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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heitor Machado (ranked 4422 p4p, 2840 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 151 p4p, 104 weight class). Heitor Machado has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Machado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Machado gets a double leg takedown into St Stone's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Stone trying to control the position.
Machado seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Stone has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Machado doesn't defend quickly enough and St Stone has managed to lock this one up! Can Machado escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to St Stone on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marcus St Stone!
A very excited looking Marcus St Stone 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Severo Del Bosque (ranked 1136 p4p, 1567 weight class) and Emre Hussain (ranked 141 p4p, 195 weight class). Del Bosque comes to the cage accompanied by Mimosa - Drippin. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 36 - 0, fighting out of London, Severo Del Bosque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Del Bosque. That's going to slow Hussain down.
Hussain moves away from the strike by Del Bosque.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Bosque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain forces Del Bosque back against the cage and clinches.
Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Del Bosque is able to avoid easily.
Del Bosque checks the leg kick.
Hussain throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hussain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hussain misses with an uppercut
and Del Bosque counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hussain's knee momentarily.
Hussain gets a clinch.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Hussain throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Hussain misses.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch but Del Bosque swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hussain misses with a left hand
and Del Bosque counters with a straight right hand.
Hussain moves in looking to clinch but Del Bosque pushes him off.
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!
Del Bosque throws a solid leg kick but Hussain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Del Bosque.
Del Bosque staying out of range there.
Hussain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hussain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hussain has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hussain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque throws a body shot but no joy.
Del Bosque's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hussain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Del Bosque scrambles back to his feet.
Hussain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Bosque checks a leg kick nicely.
Hussain wants to clinch up but Del Bosque keeps it at a distance.
Hussain bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hussain throws the kick towards the body but Del Bosque avoids it.
Del Bosque throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Del Bosque blocks a jab.
Del Bosque throws a hook to the side of Hussain's head but Hussain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hussain slips a straight right by Del Bosque.
Hussain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hussain tries to clinch but Del Bosque is having none of it.
Del Bosque swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hussain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Del Bosque.
It looked like Del Bosque wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hussain scores with a nice head shot.
Hussain tries to clinch there but Del Bosque circles away.
A nice leg kick from Del Bosque, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hussain pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hussain thows a leg kick but Del Bosque checks it
enabling Del Bosque to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Del Bosque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain cracks a nice hook into Del Bosque's ribs.
Del Bosque looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hussain misses the shot to the body.
Hussain throws a wild body kick that Del Bosque sees coming a mile off.
Del Bosque dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hussain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Del Bosque scores with a hook to the body. Hussain takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Del Bosque throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hussain takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Del Bosque loads up on a big right hand but Hussain slips the punch.
Hussain only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hussain throws a low kick but Del Bosque avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Del Bosque. Hussain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hussain connects with a jab.
Hussain misses with a kick to the body.
Del Bosque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hussain.
Del Bosque fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hussain just manages to avoid it.
Hussain takes a head kick and keeps coming.
 It looks like Emre Hussain has been cut.
Hussain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Del Bosque ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hussain misses with an uppercut
and Del Bosque counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Del Bosque swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hussain misses with a right hand
and Del Bosque counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hussain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Del Bosque can pounce on him.
Del Bosque throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Hussain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Del Bosque.
Hussain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hussain lands a jab to the head.
Hussain throws a poor cross that misses
and Del Bosque counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hussain looks to land a body kick but Del Bosque moved away.
Del Bosque appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hussain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Del Bosque swinging wildly here.
Del Bosque throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hussain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Del Bosque misses with a leg kick.
Hussain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hussain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses
and Del Bosque counters with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Bosque throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Del Bosque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque throws a push kick but Hussain slaps the foot to one side.
Hussain throws a poor cross that misses
and Del Bosque counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Del Bosque lands a nice shot to the body.
Del Bosque blocks a jab.
Hussain tries to land a front kick but Del Bosque steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Del Bosque uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Hussain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Del Bosque.
Hussain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Del Bosque takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hussain throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Del Bosque to counter with a crisp jab.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Del Bosque counters with a solid body kick.
Hussain throws a hook but Del Bosque blocks it.
Del Bosque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Hussain throws out a powerful jab.
A left lands for Del Bosque.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Del Bosque lands with an overhand left.
Hussain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
 Hussain is rocked!
Hussain throws a jab when Del Bosque was well out of range.
Good work by Hussain as he checks the leg kick.
Del Bosque digs a good body shot into Hussain's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Severo Del Bosque dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Del Bosque slips under a jab.
Hussain looks to score with a jab to the body but Del Bosque is just out of range.
A big right from Del Bosque misses.
Hussain misses with a left hand
and Del Bosque counters with a low kick, right behind Hussain 's knee.
Hussain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque throws the kick towards the body but Hussain avoids it.
Hussain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hussain.
A nice leg kick from Del Bosque, right into the meat of the thigh.
Del Bosque needs to keep his hands up - Hussain had a free shot at his head there.
Hussain looks to land a right hand but Del Bosque moved out of range.
A big left from Del Bosque misses.
Del Bosque closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hussain crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Del Bosque - the referee stops the clock and Hussain gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Del Bosque. Hussain manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Del Bosque lands with a thumping leg kick.
Del Bosque buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussain tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Hussain.
Del Bosque ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Del Bosque is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hussain can do to turn this around?
Del Bosque moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque connects with the punch.
Del Bosque scores with a head kick.
Hussain takes one on the button.
Del Bosque cracks Hussain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Severo Del Bosque is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hussain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Del Bosque. Del Bosque obviously looking to wear him down.
Del Bosque takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hussain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Del Bosque finds it's way through Hussain's defenses.
Del Bosque just misses with a punch to the body.
Hussain moves out of range of the body kick from Del Bosque.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Del Bosque lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hussain doesn't seem phased though.
Hussain checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hussain scores with a decent looking hook.
Hussain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hussain throws a looping overhand right but Del Bosque ducks down to avoid it.
Hussain throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Del Bosque to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain lands a jab.
Del Bosque walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hussain's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Del Bosque throws a body kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Del Bosque checks a leg kick.
Del Bosque connects with the punch.
Del Bosque misses with a hook. Hussain ducked under it nicely.
Hussain checks a leg kick.
Del Bosque throws a hook but Hussain blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Hussain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Del Bosque moves out of range of the body kick.
Del Bosque misses with a low kick.
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Del Bosque swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Good exchange - Del Bosque coming out on top.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Del Bosque looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Bosque scores with a jab. Hussain acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Del Bosque fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hussain has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Del Bosque tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Del Bosque. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Del Bosque.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain misses with a hook. Del Bosque ducked under it nicely.
Del Bosque throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Del Bosque closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Del Bosque misses with a low kick.
Del Bosque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hussain.
A little feinted left hand from Del Bosque on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Del Bosque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain tries to clinch up.
Del Bosque looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch but Del Bosque swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hussain blocks a low kick nicely.
Del Bosque tries to work over Hussain's front leg with a kick but Hussain checks it.
Hussain takes the fight into the clinch.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Del Bosque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain scores with a hook to the body. Del Bosque takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hussain checks a leg kick nicely.
Hussain replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Del Bosque blocks it well.
Hussain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Hussain.
Del Bosque lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hussain misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussain is looking to clinch.
Hussain misses with an uppercut.
Hussain moves out of range of the strikes.
Del Bosque throws the kick towards the body but Hussain avoids it.
Hussain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hussain misses with a right hand
and Del Bosque counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hussain's knee momentarily.
Del Bosque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hussain.
Hussain just misses with a punch to the body.
Hussain is looking to clinch.
Del Bosque feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hussain has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Del Bosque throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hussain on the side of the head.
Hussain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussain goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hussain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Del Bosque counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A lazy left from Hussain finds it's target.
Del Bosque lunges at Hussain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hussain's hand.
Hussain throws a lazy right hand but Del Bosque sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Severo Del Bosque dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hussain just misses with a punch to the body.
Del Bosque was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Del Bosque bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Del Bosque connects with the punch.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Del Bosque moved out of range nicely.
Del Bosque scores with a hook to the body. Hussain takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hussain connects with a nice looking jab.
Del Bosque walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hussain checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hussain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hussain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Del Bosque lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hussain loads up on a big right hand but Del Bosque slips the punch.
Hussain takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hussain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hussain swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Del Bosque.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Bosque misses with a wild body shot.
Del Bosque scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hussain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hussain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain scores with a nice head shot.
Del Bosque keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hussain is still on wobbly legs! Can Del Bosque finish him?
Hussain tries to clinch there but Del Bosque circles away.
Hussain lands a body shot.
Hussain seems to have recovered his senses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Del Bosque.
Hussain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hussain avoids a kick to the body.
Del Bosque throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Hussain misses its intended target.
Hussain takes a swing at Del Bosque's ribcage but misses.
Hussain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hussain misses with a hook
and Del Bosque counters with a slapping leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Hussain.
Del Bosque throws a leg kick but Hussain sees it coming and moves out of range.
Del Bosque throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Bosque lands with a straight right. Hussain didn't see that one coming.
Del Bosque moves away from the strike by Hussain.
Del Bosque fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hussain just manages to avoid it.
Hussain darts in trying to clinch
and Del Bosque counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Emre Hussain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hussain was well out of range. Poor timing from Del Bosque.
Hussain blocks a head kick by Del Bosque.
Del Bosque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Del Bosque lands a jab to the nose.
Nice uppercut lands for Hussain. That snapped Del Bosque's head back.
Del Bosque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hussain.
Del Bosque walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hussain checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little jabbing left from Hussain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Del Bosque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Del Bosque motions for Hussain to come forward. Del Bosque throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Del Bosque swats away the attempt to clinch by Hussain.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
Del Bosque keeps the fight on the outside.
Del Bosque lands with a nice body punch.
Hussain checks a leg kick nicely.
Hussain closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Del Bosque feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Good exchange - Hussain coming out on top.
Del Bosque looks to score with a jab to the body but Hussain is just out of range.
Hussain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Del Bosque.
Del Bosque lands with a shot to the body.
Del Bosque slips a jab from Hussain.
Del Bosque lands a right hook to the body.
A big left from Hussain misses.
Del Bosque throws a shot to the body.
Del Bosque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hussain moves away.
Hussain blocks a head kick by Del Bosque.
Del Bosque lands with an overhand left.
Hussain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hussain moves out of range as Del Bosque throws a body kick.
Del Bosque works Hussain's body with a nice hook.
Del Bosque lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hussain's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Del Bosque.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain scores with a kick to the body.
Hussain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hussain is looking to land body kicks.
Del Bosque throws a head kick that misses.
Hussain avoids a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Del Bosque.
Hussain staying out of range there.
Del Bosque swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hussain.
Del Bosque slips under a jab.
Hussain swings widly with a right hand
and Del Bosque counters with a leg kick.
Hussain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Del Bosque jabs Hussain right on the nose. Hussain blinks but takes it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussain wants to clinch but Del Bosque slips to the side
and Del Bosque counters with a leg kick.
Hussain misses with an uppercut. Del Bosque saw that one coming.
Hussain tries to land a front kick but Del Bosque steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good leg kick by Del Bosque.
And that's the end of the fight!
Severo Del Bosque showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Del Bosque, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Severo Del Bosque!
Severo Del Bosque looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Alika "Guardian" Hakekia, I Want A Rematch Bitch. 5 Rounds Main Event, Darren Russell Book It'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Thoressen (ranked 917 p4p, 1034 weight class) and Phillip Terrell (ranked 115 p4p, 126 weight class). 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Thoressen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Terrell!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terrell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thoressen in his tracks.
Thoressen connects with a looping right hand.
Terrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terrell throws out a loose jab but Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thoressen appears to be looking for a big counter.
Thoressen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Terrell.
Terrell throws a right hand that Thoressen ducks under and follows up with a left that Thoressen also avoids with ease.
Terrell misses with a body shot.
Terrell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thoressen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thoressen takes one to the side of the head.
We've been told by Thoressen's head coaches at Desert Fitness & Training -13 Elites/1 Sensational that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Terrell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thoressen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Terrell is looking to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terrell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thoressen misses with a wild body shot.
Terrell is looking to slow Thoressen down with leg kicks.
Terrell motions for Thoressen to come forward. Terrell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thoressen moves into the clinch successfully.
Terrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Thoressen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen blocks a body shot from Terrell.
Thoressen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrell blocks it with crossed arms.
Terrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Thoressen.
A short left from Thoressen.
Thoressen misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Terrell.
Terrell misses with a punch to the body.
Terrell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Terrell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Terrell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Terrell is blocking nicely.
Terrell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Terrell misses with a punch to the body.
Thoressen blocks an uppercut.
Terrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Thoressen controls his hands.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Terrell fails to land.
Terrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Thoressen controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thoressen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Terrell's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Thoressen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thoressen.
Thoressen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrell blocks it with crossed arms.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Thoressen blocks an uppercut.
Terrell lands a left hand.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thoressen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Terrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Thoressen.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Terrell is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Terrell.
Thoressen blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen throws a punch but it's blocked by Terrell.
A short right from Terrell on the inside.
Terrell lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Terrell.
Thoressen lands a hook that snaps the head of Terrell backwards.
Terrell misses with a body punch.
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
Terrell has a couple of punches blocked by Thoressen.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Terrell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Terrell working aggressively here.
Terrell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thoressen gets through Terrell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen looking to throw knees to the head but Terrell is blocking nicely.
Thoressen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thoressen misses with a punch on the inside.
Thoressen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen swings wildly with an uppercut but Terrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Terrell gets through Thoressen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thoressen misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Terrell.
Terrell drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Terrell takes a shot to the head.
Terrell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Terrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Terrell takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Phillip Terrell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Thoressen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Terrell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thoressen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Terrell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Terrell is looking to clinch.
Terrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thoressen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A swing and a miss from Terrell.
Terrell closes the distance and pushes Thoressen back into the cage.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Thoressen throws a punch but it's blocked by Terrell.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but Terrell blocks with his arms.
Terrell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Terrell misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thoressen lands a knee to the head.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terrell tries to throw a body punch but Thoressen avoids it by throwing Terrell back against the cage.
Terrell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen lands a nice uppercut.
Terrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Terrell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thoressen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Terrell backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Terrell fails to land.
Terrell misses with a punch to the body.
Thoressen lands a nice uppercut.
Terrell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Thoressen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thoressen.
Thoressen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thoressen blocks a body shot from Terrell.
Terrell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thoressen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrell lands with a light punch inside.
Terrell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thoressen backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thoressen pushes Terrell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Terrell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Terrell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thoressen or not.
Terrell tries to throw a body punch but Thoressen avoids it by throwing Terrell back against the cage.
Terrell lands an uppercut.
Thoressen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Terrell misses with a body punch.
Terrell misses with the head strike.
Terrell looking to stall.
Thoressen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Terrell misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terrell slowing the pace effectively.
A shot in the inside from Terrell.
Thoressen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thoressen throws a punch but it's blocked by Terrell.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thoressen misses with the head strike.
Terrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Terrell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thoressen is keeping busy.
Thoressen prevents a body shot from Terrell.
Thoressen lands a knee to the head.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Thoressen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Terrell lands with a light punch inside.
Thoressen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrell blocks it with crossed arms.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terrell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Terrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Terrell blocks it.
Terrell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terrell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thoressen backwards.
Terrell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thoressen misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Terrell.
Thoressen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Terrell backwards.
Terrell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thoressen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrell blocks it with crossed arms.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Magnus Thoressen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A combination from Thoressen does no damage.
Terrell lands with an overhand left.
Thoressen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thoressen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Terrell is out of range and Thoressen settles back down.
Terrell has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Terrell. Thoressen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phillip Terrell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Terrell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thoressen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Terrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thoressen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thoressen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terrell.
Terrell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thoressen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Thoressen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terrell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terrell throws a low kick but Thoressen avoids it.
Thoressen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Terrell scores with a leg kick.
Terrell throws a lazy right hand but Thoressen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thoressen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Terrell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoressen clinches with his opponent.
Terrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Thoressen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thoressen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Terrell.
Thoressen lands with a light punch inside.
Magnus Thoressen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Terrell.
A nice right hand lands inside from Terrell.
Thoressen prevents a body shot from Terrell.
Thoressen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrell blocks it with crossed arms.
Thoressen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Terrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoressen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Terrell.
Thoressen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoressen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thoressen.
Terrell jumps guard but Thoressen stands there with Terrell around his waist. Terrell gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Terrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Thoressen.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terrell misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thoressen scores with a shoulder strike.
Thoressen gets through Terrell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Terrell blocks it.
Thoressen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Thoressen.
Terrell has a couple of punches blocked by Thoressen.
Thoressen blocks a body shot from Terrell.
Terrell gets through Thoressen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thoressen tries to land a knee to the head but Terrell blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thoressen.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Terrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoressen's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Terrell.
Thoressen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Terrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoressen's elbow.
Thoressen blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Terrell.
A short right from Terrell.
Terrell throws a head punch that misses.
Terrell can't find room to land a body shot as Thoressen controls the action.
Thoressen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Terrell.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thoressen.
Thoressen misses with a knee strike.
Terrell lands an uppercut.
Thoressen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Terrell backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoressen's elbow.
Thoressen blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thoressen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Thoressen.
Thoressen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thoressen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Terrell tries a body shot but Thoressen blocks it.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Terrell blocks it.
A knee to the head by Thoressen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thoressen.
Terrell blocking some punches.
Terrell has a couple of punches blocked by Thoressen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Terrell.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Terrell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thoressen tries a knee to the head but Terrell blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phillip Terrell.
I think Terrell 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phillip Terrell!
Our winner, Phillip Terrell, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ubungu Bamboo Face (ranked 1191 p4p, 660 weight class) and Aiu BangYou (ranked 51 p4p, 25 weight class). Ubungu Bamboo Face has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ubungu Bamboo Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aiu BangYou!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bamboo Face checks a leg kick.
Bamboo Face appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Good exchange - BangYou coming out on top.
 It looks like Ubungu Bamboo Face has been cut.
Bamboo Face moves away from the strike by BangYou.
Bamboo Face looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
BangYou gets back to full guard.
BangYou working a defensive guard here.
Bamboo Face passes BangYou's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Bamboo Face manages to pass to mount!
Bamboo Face controlling his opponent.
BangYou wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
BangYou is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Bamboo Face slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Bamboo Face. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Bamboo Face controls the action.
BangYou wants to control his opponent's hands but Bamboo Face gets his hands free.
Bamboo Face is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but BangYou has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
BangYou showing good submission defense here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
BangYou preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. BangYou knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften BangYou for a finish.
BangYou is really stuck here.
Bamboo Face avoiding BangYou 's attempts to control his hands.
BangYou is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bamboo Face is staying active.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bamboo Face wants to control but BangYou is keeping busy.
Bamboo Face is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at BangYou. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
BangYou is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Bamboo Face off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
BangYou is trying to stand back up.
Bamboo Face throwing damaging strikes from the back! BangYou could be in trouble here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
BangYou is trying to break free.
BangYou keeps trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ubungu Bamboo Face dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bamboo Face shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bamboo Face preventing the sweep.
BangYou controls Bamboo Face momentarily but Bamboo Face frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bamboo Face tries to stand but BangYou is controlling from the bottom.
BangYou has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bamboo Face has passed into side control.
Bamboo Face controlling the position from side mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face is looking to take a break and control but BangYou is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face just content to control the position.
Bamboo Face working away.
BangYou tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Bamboo Face lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BangYou is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bamboo Face working BangYou over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face cracks BangYou with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
It looks like Aiu BangYou has been cut.
Bamboo Face with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Bamboo Face lands with some strikes.
Bamboo Face lands a big elbow.
BangYou is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
BangYou really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bamboo Face trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BangYou taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face unloading with bombs!
BangYou is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bamboo Face manages to capitalize on a mistake by BangYou to take his back!
BangYou is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
BangYou wants to control his opponent's hands but Bamboo Face gets his hands free.
Bamboo Face controls the position.
Bamboo Face lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Bamboo Face lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamboo Face 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.
BangYou wants to control his opponent's hands but Bamboo Face gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face keeps control of the position easily here as BangYou tries to buck him off.
I really don't envy BangYou right now.
Bamboo Face looking for the RNC.
Bamboo Face really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for BangYou.
Can BangYou hold on?! Bamboo Face is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bamboo Face is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ubungu Bamboo Face dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bamboo Face's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bamboo Face.
BangYou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bamboo Face.
BangYou misses with a looping right.
Bamboo Face fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from BangYou. Bamboo Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bamboo Face takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bamboo Face has been working on his balance at Hotrod Express MMA Training, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by BangYou.
BangYou throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bamboo Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
BangYou throws a hook but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Bamboo Face tries to clinch but BangYou is having none of it.
BangYou throws a hook but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Bamboo Face closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bamboo Face lands in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou wants to stand but Bamboo Face is controlling the position.
Bamboo Face passes into half guard.
Bamboo Face moves into full mount! BangYou won't be happy about that!
BangYou is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bamboo Face cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bamboo Face lands a big elbow.
Bamboo Face is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. BangYou is in real trouble.
BangYou is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Bamboo Face has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
You can see the frustration on BangYou's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Ubungu Bamboo Face is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bamboo Face is riding his opponent, not letting BangYou buck him off.
BangYou wants to escape the position.
Bamboo Face is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bamboo Face has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
BangYou looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Bamboo Face keeps control of the position as BangYou tries to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bamboo Face controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ubungu Bamboo Face showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bamboo Face, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ubungu Bamboo Face!
A victorious Ubungu Bamboo Face thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jami Jarr (ranked 705 p4p, 1887 weight class) and James McGuire (ranked 107 p4p, 256 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jarr might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wahhabi I. McGuire has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jami Jarr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jarr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGuire.
McGuire rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jarr counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like James McGuire has been cut.
McGuire lands a left and a right that send Jarr crashing to the mat, dazed. McGuire thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Jami Jarr has been cut.
Jarr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGuire closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jarr counters with a straight right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McGuire clinches up against the cage.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Jarr avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jarr.
Jarr managing to block the knees to the body from McGuire.
Jarr struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuire controls his hands.
Jarr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuire's elbow.
Jarr working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Jarr.
McGuire's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jarr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarr with a knee to the head.
McGuire prevents a body shot from Jarr.
A head punch on the inside from Jarr fails to land.
A short left from Jarr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jarr.
Jarr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jarr avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
Jarr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jarr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGuire is defending well for now.
Jarr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jarr.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jarr.
Jarr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jarr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGuire.
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!
McGuire is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jarr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGuire tries for a takedown but Jarr manages to get underhooks.
Jarr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGuire tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jami Jarr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James McGuire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jarr.
Jarr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGuire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jarr is defending well for now.
Jarr tries to throw a body punch but McGuire avoids it by throwing Jarr back against the cage.
Jarr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jarr is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jarr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McGuire blocks a body shot from Jarr.
Jarr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jarr throws a head punch that misses.
Jarr tries to throw a body punch but McGuire avoids it by throwing Jarr back against the cage.
Jarr avoiding damage.
Jarr misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuire wants a takedown but no success here.
Jarr misses with a punch on the inside.
McGuire working hard to break the clinch.
Jarr misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jarr to keep the fight standing.
Jarr lands with a right to the head.
McGuire tries to land knees in the clinch but Jarr avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jarr is keeping busy.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jarr avoids it.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
Jarr is fighting off a takedown attempt but McGuire is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jarr to the mat. Jarr regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jarr looking for a guillotine here but McGuire defends easily.
McGuire looking to sit in guard and control but Jarr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jarr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGuire swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McGuire is wriggling around but Jarr manages to pass to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire wants to stand back up but Jarr manages to pass into side control.
McGuire is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
McGuire tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jarr remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
McGuire gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jami Jarr dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McGuire throws a sloppy head kick
letting Jarr counter with a right hand.
Jarr throws a nice outside leg kick.
James McGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuire lands with a good body shot.
Jarr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jarr lands a nice shot to the body.
McGuire digs a good body shot into Jarr's ribs.
McGuire swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jarr.
Jarr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jarr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jarr lands an overhand right.
That has opened up James McGuire's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuire fails with an attempt to clinch.
McGuire throws a right hand that misses
and Jarr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGuire pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
Jarr throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarr defending well as McGuire loads up on a big left hand.
Jarr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters circling a little - McGuire finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McGuire misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jarr counters with a good low kick that McGuire was not able to check.
McGuire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jarr avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
Jarr lands a shot to the body.
McGuire is breathing heavily.
Jarr avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
Jarr cracks McGuire with a nice body shot.
Jarr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jarr lands a nice uppercut.
Jarr pushes McGuire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jarr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGuire or not.
Jarr cracks McGuire with a nice body shot.
Jarr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarr lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGuire is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jarr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jarr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jarr.
Jarr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuire can do to turn this around?
A shot in the inside from Jarr.
Jarr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The cut above James McGuire's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jarr cracks McGuire with a nice body shot.
Jarr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jarr misses with a punch to the body.
Jarr lands a right hand.
McGuire tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jarr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jarr.
McGuire is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Jarr.
McGuire is still on wobbly legs! Can Jarr finish him?
Jami Jarr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jarr misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Jarr as the two fighters clinch.
McGuire seems to have recovered his senses.
Jarr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGuire takes a shot to the head.
Jarr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jarr creates a bit of space for himself and rocks McGuire with a big uppercut! McGuire tries to clinch up but Jarr pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples McGuire to the mat! McGuire covers up and Jarr unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jami Jarr!
A victorious Jami Jarr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kuznetsov (ranked 688 p4p, 703 weight class) and Athos Knox (ranked 96 p4p, 99 weight class). Knox comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Click Click Boom | Saliva kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Kuznetsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Athos Knox!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab to the body
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuznetsov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knox. Knox circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Athos Knox has been cut.
Kuznetsov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox avoids the head kick by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice straight punches there by Knox. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Knox.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox stuns Kuznetsov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knox drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov throws a counter high kick but Knox was just alert enough to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Kuznetsov tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox throws out a counter right but Kuznetsov avoids it with no problem.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox lands a nice shot that snaps Kuznetsov's head back.
Knox misses with a hook. Kuznetsov ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox digs a good body shot into Kuznetsov's ribs.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Knox avoids them all with ease.
Knox scores with a punch to the head.
Kuznetsov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knox slips a jab from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
Kuznetsov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Kuznetsov.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
Knox getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to the head.
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knox darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuznetsov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Kuznetsov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Knox.
Kuznetsov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice side step and Knox releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice body punch from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kuznetsov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick but Knox moves out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big left from Knox misses.
Kuznetsov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knox lands a body shot.
Knox moves into the clinch.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kuznetsov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Kuznetsov's ribs.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nikolai Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuznetsov throws a leg kick but Knox sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Knox let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Knox blocks a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kuznetsov throws a sloppy body shot
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Kuznetsov tries to land a front kick but Knox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Knox clinches up with Kuznetsov and pushes him back against the cage.
Kuznetsov blocks an uppercut.
Knox displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kuznetsov up against the cage.
Knox breaks the clinch.
Knox has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kuznetsov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox drives through and clinches with Kuznetsov against the cage.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kuznetsov breaks the clinch.
Kuznetsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kuznetsov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Knox throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a big counter combination but Knox scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Athos Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Athos Knox's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Kuznetsov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Knox.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kuznetsov lands with a nice body punch.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to Knox's midsection.
Kuznetsov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kuznetsov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kuznetsov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox cracks Kuznetsov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Kuznetsov finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Kuznetsov swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kuznetsov throws a sloppy body shot
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Kuznetsov ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov misses with a double jab.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with the combination.
Kuznetsov misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Kuznetsov is looking to counter punch.
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab to the body
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Knox avoids them all with ease.
Knox thuds a left hand into Kuznetsov's body.
Knox clinches.
A short right from Kuznetsov on the inside.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Knox with a nice cross.
Knox misses the jab.
Kuznetsov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kuznetsov tries a head kick but it misses.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetsov slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Kuznetsov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good leg kick by Kuznetsov.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox walks into a straight right hand from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov works the jab nicely.
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Knox was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kuznetsov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox punishes Kuznetsov's body with a nice straight punch.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Knox cracks Kuznetsov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kuznetsov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
 Kuznetsov is rocked!
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Kuznetsov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox lands with a right hand.
Oh Kuznetsov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuznetsov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Knox lands a nice hook to Kuznetsov's body. Kuznetsov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kuznetsov takes one on the button.
Knox blocks a head kick by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kuznetsov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Knox. That snapped Kuznetsov's head back.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov tries to land a front kick but Knox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kuznetsovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Knox circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Kuznetsov to the canvas! Kuznetsov doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Knox keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Athos Knox!
Athos Knox very nearly forgot to thank Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mew Choo (ranked 1035 p4p, 841 weight class) and Damian Dudley (ranked 158 p4p, 130 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mew Choo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Dudley misses its intended target.
Choo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Choo jumps into guard, dragging Dudley to the mat.
Choo keeping moving, preventing Dudley from controlling successfully.
Dudley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dudley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Choo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dudley defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Choo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dudley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Choo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dudley wants to control from the top but Choo keeps moving.
Dudley sitting in guard here, content to control.
Choo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Choo has a closed guard, preventing Dudley from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dudley works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dudley is thwarting Choo's attempts to control the position.
Choo wants to improve his position but Dudley is controlling well.
Dudley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Choo defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dudley working Choo over with strikes.
Choo actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dudley in particular looking to stall.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Choo wants to control but Dudley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Choo defending well though.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Dudley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Choo misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Dudley.
Dudley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Choo lands a jab to Dudley's midsection.
The fighters circling - Dudley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Choo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Choo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dudley misses the jab.
It looked like Choo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dudley.
Some wild striking there from Dudley.
Choo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Choo.
Choo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dudley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Choo's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dudley throws an elbow but misses.
Choo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dudley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudley tries to break free but Choo pushes him back against the cage.
Choo is trying to pull guard but Dudley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Choo controlling the action here for a moment.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
Choo misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Choo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dudley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Choo backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dudley scores with a shoulder strike.
Choo avoids the elbow strike from Dudley, against the cage.
Dudley pushes Choo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudley wants to get back to striking at distance but Choo won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Damian Dudley will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Choo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dudley under the eye.
Dudley misses with a hook to the body
and Choo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Choo misses.
Choo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Choo tries to clinch there but Dudley circles away.
Dudley throws out a counter right but Choo avoids it with no problem.
Dudley blocks a jab.
Dudley misses with an uppercut
and Choo counters with a right hand to the body.
Dudley throws a body punch but Choo moves out of range.
It looked like Choo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dudley.
Some wild striking there from Dudley.
A big left from Choo misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Choo scores with a shot to the body.
Dudley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dudley misses with a body shot.
Choo misses the body punch
and Dudley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Choo throws out a powerful jab.
Mew Choo is winning the standup battle so far.
Choo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dudley throws a shot from downtown. Choo moves away and avoids it.
Choo misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dudley! But no joy.
Dudley misses with a double jab.
Choo slips a jab from Dudley.
Choo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dudley scores with a jab to the body.
Choo scores with a jab.
Dudley throws a hook but Choo avoids it easily.
Choo misses with a looping left.
Choo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Choo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Dudley. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Choo fails with an attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dudley! But no joy.
Choo lands a body shot.
Dudley throws a series of punches but Choo avoids them all with ease.
Dudley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Choo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Choo misses with a straight left.
Choo misses with a wild body shot.
Dudley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Choo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dudley.
Dudley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Choo needs to keep his hands up - Dudley had a free shot at his head there.
Dudley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Choo clinches.
Choo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Dudley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dudley tests Choo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body punch from Dudley.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dudley manages to avoid it.
A big left from Choo misses.
Dudley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Choo defending well as Dudley loads up on a big left hand.
Dudley moves out of range of the strikes.
Despite the aggression on Dudley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dudley tries to bum rush Choo with a series of wild strikes but Choo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Choo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dudley.
Choo dodges the punch combination from Dudley.
Choo throws an overhand right that lands on Dudley's shoulder, as Dudley tries to avoid the shot.
Dudley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Choo throws a jab but it's blocked by Dudley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Choo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dudley. Dudley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Choo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Choo throws a right and a left that Dudley avoids nicely.
Dudley lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dudley looks to score with a jab to the body but Choo is just out of range.
Choo misses with a body shot.
Dudley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choo throws a hook to the side of Dudley's head but Dudley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dudley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Choo with a body shot.
Choo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dudley moves away.
Choo takes a swing at Dudley's ribcage but misses.
Choo misses with a lunging right hand
and Dudley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Choo swings for the body but Dudley moves out of range.
Choo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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 Mew Choo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Choo slips a straight right by Dudley.
Dudley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dudley digs a good body shot into Choo's ribs.
Choo misses with a wild body shot.
Dudley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Choo.
Choo throws a right hand that Dudley ducks under and follows up with a left that Dudley also avoids with ease.
Dudley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Dudley is just out of range.
Dudley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Choo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dudley misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Dudley coming out on top.
Dudley throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Dudley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Choo throwing a counter right hand but Dudley manages to avoid it.
Choo has Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley manages to break the clinch.
Choo throws a body shot but no joy.
Choo just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dudley! But no joy.
Choo misses with a hook. Dudley ducked under it nicely.
Choo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choo avoids the body shot from Dudley.
Dudley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Choo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dudley.
Choo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Choo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudley. Choo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Choo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Choo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choo misses with a body shot
and Dudley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Choo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dudley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dudley throws a hook but Choo avoids it easily.
Choo throws out a loose jab but Dudley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Choo misses with a body shot.
A big left from Choo misses.
A nice side step and Dudley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Choo lands with a shot to the body.
Choo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Choo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dudley.
A swing and a miss from Dudley.
Dudley misses with a looping left.
Dudley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Choo.
Dudley lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choo tries to clinch up.
Choo lands with a good body shot.
Choo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dudley ducks under a wild hook from Choo.
Choo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dudley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Choo lands with an uppercut that bounces Dudley off the cage and back into range.
Choo scores with a shot to the body.
Dudley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dudley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Choo.
Dudley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Dudley is just out of range.
It seemed like Dudley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dudley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dudley avoids the body shot from Choo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Choo. Dudley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dudley scores with a hook to the body. Choo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Dudley misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dudley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dudley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choo.
Choo throws a sloppy body shot
and Dudley counters with a nice uppercut.
Choo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Choo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dudley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dudley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dudley lands a left hand.
Dudley digs a right hand into Choo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Choo's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dudley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dudley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dudley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Dudley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dudley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mew Choo!
Mew Choo managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fanta Coco (ranked 1694 p4p, 1009 weight class) and James Mckean (ranked 232 p4p, 149 weight class). The key to victory for Fanta Coco has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 28 - 27 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Mckean!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coco moves into range and clinches up with Mckean.
Coco connects with a knee to the head.
Mckean drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Coco lands with a short shot to the head.
Coco is working Mckean over against the cage.
Mckean tries to score a body lock takedown but Coco shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Coco utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Coco - that landed with a thud.
Mckean looks winded!
Coco lands with a short shot to the head.
Coco lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coco lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coco crunches a lovely knee into Mckean's ribcage.
Coco works on Mckean's body with a couple of short punches.
Coco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Coco.
Coco with a knee to the head.
Coco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Coco.
Coco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckean takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mckean is rocked!
Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mckean is still on wobbly legs! Can Coco finish him?
Mckean takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Coco with the inside leg kick.
Mckean drops his hands momentarily. Coco doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Mckean staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Mckean doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fanta Coco!
Fanta Coco 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 Arthur Morgan (ranked 283 p4p, 407 weight class) and Donnie Larkin (ranked 37 p4p, 53 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Battle Cry. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donnie Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larkin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Larkin lands in his opponent's guard.
Morgan looking for a guillotine here but Larkin defends easily.
Larkin chips away with some ground and pound.
Larkin passes Morgan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Larkin is just content to waste time from the top position. Morgan takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Larkin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morgan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan is adopting a defensive guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Larkin working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Morgan looking to control.
Larkin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Larkin stops Morgan from standing up.
Morgan keeping full guard, as Larkin tries to pass.
Larkin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Larkin wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
Larkin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morgan controlling Larkin's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Larkin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morgan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body. Larkin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgan tried to score with a low kick but Larkin checks it.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Larkin saw that one coming.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morgan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Larkin.
Morgan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Donnie Larkin has been cut.
Larkin ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLarkin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larkin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Morgan throws a leg kick but Larkin checks it.
Larkin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donnie Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan misses with a leg kick.
Larkin with the inside leg kick.
Morgan misses with a left hand
and Larkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A lazy body kick from Morgan
and Larkin counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Morgan!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Larkin moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larkin is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to control Larkin's posture but Larkin avoids it.
Morgan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Larkin is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Larkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Larkin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Larkin looks for a takedown but Morgan sprawls well.
Morgan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Larkin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Larkin moved away.
Larkin throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Larkin throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan scores with a nice strike.
Larkin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
Morgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Larkin throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Larkin misses with a head kick.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands the left hand.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larkin was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Larkin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Larkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Larkin.
Larkin throws a body punch but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan pushes Larkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Larkin jumps guard and drags Morgan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Larkin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morgan looking to sit in guard and control but Larkin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morgan is trying to control the position but Larkin postures up.
Morgan is controlling Larkin's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin preventing the sweep.
Larkin wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Larkin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Donnie Larkin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morgan working a defensive guard but Larkin passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morgan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morgan has his hands clasped together around Larkin's back. He's all about the action.
Larkin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Larkin wants to pass to mount but Morgan is defending the position.
Larkin slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arthur Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Larkin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morgan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morgan misses with a hook.
Larkin motions for Morgan to come forward. Larkin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Larkin moved out of range.
Larkin throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Larkin.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Donnie Larkin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Donnie Larkin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Larkin.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Larkin throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Larkin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Larkin throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larkin was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Larkin connects with an inside leg kick.
Morgan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Morgan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Larkin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morgans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Larkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Larkin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morgan rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Larkin shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan stuffs the takedown.
Larkin throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan moves into the clinch.
Larkin wants a takedown but no success here.
Arthur Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Larkin.
Larkin has Morgan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Larkin pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Morgan tumbling to the mat - Larkin dives into Morgan's guard.
Morgan has his hands on Larkin's head, controlling the position.
Morgan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Larkin is stalling in the full guard.
Larkin preventing the sweep.
Morgan isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Larkin stacks Morgan on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Larkin!
We've been hearing good reports from Morgan's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Morgan is being controlled here.
I wouldn't like to be where Morgan is right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin trying to control the action but Morgan is working from the bottom.
Morgan prevents Larkin from moving into mount.
Morgan can't do much from the bottom here.
Larkin taking a break here but Morgan is having none of it and regains half guard.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
Morgan preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morgan is trying to maintain the position but Larkin is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Arthur Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donnie Larkin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morgan tries to bum rush Larkin with a series of wild strikes but Larkin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Larkin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Morgan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Morgan struggling a bit here.
Larkin is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Larkin working the head and body with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donnie Larkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Larkin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Larkin!
As Donnie Larkin got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I don't fight to win or lose. I fight to entertain people
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Maestre (ranked 388 p4p, 734 weight class) and David Tua (ranked 17 p4p, 18 weight class). 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Maestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tua !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maestre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tua .
Maestre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maestre lands a big right hand that sends Tua crashing to the mat! Maestre stays standing though and waves Tua back to his feet!
Tua is rocked!
It looks like David Tua has been cut.
Tua has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tua staying out of range there.
Maestre throws a hook to the side of Tua 's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Maestre misses.
Tua was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Maestre misses with a looping right.
Oooooh!!! Maestre has knocked Tua down with a huge combo! Maestre steps away and waves a wobbly Tua back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Tua is still on wobbly legs! Can Maestre finish him?
Tua slips a jab from Maestre.
Maestre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tua circles away quickly and effectively.
Tua seems to have recovered his senses.
Tua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maestre.
Tua throws a counter combo.
Maestre drops Tua with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tua looks back up at him and smiles so Maestre waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tua blocks a jab.
Tua throws a leg kick
and Maestre counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tua ! Maestre lets Tua back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Crack! Maestre connects with the perfect overhand right and Tua falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Maestre!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luis Maestre!
A relieved looking Luis Maestre 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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