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Sucker Punch Pro Series 63 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ehrmantraut (ranked 2662 p4p, 3852 weight class) and Dino Ebedi (ranked 261 p4p, 353 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ebedi's choice of entrance music: Moby Dick - Ugass kutya!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Ehrmantraut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dino Ebedi!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ehrmantraut lands with a nice body punch.
Ebedi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Ebedi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ehrmantraut doesn't seem phased though.
Ebedi keeps the fight on the outside.
Ebedi looks to land a right hand but Ehrmantraut moved out of range.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ebedi.
Ehrmantraut darts in and clinches Ebedi up against the cage.
Ebedi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ehrmantraut moves away from the strike by Ebedi.
Ebedi misses with a wild body shot.
Ehrmantraut throws a body shot but no joy.
Ebedi shapes to counter with a head kick.
A nice combination there by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ebedi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ebedi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ehrmantraut moves out of range of the body kick from Ebedi.
Good exchange - Ehrmantraut coming out on top.
A bone on bone clash there as Ebedi blocks the leg kick.
Ebedi feints a counter leg kick.
Ehrmantraut looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ehrmantraut jabs at Ebedi's body.
The fighters circling - Ebedi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body kick.
Ehrmantraut moves into the clinch.
Ehrmantraut has a couple of punches blocked by Ebedi.
Ebedi scores with a hook to the body.
Ebedi tries to throw a body punch but Ehrmantraut avoids it by throwing Ebedi back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mike Ehrmantraut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ehrmantraut scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ehrmantraut closes the distance but Ebedi moves to the side
and Ebedi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ehrmantraut throws out a leg kick but Ebedi moves out of range and Ehrmantraut only half commits.
Ehrmantraut misses with a leg kick.
Ehrmantraut bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ehrmantraut throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ebedi lands a leg kick that knocks Ehrmantraut off balance momentarily.
Ehrmantraut swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ebedi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ehrmantraut checks a low kick from Ebedi.
Ebedi works the jab nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick lands from Ebedi.
Ebedi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ehrmantraut walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ebedi missing with a left hand there. Ehrmantraut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ebedi scores with a sloppy right hand. Ehrmantraut should have avoided that one.
Ehrmantraut throws a leg kick that misses.
Good shot there by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body shot
letting Ebedi counter with a right hand.
Ehrmantraut tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ebedi was well out of range. Poor timing from Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ebedi moves out of range as Ehrmantraut strikes.
Ehrmantraut defending well as Ebedi loads up on a big left hand.
Ebedi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ebedi misses with a low kick.
Ehrmantraut takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ehrmantraut slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ebedi lands a nice shot that snaps Ehrmantraut's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut tries to clinch up.
Ehrmantraut slips under a jab from Ebedi.
Ehrmantraut throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ehrmantraut finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ebedi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ebedi misses with a low kick.
Ebedi throws a push kick but Ehrmantraut slaps the foot to one side.
Ehrmantraut closes the distance but Ebedi moves to the side
and Ebedi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ehrmantraut checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ebedi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ehrmantraut had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ehrmantraut is looking to score with low kicks.
Ehrmantraut with a jab.
An inside leg kick from Ehrmantraut misses.
Ehrmantraut moves forwards but Ebedi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ehrmantraut scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ebedi in his tracks.
Ehrmantraut fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ebedi throws a body punch but Ehrmantraut moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut misses the jab.
Despite the aggression on Ebedi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ebedi loads up on a big right hand but Ehrmantraut slips the punch.
Ehrmantraut looks to land a left hand but Ebedi moved out of range nicely.
Ebedi checks a low kick from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ebedi looks to score with a jab to the body but Ehrmantraut is just out of range.
Ehrmantraut ducks under a wild hook from Ebedi.
Ehrmantraut looks for the body kick but Ebedi saw that one coming.
Ehrmantraut feints a jab promting Ebedi to slip. Ehrmantraut then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ebedi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ehrmantraut wants to clinch.
Ehrmantraut throws an overhand right that lands on Ebedi's shoulder, as Ebedi tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ebedi works Ehrmantraut's body with a nice hook.
A nice leg kick from Ehrmantraut, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ebedi scores with a hook to the body. Ehrmantraut takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ehrmantraut throws out a loose jab but Ebedi uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Mike Ehrmantraut will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ebedi swats away the attempt to clinch by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ebedi.
Ebedi misses with a lunging right hand
and Ehrmantraut counters with a stiff right hand.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ebedi.
Ebedi misses with a looping left.
Ebedi lands a really nice looking cross but Ehrmantraut seems unphased.
Ehrmantraut lands a right hook to the body.
Ebedi fails to land with a series of punches.
Ehrmantraut misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ebedi moves forwards but Ehrmantraut connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ebedi misses with an uppercut.
Nice body kick there by Ebedi.
Ehrmantraut tries to bum rush Ebedi with a series of wild strikes but Ebedi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ehrmantraut doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ehrmantraut. Ebedi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ehrmantraut has Ebedi up against the cage in a clinch.
Ebedi lands a left hand.
Ebedi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ebedi breaks the clinch.
Ebedi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ehrmantraut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big right from Ehrmantraut misses.
Ebedi throws a fast counter high kick but Ehrmantraut manages to duck under it in time.
Ehrmantraut misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Ebedi to counter with a crisp jab.
Ehrmantraut throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ehrmantraut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good work by Ehrmantraut as he checks the leg kick.
Ebedi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ehrmantraut pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ebedi swings for the body but Ehrmantraut moves out of range.
Ehrmantraut feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ehrmantraut lands a nice shot that snaps Ebedi's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ehrmantraut lands with an uppercut that bounces Ebedi off the cage and back into range.
Ehrmantraut avoids the head kick by Ebedi.
Ebedi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ebedi misses with a low kick as Ehrmantraut jumps back.
Ehrmantraut swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ebedi slips under a jab from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut moves out of range of the strikes.
Ebedi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ehrmantraut misses the jab.
A nice side step and Ebedi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good work by Ebedi as he checks the leg kick.
Ehrmantraut throws a shot from downtown. Ebedi moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi slips a jab from Ehrmantraut.
A little jabbing left from Ebedi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebedi feints and then cracks Ehrmantraut's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ehrmantraut down.
Ebedi cracks Ehrmantraut with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ehrmantraut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ehrmantraut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ebedi throws a big shot that misses.
Ehrmantraut lands with a hook. Ebedi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That kick from Ehrmantraut tenderised Ebedi's leg. Ebedi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ebedi throws a big shot that misses.
Ehrmantraut falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Ebedi to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Ehrmantraut.
A big right from Ebedi misses.
Ehrmantraut rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ebedi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ehrmantraut throws a shot from downtown. Ebedi moves away and avoids it.
Ebedi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ehrmantraut clinches up with Ebedi and pushes him back against the cage.
Ebedi breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ebedi scores with a leg kick.
Dino Ebedi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ebedi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ehrmantraut scores with a nice right hand.
Ehrmantraut throws a looping overhand right but Ebedi ducks down to avoid it.
Ebedi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ehrmantraut throws out a loose jab but Ebedi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ebedi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ehrmantraut misses with a left hand
and Ebedi counters with a stiff right hand.
Ebedi throws a push kick but Ehrmantraut slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Ehrmantraut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Ebedi.
A nice combination there by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut is looking to land body kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dino Ebedi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Ebedi misses the target.
Ebedi throws a head kick that misses.
Ehrmantraut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ebedi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ebedi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ebedi walks into a straight right hand from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut lands a head shot.
Ebedi missing with a left hand there. Ehrmantraut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ebedi scores with a jab. Ehrmantraut acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ehrmantraut throws a right hand that Ebedi ducks under and follows up with a left that Ebedi also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ebedi misses the jab.
Ehrmantraut tries to work over Ebedi's front leg with a kick but Ebedi checks it.
Ehrmantraut staying out of range there.
Ebedi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebedi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ehrmantraut with a hook.
Ehrmantraut throws a leg kick but Ebedi checks it.
A slow jab from Ebedi misses its intended target.
Ehrmantraut throws a solid leg kick but Ebedi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ehrmantraut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ebedi moves out of range of the body kick.
Ebedi throws out a counter right but Ehrmantraut avoids it with no problem.
Ehrmantraut's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ehrmantraut duly obliges.
Ehrmantraut defending well as Ebedi loads up on a big left hand.
Ehrmantraut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ebedi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ebedi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big left from Ebedi misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ebedi ducks under a wild hook from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ebedi doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut tries to close the distance and clinch but Ebedi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ehrmantraut misses with a looping right.
Ebedi lands a nice hook to Ehrmantraut's body. Ehrmantraut takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ebedi looks to throw the jab but Ehrmantraut is out of range.
Ehrmantraut misses the body punch
and Ehrmantraut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice shot by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Ebedi blocks the leg kick.
Ehrmantraut avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Ebedi misses.
Ebedi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ehrmantraut throws a leg kick which misses Ebedi's front leg but catches the back leg as Ebedi tries to avoid it.
Ebedi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ehrmantraut misses with a lunging right hand
and Ebedi counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Ebedi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebedi throws a jab when Ehrmantraut was well out of range.
Ebedi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut staying out of range there.
Ehrmantraut tried to counter with a leg kick but Ebedi avoided it.
Ehrmantraut throws a lazy right hand but Ebedi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ehrmantraut slips under a jab.
Ebedi connects with a jab.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body shot.
Ehrmantraut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ebedi misses with a hook.
Ebedi misses with a hook.
Ehrmantraut seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ehrmantraut misses with a looping right.
Ebedi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ehrmantraut.
Ebedi moves away from the strike by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut tries to clinch up but Ebedi circles away and keeps his distance.
Ebedi shapes to counter with a head kick.
Ebedi throws a hook but Ehrmantraut blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut throws a front kick aimed at Ebedi's knee but Ebedi avoids it well.
Ehrmantraut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ebedi.
Ehrmantraut misses with a body shot.
Ehrmantraut throws a body kick that misses.
Ebedi missing with a left hand there. Ehrmantraut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ehrmantraut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ehrmantraut throws a sloppy head kick and Ebedi moves out of range easily.
Ebedi tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ebedi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ehrmantraut jabs at Ebedi's body.
Ehrmantraut walks into a left hand.
Ebedi tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dino Ebedi.
I think Ebedi 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Dino Ebedi!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sanchez (ranked 1744 p4p, 2131 weight class) and Young Prodigy (ranked 242 p4p, 290 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Young Prodigy !
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prodigy scores with a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
Prodigy stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Prodigy goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sanchez rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Prodigy 's guard! Nice work there by Sanchez!
Prodigy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prodigy trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Sanchez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prodigy is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prodigy 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.
Prodigy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Prodigy keeps moving.
Prodigy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Prodigy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prodigy trying to strike off his back.
Prodigy is striking off his back. Sanchez thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Prodigy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Prodigy works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sanchez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sanchez trying to control but Prodigy is working from the bottom.
Prodigy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Prodigy working for a triangle but Sanchez defends it easily.
Prodigy trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Prodigy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Prodigy throws his legs up looking for a submission but Sanchez uses it to pass to side control.
Prodigy is looking to reverse the position.
Sanchez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Prodigy 's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sanchez gets to mount! Prodigy was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Prodigy working to try and regain half guard.
Sanchez trying to control but Prodigy is having none of it.
Sanchez dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prodigy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Prodigy is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanchez has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prodigy is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Prodigy is looking to get to half guard.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Prodigy is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanchez has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez raining down shots from the mount!
Prodigy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Prodigy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Sanchez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prodigy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Prodigy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Prodigy lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Prodigy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sanchez tries to avoid it but Prodigy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sanchez to the ground. Sanchez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Young Prodigy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prodigy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
Prodigy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prodigy .
Prodigy scores with a nice right hand.
Prodigy is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Prodigy .
A counter left hand to the body from Sanchez misses its target.
Prodigy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sanchez tried to counter with a leg kick but Prodigy avoided it.
Prodigy misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prodigy throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prodigy can do to turn this around?
Prodigy looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Prodigy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Samuel Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Young Prodigy .
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Prodigy .
Prodigy misses with a body shot.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Prodigy .
A cross from Sanchez lands.
Prodigy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez feinted with a counter takedown.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1-2. Sanchez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Prodigy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Prodigy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prodigy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Prodigy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Prodigy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Prodigy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Prodigy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prodigy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prodigy misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A left lands for Prodigy .
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Prodigy moved away.
Sanchez slips a jab from Prodigy .
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Prodigy connects with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Prodigy .
Prodigy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Prodigy thuds a left hand into Sanchez's body.
Young Prodigy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Prodigy moves away and avoids it.
Prodigy ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Prodigy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Prodigy lands with a right hand.
Prodigy misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a low kick but Prodigy avoids it.
A head kick misses from Prodigy .
Sanchez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Prodigy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sanchez throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Prodigy misses with a body shot.
Prodigy lands a front kick.
Prodigy thuds his right hand into Sanchez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Prodigy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Prodigy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Prodigy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prodigy manages to avoid it.
Sanchez moves forwards but Prodigy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Prodigy scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez drops his hands momentarily and Prodigy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Prodigy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Prodigy .
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sanchez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Prodigy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Prodigy .
Prodigy throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
A lazy left from Prodigy finds it's target.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prodigy . Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prodigy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Prodigy cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
Prodigy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Sanchez is looking to score with low kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Young Prodigy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Prodigy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Prodigy staying out of range there.
Prodigy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Prodigy avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Prodigy scores with a decent looking hook.
Prodigy throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prodigy .
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Prodigy is just out of range.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Prodigy pinned against the cage. Prodigy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanchez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Prodigy did well to prevent Sanchez getting side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prodigy wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sanchez connects with a nice short shot to Prodigy 's temple.
Prodigy actively working from the bottom here.
Sanchez lands with a punch from half guard.
Sanchez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Prodigy tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sanchez is trying to control. Prodigy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanchez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Prodigy tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Prodigy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Prodigy trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Prodigy 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.
Prodigy trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Sanchez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prodigy is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Prodigy tries to get to full guard but Sanchez has control of the leg.
Prodigy has hold of Sanchez's hands but Sanchez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Prodigy wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Prodigy is working from the bottom.
Prodigy looking for submissions off his back.
Prodigy tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanchez is trying to control. Prodigy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanchez prevents Prodigy from improving his position.
Prodigy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Prodigy taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
Prodigy tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Sanchez seems content to control.
Prodigy wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Prodigy 's head.
Sanchez content to control rather than advance.
Prodigy is looking for a sweep. Sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Sanchez!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sirus Hall (ranked 1447 p4p, 2987 weight class) and Alexei Rodionovich (ranked 209 p4p, 439 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rodionovich's choice of entrance music: Svarga & Drygva - Volnitsa. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sirus Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexei Rodionovich!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Rodionovich does no damage.
Rodionovich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall jabs at Rodionovich's body.
Hall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hall lands with a good body shot.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Rodionovich's coach down at Hotrod Express MMA Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Rodionovich's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hall connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Rodionovich! He's out on his feet! Hall rushes in and drops Rodionovich with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sirus Hall!
Sirus Hall seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Alexei Rodionovich stepped up to the mic, saying 'Every white has its black and every sweet its sour'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Fuller (ranked 1035 p4p, 3204 weight class) and Kahdi Mandinos (ranked 161 p4p, 429 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Fuller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kahdi Mandinos!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandinos throws out a loose jab but Fuller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuller shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mandinos is trying to defend but Fuller finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mandinos tries to get to full guard but Fuller has control of the leg.
Fuller is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mandinos is looking to control Fuller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mandinos avoid being mounted?
Fuller seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mandinos actively working from the bottom here.
Fuller seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mandinos won't allow Fuller to pass to mount.
Fuller is trying to work for a kimura but Mandinos is defending well.
Mandinos desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Fuller blocks the strikes from Mandinos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandinos moves into full guard.
Our spies down at at London MMA Club inform us that Mandinos has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mandinos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mandinos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Fuller throws a big elbow that misses.
Mandinos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mandinos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mandinos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fuller gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fuller works over Mandinos with some ground and pound from guard.
Fuller trying to control the position from guard on top but Mandinos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fuller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mandinos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Fuller is aware though and is defending well.
Mandinos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Fuller has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Mandinos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fuller is one step ahead there.
Mandinos is looking for a triangle but Fuller pushes his legs off easily.
Mandinos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fuller gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fuller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fuller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fuller is working Mandinos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fuller working some strikes from top position.
Mandinos trying to control the position.
Mandinos is adopting a defensive guard.
Mandinos keeping moving, preventing Fuller from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandinos working for a triangle but Fuller defends it easily.
Fuller wanted to stand there but Mandinos had control of the position.
Fuller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fuller chips away with some ground and pound.
Fuller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fuller trying to control but Mandinos is working from the bottom.
Mandinos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Fuller passes into side control.
Mandinos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fuller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fuller cracks Mandinos with a big elbow.
Fuller working the ground and pound.
Mandinos is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mandinos is trying to control Fuller's posture but Fuller avoids it.
Mandinos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fuller scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mandinos to see if he's OK.
Mandinos struggling a bit here.
Mandinos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fuller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fuller wants to stand but Mandinos is controlling his arm.
Fuller is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mandinos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fuller working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mandinos struggling a bit here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Fuller dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice uppercut there from Fuller.
Mandinos lands a really nice looking cross but Fuller seems unphased.
Fuller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
 It looks like John Fuller has been cut.
Fuller connects with a jab.
Fuller ducks under a wild hook from Mandinos.
Kahdi Mandinos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fuller throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fuller digs a good body shot into Mandinos's ribs.
A punch lands to the side of Mandinos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fuller cracks Mandinos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fuller lands a jab-cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuller connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fuller swings for the body but Mandinos moves out of range.
Fuller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fuller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mandinos can do to turn this around?
Mandinos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fuller lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mandinos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandinos looks to land a right hand but Fuller moved out of range.
Fuller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
John Fuller is winning the standup battle so far.
Fuller keeps the fight on the outside.
Mandinos lands a jab to the head.
Fuller tries to bum rush Mandinos with a series of wild strikes but Mandinos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fuller cracks Mandinos with an open hand slap.
A big left from Mandinos misses.
Mandinos throws a big shot that misses.
Mandinos slips under a jab from Fuller.
Fuller scores with a hook.
Mandinos moves out of range as Fuller strikes.
Fuller with a nice cross.
Mandinos tries to clinch up.
Fuller fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fuller swings widly with a right hand
and Mandinos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fuller avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuller closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mandinos wants to improve his position but Fuller is controlling well.
Mandinos looking for submissions off his back.
Fuller is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mandinos misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mandinos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fuller is thwarting Mandinos's attempts to control the position.
Fuller is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandinos lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fuller connects with a nice short shot to Mandinos's temple.
Mandinos tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mandinos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fuller's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fuller's back!
Mandinos scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Mandinos struggling to keep hold of the position.
Fuller trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Mandinos doesn't have the hooks in and Fuller manages to turn into his guard.
Mandinos looking to control.
Mandinos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fuller defends well.
Mandinos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fuller doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fuller manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mandinos is breathing heavily.
Fuller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuller is working Mandinos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fuller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mandinos is keeping the position for now.
John Fuller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mandinos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mandinos being controlled here, momentarily.
Mandinos keeping full guard, as Fuller tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mandinos working for a triangle but Fuller defends it easily.
Mandinos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fuller can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Fuller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Fuller's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fuller throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fuller throws a right hand that misses
and Mandinos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fuller lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fuller throws a hook but Mandinos blocks it.
Nice shot by Fuller.
Fuller lands a nice looking body kick.
Fuller's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mandinos under the eye.
Fuller just misses with a punch to the body.
Mandinos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fuller lands a two punch combo.
Fuller missing with a left hand there. Mandinos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mandinos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fuller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fuller looks to land a right hand but Mandinos moved out of range.
Mandinos with the counter takedown but Fuller avoids it easily.
Fuller shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mandinos's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller looking to pass the guard.
Fuller wants to control from the top but Mandinos keeps moving.
Fuller postures up.
Mandinos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Fuller slips nicely into half guard.
Fuller is thwarting Mandinos's attempts to control the position.
Fuller winds up and cracks Mandinos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mandinos is trying to control but can't.
Mandinos is controlling Fuller's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Mandinos is looking to get back to full guard here but Fuller has managed to pass to side control instead.
Mandinos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mandinos tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
John Fuller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fuller in particular looking to stall.
Fuller looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mandinos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mandinos is looking to improve his position.
Fuller seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mandinos gets back to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fuller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mandinos keeping full guard, as Fuller tries to pass.
Mandinos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fuller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fuller trying to control the position from guard on top but Mandinos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mandinos working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandinos looking for a sweep. Not yet Mandinos, not yet.
Mandinos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fuller defends well.
Mandinos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fuller defends well.
Mandinos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fuller sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mandinos is trying to control the position but Fuller postures up.
Fuller trying to control the position from guard on top but Mandinos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuller advances to half guard.
Mandinos preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Fuller 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuller is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mandinos sees it coming and defends easily.
Mandinos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fuller pulls his head out easily.
Fuller is trying to control the action in half guard but Mandinos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mandinos trying to control here.
Mandinos desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fuller lands a nice short elbow.
Fuller works his way into side control.
Mandinos can't do much from the bottom here.
Fuller cracks Mandinos with a big elbow.
Fuller taking a breather here.
Fuller working the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Fuller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fuller 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Fuller!
John Fuller tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Psiris Fuhren (ranked 1486 p4p, 1972 weight class) and Luka Marka (ranked 216 p4p, 298 weight class). Fuhren comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Dies. Marka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Psiris Fuhren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luka Marka!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Hemmingworth and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marka misses with a hook.
Fuhren appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fuhren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Marka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Marka misses.
Fuhren swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marka connects with the punch.
Marka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuhren misses with an uppercut.
Marka changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marka.
Marka lands an overhand right.
Marka misses with a takedown attempt
and Fuhren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marka misses with a takedown attempt
and Fuhren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marka throws a body punch but Fuhren moves out of range.
Fuhren appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fuhren defends well and Marka ends up having to push Fuhren into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fuhren is looking to counter the offense by Marka and move into the clinch.
Psiris Fuhren has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Marka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuhren swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fuhren gets a clinch.
Fuhren misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fuhren.
Fuhren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuhren throws a head punch that misses.
Marka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fuhren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Markas head.
Marka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuhrens head.
Marka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marka is trying to trip Fuhren. He has hold of a leg but Fuhren is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Marka persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
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!
Marka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fuhren seems keen to control Marka's posture.
Marka postures up in Fuhren's guard and throws a big left but Fuhren blocks it.
Fuhren has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Marka won't allow Fuhren to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marka looking to pass the guard.
Fuhren managing to control the position.
Fuhren not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fuhren is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marka has a hand on Fuhren's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fuhren takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Marka slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren trying to mount his opponent but Marka defends it.
Fuhren with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Fuhren's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Marka manages to get to full guard.
Marka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fuhren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fuhren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fuhren controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuhren looking to pass the guard.
Marka is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fuhren controls the pace.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
Fuhren controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Fuhren sitting in guard, not really doing much.
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.
A close round but Luka Marka will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fuhren misses with a lunging right hand
and Marka counters with a stiff right hand.
Marka misses with a lunging right hand
and Fuhren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marka throws out a loose jab but Fuhren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marka gets the takedown into side control.
Fuhren takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Marka working the ground and pound but Fuhren is defending the strikes.
Marka working the body and head with strikes.
Fuhren wants to control but Marka postures up.
The ground and pound from Marka seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marka in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuhren takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Marka tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Marka throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren is looking for a sweep.
Fuhren dodges the ground and pound from Marka.
Fuhren is looking for a sweep.
Fuhren avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Marka.
Marka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fuhren to see if he's OK.
Marka postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marka lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuhren taking punishment in the form of punches.
Marka throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Fuhren keeps Marka under control for a moment.
Fuhren is trying to get back to half guard.
Fuhren is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fuhren is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marka working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Marka landing strikes.
Fuhren regains half guard, as Marka was trying to land strikes.
Marka with the ground and pound but Fuhren uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Fuhren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marka's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marka is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marka looking for a sweep. Not yet Marka, not yet.
Fuhren slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
Fuhren is stalling in the full guard.
Fuhren slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Marka is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuhren happy to just control the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marka is looking for a sweep.
Marka is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fuhren off and has taken his back!
Fuhren is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Fuhren is taking damage to the body and head.
Marka throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Fuhren!
Fuhren covers up after that shot from Marka.
Marka has the hooks in. Fuhren is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Marka 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. This is the final round!
Marka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Marka throws a right hand that misses
and Fuhren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fuhren forces Marka back against the cage and clinches.
Marka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fuhren is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fuhren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuhren managing to block the knees to the body from Marka.
A short right from Fuhren.
Fuhren lands a shoulder strike.
Fuhren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuhren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marka has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fuhren clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Despite being in a bad position, Fuhren is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Marka lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marka connects with a big shot to the side of Fuhren's head.
Fuhren covering up well and avoiding damage.
Fuhren wants to control his opponent's hands but Marka gets his hands free.
Marka throwing sloppy strikes.
Fuhren covering up well under a series of strikes from Marka.
Marka is working the ground and pound. Can Fuhren escape?
Marka missing with strikes from the back.
Marka throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Marka controlling well, preventing Fuhren from escaping the position.
Fuhren trying to control the action but Marka just sinks the hooks in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren tries to break free.
Marka thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Marka working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Fuhren is doing well to defend. Marka seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Fuhren is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luka Marka!
After the fight, Luka Marka was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Akerfeldt (ranked 925 p4p, 1923 weight class) and Rogerio Duarte (ranked 136 p4p, 270 weight class). Bjorn Akerfeldt is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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11 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Akerfeldt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Duarte!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duarte gets caught napping as Akerfeldt dives in and scores a takedown. Duarte manages to retain guard.
Duarte trying to keep a closed guard but Akerfeldt is proving a slippery customer.
Akerfeldt stopping the sweep attempt from Duarte.
Duarte working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Akerfeldt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Akerfeldt throws a big right hand that misses.
Akerfeldt thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Duarte pulls Akerfeldt in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akerfeldt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Akerfeldt pushes down on Duarte's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte wants to improve his position but Akerfeldt is controlling well.
Akerfeldt is thwarting Duarte's attempts to control the position.
Akerfeldt is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Duarte sees it coming and defends easily.
Duarte wants to get back to full guard.
Duarte regains full guard. Nicely done.
Duarte working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Duarte lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Duarte controls the pace.
Akerfeldt looking to control.
Duarte content to stall in guard here.
Akerfeldt isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Duarte stacks Akerfeldt on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Duarte!
Akerfeldt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Duarte wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Akerfeldt is not content to let Duarte control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt tries to improve position but can't.
Duarte controls the position.
Duarte wants to control but Akerfeldt is keeping him busy.
Akerfeldt is letting Duarte control him for a moment.
Akerfeldt manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Akerfeldt is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Duarte pulls his head out easily.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duarte's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Duarte is keen to just control but Akerfeldt is a slippery customer.
Akerfeldt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Akerfeldt is trying to control but can't.
Akerfeldt is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Duarte pulls his head out easily.
Duarte perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Duarte trying to mount his opponent but Akerfeldt defends it.
Duarte keeps trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duarte is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Akerfeldt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio Duarte dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Akerfeldt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duarte.
Akerfeldt with a poor takedown
and Duarte counters with a head kick.
Akerfeldt shoots in and gets a takedown into Duarte's guard.
Akerfeldt postures up in Duarte's guard and throws a big left but Duarte blocks it.
Akerfeldt tries to free his leg and advance position but Duarte is retaining full guard.
Duarte has his hands on Akerfeldt's head, controlling the position.
Akerfeldt postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Duarte is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Akerfeldt, into his guard.
Duarte sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Akerfeldt's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Duarte in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerfeldt is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Duarte pulls his head out easily.
Duarte controlling the action here.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions off his back.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Akerfeldt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duarte looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Duarte 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.
Duarte is controlling the pace.
Duarte is thwarting Akerfeldt's attempts to control the position.
Duarte is looking to advance position but Akerfeldt won't allow it.
Well, if Duarte is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Duarte seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Akerfeldt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt is trying to get back to full guard.
Duarte sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Akerfeldt defending well though.
Akerfeldt wants to improve his position but Duarte is controlling well.
Duarte wants to control but Akerfeldt is keeping him busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Duarte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Duarte stalling.
Duarte seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Akerfeldt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Akerfeldt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duarte catches Akerfeldt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Akerfeldt darts in looking for a takedown but Duarte gets double underhooks and turns Akerfeldt into the cage.
Akerfeldt is trying to pull guard but Duarte turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bjorn Akerfeldt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Akerfeldt tries to pull guard but Duarte forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Akerfeldt goes for a takedown in the clinch but Duarte prevents it.
Nice body punch from Duarte.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duarte digs a right hand into Akerfeldt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Akerfeldt's gas tank.
Duarte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akerfeldt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Duarte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duarte keeps Akerfeldt at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Akerfeldt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Duarte defends it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio Duarte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Akerfeldt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duarte slaps away a takedown attempt from Akerfeldt, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Duarte connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Duarte fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duarte defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Akerfeldt.
Bjorn Akerfeldt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duarte throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Akerfeldt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Akerfeldt is looking for a counter combo.
Duarte scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duarte displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Akerfeldt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte tests Akerfeldt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duarte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duarte lands a nice shot that snaps Akerfeldt's head back.
Duarte has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Akerfeldt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akerfeldt thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Duarte tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Akerfeldt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Akerfeldt swings around for an armbar but Duarte sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Akerfeldt's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duarte's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt has an active guard here but Duarte has managed to pass into half guard.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions off his back.
Duarte decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Duarte connects with a leg kick.
Duarte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Akerfeldt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duarte looks to land a right hand but Akerfeldt moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Duarte - just one landing.
Akerfeldt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Duarte feints a counter leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bjorn Akerfeldt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte slips under a jab from Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt tries to clinch
and Akerfeldt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No luck for Akerfeldt with that takedown attempt.
Akerfeldt shoots for a takedown but Duarte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duarte scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Duarte scoring well with a low kick there.
Duarte cracks Akerfeldt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duarte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Akerfeldt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Duarte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duarte listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Akerfeldt shoots in and drives through. Duarte sprawls well.
Duarte is looking for the big counter here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Duarte.
Duarte lands a right hook to the body.
Akerfeldt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Duarte to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duarte controls from within his opponent's guard.
Duarte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duarte stands and throws Akerfeldt's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Duarte tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bjorn Akerfeldt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duarte content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio Duarte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Duarte 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogerio Duarte!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Wieczorek (ranked 1234 p4p, 1821 weight class) and Tarmo Rajantaka (ranked 182 p4p, 257 weight class). Wieczorek comes to the cage accompanied by Kryzesimir Debski - Husaria Ginie. This should be fireworks!
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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lukasz Wieczorek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tarmo Rajantaka!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wieczorek keeps the fight on the outside.
Wieczorek misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rajantaka misses with a wild body shot.
Wieczorek swinging wildly here.
Rajantaka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka tries to clinch but Wieczorek is having none of it.
Wieczorek misses with a straight right.
Rajantaka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wieczorek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wieczorek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rajantaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rajantaka.
Rajantaka blocks an uppercut.
Rajantaka is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rajantaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wieczorek manages to break the clinch.
Rajantaka just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wieczorek misses with a looping left.
Wieczorek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rajantaka counters with a nice leg kick.
Rajantaka has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wieczorek is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rajantaka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka jabs Wieczorek right on the nose. Wieczorek blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Lukasz Wieczorek has been cut.
Wieczorek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Rajantaka releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rajantaka closes the distance and clinches.
Rajantaka can't find room to land a body shot as Wieczorek controls the action.
Rajantaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wieczorek misses with some punches.
Wieczorek lands a right hand.
I was talking to Wieczorek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wieczorek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wieczorek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wieczorek misses with a looping right.
Wieczorek misses with an uppercut. Rajantaka saw that one coming.
Wieczorek throws a poor cross that misses
and Rajantaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rajantaka slips a jab from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Wieczorek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rajantaka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wieczorek throws a lazy right hand but Rajantaka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wieczorek misses with a lunging right hand
and Rajantaka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rajantaka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wieczorek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wieczorek throws a series of punches but Rajantaka avoids them all with ease.
Wieczorek loads up on a big right hand but Rajantaka slips the punch.
Wieczorek is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wieczorek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wieczorek misses with a two punch combination.
Rajantaka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
 Rajantaka is rocked!
Rajantaka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wieczorek's sensitive parts.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Wieczorek gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Rajantaka is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lukasz Wieczorek!
Lukasz Wieczorek seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yip Man Iii (ranked 580 p4p, 1420 weight class) and Raleigh St. Clair (ranked 72 p4p, 188 weight class). Raleigh St. Clair has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yip Man Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raleigh St. Clair!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ron Honeybunn and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Clair moves out of range of the body kick.
A little jabbing left from St. Clair on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice body kick from Man Iii.
St. Clair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man Iii paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St. Clair thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Man Iii if he has to take too many more of those.
St. Clair slips under a jab.
Man Iii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Man Iii misses with a kick to the body.
St. Clair lands with a kick to the ribs.
St. Clair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Yip Man Iii has been cut.
Man Iii takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
St. Clair fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Man Iii darts in and clinches St. Clair up against the cage.
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!
St. Clair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man Iii swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Clair uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Man Iii.
St. Clair misses with a punch to the body.
Man Iii throws a head punch that misses.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Man Iii misses with a punch to the body.
Man Iii tries a body shot but St. Clair blocks it.
Man Iii misses with a short punch on the inside.
St. Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Man Iii fails to land.
St. Clair scores with a shot to the side of Man Iii's head.
St. Clair lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St. Clair has a couple of punches blocked by Man Iii.
St. Clair blocks a body shot from Man Iii.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Man Iii 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.
St. Clair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man Iii's elbow.
Man Iii lands a nice uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that St. Clair has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Man Iii lands with a short punch from the clinch.
St. Clair throws a punch but it's blocked by Man Iii.
St. Clair lands a shot to the body.
Man Iii avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Clair cracks Man Iii with a nice body shot.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Man Iii throws a head punch that misses.
Man Iii is leaning against St. Clair and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St. Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man Iii.
St. Clair scores with a nice hook to the head.
St. Clair misses with a punch to the body.
Man Iii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Clair letting Man Iii take a breather here.
Man Iii is looking to control St. Clair's arms but St. Clair gets an underhook and turns him. Now Man Iii has his back to the cage.
Man Iii lands a left hand.
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man Iii throws a head punch that misses.
St. Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Clair misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from St. Clair.
Man Iii lands a left hand that snaps the head of St. Clair backwards.
Nice body punch from Man Iii.
A short uppercut from St. Clair.
Man Iii struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Clair controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Man Iii.
St. Clair blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Clair.
A short left from Man Iii.
St. Clair misses with a body punch.
Man Iii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St. Clair's elbow.
Man Iii has a couple of punches blocked by St. Clair.
Man Iii misses with a punch to the body.
St. Clair throws a punch but it's blocked by Man Iii.
St. Clair blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Man Iii.
St. Clair scores with a nice hook to the head.
Man Iii tries to work over St. Clair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
St. Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man Iii tries to stall but St. Clair uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
Man Iii lands a left hand that snaps the head of St. Clair backwards.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
Man Iii lands a right hand.
A short left from Man Iii.
Man Iii blocking some punches.
Man Iii wants to break the clinch but can't.
St. Clair has a couple of punches blocked by Man Iii.
Man Iii lands a left hand.
Man Iii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Man Iii throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
St. Clair blocking some punches.
Man Iii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Man Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Man Iii lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man Iii lands a body shot.
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 Yip Man Iii will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yip Man Iii's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Man Iii misses with a hook. St. Clair ducked under it nicely.
And St. Clair tries to counter it with a takedown but Man Iii pushes his down on his head and steps out.
St. Clair loads up on a big right hand but Man Iii slips the punch.
A counter left hand to the body from Man Iii misses its target.
St. Clair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Man Iii's waist but Man Iii gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St. Clair off to one side.
A counter left hand to the body from Man Iii misses its target.
St. Clair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man Iii moves into the clinch.
St. Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Clair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man Iii lands a hook that snaps the head of St. Clair backwards.
St. Clair pushes Man Iii back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Clair misses with a hook to the ribs.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Man Iii is working St. Clair over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man Iii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Clair misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man Iii.
Man Iii pushes St. Clair back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Clair tries to work over Man Iii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man Iii misses with some punches.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
St. Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man Iii lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down St. Clair.
Man Iii lands a shoulder strike.
St. Clair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man Iii's elbow.
St. Clair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Clair misses with the head strike.
St. Clair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Man Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
St. Clair misses with the head strike.
Man Iii blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Clair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St. Clair has a couple of punches blocked by Man Iii.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
St. Clair misses with a punch on the inside.
Man Iii is working St. Clair over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from St. Clair as the two fighters clinch.
St. Clair throws a punch but it's blocked by Man Iii.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
Man Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
Man Iii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man Iii is working St. Clair over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from St. Clair.
St. Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man Iii misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St. Clair creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man Iii.
Yip Man Iii has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Man Iii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man Iii lands with a short shot to the head.
St. Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
Man Iii misses with some punches.
St. Clair works on Man Iii's body with a couple of short punches.
St. Clair tries to work over Man Iii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man Iii tries a body shot but St. Clair blocks it.
St. Clair throws a punch but it's blocked by Man Iii.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St. Clair tries to throw a body punch but Man Iii avoids it by throwing St. Clair back against the cage.
Man Iii lands a left hand that snaps the head of St. Clair backwards.
Man Iii looking to stall.
Man Iii has a couple of punches blocked by St. Clair.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Man Iii blocking some punches.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
St. Clair has a couple of punches blocked by Man Iii.
Man Iii blocking some punches.
St. Clair misses with a hook to the ribs.
St. Clair blocks a body shot from Man Iii.
St. Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man Iii stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Man Iii tries to work over St. Clair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man Iii blocks an uppercut.
Man Iii pushes St. Clair back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Clair scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair cracks Man Iii with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by St. Clair.
St. Clair tries to work over Man Iii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man Iii throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Clair.
St. Clair scores with a shot to the side of Man Iii's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man Iii blocks a body shot from St. Clair.
St. Clair misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man Iii.
St. Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man Iii digs a right hand underneath St. Clair's ribcage. St. Clair let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Man Iii is working St. Clair over against the cage.
Man Iii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
A short left from St. Clair.
Nice body punch from Man Iii.
Man Iii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Man Iii lands a hook to the side of the head.
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 Yip Man Iii will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yip Man Iii's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
St. Clair throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Man Iii to counter with a crisp jab.
St. Clair shoots and misses
and Man Iii counters with a low kick, right behind St. Clair 's knee.
Man Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Clair.
Man Iii thuds a left hand into St. Clair's body.
St. Clair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man Iii swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Both fighters circling a little - Man Iii finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Man Iii throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
St. Clair moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Man Iii scores with a crisp jab that stopped St. Clair in his tracks.
The crowd cheers as St. Clair lands an impressive looking overhand right. Man Iii doesn't seem phased though.
St. Clair drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man Iii fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. St. Clair looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Man Iii. St. Clair shrugs it off though.
St. Clair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Man Iii lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man Iii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Man Iii scores with a jab to the jaw.
St. Clair is rocked!
Man Iii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Clair is still on wobbly legs! Can Man Iii finish him?
Man Iii goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
St. Clair looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Man Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St. Clair can do to turn this around?
A low kick from Man Iii misses
and St. Clair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St. Clair seems to have recovered his senses.
Man Iii scores with a push kick.
Man Iii is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Man Iii lands with an overhand left.
St. Clair tries to move into range but Man Iii moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
St. Clair takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yip Man Iii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Man Iii misses with a body shot.
St. Clair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A thudding body kick lands there by Man Iii!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man Iii connects with a crisp jab.
Man Iii stuffs the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Man Iii finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Man Iii.
Man Iii moves into range and connects with a jab.
Man Iii with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Raleigh St. Clair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Man Iii lets loose with a powerful body kick. St. Clair will feel that in the morning.
A nice leg kick from Man Iii, right into the meat of the thigh.
St. Clair throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Man Iii appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
St. Clair takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St. Clair rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Man Iii counter with a right hand.
Man Iii catches St. Clair with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Man Iii with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
St. Clair fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yip Man Iii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raleigh St. Clair.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Man Iii slams his shin into St. Clair's torso.
Man Iii scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Man Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by St. Clair.
Man Iii throws a body kick that misses.
Yip Man Iii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yip Man Iii is winning the standup battle so far.
Man Iii fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Man Iii takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from St. Clair. Man Iii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man Iii cracks St. Clair with a good jab.
St. Clair throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Man Iii counter with a right hand.
St. Clair throws a leg kick
and Man Iii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A solid body kick from Man Iii.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man Iii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Clair scores with a shot to the side of Man Iii's head.
St. Clair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Man Iii controlling the action here for a moment.
St. Clair can't find room to land a body shot as Man Iii controls the action.
St. Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yip Man Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man Iii 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Yip Man Iii!
During a confident post fight interview, Yip Man Iii 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Red Crow (ranked 249 p4p, 474 weight class) and Juan Christiano (ranked 39 p4p, 71 weight class). Christiano has chosen Jesus Built My Hotrod as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Red Crow!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Christiano!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Crow finds it's way through Christiano's defenses.
Crow on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Christiano misses with a low kick as Crow jumps back.
Crow swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christiano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Christiano scores with a push kick.
Donk. Christiano catches Crow right on the button with a cross.
Christiano misses with a body kick.
Crow lands a jab to the head.
Crow throws a push kick but Christiano slaps the foot to one side.
Crow misses with a low kick.
Christiano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crow was well out of range. Poor timing from Christiano.
Crow ducks under a wild hook from Christiano.
Crow is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Crow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crow with the inside leg kick.
Christiano throws a looping overhand right but Crow ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Crow on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christiano misses with a looping left.
Crow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Christiano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crow.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crow.
Christiano lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano throws a lazy right hand but Crow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crow throws a low kick, looking for Christiano's leg but Christiano calmly moves out of range.
Christiano tries to land a body kick
and Crow counters with an inside leg kick.
Christiano misses with a body kick.
Crow throws a leg kick but Christiano sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Crow.
Crow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Christiano can pounce on him.
A low kick lands for Christiano.
A cross from Christiano lands.
Christiano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Christiano tries a head kick but it misses.
Crow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christiano.
Crow went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Crow digs a good body shot into Christiano's ribs.
Crow throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Christiano swings widly with a right hand
and Crow makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Juan Christiano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Christiano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiano throws out the jab.
Crow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Crow misses.
Christiano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christiano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Crow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christiano lands with a cross.
Crow lands with a cross.
Crow misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Christiano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christiano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crow.
Christiano tries to work over Crow's front leg with a kick but Crow checks it.
Crow takes a swing at Christiano's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Christiano tenderised Crow's leg. Crow is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Crow loads up on a big right hand but Christiano slips the punch.
Crow throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Crow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crow tried to score with a low kick but Christiano checks it.
Crow sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Crow looks to land a left hand but Christiano moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow lands an overhand right.
Crow has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Christiano finds it's way round the side to connect with Crow's head.
Nice uppercut there from Christiano.
Christiano misses with a hook. Crow ducked under it nicely.
Crow takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Crow keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Christiano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Christiano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crow.
Crow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christiano. That did some damage!
Christiano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Christiano just misses with a punch to the body.
Crow scores with a shot to the body.
Christiano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crow.
Christiano misses with a hook.
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!
Crow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crow sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Crow checks a leg kick.
Christiano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crow.
Crow lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Christiano is looking to score with low kicks.
Christiano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crow.
Crow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crow looks to score with a jab to the body but Christiano is just out of range.
Crow lands with a hook. Christiano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Crow misses.
Christiano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crow misses the jab.
Christiano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crow throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Crow takes a swing at Christiano's ribcage but misses.
Crow takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Christiano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Crow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crow. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crow misses with a straight right.
Crow throws a low kick but Christiano moves out of range easily.
Crow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crow misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Juan Christiano will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Christiano throws a front kick aimed at Crow's knee but Crow avoids it well.
Christiano tries a head kick but it misses.
Christiano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crow staying out of range there.
Christiano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christiano throws a body shot but no joy.
Crow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Christiano at a distance.
Crow will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Christiano scores with a push kick.
Christiano lands a right hook to the body.
Christiano slips under a jab from Crow.
Crow looks to score with a jab to the body but Christiano is just out of range.
Crow connects with an inside leg kick.
Christiano thuds his shin into the meat of Crow's side.
A solid body kick from Christiano.
Christiano lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christiano connects with a solid leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Crow.
Juan Christiano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crow takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crow lands a lovely overhand right.
Christiano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christiano avoids a kick to the body.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Crow fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Christiano checks it well.
Christiano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Christiano throws a nice head kick!
Crow connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Christiano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crow throws a chopping leg kick but Christiano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Christiano throws a right hand that misses
and Crow counters with a low kick, right behind Christiano 's knee.
Christiano misses with a jab to the body
and Crow counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Christiano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Christiano lands a body shot.
Crow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiano throws out the jab.
Crow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick from Crow, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christiano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Christiano.
Crow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body punch from Crow.
Crow attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Christiano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Crow moves out of range of the body kick from Christiano.
Christiano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Crow misses the shot to the body.
Christiano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Crow throws out a leg kick but Christiano moves out of range and Crow only half commits.
Crow throws a body kick that misses.
Crow backing away here, and Christiano unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Crow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crow is looking to counter punch.
Crow misses with a hook.
Crow swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Crow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crow tests Christiano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Christiano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Christiano jabs Crow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Christiano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crow circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crow moves away.
Crow looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Crow tries to score with a low kick but Christiano moves his leg out of the way.
Crow avoids the body shot from Christiano.
It looked like Crow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christiano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Crow on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crow tries to score with a low kick but Christiano moves his leg out of the way.
Christiano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christiano was well out of range. Poor timing from Crow.
Christiano throws a leg kick that misses.
Christiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Crow.
Crow moves out of range as Christiano strikes.
Christiano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crow.
Christiano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crow half committed to a counter leg kick.
Christiano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christiano misses with a kick to the body.
Crow throws out a leg kick but Christiano moves out of range and Crow only half commits.
Crow lands a glancing blow to the side of Christiano's head.
Christiano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow lands a head shot.
Crow motions for Christiano to come forward. Crow throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Christiano counters with a body kick.
Christiano scores with a head kick. Crow tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A left lands for Christiano.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Christiano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crow doesn't seem phased though.
Christiano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crow on the side of the head.
Crow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crow connects with a solid leg kick.
Christiano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crow throws out the jab.
Christiano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Christiano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Christiano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christiano misses with an uppercut. Crow saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Christiano.
Crow just misses with a punch to the body.
Crow scores with a leg kick.
Crow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christiano throws out a counter right but Crow avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Juan Christiano 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.
Crow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christiano.
Christiano throws a front kick aimed at Crow's knee but Crow avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Crow down.
Christiano throws a lazy body kick
and Crow counters with an outside leg kick.
Crow misses with a body shot.
Christiano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christiano.
Christiano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crow.
Crow lands a slapping body shot.
Crow with the inside leg kick.
Crow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Christiano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Christiano misses
and Crow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christiano throws out a counter right but Crow avoids it with no problem.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crow crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Christiano - the referee stops the clock and Crow gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Christiano. Crow manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christiano misses with a body shot.
Christiano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Christiano.
Crow blocks a low kick nicely.
Crow 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.
Crow slips a straight right by Christiano.
Christiano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Christiano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Christiano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christiano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christiano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Christiano avoids the body shot from Crow.
Christiano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crow throws the kick towards the body but Christiano avoids it.
Crow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christiano.
Christiano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Crow under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crow throws a solid leg kick but Christiano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Crow.
A low kick from Christiano is predictable there
and Crow counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiano scores with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Christiano.
Nice shot lands for Christiano.
Christiano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crow throws an overhand right that lands on Christiano's shoulder, as Christiano tries to avoid the shot.
Crow scores with a hook to the body. Christiano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Crow blocks the body kick.
Christiano throws a low kick, looking for Crow's leg but Crow calmly moves out of range.
Crow 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.
Christiano throws a leg kick but Crow sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Crow misses the target.
Christiano ducks under a wild hook from Crow.
Crow blocks the body kick.
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
Crow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiano throws out the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Crow misses its target.
Crow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crow manages to avoid it.
Christiano misses with a low kick.
Christiano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christiano missing with a left hand there. Crow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christiano scores with a leg kick.
Crow throws a big shot that misses.
Crow looks to score with a jab to the body but Christiano is just out of range.
Crow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crow is looking to chop away at Christiano's legs.
Jab by Crow.
Crow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Crow misses with an uppercut. Christiano saw that one coming.
Crow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Christiano tests Crow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Christiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crow moves out of range of the leg kick from Christiano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crow misses with an uppercut. Christiano saw that one coming.
Crow ducks under a wild hook from Christiano.
Crow appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Crow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Christiano is out of range and Crow settles back down.
A low kick from Christiano misses
enabling Crow to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crow. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crow scores with a leg kick.
Crow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crow takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Christiano connects with the punch.
Christiano is looking to chop away at Crow's legs.
Good leg kick by Christiano.
Christiano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Christiano.
Crow checks the leg kick nicely there.
Crow throwing a counter right hand but Christiano manages to avoid it.
Christiano throws a leg kick but Crow moved away.
Crow looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Juan Christiano just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Christiano cracks Crow with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Christiano.
Crow avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crow takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Christiano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Christiano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Crow checks it well.
Crow tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crow scores with a leg kick.
Christiano is looking to score with low kicks.
Christiano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Christiano needs to keep his hands up - Crow had a free shot at his head there.
Crow checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crow just misses with a punch to the body.
Christiano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A leg kick checked by Christiano.
Christiano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Crow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christiano.
Christiano swings for the body but Crow moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow throws a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Crow misses.
Crow just misses with a punch to the body.
Crow moves away from the strike by Christiano.
Crow misses with a low kick.
Christiano throws a low kick but Crow moves out of range easily.
Christiano throws a body punch but Crow moves out of range.
Christiano looks to land a right hand but Crow moved out of range.
Crow was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Crow connects with a solid leg kick.
Christiano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Crow checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Crow scores with a jab to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Crow. Those never looked like landing.
Christiano avoids the body shot from Crow.
Christiano is looking to score with low kicks.
Crow throws a chopping leg kick but Christiano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crow looks to land a left hand but Christiano moved out of range nicely.
Crow buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Crow blocks the low kick.
Christiano connects with a leg kick.
Christiano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Christiano throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crow throws a looping overhand right but Christiano ducks down to avoid it.
Christiano cracks Crow with a good jab.
A big left from Crow misses.
Christiano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Crow catches Christiano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crow throws a hook but Christiano avoids it easily.
Christiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crow manages to avoid it.
Christiano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crow.
Nice body kick from Crow.
Crow swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Crow slips a straight right by Christiano.
Crow checks a low kick from Christiano.
Christiano walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano misses with a wild body shot.
Crow appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Christiano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Christiano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crow misses with a hook.
A left lands for Christiano.
Crow misses with a low kick.
Christiano throws the kick towards the body but Crow avoids it.
Crow slips under a jab from Christiano.
Christiano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Christiano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crow lands a lovely overhand right.
Crow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Crow looks to land a left hand but Christiano moved out of range nicely.
Christiano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crow.
Crow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Christiano. Christiano obviously looking to wear him down.
Crow checks a low kick from Christiano.
Crow swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christiano blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Christiano connects with an inside leg kick.
Christiano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Christiano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crow circles away quickly and effectively.
Crow swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Christiano tries to land a front kick but Crow steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Crow is looking to counter punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Christiano.
Crow connects with a body shot.
Christiano scores with a nice head shot.
A slow jab from Crow misses its intended target.
Christiano getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Crow throws an overhand right that lands on Christiano's shoulder, as Christiano tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Christiano! But no joy.
Christiano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Christiano moves out of range as Crow strikes.
Crow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Christiano's head backwards.
Crow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christiano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Juan Christiano will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Christiano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crow.
Crow throws a front kick aimed at Christiano's knee but Christiano avoids it well.
Crow slips a jab and a cross from Christiano.
Christiano throws out a leg kick but Crow moves out of range and Christiano only half commits.
A leg kick checked by Christiano.
Crow tries a low kick but Christiano avoids it.
Christiano throws the kick towards the body but Crow avoids it.
Christiano misses with a hook to the body
and Crow counters with a right hand to the body.
A low kick from Christiano misses
and Crow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crow moves out of range of the strikes.
Crow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Christiano connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano walks into a straight right hand from Crow.
Crow connects with a body shot that sends Christiano's belly button to the back.
Jab, jab by Christiano - just one landing.
Christiano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Crow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crow's head.
Crow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christiano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Christiano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christiano.
A little jabbing left from Christiano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christiano throws out the jab.
Christiano scores with a sloppy right hand. Crow should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Christiano misses.
Crow scores with a shot to the body.
Christiano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Christiano scores with a push kick.
Crow jabs Christiano right on the nose. Christiano blinks but takes it well.
Crow avoids a kick to the body.
Crow throwing a counter right hand but Christiano manages to avoid it.
Christiano throws a body kick that misses.
Christiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Crow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Christiano.
Crow misses with a straight left.
Crow throws a push kick but Christiano slaps the foot to one side.
Crow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christiano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Crow was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Christiano.
Crow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Christiano. Christiano obviously looking to wear him down.
Crow slips under a jab from Christiano.
Crow misses the shot to the body.
Crow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christiano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crow scrambles back to his feet.
Crow jabs at Christiano's body.
Christiano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Christiano misses.
Christiano scores with a push kick.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Christiano throws a body kick that misses
and Crow counters with a nice uppercut.
Crow scores with a jab to the jaw.
Crow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christiano.
Red Crow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decent striking displayed by Christiano there.
Crow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Christiano moves out of range of the body kick.
Crow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Christiano misses with a wild body shot.
Crow thinks about countering with a body kick.
Christiano misses with a body shot.
Crow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crow moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Crow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crow. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christiano is trying to counter with his kicks.
Christiano swings for the body but Crow moves out of range.
Christiano throws a looping overhand right but Crow ducks down to avoid it.
Christiano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crow.
Crow slips a jab from Christiano.
Crow takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christiano connects with a high kick.
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!
Crow swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Christiano missing with a left hand there. Crow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Christiano.
A little feinted left hand from Crow on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Crow.
Crow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Christiano swings widly with a right hand
and Crow counters with an outside leg kick.
Crow with the inside leg kick.
Crow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crow 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.
Crow is looking to score with low kicks.
Crow misses with a straight right.
Christiano lands a head kick. Crow smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crow walks into a jab.
Crow scores with a jab to the jaw.
Juan Christiano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crow checks a leg kick nicely.
Crow fires out a quick counter leg kick but Christiano just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick lands for Crow.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Juan Christiano.
Well Christiano 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 46:50
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 45:50
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Christiano!
Juan Christiano is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Juan Christiano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 212 p4p, 711 weight class) and Herve Cabrera (ranked 23 p4p, 74 weight class). Brady Jean Baptiste has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Herve Cabrera!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jean Baptiste pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Jean Baptiste defends it well.
Cabrera defending well as Jean Baptiste loads up on a big left hand.
Cabrera is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cabrera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera throws a good cross that connects.
Jean Baptiste lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cabrera connects with a looping right hand.
Jean Baptiste cracks Cabrera with a good jab.
Cabrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cabrera, as that shot connected.
A punch lands to the side of Jean Baptiste 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cabrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jean Baptiste manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jean Baptiste pulls Cabrera in close to prevent any damage.
Cabrera trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cabrera stopping the sweep attempt from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cabrera trying to control but Jean Baptiste is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cabrera wants to pass the guard but Jean Baptiste is keeping the position.
Cabrera stopping the sweep attempt from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste trying to control the position here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cabrera slips a jab from Jean Baptiste.
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.
Cabrera lands a glancing blow to the side of Jean Baptiste's head.
Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick as Cabrera jumps back.
Jean Baptiste takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cabrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
The fighters circling - Jean Baptiste throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabrera looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jean Baptiste 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.
Jean Baptiste throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cabrera takes a swing at Jean Baptiste's ribcage but misses.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Cabrera's shoulder, as Cabrera tries to avoid the shot.
Jean Baptiste throws a front kick aimed at Cabrera's knee but Cabrera avoids it well.
Cabrera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jean Baptiste at a distance.
Jean Baptiste connects with a crisp jab.
Cabrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jean Baptiste sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Cabrera looks to move away, Jean Baptiste throws a big counter combo but Cabrera just gets out of the way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera misses with a body shot.
Cabrera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the side of Cabrera's head but Cabrera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cabrera misses with a right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jean Baptiste defending well as Cabrera loads up on a big left hand.
Jean Baptiste throws a solid leg kick but Cabrera takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jean Baptiste moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera is looking for the big counter here.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste with the inside leg kick.
Cabrera throws a hook but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Cabrera throws an overhand right that lands on Jean Baptiste's shoulder, as Jean Baptiste tries to avoid the shot.
Jean Baptiste is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jean Baptiste turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera moves out of range of the leg kick from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera misses with a takedown attempt - Jean Baptiste sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
Cabrera misses with a hook.
Brady Jean Baptiste is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabrera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jean Baptiste missing with a left hand there. Cabrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste lands with a good body shot.
Cabrera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut lands for Cabrera. That snapped Jean Baptiste's head back.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice hook to Cabrera's body. Cabrera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jean Baptiste defending well as Cabrera loads up on a big left hand.
Cabrera lands with a cross.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jean Baptiste takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cabrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Jean Baptiste misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Herve Cabrera will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cabrera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jean Baptiste momentarily.
Jean Baptiste throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabrera lands with a good body shot.
Cabrera blocks the body kick.
Cabrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Cabrera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cabrera swings for the body but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabrera.
A head kick by Jean Baptiste misses
and Cabrera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jean Baptiste!
A jab from Cabrera misses.
Jean Baptiste takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Jean Baptiste lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jab by Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste with a nice calf kick.
Cabrera has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera throws a hook but Jean Baptiste avoids it easily.
Jean Baptiste scoring well with a low kick there.
Cabrera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jean Baptiste in his tracks.
Jean Baptiste lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cabrera works Jean Baptiste's body with a nice hook.
Cabrera scores with a jab.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Cabrera - just one landing.
Jean Baptiste listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jean Baptiste misses with an uppercut. Cabrera saw that one coming.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick which misses Cabrera's front leg but catches the back leg as Cabrera tries to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste moves away from the strike by Cabrera.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cabrera lands a nice shot to the body.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cabrera is out of range and Jean Baptiste settles back down.
Cabrera looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Cabrera misses the target.
Jean Baptiste looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jean Baptiste thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jean Baptiste chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jean Baptiste moves away.
Cabrera getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jean Baptiste uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabrera.
Cabrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cabrera throws out a loose jab but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cabrera.
An attempted straight right counter from Jean Baptiste misses the target.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
Jean Baptiste feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cabreras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cabrera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cabrera looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab.
Cabrera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cabrera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera catches Jean Baptiste with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jean Baptiste is looking to score with low kicks.
Cabrera lands a right hook to the body.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jean Baptiste moves away.
Jean Baptiste takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cabrera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jean Baptiste in his tracks.
Jean Baptiste takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cabrera looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cabrera has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Herve Cabrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabrera moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cabrera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jean Baptiste has time to react.
Cabrera misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Jean Baptiste saw that one coming.
Cabrera misses with a looping left.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jean Baptiste moves away.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body kick.
Cabrera throws a hook to the side of Jean Baptiste's head but Jean Baptiste sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cabrera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cabrera throws the left hand but Jean Baptiste avoids the punch easily.
And Jean Baptiste counters with a quick kick to the body but Cabrera blocks it.
Jean Baptiste turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jean Baptiste moves out of range of the strikes.
Cabrera throws a big shot that misses.
Jean Baptiste was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cabrera cracks Jean Baptiste with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cabrera misses the jab.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Cabrera.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste moves away from the strike by Cabrera.
As Cabrera backs away, Jean Baptiste returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jean Baptiste stuffs the takedown.
Cabrera moves out of range as Jean Baptiste throws a body kick.
Cabrera misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Herve Cabrera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cabrera catches Jean Baptiste with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
Cabrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste 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.
Cabrera misses with a hook
and Jean Baptiste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jean Baptiste misses with a left hand
and Cabrera counters with a nice body shot.
Cabrera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Cabrera's shoulder, as Cabrera tries to avoid the shot.
Cabrera misses with a body shot.
Jean Baptiste uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jean Baptiste throws the kick towards the body but Cabrera avoids it.
Cabrera tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cabrera takes one to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Jean Baptiste.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jean Baptiste as he avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jean Baptiste, as that shot connected.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jean Baptiste moves away.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera defending well as Jean Baptiste loads up on a big left hand.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Cabrera blocks it.
Cabrera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste connects with a leg kick.
Cabrera throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Jean Baptiste on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jean Baptiste throws the kick towards the body but Cabrera avoids it.
Cabrera lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cabrera misses with a looping left.
Jean Baptiste looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cabrera jabs at Jean Baptiste's body.
Jean Baptiste throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left lands for Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste thuds his right hand into Cabrera's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
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!
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Jean Baptiste saw that one coming.
Cabrera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jean Baptiste takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That kick from Jean Baptiste tenderised Cabrera's leg. Cabrera is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jean Baptiste takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jean Baptiste swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jean Baptiste scores with a leg kick.
Cabrera moves away from the strike by Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jean Baptiste digs a good hook to Cabrera's body.
Cabrera avoids the head kick by Jean Baptiste.
A swing and a miss from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Cabrera feints the counter takedown.
Cabrera slips under a jab.
Cabrera swings for the body but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste misses with an uppercut. Cabrera saw that one coming.
Jean Baptiste needs to keep his hands up - Cabrera had a free shot at his head there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jean Baptiste moves away from the strike by Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste scores with a spinning back kick!
Cabrera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera looks to throw the jab but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Cabrera misses with a looping right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jean Baptiste darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jean Baptiste getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jean Baptiste feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cabreras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jean Baptiste takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Herve Cabrera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cabrera misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cabrera takes a swing at Jean Baptiste's ribcage but misses.
Jean Baptiste throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cabrera feints the counter takedown.
Cabrera takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jean Baptiste there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jean Baptiste blocks a jab.
Cabrera throws an overhand right that lands on Jean Baptiste's shoulder, as Jean Baptiste tries to avoid the shot.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabrera lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cabrera connects with a looping right hand.
Cabrera takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cabrera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cabrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cabrera throws out a loose jab but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
Jean Baptiste fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cabrera just manages to avoid it.
Cabrera has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cabrera throws a hook but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Cabrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Brady Jean Baptiste did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jean Baptiste jabs Cabrera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab.
Jean Baptiste quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Cabrera misses the target.
Cabrera throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste misses the jab.
Jean Baptiste lands a really nice looking cross but Cabrera seems unphased.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Cabrera blocks it.
Jean Baptiste scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jean Baptiste scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jean Baptiste takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jean Baptiste avoids the body shot from Cabrera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cabrera looks to throw the jab but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Cabrera misses the jab.
Jean Baptiste uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabrera.
It looked like Jean Baptiste wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight left.
Jean Baptiste gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Cabrera.
A big left from Jean Baptiste misses.
Cabrera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste cracks Cabrera with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jean Baptiste ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cabrera throws a body shot but no joy.
Cabrera misses with a looping right.
A jab from Cabrera does it's job there.
Jean Baptiste walks into a straight right hand from Cabrera.
Nice body kick there by Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Jean Baptiste saw that one coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jean Baptiste - that will leave a mark!
Cabrera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jean Baptiste.
A shot to the liver by Jean Baptiste. Beautiful body shot.
Cabrera slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabrera takes a swing at Jean Baptiste's ribcage but misses.
Cabrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jean Baptiste's corner calls for a 1-2. Jean Baptiste obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste tests Cabrera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cabrera swings for the body but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Cabrera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Cabrera avoids it easily.
Cabrera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cabrera slips under a jab from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste misses the jab.
Cabrera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook.
Cabrera scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cabrera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cabrera misses with a looping left.
Jean Baptiste throws a body punch but Cabrera moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body kick.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a takedown but Jean Baptiste manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cabrera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd cheers as Cabrera lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jean Baptiste doesn't seem phased though.
Jean Baptiste uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste cracks Cabrera with a good jab.
Jean Baptiste lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jean Baptiste bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cabrera misses with the combination.
Cabrera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jean Baptiste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera throws a lazy uppercut
and Jean Baptiste counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste staying out of range there.
Jean Baptiste throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cabrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jean Baptiste steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jean Baptiste scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Cabrera does it's job there.
Cabrera walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jean Baptiste throws a shot from downtown. Cabrera moves away and avoids it.
Cabrera checks a low kick from Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera unleashes a big counter combination but Jean Baptiste bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cabrera throws a looping overhand right but Jean Baptiste ducks down to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste tried to counter with a leg kick but Cabrera avoided it.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut
and Jean Baptiste counters with a big head kick but Cabrera shrugs it off.
Jean Baptiste thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jean Baptiste throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Jean Baptiste had his way with Herve Cabrera in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cabrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cabrera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jean Baptiste ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabrera moves away.
Cabrera dips to his left and cracks Jean Baptiste with an uppercut!
Cabrera checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cabrera doesn't seem bothered though.
A solid body kick from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
A leg kick checked by Cabrera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera throws a hook but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Cabrera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jean Baptiste missing with a left hand there. Cabrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jean Baptiste comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera slips a straight right by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shot to the body.
Cabrera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cabrera throws a combination. Jean Baptiste tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jean Baptiste takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cabrera missing with a left hand there. Jean Baptiste was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cabrera misses the jab.
Jean Baptiste connects with a body shot that sends Cabrera's belly button to the back.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jean Baptiste as he jumps to the side.
Jean Baptiste's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cabrera under the eye.
Cabrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jean Baptiste uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cabrera has time to react.
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!
Cabrera looks to throw the jab but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Cabrera tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cabrera looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cabrera looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Cabrera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jean Baptiste momentarily.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy body kick
and Cabrera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cabrera misses with a left hand
enabling Jean Baptiste to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jean Baptiste. Cabrera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cabrera takes a swing at Jean Baptiste's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Cabrera misses.
Jean Baptiste scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jean Baptiste wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jean Baptiste misses with a looping left.
Cabrera feints the counter takedown.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick but Cabrera sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cabrera lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste staying out of range there.
Cabrera on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jean Baptiste. Jean Baptiste obviously looking to wear him down.
Cabrera scores with a hook to the body. Jean Baptiste takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jean Baptiste was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jean Baptiste throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jean Baptiste pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Cabrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jean Baptiste was well out of range. Poor timing from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cabrera.
Jean Baptiste moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste cracks Cabrera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Cabrera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cabrera lands with an uppercut that bounces Jean Baptiste off the cage and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cabrera scores with a punch to the head.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut
and Jean Baptiste counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cabrera throws a lazy right hand but Jean Baptiste sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cabrera throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Cabrera cracks Jean Baptiste with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabrera misses with a shot to the body
and Jean Baptiste counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cabrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Cabrera misses its intended target.
Cabrera looks to throw the jab but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Cabrera moves out of range of the strikes.
Cabrera tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cabrera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste is looking to counter punch.
Cabrera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jean Baptiste.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brady Jean Baptiste.
I think Jean Baptiste has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 49:47
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 48:47
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Jean Baptiste!
Brady Jean Baptiste retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Brady Jean Baptiste 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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