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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hratch Tzien (ranked 509 p4p, 449 weight class) and Khakim Khadzhimurad (ranked 56 p4p, 45 weight class). Tzien's entrance music is R*ck It. A fine choice. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Hratch Tzien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khakim Khadzhimurad!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tzien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadzhimurad was well out of range. Poor timing from Tzien.
Khadzhimurad let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tzien has closed the distance and engaged Khadzhimurad in a clinch.
Tzien stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khadzhimurad prevents a body shot from Tzien.
Khadzhimurad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tzien backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tzien fails to land.
Tzien misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tzien misses with some punches.
Tzien lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tzien lands with a right to the head.
Tzien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Tzien.
Khadzhimurad is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tzien swings wildly with an uppercut but Khadzhimurad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tzien tries to work over Khadzhimurad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tzien.
A short right from Khadzhimurad on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khadzhimurad.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khadzhimurad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tzien's elbow.
Khadzhimurad misses with some punches.
Tzien has a couple of punches blocked by Khadzhimurad.
Tzien lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khadzhimurad or not.
Khadzhimurad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tzien lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khadzhimurad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khadzhimurad struggles to land a body shot inside as Tzien controls his hands.
Tzien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tzien works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khadzhimurad lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad lands a shot to the body.
Tzien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tzien's elbow.
Tzien blocks a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Tzien - that landed with a thud.
Tzien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khadzhimurad backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tzien.
Tzien tries to work over Khadzhimurad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tzien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khadzhimurad backwards.
Khadzhimurad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right hand to the body from Tzien.
Khadzhimurad lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khadzhimurad gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tzien.
Tzien manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tzien keeping moving, preventing Khadzhimurad from controlling successfully.
Tzien is trying to keep Khadzhimurad in close.
Khadzhimurad got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tzien has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Khadzhimurad has managed to get both his arms back between Tzien's legs - danger averted.
Tzien is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Khadzhimurad forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien is pressing down on Khadzhimurad's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tzien 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.
Tzien pushes a forearm under Khadzhimurad's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Khadzhimurad is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hratch Tzien!
Hratch Tzien decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 339 p4p, 677 weight class) and Masa Sanada (ranked 53 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 4, fighting out of London, Masa Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy lands a nice hook to Sanada's body. Sanada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murphy with a nice cross.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Sanada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanada should have avoided that one.
Sanada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanada's head.
Murphy scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murphy at a distance.
Murphy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
Sanada avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphy connects with a body shot that sends Sanada's belly button to the back.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murphy tries a low kick but Sanada avoids it.
Sanada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands the left hand.
Sanada throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Sanada lands a glancing blow to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanada walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanada paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanada throws a combination. Murphy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanada misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Sanada was not able to check.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Sanada slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanada misses with a hook.
That kick from Murphy tenderised Sanada's leg. Sanada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanada in his tracks.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Sanada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
Tobias Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Sanada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sanada throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Sanada throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Sanada lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good exchange - Sanada coming out on top.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanada is able to avoid easily.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Sanada manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanada looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Sanada listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanada doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanada lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanada bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.
 Murphy is rocked!
The fighters circling - Sanada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sanada moved away.
Sanada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sanada might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Murphy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Sanada's head back.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Murphy works the jab nicely.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Murphy throws a low kick but Sanada avoids it.
Murphy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanada blocks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy slips a jab from Sanada.
Sanada scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Sanada was not able to check.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Murphy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A slow jab from Sanada misses its intended target.
Murphy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tobias Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Murphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sanada at a distance.
Sanada throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanada can do to turn this around?
Sanada misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanada gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sanada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanada takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanada takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanada's knee momentarily.
Sanada throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
It looked like Murphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanada looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada checks a leg kick.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Sanada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanada has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Sanada cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Sanada might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Murphy has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Sanada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
Sanada moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphy tries to work over Sanada's front leg with a kick but Sanada checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Murphy with the inside leg kick.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Good shot there by Sanada.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with the inside leg kick.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Sanada checks a leg kick.
Sanada let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sanada shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sanada lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanada slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Sanada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Sanada off balance momentarily.
Sanada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Murphy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanada doesn't seem phased though.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanada.
Sanada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sanada moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Sanada misses with a looping left.
Sanada needs to keep his hands up - Murphy had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanada darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanada checks a leg kick.
Murphy walks into a stiff left hand from Sanada.
Sanada throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Sanada off balance momentarily.
Murphy cracks Sanada with a good jab.
Sanada takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Sanada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Sanada moves out of range of the leg kick from Murphy.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murphy scores with a decent looking hook.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Murphy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Sanada thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Murphy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanada connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murphy's hands.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Sanada moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Sanada.
Murphy connects with a leg kick.
A big right from Sanada misses.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanada on the side of the head.
Sanada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanada's sensitive parts.
Murphy slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Sanada swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy swings for the body but Sanada moves out of range.
Murphy lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanada off the cage and back into range.
Murphy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanada takes a step back to recover.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Sanada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
The fighters circling - Sanada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Sanada takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murphy slips a jab from Sanada.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Murphy tenderised Sanada's leg. Sanada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
A punch lands to the side of Murphy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sanada checks it.
Murphy catches Sanada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanada's head.
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanada's head backwards.
Sanada fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy jabs at Sanada's body.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanada. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanada.
Sanada takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Sanada lands a nice shot to the body.
Masa Sanada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanada misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanada.
Sanada works the jab nicely.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Sanada's body. Sanada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Sanada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy jabs Sanada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanada swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tobias Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanada doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy slips under a jab from Sanada.
Sanada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanada.
Murphy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Sanada's defenses.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
Sanada throws a poor cross that misses
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murphy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
A victorious Tobias Murphy 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 198 p4p, 494 weight class) and Chu Ho Soon (ranked 21 p4p, 52 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liu. That did some damage!
Ho Soon tries to score with a low kick but Liu moves his leg out of the way.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
An inside leg kick lands from Liu.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
Liu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A right-left combo lands from Liu.
Liu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ho Soon takes one on the button.
Ho Soon misses with a series of wild punches.
Ho Soon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lius jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ho Soon 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Liu finds it's target.
Ho Soon connects with a looping right hand.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Liu looks to land a right hand but Ho Soon moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
Ho Soon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
Liu swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Liu misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ho Soon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho Soon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ho Soon under the eye.
Crunch! Liu slams his shin into Ho Soon's torso.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liu.
Ho Soon walks into a left hand.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Liu slips under a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon is looking to slow Liu down with leg kicks.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ho Soon takes one on the button.
Liu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Soon.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon throws a chopping leg kick but Liu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Soon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon scores with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Liu blocks the low kick.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick as Liu jumps back.
Ho Soon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liu is out of range and Ho Soon settles back down.
Ho Soon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Nice defenses there by Liu.
Liu misses with a looping right.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
Liu moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
A clash of legs there as Liu blocks the low kick.
A low kick lands for Liu.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
Liu slips a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon with a nice calf kick.
Ho Soon tries to work over Liu's front leg with a kick but Liu checks it.
Ho Soon misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Good shot there by Liu.
A big right from Liu misses.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Ho Soon moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Liu.
Liu is looking to counter punch.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Liu checks the leg kick.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Liu throws a hook but Ho Soon avoids it easily.
Liu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Ho Soon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho Soon tries a quick counter leg kick but Liu is wise to it.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liu.
Liu is looking to counter punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Soon blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu checks it.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
Liu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liu lands a lovely overhand right.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ho Soon slips under a jab from Liu.
Liu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Liu punishes Ho Soon's body with a nice straight punch.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon cracks Liu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Ho Soon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That kick from Ho Soon tenderised Liu's leg. Liu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ho Soon throws a shot to the body.
Ho Soon throws a looping overhand right but Liu ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon drops his hands momentarily and Liu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot by Ho Soon.
Liu throws a head kick that half lands.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Ho Soon down.
Ho Soon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liu finds it's way round the side to connect with Ho Soon's head.
Liu lands a head shot.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu throws the left hand but Ho Soon avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liu blocks a leg kick.
Liu defending well as Ho Soon loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ho Soon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Liu has got the better of the exchanges.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liu checks a leg kick.
Liu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ho Soon is looking to score with low kicks.
Ho Soon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Liu avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu checks it.
Liu thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ho Soon scores with a body shot.
Liu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good shot there by Liu.
Ho Soon tries to work over Liu's front leg with a kick but Liu checks it.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Balagot Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Liu misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Ho Soon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu works Ho Soon's body with a nice hook.
Good work by Ho Soon as he checks the leg kick.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Ho Soon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liu walks into a left 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!
Liu blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ho Soon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ho Soon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Liu if he has to take too many more of those.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Liu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick which misses Liu's front leg but catches the back leg as Liu tries to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ho Soon in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Liu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Liu cracks Ho Soon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balagot Liu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A cross from Ho Soon lands.
Ho Soon walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
Liu throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Soon.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon motions for Liu to come forward. Ho Soon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu defending well as Ho Soon loads up on a big left hand.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Liu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liu.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Liu lands a head shot.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Ho Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Soon avoids the body shot from Liu.
Good standup being displayed there by Liu as he connects with a hook.
Ho Soon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Liu.
Ho Soon throws a solid leg kick but Liu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ho Soon.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon motions for Liu to come forward. Ho Soon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ho Soon. That's going to slow Liu down.
Liu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ho Soon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liu moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Liu lands a high kick!
Liu 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.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Ho Soon scores with a leg kick.
Ho Soon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ho Soon throws a low kick, looking for Liu's leg but Liu calmly moves out of range.
Ho Soon throws a shot to the body.
Liu throws a body punch but Ho Soon moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
Ho Soon was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Liu connects with a solid leg kick.
Liu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ho Soon is able to avoid easily.
Liu moves out of range of the leg kick from Ho Soon.
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 Balagot Liu will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Liu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu backing away here, and Ho Soon unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ho Soon wants to land a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Ho Soon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
Ho Soon throws a jab but it's blocked by Liu.
Ho Soon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
A big left from Ho Soon misses.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Soon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ho Soon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.
Ho Soon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ho Soon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a left hand
and Liu counters with a stiff right hand.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon feints and then cracks Liu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liu down.
Ho Soon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Liu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ho Soon throws a sloppy body shot
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ho Soon throws out a leg kick but Liu moves out of range and Ho Soon only half commits.
Liu scores with a leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Liu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ho Soon tries to land a leg kick but Liu saw it coming and moves away.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
Ho Soon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Liu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Liu moves out of range as Ho Soon strikes.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
A nice leg kick from Liu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chu Ho Soon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ho Soon lands a slapping body shot.
Liu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ho Soon.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ho Soon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liu lands with a right hand.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Liu misses its intended target.
Ho Soon is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Liu with a body shot.
Liu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
Decent striking displayed by Liu there.
Ho Soon connects with a crisp jab.
Ho Soon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ho Soon! But no joy.
Liu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Liu scores with a jab to the body.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Liu walks into a stiff left hand from Ho Soon.
Liu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Liu throws a good cross that connects.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
A big right from Liu misses.
Ho Soon tries a low kick but Liu avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu lands with a hook. Ho Soon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ho Soon walks into a jab.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Liu works over Ho Soon's head and body with a nice combination.
Liu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Liu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice jab there from Liu.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu scores with a three punch combo!
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
A left and a right from Liu both land. Nice combination.
Ho Soon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu throws a hook but Ho Soon blocks it.
Ho Soon misses with a hook to the body
and Liu counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
During a confident post fight interview, Balagot Liu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 239 p4p, 295 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 31 p4p, 37 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by You're Going Down | Sick Puppies. Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honey staying out of range there.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Honey moved out of range.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey has closed the distance and engaged Knox in a clinch.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Knox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Honey manages to break the clinch.
Honey misses with an uppercut.
Knox gets cracked there but stands up to it.
 It looks like Aramis Knox has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Honey finds it's target.
Honey ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
Knox throws a hook but Honey avoids it easily.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Honey slips a jab from Knox.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Honey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honey moves away.
Honey looks to clinch
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Honey thuds his right hand into Knox's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Honey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Honey saw that one coming.
Honey misses with a looping right.
Honey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knoxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good standup being displayed there by Honey as he connects with a hook.
A left lands for Knox.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knox takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aramis Knox's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Honey.
Knox avoids the body shot from Honey.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Honey tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knox misses with a hook. Honey ducked under it nicely.
Honey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knox lands a nice shot that snaps Honey's head back.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Honey moves into range and clinches up with Knox.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honey has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
Honey jabs Knox to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey scores with a nice head shot.
Honey drops his hands momentarily and Knox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Honey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honey lands with a straight right. Knox didn't see that one coming.
Knox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honey lands a jab to the nose.
Knox tries to keep at a distance but Honey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Honey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honey is looking to clinch.
A big left from Knox misses.
Honey is looking to clinch.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Honey misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Honey does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Honey doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knox walks into a left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Honey misses with a body shot.
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Honey moved out of range nicely.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honey.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Honey moves away from the strike by Knox.
Honey works Knox's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honey.
A combination from Honey does no damage.
Knox swings for the body but Honey moves out of range.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Honey's shoulder, as Honey tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hugh Honey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Honey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Honey tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Honey ducks down to avoid it.
Honey tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knox fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Honey misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Knox was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Honey's shoulder, as Honey tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Knox jabs Honey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey misses with an uppercut.
Honey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Knox goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
A lazy left from Honey finds it's target.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honey.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Honey is out of range.
Donk. Knox catches Honey right on the button with a cross.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Honey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Honey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honey moves away from the strike by Knox.
Honey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
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!
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Honey has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey rushes Knox and presses him up against the cage.
Knox breaks from the clinch.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honey.
Honey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Honey misses with a jab to the body
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Honey slips under a jab from Knox.
Honey takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox sizes up Honey with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Honey scores with a jab. Knox acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Honey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knox momentarily.
Aramis Knox's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Knox moves out of range as Honey strikes.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
Knox throws a body punch but Honey moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey lands a slapping body shot.
Honey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Honey ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Honey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Honey lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
A big right from Honey misses.
Knox misses with a hook. Honey ducked under it nicely.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Honey's ribs.
Honey misses with a left hand
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Honey misses the target.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Honey misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honey throws a good cross that connects.
Honey throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox keeps the fight on the outside.
Honey throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheers as Honey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Knox doesn't seem phased though.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good shot there by Knox.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Honey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honey throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Honey slips a jab from Knox.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Honey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Honey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
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 Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Honey swings widly with a right hand
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Honey at a distance.
A big right from Knox misses.
Honey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Honey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Honey misses the jab.
Honey tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Honey takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey swinging wildly here.
Jab by Honey.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knox ducks right into an uppercut from Honey.
Honey slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox scores with the left hand. Honey knows he should have avoided that one.
Honey moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox lands a body shot.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Good standup being displayed there by Honey as he connects with a hook.
Knox connects with a nice looking jab.
Honey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Honey looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Honey misses with a looping right.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Knox misses with a hook. Honey ducked under it nicely.
Knox displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Honey looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox lands a two punch combo.
Honey blocks a jab.
Knox works the jab nicely.
 Honey is rocked!
Knox throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Honey stumbling backwards into the cage! Honey bounces back off the cage towards Knox, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Knox lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Knox celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aramis Knox!
Aramis Knox took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, PWNAGE for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Detkhunjon Sitsongrit (ranked 149 p4p, 376 weight class) and My Time (ranked 9 p4p, 22 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Detkhunjon Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, My Time!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Time throws a wild body kick that Sitsongrit sees coming a mile off.
Time with a jab.
Time walks into a straight right hand from Sitsongrit.
Time misses the jab.
Sitsongrit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Time shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sitsongrit eats them both and turns towards Time to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Time's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Time down.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Time avoids it.
Time throws a fast counter high kick but Sitsongrit manages to duck under it in time.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Time if he has to take too many more of those.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Time's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Time off balance momentarily.
Time swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Time swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Time motions for Sitsongrit to come forward. Time throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Time takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws out a powerful jab.
Time on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Time connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Time is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Time throws a low kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Time throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Time blocks it.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Time moves out of range.
Time on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sitsongrit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Time swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Time is able to avoid easily.
Time uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Time bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've been informed that Time has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Time ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Time manages to avoid it.
Time ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Time throws a body kick that misses.
Time avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Time lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Time's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Time down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Time scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Time misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Time misses.
Sitsongrit does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Time takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Time scores with a nice right hand.
Time throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Time takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sitsongrit is rocked!
Time tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitsongrit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oh Sitsongrit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Time is just out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Time.
Sitsongrit seems to have got his legs back now.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Time manages to avoid it.
Time throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Time loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Time throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Time tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sitsongrit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Time throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Time.
Time wants to clinch up but Sitsongrit keeps it at a distance.
Time is looking to clinch.
Time just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit moves into range and clinches up with Time.
Time lands a hook that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Time blocking some punches.
Time misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Time scores with a nice short uppercut.
Time has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Time throws a head punch that misses.
Time tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Time blocks it.
Time lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Time avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Time misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
Time blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Time backwards.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Time.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Detkhunjon Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Time.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Time was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Time.
Time just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Time.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised Time's leg. Time is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sitsongrit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Time drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Time looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit lands a right hook to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sitsongrit moves into the clinch.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Time.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Time's head.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Time tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Time on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Time lands with a right to the head.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Time lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Time.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Time can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Time's elbow.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Time's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Time creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Time blocks it.
Time misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Time.
Time lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Time stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Time misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Time.
Time lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Time can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Time struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Time swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Time misses with a punch on the inside.
Time tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Time lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Times head.
Time can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Time fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Time tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Time fails to land.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Time uses good head movement to avoid it.
Time lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Time lands with a left to the head.
Sitsongrit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Time is looking to clinch but Sitsongrit is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Time is looking to clinch.
Time throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Time moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Time explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A jab from Sitsongrit finds it's way through Time's defenses.
Time jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but Time avoided it.
Time ducks right into an uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Time is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit cracks Time with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Time throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Time looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Time tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the body kick from Time.
Time throws a head kick that misses
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Time throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sitsongrit.
Time takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Time uses good head movement to avoid it.
Time throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
Sitsongrit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Time misses with a head kick.
Donk. Sitsongrit catches Time right on the button with a cross.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
A nice combination there by Time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Time takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
Sitsongrit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Time misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Time chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Time chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Time keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Time tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Time swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Time.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Sitsongrit misses with a right hand
and Time counters with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the body kick from Time.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Time moved out of range.
Time defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Time's front leg but catches the back leg as Time tries to avoid it.
My Time has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Time throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a good low kick that Time was not able to check.
Time's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Time swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Time can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Time fails to land.
Time blocking some punches.
Time tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit gets through Time's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Time on the inside.
Time misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
Time goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Time misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit gets through Time's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Time.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Time throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Time tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Time misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Time prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Time misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Time misses with some punches.
Time working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Time.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Time tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Time misses with a hook from the clinch.
Time throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Time tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Time backwards.
Time throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Time tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Time misses with a punch on the inside.
Time blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sitsongrit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Detkhunjon Sitsongrit!
Our winner, Detkhunjon Sitsongrit, 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inspektor Gee (ranked 216 p4p, 465 weight class) and Massive Overflow (ranked 40 p4p, 75 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Inspektor Gee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Massive Overflow!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overflow has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gee finds it's way round the side to connect with Overflow's head.
Overflow throws an overhand right that lands on Gee's shoulder, as Gee tries to avoid the shot.
Overflow steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gee. That one must have hurt.
Overflow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gee connects with a jab.
Overflow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Overflow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Overflow connects with a body shot.
Overflow takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Overflow feints a counter leg kick.
Gee's corner calls for a 1-2. Gee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gee tries to land a front kick but Overflow steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Inspektor Gee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gee throws a push kick but Overflow slaps the foot to one side.
Gee tries to clinch but Overflow moves out of range.
Gee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overflow staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gee.
Overflow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fighters circling - Gee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gee loads up on a big right hand but Overflow slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Overflow! But no joy.
Gee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gee closes the distance and clinches.
Overflow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Overflow lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Overflow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gee has a couple of punches blocked by Overflow.
Our sources have told us that Gee has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Gee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gee tries to work over Overflow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Overflow prevents a body shot from Gee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gee.
Gee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overflow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Overflow looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Gee.
Gee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gee trying to stall but Overflow improves his position.
Gee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Overflow backwards.
Overflow misses with some punches.
Gee digs a right hand into Overflow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Overflow's gas tank.
Overflow lands a right hand.
Overflow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Gee as the two fighters clinch.
A knee to the head by Gee.
Gee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Overflow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gee trying to control the position but instead, Overflow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gee into the cage.
Gee has Overflow pressed against the cage, preventing Overflow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gee misses with a knee strike.
Overflow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gee tries to work over Overflow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gee obliges.
Gee lands an elbow that stopped Overflow in his tracks for a moment.
Gee working Overflow over with knees to the body.
Gee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Overflow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Overflow blocks it with crossed arms.
Gee lands an elbow inside that Overflow shrugs off.
 It looks like Massive Overflow has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gee.
Gee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Overflow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Gee. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gee throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Overflow tumbling to the canvas!
Overflow is rocked!
Gee stands up from Overflow's guard - Gee perhaps looking for a knockout.
Overflow is still on wobbly legs! Can Gee finish him?
Gee lands an uppercut, right on the button! Overflow tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Inspektor Gee!
Inspektor Gee thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 139 p4p, 169 weight class) and Wolfgang Muller (ranked 23 p4p, 33 weight class). Muller has chosen In the Hall of the Mountain King 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Muller!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujimoto throws the left hand but Muller avoids the punch easily.
Fujimoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muller throws a good cross that connects.
Fujimoto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Randall's Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Fujimoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muller lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Muller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fujimoto.
Muller throws a leg kick but Fujimoto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Muller moves out of range as Fujimoto strikes.
Muller scores with a jab to the body.
Muller sizes up Fujimoto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fujimoto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muller has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fujimoto is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Good exchange - Fujimoto coming out on top.
It looks like Wolfgang Muller has been cut.
Muller dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fujimoto. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fujimoto throws a shot from downtown. Muller moves away and avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Muller.
Muller with a jab.
Donk. Fujimoto catches Muller right on the button with a cross.
Fujimoto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Muller tries to land a front kick but Fujimoto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto cracks Muller with a good jab.
Fujimoto connects with a stiff jab that staggers Muller - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gyukosho Fujimoto!
Our winner, Gyukosho Fujimoto, 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 Jim Bob McDonald (ranked 208 p4p, 601 weight class) and Expendable Crewman V (ranked 5 p4p, 20 weight class). McDonald kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother. Crewman V has chosen Star Trek as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Bob McDonald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Expendable Crewman V!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crewman V misses with a looping left.
McDonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crewman V.
McDonald paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Expendable Crewman V has been cut.
Crewman V scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Jim Bob McDonald has been cut.
Crewman V connects with a nice looking jab.
Crewman V needs to keep his hands up - McDonald had a free shot at his head there.
McDonald misses with a double jab.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crewman V bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Crewman V circles away.
McDonald blocks a jab.
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonald lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crewman V throws a hook to the side of McDonald's head but McDonald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Crewman V moves away from the strike by McDonald.
Crewman V doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McDonald looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crewman V throws a hook to the side of McDonald's head but McDonald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crewman V cracks McDonald with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Crewman V misses the target.
Crewman V slips under a jab from McDonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crewman V throws a jab but it's blocked by McDonald.
Expendable Crewman V seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Crewman V! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Crewman V is rocked!
That has opened up Expendable Crewman V's cut even more.
McDonald gets to his feet and stands over Crewman V, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Crewman V felt that one! McDonald unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Crewman V from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Bob McDonald!
Jim Bob McDonald retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Jim Bob McDonald thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Corassa (ranked 61 p4p, 84 weight class) and Elgin Turner (ranked 4 p4p, 7 weight class). Turner has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Corassa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corassa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Corassa swivels and escapes.
Corassa throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Corassa.
Turner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Corassa misses.
Corassa tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Turner changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Corassa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Corassa avoids the body shot from Turner.
Corassa with a jab.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Turner scores with a nice strike.
Sloppy strikes from Corassa. Those never looked like landing.
Turner instigates a clinch.
Turner misses with a body punch.
Turner misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Corassa.
Corassa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corassa lands a nice hook to Turner's body. Turner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corassa throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner takes a swing at Corassa's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Corassa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Turner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Corassa is able to avoid easily.
A cross from Turner lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa staying out of range there.
Turner slips a straight right by Corassa.
A leg kick checked by Corassa.
Corassa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Corassa tried to score with a low kick but Turner checks it.
Corassa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turner doesn't seem bothered though.
Turner moves in looking to clinch but Corassa pushes him off.
Turner with a hook.
Corassa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turner tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Turner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Corassa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Corassa is looking to counter with head kicks.
Corassa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Corassa swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Turner tests Corassa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Corassa saw that one coming.
Turner instigates a clinch.
Corassa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Corassa misses with a head kick.
Turner attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Corassa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Corassa digs a good hook to Turner's body.
Corassa lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corassa looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
We've been informed that Turner has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Corassa misses with an uppercut.
Turner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Corassa, pushing him back against the cage.
Turner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corassa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corassa backwards.
Turner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corassa is working Turner over against the cage.
Corassa breaks from the clinch.
Corassa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner misses with a body shot.
Corassa moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Turner takes one to the side of the head.
Turner staying out of range there.
Turner with the counter takedown but Corassa avoids it easily.
Corassa throws a lazy right hand but Turner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corassa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turner scores with a sloppy right hand. Corassa should have avoided that one.
Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Turner misses with some punches.
Corassa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Corassa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Corassa working aggressively here.
Corassa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corassa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Corassa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Corassa ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Corassa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corassa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corassa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Corassa just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner jabs Corassa right on the nose. Corassa blinks but takes it well.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corassa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Corassa.
Turner tried to score with a low kick but Corassa checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa looks for the body kick but Turner saw that one coming.
Corassa avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Turner avoids the head kick by Corassa.
Corassa slips a straight right by Turner.
Corassa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Turner tests Corassa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Corassa motions for Turner to come forward. Corassa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turner throws a big shot that misses.
Corassa cracks Turner with an open hand slap.
Turner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corassa. Corassa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corassa.
Turner tries to counter with a clinch but Corassa shakes him off and moves away.
Corassa throws a body kick that misses.
Corassa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eduardo Corassa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Corassa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner with a nice cross.
A big right from Turner misses.
Corassa lands with a straight right. Turner didn't see that one coming.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
Turner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corassa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eduardo Corassa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Corassa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Turner scores with a nice right hand.
Corassa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice shot by Turner.
Turner misses with a hook. Corassa ducked under it nicely.
Corassa throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turner tries to counter by closing the distance.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Corassa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corassa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Corassa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Corassa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corassa throws a low kick, looking for Turner's leg but Turner calmly moves out of range.
Corassa misses with a wild body shot.
Corassa scores with a jab. Turner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Turner clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corassa blocks an uppercut.
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
Corassa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Corassa.
Turner thumps Corassa with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Corassa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Corassa.
Corassa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eduardo Corassa is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corassa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Turner misses.
Corassa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Turner.
Corassa takes one to the chin there.
Corassa sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Corassa throws a head kick but Turner moves out of range.
Turner lands with a nice combination. Corassa backs away looking to recover.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Corassa.
Corassa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice body punch from Corassa.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Corassa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Corassa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
Turner wants to counter the offense by Corassa and move into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Corassa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Turner doesn't seem phased though.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Elgin Turner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Corassa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Corassa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
A short left from Corassa.
Corassa breaks from the clinch.
Corassa moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Corassa scores with a jab to the head.
Corassa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turner on the side of the head.
Corassa misses with an uppercut.
A jab lands there for Turner.
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turner catches Corassa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Turner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Corassa moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Corassa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turner lands with a nice body kick.
Corassa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turner works Corassa's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Turner misses the target.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Corassa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner avoids the body shot from Corassa.
Corassa blocks a jab.
Corassa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Turner feints the counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corassa throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corassa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corassa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Corassa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corassa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Corassa avoids the body shot from Turner.
Corassa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corassa scores with a jab to the head.
Corassa misses with a straight right.
Corassa throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Corassa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Corassa.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corassa.
Corassa connects with a solid leg kick.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corassa.
Corassa tries to score with a low kick but Turner moves his leg out of the way.
Corassa misses the jab.
Turner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turner tries to clinch but Corassa is having none of it.
Turner looks to land a right hand but Corassa moved out of range.
Turner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Corassa at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Corassa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corassa.
Corassa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Corassa throws a body punch but Turner moves out of range.
Turner is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Corassa slips under a jab from Turner.
Corassa slips a jab and a cross from Turner.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turner lands a nice hook to Corassa's body. Corassa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turner throws a leg kick but Corassa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turner works Corassa's body with a nice hook.
Corassa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
An attempted straight right counter from Corassa misses the target.
Corassa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for Corassa.
Corassa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turner moves away from the strike by Corassa.
Corassa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corassa takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Turner lands with an uppercut that bounces Corassa off the cage and back into range.
Turner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Corassa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Corassa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turner misses with a hook. Corassa ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Elgin Turner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Nice defenses there by Corassa.
Turner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Turner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Corassa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner misses with a looping right.
A jab from Corassa finds it's way through Turner's defenses.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corassa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Corassa is looking to slow Turner down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Corassa.
Turner misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Corassa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turner catches Corassa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Turner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turner moves out of range as Corassa throws a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corassa lands a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Corassa misses the target.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Turner feints the counter takedown.
Corassa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turner's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa stuns Turner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Turner lands with a shot to the body.
Turner throws a low kick but Corassa avoids it.
Turner tries to clinch there but Corassa circles away.
Corassa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corassa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Corassa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Corassa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Corassa scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Turner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Corassa but Corassa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A big right from Turner misses.
Corassa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice shot by Corassa.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Corassa as he avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corassa misses with a looping right.
Corassa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corassa scores with a leg kick.
Turner moves out of range of the leg kick from Corassa.
Turner throws a looping overhand right but Corassa ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa scores with a decent looking hook.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turner works the jab nicely.
Corassa looks for the body kick but Turner saw that one coming.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Corassa saw that one coming.
Corassa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turner lands an overhand right.
Jab by Corassa.
Corassa misses with a straight left.
Corassa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Turner. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turner.
Corassa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Turner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Turner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Corassa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turner throws a shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turner checks a leg kick.
Corassa tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Turner wants to counter with a clinch but Corassa pushes him away.
Turner defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Corassa.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Corassa's front leg but catches the back leg as Corassa tries to avoid it.
Corassa throws a jab when Turner was well out of range.
A nice combination there by Corassa.
Turner throws a hook but Corassa avoids it easily.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner lands with a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Corassa misses the target.
Corassa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Corassa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner with the inside leg kick.
Corassa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Corassa.
Turner avoids the body shot from Corassa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corassa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Corassa takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Turner.
Corassa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Corassa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Corassa is able to avoid easily.
A big left from Turner misses.
Corassa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turner's sensitive parts.
Corassa misses with a hook. Turner ducked under it nicely.
Corassa tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Corassa slips the punch.
Turner throws a body punch but Corassa moves out of range.
Corassa swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner throws a looping overhand right but Corassa ducks down to avoid it.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Corassa's front leg but catches the back leg as Corassa tries to avoid it.
Turner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner tries to land a front kick but Corassa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corassa sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Corassa throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Corassa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turner throws a jab when Corassa was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Corassa clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Turner feints and then cracks Corassa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corassa down.
Turner moves away from the strike by Corassa.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Corassa ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Corassa works Turner's body with a nice hook.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Corassa back to the cage. Turner follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A jab from Turner misses.
Corassa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corassa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Turner takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Corassa takes one to the chin there.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corassa manages to avoid it.
It looked like Corassa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corassa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Corassa throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
Turner throws a body punch but Corassa moves out of range.
Turner blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa looks for the body kick but Turner saw that one coming.
A good leg kick by Corassa.
Corassa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Corassa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Corassa has time to react.
Corassa throws a lazy right hand but Turner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Corassa looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Corassa.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Corassa's head.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corassa scores with a jab to the head.
That kick from Turner tenderised Corassa's leg. Corassa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turner.
Corassa staying out of range there.
Corassa is looking to counter with head kicks.
Corassa looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Corassa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turner lands a nice shot that snaps Corassa's head back.
Turner throws the left hand but Corassa avoids the punch easily.
Corassa scores with a hook.
Corassa loads up on a big right hand but Turner slips the punch.
And Turner tries to counter it with a takedown but Corassa pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Turner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Corassa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corassa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Corassa 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.
Turner tests Corassa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Corassa throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Turner misses with a leg kick.
Corassa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Corassa looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Corassa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Corassa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Corassa's front leg but catches the back leg as Corassa tries to avoid it.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corassa looks to throw the jab but Turner is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner throws a shot from downtown. Corassa moves away and avoids it.
Corassa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Corassa avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corassa.
Corassa lands with a kick to the temple. Turner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Turner.
Corassa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Corassa misses with a body kick.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Turner misses the target.
Turner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Corassa finds it's way round the side to connect with Turner's head.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner avoids the body shot from Corassa.
Turner with the counter takedown but Corassa avoids it easily.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corassa.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Corassa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turner doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner cracks a nice hook into Corassa's ribs.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Corassa.
Corassa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner wants to counter with a clinch but Corassa pushes him away.
A nice leg kick from Corassa, right into the meat of the thigh.
Corassa cracks Turner with an open hand slap.
A bone on bone clash there as Turner blocks the leg kick.
Turner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Turner misses.
Turner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Corassa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corassa.
Corassa throws a body punch but Turner moves out of range.
Corassa throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Turner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Corassa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner lunges at Corassa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Corassa's hand.
A cross from Turner lands.
Turner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Corassa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Elgin Turner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Corassa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Corassa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Corassa stuffs the takedown attempt from Turner. Turner gets slowly back to his feet.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Turner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Corassa misses with a looping left.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner checks the leg kick.
Corassa ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Corassa with the inside leg kick.
Corassa scores with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Corassa.
Corassa is looking to chop away at Turner's legs.
Turner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turner thows a leg kick but Corassa checks it
and Corassa counters with a nice uppercut.
Turner has closed the distance and engaged Corassa in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa digs a right hand into Turner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turner's gas tank.
Corassa throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Turner fails to land.
Corassa blocks an elbow strike.
Turner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Corassa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Corassa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Turner.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Corassa's brow.
Turner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corassa throws a head punch that misses.
Corassa throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
Turner has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Corassa.
Turner lands with a short shot to the head.
Turner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
Corassa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turner's elbow.
Turner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Turner lands a body shot.
Corassa manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donk. Turner catches Corassa right on the button with a cross.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Corassa thuds his right hand into Turner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Corassa's head.
Corassa takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Turner lands the left hand.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Corassa checks a low kick from Turner.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corassa.
A thudding body kick lands there by Corassa!
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Corassa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Turner swings for the body but Corassa moves out of range.
Corassa misses with a wild body shot.
Turner lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Turner as he connects with a hook.
Turner defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the liver by Turner. Beautiful body shot.
Turner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Corassa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Corassa connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corassa scores with a shot to the body.
Turner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Corassa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turner misses with a hook.
Corassa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A bone on bone clash there as Turner blocks the leg kick.
Corassa throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corassa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turner throws an overhand right that lands on Corassa's shoulder, as Corassa tries to avoid the shot.
Corassa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turner defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Corassa misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa slips under a jab from Turner.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turner, as that shot connected.
Corassa misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Turner misses.
Corassa scoring well with a low kick there.
Turner feints and then cracks Corassa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corassa down.
Turner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Turner working aggressively here.
Turner scores with a shot to the side of Corassa's head.
Turner lands a hook that snaps the head of Corassa backwards.
Corassa tries to break free but Turner pushes him back against the cage.
Corassa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corassa thows a body kick. Turner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Corassa connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner tries to clinch but Corassa moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corassa. Turner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corassa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Corassa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Corassa.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Elgin Turner.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 48:47
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 48:48
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 46:49
The fight is ruled a draw!
Eduardo Corassa retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 57 p4p, 15 weight class) and William Spud (ranked 8 p4p, 2 weight class). Spud has chosen Havana as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Spud!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spud has managed to clinch.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Spud misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spud throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahma.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Spud controls the action.
Spud works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Spud controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Spud fails to land.
Spud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spud has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Spud throws a head punch that misses.
Spud throws a head punch that misses.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Spud controls the action.
Ahma is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Spud is defending well.
Ahma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Spud fails to land.
Ahma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spuds head.
Spud has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Spud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahma backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spud gets underhooks to prevent Ahma's takedown attempt.
Spud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spud swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spud lands with a left to the head.
Ahma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spud misses with the head strike.
Spud blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahma.
Ahma misses with the head strike.
Ahma is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Spud pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Verneri Ahma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahma tries to throw a body punch but Spud avoids it by throwing Ahma back against the cage.
Ahma misses with some punches.
Spud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spud throws a head punch that misses.
Ahma lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ahma throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Spud to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahma trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Spud manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Spud rolls with it to try and escape but Ahma cranks on the arm and Spud is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Verneri Ahma!
Verneri Ahma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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pop
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