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AFC FN 5- Wilson vs Cruzier PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Moxley (ranked 24599 p4p, 4790 weight class) and Kwame Bankole (ranked 509 p4p, 398 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Moxley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kwame Bankole!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bankole looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Moxley !
Bankole is putting a hurting on Moxley here, landing some big shots from side control.
The strikes coming from Bankole are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Moxley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bankole on the ground.
Bankole looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Moxley seems a little lost for a moment, as Bankole dominates the positioning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moxley dodges the ground and pound from Bankole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bankole thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bankole remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bankole trying to control the action but Moxley is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bankole controlling the position from side mount.
Bankole tries to move to mount but Moxley blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Bankole politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bankole prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bankole fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Moxley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bankole tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bankole remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bankole in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Moxley is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kwame Bankole!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ghoragdush Gro Kashug (ranked 24941 p4p, 4831 weight class) and Fox Marsh (ranked 714 p4p, 581 weight class). Fox Marsh will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ghoragdush Gro Kashug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fox Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsh throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gro Kashug counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marsh won't be happy with that.
Marsh is pushing Gro Kashug's head away, looking to escape. Gro Kashug manages to hold on to the position though.
Gro Kashug throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gro Kashug throws a strike aimed at the side of Marsh's head but Marsh avoids it well.
Marsh defending against the ground and pound.
Marsh parries the strikes from Gro Kashug easily there. Gro Kashug is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Marsh to escape.
Marsh is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gro Kashug has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gro Kashug sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marsh is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gro Kashug advances to mount.
Marsh is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Marsh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug thowing shots but they're missing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsh is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gro Kashug looking to finish with strikes here!
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gro Kashug punching from mount but Marsh doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gro Kashug sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gro Kashug thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marsh is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gro Kashug sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Marsh is trying to stand.
Gro Kashug misses with a head shot.
Marsh's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gro Kashug thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
Marsh holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gro Kashug tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gro Kashug throwing strikes here but Marsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gro Kashug misses with a head shot.
Marsh wants to try and get back to his feet.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
Gro Kashug putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Marsh tries to buck Gro Kashug off but he can't manage it.
Marsh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gro Kashug looking to ground and pound but Marsh is blocking nicely.
Gro Kashug scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Marsh?
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound.
Gro Kashug throws some wild stikes that Marsh manages to avoid easily.
Gro Kashug fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gro Kashug throws some wild stikes that Marsh manages to avoid easily.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gro Kashug won't let Marsh get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gro Kashug punching from mount but Marsh doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Marsh's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Marsh is trying to stand.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gro Kashug thowing shots but they're missing.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Gro Kashug there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gro Kashug raining down shots from the mount!
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
Marsh trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gro Kashug thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gro Kashug won't let Marsh get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gro Kashug misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marsh looks winded!
Poor strikes thrown by Gro Kashug there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gro Kashug landing strikes from the mount and Marsh is in trouble!
Marsh bucks up and throws Gro Kashug to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Fox Marsh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marsh swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gro Kashug decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marsh's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gro Kashug wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
Marsh wants to stand up but Gro Kashug is controlling him.
Gro Kashug content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Marsh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gro Kashug is looking to work some ground and pound but Marsh has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gro Kashug throwing strikes but missing.
Marsh scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Marsh lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ghoragdush Gro Kashug dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marsh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gro Kashug is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marsh can do to turn this around?
Marsh pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gro Kashug back to the cage. Marsh follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
 It looks like Ghoragdush Gro Kashug has been cut.
Marsh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gro Kashug drops down looking for a counter takedown but Marsh sprawls and moves away.
Gro Kashug finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Marsh's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Gro Kashug falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fox Marsh!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Lewandowski (ranked 5410 p4p, 4902 weight class) and Kevin Gates (ranked 587 p4p, 558 weight class). Robert Lewandowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Lewandowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Gates!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gates misses with a low kick.
Lewandowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gates counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gates.
Gates stalling against the cage.
Lewandowski tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gates has Lewandowski pressed against the cage.
Gates pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gates lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lewandowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lewandowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lewandowski gets the takedown into side control.
Lewandowski advances to mount.
Gates tries to hold on but Lewandowski pushes him away.
Gates is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lewandowski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates holds on for dear life.
Lewandowski cracks Gates with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lewandowski working for a guillotine from mount but Gates is in no mood to give up.
Lewandowski working Gates over with strikes here.
Lewandowski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gates is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gates working to try and regain half guard.
Lewandowski blocks Gates's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gates is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lewandowski is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lewandowski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound but Gates is blocking nicely.
Gates is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lewandowski with the ground and pound from mount.
Gates is bucking up trying to escape but Lewandowski cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gates is trying to stand up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gates can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lewandowski wants to control the pace but Gates is squirming around nicely.
Gates wants to try and get back to his feet.
Gates manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Gates, under a barage of strikes from Lewandowski.
Gates keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lewandowski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gates keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gates looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gates is looking for a sweep. Lewandowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lewandowski is looking for a kimura here.
Gates is in trouble now - Lewandowski has advanced to mount!
Gates working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Lewandowski.
Gates manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lewandowski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gates tries to get to full guard but Lewandowski has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewandowski is working for a kimura but Gates is defending it quite comfortably.
Gates has his hands clasped together around Lewandowski's back. He's all about the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Lewandowski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lewandowski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gates sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robert Lewandowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewandowski shoots for a takedown but Gates saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Lewandowski with that takedown attempt.
Gates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gates shoots in and gets a takedown into Lewandowski's guard.
Lewandowski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gates controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gates postures up in Lewandowski's guard and throws a big left but Lewandowski blocks it.
Gates has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lewandowski is proving hard to escape from.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gates missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gates as he jumps to the side.
Lewandowski goes for a double leg but Gates avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gates continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewandowski has Gates pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gates manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gates gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Gates throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates slows the pace down in half guard.
Gates's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Gates is trying to work for a kimura but Lewandowski is defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewandowski.
Gates doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lewandowski has his takedown stuffed
and Gates counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gates stalls.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gates is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lewandowski to the mat. Lewandowski regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lewandowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gates wants to pass the guard but Lewandowski is keeping the position.
Gates showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gates trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lewandowski's guard.
Lewandowski looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Gates showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lewandowski blocks a leg kick.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but Gates shows good takedown defense.
Gates shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lewandowski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gates postures up.
Gates looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lewandowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gates counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gates gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Lewandowski regains guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates throwing strikes but missing.
Lewandowski working a defensive guard here.
Gates trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lewandowski manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Lewandowski stopping the sweep attempt from Gates.
Lewandowski wants to control from the top but Gates keeps moving.
Gates managing to control the position.
Let's hope that Gates has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates looking for a sweep. Not yet Gates, not yet.
Lewandowski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gates's head.
Gates really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lewandowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gates avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lewandowski won't allow Gates to sweep him here.
Lewandowski lands a couple of elbows.
Lewandowski prevents Gates from getting back to his feet.
Lewandowski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lewandowski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gates pulls Lewandowski in close to prevent any damage.
Lewandowski wants to control from the top but Gates keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates controlling the position.
Robert Lewandowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gates looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lewandowski works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gates is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewandowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gates keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Lewandowski thows a huge punch but Gates dodges it nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lewandowski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lewandowski throwing shots but Gates is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Gates comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gates has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Gates!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Katana (ranked 5938 p4p, 3272 weight class) and Adolf Hitler (ranked 578 p4p, 368 weight class). Hitler has chosen Russian Dancing Men as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Katana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Adolf Hitler!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Katana keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Katana.
Katana blocks a head kick by Hitler.
It looked like Katana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hitler lands a body shot.
Hitler 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.
Hitler lands with a slapping head kick.
Hitler throws a sloppy head kick and Katana moves out of range easily.
Katana lands with a nice body kick.
Katana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hitler tries to land a front kick but Katana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitler misses with a low kick.
Katana throws a lazy right hand but Hitler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hitler misses with a leg kick.
Hitler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katana looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitler wants to slow Katana down by chopping away at his legs.
Hitler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Katana takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hitler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hitler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hitler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hitler misses with a leg kick.
Hitler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Katana misses with a looping left.
Adolf Hitler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hitler wants to slow Katana down by chopping away at his legs.
Hitler throws a low kick but Katana moves out of range easily.
Hitler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hitler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Katana.
Hitler wants to slow Katana down by chopping away at his legs.
As Hitler looks to move away, Katana throws a big counter combo but Hitler just gets out of the way.
Hitler throws a head kick but Katana moves out of range.
It looked like Katana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Katana misses with a low kick as Hitler jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitler scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Katana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katana misses with a wild combination.
Katana misses with the combination.
Hitler scores with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hitler.
Hitler scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick from Katana misses.
Hitler goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hitler throws a head kick but Katana moves out of range.
Katana tried to counter with a leg kick but Hitler avoided it.
Katana misses with a hook.
Hitler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hitler moves away.
Katana looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Katana avoids the head kick by Hitler.
Hitler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Katana misses with a body shot.
Katana throws a wild body kick that Hitler sees coming a mile off.
Hitler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katana at a distance.
Hitler misses with a kick to the body.
Katana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hitler moves away.
Hitler lands a two punch combo.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hitler checks a leg kick.
Hitler ducks under a wild hook from Katana.
Katana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hitler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Katana wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hitler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katana throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hitler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hitler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hitler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hitler scores with a hook to the body. Katana takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitler throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hitler.
Katana thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hitler.
Katana on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hitler throws a half hearted mid kick.
Katana is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hitler's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hitler digs a good hook to Katana's body.
Katana fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hitler is out of range.
Hitler looks to land a body kick but Katana moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Katana on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Katana throws a leg kick but Hitler checks it.
Hitler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hitler scores with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adolf Hitler dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hitler throws a head kick but Katana moves out of range.
Katana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hitler goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hitler defending well as Katana loads up on a big left hand.
Hitler lands a body shot.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Katana checks a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hitler lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Katana has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Katana and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martin Katana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katana steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hitler. That one must have hurt.
Katana blocks a leg kick.
Katana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Katana.
A good leg kick by Hitler.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hitler. Katana shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitler changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hitler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Katana tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katana loads up on a big right hand but Hitler slips the punch.
Hitler lands a jab to Katana's midsection.
Hitler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Katana rather than just go for the knockout.
Hitler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hitler will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hitler plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hitler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hitler misses with a low kick as Katana jumps back.
Hitler misses with a body kick.
Hitler throws a sloppy head kick and Katana moves out of range easily.
Hitler tries to land a leg kick but Katana saw it coming and moves away.
Katana throws a big counter combination but Hitler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hitler throws a sloppy head kick and Katana moves out of range easily.
Hitler throws a head kick but Katana moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Katana checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Katana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Katana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hitler throws the kick towards the body but Katana avoids it.
Hitler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Katana chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hitler can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hitler misses with a body kick.
Katana half committed to a counter leg kick.
Katana blocks a low kick nicely.
Katana appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hitler is looking to slow Katana down with leg kicks.
Hitler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hitler throws a leg kick but Katana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hitler looks to land a body kick but Katana moved away.
Katana is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hitler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Katana throws a nice looking combination but Hitler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Katana is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Katana throws a looping overhand right but Hitler ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick lands for Hitler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Katana half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good work by Katana as he checks the leg kick.
Katana swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Katana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hitler steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Katana.
Hitler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hitler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hitler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hitler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Katana checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hitler throws out a leg kick but Katana moves out of range and Hitler only half commits.
Hitler is looking to score with low kicks.
Hitler throws a chopping leg kick but Katana manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hitler cracks a nice hook into Katana's ribs.
Hitler displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hitler tries a low kick but Katana avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Katana misses the target.
Hitler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hitler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Katana.
Katana misses with a hook. Hitler ducked under it nicely.
Hitler lands with a slapping head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hitler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hitler is breathing heavily.
Hitler lands with a kick to the temple. Katana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A leg kick checked by Katana.
Hitler pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hitler stuns Katana with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Katana checks a low kick from Hitler.
Hitler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hitler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Katana.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hitler.
Hitler checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hitler tries to score with a low kick but Katana moves his leg out of the way.
Katana swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adolf Hitler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Katana misses with a looping left.
Katana moves out of range as Hitler throws a body kick.
Hitler lands a two punch combo.
Hitler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Katana misses with a straight right.
Adolf Hitler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hitler misses with a low kick as Katana jumps back.
Hitler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hitler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hitler misses with a low kick.
Katana misses with a straight right.
Katana sets himself, and Hitler steps forward looking for the clinch! Katana avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katana throws a right hand that Hitler ducks under and follows up with a left that Hitler also avoids with ease.
Hitler tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Katana blocks the leg kick.
As Hitler backs away, Katana returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hitler throws a wild body kick that Katana sees coming a mile off.
A nice leg kick from Hitler, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hitler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Katana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hitler throws a sloppy head kick and Katana moves out of range easily.
It looked like Katana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hitler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hitler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hitler is looking to chop away at Katana's legs.
Hitler throws a head kick but Katana moves out of range.
Hitler scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Katana doesn't seem bothered though.
Katana looks to land a left hand but Hitler moved out of range nicely.
Hitler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hitler pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Katana tried to counter with a leg kick but Hitler avoided it.
Katana moves out of range of the body kick.
Katana is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hitler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hitler fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Katana checks it well.
Katana throws a body shot but no joy.
Katana misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Katana moves out of range of the body kick from Hitler.
The fighters circling - Katana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hitler tests Katana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hitler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It looked like Katana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hitler throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hitler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Katana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Katana tries to score with a low kick but Hitler moves his leg out of the way.
Katana moves out of range as Hitler throws a body kick.
Katana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hitler manages to avoid it.
Katana checks a low kick from Hitler.
Hitler throws out a leg kick but Katana moves out of range and Hitler only half commits.
Katana throwing a counter right hand but Hitler manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Katana blocks the low kick.
Katana half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hitler checks the leg kick nicely there.
Katana wants to slow Hitler down by chopping away at his legs.
Hitler tries a head kick but it misses.
Katana jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Hitler lands a right hook to the body.
Katana takes a swing at Hitler's ribcage but misses.
Katana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hitler scoring well with a low kick there.
Katana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Katana. Those never looked like landing.
Katana shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hitler eats them both and turns towards Katana to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hitler ducks under a wild hook from Katana.
Hitler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Katana.
Martin Katana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Katana. Hitler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hitler wants to counter with a clinch but Katana pushes him away.
Hitler tries a head kick but it misses.
Hitler throws a leg kick but Katana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Adolf Hitler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Katana throws out a loose jab but Hitler uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hitler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Katana is able to avoid easily.
Hitler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katana has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hitler is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hitler lands with a kick to the temple. Katana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Katana on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Katana.
Hitler misses with a head kick.
Hitler digs a good hook to Katana's body.
Hitler bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adolf Hitler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hitler has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adolf Hitler!
Post fight, Adolf Hitler took to the microphone: 'DOMINICK CRUZ, I AM COMING FOR YOU BABY!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gennady Mikhasevich (ranked 1100 p4p, 1231 weight class) and Magnus Pyke (ranked 156 p4p, 179 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennady Mikhasevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Pyke!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pyke doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pyke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pyke slips a straight right by Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pyke.
Mikhasevich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pyke shoots in and gets a takedown into Mikhasevich's guard.
Mikhasevich has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Pyke is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Pyke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mikhasevich gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pyke is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gennady Mikhasevich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnus Pyke.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mikhasevich cracks Pyke with a nice body shot.
Pyke tries to score a body lock takedown but Mikhasevich shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pyke goes for a takedown attempt but Mikhasevich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pyke slips under a jab from Mikhasevich.
Pyke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mikhasevich. That one must have hurt.
Mikhasevich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhasevich scores with a punch to the head.
 It looks like Magnus Pyke has been cut.
Nice sprawl there from Mikhasevich as Pyke shoots in.
Mikhasevich scores with a decent looking hook.
Pyke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mikhasevich sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pyke misses with a takedown
enabling Mikhasevich to counter with a crisp jab.
Pyke looks winded!
Pyke tries to move into range but Mikhasevich moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mikhasevich thuds a left hand into Pyke's body.
Mikhasevich looks to land a combination. Pyke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
 Pyke is rocked!
Mikhasevich is stalking Pyke. Pyke circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Mikhasevich, and it's lights out! Pyke really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gennady Mikhasevich!
After winning the bout, Gennady Mikhasevich thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Starling Silva (ranked 1621 p4p, 1829 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 239 p4p, 267 weight class). Gracie has chosen Jiu Jitsu by Smoke Serpent as his entrance music. Starling Silva looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Starling Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, John Mangel and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Gracie moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Silva stops Gracie from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Silva defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has his arm under Silva's chin here. Game over son! Gracie squeezes tightly and Silva is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Wilson (ranked 3178 p4p, 4420 weight class) and Dustinick Cruzier (ranked 300 p4p, 386 weight class). Cruzier has chosen The Boss as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Wilson !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dustinick Cruzier!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruzier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Wilson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cruzier looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Cruzier misses with a few strikes there.
Wilson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cruzier.
Cruzier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson fails with the takedown.
Wilson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cruzier is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Wilson dives into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wilson landing a few strikes.
Cruzier takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The referee asks Wilson politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wilson prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wilson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wilson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cruzier can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wilson working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson stands up and beckons Cruzier to his feet.
Cruzier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wilson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cruzier is trying to defend but Wilson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cruzier is trying to escape back to his feet but Wilson uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Cruzier trying to remain calm as Wilson controls from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Cruzier looks calm but he's in trouble here. Wilson gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Cruzier is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Wilson lets go of the hold and Cruzier can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Wilson !
Mike Wilson retains his featherweight title!
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