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SYN 845 Fall Brawl PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Rossi (ranked 1258 p4p, 1245 weight class) and James Noir (ranked 181 p4p, 179 weight class). Rossi's entrance music is Mr Rossi. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Rossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Noir!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi slips a straight right by Noir.
Rossi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rossi misses with an uppercut. Noir saw that one coming.
Noir checks a leg kick.
Rossi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Noir has a takedown stuffed.
Rossi tries to bum rush Noir with a series of wild strikes but Noir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Noir keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Noir blocks the low kick.
Noir is looking for the big counter here.
Rossi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rossi misses the target.
Noir blocks a low kick nicely.
Rossi throws a leg kick which misses Noir's front leg but catches the back leg as Noir tries to avoid it.
Rossi throws a leg kick but Noir checks it.
Rossi is looking to score with low kicks.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Noir 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.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Noir is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir connects with a looping right hand.
A good leg kick by Rossi.
Rossi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Noir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rossi counters with a two punch combo.
Rossi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Noir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Noir scores with a hook.
Rossi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Noir with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Noir 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.
Rossi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rossi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Rossi. That's going to slow Noir down.
Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Noir moves away.
Rossi takes one to the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Noir blocks the low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir blocks a leg kick.
Noir lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rossi motions for Noir to come forward. Rossi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Noir fails to land with a series of punches.
Rossi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rossi staying out of range there.
Noir listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rossi walks into a left hand.
Rossi looks to land a combination. Noir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rossi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mario Rossi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Noir lands a glancing blow to the side of Rossi's head.
Rossi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noir. That did some damage!
Rossi connects with a solid leg kick.
Rossi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Noir.
Rossi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rossi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noir manages to avoid it.
Rossi tried to score with a low kick but Noir checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rossi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Noir is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rossi.
Rossi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rossi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rossi scores with a jab to the body.
Noir connects with a crisp jab.
Noir throws an overhand right that lands on Rossi's shoulder, as Rossi tries to avoid the shot.
Noir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rossi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rossi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noir.
A shot to the liver by Noir. Beautiful body shot.
Noir throws a hook but Rossi blocks it.
Rossi is looking to slow Noir down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rossi drops his hands momentarily and Noir takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Noir's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Noir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Noir might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rossi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noir. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Noir checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Noir counters with a shoot takedown. Rossi fights it but they end up in guard.
Rossi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Rossi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Rossi.
A decent looking cross lands there for Noir.
Rossi dodges the punch combination from Noir.
An attempted straight right counter from Rossi misses the target.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Noir thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rossi misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Noir.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noir takes a swing at Rossi's ribcage but misses.
Noir fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rossi avoids it really well and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Rossi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A clash of legs there as Noir blocks the low kick.
Rossi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Noir misses the target.
Rossi scores with a nice right hand.
Noir misses with a left hand
and Rossi counters with a right hand to the body.
Noir throws a body shot but no joy.
Noir takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Noir throws a hook but Rossi blocks it.
Noir catches Rossi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Noir checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rossi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Noir can do to turn this around?
Noir lands a jab to the nose.
Rossi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noir.
Rossi feints and then cracks Noir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Noir down.
Rossi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noir jabs at Rossi's body.
A shot to the liver by Noir. Beautiful body shot.
Noir swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rossi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir punishes Rossi's body with a nice straight punch.
Noir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rossi's head backwards.
Rossi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Noir is out of range and Rossi settles back down.
Noir ducks under a wild hook from Rossi.
Noir uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rossi.
Noir looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Noir shoots in but Rossi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Noir misses with a wild body shot.
Noir just misses with a punch to the body.
Noir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Noir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Rossi there.
Rossi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rossi tried to counter with a leg kick but Noir avoided it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noir. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noir scores with a sloppy right hand. Rossi should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi dodges the punch combination from Noir.
Noir throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rossi is looking to chop away at Noir's legs.
Noir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rossi defends it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rossi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Noir closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Noir tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rossi pushes Noir away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Noir gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rossi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rossi explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossi throws a shot from downtown. Noir moves away and avoids it.
Noir lands a nice shot that snaps Rossi's head back.
Rossi tried to score with a low kick but Noir checks it.
Rossi 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.
Rossi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Noir.
Noir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rossi.
Rossi is looking to score with low kicks.
Rossi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Noir misses with a straight left.
Noir throws the left hand but Rossi avoids the punch easily.
Noir throws a body shot but no joy.
Noir is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Noir tries to bum rush Rossi with a series of wild strikes but Rossi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rossi slips under a jab.
Noir checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi throws out a leg kick but Noir moves out of range and Rossi only half commits.
Noir scores with a nice right hand.
Noir cracks Rossi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noir jabs at Rossi's body.
Noir swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Noir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Noir lands a jab to the head.
Rossi throws out a loose jab but Noir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Noir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rossi avoids the body shot from Noir.
Noir checks a leg kick.
Noir slips a straight right by Rossi.
Noir checks a leg kick.
James Noir seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Noir takes a swing at Rossi's ribcage but misses.
James Noir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Noir is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Noir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Noir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Noir backs away, Rossi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab lands there for Rossi.
Rossi slips a jab from Noir.
Noir misses with a wild body shot.
Noir fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Noir misses with the combination.
Rossi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Noir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Noir lands an overhand right.
Rossi throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noir lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good shot there by Rossi.
Noir darts in looking for a takedown but Rossi gets double underhooks and turns Noir into the cage.
Rossi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rossi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rossi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rossi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Noir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossi.
Noir misses with the combination.
Rossi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Noir swings widly with a right hand
and Rossi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A telegraphed right hand from Noir misses the target.
Noir tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rossi defends well and Noir ends up having to push Rossi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rossi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Noir is out of range.
Noir on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rossi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noir. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noir keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Noir misses with an uppercut. Rossi saw that one coming.
Rossi moves away from the strike by Noir.
A jab from Noir misses.
Noir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rossi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rossi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Noir.
Noir on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rossi. Rossi obviously looking to wear him down.
A punch lands to the side of Noir 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Noir scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Noir checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rossi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rossi throws an overhand right that lands on Noir's shoulder, as Noir tries to avoid the shot.
Noir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rossi walks into a left hand.
Rossi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Noir misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir lands a nice looking body shot.
Noir throws a nice looking combination but Rossi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rossi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rossi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Noir staying out of range there.
Noir throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Rossi misses the target.
Noir lands with a cross.
Rossi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Noir connects with a body shot.
Rossi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rossi with a nice calf kick.
Noir misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mario Rossi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Noir.
Noir has a takedown stuffed.
Rossi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Noir under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rossi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Noir is in Rossi's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rossi keeping moving, preventing Noir from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rossi wriggles free and stands up.
Noir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rossi throwing a counter right hand but Noir manages to avoid it.
Noir slips a straight right by Rossi.
Noir throws out a counter right but Rossi avoids it with no problem.
Rossi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Noir at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rossi.
Noir lunges at Rossi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rossi's hand.
Rossi misses with a low kick.
Noir loads up on a big right hand but Rossi slips the punch.
Rossi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rossi misses with a low kick.
Noir misses with a body shot.
Rossi is looking to score with low kicks.
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 Mario Rossi.
Well Rossi 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jun Liu (ranked 1603 p4p, 2073 weight class) and George Peterson (ranked 226 p4p, 277 weight class). George Peterson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jun Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson closes the distance and pushes Liu back into the cage.
Liu has a couple of punches blocked by Peterson.
Peterson wants to stall.
A short right from Peterson.
 It looks like Jun Liu has been cut.
Peterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Peterson.
We've been informed that Peterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Liu is looking to break free of the clinch but Peterson has double underhooks.
Peterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peterson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peterson lands a nice elbow.
Liu is looking to break free of the clinch but Peterson has double underhooks.
Peterson stalls.
Peterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Peterson clinches up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Peterson.
Jun Liu's cut is getting worse.
Peterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Liu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peterson trying to land knees to the body.
Peterson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson blocking some punches.
Peterson pushes Liu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson takes a shot to the head.
Peterson has Liu pressed against the cage.
Liu has had enough of the clinch but Peterson keeps him there for the moment.
Liu blocks a body shot from Peterson.
Liu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Peterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Peterson gets through Liu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Peterson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lius head.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Liu.
Liu blocks an elbow strike.
Liu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peterson keeps control of Liu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liu stalling in the clinch but Peterson improves position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Peterson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liu's defenses.
Jun Liu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Peterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liu breaks the clinch.
Liu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Roosters Coop in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Peterson tries to clinch up but Liu circles away and keeps his distance.
Peterson darts in trying to clinch
and Liu counters with a nice body shot.
Peterson drives through and clinches with Liu against the cage.
Liu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Liu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peterson tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
Peterson darts in trying to clinch
and Liu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Liu counters with a right hand to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Liu.
Peterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Peterson wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Liu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Peterson.
Peterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liu throws a body kick that misses.
Peterson scores with a body shot.
Liu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Peterson slips the punch.
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Peterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Peterson throws a lazy right hand but Liu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Peterson wants to clinch.
Liu throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu breaks from the clinch.
Peterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liu keeps the fight on the outside.
Peterson lands a nice looking body shot.
Peterson defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Peterson is looking to clinch.
Peterson avoids the head kick by Liu.
Jab, jab by Peterson - just one landing.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Liu is looking for a counter combo.
Liu digs a good body shot into Peterson's ribs.
Liu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Peterson cracks Liu with a good jab.
Jeez, Jun Liu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Liu misses with a hook. Peterson ducked under it nicely.
Peterson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Peterson moves into the clinch successfully.
Liu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peterson tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but George Peterson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Liu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peterson circles away quickly and effectively.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liu.
Peterson wants to counter with a clinch but Liu pushes him away.
Peterson lands with a nice body punch.
Liu throws a half hearted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Peterson! But no joy.
Liu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Peterson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Peterson clinches with his opponent.
Peterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson tries a body shot but Liu blocks it.
Peterson scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liu.
Peterson lands with a left to the head.
Peterson is pushing Liu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Liu tries to stall but Peterson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Peterson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
 Liu is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Peterson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Liu working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson slows down the pace here.
Liu lands a right hand.
Liu is trying to break the clinch but Peterson is controlling him.
Liu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Liu lands a nice uppercut.
Peterson tries a body shot but Liu blocks it.
Liu misses with some punches.
Liu misses with a body punch.
Peterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peterson effectively controlling the action here.
Liu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jun Liu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Liu counters with a nice body kick.
Peterson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Liu counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Peterson moves out of range of the body kick from Liu.
Peterson wants to clinch up but Liu keeps it at a distance.
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!
Peterson tries to clinch up but Liu circles away and keeps his distance.
Liu stalks Peterson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Peterson's face. Peterson staggers backwards, shaken.
Peterson clinches.
Peterson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Liu lands with a light punch inside.
Liu lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Liu.
A bit of stalling here from Liu.
Peterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Liu throws a head punch that misses.
Liu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liu tries to break the clinch but Peterson is controlling the position.
Peterson lands a knee to the head.
Oh Liu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jun Liu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). George Peterson!
George Peterson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, FUClothing, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Jun Liu stepped up to the mic, saying 'I don't care if i'm not a durable woman, as long as im an adorable woman ;)'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Lawrence (ranked 2070 p4p, 1644 weight class) and Bagel Boss (ranked 299 p4p, 249 weight class). Lawrence comes to the cage accompanied by No Surrender. The crowd seem to be enjoying Boss's choice of entrance music: 6 Foot 7 Foot. 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 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bagel Boss!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Lawrence coming out on top.
 It looks like Bagel Boss has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Lawrence.
Bagel Boss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawrence throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Boss was covering up waiting for the punch and Lawrence finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Boss preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lawrence accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boss keeping full guard, as Lawrence tries to pass.
Lawrence won't allow Boss to get back to his feet.
Lawrence sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence throws a big elbow that misses.
Boss being controlled here, momentarily.
Boss is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
We've been hearing reports that Lawrence has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence decides to pull guard.
Lawrence throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lawrence has his foot on Boss's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Boss works his way back into a safe position though.
Boss stopping the sweep attempt from Lawrence.
Boss tries to stand but Lawrence is controlling from the bottom.
Boss stands and steps away. Lawrence gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lawrence ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boss moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boss.
Lawrence swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lawrence scores with a takedown into Boss's guard.
Lawrence wants to control from the top but Boss keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lawrence throws a strike but Boss rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawrence working a defensive guard here.
Boss gets to his feet - Lawrence follows without any prompting.
Lawrence misses with an uppercut. Boss saw that one coming.
Boss looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Lawrence lands with a nice body punch.
Lawrence dodges the punch combination from Boss.
Boss uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lawrence.
Boss stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boss throws a sloppy head kick
and Lawrence counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Boss, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boss bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lawrence's head.
Lawrence checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lawrence throws a body punch but Boss moves out of range.
Boss misses with a low kick.
Lawrence lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lawrence misses with a few strikes there.
Boss lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lawrence throws a chopping leg kick but Boss manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lawrence looks to throw the jab but Boss is out of range.
Boss's coach down at 3Band MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Boss's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lawrence pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boss fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawrence manages to avoid it.
Boss walks into a stiff left hand from Lawrence.
Boss misses with a wild body shot.
Boss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lawrence.
A low kick from Boss is predictable there
and Lawrence counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lawrence.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawrence looking to sit in guard and control but Boss gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Boss would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence is looking for a triangle but Boss pushes his legs off easily.
Lawrence has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Boss is posturing up here but Lawrence has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Boss tries to roll out but it's too tight and Boss has to tap! Slick submission there by Lawrence!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Lawrence!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, John Lawrence made sure he mentioned KOMBAT KLOTHING, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Point (ranked 118 p4p, 191 weight class) and Elazar Shalit (ranked 14 p4p, 22 weight class). Point comes to the cage accompanied by Roots Reggae Music. Brayden Point has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brayden Point!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Elazar Shalit!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shalit with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Point to score with a decent uppercut.
Shalit throws a right hand that misses
and Point cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Point connects with a jab.
Shalit lands a jab to the nose.
Shalit has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Shalit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Point throwing a counter right hand but Shalit manages to avoid it.
Shalit thuds a left hand into Point's body.
Shalit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shalit. Point does a little dance to reset his feet.
Point waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shalit.
Shalit misses with a straight left.
Shalit misses with a hook. Point ducked under it nicely.
Shalit slips under a jab from Point.
A little jabbing left from Shalit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shalit lunges at Point with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Point's hand.
Point digs a good body shot into Shalit's ribs.
Point throws a hook but Shalit blocks it.
Shalit misses with a looping right.
Shalit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shalit throws a looping overhand right but Point ducks down to avoid it.
Point throwing a counter right hand but Shalit manages to avoid it.
Point connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shalit momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Point.
Shalit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Point.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Point just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Point.
Point walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Point connects with a body shot.
Point looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Point punishes Shalit's body with a nice straight punch.
Shalit is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shalit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shalit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Point.
Shalit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Point ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shalit moves away.
It seemed like Shalit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shalit misses with a straight right.
Point wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shalit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Point has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Point moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shalit misses with a wild body shot.
Point is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shalit.
Point lands the left hand.
Point with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Shalit misses the target.
Shalit throws a hook but Point avoids it easily.
Point lands with a nice body punch.
Point throws a hook but Shalit avoids it easily.
Point blocks a jab.
Shalit thuds his right hand into Point's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Decent striking displayed by Point there.
Point uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shalit.
Shalit thuds his right hand into Point's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Point misses with a looping right.
Point misses with a hook. Shalit ducked under it nicely.
Shalit moves away from the strike by Point.
Point throws a hook but Shalit blocks it.
Shalit throws a looping overhand right but Point ducks down to avoid it.
Shalit throws out a powerful jab.
Point drops his hands momentarily and Shalit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shalit misses with a right hand
letting Point counter with a right hand.
Point listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shalit closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shalit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shalit tries to keep at a distance but Point has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shalit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Point working aggressively here.
A short right from Point on the inside.
Point swings wildly with an uppercut but Shalit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Point fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shalit avoiding damage as Point throws knees to the body.
Point missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Point.
Point lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shalit or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Point scores with a nice hook to the head.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
A nice left hand lands by Point.
Point lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Point throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Point misses with a knee strike.
Point misses with a punch on the inside.
Shalit misses with a punch to the body.
Point utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Point lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shalit backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Point lands a body shot in the clinch.
Point goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brayden Point dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Point instigates a clinch.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Point is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shalit can do to turn this around?
Shalit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shalit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shalit taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Point tries to land knees in the clinch but Shalit avoids the damage to the body.
Point is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shalit is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Point looking to throw knees to the head but Shalit is blocking nicely.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point misses with a hook to the ribs.
Point misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
Point has a couple of punches blocked by Shalit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shalit.
Point has a couple of punches blocked by Shalit.
Point tries a knee to the head but Shalit blocks it.
Point lands with a short shot to the head.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
Point breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Shalit misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Point throws a poor cross that misses
and Shalit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Point thinking.
Point changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shalit throws out a powerful jab.
Point with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Shalit.
Shalit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Point's hands.
Shalit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
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!
Shalit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Point misses with a body shot.
Point is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shalit.
Shalit throws out a counter right but Point avoids it with no problem.
Point throws the left hand but Shalit avoids the punch easily.
Point throws an overhand right that lands on Shalit's shoulder, as Shalit tries to avoid the shot.
Shalit lands with a good body shot.
Point waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shalit.
Shalit staying out of range there.
Shalit throws a poor cross that misses
and Point cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Point scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shalit scores with a jab. Point acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shalit cracks Point with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Point looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Shalit finish him?
Point is rocked!
Shalit is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Point flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Point is out cold! Shalit holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Elazar Shalit!
Our winner, Elazar Shalit, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Burwell Puller (ranked 845 p4p, 1124 weight class) and Mikey Day (ranked 54 p4p, 70 weight class). Puller comes to the cage accompanied by Hello. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mikey Day was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lewis Burwell Puller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mikey Day!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puller checks a leg kick.
Puller throws the left hand but Day avoids the punch easily.
Puller closes the distance and pushes Day back into the cage.
Puller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Day is defending well for now.
Day misses with some punches.
Puller throws a head punch that misses.
Day blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Day goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puller.
Day has a couple of punches blocked by Puller.
Day misses with a punch on the inside.
Puller scores with a knee to the head.
Day tries to throw a body punch but Puller avoids it by throwing Day back against the cage.
Day misses with a punch to the body.
Puller tries to land a knee to the head but Day blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puller lands a good knee to the midsection. Day won't want to take too many of those.
Day has a couple of punches blocked by Puller.
Day takes a shot to the head.
Day misses with a body punch.
Day lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Day misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puller's elbow.
Puller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Day has a couple of punches blocked by Puller.
Day swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puller misses with some punches.
Puller stops a takedown attempt from Day.
Puller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Day.
Puller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Day fails to land.
Puller has a couple of punches blocked by Day.
Puller is leaning against Day and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Day blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puller misses with the head strike.
Day tries to work over Puller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Puller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puller working Day over with knees to the body.
Day tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Day backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puller misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day misses with a punch on the inside.
Day struggles to land a body shot inside as Puller controls his hands.
Day lands an uppercut.
Day throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Puller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that Puller has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Puller gets underhooks to prevent Day's takedown attempt.
Day blocking some punches.
Puller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Day's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Day gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Puller wants to improve his position but Day is controlling well.
Puller is trying to maintain the position but Day is very close to passing his half guard.
Puller wants to improve his position but Day is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puller looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Day wants to take a breather but Puller is having none of it.
Day perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Puller keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Puller trying to control here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Puller gets back to full guard.
Day connects with a couple of short punches.
Puller is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Puller looking to control but Day passes into half guard.
Puller is trying to maintain the position but Day is very close to passing his half guard.
Puller is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Day is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Puller moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Burwell Puller dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Puller throws an off balance right hand
and Day counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Day misses the shot to the body.
Puller just misses with a punch to the body.
Day tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puller was well out of range. Poor timing from Day.
Puller went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Puller throws a right hand that misses
and Puller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Puller is looking to clinch but Day is avoiding it.
Lewis Burwell Puller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Day throws a nice inside leg kick.
Puller tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Puller.
Puller defending well as Day loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puller misses with a series of wild punches.
Puller throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puller moves into the clinch.
Puller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Day backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puller working aggressively here.
Day tries to work over Puller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Day has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Puller avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Puller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Day lands with a short shot to the head.
Puller misses with some punches.
Day misses with a hook to the ribs.
Day blocks an uppercut.
Day struggles to land a body shot inside as Puller controls his hands.
Day gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Day is looking to advance position but Puller won't allow it.
Puller taking some punishment here, with Day in his half guard.
Day is looking to take a break and control but Puller is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Day thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Puller's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day is looking to take a break and control but Puller is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Day is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Puller is trying to get back to full guard.
Day working over Puller with some ground and pound. Puller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Day thows a huge punch but Puller dodges it nicely.
Puller is refusing to be controlled, as Day sits in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puller gets full guard.
Day scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Day is one step ahead there.
Puller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Puller is keeping the position for now.
Day postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Puller throws a series of punches but Day avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Puller misses.
Day lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Puller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Puller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Day tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Puller moves out of range of the body kick.
Puller is looking to counter punch.
Puller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Puller moves in looking to clinch but Day pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puller paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Day. That snapped Puller's head back.
Day clobbers Puller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Day cracks Puller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lewis Burwell Puller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Puller has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puller blocks a body shot from Day.
Day working aggressively here.
Puller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Day tightens his grip and picks Puller up, before dumping him to the ground. Puller manages to land in guard.
Puller pushes Day off and scrambles back to his feet.
Puller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Day tries to close the distance and clinch but Puller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puller throws a series of punches but Day avoids them all with ease.
Puller throws an overhand right that lands on Day's shoulder, as Day tries to avoid the shot.
Day takes a swing at Puller's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mikey Day will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Puller throws a shot to the body.
Puller swings widly with a right hand
and Day counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Puller throws an off balance right hand
and Puller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Day throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puller dips to his left and cracks Day with an uppercut!
Puller darts in trying to clinch
and Day counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Day digs a good body shot into Puller's ribs.
Day moves into range and clinches up with Puller.
Day blocking some punches.
Day swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Day digs a right hand underneath Puller's ribcage. Puller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Day has a couple of punches blocked by Puller.
Day working aggressively here.
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!
Day scores with a shot to the side of Puller's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day blocks an uppercut.
Puller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puller has a couple of punches blocked by Day.
Day tries to work over Puller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Day.
Puller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Day backwards.
Day lands a body shot in the clinch.
Day lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puller throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Puller.
Nice body punch from Day - that landed with a thud.
Day blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Day.
Puller blocks an uppercut.
Puller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Day backwards.
Day throws a punch but it's blocked by Puller.
Day tries to work over Puller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puller swings wildly with an uppercut but Day uses good head movement to avoid it.
Day turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Puller is looking to get back to his feet here but Day is keeping cool and he's managed to take Puller's back.
Day has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Day is not going to allow Puller to sit and survive in this position.
Day misses with a punch to the head.
Puller is really stuck here.
Mikey Day has got the better of the ground game so far.
Puller trying to control the hands but Day won't let him.
Puller tries to escape but Day has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Day avoiding Puller 's attempts to control his hands.
Day trying to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Day doesn't have the hooks in and Puller manages to turn into his guard.
Puller trying to control but Day is working from the bottom.
Day controls Puller momentarily but Puller frees himself.
Day can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Puller controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puller throws a big elbow that misses.
Puller sitting in guard here, content to control.
Day looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Day lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Day stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Puller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puller wants to sweep but no luck.
Day postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Day comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Day 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Day!
Mikey Day really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that PWNAGEâ„¢ logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Lewis Burwell Puller was interviewed post fight and said 'It was not my night. Congratulations to my opponent. You were the better man tonight. You just gave me the ultimate motivation.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Hill (ranked 1127 p4p, 1499 weight class) and Harry Winston (ranked 171 p4p, 226 weight class). Winston is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Lost Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Winston!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hill has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winston.
Winston checks a leg kick.
Winston takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Winston throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Hill.
Winston just misses with a punch to the body.
Hill lands with an uppercut that bounces Winston off the cage and back into range.
Winston throws a body shot but no joy.
Hill swings for the body but Winston moves out of range.
Winston scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hill doesn't seem bothered though.
Hill connects with the punch.
Hill throws a hook to the side of Winston's head but Winston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hill scores with a jab to the head.
Hill fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winston has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Winston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winston manages to avoid it.
Winston feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Winston blocks a jab.
Hill gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Winston to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hill looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winston postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hill 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.
Hill has momentary wrist control but Winston slips an elbow through the middle.
Hill trying to control the position.
Hill is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Winston preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Winston wants to sweep here but Hill controlling him for the moment.
Hill stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Winston swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Winston trying to keep a closed guard but Hill is proving a slippery customer.
Winston is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hill defends well.
Hill with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill trying to control the position from guard on top but Winston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hill preventing the sweep.
Hill is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hill stopping the sweep attempt from Winston.
Hill works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hill passes to full mount!
Hill punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Winston that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Winston tries to hold on but Hill pushes him away.
Hill lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Hill.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hill punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hill landing shots from mount.
 Winston is rocked!
Hill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Winston?
Winston is still in real trouble! Can Hill finish him?
Winston can't escape the position.
Hill lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Winston! Hill sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Winston and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Scott Hill!
A victorious Scott Hill thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Duranto (ranked 18 p4p, 109 weight class) and Valerio Bartoli (ranked 5 p4p, 17 weight class). Bartoli has chosen Modulate - Bass Alert as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Roberto Duranto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valerio Bartoli!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duranto gets tackled into the cage by Bartoli. Bartoli maintains the clinch.
Duranto taking a breather.
Bartoli throws a head punch that misses.
Bartoli misses with some punches.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Duranto blocks an uppercut.
Bartoli throws a punch but it's blocked by Duranto.
Duranto blocking some punches.
Duranto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valerio Bartoli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duranto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bartoli is out of range and Duranto settles back down.
Duranto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bartoli wants to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Duranto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bartoli moves into range and clinches up with Duranto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Bartoli gets through Duranto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Duranto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartoli lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bartoli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Bartoli.
Duranto has a couple of punches blocked by Bartoli.
Duranto lands a body punch.
Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duranto tries to work over Bartoli's front leg with a kick but Bartoli checks it.
Bartoli pushes Duranto up against the cage in a clinch.
Bartoli misses with the head strike.
Bartoli blocks an uppercut.
Bartoli misses with some punches.
A short right from Duranto.
Duranto misses with some punches.
Bartoli misses with the head strike.
Duranto tries to throw a body punch but Bartoli avoids it by throwing Duranto back against the cage.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Duranto catches Bartoli with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duranto circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Bartoli looks to move away, Duranto throws a big counter combo but Bartoli just gets out of the way.
Duranto rushes Bartoli and presses him up against the cage.
Duranto scores with a shot to the side of Bartoli's head.
Bartoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Duranto scores with a shoulder strike.
Bartoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duranto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bartoli has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Duranto misses with a low kick.
Bartoli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bartoli pushes Duranto up against the cage in a clinch.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Duranto breaks from the clinch.
Bartoli clinches.
Bartoli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bartoli has a couple of punches blocked by Duranto.
Bartoli misses with a punch on the inside.
Duranto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bartoli is looking to clinch but Duranto is avoiding it.
Bartoli takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bartoli fails to land.
Bartoli misses with some punches.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Duranto as the two fighters clinch.
Bartoli throws a punch but it's blocked by Duranto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Valerio Bartoli has been cut.
Bartoli throws a punch but it's blocked by Duranto.
Duranto blocking some punches.
Bartoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bartoli fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Bartoli fails to land.
Bartoli prevents a body shot from Duranto.
Duranto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bartoli tries to close the distance and clinch but Duranto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bartoli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duranto has a couple of punches blocked by Bartoli.
Duranto working hard to break the clinch.
Duranto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bartoli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duranto misses with an uppercut.
Bartoli is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Duranto.
A slow jab from Duranto misses its intended target.
Bartoli now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Duranto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Bartoli counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duranto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Duranto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Duranto.
Bartoli tries to close the distance and clinch but Duranto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bartoli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duranto. That's going to slow Bartoli down.
Bartoli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duranto scores with a shot to the side of Bartoli's head.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto misses with some punches.
Duranto breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bartoli clinches up against the cage.
Bartoli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Duranto wants to stall.
Duranto scores with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Valerio Bartoli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Valerio Bartoli'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.
Bartoli moves in looking to clinch but Duranto pushes him off.
Duranto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duranto misses with a looping right.
Bartoli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duranto, pushing him back against the cage.
Duranto throws a punch but it's blocked by Bartoli.
Duranto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bartoli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bartoli lands a nice uppercut.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bartoli lands a hook that snaps the head of Duranto backwards.
Duranto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bartoli doesn't manage to clinch there - Duranto circles away.
Duranto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Duranto.
Bartoli clinches up with Duranto and pushes him back against the cage.
Bartoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bartoli blocks a body shot from Duranto.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Bartoli blocking some punches.
Duranto blocks an uppercut.
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!
Duranto can't find room to land a body shot as Bartoli controls the action.
Bartoli has a couple of punches blocked by Duranto.
Bartoli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duranto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Duranto fails to land.
Duranto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duranto.
Duranto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bartoli tries to clinch there but Duranto circles away.
Bartoli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duranto throws a low kick, looking for Bartoli's leg but Bartoli calmly moves out of range.
Bartoli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duranto gets tackled into the cage by Bartoli. Bartoli maintains the clinch.
Bartoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duranto just leaning against Bartoli, taking a breather.
Duranto lands a hook that snaps the head of Bartoli backwards.
Duranto manages to break the clinch.
Bartoli clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bartoli.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duranto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Bartoli fails to land.
Bartoli throws a punch but it's blocked by Duranto.
Bartoli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bartoli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bartoli blocking some punches.
Bartoli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duranto working aggressively here.
Duranto misses with the head strike.
Bartoli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bartoli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valerio Bartoli is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Duranto fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duranto.
Duranto stalling in the clinch.
Duranto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duranto can't find room to land a body shot as Bartoli controls the action.
Duranto misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duranto has a couple of punches blocked by Bartoli.
Duranto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
Bartoli working aggressively here.
Duranto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bartoli tries to clinch but Duranto moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Duranto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto tries to break the clinch but Bartoli is controlling the position.
Duranto's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Duranto lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bartoli fails to land.
Bartoli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duranto backwards.
Bartoli takes a shot to the head.
Duranto slowing the pace effectively.
A frustrated look appears on Duranto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duranto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Duranto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roberto Duranto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Valerio Bartoli's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bartoli closes the distance and clinches.
Duranto lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Duranto.
Bartoli lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Bartoli on the inside.
Bartoli pushes Duranto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bartoli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duranto.
Duranto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bartoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duranto pushes Bartoli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duranto.
Duranto breaks from the clinch.
Bartoli moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartoli avoids the head kick by Duranto.
Duranto throws a low kick, looking for Bartoli's leg but Bartoli calmly moves out of range.
Duranto tries to keep at a distance but Bartoli has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bartoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duranto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bartoli backwards.
Bartoli blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Duranto to work.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bartoli tries to work over Duranto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duranto tries to stall but Bartoli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bartoli prevents Duranto from breaking the clinch.
Bartoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Bartoli.
Good body shot from Bartoli.
Bartoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Duranto uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bartoli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Bartoli on the inside.
Duranto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bartoli darts in and clinches Duranto up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartoli.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duranto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bartoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Duranto throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartoli tries to clinch there but Duranto circles away.
Bartoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duranto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duranto digs a good hook to Bartoli's body.
Duranto keeps the fight on the outside.
Duranto throws a right and a left that Bartoli avoids nicely.
Bartoli has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Duranto fails to land.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Bartoli moves out of range of the strikes.
Bartoli wants to clinch up but Duranto keeps it at a distance.
Bartoli is looking to clinch.
Roberto Duranto is winning the standup battle so far.
Bartoli tries to close the distance and clinch but Duranto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bartoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duranto can pounce on him.
Bartoli rushes Duranto and presses him up against the cage.
Bartoli misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bartoli.
Duranto slows down the pace here.
Duranto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bartoli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bartoli has a couple of punches blocked by Duranto.
Bartoli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duranto backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Duranto.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bartoli as Duranto tries to tie him up.
Bartoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Duranto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duranto blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartoli.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Bartoli is looking to clinch but Duranto is avoiding it.
Duranto looks to throw the jab but Bartoli is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Bartoli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Duranto misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duranto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bartoli checks it well.
Duranto thuds a left hand into Bartoli's body.
Duranto throws out a leg kick but Bartoli moves out of range and Duranto only half commits.
Bartoli moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duranto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duranto is looking to break free of the clinch but Bartoli has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartoli.
Bartoli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duranto manages to break the clinch.
Duranto thuds a left hand into Bartoli's body.
Duranto lands with a straight right. Bartoli didn't see that one coming.
Bartoli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duranto.
Duranto keeps the fight on the outside.
Duranto has Bartoli up against the cage in a clinch.
Duranto misses with the head strike.
Bartoli swings wildly with an uppercut but Duranto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bartoli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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 Roberto Duranto.
I think Duranto 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Roberto Duranto!
Roberto Duranto thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz Jr (ranked 68 p4p, 73 weight class) and Heavy Rain (ranked 13 p4p, 15 weight class). Rain has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Heavy Rain will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heavy Rain!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Rain smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Rain misses.
Cruz Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Rain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cruz Jr connects with a single shot there.
Rain with a nice cross.
It looks like Jorge Cruz Jr has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rain cracks Cruz Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Rain.
Rain lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rain tries to move into range but Cruz Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Heavy Rain has been cut.
Cruz Jr tries to bum rush Rain with a series of wild strikes but Rain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cruz Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Rain misses with a hook.
As Rain looks to move away, Cruz Jr throws a big counter combo but Rain just gets out of the way.
Cruz Jr lands a big uppercut and Rain crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rain looks OK. Cruz Jr waves Rain back to his feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz Jr cracks Rain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cruz Jr feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rain sprawling to the canvas! Rain rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Cruz Jr finish him?!
Rain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cruz Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rain.
Cruz Jr misses with a double jab
enabling Rain to counter with a crisp jab.
Rain loads up on a big right hand but Cruz Jr slips the punch.
Cruz Jr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cruz Jr throws a head kick but Rain moves out of range.
A big left from Rain misses.
Cruz Jr is looking to counter with head kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain lands a jab to the head.
Cruz Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rain is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cruz Jr throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rain's head.
A head kick misses from Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr scores with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Cruz Jr dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cruz Jr misses with a looping left.
Cruz Jr cracks Rain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cruz Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rain.
Rain throws a hook but Cruz Jr blocks it.
Cruz Jr throws a big counter combination but Rain scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain throws a right hand that misses
and Rain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Rain catches Cruz Jr right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain tests Cruz Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cruz Jr is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cruz Jr tries to move into range but Rain moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Rain misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain misses with an uppercut. Cruz Jr saw that one coming.
Cruz Jr tries to get into range but Rain steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Cruz Jr! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Rain scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Heavy Rain!
Heavy Rain was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Simon (ranked 171 p4p, 155 weight class) and Yusuke Urameshi (ranked 23 p4p, 21 weight class). Urameshi has chosen Smile Bomb as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jay Simon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yusuke Urameshi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Urameshi misses.
Urameshi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Simon slips under a jab from Urameshi.
Simon jabs Urameshi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Urameshi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Urameshi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simon.
Urameshi scores with a punch to the head.
Simon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Urameshi avoids the body shot from Simon.
A little jabbing left from Urameshi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Urameshi connects with a body shot.
Simon loads up on a big right hand but Urameshi slips the punch.
Urameshi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Simon throws out the jab.
Simon shoots in looking for a takedown. Urameshi tries to sprawl out of it but Simon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Urameshi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Simon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urameshi moves away.
Urameshi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Urameshi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've been hearing reports that Simon has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice jab there from Simon.
Simon throws a big shot that misses.
Horrible takedown attempt by Simon or perhaps it was just good defense by Urameshi, which made it look bad.
A left lands for Simon.
Simon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Urameshi.
Urameshi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Simon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Simon swings widly with a right hand
and Urameshi counters with a straight right hand.
Simon misses with a wild body shot.
Urameshi takes one on the button.
Simon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urameshi misses with an uppercut.
Urameshi scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Simon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simon tries to clinch but Urameshi is having none of it.
A jab from Simon misses.
Simon throws a body punch but Urameshi moves out of range.
Urameshi moves out of range of the strikes.
Urameshi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Simon at a distance.
Simon shoots in but Urameshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Urameshi misses with a hook. Simon ducked under it nicely.
Urameshi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simon moves away.
Simon throws a body shot but no joy.
Simon takes a swing at Urameshi's ribcage but misses.
Simon walks into a straight right hand from Urameshi.
Urameshi misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Urameshi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Urameshi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed right hand from Urameshi misses the target.
Simon drops down looking for a counter takedown but Urameshi sprawls and moves away.
Yusuke Urameshi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urameshi throws a lazy uppercut
and Simon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Urameshi wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Urameshi pushes Simon off and gets back to his feet.
Simon throws a body shot but no joy.
Simon misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simon throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Urameshi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Urameshi walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Urameshi sprawls well initially but Simon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Urameshi pushes Simon off looking to stand but Simon dives back in and keeps control.
Simon works his foot free and advances to mount.
Simon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Simon seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Urameshi for as long as he can get away with.
Urameshi really wants to buck Simon off and get back to his feet.
Simon moves to the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Simon is looking for the choke from the back position but Urameshi is controlling his hands well.
Urameshi trying to get back to his feet but Simon is in full control for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yusuke Urameshi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Urameshi throws a hook to the side of Simon's head but Simon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Simon finds it's way through Urameshi's defenses.
Simon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Urameshi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Simon pushes down on Urameshi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jay Simon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Simon is working for a submission of some sort.
Urameshi tries to kick Simon off but Simon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Simon frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Simon wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simon mounts Urameshi! Really nice guard pass there!
Urameshi is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Simon has taken his back!
Simon has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Urameshi has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urameshi is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Simon looking for the choke from the back.
Simon working for a choke but Urameshi is defending well.
Urameshi fending off the submission attempt from Simon.
Urameshi wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon is riding his opponent, not letting Urameshi buck him off.
Urameshi trying to get back to his feet but Simon is in full control for now.
Urameshi manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Simon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half 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!
Simon stops Urameshi from getting back to his feet.
Simon looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Simon is working for a submission of some sort.
Simon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Urameshi can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi is trying to stand up here but Simon is controlling him well.
Urameshi is defending against the submission attempts here by Simon.
Simon stops Urameshi from getting back to his feet.
Urameshi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Simon trying to mount his opponent but Urameshi defends it.
Simon is looking for a kimura here.
Urameshi won't allow Simon to pass to mount.
Urameshi is staying active underneath Simon, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Urameshi is trying to stand.
Simon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Urameshi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Urameshi tries to kick Simon off but Simon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Urameshi misses with a right hand
and Simon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Simon closes the distance looking to clinch
and Urameshi counters with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Simon dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Urameshi scores with a jab to the head.
Simon throws a body shot but no joy.
Urameshi throws a jab when Simon was well out of range.
A big left from Urameshi misses.
Simon throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Urameshi was covering up waiting for the punch and Simon finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Simon won't allow Urameshi to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urameshi keeping moving, preventing Simon from controlling successfully.
Urameshi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Simon is controlling him.
Simon wants to control from the top but Urameshi keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Urameshi looks to land a right hand but Simon moved out of range.
Urameshi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Simon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Urameshi's hands.
Simon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Urameshi looks to score with a jab to the body but Simon is just out of range.
Simon closes the distance and clinches.
Urameshi has a couple of punches blocked by Simon.
Simon has Urameshi pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Simon pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Urameshi tumbling to the mat - Simon dives into Urameshi's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Urameshi manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simon gets through Urameshi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Simon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Simon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Urameshi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Urameshi on the inside.
Urameshi blocks an uppercut.
Urameshi is trying to force a seperation but Simon has the dominant position.
Simon is looking for a takedown.
Simon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Urameshi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Urameshi scores with a hook to the body.
Simon throws a head punch that misses.
Urameshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Urameshi as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Simon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simon tries to score a body lock takedown but Urameshi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Simon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urameshi lands a hook that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
Urameshi scores with a shot to the side of Simon's head.
Urameshi misses with a body punch.
Simon misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Simon.
Simon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Urameshi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Urameshi misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon lands a right hand.
Simon has Urameshi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Urameshi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Urameshi gets through Simon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Urameshi tries to work over Simon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urameshi's elbow.
Simon has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Urameshi is trying to keep an underhook but Simon manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Urameshi kicks off Simon and gets to his feet.
Urameshi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Simon thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Simon misses the target.
Urameshi throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simon ducks under a wild hook from Urameshi.
Simon tries to clinch but Urameshi moves out of range.
Simon misses with a hook to the body
and Urameshi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Simon staying out of range there.
Simon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The crowd cheers as Urameshi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Simon doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi moves out of range of the strikes.
Urameshi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Urameshi misses with a lunging right hand
and Simon counters with a stiff right hand.
Simon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Urameshi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Simon with a body shot.
Simon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urameshi.
Urameshi throws a body shot but no joy.
Urameshi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Simon.
Urameshi misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simon. Urameshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simon is looking to clinch but Urameshi is avoiding it.
A countering left hand to the body from Urameshi misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Simon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Urameshi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Simon tries to clinch but Urameshi moves out of range.
Simon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urameshi moves away.
A nice side step and Urameshi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yusuke Urameshi really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Simon avoids the body shot from Urameshi.
Urameshi just misses with a punch to the body.
Simon misses with a straight left.
Nice sprawl there from Urameshi as Simon shoots in.
Simon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Urameshi avoids it really well and circles away.
Urameshi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Urameshi throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simon. Urameshi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Urameshi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urameshi throws a hook but Simon avoids it easily.
Simon lands with a good body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Simon.
Simon misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Urameshi misses.
Simon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Simon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simon tries to clinch up but Urameshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Urameshi missing with a left hand there. Simon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Urameshi throws an overhand right that lands on Simon's shoulder, as Simon tries to avoid the shot.
Simon gets a takedown into half guard.
Simon wants to control but Urameshi is keeping him busy.
Simon stops Urameshi from getting back to his feet.
Simon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Urameshi's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Urameshi is squirming around, avoiding Simon's attempts to control the action.
You get the feeling that Urameshi really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Urameshi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Simon wants to take Urameshi's back but he can't do it this time.
Simon moves to the back position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urameshi trying to get back to his feet but Simon is in full control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Urameshi has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Urameshi is trying to stand back up.
Urameshi is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Simon gets his way!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi is trying to get back to his feet but Simon has full control of the position and if anything, Urameshi has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Urameshi is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Simon gets his way!
Simon is riding his opponent, not letting Urameshi buck him off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Simon had his way with Yusuke Urameshi in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Urameshi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simon manages to avoid it.
Urameshi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simon throws a right hand that Urameshi ducks under and follows up with a left that Urameshi also avoids with ease.
Urameshi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Urameshi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Simon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urameshi moves away.
Simon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Simon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simon tries to clinch
and Urameshi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Simon fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Simon closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Urameshi pushes Simon off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon throws a jab when Urameshi was well out of range.
Simon with a poor takedown
and Urameshi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yusuke Urameshi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simon misses with a wild body shot.
Urameshi slips under a jab from Simon.
A little jabbing left from Urameshi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Simon tries to score a power double leg takedown but Urameshi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Simon somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Simon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Urameshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simon.
Simon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urameshi.
A big left from Simon misses.
Urameshi throws a hook to the side of Simon's head but Simon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simon moves out of range of the strikes.
Simon shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Simon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Urameshi throws a lazy right hand but Simon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Simon.
Simon cracks Urameshi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urameshi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Urameshi looks to land a right hand but Simon moved out of range.
Urameshi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Simons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Simon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Urameshi.
Simon swings for the body but Urameshi moves out of range.
Urameshi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon just misses with a punch to the body.
Simon blocks a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Simon is defended easily by Urameshi.
Urameshi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Urameshi. Simon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Urameshi misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Urameshi misses the target.
Urameshi swings for the body but Simon moves out of range.
Simon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Simon darts in looking for a takedown but Urameshi gets double underhooks and turns Simon into the cage.
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urameshi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Simon takes a swing at Urameshi's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Urameshi manages to avoid it.
Urameshi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urameshi missing with a left hand there. Simon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Simon takes a swing at Urameshi's ribcage but misses.
Urameshi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Urameshi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simon lands with an overhand left.
Simon fails with a takedown attempt.
Simon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Simon scores with a hook to the body. Urameshi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urameshi throws the left hand but Simon avoids the punch easily.
Simon fails with a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yusuke Urameshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Urameshi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 48:48
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 48:48
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 47:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Cajo Branca (ranked 57 p4p, 41 weight class) and Gary Sparxx (ranked 10 p4p, 9 weight class). Branca comes to the cage accompanied by original score medley. Gary Sparxx has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joao Cajo Branca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Sparxx!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Branca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sparxx.
Sparxx takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Joao Cajo Branca has been cut.
Sparxx falls off balance throwing a combination
and Branca counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sparxx getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Branca avoids the head kick by Sparxx.
Branca lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sparxx takes a step back to recover.
Jab, jab by Branca - just one landing.
Branca has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Sparxx throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sparxx misses with a right hand
and Branca counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Sparxx misses
and Branca counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Branca lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sparxx backwards.
Branca misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparxx.
Branca tries to work over Sparxx's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Branca tries a body shot but Sparxx blocks it.
Branca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sparxx backwards.
Sparxx breaks the clinch.
Sparxx misses with a lunging right hand
and Branca finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sparxx misses with a looping left.
Sparxx throws a right hand that misses
and Branca counters with a slapping leg kick.
Branca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sparxx.
Branca lands with a right hand.
Branca connects with a leg kick.
Branca defending well as Sparxx loads up on a big left hand.
Branca connects with a body shot that sends Sparxx's belly button to the back.
A low kick from Sparxx is predictable there
and Branca counters with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Branca lands a big right hand that sends Sparxx crashing to the mat! Branca stays standing though and waves Sparxx back to his feet!
It looks like Gary Sparxx has been cut.
Branca scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparxx shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Branca staying out of range there.
Branca lands a leg kick that knocks Sparxx off balance momentarily.
Sparxx throws a jab when Branca was well out of range.
Branca seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Branca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Branca lands a leg kick that knocks Sparxx off balance momentarily.
A low kick lands for Branca.
Branca ducks under a wild hook from Sparxx.
Sparxx bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Branca's head backwards.
Branca takes one to the side of the head.
Joao Cajo Branca's cut is getting worse.
Sparxx has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Branca finds it's way round the side to connect with Sparxx's head.
Sparxx avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sparxx sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Branca throws a leg kick but Sparxx sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Sparxx on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sparxx's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Branca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparxx throws a right hand that misses
and Branca counters with a leg kick.
Sparxx connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sparxx falls off balance throwing a combination
and Branca counters with a straight right hand.
Branca lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sparxx uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Branca.
Branca throws out a loose jab but Sparxx uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparxx throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Branca looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sparxx looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sparxx moves out of range of the body kick.
Branca instigates a clinch.
Branca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Branca stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sparxx is trying to push Branca away but Branca has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Branca lands a shoulder strike.
Sparxx is looking to break free of the clinch but Branca has double underhooks.
Sparxx's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Branca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sparxx throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sparxx moves out of range of the body kick.
Branca throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A left lands for Sparxx.
Sparxx rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Branca counters with a left to the body.
Branca throws a low kick, looking for Sparxx's leg but Sparxx calmly moves out of range.
Sparxx has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Branca.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Branca throws the kick towards the body but Sparxx avoids it.
Branca avoids the body shot from Sparxx.
Branca appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sparxx misses with a low kick as Branca jumps back.
Branca is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Cajo Branca dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Branca blocks a jab.
Branca looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Branca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Branca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparxx can do to turn this around?
Branca on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Branca ducks under a wild hook from Sparxx.
Branca half committed to a counter leg kick.
Joao Cajo Branca is winning the standup battle so far.
Branca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sparxx circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by Sparxx.
Branca throws out a loose jab but Sparxx uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparxx throws a nice head kick!
Sparxx pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Branca scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Branca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sparxx throws out the jab.
Nice body punch from Branca.
Branca feints and then cracks Sparxx's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparxx down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparxx throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparxx throws a poor cross that misses
and Branca counters with a straight right hand.
Branca moves into the clinch.
Sparxx tries to break free but Branca pushes him back against the cage.
Branca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Branca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sparxx has had enough of the clinch but Branca keeps him there for the moment.
Sparxx tries to circle away but Branca has him pinned against the cage.
Sparxx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Branca dips to his left and cracks Sparxx with an uppercut!
Sparxx swings widly with a right hand
and Branca counters with a nice leg kick.
Branca lands a lovely overhand right.
Gary Sparxx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Branca lands a big uppercut and Sparxx crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Sparxx looks OK. Branca waves Sparxx back to his feet!
Sparxx is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparxx throws a leg kick
and Branca counters with a right hand from hell and Sparxx is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joao Cajo Branca!
After the fight, Joao Cajo Branca 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.
Gary Sparxx spoke after the fight, saying 'Give me a couple hours, and I will meet you all at the dance floor!'.
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