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GAMMA#918 Leonardo v Clark PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Boma (ranked 913 p4p, 1377 weight class) and Carey Mahoney (ranked 131 p4p, 190 weight class). Mark Boma could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carey Mahoney's chin.
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Boma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carey Mahoney!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahoney slips a straight right by Boma.
Mahoney wants to clinch.
Mahoney has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mahoney clinches up with Boma and pushes him back against the cage.
Boma avoids the elbow strike from Mahoney, against the cage.
Boma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahoney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boma's elbow.
Boma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahoney tries to clinch up.
Mahoney tries to clinch but Boma moves out of range.
Mahoney scores with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mahoney lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahoney.
Mahoney can't find room to land a body shot as Boma controls the action.
Mahoney has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Still in the clinch, Boma scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma working aggressively here.
Boma lands with a light punch inside.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boma has had enough of the clinch but Mahoney keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mahoney.
Mahoney has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Mahoney digs a right hand underneath Boma's ribcage. Boma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Boma.
Mahoney lands a knee to the head.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mahoney takes a kick to the side of the head.
Boma walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mahoney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mahoney moves into range and clinches up with Boma.
Mahoney struggles to land a body shot inside as Boma controls his hands.
Boma breaks the clinch.
Boma pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mahoney is out of range and Boma settles back down.
Boma swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahoney.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahoney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney takes the fight into the clinch.
Boma throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahoney.
Mahoney struggles to land a body shot inside as Boma controls his hands.
Mahoney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boma definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahoney.
Boma lands a body shot.
Boma throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahoney.
Boma has a couple of punches blocked by Mahoney.
Boma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boma struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahoney controls his hands.
Mahoney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Mahoney, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mahoney pushes Boma up against the cage in a clinch.
Mahoney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahoney working aggressively here.
Boma lands a shoulder strike.
Boma throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney tries to work over Boma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahoney goes for a takedown attempt but Boma pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Boma digs a good body shot into Mahoney's ribs.
Boma works the jab nicely.
Boma smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but Boma pushes him off.
Boma lands a head kick!
Mahoney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boma on the side of the head.
Boma attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Boma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mahoney blocks a head kick by Boma.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahoney tries to clinch but Boma moves out of range.
Mahoney blocks a jab.
Boma misses with an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boma misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mahoney.
A slow jab from Boma misses its intended target.
Mahoney moves out of range of the leg kick from Boma.
Boma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahoney throws a right hand that Boma ducks under and follows up with a left that Boma also avoids with ease.
Boma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mahoney forces Boma back against the cage and clinches.
Boma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mahoney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahoney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahoney misses with a right hand
and Boma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boma lands a two punch combo.
Boma lands a really nice looking cross but Mahoney seems unphased.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Boma misses.
Mahoney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahoney.
Mahoney takes one on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Boma dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mahoney tries to clinch up
and Boma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mahoney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carey Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boma.
Mahoney tries to clinch but Boma is having none of it.
Mahoney punishes Boma's body with a nice straight punch.
Mahoney moves away from the strike by Boma.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but Boma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boma connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mahoney. Mahoney circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice cross by Mahoney.
Boma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mahoney blocks a low kick nicely.
Mahoney lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mahoney has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Mahoney.
Boma takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahoney can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma keeps the fight on the outside.
Mahoney darts in and clinches Boma up against the cage.
Mahoney lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mahoney throws an elbow but misses.
Boma dodges an elbow strike from Mahoney.
Boma is trying to force a seperation but Mahoney has the dominant position.
Boma breaks from the clinch.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but Boma pushes him off.
Boma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahoney wants to counter the offense by Boma and move into the clinch position.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mahoney scores with a punch to the head.
 Boma is rocked!
Mahoney lands a jab to Boma's midsection.
Oh Boma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahoney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boma.
Mahoney wants to counter the offense by Boma and move into the clinch position.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Boma, as that shot connected.
Boma seems to have got his legs back now.
Mahoney moves out of range of the body kick.
Mahoney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Boma.
Boma circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boma breaks the clinch.
Boma throws a low kick but Mahoney moves out of range easily.
Mahoney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boma.
Mahoney checks a leg kick nicely.
Boma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahoney was well out of range. Poor timing from Boma.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahoney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mahoney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boma throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Mahoney. That snapped Boma's head back.
Boma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A shot to the liver by Mahoney. Beautiful body shot.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but Boma pushes him off.
Boma has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mahoney throws a nice looking combination but Boma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mahoney staying out of range there.
Mahoney takes the fight into the clinch.
Boma breaks from the clinch.
Mahoney slips a straight right by Boma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney feints a jab promting Boma to slip. Mahoney then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Boma slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boma keeps the fight on the outside.
Mahoney clinches with his opponent.
Mahoney misses with a punch to the body.
Boma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boma takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mahoney uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Boma has time to react.
Mahoney moves into the clinch successfully.
Boma can't break the clinch.
Mahoney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boma misses with a hook.
Mahoney connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahoney is looking to clinch.
Mahoney gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mahoney drops Boma with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Boma looks back up at him and smiles so Mahoney waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Mahoney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boma.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mahoney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Boma counters with a nice leg kick.
Boma gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Mahoney gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Boma is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carey Mahoney!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Carey Mahoney made sure he mentioned FUClothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Danilov (ranked 1105 p4p, 1058 weight class) and Arjan Bhullar (ranked 159 p4p, 155 weight class). Bhullar has chosen Daniel Cormier - All About That Cake as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Great wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjan Bhullar!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhullar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhullar.
Danilov moves out of range of the strikes.
Danilov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danilov.
A low kick lands for Danilov.
Danilov scores with a push kick.
Bhullar dives in for a single leg takedown but Danilov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bhullar takes one to the side of the head.
Danilov with the inside leg kick.
Bhullar checks a low kick from Danilov.
Danilov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Danilov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhullar.
Bhullar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bhullar walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov cracks a nice hook into Bhullar's ribs.
Danilov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danilov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bhullar with the counter takedown but Danilov avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar gets caught flat footed, as Danilov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Danilov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Danilov slips nicely into half guard.
Bhullar wants to improve his position but Danilov is controlling well.
Bhullar has his hands clasped together around Danilov's back. He's all about the action.
Bhullar pushes Danilov off looking to stand but Danilov dives back in and keeps control.
Danilov misses with a head shot. Bhullar uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar wants to sweep here but Danilov controlling him for the moment.
Danilov trying to control but Bhullar is working from the bottom.
Bhullar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bhullar keeping moving, preventing Danilov from controlling successfully.
Bhullar trying to control the position.
Danilov distracts Bhullar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Danilov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar keeping moving, preventing Danilov from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bhullar wants to stand up but Danilov is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bhullar takes a swing at Danilov's ribcage but misses.
Danilov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A swing and a miss from Danilov.
Bhullar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A swing and a miss from Bhullar.
Nice body punch from Bhullar.
Bhullar misses with a wild body shot.
Bhullar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Danilov.
Danilov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bhullar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Danilov dips to his left and cracks Bhullar with an uppercut!
Danilov lands a slapping body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Danilov 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 Bhullar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bhullar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab from Bhullar does it's job there.
Bhullar throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danilov lands a nice shot that snaps Bhullar's head back.
Danilov feints and then cracks Bhullar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bhullar down.
Bhullar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bhullar ducks under a wild hook from Danilov.
Bhullar drops his hands momentarily and Danilov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danilov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bhullar.
Danilov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bhullar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danilov feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice jab there from Danilov.
The fighters circling - Bhullar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the liver by Bhullar. Beautiful body shot.
Bhullar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danilov.
Bhullar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Danilov with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Danilov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bhullar shoots for a double leg takedown but Danilov sprawls well. He's pushed Bhullar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bhullar thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Danilov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Danilov throws a low kick, looking for Bhullar's leg but Bhullar calmly moves out of range.
Danilov throws a hook but Bhullar avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Bhullar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bhullar walks into a straight right hand from Danilov.
Nice uppercut lands for Bhullar. That snapped Danilov's head back.
Bhullar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Danilov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Danilov slips under a jab.
Bhullar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Danilov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Danilov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danilov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bhullar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danilov avoids the body shot from Bhullar.
Bhullar connects with a body shot.
A jab from Danilov does it's job there.
Ruslan Danilov is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Bhullar as he checks the leg kick.
Bhullar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danilov misses with a low kick.
Bhullar tries to counter by closing the distance.
Danilov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bhullar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Danilov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bhullar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Danilov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bhullar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danilov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bhullar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danilov scrambles back to his feet.
Danilov ducks under a wild hook from Bhullar.
Danilov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bhullar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danilov misses with a double jab.
Danilov throws a leg kick which misses Bhullar's front leg but catches the back leg as Bhullar tries to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Danilov.
Danilov ducks under a wild hook from Bhullar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov throws a lazy head kick
and Bhullar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Danilov punishes Bhullar's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danilov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bhullar.
Bhullar lands a jab to the nose.
Bhullar shoots and misses
and Danilov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danilov misses with a leg kick
and Bhullar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bhullar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Danilov fails with the takedown
and Bhullar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruslan Danilov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bhullar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Danilov swings for the body but Bhullar moves out of range.
Danilov scores with the left hand. Bhullar knows he should have avoided that one.
Bhullar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Danilov as he avoids it easily.
Danilov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Danilov scores with a nice right hand.
Bhullar throws a lazy uppercut
and Danilov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bhullar's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Danilov's guard.
Bhullar preventing the sweep.
Danilov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Danilov 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.
Danilov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bhullar is aware though and is defending well.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bhullar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Danilov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bhullar landing with the ground and pound.
Bhullar connects with a couple of short punches.
Bhullar trying to control the position from guard on top but Danilov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danilov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Danilov is controlling Bhullar's posture.
Bhullar chips away with some ground and pound.
Danilov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bhullar is aware though and is defending well.
Ruslan Danilov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Danilov looking for a guillotine here but Bhullar defends easily.
Bhullar throwing strikes from guard but Danilov blocks nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ruslan Danilov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bhullar throws a lazy right hand but Danilov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bhullar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bhullar connects with a body shot.
Bhullar misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Bhullar misses the target.
Danilov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A head kick misses from Danilov.
Danilov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Danilov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhullar.
Danilov clobbers Bhullar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Danilov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danilov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhullar closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Danilov quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danilov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bhullar trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bhullar wants to stand but Danilov has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Danilov wants to control but Bhullar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Danilov is looking to improve his position.
Bhullar thows a huge punch but Danilov dodges it nicely.
Bhullar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Danilov is looking to improve his position.
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.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bhullar performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Danilov has hold of Bhullar's hands but Bhullar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Danilov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Danilov.
Bhullar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bhullar wants to control from the top but Danilov keeps moving.
Bhullar connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bhullar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Danilov's guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A punch lands to the side of Bhullar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Bhullar misses.
Danilov lands a nice shot that snaps Bhullar's head back.
Bhullar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danilov moves away.
Danilov throwing a counter right hand but Bhullar manages to avoid it.
Danilov ducks under a wild hook from Bhullar.
Danilov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bhullar throws a lazy uppercut
so Danilov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Danilov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar pulls Danilov in close to prevent any damage.
Bhullar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ruslan Danilov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bhullar keeping moving, preventing Danilov from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bhullar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Arjan Bhullar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danilov controlling from the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Arjan Bhullar.
I think Danilov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruslan Danilov!
Ruslan Danilov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Stepanov (ranked 967 p4p, 2129 weight class) and Claudio Escorre (ranked 35 p4p, 76 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Stepanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Escorre!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stepanov misses with a lunging right hand
and Escorre counters with a crisp one two that drops Stepanov! Escorre thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Stepanov to his feet! Stepanov is in big trouble!
Escorre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Escorre misses with a wild body shot.
Stepanov changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Stepanov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Escorre doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab, jab by Stepanov - just one landing.
Escorre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escorre misses with a body shot.
Stepanov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Stepanov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Escorre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stepanov goes for a takedown attempt but Escorre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escorre misses with a two punch combination.
Stepanov throws a big counter combination but Escorre scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Escorre throws a nice looking combination but Stepanov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stepanov shoots in for a double leg but Escorre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stepanov throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escorre misses with a few strikes there.
Stepanov tests Escorre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Claudio Escorre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escorre throws a body punch but Stepanov moves out of range.
Stepanov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stepanov. Escorre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stepanov throws a hook to the side of Escorre's head but Escorre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escorre throws a counter combo.
A punch combination from Escorre misses.
Escorre misses with a few strikes there.
Stepanov finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Escorre's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Stepanov falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claudio Escorre!
A very excited looking Claudio Escorre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azor Ahai (ranked 791 p4p, 1009 weight class) and Thomas Bolleke (ranked 112 p4p, 138 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azor Ahai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Bolleke!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolleke misses with a hook.
Ahai scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Ahai.
And Bolleke tries to counter it with a takedown but Ahai pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bolleke throws a lazy uppercut
and Ahai counters with a good, hard body kick but Bolleke shrugs it off.
Ahai throws a body kick that misses.
Ahai throws a right and a left that Bolleke avoids nicely.
Bolleke throws a body punch but Ahai moves out of range.
Ahai lands with a slapping head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bolleke misses with a body shot.
Bolleke moves out of range as Ahai strikes.
Bolleke cracks Ahai with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Ahai.
Bolleke fails with a takedown attempt.
Ahai lands a head shot.
Ahai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bolleke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ahai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolleke defending well as Ahai loads up on a big left hand.
Bolleke moves forwards but Ahai connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bolleke misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bolleke fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ahai to the ground. Bolleke is now in Ahai's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahai tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bolleke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bolleke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bolleke won't allow Ahai to get back to his feet.
Ahai pulls Bolleke in to control the position.
Bolleke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ahai is pulling down on Bolleke's head. It's preventing any offense from Bolleke, at least for the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Bolleke wants to control from the top but Ahai keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke lands a jab to the head.
Bolleke throws a big shot that misses.
Azor Ahai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ahai swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bolleke to counter with a crisp jab.
Bolleke lands a jab to the nose.
Ahai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bolleke moves out of range of the body kick.
Bolleke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahai moves away.
A quick step to the side and Ahai tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolleke slips a jab and a cross from Ahai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bolleke misses the target.
Ahai misses with a few strikes there.
Ahai misses with a body kick.
Ahai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ahai throws a nice looking combination but Bolleke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Ahai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bolleke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bolleke misses with an uppercut. Ahai saw that one coming.
Ahai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bolleke throws a right hand that misses
and Ahai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ahai takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ahai lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Azor Ahai dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ahai scores with a spinning back kick!
Ahai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice straight punches there by Ahai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ahai.
Ahai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bolleke.
Ahai jabs Bolleke right on the nose. Bolleke blinks but takes it well.
Bolleke looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahai is just out of range.
Ahai lands with an uppercut that bounces Bolleke off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolleke misses with a body shot
and Ahai counters with a good, hard body kick but Bolleke shrugs it off.
Ahai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolleke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A quick step to the side and Ahai tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolleke misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Ahai.
Bolleke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ahai ducks under a wild hook from Bolleke.
Bolleke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ahai connects with a solid leg kick.
Ahai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bolleke throws a nice looking combination but Ahai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Ahai.
Ahai connects with a solid leg kick.
Azor Ahai is winning the standup battle so far.
Ahai thuds his shin into the meat of Bolleke's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ahai throws a push kick but Bolleke slaps the foot to one side.
Bolleke throws out a counter right but Ahai avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Ahai.
A countering left hand to the body from Bolleke misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahai lands a nice hook to Bolleke's body. Bolleke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bolleke loads up on a big right hand but Ahai slips the punch.
Ahai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bolleke can do to turn this around?
Bolleke takes a swing at Ahai's ribcage but misses.
Bolleke falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Ahai counter with a right hand.
Ahai scores with a push kick.
Bolleke is breathing heavily.
Ahai cracks Bolleke with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ahai has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bolleke to stand back up!
 Bolleke is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bolleke throws an overhand right that lands on Ahai's shoulder, as Ahai tries to avoid the shot.
Ahai scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bolleke is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahai finish him?
Ahai connects with a body shot.
Bolleke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bolleke seems to have recovered his senses.
It looks like Ahai has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Crack! A monster head kick from Ahai and Bolleke falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Ahai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Azor Ahai!
A victorious Azor Ahai thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vertti Ekstrovertti (ranked 503 p4p, 569 weight class) and Blake Phoenix (ranked 75 p4p, 88 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Vertti Ekstrovertti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ekstrovertti.
Phoenix lands with a good body shot.
Phoenix throws a jab when Ekstrovertti was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Ekstrovertti misses the target.
Ekstrovertti connects with a nice looking jab.
Ekstrovertti misses with a wild body shot.
Ekstrovertti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ekstrovertti has his takedown stuffed
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Ekstrovertti throws a head kick that misses.
Phoenix looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Phoenix has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ekstrovertti throws a low kick, looking for Phoenix's leg but Phoenix calmly moves out of range.
Phoenix slips a straight right by Ekstrovertti.
Phoenix misses with a straight left.
Ekstrovertti looks to score with a jab to the body but Phoenix is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Phoenix on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Phoenix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ekstrovertti manages to avoid it.
Phoenix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Phoenix now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Phoenix takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekstrovertti swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Ekstrovertti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix connects with a looping right hand.
Ekstrovertti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Phoenix swings for the body but Ekstrovertti moves out of range.
Phoenix ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phoenix checks a leg kick.
Ekstrovertti moves out of range of the strikes.
Phoenix connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Phoenix lands a body shot.
Phoenix looks to land a combination but Ekstrovertti avoids it well.
Phoenix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti throws a hook to the side of Phoenix's head but Phoenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ekstrovertti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ekstrovertti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ekstrovertti throws a lazy right hand but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix scores with a nice head shot.
Phoenix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phoenix digs a good hook to Ekstrovertti's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut.
Phoenix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ekstrovertti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phoenix lands a slapping body shot.
Ekstrovertti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ekstrovertti misses with a leg kick
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Phoenix takes a swing at Ekstrovertti's ribcage but misses.
Ekstrovertti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Phoenix cracks Ekstrovertti with a good jab.
Ekstrovertti throws a leg kick
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Ekstrovertti blocks a low kick nicely.
A combination from Ekstrovertti does no damage.
Phoenix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Phoenix attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ekstrovertti ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix.
It looked like Ekstrovertti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ekstrovertti fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Phoenix sprawls well initially but Ekstrovertti persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phoenix holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
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.
Phoenix manages to get to full guard.
Ekstrovertti landing with the ground and pound.
Ekstrovertti with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ekstrovertti trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Phoenix wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ekstrovertti loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ekstrovertti trying to control the position from guard on top but Phoenix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Phoenix has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Ekstrovertti from controlling successfully.
Phoenix wants to improve his position but instead Ekstrovertti has moved into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ekstrovertti trying to control from half guard but Phoenix is working away.
Ekstrovertti sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Phoenix defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blake Phoenix will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Phoenix misses with a hook. Ekstrovertti ducked under it nicely.
Ekstrovertti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ekstrovertti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Phoenix misses its intended target.
Ekstrovertti walks into a straight right hand from Phoenix.
Ekstrovertti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ekstrovertti throws a body shot but no joy.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Ekstrovertti is just out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ekstrovertti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekstrovertti misses with the head strike.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Ekstrovertti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Phoenix misses its intended target.
Phoenix cracks Ekstrovertti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ekstrovertti doesn't manage to clinch there - Phoenix circles away.
Ekstrovertti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice defenses there by Ekstrovertti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ekstrovertti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ekstrovertti sets himself, and Phoenix steps forward looking for the clinch! Ekstrovertti avoids it this time.
Ekstrovertti needs to keep his hands up - Phoenix had a free shot at his head there.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
Ekstrovertti throws a jab when Phoenix was well out of range.
Phoenix works Ekstrovertti's body with a nice hook.
Phoenix throws a looping overhand right but Ekstrovertti ducks down to avoid it.
Ekstrovertti gets a takedown into half guard.
Ekstrovertti wants to work for an arm triangle but Phoenix is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Phoenix is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ekstrovertti's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ekstrovertti's back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekstrovertti wants to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix controlling from the back.
Phoenix is trying to stick to Ekstrovertti's back but Ekstrovertti is turning into Phoenix. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Phoenix's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ekstrovertti.
Vertti Ekstrovertti overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Phoenix 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.
Ekstrovertti loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Phoenix is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Ekstrovertti from controlling successfully.
Ekstrovertti working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Phoenix is adopting a defensive guard.
Ekstrovertti trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Phoenix wants to sweep here but Ekstrovertti controlling him for the moment.
Ekstrovertti with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
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.
Phoenix controls Ekstrovertti momentarily but Ekstrovertti frees himself.
Phoenix has Ekstrovertti pulled in close to control his posture.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Ekstrovertti from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Phoenix misses with a series of wild punches.
Ekstrovertti tries to work over Phoenix's front leg with a kick but Phoenix checks it.
Ekstrovertti fails with a takedown attempt.
Ekstrovertti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phoenix.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Phoenix showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ekstrovertti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phoenix doesn't seem bothered though.
Ekstrovertti tests Phoenix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ekstrovertti throws a lazy right hand but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Phoenix on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Phoenix scores with a jab.
Phoenix checks a low kick from Ekstrovertti.
Ekstrovertti with a nice calf kick.
Ekstrovertti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ekstrovertti manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ekstrovertti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Phoenix backwards.
Ekstrovertti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Phoenix backwards.
Phoenix blocking some punches.
Ekstrovertti scores with a shot to the side of Phoenix's head.
Ekstrovertti misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekstrovertti.
Phoenix lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Ekstrovertti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phoenix lands a right hand.
Ekstrovertti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekstrovertti lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phoenix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Phoenix lands a left hand.
Phoenix scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Phoenix fails to land.
Phoenix can't find room to land a body shot as Ekstrovertti controls the action.
Phoenix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ekstrovertti backwards.
Ekstrovertti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Phoenix up against the cage.
Phoenix lands a nice uppercut.
Phoenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Phoenix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Ekstrovertti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekstrovertti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phoenix lands an uppercut.
Ekstrovertti throws a head punch that misses.
Phoenix misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Phoenix fails to land.
Phoenix lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Phoenix.
A body shot lands from Phoenix.
Vertti Ekstrovertti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Ekstrovertti avoiding damage.
Ekstrovertti works on Phoenix's body with a couple of short punches.
Ekstrovertti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix throws a hook to the side of Ekstrovertti's head but Ekstrovertti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ekstrovertti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blake Phoenix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ekstrovertti or perhaps it was just good defense by Phoenix, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekstrovertti blocks a low kick nicely.
Phoenix lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Phoenix lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ekstrovertti doesn't seem phased though.
Nice body kick from Ekstrovertti.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Blake Phoenix seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Ekstrovertti is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Phoenix.
A telegraphed right hand from Phoenix misses the target.
Ekstrovertti closes the distance and pushes Phoenix back into the cage.
Phoenix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ekstroverttis head.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phoenix digs a right hand underneath Ekstrovertti's ribcage. Ekstrovertti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phoenix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Phoenix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Phoenix.
Ekstrovertti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Phoenix lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ekstrovertti trying to control the position but instead, Phoenix has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ekstrovertti into the cage.
Phoenix lands a nice shot to the body.
Ekstrovertti can't find room to land a body shot as Phoenix controls the action.
Phoenix lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ekstrovertti backwards.
Ekstrovertti tries a body shot but Phoenix blocks it.
Phoenix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Phoenix lands a hook that snaps the head of Ekstrovertti backwards.
Phoenix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ekstrovertti has Phoenix pressed against the cage.
Phoenix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Phoenix breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix throws a hook but Ekstrovertti avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Phoenix comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Phoenix 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Phoenix!
A relieved looking Blake Phoenix thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Pollock (ranked 364 p4p, 616 weight class) and Welter Weight (ranked 59 p4p, 96 weight class). Pollock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Free Jazz. Weight has chosen They say that I'm Crazy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Pollock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Welter Weight!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pollock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Weight has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pollock.
Pollock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pollock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Weight blocks a leg kick.
Weight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pollock was well out of range. Poor timing from Weight.
Pollock lunges at Weight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Weight's hand.
Pollock misses with a looping left.
Pollock misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Weight.
Weight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pollock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Weight counters with a left and a right that stings Pollock.
Pollock throws a hook to the side of Weight's head but Weight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Weight is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pollock with a body shot.
Jackson Pollock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pollock connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pollock.
That kick from Pollock tenderised Weight's leg. Weight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pollock tries to clinch up but Weight circles away and keeps his distance.
Pollock misses with a body shot.
Weight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pollock goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pollock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Weight moves forwards but Pollock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab from Weight finds it's way through Pollock's defenses.
 It looks like Jackson Pollock has been cut.
Weight swings for the body but Pollock moves out of range.
Weight lands a nice looking body shot.
Weight circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Weight on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pollock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pollock jabs Weight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pollock misses with the body kick
and Weight counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pollock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Weight comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Pollock stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Weight is on him like rabid pit bull! Pollock slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Welter Weight!
An out of breath and clearly excited Welter Weight thanked Shadow-Battle Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Hermann Hoppe (ranked 178 p4p, 287 weight class) and Lamont Banner (ranked 25 p4p, 38 weight class). Hoppe comes to the cage accompanied by Wind of Change. Hans Hermann Hoppe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lamont Banner 's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Hermann Hoppe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lamont Banner !
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoppe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hoppe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Banner .
The fighters circling - Hoppe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoppe misses with a jab to the body
and Banner counters with a three punch combo that has Hoppe backing up. Hoppe nods at Banner to acknowledge the strikes.
Hoppe walks into a stiff left hand from Banner .
A shot to the liver by Banner . Beautiful body shot.
Banner misses with a straight left.
Banner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hoppe lands with a straight right. Banner didn't see that one coming.
Banner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Banner throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoppe.
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!
Hoppe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Banner has managed to clinch.
Hoppe trying to stall but Banner improves his position.
Banner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Banner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Banner throws a push kick but Hoppe slaps the foot to one side.
Banner gets a clinch.
Banner manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Banner keeping moving, preventing Hoppe from controlling successfully.
Banner looking for a sweep. Not yet Banner , not yet.
Hoppe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Banner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hoppe trying to control the position from guard on top but Banner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Banner looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hoppe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Banner is keeping the position for now.
Hoppe controlling from the top position.
Banner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hoppe defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe lands a couple of digs.
Hoppe stands and throws Banner 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Banner is trying to improve his position.
Banner regains half guard.
Banner makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Banner .
Banner has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hoppe looking to pass the guard.
Banner keeping moving, preventing Hoppe from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Banner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hoppe defends well.
Hoppe postures up.
Hoppe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Banner keeping moving, preventing Hoppe from controlling successfully.
Hoppe working some strikes from top position.
Hoppe stands up over Banner , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hoppe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Banner working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe working some strikes from top position.
Banner working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hoppe has passed into half guard!
Banner is staying active underneath Hoppe, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoppe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hoppe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Banner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Banner looking for submissions off his back.
Banner wants to control but Hoppe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hoppe passes the guard and advances to mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lamont Banner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hoppe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Banner misses with a looping left.
Banner defending well as Hoppe loads up on a big left hand.
Banner looks to land a combination but Hoppe avoids it well.
Banner moves out of range of the strikes.
Banner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Banner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hoppe is looking to counter punch.
Banner rushes Hoppe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hoppe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Banner or not.
Hoppe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Hoppe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Banner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hoppe has a couple of punches blocked by Banner .
Banner gets control of Hoppe's arms and successfully pulls guard. Banner will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Banner looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hoppe passes into side control.
Hoppe tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Banner 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Banner some visible discomfort.
Hoppe working the head with strikes.
Banner is looking for a sweep.
Banner struggling a bit here.
Hoppe working the head with strikes.
Banner struggling a bit here.
Hans Hermann Hoppe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hoppe cracks Banner with a big right hand but Banner just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Banner prevents Hoppe from moving into mount.
Banner tries to buck Hoppe off but Hoppe is having none of it.
Banner manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hoppe's best efforts.
Hoppe trying to mount his opponent but Banner defends it.
Hoppe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner gets full guard.
Hoppe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Banner looking for a guillotine here but Hoppe defends easily.
Banner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hoppe is aware though and is defending well.
Hoppe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Banner working for submissions but it's allowed Hoppe to get to half guard.
Hoppe drops an elbow to the side of Banner 's head.
Banner is trying to maintain the position but Hoppe is very close to passing his half guard.
Banner looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hoppe passes into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe cracks Banner with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Banner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hoppe staying calm.
Banner is trying to get back to half guard.
Hoppe lands some shots froms side control.
Hoppe tries to move to mount but Banner blocks the move with his legs.
Hoppe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Banner keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe lands some shots froms side control.
Banner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Banner gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Banner tries to get to full guard but Hoppe has control of the leg.
Banner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hoppe connects with a nice short shot to Banner 's temple.
Banner trying to control from the bottom.
Hoppe is nestled in close to Banner , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Hermann Hoppe dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hoppe throws a jab but it's blocked by Banner .
Banner tries to bum rush Hoppe with a series of wild strikes but Hoppe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hoppe drops down looking for a counter takedown but Banner sprawls and moves away.
Hoppe fails with a takedown attempt.
Hoppe fails to land the takedown.
Jab by Banner .
Hoppe misses with a body punch
and Banner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Banner misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Banner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hoppe doesn't seem bothered though.
Hoppe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hoppe throws the left hand but Banner avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner throws a hook but Hoppe avoids it easily.
Hoppe tries to counter with a takedown but Banner is quick to defend against it.
Hoppe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Banner s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Banner lands a slapping body shot.
Hoppe misses with the combination.
Hoppe avoids the head kick by Banner .
Hoppe tries for a takedown but Banner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Hermann Hoppe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoppe throws a looping overhand right but Banner ducks down to avoid it.
Banner was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Banner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hoppe throws out the jab.
Hoppe misses with a body shot.
Hoppe misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Banner ! But no joy.
Hoppe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banner manages to avoid it.
Hoppe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hoppe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banner .
Banner misses with a two punch combination.
Banner misses with a hook. Hoppe ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Banner counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banner instigates a clinch.
Hoppe has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Banner after a bit of a struggle.
Banner blocks a body shot from Hoppe.
Hoppe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Banner .
Hoppe is trying to trip Banner . He has hold of a leg but Banner is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hoppe persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hoppe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hoppe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Banner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hoppe content to stall in guard here.
Banner looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hoppe passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hoppe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hoppe lands with a punch from half guard.
Banner wants to control but Hoppe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hoppe 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.
Hoppe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Banner is not content to let Hoppe control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner is trying to maintain the position but Hoppe is very close to passing his half guard.
Hoppe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hoppe is keen to just control but Banner is a slippery customer.
Banner trying to control but Hoppe postures up.
Banner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hoppe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hoppe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Banner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Banner wants to control but Hoppe passes into side.
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 Hans Hermann Hoppe.
I think Hoppe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Hermann Hoppe!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Hans Hermann Hoppe waved his t-shirt featuring Altitude Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Conan (ranked 25 p4p, 123 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 3 p4p, 15 weight class). McCraken has chosen Bulgine as his entrance music. Dougal McCraken told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan lands a lovely overhand right.
Conan slips under a jab from McCraken.
McCraken defending well as Conan loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Conan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been hearing reports that Conan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
McCraken with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan misses with a body shot.
McCraken flicks out a counter leg kick but Conan steps away.
McCraken has taken the fight to the clinch.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraken throws a punch but it's blocked by Conan.
McCraken tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken blocking some punches.
McCraken lands a nice uppercut.
McCraken lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Conan has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
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!
McCraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conan lands an uppercut.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
A nice left hand lands by Conan.
McCraken misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken misses with a punch to the body.
Conan lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Conan on the inside.
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conan has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.
Conan breaks from the clinch.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCraken thinks about the counter body kick.
Conan misses with a straight left.
McCraken tries to counter with a clinch but Conan shakes him off and moves away.
Conan stuns McCraken with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Conan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCraken.
McCraken takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Conan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCraken.
Some wild striking there from Conan.
McCraken replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Conan blocks it well.
McCraken with a nice cross.
McCraken does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCraken looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken throws an overhand right that lands on Conan's shoulder, as Conan tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conan closes the distance and clinches up with McCraken, looking for a takedown. Conan pushes McCraken against the cage but McCraken circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McCraken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCraken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan lands a nice hook to McCraken's body. McCraken takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Conan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCraken appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCraken.
Conan works the jab nicely.
McCraken is looking to score with low kicks.
Conan works the jab nicely.
Conan shoots in but McCraken avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McCraken bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Conan's head backwards.
McCraken lands a slapping body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by McCraken.
Dougal McCraken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conan misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan scores with a hook.
Conan looks to land a right hand but McCraken moved out of range.
Conan works McCraken's body with a nice hook.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Conan's head but Conan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan sizes up McCraken with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A swing and a miss from McCraken.
Donk. McCraken catches Conan right on the button with a cross.
McCraken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conan.
Conan cracks McCraken with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Conan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conan shoots in but no luck this time.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken avoids it easily.
McCraken now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice jab there from McCraken.
Nice uppercut lands for Conan. That snapped McCraken's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from McCraken.
Conan moves out of range as McCraken throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
McCraken throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
McCraken slips a jab from Conan.
McCraken walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Conan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan looks to land a combination but McCraken avoids it well.
A jab from Conan does it's job there.
McCraken misses with a hook.
McCraken throws a leg kick that is checked
and Conan counters with a single leg into guard. McCraken didn't expect that.
McCraken wriggles free and stands up.
McCraken lands with an uppercut that bounces Conan off the cage and back into range.
McCraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conan.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conan was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan throws a nice looking combination but McCraken bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCraken misses with a looping right.
McCraken digs a good body shot into Conan's ribs.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken avoids it easily.
Conan misses the body punch
and McCraken counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
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 Edward Conan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McCraken throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Conan misses its intended target.
McCraken lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCraken throws a jab when Conan was well out of range.
McCraken lets loose with a powerful body kick. Conan will feel that in the morning.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. McCraken moves away and avoids it.
McCraken throws a low kick but Conan avoids it.
McCraken throws a lazy head kick
and Conan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan missing with a left hand there. McCraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCraken smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McCraken looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
Edward Conan is winning the standup battle so far.
Conan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Conan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A momentary lapse in concentration from McCraken enables Conan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McCraken manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken looking to control.
Conan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McCraken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Conan stands up over McCraken, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Conan is fighting to break McCraken's control of his arms but McCraken is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
McCraken looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McCraken has his feet on Conan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
McCraken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCraken throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conan tests McCraken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCraken with a hook.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Conan.
Conan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCraken.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan with a poor takedown
and McCraken counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Conan misses its intended target.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Conan misses with a hook. McCraken ducked under it nicely.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
McCraken misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Conan counters with a left and a right that stings McCraken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conan moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McCraken - that will leave a mark!
McCraken misses with a hook
and Conan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCraken takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McCraken throws a head kick that misses.
Conan avoids the head kick by McCraken.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McCraken gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
A swing and a miss from Conan.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on McCraken's shoulder, as McCraken tries to avoid the shot.
Conan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken throws an off balance right hand
and Conan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McCraken was covering up waiting for the punch and Conan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McCraken 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan trying to control the position from guard on top but McCraken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Conan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Conan won't allow McCraken to sweep him here.
Conan wants to control from the top but McCraken keeps moving.
McCraken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Conan.
Conan scoring with punches to the head and body.
McCraken wants to sweep but no luck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Edward Conan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Conan is defended easily by McCraken.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
Conan staying out of range there.
Conan moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan closes the distance and clinches up with McCraken, looking for a takedown. Conan pushes McCraken against the cage but McCraken circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A big right from McCraken misses.
McCraken slips under a jab from Conan.
Conan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan slips under a jab from McCraken.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Conan misses with a hook to the body
and McCraken counters with a nice leg kick.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCraken throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conan counters with a three punch combo that has McCraken backing up. McCraken nods at Conan to acknowledge the strikes.
Conan misses with a body shot.
McCraken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan goes for a double leg but McCraken avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McCraken continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Conan prevents a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conan is looking to break free of the clinch but McCraken has double underhooks.
Conan works on McCraken's body with a couple of short punches.
Conan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from McCraken - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from McCraken.
McCraken is working Conan over against the cage.
McCraken pushes Conan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McCraken struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
McCraken stalling against the cage.
McCraken manages to break the clinch.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Conan moves away and avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Conan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCraken jabs Conan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
Conan throws a hook to the side of McCraken's head but McCraken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
McCraken lands a nice looking body shot.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Conan does it's job there.
Conan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McCraken throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken scores with a push kick.
McCraken lands a lovely overhand right.
McCraken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conan.
McCraken only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands with a good body shot.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McCraken can pounce on him.
McCraken works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Conan throws a right hand that misses
and McCraken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McCraken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McCraken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conan.
McCraken throws a series of punches but Conan avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from McCraken misses the target.
McCraken takes one to the chin there.
Conan misses with a straight left.
Conan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A bone on bone clash there as Conan blocks the leg kick.
McCraken lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands a leg kick that knocks Conan off balance momentarily.
McCraken misses with a two punch combination.
Conan lands with an uppercut that bounces McCraken off the cage and back into range.
McCraken throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Conan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
McCraken misses with a straight left.
McCraken is looking to slow Conan down with leg kicks.
Nice cross by Conan.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken misses with a hook. Conan ducked under it nicely.
Conan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Conan misses with a straight left.
McCraken slips under a jab.
McCraken with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dougal McCraken really dominated that round.
That's time! Conan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Conan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
Conan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCraken defending well as Conan loads up on a big left hand.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conan looks to land a left hand but McCraken moved out of range nicely.
Conan moves out of range as McCraken throws a body kick.
Conan missing with a left hand there. McCraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Conan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCraken doesn't seem bothered though.
McCraken scores with a jab. Conan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conan tests McCraken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Conan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCraken with a nice cross.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conan walks into a left hand.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
A big right from Conan misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCraken throws out the jab.
Conan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McCraken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McCraken fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCraken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conan throws out the jab.
McCraken on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Conan blocks a low kick nicely.
Conan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Conan misses the jab.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and McCraken counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Conan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCraken.
McCraken throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conan counters with a stiff right hand.
Conan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but McCraken is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan misses with a few strikes there.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
Conan misses the jab.
Conan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Conan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCraken gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
Conan tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Conan back against the cage.
McCraken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conan backwards.
McCraken missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCraken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McCraken has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McCraken presses Conan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Conan misses with a punch on the inside.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken tries to throw a body punch but Conan avoids it by throwing McCraken back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
Conan lands with a left to the head.
Conan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McCraken misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCraken prevents a body shot from Conan.
Conan swings wildly with an uppercut but McCraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken blocking some punches.
McCraken lands with a left to the head.
McCraken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Conan lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCraken backwards.
Conan blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan tries to work over McCraken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, McCraken scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCraken tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from McCraken.
Conan working aggressively here.
McCraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conan prevents a body shot from McCraken.
Dougal McCraken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Conan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCraken throws a low kick but Conan moves out of range easily.
Conan tries to move into range but McCraken moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McCraken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick misses from McCraken.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Conan lands an overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dougal McCraken dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
McCraken leaves Conan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Conan throws a lazy right hand but McCraken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by McCraken.
Nice straight punches there by Conan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Conan.
Conan slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Conan.
McCraken lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Conan dives in and grabs McCraken's left leg, looking for a takedown. McCraken pushes down on Conan's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCraken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conan lands the left hand.
McCraken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conan shoots in but McCraken avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan needs to keep his hands up - McCraken had a free shot at his head there.
McCraken ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Conan lands a nice shot that snaps McCraken's head back.
Conan misses with a takedown
letting McCraken counter with a right hand.
McCraken takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McCraken rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
McCraken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
McCraken throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
McCraken connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCraken jabs Conan right on the nose. Conan blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan throws a lazy right hand but McCraken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body kick there by McCraken.
McCraken slips a jab and a cross from Conan.
McCraken on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conan looks to land a right hand but McCraken moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Conan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Conan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conan manages to avoid it.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Conan throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
Conan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Conan misses with a takedown attempt - McCraken sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Conan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCraken's waist but McCraken gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Conan off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conan jabs McCraken right on the nose. McCraken blinks but takes it well.
McCraken tests Conan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCraken just misses with a punch to the body.
McCraken misses with a body shot.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Conan checks a leg kick.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Conan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCraken throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
McCraken scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
McCraken slips under a jab from Conan.
McCraken thuds his right hand into Conan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken blocks it.
Conan tries to score a power double leg takedown but McCraken sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Conan somewhat.
Conan connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan misses the jab.
It seemed like McCraken was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
Conan attempts a counter takedown but McCraken avoids it well and moves away.
Conan misses with a looping left.
McCraken staying out of range there.
Conan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Conan.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dougal McCraken.
I think McCraken has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dougal McCraken!
Dougal McCraken is the new lightweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Dougal McCraken started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit (ranked 20 p4p, 180 weight class) and Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 2 p4p, 20 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from De Andrade.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot
and De Andrade counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit has been cut.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
De Andrade is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Andrade.
A clash of legs there as De Andrade blocks the low kick.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
De Andrade's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and De Andrade duly obliges.
De Andrade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Andrade scores with a punch to the head.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Andrade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thumps De Andrade with a low kick.
De Andrade gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lets loose with a powerful body kick. De Andrade will feel that in the morning.
De Andrade misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Andrade takes one to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but De Andrade avoids the punch easily.
De Andrade steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Andrade looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Andrade misses with a wild combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
De Andrade moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit's corner calls for a 1-2. Sitsongrit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Andrade slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a spinning back kick!
Sitsongrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Andrade needs to keep his hands up - Sitsongrit had a free shot at his head there.
De Andrade has closed the distance and engaged Sitsongrit in a clinch.
De Andrade misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
De Andrade has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands an uppercut.
De Andrade blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand into De Andrade's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Andrade's gas tank.
De Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade working hard to break the clinch.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but De Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Andrade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit presses De Andrade against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Andrade lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but De Andrade avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
De Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
De Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit cracks De Andrade with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from De Andrade fails to land.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Andrade lands a nice uppercut.
De Andrade takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
De Andrade blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Sitsongrit.
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
De Andrade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Andrade blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Andrade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Andrade creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Andrade blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
De Andrade misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but De Andrade blocks it.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
De Andrade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on De Andrade's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Andrade moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Andrade can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit misses with a lunging right hand
and De Andrade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Andrade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
De Andrade has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sitsongrit misses with a right hand
and De Andrade counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands with an overhand left.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
De Andrade has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into De Andrade's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised De Andrade's leg. De Andrade is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to De Andrade's body.
Sitsongrit takes one on the button.
Sitsongrit looks to throw a body kick
and De Andrade makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Andrade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Andrade avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Andrade takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit moves into range and clinches up with De Andrade.
De Andrade scores with a shoulder strike.
De Andrade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Andrade manages to break the clinch.
De Andrade scores with the left hand. Sitsongrit knows he should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but De Andrade moves out of range.
De Andrade rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sitsongrit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch but De Andrade slips to the side
and De Andrade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. De Andrade takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sitsongrit clinches up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
De Andrade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as De Andrade controls the action.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Andrade.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as De Andrade controls the action.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as De Andrade controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit keeps control of De Andrade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Andrade tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Andrade misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but De Andrade avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
De Andrade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Sitsongrit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Andrades jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sitsongrit lunges at De Andrade with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Andrade's hand.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Andrade.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on De Andrade's shoulder, as De Andrade tries to avoid the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Andrade checks a leg kick.
De Andrade unleashes a big counter combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Andrade is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Sitsongrit is predictable there
and De Andrade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit looks to clinch
and Sitsongrit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and De Andrade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit connects with a jab.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Andrade sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
De Andrade is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. De Andrade does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit'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.
De Andrade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
De Andrade only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a lunging right hand
and De Andrade counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De Andrade.
De Andrade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Andrade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Andrade blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sitsongrit.
De Andrade takes a shot to the head.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Andrade tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Andrade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Andrade misses with some punches.
De Andrade tries to break free but Sitsongrit pushes him back against the cage.
De Andrade blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
De Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Andrade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit walks into a jab.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
De Andrade takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but De Andrade checks it.
De Andrade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by De Andrade.
De Andrade tries to counter with a clinch but Sitsongrit shakes him off and moves away.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but De Andrade avoids it easily.
De Andrade's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
De Andrade steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to De Andrade's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. De Andrade should have avoided that one.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on De Andrade's shoulder, as De Andrade tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Andrade misses with a hook
and De Andrade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Andrade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sitsongrit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Andrade on the side of the head.
De Andrade is still on wobbly legs! Can Sitsongrit finish him?
Sitsongrit avoids the head kick by De Andrade.
Nice defenses there by De Andrade.
Sitsongrit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sitsongrit cracks De Andrade with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot.
De Andrade 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. De Andrade moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Andrade has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Andrade misses with a body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but De Andrade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Sitsongrit.
De Andrade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Andrade gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Sitsongrit gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! De Andrade is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit!
Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Chamuaknoi Sitsongrit rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Da Vincible (ranked 29 p4p, 111 weight class) and Joe Clark (ranked 1 p4p, 4 weight class). Joe Clark acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Da Vincible!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Clark!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Vincible throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Da Vincible tries to land a front kick but Clark steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Da Vincible misses with a low kick.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Da Vincible counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clark swings widly with a right hand
and Da Vincible counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've been informed that Clark 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.
A jab lands there for Clark.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Da Vincible was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Vincible slips a straight right by Clark.
Da Vincible slips under a jab from Clark.
Clark lands a nice shot to the body.
Da Vincible takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
An inside leg kick lands from Da Vincible.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Vincible throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Da Vincible keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Vincible throws a half hearted mid kick.
Clark looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Da Vincible throws a lazy body kick
and Clark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark throws a series of punches but Da Vincible avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Da Vincible misses the target.
Clark throws a sloppy body shot
and Da Vincible counters with a nice body kick.
Da Vincible throws out a powerful jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Da Vincible.
Da Vincible bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Clark looks winded!
Da Vincible uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
Da Vincible looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Clark swings for the body but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Da Vincible moves out of range as Clark strikes.
Da Vincible's corner calls for a 1-2. Da Vincible obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Clark misses with a hook to the body
and Da Vincible counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Vincible throws the left hand but Clark avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clark throws a jab when Da Vincible was well out of range.
Clark misses with a left hand
and Da Vincible counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark digs a good body shot into Da Vincible's ribs.
Joe Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Vincible makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da Vincible.
Clark swings widly with a right hand
and Da Vincible counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Clark takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
 It looks like Joe Clark has been cut.
Da Vincible throws a sloppy head kick and Clark moves out of range easily.
Clark throws a lazy right hand but Da Vincible sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Clark backs away, Da Vincible returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Da Vincible pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
Da Vincible appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark moves out of range of the leg kick from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible scores with a jab.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Da Vincible was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Da Vincible is looking to counter with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Da Vincible.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
and Da Vincible cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Da Vincible with a nice calf kick.
Clark lands a nice shot to the body.
Da Vincible slips a straight right by Clark.
Clark has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Da Vincible.
Clark looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clark slips under a jab from Da Vincible.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Clark.
Clark lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Vincible uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Da Vincible is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
Da Vincible takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Clark stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Da Vincible's head but Da Vincible sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clark scores with a hook.
Clark takes a swing at Da Vincible's ribcage but misses.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Vincible manages to avoid it.
Clark fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Da Vincible looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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 Leonardo Da Vincible will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Clark's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Da Vincible on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clark throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Da Vincible to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Clark. That snapped Da Vincible's head back.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Da Vincible lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Clark misses with a combination
and Da Vincible counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Da Vincible was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Vincible throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Clark stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Vincible manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible throws a counter high kick but Clark was just alert enough to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark misses with a looping left.
Clark gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Vincible bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Clark's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark misses with a hook.
Clark misses with a hook to the body
and Da Vincible cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Clark might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Da Vincible has got the better of the exchanges.
Da Vincible scores with the left hand. Clark knows he should have avoided that one.
Da Vincible pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Clark back to the cage. Da Vincible follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Clark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clark is breathing heavily.
Da Vincible misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Clark was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Da Vincible misses with a body kick.
Da Vincible has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Da Vincible takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Leonardo Da Vincible is winning the standup battle so far.
Da Vincible moves out of range as Clark strikes.
Da Vincible moves out of range of the strikes.
Da Vincible thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Vincible lands with a shot to the body.
Da Vincible throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clark.
Clark takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Clark walks into a stiff left hand from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible looks for the body kick but Clark saw that one coming.
Clark now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Da Vincible throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Da Vincible connects with a single shot there.
Da Vincible tries a head kick but it misses.
Clark looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clark misses with a jab to the body
and Da Vincible counters with a straight right hand.
Clark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Vincible.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Da Vincible.
Clark avoids a kick to the body.
Clark throws a poor cross that misses
and Da Vincible counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Da Vincible delivers a nice body kick.
Da Vincible thuds his shin into the meat of Clark's side.
Da Vincible lands a jab to Clark's midsection.
Da Vincible scores with a jab. Clark acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Da Vincible lands a jab to the nose.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Da Vincible was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Clark.
Da Vincible just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
and Da Vincible counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Vincible with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Da Vincible.
A jab lands there for Da Vincible.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Da Vincible buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Da Vincible throws a push kick but Clark slaps the foot to one side.
Clark misses with an uppercut
and Da Vincible counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Da Vincible misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Da Vincible scores with a push kick.
Da Vincible fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Clark looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Da Vincible dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Clark's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Clark takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Clark.
It looked like Da Vincible wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Clark has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible feints a jab promting Clark to slip. Da Vincible then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Clark slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Clark.
Clark misses with a straight left.
Da Vincible displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.
Da Vincible throwing a counter right hand but Clark manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible slips under a jab from Clark.
Da Vincible is looking to counter punch.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Da Vincible moved out of range nicely.
Da Vincible fires out a quick counter leg kick but Clark just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark throws a jab when Da Vincible was well out of range.
Da Vincible fires out a quick counter leg kick but Clark just manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Da Vincible throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice jab there from Da Vincible.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Vincible lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A combination from Da Vincible does no damage.
Clark throws a body punch but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Clark misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Vincible counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Da Vincible is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Da Vincible swings away with a body shot that misses
and Clark cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clark clobbers Da Vincible with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Da Vincible connects with an inside leg kick.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
and Da Vincible counters with a big head kick but Clark shrugs it off.
Da Vincible has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Da Vincible walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Clark checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible jabs Clark right on the nose. Clark blinks but takes it well.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Da Vincible moved out of range nicely.
Clark throws a lazy uppercut
and Da Vincible counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark checks the leg kick nicely there.
Da Vincible displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.
Da Vincible throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Clark takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Clark has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Da Vincible takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Clark on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clark chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Da Vincible can pounce on him.
Clark throws a jab when Da Vincible was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Da Vincible's head backwards.
Clark connects with a jab.
Clark throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Vincible sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clark takes a swing at Da Vincible's ribcage but misses.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big right from Da Vincible misses.
Clark lands with a hook. Da Vincible tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Da Vincible defending well as Clark loads up on a big left hand.
Clark throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Vincible sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Da Vincible throws a quick counter head kick but Clark was just out of range.
Clark connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Da Vincible connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Clark takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clark misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Da Vincible on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Da Vincible scores with a kick to the midsection.
Clark avoids the body shot from Da Vincible.
Clark throws out a counter right but Da Vincible avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Da Vincible.
Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Clark.
Da Vincible jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
A counter left hand to the body from Da Vincible misses its target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Da Vincible clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Clark's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A big left from Clark misses.
Clark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Clark.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark lands the left hand.
Da Vincible looks to score with a jab to the body but Clark is just out of range.
Clark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Da Vincible with a nice cross.
Clark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Vincible moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Clark moves out of range of the body kick.
Da Vincible scores with a jab to the body.
Da Vincible misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Vincible counters with an inside leg kick.
Clark is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A solid leg kick lands there for Da Vincible.
Clark smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Da Vincible lands with a hook. Clark tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da Vincible throwing a counter right hand but Clark manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible lands a body shot.
Clark throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Vincible.
Clark needs to keep his hands up - Da Vincible had a free shot at his head there.
Da Vincible throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Clark's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clark. Da Vincible does a little dance to reset his feet.
Da Vincible throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Da Vincible keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
A jab from Da Vincible finds it's way through Clark's defenses.
Da Vincible slips under a jab.
As Clark backs away, Da Vincible returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Clark thuds his right hand into Da Vincible's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Clark misses.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
It looked like Da Vincible was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Clark.
Clark with a nice cross.
Da Vincible catches Clark with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Da Vincible fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Clark on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Da Vincible was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Vincible appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Da Vincible misses with the body kick
enabling Clark to counter with a crisp jab.
Clark cracks a nice hook into Da Vincible's ribs.
Clark throws a predictable looking body shot
and Da Vincible counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark takes a swing at Da Vincible's ribcage but misses.
Da Vincible slips under a jab.
Da Vincible throwing a counter right hand but Clark manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible throws a series of punches but Clark moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Clark.
Da Vincible sizes up Clark with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Da Vincible here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Da Vincible saw that one coming.
It appears Da Vincible was looking to counter with a kick there.
Da Vincible scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark takes a swing at Da Vincible's ribcage but misses.
Da Vincible is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clark can do to turn this around?
Da Vincible ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Da Vincible is looking to counter punch.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Vincible manages to avoid it.
Clark with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Da Vincible misses
and Clark counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clark throws a hook but Da Vincible avoids it easily.
Da Vincible uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clark.
Da Vincible was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Da Vincible throws a hook but Clark avoids it easily.
Clark moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Da Vincible fires out a quick counter leg kick but Clark just manages to avoid it.
Clark misses with a hook
and Da Vincible counters with a left to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Leonardo Da Vincible will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Clark's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Clark throws the left hand but Da Vincible avoids the punch easily.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Da Vincible ducks down to avoid it.
Da Vincible scores with a head kick. Clark tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Da Vincible keeps Clark at a distance using the push kick.
Clark throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Da Vincible counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clark on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Da Vincible. Da Vincible obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice defenses there by Da Vincible.
Clark misses with a body shot
enabling Da Vincible to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Vincible scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Da Vincible is looking to counter with a body kick.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Da Vincible uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Vincible quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark throws an off balance right hand
and Da Vincible counters with a nice kick to the body.
Clark is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Clark scores with a body shot.
Da Vincible looks to land a body kick but Clark moved away.
Clark throws a right hand that misses
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Da Vincible lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Clark lands with an overhand left.
Clark misses with a looping right.
Da Vincible swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Clark scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Clark lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Clark throws a poor cross that misses
and Da Vincible counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible tries to land a front kick but Clark steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No joy there for Da Vincible, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark looks to land a right hand but Da Vincible moved out of range.
Clark looks to throw the jab but Da Vincible is out of range.
Da Vincible works the jab nicely.
Da Vincible looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Da Vincible uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Clark staying out of range there.
Clark throws a counter combo.
Da Vincible keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Da Vincible wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joe Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clark lands an overhand right.
Clark throws a predictable looking body shot
and Da Vincible makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Da Vincible.
Da Vincible pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Vincible avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An inside leg kick from Da Vincible misses.
Da Vincible walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
Clark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clark misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Da Vincible counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible blocks a jab.
Da Vincible quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Clark lands a nice looking body shot.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Vincible manages to avoid it.
Da Vincible throws a series of punches but Clark moves out of range.
Clark lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
Da Vincible swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Da Vincible.
Clark throws an off balance right hand
and Da Vincible counters with a straight right hand.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Da Vincible showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Da Vincible 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Da Vincible!
Leonardo Da Vincible retains his super heavyweight title!
A less than humble Leonardo Da Vincible misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Joe Clark had this to say: 'I Will be back even better!!!! '.
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