break free but Orlov has control.
Kardashian can't break the clinch.
Kardashian tries to break the clinch but Orlov is controlling the position.
Kardashian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mikhail Orlov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kardashian lands a nice uppercut.
Kardashian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Orlov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kardashian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Orlov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kardashian.
Orlov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A jab from Kardashian misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlov swings for the body but Kardashian moves out of range.
Kardashian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Orlov.
Good leg kick by Kardashian.
Orlov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kardashian throws a right hand that misses
and Orlov counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orlov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orlov throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Kardashian misses.
Orlov throws a looping overhand right but Kardashian ducks down to avoid it.
Kardashian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kardashian misses with a lunging right hand
and Kardashian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Orlov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kardashian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kardashian swats away the attempt to clinch by Orlov.
Orlov keeps the fight on the outside.
Orlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Orlov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rob Kardashian's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Orlov delivers a nice body kick.
Orlov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Orlov does it's job there.
Orlov throws an overhand right that lands on Kardashian's shoulder, as Kardashian tries to avoid the shot.
Orlov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kardashian moves out of range as Orlov strikes.
Kardashian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A slow jab from Kardashian misses its intended target.
Orlov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kardashian scores with a hook to the body. Orlov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Orlov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Orlov catches Kardashian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Orlov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice jab there from Kardashian.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kardashian misses with a straight right.
Kardashian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Orlov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kardashian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Kardashian misses.
A big left from Kardashian misses.
The fighters circling - Kardashian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orlov with a hook.
Orlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kardashian moves away.
Orlov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kardashian scores with a body shot.
Orlov lands with a right hand.
Orlov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kardashian avoids the body shot from Orlov.
The fighters circling - Orlov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kardashian will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kardashian throws a lazy right hand but Orlov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kardashian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlov manages to avoid it.
A cross from Orlov lands.
Orlov tests Kardashian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rob Kardashian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kardashian misses with a body shot.
Kardashian throws a hook to the side of Orlov's head but Orlov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orlov looks to score with a jab to the body but Kardashian is just out of range.
Kardashian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kardashian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kardashian moves out of range as Orlov strikes.
Orlov throws a big shot that misses.
Orlov lands a really nice looking cross but Kardashian seems unphased.
Kardashian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Orlov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kardashian.
Orlov was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Orlov with a nice calf kick.
Orlov cracks Kardashian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Orlov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orlov misses the jab.
Kardashian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Orlov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kardashian's head backwards.
Kardashian takes one to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Orlov.
Orlov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kardashian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kardashian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Orlov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kardashian throws a right and a left that Orlov avoids nicely.
Orlov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Orlov connects with a solid leg kick.
Kardashian misses with a right hand
enabling Orlov to counter with a crisp jab.
Kardashian missing with a left hand there. Orlov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kardashian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kardashian swings for the body but Orlov moves out of range.
Orlov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orlov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kardashian.
Orlov delivers a nice body kick.
Kardashian lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Kardashian.
A slow jab from Kardashian misses its intended target.
Nice straight punches there by Kardashian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kardashian.
 Orlov is rocked!
Kardashian takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Orlov is still on wobbly legs! Can Kardashian finish him?
Kardashian lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Orlov up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Kardashian from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Orlov's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rob Kardashian!
Rob Kardashian decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Iolyn Madog (ranked 147 p4p, 165 weight class) and Dick Caunt (ranked 18 p4p, 21 weight class). Madog's entrance music is Goldie Looking Chain - Guns Don't Kill People. A fine choice. Dick Caunt has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iolyn Madog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Caunt!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Madog.
Caunt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Caunt defending well as Madog loads up on a big left hand.
Madog misses with a body shot.
Caunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Madog stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Madog throws a body punch but Caunt moves out of range.
Madog blocks a leg kick.
Madog looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Caunt misses with an uppercut.
Caunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Madog swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Madog scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caunt is looking to slow Madog down with leg kicks.
Madog swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Caunt.
Madog takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caunt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Caunt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Madog.
Madog misses with a leg kick.
Caunt feints a counter leg kick.
Dick Caunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caunt.
Madog throws out a leg kick but Caunt moves out of range and Madog only half commits.
Caunt looks to throw the jab but Madog is out of range.
Madog loads up on a big right hand but Caunt slips the punch.
Madog swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Caunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caunt looks to land a right hand but Madog moved out of range.
Madog connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madog checks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caunt.
Madog lands with an overhand left.
Caunt misses with an uppercut.
Madog misses with a body shot.
Caunt misses with a low kick.
Caunt throws out a loose jab but Madog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madog chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Caunt can pounce on him.
Madog lands with a cross.
Caunt lands with a shot to the body.
Madog swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Caunt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Caunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Madog.
Nice body punch from Caunt.
Madog misses with a wild body shot.
Madog slips a straight right by Caunt.
Caunt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Madog blocks the low kick.
Caunt lands a jab to Madog's midsection.
Nice cross by Caunt.
Madog closes the distance and pushes Caunt back into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Madog.
Madog working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madog tries a body shot but Caunt blocks it.
Madog tries to work over Caunt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madog misses with the head strike.
Madog swings wildly with an uppercut but Caunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caunt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caunt avoiding damage.
I was talking to Madog's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Caunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Madog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caunt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Caunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madog's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caunt.
Madog blocks a body shot from Caunt.
Madog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caunt.
Caunt presses Madog against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Caunt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Madog throws a punch but it's blocked by Caunt.
Madog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caunt pushes Madog back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Madog.
Caunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Madog misses with some punches.
Caunt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Madog backwards.
Caunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caunt's elbow.
Caunt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madog is defending well for now.
Caunt has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Madog seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Caunt can turn it around.
Caunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Madog breaks the clinch.
Caunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some bone on bone action there as Madog checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Madog throws a jab when Caunt was well out of range.
Caunt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Madog's hands.
Madog moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Madog wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Caunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Madog.
Madog is looking to wear down Caunt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Madog scores with a nice body kick.
Caunt misses with a looping right.
Caunt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Madog is looking to score with low kicks.
Caunt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Caunt.
Madog throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Caunt. Beautiful body shot.
Madog fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caunt.
Madog turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caunt defending well as Madog loads up on a big left hand.
Madog rushes Caunt and presses him up against the cage.
Madog struggles to land a body shot inside as Caunt controls his hands.
Caunt has had enough of the clinch but Madog keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Caunt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Madog creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caunt tries to stall but Madog uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Madog can't break the clinch.
Madog swings wildly with an uppercut but Caunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madog misses with a punch to the body.
Caunt blocks an uppercut.
Caunt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madog throws a punch but it's blocked by Caunt.
Madog tries to throw a body punch but Caunt avoids it by throwing Madog back against the cage.
Madog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caunt's elbow.
A short right from Madog on the inside.
Madog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dick Caunt will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Madog ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Caunt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Madog moves forwards but Caunt connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Caunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Caunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Madog connects with a leg kick.
Caunt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Madog has time to react.
Caunt swings for the body but Madog moves out of range.
Caunt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Caunt works Madog's body with a nice hook.
Good shot there by Caunt.
Caunt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Madog slips a jab from Caunt.
Madog swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Madog misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Madog.
Caunt throws a big shot that misses.
Madog misses with a hook. Caunt ducked under it nicely.
Caunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Madog misses the jab.
Caunt checks a low kick from Madog.
Madog throws a leg kick which misses Caunt's front leg but catches the back leg as Caunt tries to avoid it.
Madog misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madog uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caunt.
Madog slips under a jab from Caunt.
Madog slips a jab from Caunt.
Caunt jabs at Madog's body.
Madog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caunt.
Caunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Madog manages to avoid it.
Caunt tests Madog's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Madog throws a low kick but Caunt moves out of range easily.
Madog connects with a body shot.
Caunt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Caunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Madog is able to avoid easily.
Caunt scores with a jab to the body.
Caunt lands a jab to the nose.
Good work by Caunt as he checks the leg kick.
Madog motions for Caunt to come forward. Madog throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Caunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Madog throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madog is looking to chop away at Caunt's legs.
Caunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madog tries to land a leg kick but Caunt saw it coming and moves away.
Madog misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madog misses with a head kick.
Caunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body kick there by Caunt.
Nice uppercut lands for Caunt. That snapped Madog's head back.
Caunt throws a leg kick which misses Madog's front leg but catches the back leg as Madog tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick from Caunt, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caunt missing with a left hand there. Madog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick lands for Caunt.
Caunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Madog throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caunt scores with a body shot.
Iolyn Madog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caunt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Caunt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Madog throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madog.
Caunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Madog blocks a low kick nicely.
Caunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madog.
Caunt misses the jab.
Madog's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Caunt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Madog scrambles back to his feet.
Caunt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Caunt misses with a few strikes there.
Caunt throws a lazy right hand but Madog sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog throws a nice outside leg kick.
Caunt with a nice calf kick.
Madog avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madog dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Caunt. That did some damage!
Caunt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slow jab from Caunt misses its intended target.
Caunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Caunt misses with a low kick.
Madog buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Madog throws a nice inside leg kick.
Caunt fails to land with a series of punches.
Madog ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
It appears Madog was looking to counter with a kick there.
Caunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Madog stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A bone on bone clash there as Madog blocks the leg kick.
Madog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caunt.
Madog feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Madog tries to land a leg kick but Caunt saw it coming and moves away.
Madog lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caunt misses with a body shot.
Madog swings for the body but Caunt moves out of range.
Madog moves out of range of the body kick.
Caunt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Madog misses.
A big left from Madog misses.
Madog connects with a jab.
Caunt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caunt throws a push kick but Madog slaps the foot to one side.
Caunt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dick Caunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Madog is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Caunt throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Madog counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Madog scoring well with a low kick there.
Madog throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Madog ducks under a wild hook from Caunt.
Madog slips a jab and a cross from Caunt.
Caunt defending well as Madog loads up on a big left hand.
Caunt misses with a body shot.
Madog takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Madog lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madog on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Caunt ducks under a wild hook from Madog.
Madog misses with a wild body shot.
Madog walks into a jab.
Caunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Caunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Madog drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Caunt.
Caunt misses with a right hand
enabling Madog to counter with a crisp jab.
Madog lands with a good body shot.
Madog takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Caunt throws an overhand right that lands on Madog's shoulder, as Madog tries to avoid the shot.
Caunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Madog avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Caunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Madog moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Madog misses with a low kick as Caunt jumps back.
Madog slips under a jab from Caunt.
Caunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Madog jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Madog checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Madog is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madog throws a hook but Caunt blocks it.
Madog catches Caunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Madog loads up on a big right hand but Caunt slips the punch.
Madog tried to score with a low kick but Caunt checks it.
Madog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Madog's head.
Caunt throws a front kick aimed at Madog's knee but Madog avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caunt throws a body kick that misses.
Good work by Caunt as he checks the leg kick.
Madog takes one to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Madog!
Madog misses the jab.
Caunt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Madog looks for the body kick but Caunt saw that one coming.
Madog looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Madog tries to clinch there but Caunt circles away.
Caunt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Madog takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Caunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madog walks into a left hand.
Madog shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Madog lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caunt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Madog misses with a wild body shot.
Good exchange - Caunt coming out on top.
Madog looks to land a left hand but Caunt moved out of range nicely.
Caunt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Madog misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caunt keeps the fight on the outside.
Caunt throws a push kick but Madog slaps the foot to one side.
Madog misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Caunt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
Caunt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Madog slips a jab from Caunt.
Caunt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Madog keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Madog defending well as Caunt loads up on a big left hand.
Caunt throws the kick towards the body but Madog avoids it.
Caunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Madog.
Nice cross by Madog.
It looks like Dick Caunt has been cut.
Madog throws a leg kick but Caunt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Madog lands with a thumping leg kick.
Madog swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caunt.
Caunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madog backing away here, and Caunt unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Madog displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caunt throws out the jab.
Caunt moves out of range of the leg kick from Madog.
Caunt lands with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Madog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Madog.
Madog walks into a jab.
Madog slips a straight right by Caunt.
Madog tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Caunt misses with a looping right.
Caunt moves out of range as Madog strikes.
Madog pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caunt is out of range and Madog settles back down.
Caunt throws a hook but Madog avoids it easily.
Caunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Madog is just out of range.
Madog looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Caunt misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Madog misses.
Madog throws a head kick but Caunt moves out of range.
Caunt throws a solid leg kick but Madog takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Caunt.
Caunt throws a shot from downtown. Madog moves away and avoids it.
Madog finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Caunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Caunt.
Madog throws a front kick aimed at Caunt's knee but Caunt avoids it well.
Caunt lands a really nice looking cross but Madog seems unphased.
Caunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Caunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Caunt does it's job there.
Madog moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Caunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Madog's head.
Madog wants to land a leg kick but Caunt is out of range.
Caunt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Madog tries to land a leg kick but Caunt saw it coming and moves away.
Madog throws a body shot but no joy.
Madog's corner calls for a 1-2. Madog obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Madog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caunt.
Madog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caunt.
Caunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caunt throws a hook to the side of Madog's head but Madog sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Caunt throws a lazy body kick
letting Madog counter with a right hand.
Madog throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madog swinging wildly here.
Madog lands with an overhand left.
Dick Caunt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Caunt works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Caunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Caunt winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Caunt!
In his post fight interview, Dick Caunt started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sarfraz Ali (ranked 217 p4p, 74 weight class) and Iker Ramirez (ranked 28 p4p, 10 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Great balls of fire as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sarfraz Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 2, fighting out of London, Iker Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Ramirez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
A shot to the liver by Ramirez. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Ali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Ali has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Iron Sharpens Iron in the buildup to the fight.
Ali walks into a jab.
Ali throws a leg kick but Ramirez moved away.
Ramirez staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Ali. Beautiful body shot.
Ali looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ramirez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Ramirez scores with a sloppy right hand. Ali should have avoided that one.
Ramirez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez throws a front kick aimed at Ali's knee but Ali avoids it well.
Ali takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ali connects with a jab.
Ali looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
Ali slips under a jab.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
Ali defending well as Ramirez loads up on a big left hand.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali cracks Ramirez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ali smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Ramirez.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Ali slips the punch.
Ali swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ramirez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ali pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range and Ali settles back down.
Nice body kick from Ali.
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali slips a straight right by Ramirez.
Ali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ramirez's head backwards.
Ali misses with a low kick.
Ali throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ramirez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ali takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez throws a hook to the side of Ali's head but Ali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ali jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ramirez slips under a jab.
Ali throws a jab when Ramirez was well out of range.
Ramirez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ali throws out the jab.
Ramirez blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ali looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ramirez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ramirez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ali.
Ali blocks a jab.
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramirez.
Ramirez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ali is out of range and Ramirez settles back down.
Ali fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ramirez just manages to avoid it.
Ali throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ali misses with a straight right.
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ali throws a front kick that sends Ramirez stumbling back into the cage.
Ali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ramirez.
Ali swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ramirez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Ali.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ramirez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ali.
Ali moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ramirez connects with an inside leg kick.
Ramirez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ali throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to score with a low kick but Ramirez moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Ramirez.
Ramirez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ali steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ali's sensitive parts.
Ramirez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali.
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramirez.
Ali throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramirez scores with a leg kick.
Ali swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Ramirez.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramirez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ali.
Ali swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Ali.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali wants to slow Ramirez down by chopping away at his legs.
Ramirez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali connects with a looping right hand.
Ramirez lands a nice looking body shot.
Ali takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ali gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ramirez throws a hook but Ali blocks it.
Ali works the jab nicely.
Ramirez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ramirez missing with a left hand there. Ali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ali throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ali throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a hook but Ali avoids it easily.
Ramirez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ali moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramirez.
Ali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ramirez's head backwards.
Ali misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ali.
Ali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Ali - just one landing.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ramirez is looking for the big counter here.
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 Sarfraz Ali will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ali's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
Ali tries to score with a low kick but Ramirez moves his leg out of the way.
Ramirez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ali swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ali lands with a good body shot.
Ali thuds his right hand into Ramirez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ramirez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ramirez slips under a jab from Ali.
Ramirez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ali has time to react.
Ali swings widly with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramirez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crunch! Ali slams his shin into Ramirez's torso.
Ramirez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ramirez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ali.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ali lands a body shot.
Ramirez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ali is out of range and Ramirez settles back down.
Ali throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Nice defenses there by Ramirez.
Ali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramirez's sensitive parts.
Ramirez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
Ali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ali misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.
Ali pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range and Ali settles back down.
Sarfraz Ali is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ali.
Ali thuds a left hand into Ramirez's body.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali is looking to land body kicks.
Ramirez is looking for the big counter here.
Ali drops his hands momentarily and Ramirez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ali 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.
Ali misses with an uppercut
and Ramirez counters with a body kick.
Ali throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ali throwing a counter right hand but Ramirez manages to avoid it.
Ali is looking to chop away at Ramirez's legs.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Ramirez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramirez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ali throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ali swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ramirez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramirez tried to score with a low kick but Ali checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Ali on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A shot to the body from Ali misses
enabling Ramirez to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Ali digs a good hook to Ramirez's body.
Ali moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramirez.
Ramirez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramirez throws an overhand right that lands on Ali's shoulder, as Ali tries to avoid the shot.
Ramirez tries to bum rush Ali with a series of wild strikes but Ali uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ramirez checks a leg kick.
Ali misses with a left hand
and Ramirez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ali throws a leg kick that misses.
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Ramirez misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ali misses with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a low kick, right behind Ali 's knee.
Ali fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ramirez checks it well.
Ali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ali throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ramirez throws a leg kick that misses.
Ramirez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ali misses the jab.
Ramirez motions for Ali to come forward. Ramirez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ali lands a nice hook to Ramirez's body. Ramirez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ramirez throws a sloppy head kick and Ali moves out of range easily.
Ramirez looks to land a left hand but Ali moved out of range nicely.
Ali throws a low kick but Ramirez moves out of range easily.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Ali slips the punch.
Ali throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Ramirez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ramirez is looking to slow Ali down with leg kicks.
Ali looks to land a right hand but Ramirez moved out of range.
Ali throws a looping overhand right but Ramirez ducks down to avoid it.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ramirez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ali swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirez throws an overhand right that lands on Ali's shoulder, as Ali tries to avoid the shot.
Ali scores with a shot to the body.
Ramirez is looking to chop away at Ali's legs.
Ali moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ali with the inside leg kick.
Ali on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ali bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ali tries to land a leg kick but Ramirez saw it coming and moves away.
Good leg kick by Ali.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez tries to score with a low kick but Ali moves his leg out of the way.
Ali moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Ramirez lands a jab to Ali's midsection.
Ramirez throws a good cross that connects.
Ali throws a solid leg kick but Ramirez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ali.
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 Sarfraz Ali will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab from Ali misses.
Ramirez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ramirez takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ramirez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ali's sensitive parts.
Ali looks to land a right hand but Ramirez moved out of range.
Ramirez flicks out a counter leg kick but Ali steps away.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ramirez moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Ali slips the punch.
Ramirez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ali blocks a leg kick.
Ali slips a jab from Ramirez.
Ali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Ali misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali tries to work over Ramirez's front leg with a kick but Ramirez checks it.
Ali tries to work over Ramirez's front leg with a kick but Ramirez checks it.
Ali throws out a loose jab but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRamirez.
Ali lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ramirez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ali throws a leg kick but Ramirez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ali swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a head kick.
Ali tries to work over Ramirez's front leg with a kick but Ramirez checks it.
Ali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ramirez has time to react.
Ramirez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ali scores with a hook to the body. Ramirez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ali scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ali closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ramirez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ali scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ramirez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ali is out of range and Ramirez settles back down.
Ramirez throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
Ali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ali slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
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!
Ali throws a lazy uppercut
and Ramirez counters with an outside leg kick.
Ali moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ali throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez flicks out a counter leg kick but Ali steps away.
Ramirez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Ali.
Iker Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
The fighters circling - Ramirez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramirez.
Ali moves out of range of the body kick.
Ali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ramirez misses with a double jab.
Ali misses with a hook.
As Ali backs off Ramirez throws a huge counter combo but Ali manages to avoid it all.
Ali checks a leg kick.
Ramirez ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Ali with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ali scoring well with a low kick there.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut.
Ramirez avoids the body shot from Ali.
Ramirez throws a hook to the side of Ali's head but Ali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ramirez.
Ramirez lands with a nice body punch.
Ali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramirez's sensitive parts.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez feints and then cracks Ali's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ali down.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ramirez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Ramirez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ramirez.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
Ali lands a glancing blow to the side of Ramirez's head.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali throws a wild body kick that Ramirez sees coming a mile off.
Ali lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramirez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ramirez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramirez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ali.
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!
Good standup being displayed there by Ali as he connects with a hook.
Ramirez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ali. That one must have hurt.
Ramirez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ali moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a sloppy head kick and Ali moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali misses with a straight right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali.
Ali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramirez's sensitive parts.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ali lands the left hand.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez misses with a body kick.
Ali throws a low kick, looking for Ramirez's leg but Ramirez calmly moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez is looking to slow Ali down with leg kicks.
Ali lands a jab to the head.
Ali thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Ali lands a jab.
Ramirez takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ramirez tests Ali's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sarfraz Ali.
Well Ali 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sarfraz Ali!
During a confident post fight interview, Sarfraz Ali thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ceaser El Toro Jr (ranked 207 p4p, 82 weight class) and Roberto Duranto (ranked 29 p4p, 10 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Roberto Duranto was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ceaser El Toro Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Roberto Duranto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duranto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
El Toro Jr avoids the body shot from Duranto.
Duranto misses the shot to the body.
Duranto misses with a series of wild punches.
El Toro Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circling - El Toro Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duranto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and El Toro Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duranto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duranto throws a head kick but El Toro Jr moves out of range.
El Toro Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duranto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr takes a swing at Duranto's ribcage but misses.
Duranto throws out a counter right but El Toro Jr avoids it with no problem.
Duranto connects with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Duranto.
El Toro Jr jabs Duranto right on the nose. Duranto blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duranto misses with a kick to the body.
Duranto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr tries to move into range but Duranto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duranto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro Jr.
Duranto throws a lazy head kick
and El Toro Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duranto takes a swing at El Toro Jr's ribcage but misses.
Duranto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
El Toro Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duranto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duranto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
El Toro Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro Jr clinches with his opponent.
Duranto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from El Toro Jr misses.
Duranto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr loads up on a big right hand but Duranto slips the punch.
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!
El Toro Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duranto throws out the jab.
Duranto 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.
Duranto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duranto lands with a cross.
El Toro Jr connects with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto scores with a crisp jab that stopped El Toro Jr in his tracks.
Duranto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr backing away here, and Duranto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
El Toro Jr moves into the clinch.
Duranto manages to break the clinch.
Duranto scores with a body shot.
Duranto throws a hook but El Toro Jr avoids it easily.
El Toro Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duranto.
El Toro Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duranto lands with a nice body kick.
El Toro Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duranto.
Duranto misses with a series of wild punches.
Duranto lands a jab to the nose.
El Toro Jr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duranto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto tests El Toro Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duranto misses with a hook. El Toro Jr ducked under it nicely.
El Toro Jr looks to clinch
and Duranto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Duranto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Duranto connects with a jab.
Duranto loads up on a big right hand but El Toro Jr slips the punch.
A jab from Duranto misses.
Roberto Duranto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Duranto.
El Toro Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Duranto slips a straight right by El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Duranto misses with a kick to the body.
El Toro Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duranto looks to land a left hand but El Toro Jr moved out of range nicely.
Duranto lets loose with a powerful body kick. El Toro Jr will feel that in the morning.
El Toro Jr has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro Jr lands an elbow just above Duranto 's eye.
El Toro Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duranto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Toro Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duranto breaks from the clinch.
El Toro Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duranto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El Toro Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duranto manages to avoid it.
Duranto misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Duranto.
Duranto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Duranto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
El Toro Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Duranto finds it's target.
El Toro Jr catches Duranto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro Jr moves out of range as Duranto throws a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duranto lands with a good body shot.
El Toro Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duranto throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and El Toro Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duranto thuds his right hand into El Toro Jr's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duranto.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Duranto dominated that round.
That's time! El Toro Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
El Toro Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duranto throws out a powerful jab.
Duranto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Duranto fails to land with a series of punches.
El Toro Jr misses with a shot to the body
and El Toro Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duranto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberto Duranto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El Toro Jr misses with a head kick.
Duranto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duranto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duranto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
El Toro Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro Jr ducks right into an uppercut from Duranto.
El Toro Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Toro Jr. Duranto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duranto is looking to score with low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Toro Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duranto jabs El Toro Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duranto scores with a hook to the body. El Toro Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Duranto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duranto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Duranto catches El Toro Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto avoids the body shot from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
El Toro Jr slips a straight right by Duranto.
Duranto blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Duranto! But no joy.
El Toro Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duranto has time to react.
Duranto throws a looping overhand right but El Toro Jr ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro Jr throws a head kick that half lands.
Good leg kick by Duranto.
Sloppy strikes from Duranto. Those never looked like landing.
El Toro Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Duranto just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duranto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
El Toro Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick lands for Duranto.
El Toro Jr misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands the left hand.
El Toro Jr moves into the clinch.
El Toro Jr slowing the pace effectively.
El Toro Jr working aggressively here.
Duranto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
El Toro Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, El Toro Jr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duranto's brow.
El Toro Jr letting Duranto take a breather here.
Duranto lands a right hand.
Duranto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duranto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for El Toro Jr.
Duranto tries to circle away but El Toro Jr has him pinned against the cage.
Duranto digs a right hand underneath El Toro Jr's ribcage. El Toro Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
El Toro Jr takes a shot to the head.
Duranto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duranto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr blocking some punches.
Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Toro Jr 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.
Duranto lands a nice leg kick that just misses El Toro Jr's sensitive parts.
El Toro Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Duranto works the jab nicely.
El Toro Jr slips under a jab from Duranto.
Nice shot lands for Duranto.
El Toro Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Duranto.
Duranto is looking to slow El Toro Jr down with leg kicks.
Duranto ducks under a wild hook from El Toro Jr.
Duranto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
El Toro Jr walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duranto throws a front kick aimed at El Toro Jr's knee but El Toro Jr avoids it well.
Duranto scores with the left hand. El Toro Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Duranto cracks El Toro Jr with a good jab.
El Toro Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr misses with a body punch.
El Toro Jr prevents a body shot from Duranto.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto slows down the pace here.
Duranto breaks from the clinch.
El Toro Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Duranto is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Duranto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duranto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr looks to land a left hand but Duranto moved out of range nicely.
Duranto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A cross from Duranto lands.
Duranto connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duranto throws a nice inside leg kick.
El Toro Jr misses with a body shot.
El Toro Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Duranto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
El Toro Jr looks to land a right hand but Duranto moved out of range.
Duranto lands a nice looking kick to the body. El Toro Jr takes a step back to recover.
El Toro Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Duranto looks to land a right hand but El Toro Jr moved out of range.
Duranto scores with a punch to the head.
El Toro Jr misses with a straight left.
El Toro Jr is looking to slow Duranto down with leg kicks.
El Toro Jr misses with a hook. Duranto ducked under it nicely.
Duranto appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duranto tests El Toro Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duranto throws a hook but El Toro Jr avoids it easily.
Duranto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Duranto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from El Toro Jr 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 Duranto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duranto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A countering left hand to the body from Duranto misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duranto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Toro Jr. That did some damage!
El Toro Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Duranto circles away.
El Toro Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Duranto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Duranto misses.
Duranto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro Jr looks to land a body kick but Duranto moved away.
Duranto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
El Toro Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duranto lands with a right hand.
Duranto catches El Toro Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro Jr throws out the jab.
A solid body kick from Duranto.
Duranto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Duranto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duranto tried to score with a low kick but El Toro Jr checks it.
Duranto throws a leg kick but El Toro Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Duranto lands with an uppercut that bounces El Toro Jr off the cage and back into range.
Duranto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Duranto moves out of range of the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Duranto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
El Toro Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Duranto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duranto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. El Toro Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Duranto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ceaser El Toro Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Duranto.
Duranto throws a leg kick which misses El Toro Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as El Toro Jr tries to avoid it.
El Toro Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duranto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duranto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of El Toro Jr's head.
Duranto connects with a looping right hand.
El Toro Jr missing with a left hand there. Duranto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Duranto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A good leg kick by Duranto.
El Toro Jr moves forwards but Duranto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duranto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Toro Jr. That did some damage!
El Toro Jr 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.
El Toro Jr moves away from the strike by Duranto.
Duranto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Toro Jr throws a looping overhand right but Duranto ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto keeps the fight on the outside.
Duranto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
El Toro Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Duranto throws a good cross that connects.
El Toro Jr misses with a leg kick
enabling Duranto to counter with a crisp jab.
El Toro Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
El Toro Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duranto scores with a hook.
Duranto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as El Toro Jr backs up against the cage.
El Toro Jr is rocked!
Duranto scores with a jab to the head.
Oh El Toro Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duranto feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending El Toro Jr crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Roberto Duranto!
Roberto Duranto 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Gotti (ranked 317 p4p, 72 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 48 p4p, 10 weight class). Gotti 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, King Of Kings. Tuala has chosen Dock of Fiji 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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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 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominic Gotti !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gotti moves away.
Gotti dips to his left and cracks Tuala with an uppercut!
Tuala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gotti .
Nice body kick there by Tuala.
Tuala scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gotti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tuala looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gotti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gotti tries to move into range but Tuala moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gotti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gotti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tuala.
Tuala gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gotti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tuala. Tuala circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tuala bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti misses the shot to the body.
Gotti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gotti misses with a looping left.
Tuala doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tuala bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tuala throws a leg kick but Gotti checks it.
A good leg kick by Tuala.
Gotti throws a lazy right hand but Tuala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuala uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tuala thuds his right hand into Gotti 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gotti throws a right and a left that Tuala avoids nicely.
Tuala 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.
Jab, jab by Gotti - just one landing.
Tuala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gotti moves away.
A slow jab from Tuala misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuala connects with the punch.
It looks like Dominic Gotti has been cut.
Gotti slips a straight right by Tuala.
Gotti scores with a leg kick.
Tuala stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gotti .
Gotti looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuala is just out of range.
A nice side step and Tuala releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gotti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gotti lands a head shot.
It looks like Peleki Tuala has been cut.
Gotti swings widly with a right hand
and Tuala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tuala blocks a low kick nicely.
Gotti moves out of range as Tuala strikes.
Gotti throws a sloppy body shot
and Tuala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tuala takes a swing at Gotti 's ribcage but misses.
Tuala thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gotti if he has to take too many more of those.
Dominic Gotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotti throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gotti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tuala circles away quickly and effectively.
Gotti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gotti is breathing heavily.
Tuala lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tuala scores with a nice head shot.
Tuala connects with a solid leg kick.
Tuala cracks Gotti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice body kick from Tuala.
Tuala is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gotti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Crack! Tuala connects with the perfect overhand right and Gotti falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Tuala!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peleki Tuala!
During a confident post fight interview, Peleki Tuala thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Graves (ranked 14 p4p, 2 weight class) and Roli Poli (ranked 3 p4p, 1 weight class). Graves's entrance music is Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade. A fine choice. Nick Graves is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roli Poli!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graves manages to avoid it.
Poli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Graves defending well as Poli loads up on a big left hand.
Poli with a jab.
Graves moves in looking to clinch but Poli pushes him off.
Poli lands with a good body shot.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Poli is out of range.
Graves throws an overhand right that lands on Poli's shoulder, as Poli tries to avoid the shot.
Graves moves away from the strike by Poli.
Poli throws a hook but Graves blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Poli. Beautiful body shot.
Poli misses with a hook.
Poli throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Graves throwing a counter right hand but Poli manages to avoid it.
Poli lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Poli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poli looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range.
Poli throws a shot to the body.
Poli misses the shot to the body.
Graves defending well as Poli loads up on a big left hand.
Poli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Poli misses with a series of wild punches.
Poli throws an off balance right hand
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Roli Poli has been cut.
Poli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Graves throws a big counter combination but Poli scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Graves connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Poli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poli.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves checks a leg kick nicely.
Graves definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Graves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Roli Poli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves moves out of range of the strikes.
Graves is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big left from Graves misses.
Poli throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Poli misses its intended target.
Poli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Poli.
Poli dips to his left and cracks Graves with an uppercut!
Poli misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poli scores with a body shot.
Poli lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Poli misses.
Graves is looking to clinch.
Poli throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Graves throwing a counter right hand but Poli manages to avoid it.
Poli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graves lands a glancing blow to the side of Poli's head.
Poli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Poli misses with a hook
and Graves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Poli throws a body shot but no joy.
Poli misses with a looping left.
Poli misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
Poli defending well as Graves loads up on a big left hand.
Poli lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Poli lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poli throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poli misses with a lunging right hand
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
Poli lands a glancing blow to the side of Graves's head.
Poli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poli connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Poli misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Graves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Poli lands with a shot to the body.
Poli swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Graves misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Poli as he connects with a hook.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poli misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roli Poli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roli Poli'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.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poli.
Graves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poli.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Graves might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A jab lands there for Poli.
Poli stalks Graves and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Graves's face. Graves staggers backwards, shaken.
Graves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Poli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Poli 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.
Poli tries to keep at a distance but Graves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Graves tries to land knees in the clinch but Poli avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
Graves lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Graves working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graves works on Poli's body with a couple of short punches.
Poli is breathing heavily.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
Poli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Graves.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Poli blocks an uppercut.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves throws a head punch that misses.
Graves scores with a hook to the body.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Graves blocking some punches.
Poli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poli swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Graves.
Graves unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Graves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poli is defending well for now.
Poli has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Graves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Poli can turn it around.
Poli throws a head punch that misses.
Graves is trying to stall.
Graves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with some punches.
A short left from Poli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poli's elbow.
Graves lands with a light punch inside.
Poli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graves scores a nice knee to the body.
Poli throws a punch but it's blocked by Graves.
Poli takes a shot to the head.
Poli misses with some punches.
Poli letting Graves take a breather here.
Poli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nick Graves has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graves scores with a shot to the side of Poli's head.
Poli blocks a body shot from Graves.
Poli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Graves.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poli's elbow.
Graves looking to throw knees to the head but Poli is blocking nicely.
Graves misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poli has a couple of punches blocked by Graves.
Poli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Graves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poli.
Poli scores with a hook to the body.
Graves tries a knee to the head but Poli blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Poli fails to land.
Poli misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Graves.
A frustrated look appears on Poli's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
Poli blocks an uppercut.
Poli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Poli scores with a shoulder strike.
Graves is struggling to control the position.
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poli backwards.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Poli.
Poli is trying to break the clinch but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Poli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Poli misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Poli scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Poli.
Poli misses with a left hand
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Poli throws out a powerful jab.
Graves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Poli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Poli lands with an uppercut that bounces Graves off the cage and back into range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roli Poli will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roli Poli's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Poli throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poli misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Graves misses the target.
Poli misses with a shot to the body
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Graves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poli.
It looked like Graves wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Graves with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Poli to score with a decent uppercut.
Poli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Graves misses with a straight left.
Poli misses with an uppercut. Graves saw that one coming.
Graves takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves throws a shot from downtown. Poli moves away and avoids it.
Poli avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves moves into range and clinches up with Poli.
Poli is trying to push Graves away but Graves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Poli.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poli has had enough of the clinch but Graves keeps him there for the moment.
Poli breaks the clinch.
Roli Poli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Poli.
Poli works the jab nicely.
Poli swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a stiff right hand.
Graves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A shot to the liver by Poli. Beautiful body shot.
Poli swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a stiff right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Poli.
Poli misses the jab.
Poli misses with a leg kick.
Poli misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Poli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves takes a swing at Poli's ribcage but misses.
Poli takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Poli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Graves doesn't manage to clinch there - Poli circles away.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Poli throws a quick inside leg kick.
Poli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graves throwing a counter right hand but Poli manages to avoid it.
Graves looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Graves needs to keep his hands up - Poli had a free shot at his head there.
Graves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Graves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Poli finds it's way round the side to connect with Graves's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poli scores with a crisp jab that stopped Graves in his tracks.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Graves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poli. Poli obviously looking to wear him down.
Graves tries to clinch there but Poli circles away.
Poli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Poli is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Graves with a body shot.
Graves throws a leg kick that is checked
and Poli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Graves's knee momentarily.
Poli's jab looks to have found its range, popping Graves under the eye.
Poli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Graves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Poli scores with a nice head shot.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poli.
Poli throws a big shot that misses.
Graves swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Poli connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Graves momentarily.
Graves fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poli's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Poli duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poli scores with a crisp jab that stopped Graves in his tracks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Poli darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice side step and Poli releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Graves is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Graves ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Graves closes the distance and clinches.
Graves presses Poli against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Graves.
A right handed body shot lands from Graves.
Graves tries a body shot but Poli blocks it.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves is leaning against Poli and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Graves with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roli Poli really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roli Poli's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Graves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Poli lands a body shot.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Graves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Graves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Poli fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Graves staying out of range there.
Poli just misses with a punch to the body.
Poli throws a hook but Graves avoids it easily.
Graves seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poli.
Graves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Poli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Graves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poli. Poli obviously looking to wear him down.
Graves slips under a jab.
Graves was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves throws a nice looking combination but Poli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Graves attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Poli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Poli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Poli throws a combination. Graves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Graves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Poli misses with a looping left.
Graves misses with a body kick.
Poli misses with a wild body shot.
Graves staying out of range there.
Poli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Poli walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves blocks a jab.
It looked like Graves was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Poli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Graves defending well as Poli loads up on a big left hand.
Poli lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Poli bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Graves's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poli misses the jab.
Poli connects with a crisp jab.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poli manages to avoid it.
Poli throws a head kick that Graves semi-blocks.
Graves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graves walks into a jab.
Graves wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Poli is out of range.
Poli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Poli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poli.
Graves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Poli under the eye.
Poli tries to bum rush Graves with a series of wild strikes but Graves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Graves throws a big shot that misses.
Poli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Graves counters with a series of strikes. Poli will be more careful next time no doubt.
Poli fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Graves on the side of the head.
Poli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Poli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Graves throws a lazy right hand but Poli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Graves slips a jab and a cross from Poli.
Graves is looking to clinch but Poli is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Graves.
A short right from Poli.
Poli is trying to break the clinch but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Poli scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Poli.
Poli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roli Poli dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Roli Poli's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Poli.
Poli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Graves has time to react.
Poli misses with a looping right.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poli.
Poli throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
Poli misses with a hook.
Poli scores with a jab to the jaw.
Poli delivers a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Poli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poli throws a right hand that misses
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graves tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Poli to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Poli.
Poli lands a nice looking body shot.
Poli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Poli misses the body punch
and Graves counters with a right hand to the body.
Poli throws a big shot that misses.
Poli misses with an uppercut. Graves saw that one coming.
Poli looks to land a left hand but Graves moved out of range nicely.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poli lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Graves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poli.
Poli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Poli swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
Graves has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Poli.
Poli swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Graves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poli.
Roli Poli is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Poli takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
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!
Poli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Graves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poli throws a nice head kick!
Poli throws a right and a left that Graves avoids nicely.
Graves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves avoids the body shot from Poli.
Poli throws a shot to the body.
Poli fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Poli moves out of range of the strikes.
Graves throws an overhand right that lands on Poli's shoulder, as Poli tries to avoid the shot.
Poli throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
Poli bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Graves jabs Poli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Graves closes the distance looking to clinch
and Poli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Graves. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Graves.
Poli throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nick Graves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poli throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Poli scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poli blocks a jab.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice inside leg kick there by Poli. That's going to slow Graves down.
A big right from Poli misses.
Poli scores with a jab to the head.
Graves bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Poli's head backwards.
Nice uppercut lands for Poli. That snapped Graves's head back.
Poli keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roli Poli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poli winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 46:50
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roli Poli! Roli Poli retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Roli Poli thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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