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DMMA 40: Nansen vs Alderidge PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between The Ultimate Warrior (ranked 5924 p4p, 23082 weight class) and Omari Apinagewanwa (ranked 429 p4p, 509 weight class). Apinagewanwa has chosen Maurice A God - Lottery as his entrance music. Omari Apinagewanwa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omari Apinagewanwa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warrior throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Warrior connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Apinagewanwa looks to throw the jab but Warrior is out of range.
The fighters circling - Warrior throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Apinagewanwa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa slips a straight right by Warrior.
Warrior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Apinagewanwa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Warrior is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Apinagewanwa misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Warrior misses its target.
Apinagewanwa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Warrior misses with a looping right.
Apinagewanwa is looking for the big counter here.
Apinagewanwa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Apinagewanwa throws a hook but Warrior blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apinagewanwa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warrior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warrior lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A punch combination from Apinagewanwa misses.
Apinagewanwa throws a hook to the side of Warrior's head but Warrior sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Apinagewanwa missing with a left hand there. Warrior was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Apinagewanwa fails to land with a series of punches.
Apinagewanwa ducks under a wild hook from Warrior.
Warrior takes a swing at Apinagewanwa's ribcage but misses.
Warrior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apinagewanwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Warrior.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Warrior misses its intended target.
Apinagewanwa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Apinagewanwa blocks the leg kick.
Apinagewanwa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Warrior. Warrior circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Warrior just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Warrior misses.
Apinagewanwa loads up on a big right hand but Warrior slips the punch.
Apinagewanwa misses with a wild combination.
Warrior takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Warrior tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Apinagewanwa tries to bum rush Warrior with a series of wild strikes but Warrior uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Warrior misses the target.
Warrior misses with a looping left.
Apinagewanwa moves away from the strike by Warrior.
Apinagewanwa throws a counter combo.
Apinagewanwa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warrior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Warrior is predictable there
and Apinagewanwa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apinagewanwa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Warrior.
Warrior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warrior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apinagewanwa manages to avoid it.
Apinagewanwa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warrior swings for the body but Apinagewanwa moves out of range.
Warrior throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Apinagewanwa misses.
Apinagewanwa misses with an uppercut.
Warrior swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Warrior blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Apinagewanwa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Apinagewanwa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warrior throws out the jab.
Apinagewanwa moves away from the strike by Warrior.
Apinagewanwa lands a lovely overhand right.
 Warrior is rocked!
Warrior misses with a hook. Apinagewanwa ducked under it nicely.
Oh Warrior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Warrior defending well as Apinagewanwa loads up on a big left hand.
Warrior seems to have got his legs back now.
Warrior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apinagewanwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa missing with a left hand there. Warrior was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warrior loads up on a big right hand but Apinagewanwa slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa swings for the body but Warrior moves out of range.
Apinagewanwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Warrior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warrior throws a shot from downtown. Apinagewanwa moves away and avoids it.
Warrior tries to land a leg kick but Apinagewanwa saw it coming and moves away.
The Ultimate Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Apinagewanwa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Warrior bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Apinagewanwa's head backwards.
Jab, jab by Apinagewanwa - just one landing.
A big left from Apinagewanwa misses.
Apinagewanwa throws a right and a left that Warrior avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Warrior misses the target.
Apinagewanwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Warrior misses.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa unleashes a big counter combination but Warrior bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Apinagewanwa throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warrior lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Apinagewanwa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apinagewanwa connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Apinagewanwa connects with a jab.
Warrior jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Apinagewanwa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Warrior.
Warrior avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Apinagewanwa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Apinagewanwa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Apinagewanwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Warrior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Apinagewanwa misses with a hook. Warrior ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Apinagewanwa lands.
Apinagewanwa throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Apinagewanwa misses the target.
It looked like Warrior wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Warrior walks into a stiff left hand from Apinagewanwa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warrior attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Warrior throws a low kick, looking for Apinagewanwa's leg but Apinagewanwa calmly moves out of range.
Apinagewanwa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Apinagewanwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warrior throws a jab when Apinagewanwa was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Omari Apinagewanwa will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Apinagewanwa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Warrior blocks a jab.
Omari Apinagewanwa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warrior fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Apinagewanwa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Apinagewanwa needs to keep his hands up - Warrior had a free shot at his head there.
Apinagewanwa misses the jab.
Apinagewanwa cracks Warrior with an open hand slap.
Omari Apinagewanwa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Apinagewanwa throws a hook but Warrior blocks it.
Apinagewanwa moves out of range of the strikes.
Apinagewanwa slips under a jab from Warrior.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Apinagewanwa! But no joy.
Warrior throws a looping overhand right but Apinagewanwa ducks down to avoid it.
Jab from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Warrior.
Warrior paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warrior ducks under a wild hook from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior misses with a straight right.
Warrior ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa connects with a right hand. Warrior shakes it off.
Warrior misses the shot to the body.
Apinagewanwa throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa looks to throw the jab but Warrior is out of range.
Apinagewanwa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Apinagewanwa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Warrior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior throws a solid leg kick but Apinagewanwa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Warrior.
Warrior catches Apinagewanwa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Warrior defending well as Apinagewanwa loads up on a big left hand.
Warrior misses with a hook. Apinagewanwa ducked under it nicely.
Warrior takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Apinagewanwa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Apinagewanwa misses with a straight left.
Apinagewanwa slips under a jab from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apinagewanwa blocks a jab.
Warrior cracks Apinagewanwa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oooooh!!! Apinagewanwa has knocked Warrior down with a huge combo! Apinagewanwa steps away and waves a wobbly Warrior back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Warrior blocks a jab.
Warrior lands a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Apinagewanwa misses.
Apinagewanwa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa misses with a hook.
Apinagewanwa moves out of range of the strikes.
Apinagewanwa throws out a counter right but Warrior avoids it with no problem.
Warrior is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Apinagewanwa throws a right hand that Warrior ducks under and follows up with a left that Warrior also avoids with ease.
Warrior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apinagewanwa takes one to the side of the head.
Warrior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apinagewanwa manages to avoid it.
Apinagewanwa looks to land a combination. Warrior sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Apinagewanwa 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.
Warrior throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Apinagewanwa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Warrior slips a straight right by Apinagewanwa.
Warrior throws a big shot that misses.
Apinagewanwa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Warrior darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Apinagewanwa slips a straight right by Warrior.
Warrior waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apinagewanwa.
Warrior looks to land a right hand but Apinagewanwa moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Warrior misses the target.
Warrior misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior throws a poor cross that misses
and Apinagewanwa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Apinagewanwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Warrior is just out of range.
Apinagewanwa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Warrior loads up on a big right hand but Apinagewanwa slips the punch.
Warrior throws an off balance right hand
and Apinagewanwa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Apinagewanwa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
A little jabbing left from Apinagewanwa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Warrior throws a hook but Apinagewanwa avoids it easily.
A combination from Apinagewanwa does no damage.
Warrior waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa is looking for the big counter here.
Warrior stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Apinagewanwa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Warrior throws a jab but it's blocked by Apinagewanwa.
A jab from Warrior misses.
Warrior scores with a decent looking hook.
Warrior scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Apinagewanwa doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apinagewanwa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior throws the left hand but Apinagewanwa avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Warrior moves away from the strike by Apinagewanwa.
An attempted straight right counter from Warrior misses the target.
Warrior misses with a body shot
and Apinagewanwa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warrior displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Apinagewanwa throws out the jab.
Warrior ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apinagewanwa moves away.
Apinagewanwa moves out of range of the leg kick from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa loads up on a big right hand but Warrior slips the punch.
Apinagewanwa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Warrior is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Apinagewanwa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Apinagewanwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Apinagewanwa swinging wildly here.
Warrior connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Apinagewanwa momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apinagewanwa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warrior looks to score with a jab to the body but Apinagewanwa is just out of range.
Warrior digs a good body shot into Apinagewanwa's ribs.
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 The Ultimate Warrior will probably get the nod.
That's time! Warrior's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Warrior throws a big shot that misses.
Apinagewanwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
It seemed like Apinagewanwa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Apinagewanwa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Apinagewanwa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Warrior misses with an uppercut. Apinagewanwa saw that one coming.
Apinagewanwa throws the left hand but Warrior avoids the punch easily.
Warrior uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior connects with a body shot that sends Apinagewanwa's belly button to the back.
Warrior connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Apinagewanwa misses with an uppercut.
Apinagewanwa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Warrior was well out of range. Poor timing from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior scores with a sloppy right hand. Apinagewanwa should have avoided that one.
Warrior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apinagewanwa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Warrior throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Apinagewanwa checks a low kick from Warrior.
Warrior takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warrior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa throws a hook but Warrior blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa moves out of range of the leg kick from Warrior.
Warrior lands a nice shot to the body.
Warrior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apinagewanwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Warrior.
Apinagewanwa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warrior throws out the jab.
Warrior defending well as Apinagewanwa loads up on a big left hand.
Warrior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warrior throws a lazy right hand but Apinagewanwa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apinagewanwa moves away from the strike by Warrior.
Apinagewanwa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Warrior slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Apinagewanwa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Warrior throws a big shot that misses.
Apinagewanwa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warrior throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Apinagewanwa misses.
Warrior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warrior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apinagewanwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Warrior.
Warrior staying out of range there.
Apinagewanwa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warrior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior scores with a nice head shot.
Apinagewanwa throws a series of punches but Warrior moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Warrior.
Warrior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apinagewanwa manages to avoid it.
Warrior throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Apinagewanwa to counter with a crisp jab.
Warrior takes a swing at Apinagewanwa's ribcage but misses.
Warrior throws a lazy uppercut
and Apinagewanwa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Apinagewanwa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut there from Warrior.
Warrior throws a low kick but Apinagewanwa moves out of range easily.
Warrior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apinagewanwa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Apinagewanwa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Warrior lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Apinagewanwa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Apinagewanwa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Apinagewanwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Warrior is just out of range.
Warrior waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apinagewanwa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior misses the body punch
and Apinagewanwa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warrior uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Apinagewanwa.
Warrior cracks Apinagewanwa with a good jab.
Warrior scores with a jab. Apinagewanwa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Apinagewanwa.
An attempted straight right counter from Warrior misses the target.
Warrior lands a nice shot to the body.
Warrior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warrior slips under a jab from Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa misses with an uppercut.
Warrior cracks Apinagewanwa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Apinagewanwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warrior moves away.
Apinagewanwa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warrior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Apinagewanwa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Warrior with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apinagewanwa takes one to the chin there.
Apinagewanwa misses with a looping right.
Apinagewanwa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warrior scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apinagewanwa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warrior throws a jab but it's blocked by Apinagewanwa.
Apinagewanwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Warrior.
Warrior clobbers Apinagewanwa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A low kick from Warrior misses
enabling Apinagewanwa to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Warrior misses.
The fighters circling - Apinagewanwa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warrior throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warrior scores with a hook.
Warrior lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Warrior throws a jab but it's blocked by Apinagewanwa.
Warrior cracks Apinagewanwa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Apinagewanwa throws a jab when Warrior was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apinagewanwa misses with an uppercut. Warrior saw that one coming.
Apinagewanwa staying out of range there.
Apinagewanwa 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.
Warrior moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
The Ultimate Warrior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Warrior 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Hardman (ranked 3972 p4p, 4179 weight class) and Robert Gracie (ranked 485 p4p, 505 weight class). The key to victory for Brock Hardman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Hardman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie looks for a takedown but Hardman sprawls well.
Hardman throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hardman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gracie closes the distance and pushes Hardman back into the cage.
Hardman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardman lands with a light punch inside.
Hardman lands a left hand.
Gracie has Hardman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hardman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brock Hardman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Hardman misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardman throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Hardman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Hardman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
We've been hearing good reports from Hardman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hardman throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardman throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hardman wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Donk. Hardman catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gracie trying to control the action but Hardman is working from the bottom.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman is trying to get back to half guard.
Hardman is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hardman, who protects the arm well.
Hardman is being controlled here.
Hardman misses with a strike from the bottom.
Gracie gets to mount! Hardman was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Gracie blocks Hardman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gracie is stalling here but it's allowed Hardman to get half guard.
Gracie prevents Hardman from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hardman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hardman punching from the bottom.
Hardman is trying to control but can't.
Gracie blocks the strikes from Hardman.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Hardman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hardman throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hardman punching from the bottom.
Hardman is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
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.
Hardman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Hardman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hardman tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hardman to the ground. Hardman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hardman looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardman misses with a series of wild punches.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Hardman tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hardman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardman misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Hardman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie walks into a jab.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hardman to the mat! Hardman manages to get full guard.
Hardman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
My spies in Puncher's Chance Collective inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hardman working a defensive guard but Gracie passes into half guard.
Robert Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hardman is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hardman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardman is looking to improve his position.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Hardman dodges it nicely.
Gracie stops Hardman from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Hardman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hardman is looking to improve his position.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Hardman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hardman is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Hardman is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Hardman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
It looked like Hardman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hardman lands a head shot.
Gracie shoots in but Hardman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brock Hardman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Gracie.
Hardman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hardman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardman works the jab nicely.
Brock Hardman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Hardman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
 Gracie is rocked!
Gracie looks up at the clock. Bad move! Hardman lands a right hand from hell, dropping Gracie. Hardman pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Hardman!
Brock Hardman thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rich Voss (ranked 4085 p4p, 3886 weight class) and Newton Diaz (ranked 481 p4p, 468 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Voss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Newton Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Voss there.
Diaz tries to sprawl but Voss drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz is trying is best to control the position here.
Voss takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Diaz gets back to full guard.
Voss trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Voss has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Voss sitting in guard here, content to control.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Voss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voss is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Voss scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Voss chips away with some ground and pound.
Diaz trying to strike off his back.
Voss chips away with some ground and pound.
Voss wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Voss is stalling in the full guard.
Diaz is trying to keep Voss in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Voss is one step ahead there.
Voss stays in close to Diaz's body and controls the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Voss uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Rich Voss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voss misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Voss shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diaz pinned against the cage. Diaz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voss shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
Diaz connects with a solid leg kick.
Voss connects with a looping right hand.
Voss lands a nice shot to the body.
Voss shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz is pressing down on Voss's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voss works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.
Voss sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Voss.
Voss not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Voss working some strikes from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voss trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Voss distracts Diaz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Voss dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Voss closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Diaz did well to prevent Voss getting side control.
Voss scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Voss controlling the action here.
Diaz tries to roll over but Voss keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss slips a nice elbow through Diaz's hands, connecting with Diaz's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Voss connects with a nice short shot to Diaz's temple.
Voss is nestled in close to Diaz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to improve his position but Voss is controlling well.
Voss wants to work for an arm triangle but Diaz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Diaz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Voss lands with a punch from half guard.
Voss trying to control from half guard but Diaz is working away.
Voss is looking to advance position but Diaz won't allow it.
Voss landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is in trouble now - Voss has advanced to mount!
Diaz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Diaz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Diaz controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Voss keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Voss wants to pass to mount but Diaz is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voss keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Voss scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Voss is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diaz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Voss.
Diaz has hold of Voss's hands but Voss slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Voss controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Diaz is looking to get back to full guard here but Voss has managed to pass to side control instead.
Voss is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diaz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Voss tries to advance to mount but Diaz denies him.
Voss cracks Diaz with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Voss dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diaz with a nice cross.
Voss throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voss shoots in and drives through. Diaz sprawls well.
Diaz tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Voss looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Voss gets the takedown into side control.
Voss taking a breather here.
Voss working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Diaz is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voss working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Diaz tries to improve position but can't.
Diaz gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Voss takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Voss seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Diaz for as long as he can get away with.
Voss trying to control but Diaz is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voss lands a big shot there that rocks Diaz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Voss lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Voss postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Diaz looks a forlorn figure.
Voss controlling his opponent.
Diaz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Diaz is staying active underneath Voss, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Diaz punching from the bottom.
Voss is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Voss connects with a nice short shot to Diaz's temple.
Diaz is not content to let Voss control the position.
Voss is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Voss lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Voss looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diaz moves into full guard.
Rich Voss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Voss lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voss scoring with punches to the head and body.
Diaz has his foot on Voss's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Voss works his way back into a safe position though.
Diaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Voss is pushing down on Diaz's leg trying to pass to half guard. Diaz is fighting to maintain full guard but Voss has managed to sneak the leg through.
Voss performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Voss is keen to just control but Diaz is a slippery customer.
Newton Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, if Voss is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Voss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Voss, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rich Voss!
Rich Voss thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Schwonckl Diesel (ranked 2525 p4p, 3217 weight class) and Needno Badges (ranked 336 p4p, 404 weight class). Diesel comes to the cage accompanied by Outerspass - Laufhaus. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwonckl Diesel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Needno Badges!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Badges.
Diesel is looking to counter punch.
Diesel slips a straight right by Badges.
Badges ducks under a wild hook from Diesel.
Diesel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Badges misses with a body shot.
Badges fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diesel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diesel connects with an inside leg kick.
Badges takes a kick to the side of the head.
Badges avoids the body shot from Diesel.
Badges scores with a sloppy right hand. Diesel should have avoided that one.
Badges slips a jab and a cross from Diesel.
Badges gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Badges.
Badges lands a body punch in the clinch.
Badges misses with a hook to the ribs.
Badges misses with a punch on the inside.
Diesel misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diesel.
Badges looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Badges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Badges.
Badges lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diesel backwards.
Badges blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Badges.
Badges lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
 It looks like Schwonckl Diesel has been cut.
Diesel working aggressively here.
Badges can't find room to land a body shot as Diesel controls the action.
Badges lands a right hand.
Diesel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diesel misses with a punch on the inside.
Badges lands an elbow that stopped Diesel in his tracks for a moment.
Good body shot from Diesel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Badges.
Badges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Badges struggles to land a body shot inside as Diesel controls his hands.
Diesel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diesel takes an elbow to the temple.
Diesel is rocked!
Badges swings wildly with an uppercut but Diesel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Diesel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Badges working aggressively here.
Badges misses with an elbow strike.
Diesel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diesel blocks an uppercut.
Badges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diesel avoids the elbow strike from Badges, against the cage.
Diesel avoids a wild elbow strike from Badges.
Badges misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diesel blocks an uppercut.
Diesel blocks an uppercut.
Badges looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Badges misses with the head strike.
Diesel blocks an uppercut.
Badges throws a punch but it's blocked by Diesel.
Diesel dodges an elbow strike from Badges.
Badges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Badges misses with the head strike.
Badges misses with an elbow strike.
Diesel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diesel is trying to break the clinch but Badges is controlling him.
Diesel blocks an elbow strike.
Diesel blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Badges.
Badges misses with a punch on the inside.
Diesel blocks an elbow strike.
Badges misses with a punch on the inside.
Badges has a couple of punches blocked by Diesel.
Badges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diesel seems to have got his legs back now.
Badges misses with a punch on the inside.
Badges lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diesel manages to break the clinch.
Diesel connects with a single shot there.
Diesel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badges.
Badges steps in with a hook that catches Diesel right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Badges follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Diesel looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Needno Badges!
After the big win, Needno Badges made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jana Iii Sobieskiego (ranked 1486 p4p, 1429 weight class) and Hafir Dharris (ranked 204 p4p, 197 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hafir Dharris !
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dharris clinches up against the cage.
Sobieskiego misses with some punches.
Sobieskiego tries to work over Dharris 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sobieskiego tries to work over Dharris 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dharris takes a shot to the head.
Sobieskiego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dharris backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dharris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sobieskiego swings wildly with an uppercut but Dharris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobieskiego is leaning against Dharris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieskiego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dharris backwards.
We've been informed that Dharris 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.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Dharris .
Sobieskiego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sobieskiego lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sobieskiego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Sobieskiego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieskiego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dharris moves forwards but Sobieskiego connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dharris doesn't manage to clinch there - Sobieskiego circles away.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sobieskiego throws a sloppy head kick and Dharris moves out of range easily.
Sobieskiego misses with a low kick as Dharris jumps back.
Dharris drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sobieskiego defends it well.
Dharris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sobieskiego manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dharris just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSobieskiego.
Sobieskiego misses with a wild combination.
Sobieskiego throws a lazy uppercut
and Dharris counters with a takedown into side control.
Dharris scoring with punches and elbows.
Dharris is putting a hurting on Sobieskiego here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dharris in side control, throwing shots but Sobieskiego defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sobieskiego some visible discomfort.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dharris connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sobieskiego some visible discomfort.
Sobieskiego tries to bench press Dharris off him but Dharris keeps the position.
Dharris misses with the ground and pound.
Dharris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sobieskiego to see if he's OK.
Sobieskiego on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dharris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sobieskiego managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dharris .
Dharris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sobieskiego keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dharris working the ground and pound from side control.
Sobieskiego taking a bit of punishment here - Dharris scoring with strikes.
Dharris trying to control the action but Sobieskiego is working from the bottom.
Sobieskiego tries to bench press Dharris off him but Dharris keeps the position.
Dharris creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dharris landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sobieskiego on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dharris works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dharris scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dharris creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sobieskiego tries to buck Dharris off but Dharris is having none of it.
Dharris trying to control the action but Sobieskiego is working from the bottom.
Sobieskiego taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sobieskiego takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sobieskiego is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dharris connects with a decent elbow.
Sobieskiego manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dharris 's best efforts.
Dharris scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dharris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dharris working over Sobieskiego with some ground and pound. Sobieskiego looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hafir Dharris will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sobieskiego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sobieskiego tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dharris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick misses from Sobieskiego.
Dharris tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dharris fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dharris closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Dharris .
Sobieskiego is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hafir Dharris .
Dharris tries to score a body lock takedown but Sobieskiego shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sobieskiego misses with a punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dharris drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Dharris .
Dharris goes for a takedown attempt but Sobieskiego pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dharris tries to clinch there but Sobieskiego circles away.
Dharris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sobieskiego.
Dharris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sobieskiego tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sobieskiego has had enough of the clinch but Dharris keeps him there for the moment.
Sobieskiego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sobieskiego fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dharris is out of range.
Dharris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dharris has Sobieskiego up against the cage in a clinch.
Sobieskiego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Dharris .
Dharris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sobieskiego after a bit of a struggle.
Dharris wants a takedown.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sobieskiego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sobieskiego pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sobieskiego misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sobieskiego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sobieskiego misses with a head kick.
Dharris changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sobieskiego gets tackled into the cage by Dharris . Dharris maintains the clinch.
Dharris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sobieskiego after a bit of a struggle.
Sobieskiego prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dharris tries for a takedown but Sobieskiego manages to get underhooks.
Sobieskiego is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dharris can do to turn this around?
Dharris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobieskiego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sobieskiego wants to get back to striking at distance but Dharris won't allow it.
Dharris goes for a takedown attempt but Sobieskiego pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sobieskiego punishes Dharris 's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego connects with a leg kick.
Sobieskiego lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sobieskiego is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sobieskiego throws a body kick that misses
and Dharris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dharris .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dharris landing with the ground and pound.
Sobieskiego keeping moving, preventing Dharris from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dharris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sobieskiego attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dharris moves into range and clinches up with Sobieskiego.
Dharris is stalling here.
Dharris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sobieskiego pushes Dharris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieskiego misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
Sobieskiego lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dharris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sobieskiego pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sobieskiego throws a sloppy head kick and Dharris moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieskiego lands a nice shot that snaps Dharris 's head back.
Sobieskiego shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dharris eats them both and turns towards Sobieskiego to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dharris avoids the head kick by Sobieskiego.
A big left from Sobieskiego misses.
Sobieskiego tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dharris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Sobieskiego.
Dharris tries to clinch but Sobieskiego is having none of it.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobieskiego fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sobieskiego throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Dharris tries to counter it with a takedown but Sobieskiego pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sobieskiego can pounce on him.
Dharris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sobieskiego looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
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!
You can see the frustration on Sobieskiego's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hafir Dharris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dharris scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sobieskiego is looking for a sweep.
Sobieskiego is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dharris connects with a decent elbow.
Sobieskiego is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dharris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sobieskiego to see if he's OK.
Dharris scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharris wants to control but Sobieskiego is keeping him busy.
Dharris working the body and head with strikes.
Dharris lands a nice forearm strike.
Sobieskiego is trying to get back to half guard.
Dharris misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sobieskiego can't do much from the bottom here.
Dharris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sobieskiego keeps working.
Sobieskiego is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dharris scoring with punches and elbows.
Sobieskiego is trying to get back to half guard.
Dharris working away.
Sobieskiego takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dharris is chipping away with strikes.
Dharris scoring with punches from side control.
Sobieskiego taking a bit of punishment here - Dharris scoring with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jana Iii Sobieskiego showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sobieskiego 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
Jana Iii Sobieskiego 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 Kain Mack (ranked 964 p4p, 1223 weight class) and Roland Spliffs (ranked 127 p4p, 165 weight class). Spliffs comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smoke Some Weed by Ice Cube kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kain Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Spliffs!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Spliffs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Spliffs connects with a leg kick.
Spliffs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Spliffs slips under a jab from Mack.
Mack throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mack takes one to the side of the head.
Mack throws a jab when Spliffs was well out of range.
Spliffs does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roland Spliffs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spliffs lands with a nice body kick.
Mack tests Spliffs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spliffs 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.
Spliffs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mack manages to avoid it.
Mack throwing a counter right hand but Spliffs manages to avoid it.
Mack takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Spliffs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mack counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack avoids the body shot from Spliffs.
A little feinted left hand from Mack on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Spliffs swings widly with a right hand
and Mack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spliffs pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mack is out of range and Spliffs settles back down.
Mack throwing a counter right hand but Spliffs manages to avoid it.
Mack takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spliffs takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Spliffs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mack lands with a right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Spliffs.
Spliffs delivers a nice body kick.
Spliffs swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Mack to counter with a crisp jab.
Spliffs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Spliffs is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick by Mack misses
and Spliffs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spliffs is still on wobbly legs! Can Mack finish him?
Spliffs walks straight into a right hand from Mack - that's dropped him! Mack jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Spliffs from any more punishment! Spliffs complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kain Mack!
Our winner, Kain Mack, 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Lee (ranked 599 p4p, 1036 weight class) and Benji Torres (ranked 90 p4p, 150 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Benji Torres!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Lee walks into a left hand.
Lee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Torres looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lee throws a hook but Torres avoids it easily.
Lee lands a nice shot that snaps Torres's head back.
Lee throws a wild body kick that Torres sees coming a mile off.
Torres throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torres stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Jimmy Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torres sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
Torres moves out of range as Lee throws a body kick.
Torres throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Torres on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lee. Lee obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Lee lands a nice shot that snaps Torres's head back.
Torres misses with a straight right.
Torres shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Torres at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
Torres throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torres misses with a wild body shot.
Lee cracks Torres with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice defenses there by Torres.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee thows a body kick. Torres tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Torres takes one to the chin there.
Torres throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Torres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lee thinks about countering with a body kick.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Torres off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Torres.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee moves away from the strike by Torres.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torres.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Torres moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Torres just misses with a punch to the body.
Torres looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Torres misses with a body punch
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lee thuds his right hand into Torres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lee dips to his left and cracks Torres with an uppercut!
Lee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torres. Torres circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Torres takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torres lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee slips under a jab.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torres.
Torres throws a lazy uppercut
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Torres.
Torres throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Torres steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Torres throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torres throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Torres swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with an inside leg kick.
Torres on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lee slips a straight right by Torres.
Torres chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
As Torres tries to get set, Lee tries to push him back and clinch up but Torres manages to avoid the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Torres eats them both and turns towards Lee to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee pushes Torres up against the cage in a clinch.
Torres cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torres is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lee lands with a light punch inside.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee leaning against his opponent.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torres lands with a light punch inside.
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Torres takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Lee. That snapped Torres's head back.
Nice jab there from Torres.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Torres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torres moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Torres off balance momentarily.
Lee drives through and clinches with Torres against the cage.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Torres blocks with his arms.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee misses with a knee strike.
Jimmy Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Torres has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Torres working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Torres wants to break free but Lee has control.
Torres breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Torres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Torres throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Torres.
Torres takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee throws out a powerful jab.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Lee digs a good hook to Torres's body.
Torres waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee throws a quick counter kick to the body but Torres avoids it.
Torres misses with an uppercut.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Torres takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Torres throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Torres's sensitive parts.
Jimmy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Torres takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Torres connects with the punch.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Torres throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Torres throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torres looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lee throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torres. That did some damage!
Jab by Lee.
Lee has managed to clinch.
Torres misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Torres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Torres wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee with a knee to the head.
 It looks like Benji Torres has been cut.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Torres avoids the damage to the body.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torres.
Torres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Lee coming out on top.
Lee lands with a straight right. Torres didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torres avoids the body shot from Lee.
Torres swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Torres counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torres misses with a straight left.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lee. Torres shrugs it off though.
Torres takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Torres looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the body from Torres misses
and Lee counters with a thumping low kick.
Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Torres wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Torres has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lee.
Torres can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benji Torres's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Torres takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Torres takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Torres under the eye.
Lee with the inside leg kick.
Lee defending well as Torres loads up on a big left hand.
Torres's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
Torres lands a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torres throws out the jab.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Torres throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Torres wants to break free but Lee has control.
Torres breaks the clinch.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torres takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Torres 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.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Torres gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torres manages to avoid it.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torres.
Lee is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jimmy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a nice body kick.
Torres moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee thuds his right hand into Torres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lee lands with a slapping head kick.
Torres throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Torres on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Torres connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Torres stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
A big right from Torres misses.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee is looking to slow Torres down with leg kicks.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Lee scores with a spinning back kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee delivers a nice body kick.
Torres throws a big shot that misses.
Torres has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Torres there as he acknowledges the shot.
Torres swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Torres has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torres.
Torres takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Torres with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lee to score with a decent uppercut.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee cracks Torres with an open hand slap.
Lee is looking to slow Torres down with leg kicks.
Torres throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Lee counters with a thumping low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torres throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Lee catches Torres right on the button with a cross.
Lee digs a good body shot into Torres's ribs.
Torres takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee slips a jab from Torres.
Torres connects with a jab.
Lee misses with a hook to the body
and Torres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Torres throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Torres takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benji Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torres lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Lee scores with a nice right hand.
Lee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torres.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Lee!
Jimmy Lee took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devonte Pinks (ranked 714 p4p, 802 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 103 p4p, 113 weight class). Pinks comes to the cage accompanied by HUMBLE.. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devonte Pinks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
Murphy connects with a jab.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Pinks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a jab.
Murphy tries to bum rush Pinks with a series of wild strikes but Pinks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pinks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy lands a jab to Pinks's midsection.
A shot to the body from Murphy misses
and Pinks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy connects with a body shot.
We've been told by Pinks's head coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pinks rather than just go for the knockout.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Pinks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murphy checks a leg kick.
Murphy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Pinks uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinks is just out of range.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Pinks walks into a stiff left hand from Murphy.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Pinks slips the punch.
Pinks is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Pinks.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Pinks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Pinks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy misses with a hook. Pinks ducked under it nicely.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinks is just out of range.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinks.
Manus Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Pinks misses with a kick to the body.
Pinks throws a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pinks avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy moves out of range as Pinks strikes.
Nice defenses there by Pinks.
Pinks is looking to counter with a body kick.
Pinks throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinks misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pinks.
Pinks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pinks keeps the fight on the outside.
Pinks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy connects with a crisp jab.
Murphy tries to bum rush Pinks with a series of wild strikes but Pinks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Pinks wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pinks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Pinks throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy slips under a jab from Pinks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinks.
Pinks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy has managed to clinch.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Pinks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pinks blocking some punches.
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!
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Murphy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Pinks controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pinks is fighting to break Murphy's control of his arms but Murphy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pinks stays in close to Murphy's body and controls the position.
Pinks has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manus Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pinks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinks.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pinks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinks.
And Pinks counters with a quick kick to the body but Murphy blocks it.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Pinks lands a body shot.
Murphy connects with a single shot there.
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
Pinks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pinks swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Pinks.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinks lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A short right from Murphy.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
A short left from Pinks.
Pinks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Pinks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murphy at a distance.
Murphy moves out of range as Pinks throws a body kick.
Pinks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Pinks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinks tries a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Pinks cracks Murphy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Pinks.
Pinks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pinks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Pinks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinks.
Pinks feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pinks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the body from Murphy misses
and Pinks counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Pinks counters with a nice right hand that sends Murphy toppling to the canvas! Murphy scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Pinks finish him?!
Murphy is rocked!
It looks like Manus Murphy has been cut.
Pinks lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Murphy head around and knocks him out cold! Pinks hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Devonte Pinks!
Devonte Pinks spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Manus Murphy had this to say: 'WTF??? How did that happen?'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Niaz (ranked 687 p4p, 661 weight class) and Ivan Kamenev (ranked 90 p4p, 89 weight class). Ivan Kamenev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Niaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Kamenev!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niaz is looking to clinch.
Kamenev closes the distance and clinches.
Kamenev tries to work over Niaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Niaz avoids the elbow strike from Kamenev, against the cage.
Niaz blocks an uppercut.
Kamenev jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Niaz walks away with a smile on his face. Kamenev gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Niaz wants to clinch
and Kamenev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Kamenev misses.
Kamenev scores with a takedown into Niaz's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niaz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Kamenev has passed into half guard!
Niaz wants to improve his position but Kamenev is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niaz looking for submissions off his back.
We've been hearing good reports from Niaz's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Niaz is trying to control but can't.
Kamenev takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kamenev is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Niaz defends it well.
Niaz is pressing down on Kamenev's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Niaz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kamenev puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Niaz actively working from the bottom here.
Niaz looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Kamenev pushes past his half guard into mount!
Kamenev working for a submission but Niaz is keeping him at bay.
Niaz is looking to improve his position but Kamenev isn't that keen on the idea.
Kamenev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Niaz is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamenev is working for a guillotine from mount but Niaz frees his head quite easily.
Niaz tries to control the position but Kamenev now has his back.
Kamenev is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Niaz knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Niaz for a finish.
Niaz rolls, trying to escape but Kamenev keeps control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niaz is working hard here to advance position.
Niaz defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Niaz trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Niaz is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Kamenev dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Niaz moves out of range as Kamenev strikes.
Niaz wants to clinch but Kamenev slips to the side
and Kamenev counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Niaz trying to control but Kamenev postures up.
Kamenev is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Niaz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kamenev.
Niaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamenev trying to pass the guard but Niaz defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niaz is looking for a sweep. Kamenev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kamenev is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Niaz looking for subs from the bottom but Kamenev mounts him!
Kamenev thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamenev is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Niaz is surviving well by controlling Kamenev's body position as best he can.
Niaz can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kamenev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Niaz is looking to escape.
Kamenev avoids the attempt from Niaz to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamenev wants to take Niaz's back but he can't do it this time.
Niaz is working to get back to half guard.
Niaz sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kamenev is thwarting Niaz's attempts to control the position.
Kamenev is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
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.
Niaz is trying to maintain the position but Kamenev is very close to passing his half guard.
Niaz is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Kamenev has latched onto it... Big trouble! Kamenev pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Niaz is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Kamenev!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ivan Kamenev!
Ivan Kamenev decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thorvald Nansen (ranked 322 p4p, 727 weight class) and Ranger Alderidge (ranked 45 p4p, 92 weight class). Nansen comes to the cage accompanied by Benny Jamz - Torden. Alderidge is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Portland, Oregon. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thorvald Nansen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ranger Alderidge!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alderidge misses with a body shot
and Nansen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alderidge thinking.
Alderidge throws a lazy right hand but Nansen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nansen.
Nansen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marty Robbin's Fight Ranch in the buildup to the fight.
Alderidge walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alderidge gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nansen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nansen's corner calls for a 1-2. Nansen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alderidge missing with a left hand there. Nansen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alderidge avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alderidge appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Alderidge avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nansen lands a head kick. Alderidge smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Nansen misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nansen misses with an uppercut
and Alderidge counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from Alderidge misses.
Ranger Alderidge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nansen tries to clinch up but Alderidge circles away and keeps his distance.
Nansen wants to clinch
and Alderidge counters with a nice uppercut.
Alderidge throws a series of punches but Nansen moves out of range.
A punch combination from Nansen misses.
Nansen throws a body kick that misses
and Alderidge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nansen throws a shot from downtown. Alderidge moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nansen misses with a left hand
and Alderidge counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nansen thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nansen misses with a head kick.
Alderidge closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nansen.
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!
Nansen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nansen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alderidge wants to control but Nansen postures up.
Nansen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alderidge knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Alderidge is trying to control Nansen's posture but Nansen avoids it.
Nansen tries to move to mount but Alderidge blocks the move with his legs.
Alderidge is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nansen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nansen controlling the action here.
Nansen is keen to just control but Alderidge is a slippery customer.
Alderidge is defending against the submission attempts here by Nansen.
Alderidge is trying to get back to full guard.
Nansen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alderidge is staying active underneath Nansen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nansen tries to pass to full mount but Alderidge defends it.
Alderidge is positioning himself well to prevent Nansen advancing to mount.
Alderidge tries to roll over but Nansen keeps him under control.
Nansen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alderidge sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nansen wants to pass the guard but Alderidge is defending well.
Nansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alderidge gets full guard.
Nansen looking to pass the guard.
Nansen scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Thorvald Nansen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nansen lands a really nice looking cross but Alderidge seems unphased.
Nansen misses with a hook
and Alderidge counters with a nice uppercut.
Alderidge misses the body punch
enabling Nansen to counter with a crisp jab.
Nansen shoots in for a takedown but Alderidge shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nansen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alderidge throws out a counter right but Nansen avoids it with no problem.
Nansen looks for a takedown but Alderidge sprawls well.
Alderidge looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice body punch from Alderidge.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alderidge takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nansen misses with a leg kick.
Alderidge looks to land a left hand but Nansen moved out of range nicely.
Nansen misses with an uppercut. Alderidge saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nansen misses with an uppercut
and Alderidge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alderidge lands a jab to the head.
Nansen with a nice calf kick.
Alderidge digs a good body shot into Nansen's ribs.
Nansen moves out of range of the strikes.
Nansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nansen connects with an inside leg kick.
Nansen throws a leg kick but Alderidge moved away.
Alderidge let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Alderidge changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alderidge throws a hook to the side of Nansen's head but Nansen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nansen tries to work over Alderidge's front leg with a kick but Alderidge checks it.
Nansen throws a jab but it's blocked by Alderidge.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Alderidge circles away.
Alderidge swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alderidge moves out of range of the body kick.
Thorvald Nansen is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Nansen is predictable there
and Alderidge counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alderidge looks to land a left hand but Nansen moved out of range nicely.
Nansen lands a jab to Alderidge's midsection.
Alderidge keeps the fight on the outside.
Alderidge throws a shot to the body.
Nansen misses with a right hand
and Alderidge counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nansen thinking.
Nansen avoids the body shot from Alderidge.
Nansen looks for the body kick but Alderidge saw that one coming.
Nansen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alderidge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nansen tries to clinch up.
Nansen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A slow jab from Alderidge misses its intended target.
Alderidge lunges at Nansen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nansen's hand.
Alderidge swings for the body but Nansen moves out of range.
Nansen looks to land a right hand but Alderidge moved out of range.
Nansen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alderidge scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nansen looks to throw a body kick
and Alderidge counters with a stiff right hand.
Alderidge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nansen moves away.
Nansen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alderidge appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nansen.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nansen is defended easily by Alderidge.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorvald Nansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alderidge. Nansen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alderidge defending well as Nansen loads up on a big left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nansen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nansen misses with a looping right.
Nansen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Alderidge counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alderidge just misses with a punch to the body.
Alderidge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nansen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ranger Alderidge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nansen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alderidge looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nansen is defended easily by Alderidge.
Nansen misses with a takedown attempt - Alderidge sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nansen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nansen misses with a takedown attempt
and Alderidge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorvald Nansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alderidge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nansen lands a really nice looking cross but Alderidge seems unphased.
Alderidge catches Nansen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderidge misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nansen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Alderidge.
Alderidge staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Alderidge on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nansen dives in and grabs Alderidge's left leg, looking for a takedown. Alderidge pushes down on Nansen's head and hops out.
Alderidge throws the left hand but Nansen avoids the punch easily.
Alderidge jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nansen scores with a nice strike.
Nansen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alderidge stuns Nansen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alderidge lands a jab.
A jab from Alderidge misses.
Nansen slips under a jab from Alderidge.
Alderidge blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nansen swings widly with a right hand
enabling Alderidge to counter with a crisp jab.
Alderidge avoids the head kick by Nansen.
Nansen misses with a hook
and Alderidge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alderidge swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nansen.
Nansen walks into a left hand.
Alderidge scores with the left hand. Nansen knows he should have avoided that one.
Nansen is rocked!
Nansen scoring well with a low kick there.
Oh Nansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nansen cracks Alderidge with an open hand slap.
Nansen seems to have got his legs back now.
Alderidge bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nansen's head.
A big right from Alderidge misses.
Alderidge has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Alderidge was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Nansen.
Nansen thows a leg kick but Alderidge checks it
and Alderidge counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nansen with a poor takedown
and Alderidge makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alderidge scores with a jab to the head.
Alderidge has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The fighters circling - Alderidge throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nansen misses with a hook to the body
and Alderidge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nansen throws a body kick that misses
and Alderidge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thorvald Nansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Nansen misses the target.
Alderidge throws a monster overhand right that drops Nansen! Alderidge follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ranger Alderidge!
Ranger Alderidge is the new lightweight champion!
Ranger Alderidge decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Thorvald Nansen stepped up to the mic, saying 'Hinga dinga durgen'.
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