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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reima Poika (ranked 1446 p4p, 1653 weight class) and Thip Top (ranked 172 p4p, 193 weight class). Top has chosen Self Destructor - Chevelle as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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10 - 8 - 1 |
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175 cm
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155
14 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Reima Poika!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thip Top!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poika misses with a body kick.
Top just misses with a punch to the body.
Top lets loose with a powerful body kick. Poika will feel that in the morning.
Poika looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Poika shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Top kicks off Poika and gets to his feet.
A big head kick from Poika and Top is sent sprawling to the canvas!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Top wants to sweep here but Poika controlling him for the moment.
Poika got a little sloppy there for a moment and Top has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Poika has managed to get both his arms back between Top's legs - danger averted.
Poika wants to control from the top but Top keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poika stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Top swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Top has his foot on Poika's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Poika works his way back into a safe position though.
Top looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Top controls Poika momentarily but Poika frees himself.
Poika postures up and lands a big shot to Top's brow.
Poika passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Top is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Top is not content to let Poika control the position.
Top struggling a bit here.
Top stops Poika from passing to mount.
Top struggling a bit here.
Top is trying to buck Poika off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poika wants to control but Top is keeping him busy.
Poika working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Poika wants to lay and pray for a moment but Top keeps working.
Top is trying to improve his position.
Top keeps trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Top wants to control but Poika postures up.
Poika thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Top manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Top actively working from the bottom here.
Top looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Poika tries to pass the half guard into mount. Top knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Top tries to roll over but Poika keeps him under control.
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. Poika connects with a nice short shot to Top's temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reima Poika dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Poika 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.
Poika thuds a left hand into Top's body.
Top motions for Poika to come forward. Top throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Top keeps Poika at a distance using the push kick.
Poika gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Poika checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good leg kick by Top.
Top throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poika sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Top moves out of range of the body kick from Poika.
Poika is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Top can do to turn this around?
Top swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poika takes a jab right on the kisser.
Poika misses with a looping left.
Top misses with a head kick.
Thip Top seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poika dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Top lands a glancing blow to the side of Poika's head.
Top takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Top throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poika throws a body kick that misses.
Top slips a jab and a cross from Poika.
Top misses with a kick to the body.
Poika misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Top.
Top throws out a leg kick but Poika moves out of range and Top only half commits.
Top dips to his left and cracks Poika with an uppercut!
Top is looking to slow Poika down with leg kicks.
Poika avoids the head kick by Top.
Poika takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Poika fails with the takedown.
Top let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Top lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Top misses with a head kick.
Top pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thip Top seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Top lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poika throws a body kick that misses.
Poika explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thip Top is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poika is looking to land body kicks.
Poika on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Top listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Poika moves out of range of the body kick from Top.
Poika lands a jab to Top's midsection.
Top avoids the body shot from Poika.
It seemed like Top was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Top's coach down at Finish the Fight was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Top's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Top has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Top lands with a cross.
Top misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poika.
Poika connects with a nice looking jab.
Poika is looking to wear down Top with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Top throws a low kick, looking for Poika's leg but Poika calmly moves out of range.
Poika walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Top lands a nice hook to Poika's body. Poika takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Top pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Poika throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poika feints and then cracks Top's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Top down.
Poika misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Top tries a head kick but it misses.
Poika moves out of range of the body kick.
Top throws a nice head kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Top.
Poika moves out of range as Top throws a body kick.
Top throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poika drops down looking for a counter takedown but Top sprawls and moves away.
Poika throws a sloppy head kick and Top moves out of range easily.
Top 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.
Poika is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Poika on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Top. No joy for Poika on that attempt.
Poika stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Top.
Top throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Poika.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poika has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Top throws a push kick but Poika slaps the foot to one side.
Poika looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Top lands with a right hand.
Poika takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Poika throws a head kick that misses.
Top looks for the body kick but Poika saw that one coming.
Top misses with a body kick.
Top blocks a jab.
Nice body kick from Top.
Poika throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Top digs a good hook to Poika's body.
Top throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Top.
Top lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Thip Top showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Top misses the shot to the body.
Top tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Top misses the jab.
Poika swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Top.
Poika scores with a kick to the midsection.
Poika misses with a body kick.
Top throws a body punch but Poika moves out of range.
Top throws a leg kick
so Poika counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Poika landing some decent shots from guard.
Poika is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poika pushes down on Top's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Poika working over Top with some ground and pound. Top looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Top actively working from the bottom here.
Poika is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Top doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Poika.
Top wants to control but Poika is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Poika is looking for a kimura but Top is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Poika to get the leverage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Top manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Poika preventing the sweep.
Top keeping moving, preventing Poika from controlling successfully.
Poika passes Top's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Top is staying active underneath Poika, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Top wants to control but Poika is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Poika trying to control the pace.
Poika seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Top does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top looking for submissions off his back.
Top is not content to let Poika control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Poika looks for the body kick but Top saw that one coming.
Poika takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Poika blocks a head kick by Top.
Top throws a half hearted mid kick.
Top looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poika throws a leg kick that misses.
Top throws out a counter right but Poika avoids it with no problem.
Top throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Top scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Top finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Top tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top misses with a low kick.
Top steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Poika. That one must have hurt.
Top takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Top misses with a straight right.
Top fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Poika.
Poika fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Top avoids it really well and circles away.
Poika throws a head kick that misses.
Top works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poika tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poika is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Top scores with a nice body kick.
Top misses with a body shot.
Poika throws a right hand that misses
and Top counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Top misses with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thip Top.
I think Top 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thip Top!
A relieved looking Thip Top 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Battle Avatar (ranked 1145 p4p, 1666 weight class) and Louie DePalma (ranked 165 p4p, 243 weight class). DePalma has chosen Heat Waves as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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16 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Battle Avatar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Louie DePalma!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DePalma throws a low kick but Avatar avoids it.
Avatar moves out of range of the body kick.
Avatar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
DePalma throws a chopping leg kick but Avatar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Avatar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
DePalma staying out of range there.
DePalma misses with a head kick.
DePalma moves forwards but Avatar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
DePalma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Avatar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've been informed that DePalma 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.
DePalma drives through and clinches with Avatar against the cage.
Avatar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Avatar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Avatar slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DePalma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Avatar avoids the head kick by DePalma.
It looked like Avatar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
DePalma 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 fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A kick lands to the mid section there for DePalma.
DePalma tries to land a front kick but Avatar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avatar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That kick from DePalma tenderised Avatar's leg. Avatar is trying to keep his angry face on.
DePalma wants to clinch up but Avatar keeps it at a distance.
Avatar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Roided Warriors in the buildup to the fight.
Avatar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Avatar throws a hook but DePalma avoids it easily.
Avatar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
DePalma ducks under a wild hook from Avatar.
DePalma misses with a looping right.
DePalma throws a series of punches but Avatar avoids them all with ease.
DePalma looks to land a left hand but Avatar moved out of range nicely.
DePalma throws a head kick but Avatar moves out of range.
Avatar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
DePalma slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from DePalma! But no joy.
DePalma moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DePalma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DePalma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Avatar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of DePalmas head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avatar tries to throw a body punch but DePalma avoids it by throwing Avatar back against the cage.
DePalma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Avatar up against the cage.
Avatar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Avatar swings wildly with an uppercut but DePalma uses good head movement to avoid it.
DePalma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DePalma tries to stall but Avatar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
DePalma stalling in the clinch but Avatar improves position.
DePalma is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Avatar has denied him.
Avatar tries to throw a body punch but DePalma avoids it by throwing Avatar back against the cage.
Avatar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
DePalma throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
DePalma misses with a body shot.
Avatar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DePalma tries to land a front kick but Avatar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A counter left hand to the body from Avatar misses its target.
Louie DePalma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Avatar.
DePalma lands with an uppercut that bounces Avatar off the cage and back into range.
DePalma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Avatar checks a low kick from DePalma.
DePalma falls off balance throwing a combination
and Avatar counters with a one-two to the body.
DePalma motions for Avatar to come forward. DePalma throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Avatar scores with the left hand. DePalma knows he should have avoided that one.
DePalma smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Avatar lands a big right hand that sends DePalma crashing to the mat! Avatar stays standing though and waves DePalma back to his feet!
 DePalma is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DePalma scores with a body shot.
DePalma is still on wobbly legs! Can Avatar finish him?
DePalma moves forwards but Avatar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
DePalma swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Avatar moves out of range of the body kick from DePalma.
It looked like Avatar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avatar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DePalma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
DePalma wants to counter the offense by Avatar and move into the clinch position.
DePalma ducks under a wild hook from Avatar.
DePalma takes the fight into the clinch.
DePalma seems to have recovered his senses.
Avatar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DePalma just misses with a punch to the body.
Avatar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Avatar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
DePalma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
DePalma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Avatar.
Avatar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Avatar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Avatar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Avatar as he connects with a hook.
DePalma delivers a nice body kick.
Avatar misses with a straight right.
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 Battle Avatar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Avatar misses with a looping left.
Avatar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Avatar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Avatar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
DePalma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid body kick from DePalma.
DePalma is looking to chop away at Avatar's legs.
DePalma looks to land a right hand but Avatar moved out of range.
DePalma moves away from the strike by Avatar.
DePalma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avatar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Avatar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Avatar blocks a body shot from DePalma.
DePalma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Avatar can't break the clinch.
Avatar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avatar tries to break free but DePalma pushes him back against the cage.
DePalma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Avatar pushes off an throws an elbow but DePalma leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePalma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Avatar tries to throw a body punch but DePalma avoids it by throwing Avatar back against the cage.
Avatar prevents a body shot from DePalma.
Avatar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Avatar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Avatar swats away the attempt to clinch by DePalma.
Avatar lands a glancing blow to the side of DePalma's head.
DePalma throws a push kick but Avatar slaps the foot to one side.
DePalma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
DePalma turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
DePalma misses with a low kick as Avatar jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DePalma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Avatar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
DePalma misses with a body kick.
Avatar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits DePalmas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Avatar throws a lazy right hand but DePalma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
DePalma slips under a jab.
DePalma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DePalma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Avatar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Avatar lands the left hand.
DePalma throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
DePalma has closed the distance and engaged Avatar in a clinch.
DePalma stalling in the clinch.
DePalma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DePalma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
DePalma misses with an elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Avatar can't find room to land a body shot as DePalma controls the action.
DePalma stalling against the cage.
Avatar gets through DePalma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Avatar gets through DePalma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
DePalma is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Avatar breaks from the clinch.
Avatar scores with a jab. DePalma acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Avatar scores with a nice head shot.
Avatar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from DePalma.
DePalma misses with a body kick.
DePalma closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DePalma digs a right hand underneath Avatar's ribcage. Avatar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
DePalma can't find room to land a body shot as Avatar controls the action.
Avatar breaks from the clinch.
Avatar throws a poor cross that misses
and DePalma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avatar throws a big shot that misses.
Avatar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from DePalma.
DePalma misses with a hook. Avatar ducked under it nicely.
Avatar misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like DePalma was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
DePalma lands with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from DePalma. Avatar does a little dance to reset his feet.
DePalma throws the kick towards the body but Avatar avoids it.
DePalma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Avatar.
Avatar lands a jab to the nose.
DePalma scores with a hook to the body. Avatar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Louie DePalma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Avatar throws a body shot but no joy.
DePalma thumps Avatar with a low kick.
Avatar throws out a loose jab but DePalma uses good head movement to avoid it.
DePalma digs a good hook to Avatar's body.
DePalma throws a sloppy body shot
and Avatar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Avatar lands with a cross.
Avatar misses the shot to the body.
Avatar throws a jab when DePalma was well out of range.
That kick from DePalma tenderised Avatar's leg. Avatar is trying to keep his angry face on.
DePalma swings for the body but Avatar moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avatar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jab from Avatar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avatar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as DePalma throws out the jab.
DePalma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Avatar.
Battle Avatar is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DePalma explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
DePalma throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and DePalma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Avatar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DePalma tries to clinch up.
Avatar cracks a nice hook into DePalma's ribs.
DePalma looks to clinch
and Avatar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Avatar blocks a head kick by DePalma.
Avatar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
DePalma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Avatar misses with a straight left.
DePalma misses with a body shot.
DePalma tests Avatar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Avatar lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DePalma looks to land a body kick but Avatar moved away.
As DePalma backs away, Avatar returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
DePalma takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Avatar takes one on the button.
Avatar throws a lazy right hand but DePalma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
DePalma wants to clinch
and DePalma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DePalma on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Avatar throws an overhand right that lands on DePalma's shoulder, as DePalma tries to avoid the shot.
DePalma pivots, looking for a leg kick but Avatar is out of range and DePalma settles back down.
Avatar slips under a jab.
Avatar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from DePalma.
DePalma tries to land a front kick but Avatar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avatar misses with a hook.
DePalma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
DePalma misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Avatar misses the target.
Avatar blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Avatar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DePalma has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Avatar connects with a leg kick.
DePalma throws a wild body kick that Avatar sees coming a mile off.
DePalma gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Avatar counters with a right hand to the body.
Avatar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
DePalma pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
DePalma tries a head kick but it misses.
Avatar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
DePalma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Avatar scores with a nice right hand.
Avatar is looking to slow DePalma down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Avatar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DePalma appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Avatar throws a looping overhand right but DePalma ducks down to avoid it.
Avatar misses with a hook.
DePalma feints a counter leg kick.
DePalma lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Avatar. DePalma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by DePalma!
Avatar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Avatar throws a shot from downtown. DePalma moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Avatar.
DePalma tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Avatar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Avatar drops DePalma with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but DePalma looks back up at him and smiles so Avatar waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DePalma throws a leg kick that is checked
and Avatar scores with a counter punch that sends DePalma to the canvas! Avatar smells blood - he's punishing DePalma with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! DePalma has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Battle Avatar!
Battle Avatar 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Vasiliy Kulik (ranked 1142 p4p, 1479 weight class) and Nathaniel Syndicate (ranked 145 p4p, 191 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take 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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vasiliy Kulik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathaniel Syndicate!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulik misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick lands from Kulik.
Vasiliy Kulik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulik throws a head kick that half lands.
Syndicate lands the left hand.
Kulik connects with the punch.
Syndicate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It appears Kulik was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kulik looks to score with a jab to the body but Syndicate is just out of range.
Syndicate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kulik.
Kulik's corner calls for a 1-2. Kulik obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kulik lands a big head kick that sends Syndicate tumbling to the mat! Kulik takes a step backwards and waves Syndicate back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Syndicate is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kulik knocks out Syndicate with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Kulik before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Kulik picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vasiliy Kulik!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Austin (ranked 1264 p4p, 1554 weight class) and Charlie Chan (ranked 179 p4p, 225 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Austin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roy Jones. Jr - Can't be Touched. Charlie Chan 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 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Chan!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Austin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Austin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice straight punches there by Chan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chan.
Austin forces Chan back against the cage and clinches.
Chan lands with a right to the head.
Our sources have told us that Austin has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Chan wants to stall.
Chan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Austin tries to work over Chan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Austin lands with a right to the head.
Austin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chan throws an elbow but misses.
Chan scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chan misses with a combination
and Austin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Austin breaks from the clinch.
Chan misses with a combination
and Austin counters with a series of strikes. Chan will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chan punishes Austin's body with a nice straight punch.
Austin defending well as Chan loads up on a big left hand.
Austin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Austin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Austin slips under a jab from Chan.
Austin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Chan.
Chan works over Austin's head and body with a nice combination.
Austin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Austin circles away.
Chan misses with a left hand
and Austin counters with a right hand to the body.
Chan misses with a combination
enabling Austin to counter with a crisp jab.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Austin.
Chan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Chan misses.
Chan jabs Austin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A shot to the body from Chan misses
letting Austin counter with a right hand.
Chan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Austin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Austin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Austin does no damage.
Austin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Austin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chan.
It looked like Austin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Chan.
Chan looks to land a combination but Austin avoids it well.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Austin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Austin scores with a jab.
Chan misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands a jab.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Austin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Chan.
Austin blocks a leg kick.
Chan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chan throws a lazy right hand but Austin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan throws a jab when Austin was well out of range.
Austin wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Chan connects with a right hand. Austin shakes it off.
Austin throws a good cross that connects.
Chan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Austin.
Austin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Austin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Chan as he connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Chan misses its intended target.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Austin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Austin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Chan throws an overhand right that lands on Austin's shoulder, as Austin tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Austin moves into the clinch.
Chan is trying to push Austin away but Austin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chan blocking some punches.
Austin connects with a knee 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!
Chan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Austin ducks down to avoid it.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Chan misses the target.
Chan throws a body shot but no joy.
Austin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chan misses with a hook. Austin ducked under it nicely.
Austin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin moves out of range of the strikes.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Austin's head but Austin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan throws a lazy uppercut
and Austin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chan throws a leg kick
letting Austin counter with a right hand.
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 Kyle Austin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A quick step to the side and Austin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan throws a lazy right hand but Austin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Austin to counter with a crisp jab.
Austin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chan drives through and clinches with Austin against the cage.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Austin lands a nice knee to the body.
Austin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Austin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chan throws an elbow but misses.
Chan lands with a left to the head.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chan working hard to break the clinch.
Chan breaks the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Austin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Chan tries to get set, Austin tries to push him back and clinch up but Chan manages to avoid the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan scores with a nice strike.
Austin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Austin ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
Austin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kyle Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chan throws a right hand that misses
and Austin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chan cracks a nice hook into Austin's ribs.
Chan misses with a two punch combination.
Austin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Chan.
Chan forces Austin back against the cage and clinches.
Austin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Austin lands a nice uppercut.
Austin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Austin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Austin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Austin lands a hook that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Austin.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin takes one to the chin there.
Chan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Austin misses the shot to the body.
Chan throws a lazy uppercut
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chan is rocked!
and Austin counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Chan! He's just covering up as Austin starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Austin!
Kyle Austin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan De Jong (ranked 2784 p4p, 720 weight class) and Jarna Kuiva (ranked 367 p4p, 90 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Jong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nipsey Hussle - I Don't Stress. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan De Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarna Kuiva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuiva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kuiva wants it to stay on the feet.
Kuiva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Jong momentarily.
Kuiva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Jong dodges the punch combination from Kuiva.
Kuiva throws a right hand that De Jong ducks under and follows up with a left that De Jong also avoids with ease.
De Jong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kuiva stuffs the takedown attempt from De Jong. De Jong gets slowly back to his feet.
Kuiva misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuiva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Jong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuiva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kuiva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Jong shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kuiva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan De Jong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuiva lands a jab.
De Jong takes one to the side of the head.
Kuiva lands with a good body shot.
Kuiva lands with a big left! De Jong is wobbled badly! Kuiva comes in with a flurry of punches and drops De Jong to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jarna Kuiva!
After winning the bout, Jarna Kuiva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Stefan De Jong had this to say: 'Man, look. When I get home from this shit, I'mma light me a fat ass blunt. Tomorrow, I'm hitting the gym, working on my skills and taking notes of my mistakes afterwards. Go through the tape of this fight. I will be back stronger from this one. Give me a minute. I'll be back better and wiser.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Kluba (ranked 1002 p4p, 1772 weight class) and Blue Cup (ranked 142 p4p, 255 weight class). Kluba comes to the cage accompanied by Kiss The Girl. Blue Cup will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Kluba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blue Cup!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cup lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
 It looks like Sebastian Kluba has been cut.
Kluba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kluba throwing a counter right hand but Cup manages to avoid it.
A big right from Cup misses.
Kluba looks to land a combination but Cup avoids it well.
Cup throws a left that rocks Kluba and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Cup dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Kluba regain composure!
 Kluba is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cup tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cup has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kluba tries to improve position but can't.
Cup wants to control but Kluba is keeping him busy.
Kluba wants to control but Cup postures up.
Cup wants to control but Kluba is keeping him busy.
Cup working away.
Kluba is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cup is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Cup is trying to get an arm triangle but Kluba is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluba is trying to get back to half guard.
Kluba is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cup off and has taken his back!
Cup tries to escape but Kluba has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Cup breaks Kluba's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cup trying to control but Kluba is working from the bottom.
Kluba is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cup trying to control the position from guard on top but Kluba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluba not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cup told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Cup trying to control but Kluba is working from the bottom.
Kluba is trying to control the position but Cup postures up.
Cup trying to control the position from guard on top but Kluba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kluba is pulling down on Cup's head. It's preventing any offense from Cup, at least for the moment.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cup passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cup prevents Kluba from improving his position.
Cup maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Kluba could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Cup has cracked it and Kluba is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Cup!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Blue Cup!
Blue Cup thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between White Blood Cell (ranked 1369 p4p, 607 weight class) and Rasmus Reedtz (ranked 162 p4p, 75 weight class). Blood Cell comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, White Blood Cell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rasmus Reedtz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reedtz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Reedtz throws a hook but Blood Cell blocks it.
Blood Cell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reedtz's hands.
Reedtz lands a head kick!
A nice combination there by Reedtz.
Blood Cell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reedtz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Blood Cell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reedtz throws a shot from downtown. Blood Cell moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blood Cell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Reedtz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood Cell.
Reedtz catches Blood Cell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reedtz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Blood Cell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reedtz scrambles back to his feet.
Blood Cell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blood Cell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reedtz circles away quickly and effectively.
Blood Cell is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Reedtz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Blood Cell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reedtz throws a big counter head kick but Blood Cell avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood Cell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood Cell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Reedtz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blood Cell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reedtz trying to control but Blood Cell is working from the bottom.
Blood Cell is pulling down on Reedtz's head to control his posture.
Blood Cell looking for a sweep. Not yet Blood Cell, not yet.
Reedtz with a nice head shot there.
Blood Cell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reedtz is one step ahead there.
Blood Cell 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.
Reedtz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reedtz scoring with some ground and pound.
Reedtz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blood Cell trying to keep a closed guard but Reedtz is proving a slippery customer.
Reedtz is in close to Blood Cell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reedtz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reedtz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Blood Cell has momentary wrist control but Reedtz slips an elbow through the middle.
Reedtz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blood Cell's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reedtz wants to free his trapped foot but Blood Cell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Blood Cell tries to roll over but Reedtz keeps him under control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Reedtz working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
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. Reedtz connects with a nice short shot to Blood Cell's temple.
Reedtz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blood Cell tries to roll over but Reedtz keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Reedtz in particular looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blood Cell is trying to control but can't.
Reedtz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Reedtz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Reedtz working Blood Cell over with strikes.
Blood Cell taking some punishment here, with Reedtz in his half guard.
Blood Cell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Reedtz is working Blood Cell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rasmus Reedtz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blood Cell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blood Cell tries to clinch up but Reedtz circles away and keeps his distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reedtz checks a leg kick.
Reedtz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blood Cell.
Reedtz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reedtz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reedtz throws a head kick but Blood Cell moves out of range.
Blood Cell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blood Cell connects with a nice looking jab.
Blood Cell lands a lovely overhand right.
Reedtz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reedtz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blood Cell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood Cell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reedtz manages to avoid it.
Reedtz tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Blood Cell wants to clinch up but Reedtz keeps it at a distance.
Blood Cell misses with the combination.
Reedtz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood Cell tries to clinch up.
Blood Cell tries to clinch but Reedtz moves out of range.
Reedtz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Blood Cell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Reedtz is in Blood Cell's guard.
Reedtz throws a strike but Blood Cell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Reedtz is looking for a triangle but Blood Cell pushes his legs off easily.
Blood Cell preventing the sweep.
Reedtz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Blood Cell trying to control the position from guard on top but Reedtz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blood Cell preventing the sweep.
Blood Cell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reedtz is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reedtz keeping moving, preventing Blood Cell from controlling successfully.
Blood Cell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reedtz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reedtz wants to hit a sweep here but Blood Cell passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Reedtz there!
Blood Cell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Blood Cell lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood Cell tries to control but Reedtz wriggling away.
Reedtz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blood Cell looking to control but Reedtz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reedtz can't escape the position.
Blood Cell wants to control the pace but Reedtz is squirming around nicely.
Reedtz is trying desperately to improve position.
Blood Cell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reedtz is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reedtz is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reedtz blocking the ground and pound.
Reedtz gets back to half guard.
Reedtz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Reedtz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Reedtz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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 White Blood Cell will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Blood Cell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blood Cell lands a lovely overhand right.
Blood Cell wants to clinch.
Blood Cell misses with a body shot.
Blood Cell ducks under a wild hook from Reedtz.
Blood Cell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reedtz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Blood Cell defends well and Reedtz ends up having to push Blood Cell into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It looked like Blood Cell was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Blood Cell stuns Reedtz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blood Cell cracks Reedtz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Blood Cell missing with a left hand there. Reedtz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reedtz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Reedtz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reedtz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood Cell stalks Reedtz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reedtz's face. Reedtz staggers backwards, shaken.
Blood Cell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reedtz in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood Cell looks to land a right hand but Reedtz moved out of range.
Reedtz 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.
White Blood Cell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blood Cell slips a straight right by Reedtz.
Blood Cell throws a leg kick but Reedtz checks it.
Blood Cell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reedtz throws a nice outside leg kick.
White Blood Cell is winning the standup battle so far.
Blood Cell lands a high kick!
Blood Cell looks to land a right hand but Reedtz moved out of range.
Blood Cell throws a hook but Reedtz avoids it easily.
Reedtz lands a two punch combo.
Blood Cell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reedtz.
Blood Cell ducks under a wild hook from Reedtz.
Reedtz avoids the body shot from Blood Cell.
Reedtz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reedtz throws a shot to the body.
Blood Cell throws the left hand but Reedtz avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reedtz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blood Cell misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blood Cell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reedtz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reedtz shoots and misses
enabling Blood Cell to counter with a crisp jab.
White Blood Cell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rasmus Reedtz.
Reedtz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blood Cell manages to avoid it.
Blood Cell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reedtz checks a leg kick.
Jab from Blood Cell.
Reedtz throws a lazy uppercut
and Reedtz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blood Cell tests Reedtz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blood Cell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blood Cell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blood Cell drops his hands momentarily and Reedtz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Some wild striking there from Reedtz.
It looked like Blood Cell was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood Cell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reedtz.
Reedtz lands with a hook. Blood Cell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blood Cell throws out a loose jab but Reedtz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reedtz misses with a looping left.
A cross from Blood Cell lands.
Reedtz scores with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Reedtz.
Blood Cell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blood Cell throws the left hand but Reedtz avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Reedtz.
Reedtz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Reedtz works the jab nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reedtz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blood Cell counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood Cell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reedtz. That did some damage!
Reedtz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Reedtz avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Blood Cell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blood Cell throws a right hand that Reedtz ducks under and follows up with a left that Reedtz also avoids with ease.
Reedtz throws a sloppy head kick and Blood Cell moves out of range easily.
Blood Cell digs a good hook to Reedtz's body.
Blood Cell missing with a left hand there. Reedtz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reedtz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blood Cell at a distance.
Reedtz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Reedtz takes one to the chin there.
Blood Cell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reedtz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blood Cell throws out a loose jab but Reedtz uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Reedtz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A quick step to the side and Blood Cell tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Blood Cell tenderised Reedtz's leg. Reedtz is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that's the end of the fight!
White Blood Cell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blood Cell 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... White Blood Cell!
White Blood Cell decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soul Taker (ranked 812 p4p, 783 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 121 p4p, 117 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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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 14 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Soul Taker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taker tries to work over Sole's front leg with a kick but Sole checks it.
Sole misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot by Taker.
Sole rushes Taker and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taker.
A shot in the inside from Sole.
Taker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taker just misses with a punch to the body.
Taker has Sole up against the cage in a clinch.
Taker misses with a body punch.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
Taker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taker cracks Sole with a nice body shot.
Sole misses with the head strike.
Taker scores with a hook to the body.
Taker tries to work over Sole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole lands with a right to the head.
Taker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taker breaks from the clinch.
Sole throws a right and a left that Taker avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Taker misses the target.
Taker misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sole! But no joy.
Sole has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Taker finds it's way round the side to connect with Sole's head.
Taker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sole swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A lazy body kick from Taker
and Sole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sole needs to keep his hands up - Taker had a free shot at his head there.
Sole fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sole scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Taker doesn't seem bothered though.
Taker misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taker throws a looping overhand right but Sole ducks down to avoid it.
Sole steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Taker misses its intended target.
Sole misses with a hook.
Taker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole defending well as Taker loads up on a big left hand.
Sole is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Taker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Taker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taker tries to land a leg kick but Sole saw it coming and moves away.
Taker scores with a leg kick.
Taker takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Taker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sole on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Taker is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Sole needs to keep his hands up - Taker had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheers as Taker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sole doesn't seem phased though.
Taker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole blocks a jab.
Taker lands a glancing blow to the side of Sole's head.
Taker with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taker throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Sole misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Taker throws a jab but it's blocked by Sole.
Sole is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taker. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sole takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Taker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Nice shot lands for Taker.
Taker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sole unleashes a big counter combination but Taker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A cross from Taker lands.
Taker lands with a nice body punch.
Sole moves into the clinch.
Taker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sole misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Taker misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taker misses with a punch to the body.
Taker dodges an elbow strike from Sole.
Sole tries to throw a body punch but Taker avoids it by throwing Sole back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sole fails to land.
Taker manages to break the clinch.
Taker takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Taker misses with a hook
and Sole counters with a straight right hand.
Sole falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taker counters with a stiff right hand.
Taker lands with a shot to the body.
Taker lands with an uppercut that bounces Sole off the cage and back into range.
Taker misses with a body shot
and Sole counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sole gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taker throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Taker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Taker as the two fighters clinch.
Sole lands a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Soul Taker 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.
Taker thows a leg kick but Sole checks it
and Sole cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Sole checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sole lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sole rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Taker!
Sole defending well as Taker loads up on a big left hand.
Sole moves out of range as Taker strikes.
Sole connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taker momentarily.
Sole throws a low kick, looking for Taker's leg but Taker calmly moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Taker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Taker.
Taker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taker throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sole counters with a nice uppercut.
Taker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sole stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sole takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sole has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Taker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Taker throws a body shot but no joy.
Sole tries to clinch there but Taker circles away.
Taker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Taker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taker lands with a hook. Sole tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sole looks to land a right hand but Taker moved out of range.
Taker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sole has time to react.
Sole misses the jab.
And Taker counters with a quick kick to the body but Sole blocks it.
Sole avoids the head kick by Taker.
Taker takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Taker forces Sole back against the cage and clinches.
Taker lands a hook that snaps the head of Sole backwards.
Taker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soul Taker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taker cracks Sole with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole breaks the clinch.
A cross from Sole lands.
Sole throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taker.
Taker is looking to slow Sole down with leg kicks.
Taker keeps the fight on the outside.
Sole misses with a straight right.
Taker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taker scores with a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Sole 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Taker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Taker throws a hook to the side of Sole's head but Sole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taker throws a wild body kick that Sole sees coming a mile off.
Taker 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Taker misses with a low kick.
Sole feints a counter leg kick.
Taker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Taker looks to score with a jab to the body but Sole is just out of range.
Taker misses with a hook
and Sole counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sole lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Taker misses with an uppercut.
Taker's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sole under the eye.
Some wild striking there from Sole.
Taker is looking to counter punch.
Taker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sole can do to turn this around?
Sole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sole's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Taker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taker misses with a right hand
and Sole makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole throws an overhand right that lands on Taker's shoulder, as Taker tries to avoid the shot.
Taker clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Taker.
Sole has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Taker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sole wants to get back to striking at distance but Taker won't allow it.
Taker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sole missing with knees to the body.
Taker dodges an elbow strike from Sole.
A head punch on the inside from Sole fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Sole scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sole's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Taker.
Taker pushes Sole back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Taker scores with a shot to the side of Sole's head.
Sole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sole wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Soul Taker dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sole throws a leg kick but Taker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sole doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Taker closes the distance and clinches.
Sole makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
Taker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sole throws a hook but Taker blocks it.
Sole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taker.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Sole.
Soul Taker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Taker swings for the body but Sole moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taker just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Taker.
Sole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sole misses with a double jab.
Sole takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taker throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taker lands with a straight right. Sole didn't see that one coming.
Taker throws a jab but it's blocked by Sole.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taker. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taker tries to clinch up but Sole circles away and keeps his distance.
Sole unleashes a big counter combination but Taker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Taker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sole throws out the jab.
Sole moves out of range as Taker throws a body kick.
Sole scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sole steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Taker. That one must have hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole wants to clinch up but Taker keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sole slips a straight right by Taker.
Taker throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Sole was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Taker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sole avoids a kick to the body.
Sole with a jab.
Taker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sloppy strikes from Sole. Those never looked like landing.
Taker lands a nice shot that snaps Sole's head back.
Taker darts in and clinches Sole up against the cage.
Sole blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Taker.
Taker misses with the head strike.
Sole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taker sizes up Sole with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Sole.
Taker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jacks Sole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taker lands a really nice looking cross but Sole seems unphased.
Sole misses with a double jab.
Taker misses with a looping right.
Despite the aggression on Sole's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Taker connects with the punch.
Taker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Taker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sole.
Taker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sole at a distance.
Sole tries to clinch but Taker moves out of range.
As Sole backs away, Taker returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Taker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jacks Sole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taker scores with a jab to the head.
Taker connects with a nice looking jab.
Sole takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Taker.
Taker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Soul Taker is winning the standup battle so far.
Taker lands with an uppercut that bounces Sole off the cage and back into range.
Taker clinches up with Sole and pushes him back against the cage.
Sole struggles to land a body shot inside as Taker controls his hands.
Sole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sole working aggressively here.
Taker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taker tries to throw a body punch but Sole avoids it by throwing Taker back against the cage.
Taker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sole lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sole.
And that's the end of the fight!
Soul Taker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Taker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soul Taker!
Soul Taker thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Jacks Sole stepped up to the mic, saying 'Shit happens, I'll learn from this.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Winston (ranked 202 p4p, 572 weight class) and Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 28 p4p, 68 weight class). Winston's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Lost Boy. Sanchez has chosen Yes - Owner of a lonely heart as his entrance music. Yes Man Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Winston!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 26 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yes Man Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Winston misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winston goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sanchez prevents it.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Winston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Winston stalling.
Winston is looking to take this one to the mat.
Winston lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Winston breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Winston takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Winston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sanchez lands a nice shot that snaps Winston's head back.
Good shot there by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a head shot.
Yes Man Sanchez 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!
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Winston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Winston momentarily.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Winston ducks under and follows up with a left that Winston also avoids with ease.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winston moves out of range of the strikes.
Winston appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sanchez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Winston looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Winston's head backwards.
Winston avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Winston swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Winston changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Winston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winston has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Winston blocks it.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.
Winston turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winston tries to advance to mount but Sanchez instead regains half guard.
Winston not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Winston not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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.
Winston 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.
Winston seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Winston looks to land a strike but Sanchez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Winston looking to sit in guard and control but Sanchez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Winston wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Winston looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Winston looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Sanchez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Winston trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Winston working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanchez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanchez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Winston looking for a sweep. Not yet Winston, not yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yes Man Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sanchez misses with a shot to the body
and Winston counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control here.
Winston 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.
Winston looks to land a strike but Sanchez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Winston is in close to Sanchez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harry Winston overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Winston is working Sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Winston throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
Winston throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winston postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Winston with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winston throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winston wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Winston looking to pass the guard.
Winston trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Winston scoring with punches to the head and body.
Winston trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Winston throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winston trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston throwing strikes but missing.
Winston trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Winston has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Winston wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Winston might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Winston looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez stays in close to Winston's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Sanchez is stalling in the full guard.
Winston not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Winston looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Winston is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sanchez stays in close to Winston's body and controls the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez drives through and clinches with Winston against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winston.
Winston cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Sanchez prevents the takedown attempt.
Winston gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Sanchez regains guard.
Sanchez has Winston pulled in close to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winston accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Winston landing with the ground and pound.
Winston throwing strikes but missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Winston dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Winston moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a glancing blow to the side of Winston's head.
Winston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Winston didn't see that one coming.
Sanchez keeps Winston at a distance using the push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winston ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Yes Man Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winston throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winston drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez misses with a left hand
and Winston counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanchez won't be happy with that.
Winston lands an elbow.
Sanchez is not content to let Winston control the position.
Winston working the ground and pound.
Winston creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Winston's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Winston are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Winston trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Winston scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez is trying to escape the position but Winston is controlling the position.
Sanchez is trying to get back to half guard.
Sanchez avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Winston.
Sanchez is trying to improve his position.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sanchez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Winston connects with a decent elbow.
Winston postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sanchez tries to escape but Winston is in control.
Winston lands an elbow.
Winston lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winston tries to advance position but instead Sanchez slips a leg back in to half guard.
Winston lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Winston throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Winston scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winston.
Winston missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sanchez kicks off Winston and gets to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Winston shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanchez tries to sprawl out of it but Winston keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanchez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Harry Winston did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab by Sanchez.
Winston fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Winston avoids it well.
Winston tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.
Winston checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez instigates a clinch.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Winston wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Winston controls the action.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Yes Man Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez thumps Winston with a low kick.
Winston tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez tries to clinch
and Winston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Winston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the liver by Sanchez. Beautiful body shot.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Winston is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Winston moved out of range nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanchez, as that shot connected.
Yes Man Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick there by Sanchez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston throws a leg kick but Sanchez checks it.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Winston appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Winston avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Winston changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Winston avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Winston.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Winston is having none of it.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Winston misses with a body shot.
Winston takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winston circles away quickly and effectively.
Winston swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Winston takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Winston avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Winston appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Winston counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanchez thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Winston's head backwards.
Winston scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Winston throws a shot to the body.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanchez but Sanchez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Winston moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Winston counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sanchez pushes Winston off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yes Man Sanchez dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Winston didn't see that one coming.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Winston half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winston staying out of range there.
Winston staying out of range there.
Winston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Winston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winston moves out of range of the body kick.
Winston drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Winston avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Winston counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sanchez!
Winston is looking to take a break and control but Sanchez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Winston tries to score with some ground and pound. Sanchez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Winston lands a decent elbow from side control.
Winston lands some shots froms side control.
Winston working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Winston landing a few strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston working the strikes but Sanchez uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Winston is keen to just control but Sanchez is a slippery customer.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanchez is looking to escape.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Winston throws a strike but Sanchez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Winston is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Winston pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Winston postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Winston is fighting to break Sanchez's control of his arms but Sanchez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Winston off balance momentarily.
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Winston was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston wants to clinch
and Sanchez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the body.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Winston avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Winston takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez lands with a right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez misses with the body kick
and Winston counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sanchez!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston working the strikes but Sanchez uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yes Man Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 47:48
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 47:48
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yes Man Sanchez!
Yes Man Sanchez is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Yes Man Sanchez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hax Molloway (ranked 1132 p4p, 437 weight class) and CJ Tripp (ranked 163 p4p, 65 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hax Molloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CJ Tripp!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molloway on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Molloway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Molloway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Molloway moves to clinch but Tripp breaks away
and Tripp counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Molloway wants to clinch.
Tripp tries to land a front kick but Molloway steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tripp connects with an inside leg kick.
Molloway on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Molloway tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tripp finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tripp scores with a push kick.
Tripp misses with a head kick.
Molloway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Molloway backing away here, and Tripp unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Molloway shoots in and gets a takedown into Tripp's guard.
Tripp scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tripp throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick lands from Tripp.
Molloway tries to clinch up.
Tripp misses with a kick to the body.
Tripp throws out a loose jab but Molloway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Molloway seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Molloway misses with a takedown
and Tripp counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Molloway doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Molloway tries to close the distance and clinch but Tripp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Molloway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tripp moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tripp.
Tripp keeps Molloway at a distance using the push kick.
Molloway moves in looking to clinch but Tripp pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Tripp on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Molloway looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Molloway tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tripp sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Molloway somewhat.
Tripp steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Tripp throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Molloway stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molloway tries to clinch
and Tripp counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Tripp misses its intended target.
Molloway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
CJ Tripp is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Molloway moves out of range of the body kick.
Molloway seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Molloway is looking to clinch but Tripp is avoiding it.
Molloway checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Molloway blocks the leg kick.
Molloway walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tripp.
Molloway throws a jab when Tripp was well out of range.
Tripp jabs at Molloway's body.
Tripp misses with a wild body shot.
Tripp jabs Molloway to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Molloway throws a head kick but Tripp moves out of range.
Tripp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tripp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Molloway.
Tripp misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tripp takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Molloway gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tripp.
Molloway looks to score with a jab to the body but Tripp is just out of range.
Tripp shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Molloway crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tripp - the referee stops the clock and Molloway gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tripp. Molloway manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Molloway misses with a looping left.
Tripp keeps Molloway at a distance using the push kick.
Molloway will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Molloway is breathing heavily.
Tripp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Molloway takes one on the button.
Molloway on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Molloway is rocked!
Tripp lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Molloway is looking to close the distance but Tripp sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Molloway crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Molloway is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). CJ Tripp!
During a confident post fight interview, CJ Tripp thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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