MMMA Kings of Madness 4 (FW) PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Shortman (ranked 5663 p4p, 5630 weight class) and Luke Isomonsi (ranked 170 p4p, 169 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Shortman
vs
Isomonsi

220 cm
25
300
0 - 0 - 0

221 cm
24
300
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Shortman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Isomonsi!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Isomonsi gets a clinch.
Isomonsi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shortman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shortman is trying to pull guard but Isomonsi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Isomonsi is working for takedown but Shortman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Isomonsi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Isomonsi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Shortman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
James Shortman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Isomonsi.
Shortman is looking for a takedown.
Isomonsi jumps guard but Shortman turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Isomonsi blocking some punches.
Shortman prevents the takedown attempt.
Shortman tries to stall but Isomonsi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Isomonsi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shortman stuffs the takedown.
Shortman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Isomonsi counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Isomonsi closes the distance and clinches.
Shortman is trying to pull guard but Isomonsi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Isomonsi fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Isomonsi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shortman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shortman is looking to clinch.
As Shortman backs off Isomonsi throws a huge counter combo but Shortman manages to avoid it all.
Shortman fails with the takedown.

Shortman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Isomonsi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Shortman is in Isomonsi's guard.
Shortman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
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.
Isomonsi trying to strike off his back.
Shortman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Shortman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Shortman shoots and misses
and Isomonsi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Isomonsi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shortman tries to avoid it but Isomonsi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shortman to the ground. Shortman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shortman tries to clinch up but Isomonsi circles away and keeps his distance.
Isomonsi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shortman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Isomonsi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shortman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Isomonsi.
Isomonsi looks winded!
Shortman tries to clinch but Isomonsi moves out of range.
Isomonsi fails with the takedown.
Shortman misses with a body kick.
Shortman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Isomonsi defends well and Shortman ends up having to push Isomonsi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Shortman manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Shortman has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Isomonsi should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Shortman has tightened it up now! Isomonsi should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Shortman!

C
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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
37%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Canseco (ranked 3779 p4p, 3483 weight class) and Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 139 p4p, 142 weight class). Canseco comes into the arena with Tool - Fear Inoculum blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Canseco
vs
Davidyan

193 cm
31
290
13 - 29 - 0

189 cm
39
191
26 - 17 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Canseco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gurgen Davidyan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Canseco manages to avoid it.
Davidyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Davidyan misses the target.
A combination from Canseco does no damage.
A punch combination from Canseco misses.
Davidyan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Canseco throws a hook to the side of Davidyan's head but Davidyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davidyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Canseco is able to avoid easily.
Canseco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Canseco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davidyan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Canseco 's head backwards.
A big right from Canseco misses.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Canseco . Those never looked like landing.
Davidyan tries to clinch but Canseco moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canseco misses the shot to the body.
Canseco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davidyan.
Davidyan throws out a loose jab but Canseco uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco punishes Davidyan's body with a nice straight punch.
Jose Canseco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan connects with the punch.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
A big left from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan lands a jab to the head.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
A good leg kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canseco .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Canseco !
Davidyan tries to move into range but Canseco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Canseco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Canseco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Davidyan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Davidyan manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan scores with a jab to the body.

Davidyan takes the fight into the clinch.
Canseco tries to circle away but Davidyan has him pinned against the cage.

Davidyan manages to break the clinch.
Canseco gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davidyan.
Canseco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davidyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davidyan 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 Canseco has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Canseco and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Davidyan lands a slapping body shot.
Davidyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Canseco keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Canseco just misses with a punch to the body.
Canseco misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Canseco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Davidyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Canseco tries to circle away but Davidyan has him pinned against the cage.
Davidyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davidyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davidyan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canseco 's efforts to push away.

Canseco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Canseco is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Canseco misses with a double jab.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davidyan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Davidyan throws a front kick aimed at Canseco 's knee but Canseco avoids it well.
Canseco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Canseco .
Davidyan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Canseco blocks it well.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
Canseco just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Canseco s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Canseco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Canseco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan scores with a jab to the body.
Davidyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Davidyan rushes Canseco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Canseco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Canseco .
Still in the clinch, Davidyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davidyan works on Canseco 's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
Davidyan lands with a left to the head.

Davidyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Davidyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Canseco 's sensitive parts.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
Davidyan lands a head shot.
Canseco 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.

A close round but Gurgen Davidyan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Canseco moves forwards but Davidyan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sloppy strikes from Canseco . Those never looked like landing.
Davidyan dips to his left and cracks Canseco with an uppercut!
Jose Canseco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Canseco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Canseco .
Canseco misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Davidyan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidyan throws a jab when Canseco was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Canseco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Canseco throws a nice looking combination but Davidyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Canseco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Canseco throws a body shot but no joy.
Davidyan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Canseco is looking to wear down Davidyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davidyan looks to land a combination but Canseco avoids it well.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Canseco throws a hook but Davidyan blocks it.
Jose Canseco is winning the standup battle so far.
Canseco moves out of range as Davidyan strikes.
Davidyan lands a jab to Canseco 's midsection.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
Davidyan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan jabs Canseco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Davidyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davidyan takes a swing at Canseco 's ribcage but misses.
Canseco misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidyan! But no joy.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davidyan counters with a straight right hand.
Canseco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davidyan circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canseco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davidyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davidyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Canseco momentarily.
Davidyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Davidyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Canseco misses with an uppercut. Davidyan saw that one coming.
Davidyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davidyan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Canseco blocks a jab.
Canseco misses the body punch
and Davidyan counters with a left to the body.
Canseco throws out a loose jab but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canseco throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Davidyan counter with a right hand.
Davidyan connects with a body shot that sends Canseco 's belly button to the back.
Canseco misses the shot to the body.
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Canseco blocks a head kick by Davidyan.
Canseco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan lands a nice shot that snaps Canseco 's head back.
Davidyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davidyan lands a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davidyan.
Canseco digs a good hook to Davidyan's body.
Davidyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Canseco misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Davidyan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Davidyan misses with a hook. Canseco ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Canseco is just out of range.
Canseco throws a right hand that Davidyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Davidyan also avoids with ease.
Canseco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Canseco moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidyan throws a jab when Canseco was well out of range.
Davidyan throws a leg kick which misses Canseco 's front leg but catches the back leg as Canseco tries to avoid it.
Davidyan lands with a shot to the body.
Davidyan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Canseco tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Canseco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan cracks Canseco with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davidyan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Davidyan has Canseco up against the cage in a clinch.

Davidyan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gurgen Davidyan 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!

Davidyan throws a body kick that misses.
Davidyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Canseco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Canseco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Canseco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davidyan misses with a wild body shot.
Canseco connects with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Davidyan.
Canseco misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Canseco , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Canseco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Canseco throws a body shot but no joy.
Canseco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davidyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut. Canseco saw that one coming.
Canseco looks to land a left hand but Davidyan moved out of range nicely.
Canseco slips under a jab.
Davidyan with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davidyan misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco swings for the body but Davidyan moves out of range.
Davidyan flicks out a counter leg kick but Canseco steps away.
Canseco throws the left hand but Davidyan avoids the punch easily.
Canseco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davidyan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Canseco blocks it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davidyan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Canseco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Canseco backing away here, and Davidyan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A swing and a miss from Canseco .
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Davidyan misses with a hook. Canseco ducked under it nicely.
Davidyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Davidyan lands with a nice body punch.
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidyan! But no joy.
Davidyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canseco .
Davidyan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Davidyan wants to clinch up but Canseco keeps it at a distance.
Davidyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canseco .
Davidyan lands a high kick!
Davidyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Canseco misses.
Some wild striking there from Canseco .
Davidyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Canseco .
Davidyan misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidyan throws a body shot but no joy.
Davidyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Canseco was well out of range. Poor timing from Davidyan.
Canseco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan tests Canseco 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davidyan with a hook.
Davidyan scores with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Canseco misses its intended target.
Canseco walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davidyan.
Canseco takes a swing at Davidyan's ribcage but misses.
Canseco throws a series of strikes that have Davidyan backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Canseco swinging wildly here.
Canseco staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut there from Davidyan.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidyan cracks Canseco with an open hand slap.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davidyan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Davidyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Canseco doesn't seem bothered though.
Canseco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davidyan.
Canseco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jose Canseco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davidyan lands with a nice body punch.
Canseco 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.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut.
Canseco was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Canseco throws a series of punches but Davidyan avoids them all with ease.
Davidyan tries a quick counter leg kick but Canseco is wise to it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davidyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gurgen Davidyan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davidyan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Canseco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Davidyan scores with a hook to the body. Canseco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Davidyan throws a head kick that Canseco semi-blocks.
Davidyan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Canseco on the side of the head.
Davidyan works the jab nicely.
Canseco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davidyan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Davidyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Davidyan. Canseco shrugs it off though.
Davidyan lands a two punch combo.
The fighters circling - Davidyan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco takes one to the side of the head.
Canseco swings for the body but Davidyan moves out of range.
Canseco drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurgen Davidyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davidyan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurgen Davidyan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gurgen Davidyan made sure he mentioned Reaper Combatwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
In defeat, Jose Canseco stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fucking CTE'.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
79%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tempe Gorge (ranked 2707 p4p, 3574 weight class) and Oshan Jackson (ranked 108 p4p, 149 weight class). Gorge comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gorge
vs
Jackson

170 cm
31
147
7 - 2 - 2

166 cm
40
134
20 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tempe Gorge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oshan Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorge defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jackson.
Gorge lands with a good body shot.
Gorge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Gorge misses the target.
Gorge scores with a decent looking hook.
Gorge takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jackson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gorge turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gorge throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
Jackson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gorge lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gorge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Jackson misses.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Gorge.
Gorge looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson punishes Gorge's body with a nice straight punch.

Gorge gets caught napping as Jackson dives in and scores a takedown. Gorge manages to retain guard.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gorge wants to sweep but no luck.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gorge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gorge has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jackson has managed to get both his arms back between Gorge's legs - danger averted.
Jackson working some strikes from top position.
Jackson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jackson postures up in Gorge's guard and throws a big left but Gorge blocks it.
Gorge preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jackson scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Gorge keeps moving.
Jackson stands up over Gorge, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jackson pushing down on Gorge's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gorge trying to hold on to Jackson's head to control him but Jackson postures up.
Jackson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gorge does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is stalling here. Gorge is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jackson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Gorge has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jackson tries to improve position but can't.
Jackson tries to control but Gorge manages to take his back.
Jackson wants to escape the position.
Jackson trying to control the hands but Gorge won't let him.
Gorge thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Jackson avoids the strikes from Gorge.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson rolls, trying to escape but Gorge keeps control of the position.
Gorge missing with strikes.
Gorge scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jackson is looking for a way out.
Jackson wants to escape the position.
Jackson covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Gorge is hanging on to Jackson's back as he tries to escape.

Gorge looking for the choke but no joy.
Gorge is hanging on to Jackson's back as he tries to escape.
Jackson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gorge is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jackson. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Gorge.
Jackson trying to control the position but Gorge manages to sink in the hooks.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Gorge doesn't have the hooks in and Jackson manages to turn into his guard.
Gorge has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gorge wants to sweep but no luck.
Gorge doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gorge working a defensive guard here.
Jackson trying to move into half guard but instead Gorge has managed to sweep!

Jackson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jackson is controlling Gorge's posture.
Gorge has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gorge throws a big elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tempe Gorge dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jackson throws a head kick that Gorge semi-blocks.

It looks like Tempe Gorge has been cut.
Gorge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Gorge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gorge wants to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Jackson.
A big left from Gorge misses.

Gorge instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Gorge's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gorge stalls.
Jackson stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gorge effectively controlling the action here.
Gorge throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails to pull guard.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jackson.
Gorge lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jackson stalling.
Jackson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gorge tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Gorge pressing his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gorge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gorge lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gorge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gorge lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Gorge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gorge avoids the head kick by Jackson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorge misses with a body shot.
Gorge tries to clinch up.
Donk. Jackson catches Gorge right on the button with a cross.
Gorge fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oshan Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gorge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson looks to land a body kick but Gorge moved away.
Jackson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gorge avoids the body shot from Jackson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hook but Gorge avoids it easily.
Jackson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good leg kick by Jackson.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gorge was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson shoots in and drives through. Gorge sprawls well.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gorge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Gorge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jackson.
An attempted straight right counter from Gorge misses the target.
Gorge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Tempe Gorge is winning the standup battle so far.
Gorge looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
Jackson with a nice cross.
Gorge misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson misses with a leg kick.
Jackson stuns Gorge with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a right hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Gorge. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gorge.
Gorge takes one to the side of the head.
Jackson stuns Gorge with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jackson misses with a hook. Gorge ducked under it nicely.
Gorge appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gorge blocks a jab.
Jackson throws a jab when Gorge was well out of range.
Gorge appears to be looking for a big counter.

Jackson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jackson lands in his opponent's guard.
Jackson being controlled here momentarily.
Tempe Gorge overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gorge looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jackson is one step ahead there.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gorge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oshan Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tempe Gorge'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jackson throws a body shot but no joy.
Gorge walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jackson.
Gorge lands a nice shot that snaps Jackson's head back.
Gorge connects with a body shot.
Jackson lands a lovely overhand right.
Jackson throws a hook but Gorge blocks it.
Gorge throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorge moves away.
Gorge avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gorge is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson takes a swing at Gorge's ribcage but misses.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Gorge swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gorge throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jackson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gorge rather than just go for the knockout.
Gorge throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head.
Jackson lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jackson.
Gorge connects with the punch.
Gorge slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gorge is looking to clinch.
Gorge blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gorge was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Gorge swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gorge lands a jab.
Jackson with a jab.
Gorge avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Gorge half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Gorge.
Gorge misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gorge with a jab.
Jackson throws a body punch but Gorge moves out of range.
It looked like Gorge wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gorge scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson misses with a straight left.
Gorge with a jab.
Gorge moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jackson.
Gorge scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gorge.
Gorge throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gorge thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Tempe Gorge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson throws a push kick but Gorge slaps the foot to one side.
Gorge avoids a kick to the body.
A low kick lands for Gorge.
Gorge lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jackson at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorge lands a jab to the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gorge.
Gorge takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jackson swings for the body but Gorge moves out of range.
Gorge with a jab.
Jackson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gorge misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut lands for Gorge. That snapped Jackson's head back.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gorge tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jackson manages to circle out of the way.
Jackson misses with a body kick.
Gorge connects with a single shot there.
Gorge scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Gorge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gorge slips a straight right by Jackson.
Jackson throws a hook but Gorge avoids it easily.
Gorge connects with a single shot there.

Jackson is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Gorge tenderised Jackson's leg. Jackson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Gorge finish him?
Jackson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Gorge slips a jab from Jackson.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crack! A monster head kick from Gorge and Jackson falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Gorge!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tempe Gorge!
Tempe Gorge 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.
In defeat, Oshan Jackson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I tryed my best i want to thank the fans for coming out and supporting me. Ill be back and next time ill get the finish for you guys.'.

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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Doyle (ranked 3134 p4p, 3052 weight class) and Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 124 p4p, 122 weight class). Doyle comes to the cage accompanied by The Clash - Jimmy Jazz. Sepulveda has chosen Lady Gaga - Alejandro as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Doyle
vs
Sepulveda

171 cm
46
150
32 - 19 - 1

159 cm
42
141
37 - 28 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 28 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Sepulveda!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doyle to score with a decent uppercut.
Sepulveda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.
Sepulveda shoots and misses
and Doyle counters with a left and a right that stings Sepulveda.
Doyle lands a slapping body shot.
Doyle misses with a wild body shot.
Sepulveda gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sepulveda throws a body shot but no joy.
Doyle is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Doyle throws an off balance right hand
and Sepulveda counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Doyle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sepulveda was well out of range. Poor timing from Doyle.
Doyle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
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!
Sepulveda looks to throw the jab but Doyle is out of range.
Sepulveda getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doyle.
Doyle connects with the punch.
Doyle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doyle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doyle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sepulveda misses with a head kick.
Doyle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sepulveda manages to circle out of the way.
Doyle lands a nice shot to the body.
Doyle scores with a hook.
Doyle scores with a punch to the head.
Doyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sepulveda throws a jab when Doyle was well out of range.
Sepulveda swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sepulveda looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sepulveda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Doyle rather than just go for the knockout.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Doyle misses the target.
Doyle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Doyle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sepulveda misses with a jab to the body

and Doyle holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Doyle lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doyle misses with some punches.
Sepulveda drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jimmy Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Sepulveda.
Doyle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sepulveda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle tries a body shot but Sepulveda blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Doyle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Sepulveda manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sepulveda is controlling Doyle's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doyle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sepulveda is keeping the position for now.
Sepulveda controlling Doyle's posture.
Sepulveda controls Doyle momentarily but Doyle frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sepulveda is looking for a triangle here but Doyle uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Sepulveda's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
A lull in the action here.
Doyle tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Doyle has control of an arm but Sepulveda manages to advance to Doyle's back!
Doyle tries to roll but Sepulveda sticks to his back.

Sepulveda looking for the choke but no joy.

Sepulveda has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Doyle is in bad spot here.

Doyle preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sepulveda.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Doyle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sepulveda avoids the body shot from Doyle.
Doyle misses the jab.
Doyle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sepulveda swings widly with a right hand
and Doyle counters with a left to the body.
Sepulveda looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doyle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Doyle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Doyle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sepulveda can do to turn this around?
Sepulveda swings for the body but Doyle moves out of range.
Sepulveda scores with a hook.
Doyle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doyle throws a shot from downtown. Sepulveda moves away and avoids it.
Sepulveda swings for the body but Doyle moves out of range.
Sepulveda avoids the body shot from Doyle.
Sepulveda fails with a takedown attempt.
Doyle looks to land a left hand but Sepulveda moved out of range nicely.
Sepulveda closes the distance and clinches up with Doyle, looking for a takedown. Sepulveda pushes Doyle against the cage but Doyle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doyle has Sepulveda up against the cage in a clinch.
Doyle misses with some punches.

Sepulveda breaks the clinch.
Doyle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sepulveda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
Sepulveda lands a body shot.
Jimmy Doyle is winning the standup battle so far.
Doyle throws a jab when Sepulveda was well out of range.
Doyle throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sepulveda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jimmy Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Sepulveda.
Sepulveda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.
A countering left hand to the body from Sepulveda misses.
Doyle connects with a looping right hand.
Sepulveda checks the leg kick.
Doyle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle misses with a head kick.
Sepulveda walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sepulveda misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sepulveda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Doyle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sepulveda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Doyle doesn't seem bothered though.
Sepulveda swings for the body but Doyle moves out of range.
Doyle lands a right hook to the body.
Doyle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A leg kick checked by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda is trying to counter with his kicks.
Sepulveda dives in and grabs Doyle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Doyle pushes down on Sepulveda's head and hops out.
Nice body punch from Doyle.
Doyle throws a hook but Sepulveda blocks it.
Doyle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sepulveda at a distance.
Sepulveda lands with a good body shot.
Doyle misses with a straight left.
Doyle moves away from the strike by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda tries to score with a low kick but Doyle moves his leg out of the way.
As Sepulveda backs away, Doyle returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle lands with a cross.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
Sepulveda tries to land a body kick
and Doyle counters with a right hand to the body.
Sepulveda tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Doyle swivels and escapes.
Sepulveda misses with a straight left.
Sepulveda checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sepulveda cracks a nice hook into Doyle's ribs.
Doyle throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sepulveda counters with a body kick.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sepulveda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doyle.
Sepulveda is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Doyle with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Doyle.
Doyle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sepulveda misses with a takedown attempt - Doyle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Doyle throws a wild body kick that Sepulveda sees coming a mile off.
Doyle punishes Sepulveda's body with a nice straight punch.
Sepulveda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doyle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
Doyle scores with a hook.
Doyle tries to clinch there but Sepulveda circles away.
Sepulveda lands with a shot to the body.
Sepulveda throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Doyle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Doyle throws a head kick but Sepulveda moves out of range.
Sepulveda looks for the body kick but Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sepulveda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Sepulveda.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sepulveda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doyle to score with a decent uppercut.
Sepulveda moves out of range of the leg kick from Doyle.
Doyle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Doyle moves out of range of the body kick.
Sepulveda connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Doyle dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Doyle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doyle misses with an uppercut
and Sepulveda counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Sepulveda misses the target.
Nice jab there from Doyle.
Sepulveda takes a swing at Doyle's ribcage but misses.
Sepulveda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doyle.
Sepulveda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Doyle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Sepulveda shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Doyle kicks off Sepulveda and gets to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doyle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doyle manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sepulveda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doyle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sepulveda on the side of the head.
Doyle punishes Sepulveda's body with a nice straight punch.
Doyle is looking to land body kicks.
A shot to the liver by Doyle. Beautiful body shot.
Sepulveda digs a good body shot into Doyle's ribs.
Sepulveda lands with a hook. Doyle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sepulveda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sepulveda fails with a takedown attempt.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
Doyle throws a right hand that misses
and Sepulveda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sepulveda has a takedown stuffed.
A decent looking cross lands there for Doyle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle scores with a jab.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
Doyle tries to clinch up but Sepulveda circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sepulveda. Doyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sepulveda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Doyle. Doyle obviously looking to wear him down.
Sepulveda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doyle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doyle misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Sepulveda was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Doyle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Doyle connects with a solid leg kick.
Doyle throws a right hand that misses
and Sepulveda counters with a stiff right hand.
Doyle moves out of range as Sepulveda strikes.
Doyle thuds his right hand into Sepulveda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sepulveda or perhaps it was just good defense by Doyle, which made it look bad.
Jimmy Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Sepulveda.

Doyle moves into range and clinches up with Sepulveda.
Doyle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Doyle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Doyle tries to work over Sepulveda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Doyle.
Sepulveda is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Doyle to keep the fight standing.
Alejandro Sepulveda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doyle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sepulveda is trying to drag Doyle to the mat but Doyle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sepulveda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doyle scores with a hook to the body.
Sepulveda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doyle lands a shot to the body.

Sepulveda gets control of Doyle's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sepulveda will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sepulveda looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sepulveda wants to improve his position but instead Doyle has moved into half guard.

Sepulveda has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Doyle escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Doyle!
Doyle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Doyle remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Doyle tries to stand but Sepulveda is controlling his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Doyle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Doyle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Doyle!
Jimmy Doyle 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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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bartlomiej Jan (ranked 3187 p4p, 3379 weight class) and Cruz Dominiguez (ranked 130 p4p, 137 weight class). Jan comes to the cage accompanied by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WJFjXtHcy4. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jan
vs
Dominiguez

150 cm
28
136
12 - 18 - 0

173 cm
43
147
23 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartlomiej Jan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cruz Dominiguez!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominiguez lands a jab-cross combination.

Dominiguez clinches up with Jan and pushes him back against the cage.
Dominiguez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez effectively controlling the action here.
Dominiguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Jan uses good head movement to avoid it.

Dominiguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dominiguez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jan blocks an uppercut.

Dominiguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dominiguez avoids it.
Dominiguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominiguez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jan has had enough of the clinch but Dominiguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominiguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dominiguez lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominiguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jan backwards.

Dominiguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dominiguez gets a clinch.

Dominiguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dominiguez closes the distance and clinches.

Jan is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Dominiguez can't fight it off and eventually Jan manages to take the fight to the floor. Dominiguez looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jan trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominiguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dominiguez is looking to stand back up but Jan counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dominiguez.
Jan is looking to stall here but Dominiguez recovers full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet but Jan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dominiguez is looking to stand back up but Jan counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dominiguez.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jan in particular looking to stall.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jan wants to control the pace but Dominiguez is squirming around nicely.
Dominiguez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Jan is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Dominiguez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dominiguez shrugs it off.
Jan looking to control but Dominiguez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dominiguez really wants to buck Jan off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Jan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dominiguez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jan controlling the pace for now.
Jan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jan landing strikes from the mount and Dominiguez is in trouble!
We've been hearing that Jan has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Jan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cruz Dominiguez dominated that round.
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.

Dominiguez moves into the clinch successfully.
Dominiguez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jan up against the cage.
Dominiguez lands with a left to the head.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.

Jan gets control of Dominiguez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Dominiguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dominiguez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jan is proving hard to escape from.

Jan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dominiguez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dominiguez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Dominiguez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Dominiguez moves into range and clinches up with Jan.

Jan has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Dominiguez clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dominiguez manages to stand up with Jan still on his back. Eventually Jan drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.

Dominiguez moves into the clinch.

Dominiguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Dominiguez rushes Jan and presses him up against the cage.
Dominiguez is leaning against Jan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dominiguez pressing his opponent against the cage.

Dominiguez breaks from the clinch.

Dominiguez darts in and clinches Jan up against the cage.

Dominiguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dominiguez clinches up with Jan and pushes him back against the cage.

Jan has Dominiguez pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dominiguez tumbling to the mat - Jan dives into Dominiguez's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominiguez keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.

Dominiguez wriggles free and stands up.

Dominiguez gets a clinch.

Jan has picked Dominiguez up - he's going for a ride! Jan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet.
Jan wants to control but Dominiguez is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan tries to pass to full mount but Dominiguez defends it.
Dominiguez wants to get back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Jan seems content to control.
Jan wants to pass to mount but Dominiguez is defending the position.
Dominiguez is trying to stand.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dominiguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dominiguez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dominiguez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dominiguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Crunch! Dominiguez slams his shin into Jan's torso.
Cruz Dominiguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dominiguez has managed to clinch.
Dominiguez throws a knee to the head but misses.

Jan pulls guard successfully.
Dominiguez wants to stand but Jan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Jan looking to control.
Dominiguez wants to get up but he can't break Jan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dominiguez postures up.

Jan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Dominiguez stands up from Jan's guard - Dominiguez perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cruz Dominiguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Dominiguez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dominiguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Jan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Dominiguez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Bartlomiej Jan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dominiguez lands a big head kick that sends Jan tumbling to the mat! Dominiguez takes a step backwards and waves Jan back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jan is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Dominiguez forces Jan back against the cage and clinches.
Oh Jan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dominiguez lands with a short shot to the head.
Dominiguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dominiguez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominiguez dips a shoulder and cracks Jan with a mighty uppercut! Jan falls back against the cage and Dominiguez unloads with a barrage of strikes! Jan is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dominiguez screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cruz Dominiguez!

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B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthon Van Der Dusse (ranked 2617 p4p, 3432 weight class) and The Prophet (ranked 103 p4p, 139 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Van Der Dusse
vs
Prophet

167 cm
29
147
10 - 13 - 0

170 cm
38
140
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthon Van Der Dusse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, The Prophet!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Der Dusse looking to score a takedown here. Prophet is defending well but Van Der Dusse drives through and ends up in Prophet's guard.
Van Der Dusse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Prophet works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Van Der Dusse has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Van Der Dusse is looking to work some ground and pound but Prophet has wrist control.
Van Der Dusse distracts Prophet with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Van Der Dusse is in close to Prophet's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Van Der Dusse in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Van Der Dusse is fighting to break Prophet's control of his arms but Prophet is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Van Der Dusse cracks Prophet with a solid left hand.
Prophet looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Van Der Dusse throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prophet keeping moving, preventing Van Der Dusse from controlling successfully.
Prophet pulls Van Der Dusse in close to his closed guard and prevents Van Der Dusse from doing any damage or advancing position.
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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Van Der Dusse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Van Der Dusse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Prophet trying to control the position.
Van Der Dusse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Prophet is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Van Der Dusse throwing strikes from guard but Prophet blocks nicely.
Van Der Dusse content to stall in guard here.
Van Der Dusse connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Dusse throws an elbow that misses. Prophet uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Van Der Dusse's guard. Nice move by Prophet!

Prophet sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Van Der Dusse looking to hit a scissor sweep but Prophet is one step ahead there.

Van Der Dusse is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Prophet presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Prophet lands a left hand.
Van Der Dusse goes for a takedown in the clinch but Prophet prevents it.
Van Der Dusse blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prophet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Der Dusse drops down looking for an ankle pick but Prophet pulls his leg out and moves away.
Van Der Dusse takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Van Der Dusse ducks under a wild hook from Prophet.

Prophet moves into range and clinches up with Van Der Dusse.
Prophet working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Prophet.
Prophet misses with a body punch.
Prophet misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Prophet.

Van Der Dusse's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Der Dusse lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van Der Dusse has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthon Van Der Dusse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prophet throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Der Dusse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Der Dusse fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Van Der Dusse is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prophet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Prophet closes the distance and pushes Van Der Dusse back into the cage.
Prophet misses with some punches.
A short right from Prophet on the inside.
Van Der Dusse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Prophet avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Prophet throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Der Dusse.
Van Der Dusse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prophet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Der Dusse wants to take the fight to the mat but Prophet manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Van Der Dusse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Der Dusse goes for a takedown in the clinch but Prophet prevents it.
Prophet tries to work over Van Der Dusse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Der Dusse is trying to drag Prophet to the mat but Prophet just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Prophet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

The Prophet dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Van Der Dusse on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Der Dusse takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anthon Van Der Dusse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Prophet darts in and clinches Van Der Dusse up against the cage.
Prophet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Dusse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van Der Dusse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Der Dusse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Prophet.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Der Dusse takes a shot to the head.
Prophet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prophet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Prophet tries a body shot but Van Der Dusse blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prophet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Prophet lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prophet can't find room to land a body shot as Van Der Dusse controls the action.
Prophet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet working aggressively here.
Van Der Dusse looking for a takedown.

Van Der Dusse breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Der Dusse will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Van Der Dusse misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Prophet tries to counter by closing the distance.
Anthon Van Der Dusse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Der Dusse looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Prophet is fending him off so far but Van Der Dusse persists. Nope, Prophet circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthon Van Der Dusse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prophet works Van Der Dusse's body with a nice hook.
Prophet lands a jab to the nose.
Prophet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Prophet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prophet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Der Dusse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prophet throws out the jab.
Van Der Dusse attempts a counter takedown but Prophet avoids it well and moves away.
Prophet lands an overhand right.
Prophet lunges at Van Der Dusse with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Der Dusse's hand.
Van Der Dusse walks into a stiff left hand from Prophet.

Van Der Dusse is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Prophet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Van Der Dusse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prophet is pressed up against the cage. Van Der Dusse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Prophet down to the mat. Prophet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Der Dusse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prophet.
Van Der Dusse half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Van Der Dusse shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Van Der Dusse seems to have got his legs back now.
Prophet 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prophet looks to land a right hand but Van Der Dusse moved out of range.
Van Der Dusse shoots in looking for a takedown. Prophet tries to sprawl out of it but Van Der Dusse keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Prophet manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Van Der Dusse fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Prophet to the ground. Van Der Dusse is now in Prophet's guard.
Van Der Dusse scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Der Dusse throws an elbow that misses. Prophet uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Van Der Dusse's guard. Nice move by Prophet!

Van Der Dusse keeping moving, preventing Prophet from controlling successfully.
Prophet tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Der Dusse is retaining full guard.
Anthon Van Der Dusse overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Prophet wants to control from the top but Van Der Dusse keeps moving.
Prophet tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Der Dusse is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Dusse is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Van Der Dusse trying to keep a closed guard but Prophet is proving a slippery customer.
Prophet slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Van Der Dusse keeping moving, preventing Prophet from controlling successfully.
Van Der Dusse is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Van Der Dusse wants to stand up but Prophet is controlling him.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Prophet stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Der Dusse swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Prophet misses with a looping right.
Prophet defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Van Der Dusse.
A jab from Prophet misses.
Van Der Dusse changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
The Prophet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Prophet.
Prophet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Der Dusse.

Van Der Dusse looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Prophet!
Van Der Dusse wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prophet keeps working.
Prophet is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

The Prophet 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! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Prophet misses with an uppercut. Van Der Dusse saw that one coming.

Van Der Dusse gets tackled into the cage by Prophet. Prophet maintains the clinch.
Prophet swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Dusse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Der Dusse scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Der Dusse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prophet is pressed up against the cage. Van Der Dusse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Prophet down to the mat. Prophet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Der Dusse wants to clinch up but Prophet keeps it at a distance.
Prophet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Der Dusse.
Van Der Dusse throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Prophet's waist but Prophet gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Van Der Dusse off to one side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Van Der Dusse has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Prophet avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthon Van Der Dusse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Prophet.
Van Der Dusse takes a shot to the head.
Prophet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Prophet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Der Dusse is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Prophet pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Dusse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet lands an uppercut.
Prophet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Prophet throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Der Dusse.
Prophet keeps control of Van Der Dusse as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Der Dusse is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Der Dusse has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Prophet after a bit of a struggle.
Prophet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Der Dusses head.
Prophet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Der Dusse has Prophet pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Prophet manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Van Der Dusse has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Prophet is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Prophet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Prophet lands with a short shot to the head.
Prophet struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Dusse controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Dusse.
Prophet lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Der Dusse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prophet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Der Dusse backwards.
Prophet swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Dusse uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Prophet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Prophet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Der Dusse is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Prophet pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Prophet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Prophet working aggressively here.
Van Der Dusse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Van Der Dusse goes for a takedown in the clinch but Prophet prevents it.
Prophet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Dusse's elbow.
Van Der Dusse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Prophet gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Good body shot from Prophet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prophet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
Prophet misses with the head strike.
The Prophet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Van Der Dusse is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Van Der Dusse drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Van Der Dusse is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Prophet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Dusse's elbow.
Prophet can't find room to land a body shot as Van Der Dusse controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Van Der Dusse fails to land.
Prophet is pressed up against the cage. Van Der Dusse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Prophet down to the mat. Prophet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Anthon Van Der Dusse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Der Dusse lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Van Der Dusse takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Der Dusse takes one to the side of the head.
Van Der Dusse looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Prophet.
Prophet throws the left hand but Van Der Dusse avoids the punch easily.
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!
Prophet scores with a nice strike.
Van Der Dusse looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Prophet is fending him off so far but Van Der Dusse persists. Nope, Prophet circles away and we're back to standing.
Prophet darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Van Der Dusse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prophet.

Prophet closes the distance and pushes Van Der Dusse back into the cage.
Prophet tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Dusse avoids it by throwing Prophet back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Prophet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Prophet 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Prophet!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Reverend Jim Ignatowski (ranked 670 p4p, 2343 weight class) and Tzu Chu (ranked 18 p4p, 91 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that The Reverend Jim Ignatowski has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily The Reverend Jim Ignatowski seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ignatowski
vs
Chu

174 cm
28
144
8 - 5 - 0

155 cm
35
135
8 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

PWNAGE
KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tzu Chu!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatowski counters with a thumping low kick.
Ignatowski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ignatowski wants it to stay on the feet.
Chu tries to move into range but Ignatowski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ignatowski cracks Chu with an open hand slap.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.

Chu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ignatowski lands a nice uppercut.

Ignatowski pulls Chu into guard.

Ignatowski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ignatowski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Chu controls the pace.
Chu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ignatowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chu defends well.
Ignatowski wants to sweep but no luck.

Ignatowski working for submissions but it's allowed Chu to get to half guard.
Chu is taking a breather. Ignatowski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ignatowski is looking to improve his position.
Ignatowski is working hard here to advance position.
Chu is trying to control. Ignatowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

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.
Nice strikes from Chu there.
Ignatowski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ignatowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chu trying to control but Ignatowski is working from the bottom.
Ignatowski being controlled here, momentarily.
Chu postures up in Ignatowski's guard and throws a big left but Ignatowski blocks it.

Ignatowski is looking for a triangle but Chu pushes his legs off easily.

Ignatowski isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Chu stacks Ignatowski on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Chu!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski tries to buck Chu off but Chu is having none of it.

Chu tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chu has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ignatowski wants to control but Chu postures up.
Chu is working Ignatowski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Chu scoring with punches and elbows.
Chu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Chu wants to control but Ignatowski is keeping him busy.
Ignatowski tries to bench press Chu off him but Chu keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski sneaks back into half guard.
Chu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ignatowski wants to control but Chu is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Chu.
Chu is taking a breather. Ignatowski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ignatowski is looking for a sweep. Chu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, if Chu is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Chu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
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 The Reverend Jim Ignatowski will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ignatowski.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chu throws a hook to the side of Ignatowski's head but Ignatowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ignatowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ignatowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chu moves out of range as Ignatowski throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick from Ignatowski, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chu misses with a two punch combination.
Ignatowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ignatowski throws out the jab.
Ignatowski lands a nice shot that snaps Chu's head back.
Ignatowski swings widly with a right hand
and Chu counters with a series of strikes. Ignatowski will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ignatowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ignatowski throws out a loose jab but Chu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatowski fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chu.
A jab from Ignatowski misses.
Chu stalks Ignatowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ignatowski's face. Ignatowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Ignatowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ignatowski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ignatowski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A lazy left from Ignatowski finds it's target.
Ignatowski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chu staying out of range there.
Ignatowski jabs at Chu's body.
Ignatowski throws a low kick, looking for Chu's leg but Chu calmly moves out of range.
Chu shoots in but no luck this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ignatowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chu at a distance.
Chu shoots in but no luck this time.
Chu misses with a double jab
and Ignatowski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chu really felt that one!
Ignatowski lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Ignatowski misses.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Ignatowski scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a right hand
and Ignatowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chu or perhaps it was just good defense by Ignatowski, which made it look bad.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tzu Chu.
Ignatowski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chu's head.
Tzu Chu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chu throws a hook but Ignatowski blocks it.
Chu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chu misses with an uppercut. Ignatowski saw that one coming.
Ignatowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ignatowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chu momentarily.
Ignatowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chu can do to turn this around?
Ignatowski misses with a looping left.
Chu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ignatowski throws a leg kick which misses Chu's front leg but catches the back leg as Chu tries to avoid it.
Ignatowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ignatowski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ignatowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ignatowski looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ignatowski tries to score with a low kick but Chu moves his leg out of the way.
Chu throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski thows a leg kick but Chu checks it
and Chu counters with a leg kick.
Ignatowski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ignatowski lands with a nice body punch.
Ignatowski walks into a straight right hand from Chu.
Ignatowski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ignatowski.
Ignatowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Chu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignatowski ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Chu swats away the attempt to clinch by Ignatowski.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ignatowski. That's going to slow Chu down.

Ignatowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chu lands with a light punch inside.
Chu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ignatowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Ignatowski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Ignatowski.
A short right from Ignatowski on the inside.
Ignatowski blocks a body shot from Chu.

Ignatowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Chu.
Ignatowski cracks Chu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice jab there from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.
Ignatowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.
It seemed like Chu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ignatowski scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ignatowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.
Chu lands a jab to the nose.
Ignatowski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ignatowski avoids the body shot from Chu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

The Reverend Jim Ignatowski dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Chu is looking to clinch but Ignatowski is avoiding it.
Chu throws a right hand that Ignatowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Ignatowski also avoids with ease.
Chu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ignatowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ignatowski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Chu closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ignatowski to the mat! Ignatowski manages to get full guard.

Ignatowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chu defends well.

Ignatowski pushes a forearm under Chu's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Chu is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
During a confident post fight interview, The Reverend Jim Ignatowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
68%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Hermann (ranked 890 p4p, 2294 weight class) and Oenomaus Doctore (ranked 21 p4p, 87 weight class). Doctore has chosen Metallica - as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hermann
vs
Doctore

173 cm
27
145
15 - 4 - 0

168 cm
35
146
21 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Hermann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oenomaus Doctore!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hermann misses with an uppercut. Doctore saw that one coming.
Doctore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hermann.
Doctore raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've been informed that Doctore has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hermann slips under a jab.
Hermann throws an off balance right hand
and Doctore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hermann scores with a punch to the head.
Hermann throws a jab but it's blocked by Doctore.
Hermann misses with a hook.
Hermann misses with a looping right.
Doctore looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A shot to the liver by Hermann. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermann throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doctore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Hermann misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hermann. Doctore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doctore appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hermann throws an off balance right hand
and Doctore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hermann seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermann avoids the body shot from Doctore.
Hermann is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hermann moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hermann misses with an uppercut
and Doctore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hermann looks to land a left hand but Doctore moved out of range nicely.
Doctore appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Doctore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hermann was well out of range. Poor timing from Doctore.
Doctore avoids the body shot from Hermann.
Hermann tests Doctore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hermann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doctore manages to avoid it.
Doctore looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Karl Hermann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hermann wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hermann looks to land a left hand but Doctore moved out of range nicely.
Doctore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hermann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hermann throws a jab but it's blocked by Doctore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doctore misses with a looping left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hermann, as that shot connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hermann looks to throw the jab but Doctore is out of range.
Hermann throws out a powerful jab.
Doctore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hermann throws out the jab.
Hermann throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doctore let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hermann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doctore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hermann misses with a body shot.
Doctore keeps the fight on the outside.
Doctore appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hermann misses with an uppercut. Doctore saw that one coming.
Hermann throws a jab but it's blocked by Doctore.
Doctore is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hermann with a body shot.
Doctore lands a jab.
Hermann rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Doctore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Hermann is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermann looks to land a left hand but Doctore moved out of range nicely.
Hermann tests Doctore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doctore moves forwards but Hermann connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Doctore ducks under a wild hook from Hermann.
Hermann throws a good cross that connects.
Hermann misses with a hook
and Doctore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Hermann is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doctore walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Doctore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hermann throws out the jab.
Hermann throws the left hand but Doctore avoids the punch easily.
Doctore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hermann seems to have got his legs back now.
Hermann jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doctore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hermann.
Doctore throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Hermann was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Doctore.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermann throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doctore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doctore looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hermann misses with an uppercut. Doctore saw that one coming.
Doctore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hermann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doctore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Doctore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doctore takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hermann throws a hook but Doctore avoids it easily.
Hermann dips to his left and cracks Doctore with an uppercut!
Hermann scores with a hook to the body. Doctore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hermann checks a leg kick.
Hermann misses with a straight right.
A jab from Hermann does it's job there.
Hermann scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Hermann dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Doctore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doctore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Doctore. Beautiful body shot.
Hermann lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Doctore at a distance.
Hermann misses with a looping left.
Hermann scores with a jab to the head.
Doctore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hermann.
As Hermann backs off Doctore throws a huge counter combo but Hermann manages to avoid it all.

Hermann clinches up against the cage.
Doctore just leaning against Hermann, taking a breather.
Hermann misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doctore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hermann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hermann throws a head punch that misses.
Hermann is trying to force a seperation but Doctore has the dominant position.
Hermann swings wildly with an uppercut but Doctore uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermann throws a head punch that misses.

Hermann breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hermann misses with a wild body shot.
Hermann fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Hermann gets a clinch.
Doctore tries to stall but Hermann uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Doctore takes a shot to the head.
Hermann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hermann misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermann throws a head punch that misses.
Hermann softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Doctore taking a breather.
Hermann doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hermann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hermann scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hermann misses with a punch on the inside.
Hermann lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doctore stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hermann stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hermann misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermann misses with a punch on the inside.

Doctore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hermann throws a lazy right hand but Doctore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hermann misses with a looping left.
Doctore is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hermann with a body shot.
Hermann lands a right hook to the body.
Hermann lands with a nice body punch.
Hermann is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Doctore.
Doctore fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hermann looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hermann throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doctore throws a low kick but Hermann moves out of range easily.
Hermann lands with an overhand left.
Hermann lands with a straight right. Doctore didn't see that one coming.
Hermann misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doctore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hermann ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doctore moves away.
A nice side step and Doctore releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hermann is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doctore can do to turn this around?
Doctore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hermann listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Doctore slips a jab from Hermann.
Doctore is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hermann with a body shot.
Hermann lands a slapping body shot.
Hermann scores with a jab. Doctore acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Doctore drops his hands momentarily and Hermann takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Doctore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hermann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hermann misses with a combination
and Doctore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Doctore misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Hermann dominated that second round.
That's time! Hermann's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hermann throws out a loose jab but Doctore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hermann steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doctore.
Hermann scores with a jab. Doctore acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Doctore keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hermann.
Hermann swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Doctore on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doctore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hermann rather than just go for the knockout.

Oooooh!!! Doctore has knocked Hermann down with a huge combo! Doctore steps away and waves a wobbly Hermann back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Karl Hermann has been cut.
Hermann misses the shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Doctore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doctore staying out of range there.
Hermann misses with a straight left.
Doctore appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hermann misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Doctore does no damage.
Hermann misses with an uppercut

and Doctore counters with a crisp right hand that drops Hermann! Doctore lets Hermann back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doctore tries to clinch there but Hermann circles away.
Doctore ducks under a wild hook from Hermann.
Hermann throws a head kick but Doctore moves out of range.
Doctore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hermann.
A countering left hand to the body from Doctore misses.
Doctore drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Doctore misses with a wild body shot.
Hermann looks to land a right hand but Doctore moved out of range.
Doctore ducks under a wild hook from Hermann.
Doctore raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hermann throws a sloppy body shot
and Doctore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hermann misses with an uppercut. Doctore saw that one coming.
Hermann throws a hook but Doctore blocks it.
Hermann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Doctore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Karl Hermann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermann throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doctore moves away from the strike by Hermann.
Doctore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hermann was well out of range. Poor timing from Doctore.
Doctore walks into a left hand.
Hermann lands a nice shot to the body.
Oenomaus Doctore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hermann misses with a left hand
enabling Doctore to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hermann misses with an attempted mid kick.
Doctore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Doctore takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Doctore keeps the fight on the outside.
Doctore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hermann connects with a right hand. Doctore shakes it off.
Hermann lands a two punch combo.
Doctore moves forwards but Hermann connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Doctore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doctore. Hermann does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hermann darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Hermann misses.
Doctore loads up on a big right hand but Hermann slips the punch.
Hermann throws a body punch but Doctore moves out of range.
Doctore raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hermann moves into range and connects with a jab.

Hermann moves into the clinch.
Hermann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Doctore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hermann content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doctore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hermann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Doctore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hermann misses with the head strike.
Hermann throws a head punch that misses.
Doctore working aggressively here.

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 Karl Hermann.
Well Hermann 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Hermann!
Karl Hermann spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
63%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philip Ziskie (ranked 1178 p4p, 1657 weight class) and Marcos Sanchez (ranked 32 p4p, 54 weight class). Marcos Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ziskie
vs
Sanchez

173 cm
31
149
21 - 16 - 0

167 cm
30
142
9 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Ziskie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Sanchez !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a poor cross that misses
and Ziskie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Marcos Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut

and Ziskie counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sanchez !
Ziskie wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.
We've been hearing good reports from Ziskie's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Sanchez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ziskie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Ziskie tries for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.

Ziskie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sanchez , who protects the arm well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ziskie looking to control but instead Sanchez has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Sanchez has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Moondog Snaketime Castle. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.

Ziskie is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ziskie to get the leverage.
Ziskie wants to take a breather but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Ziskie is controlling well.
Ziskie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sanchez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ziskie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez 's head.
Ziskie is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Sanchez reverses the position - he's now on top in Ziskie's guard.
Ziskie is controlling Sanchez 's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Sanchez won't allow Ziskie to sweep him here.
Sanchez being controlled here momentarily.
Sanchez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ziskie is pulling down on Sanchez 's head. It's preventing any offense from Sanchez , at least for the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Ziskie lands a lovely overhand right.
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Sanchez is predictable there

and Ziskie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ziskie.
Ziskie trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ziskie passes Sanchez 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Ziskie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanchez sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ziskie wants to work for an arm triangle but Sanchez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sanchez wants to control but Ziskie is keeping busy.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Ziskie has control of the leg.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ziskie.
Ziskie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Ziskie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Sanchez 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ziskie momentarily.
Sanchez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Sanchez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ziskie.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Ziskie avoids it with no problem.
Sanchez dips to his left and cracks Ziskie with an uppercut!
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Ziskie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Ziskie is rocked!

It looks like Philip Ziskie has been cut.
Ziskie throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez .
Sanchez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oh Ziskie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez thuds a left hand into Ziskie's body.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ziskie scores with the left hand. Sanchez knows he should have avoided that one.
Ziskie seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ziskie throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziskie connects with a jab.
Ziskie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the body
and Ziskie counters with a straight right hand.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ziskie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ziskie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Ziskie is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sanchez .
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination

so Ziskie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ziskie showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ziskie controlling the position well.
Ziskie's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ziskie is looking for a sweep. Sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanchez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ziskie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ziskie is looking to get back to full guard here but Sanchez has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie tries to improve position but can't.
Ziskie manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ziskie is trying to control. Sanchez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ziskie is stalling here. Sanchez is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ziskie seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sanchez has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ziskie is trying to control Sanchez 's posture but Sanchez avoids it.
Ziskie is looking to regain half guard here but Sanchez keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie regains half guard.
Ziskie wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Sanchez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ziskie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sanchez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ziskie is concentrating on defense, preventing Sanchez from advancing position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ziskie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sanchez tests Ziskie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Ziskie moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez .
Ziskie thumps Sanchez with a low kick.

Sanchez lands a left and a right that send Ziskie crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanchez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ziskie lunges at Sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanchez 's hand.
Sanchez throws a jab when Ziskie was well out of range.
Ziskie bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Sanchez comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Ziskie falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Ziskie was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcos Sanchez !
A relieved looking Marcos Sanchez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aishah Bin Sari (ranked 1007 p4p, 1705 weight class) and Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 26 p4p, 59 weight class). Bin Sari comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bin Sari
vs
Amodei

170 cm
30
146
10 - 4 - 0

165 cm
35
140
18 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Heavy Metal Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aishah Bin Sari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Sari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bin Sari misses with a right hand
and Amodei counters with a nice uppercut.
Bin Sari throws a lazy right hand but Amodei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bin Sari throws a body shot but no joy.
Bin Sari misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Amodei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bin Sari. That's going to slow Amodei down.
Bin Sari connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bin Sari tried to score with a low kick but Amodei checks it.
Bin Sari throws the left hand but Amodei avoids the punch easily.
Amodei checks the leg kick.
Amodei throws a fast counter high kick but Bin Sari manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bin Sari feints and then cracks Amodei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Amodei down.
Bin Sari tries to score with a low kick but Amodei moves his leg out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Bin Sari.
Bin Sari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Amodei can pounce on him.
Bin Sari pivots, looking for a leg kick but Amodei is out of range and Bin Sari settles back down.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Amodei! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amodei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amodei defending well as Bin Sari loads up on a big left hand.
Amodei throws a push kick but Bin Sari slaps the foot to one side.
Bin Sari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Amodei throws a body shot but no joy.
Bin Sari misses with a shot to the body
and Amodei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Amodei stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bin Sari.
Bin Sari misses with a left hand
and Amodei counters with a straight right hand.
Bin Sari throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Bin Sari throws a lazy right hand but Amodei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bin Sari thuds a left hand into Amodei's body.
Amodei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Amodei now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bin Sari lands with a hook. Amodei tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Amodei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bin Sari backing away here, and Amodei unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bin Sari throws a predictable looking body shot
and Amodei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bin Sari looks to score with a jab to the body but Amodei is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for Amodei.
Bin Sari misses the shot to the body.
Amodei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bin Sari misses with a leg kick
and Amodei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Amodei connects with a looping right hand.
Bin Sari on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bin Sari just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Amodei blocks the low kick.
Aishah Bin Sari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bin Sari misses with a leg kick
and Amodei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amodei checks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Amodei! But no joy.
Bin Sari's jab looks to have found its range, popping Amodei under the eye.
Bin Sari with a hook.
Bin Sari misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari throws a chopping leg kick but Amodei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Bin Sari.
Bin Sari avoids a kick to the body.
Bin Sari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amodei manages to avoid it.
Amodei throws a sloppy head kick and Bin Sari moves out of range easily.
Amodei misses with a hook.
Amodei misses with a kick to the body.
Bin Sari throws out a leg kick but Amodei moves out of range and Bin Sari only half commits.
Bin Sari misses with a few strikes there.
Amodei steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bin Sari takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bin Sari looks for the body kick but Amodei saw that one coming.
Amodei fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bin Sari on the side of the head.
Bin Sari scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari scores with a jab to the head.
Amodei throws a push kick but Bin Sari slaps the foot to one side.
Amodei throws a wild body kick that Bin Sari sees coming a mile off.
Bin Sari scores with a nice right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bin Sari throws a low kick but Amodei avoids it.
Amodei staying out of range there.
Bin Sari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Amodei feints a counter leg kick.
Bin Sari takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bin Sari staying out of range there.
Amodei misses the shot to the body.
Amodei blocks a leg kick.
Bin Sari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Amodei.
Bin Sari misses with a looping right.
Amodei throws out a counter right but Bin Sari avoids it with no problem.
Amodei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
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 Aishah Bin Sari will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Amodei checks a leg kick.
Bin Sari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Bin Sari avoids the body shot from Amodei.
Bin Sari throws a leg kick but Amodei moved away.
Bin Sari throws a body kick that misses.
Amodei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bin Sari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bin Sari tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Amodei keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Amodei lands a slapping body shot.
Aishah Bin Sari is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Bin Sari misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Bin Sari.
Amodei counters with a body kick.
Amodei works the jab nicely.
Amodei throws a leg kick that misses.
Amodei takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Sari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bin Sari throws a shot from downtown. Amodei moves away and avoids it.
A low kick from Bin Sari misses
and Amodei counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Amodei.
Amodei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bin Sari throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Amodei staying out of range there.
Amodei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amodei misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Bin Sari wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bin Sari throws a chopping leg kick but Amodei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bin Sari throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Bin Sari misses.
Amodei appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bin Sari wants to land a leg kick but Amodei is out of range.
Bin Sari throws a jab but it's blocked by Amodei.
Bin Sari misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari tries a low kick but Amodei avoids it.
Amodei on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Amodei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Amodei feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bin Saris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bin Sari slips a straight right by Amodei.
Amodei throws the kick towards the body but Bin Sari avoids it.
Bin Sari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut lands for Amodei. That snapped Bin Sari's head back.
Bin Sari throws a jab but it's blocked by Amodei.
Bin Sari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amodei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bin Sari swinging wildly here.
A nice side step and Amodei releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Amodei takes a swing at Bin Sari's ribcage but misses.
Amodei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bin Sari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Amodei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bin Sari throws out the jab.
Bin Sari throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Amodei counter with a right hand.
Amodei checks a leg kick nicely.
Amodei appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bin Sari misses with a hook
and Amodei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bin Sari's knee momentarily.
Bin Sari misses with a leg kick
and Amodei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bin Sari takes a swing at Amodei's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Amodei releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bin Sari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bin Sari misses with a kick to the body.
Amodei with a hook.
Amodei connects with a body shot that sends Bin Sari's belly button to the back.
Bin Sari throws an off balance right hand
and Amodei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bin Sari scores with a head kick. Amodei tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bin Sari.
Bin Sari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bin Sari misses with a left hand
and Amodei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bin Sari's knee momentarily.
Amodei tests Bin Sari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bin Sari throws a leg kick
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Bin Sari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A slow jab from Bin Sari misses its intended target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bin Sari, as that shot connected.
Bin Sari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bin Sari misses with a wild body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Amodei misses.
Bin Sari loads up on a big right hand but Amodei slips the punch.
A lazy body kick from Bin Sari
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Bin Sari throws a body shot but no joy.
Bin Sari misses with a hook to the body
and Amodei counters with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Giuseppe Amodei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Bin Sari.
Amodei ducks under a wild hook from Bin Sari.
Amodei let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bin Sari lands with a nice body punch.
Amodei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bin Sari's sensitive parts.
Bin Sari throws out a loose jab but Amodei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bin Sari blocks a head kick by Amodei.
Amodei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bin Sari.
A head kick by Bin Sari misses
and Amodei counters with a leg kick.
Bin Sari walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Amodei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bin Sari throws a lazy uppercut
and Amodei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bin Sari thinking.
Bin Sari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amodei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Amodei blocks a head kick by Bin Sari.
Amodei raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The fighters circling - Bin Sari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amodei checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice shot by Amodei.
Bin Sari misses the shot to the body.
Bin Sari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amodei manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Amodei.
Amodei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bin Sari loads up on a big right hand but Amodei slips the punch.
Bin Sari slips under a jab.
Bin Sari looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bin Sari scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bin Sari. Amodei does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Amodei misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Amodei.
Bin Sari looks to throw a body kick
letting Amodei counter with a right hand.
Bin Sari misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari throws a right hand that misses
and Amodei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Amodei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Amodei checks a leg kick nicely.
Bin Sari throws a low kick, looking for Amodei's leg but Amodei calmly moves out of range.
Amodei flicks out a counter leg kick but Bin Sari steps away.
Amodei tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bin Sari digs a good body shot into Amodei's ribs.
Bin Sari connects with a crisp jab.
Amodei takes a swing at Bin Sari's ribcage but misses.
Amodei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bin Sari throws out the jab.
Bin Sari scores with a nice head shot.
Bin Sari tried to score with a low kick but Amodei checks it.
Amodei misses with a hook.
Amodei throws a hook but Bin Sari blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Sari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Amodei ducks under a wild hook from Bin Sari.
A head kick by Bin Sari misses
and Amodei finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Amodei cracks a nice hook into Bin Sari's ribs.
Bin Sari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amodei.
Amodei now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bin Sari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Amodei takes one to the side of the head.
Bin Sari throws a push kick but Amodei slaps the foot to one side.
Amodei looks to score with a jab to the body but Bin Sari is just out of range.
Bin Sari loads up on a big right hand but Amodei slips the punch.
Bin Sari throws a chopping leg kick but Amodei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good work by Amodei as he checks the leg kick.
Amodei feints a counter leg kick.
Amodei swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei looks to land a combination but Bin Sari avoids it well.
Amodei pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Amodei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bin Sari.
Bin Sari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amodei was well out of range. Poor timing from Bin Sari.
A nice side step and Amodei releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bin Sari looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bin Sari is looking to chop away at Amodei's legs.
Bin Sari scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bin Sari misses the jab.
Amodei connects with a nice looking jab.
Bin Sari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amodei was well out of range. Poor timing from Bin Sari.
Amodei throws a head kick that misses.
Bin Sari connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Amodei misses its intended target.

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 Aishah Bin Sari.
Well Bin Sari 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aishah Bin Sari!
Aishah Bin Sari bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.