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OFK 132 - Bagwis Vs Trump PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Claypool (ranked 1848 p4p, 5467 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 254 p4p, 562 weight class). St Pierre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Face the Pain. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenny Claypool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Claypool as he jumps to the side.
Claypool clinches.
Claypool stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Claypool breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Claypool instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Claypool.
St Pierre working hard to break the clinch.
Claypool is working St Pierre over against the cage.
Claypool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Pierre's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claypool lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Claypool has St Pierre pressed against the cage.
Claypool works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Claypool scores with a nice short uppercut.
Claypool just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Claypool taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Claypool as the two fighters clinch.
Claypool just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
Claypool struggles to land a body shot inside as St Pierre controls his hands.
Claypool is leaning against St Pierre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Claypool digs a right hand into St Pierre's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on St Pierre's gas tank.
A right handed body shot lands from Claypool.
St Pierre looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claypool gets through St Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Claypool breaks from the clinch.
Claypool keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kenny Claypool has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Claypool holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Claypool makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Claypool lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St Pierre or not.
Claypool displaying some good clinch control by pressing St Pierre up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Claypool.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Claypool lands a body shot.
Claypool cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
Claypool's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claypool wants to clinch.
Claypool closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
Claypool taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Claypool.
A right hand to the body from Claypool.
Come on Claypool - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Claypool scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Claypool on the inside.
Come on Claypool - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Claypool pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a shot to the head.
Claypool is pushing St Pierre up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short left from Claypool.
St Pierre's coach down at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy (ICE) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on St Pierre's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Claypool leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kenny Claypool.
Claypool stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
St Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Claypool has St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Claypool breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Claypool dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Claypool dips to his left and cracks St Pierre with an uppercut!
Claypool gets a clinch.
Claypool has St Pierre pressed against the cage.
Claypool has St Pierre pressed against the cage.
Claypool tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Pierre working hard to break the clinch.
Claypool escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Claypool is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Pierre can do to turn this around?
St Pierre throws a leg kick that is checked
and Claypool counters with a big head kick but St Pierre shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Claypool counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Claypool.
Good body shot from Claypool.
St Pierre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Claypool gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Claypool lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Claypool digs a right hand into St Pierre's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on St Pierre's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Claypool - that landed with a thud.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Claypool is working St Pierre over against the cage.
Claypool digs a right hand into St Pierre's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on St Pierre's gas tank.
Claypool is leaning against St Pierre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Claypool pushes St Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Claypool.
Claypool lands a body shot.
Claypool avoiding damage.
Claypool breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Claypool sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Claypool changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Claypool gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Claypool is leaning against St Pierre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Claypool's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Claypool.
Kenny Claypool has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Claypool is pushing St Pierre up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Claypool just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
Claypool breaks the clinch.
Claypool tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claypool lands a nice shot to the body.
St Pierre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Claypool counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
St Pierre tries to score a body lock takedown but Claypool shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Claypool breaks the clinch.
Claypool moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Claypool clinches with his opponent.
Claypool lands a body punch in the clinch.
Claypool lands a body punch.
Claypool lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Claypool.
Claypool lands a body shot.
Claypool stalling against the cage.
Claypool lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Claypool manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Claypool - that landed with a thud.
Claypool gets through St Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Claypool is stalling here.
Claypool is stalling here.
Claypool is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Claypool lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Claypool dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Claypool closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Claypool.
Claypool lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Claypool stalling.
A hook to the body from Claypool.
Claypool manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kenny Claypool.
Claypool lands a nice shot to the body.
St Pierre tries to keep at a distance but Claypool has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Claypool.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claypool lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
St Pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
St Pierre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Claypool pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Claypool lands a right hand that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Claypool works on St Pierre's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Claypool as the two fighters clinch.
Claypool manages to break the clinch.
Claypool pushes St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
Claypool lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St Pierre or not.
Claypool is leaning against St Pierre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Claypool pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Claypool wants to clinch.
Claypool dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Claypool lands with a good body shot.
Claypool darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Claypool - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Claypool lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Claypool manages to break the clinch.
Claypool rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Claypool is struggling to control the position.
Claypool lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Georges St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Claypool breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre throws a lazy head kick
and Claypool counters with a straight right hand.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Claypool lands with a cross.
Claypool drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.
Claypool breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
It looks like Claypool has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claypool pushes St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
Claypool lands a left hand.
Claypool works on St Pierre's body with a couple of short punches.
Claypool lands a body punch in the clinch.
Claypool has St Pierre pressed against the cage.
Claypool cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Claypool.
Claypool lands a nice shot to the body.
Claypool scores with a hook to the body.
Claypool is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Claypool lands a body punch.
Claypool lands with a short shot to the head.
Claypool escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Claypool takes the fight into the clinch.
Claypool just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
St Pierre drops down looking for an ankle pick but Claypool pulls his leg out and moves away.
Claypool fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with St Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Claypool presses St Pierre against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Claypool cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
Claypool softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Claypool pushes St Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Claypool stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Claypool lands a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Claypool showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Claypool 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:24
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Claypool!
In defeat, Georges St Pierre stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rou Joukani (ranked 713 p4p, 1986 weight class) and Willem Kriel (ranked 106 p4p, 276 weight class). Kriel has chosen Jack Parow & Freshlyground - Army Of One as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good 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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rou Joukani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willem Kriel!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kriel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kriel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kriel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Joukani scores with a body shot.
Kriel thows a leg kick but Joukani checks it
and Joukani counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kriel throws a body kick that misses
and Joukani counters with a stiff right hand.
Kriel throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Joukani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kriel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joukani was well out of range. Poor timing from Kriel.
We've been told by Joukani's head coaches at Zenarals' House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Some bone on bone action there as Joukani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel throws a hook but Joukani blocks it.
It looked like Joukani wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kriel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kriel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kriel throws a body shot but no joy.
Joukani tried to counter with a leg kick but Kriel avoided it.
Kriel throws a low kick but Joukani avoids it.
Joukani lands a big right hand that sends Kriel crashing to the mat! Joukani stays standing though and waves Kriel back to his feet!
 Kriel is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriel misses with a kick to the body.
Joukani sends Kriel crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Joukani is motioning to the referee to let Kriel up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Kriel is still on wobbly legs! Can Joukani finish him?
Kriel throws a hook but Joukani blocks it.
Joukani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel slips a jab and a cross from Joukani.
Kriel seems to have recovered his senses.
Joukani slips under a jab from Kriel.
Kriel tries to land a front kick but Joukani steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Joukani throws a big counter combination but Kriel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Joukani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kriel misses with a hook to the body
letting Joukani counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joukani connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Kriel out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rou Joukani!
Rou Joukani tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Barnes (ranked 1047 p4p, 1040 weight class) and Brutalis Rhino (ranked 154 p4p, 152 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brutalis Rhino!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhino throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Brutalis Rhino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rhino checks it well.
Rhino throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barnes on the side of the head.
Rhino gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Barnes is not content to let Rhino control the position.
Rhino is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rhino in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Barnes is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brutalis Rhino!
Brutalis Rhino made sure to mention his sponsor, Altitude Clothing in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Tomori (ranked 1215 p4p, 741 weight class) and Marcos Budinha (ranked 75 p4p, 44 weight class). Hiroki Tomori has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Budinha!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomori closes the distance and pushes Budinha back into the cage.
Tomori breaks the clinch.
Budinha tries to clinch up but Tomori circles away and keeps his distance.
Tomori looks to land a combination but Budinha avoids it well.
Budinha tries to counter with a clinch but Tomori shakes him off and moves away.
Tomori clinches up with Budinha and pushes him back against the cage.
Budinha lands a damaging elbow.
Tomori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tomori.
Budinha misses with an elbow over the top.
Tomori throws a punch but it's blocked by Budinha.
Tomori is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tomori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori has a couple of punches blocked by Budinha.
Tomori throws a head punch that misses.
Budinha has Tomori pressed against the cage, preventing Tomori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Budinha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tomori gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori working hard to break the clinch.
Tomori lands a shot to the body.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Budinha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tomori takes an elbow to the forehead.
Budinha tries to stall but Tomori uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Budinha is trying to stall.
Tomori scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomori has been working on his balance at Catch Wrestling L.A., so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Budinha.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tomori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tomori.
Tomori lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomori lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tomori blocks an elbow strike.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori gets through Budinha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomori's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Budinha has Tomori pressed against the cage.
Tomori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tomori is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tomori has a couple of punches blocked by Budinha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori lands an uppercut.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Budinha clinches up against the cage.
Tomori stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Budinha.
Budinha lands a knee to the body.
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomori.
Budinha taking a breather.
Budinha misses with a knee strike.
Tomori throws an elbow but it misses.
Tomori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budinha stalling against the cage.
Tomori digs a right hand into Budinha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Budinha's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha working Tomori over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Budinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Budinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha blocks a body shot from Tomori.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Tomori scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomori lands a body shot in the clinch.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tomori has Budinha pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Budinha manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tomori looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Tomori tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Budinha smiles and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroki Tomori 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tomori forces Budinha back against the cage and clinches.
Tomori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hiroki Tomori has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Tomori - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tomori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Budinha.
Budinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Budinha trying to control the position but instead, Tomori has worked for underhooks and has pushed Budinha into the cage.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tomori manages to break the clinch.
Budinha gets a clinch.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Tomori.
Tomori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Budinha or not.
Budinha misses with an elbow strike.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tomori - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tomori lands a right hand.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Tomori.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Budinha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tomori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tomori takes an elbow to the forehead.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Budinha looking to throw knees to the head but Tomori is blocking nicely.
Tomori swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomori working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tomori blocks it with crossed arms.
Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Budinha clinches with his opponent.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
Tomori tries a body shot but Budinha blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomori.
Tomori lands with a short shot to the head.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori misses with the head strike.
Budinha prevents a body shot from Tomori.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomori's defenses.
Budinha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomori is defending well for now.
Tomori is pushing Budinha up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tomori presses Budinha against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomori.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but Tomori blocks it.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tomori is keeping busy.
Tomori working aggressively here.
Budinha wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Tomori content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tomori.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
Tomori manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tomori gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomori lands a nice uppercut.
Tomori pushes Budinha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Budinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomori tries to clinch but Budinha moves out of range.
Tomori clinches with his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroki Tomori dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Budinha throws a low kick, looking for Tomori's leg but Tomori calmly moves out of range.
Budinha is looking to chop away at Tomori's legs.
Budinha swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
Budinha wants to counter with a clinch but Tomori pushes him away.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Budinha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses.
Tomori doesn't manage to clinch there - Budinha circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
Tomori shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Budinha but Budinha pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tomori wants to clinch up but Budinha keeps it at a distance.
Budinha is looking to clinch.
Tomori gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tomori avoids it.
Budinha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Budinha blocks an uppercut.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tomori avoids it.
Tomori misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomori.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomori avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomori scores with a hook to the body.
Budinha looking to slow down the pace here.
Budinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomori tries to work over Budinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Tomori managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha landing knees to the head.
Tomori tries to work over Budinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Tomori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hiroki Tomori is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good work by Tomori as he checks the leg kick.
Tomori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Budinha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomori avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha looking to stall.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha stalling in the clinch but Tomori improves position.
Budinha looking to slow down the pace here.
Budinha is looking to control Tomori's arms but Tomori gets an underhook and turns him. Now Budinha has his back to the cage.
Budinha displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tomori up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcos Budinha.
Tomori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Budinha.
Budinha moves in looking to clinch but Tomori pushes him off.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tomori.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroki Tomori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Budinha tries to keep at a distance but Tomori has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tomori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. Tomori won't want to take too many of those.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori tries to throw a body punch but Budinha avoids it by throwing Tomori back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Budinha.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomori is defending well for now.
Hiroki Tomori is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tomori throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Tomori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Budinha.
Tomori misses with the head strike.
Tomori can't find room to land a body shot as Budinha controls the action.
Tomori manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Marcos Budinha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budinha lands a knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Budinha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tomori 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroki Tomori!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Little Kitty Sripituksakul (ranked 526 p4p, 1436 weight class) and Vasilios Megalos (ranked 34 p4p, 86 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasilios Megalos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sripituksakul drops Megalos with a right and a left! Sripituksakul comes rushing in but Megalos regains his composure and manages to keep Sripituksakul in guard.
Megalos is rocked!
 It looks like Vasilios Megalos has been cut.
Megalos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sripituksakul is controlling him.
Megalos is still in real trouble! Can Sripituksakul finish him?
Sripituksakul loads up on a big left hand. Megalos felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sripituksakul looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Megalos can't hide his disappointment, as Sripituksakul celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
An out of breath Little Kitty Sripituksakul thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zak Foley (ranked 521 p4p, 1039 weight class) and Derrick Barnes (ranked 81 p4p, 151 weight class). Barnes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: We Want The Funk. 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Foley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derrick Barnes !
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foley misses with a few strikes there.
Foley has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Greedy Fight School in the buildup to the fight.
Foley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barnes backs up against the cage.
Foley throws a front kick aimed at Barnes 's knee but Barnes avoids it well.
Barnes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Foley misses with a low kick as Barnes jumps back.
Foley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Foley misses with a body kick.
Foley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foley feints and then cracks Barnes 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barnes down.
Barnes cracks Foley with a good jab.
Foley is looking to land body kicks.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Foley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Foley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes avoids a kick to the body.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley misses with a body kick.
Foley just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Foley misses the target.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Foley.
Foley misses the shot to the body.
A low kick lands for Foley.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnes misses the target.
Foley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Barnes finds it's way through Foley's defenses.
Zak Foley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Barnes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Foley. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Foley throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes .
Foley throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
Barnes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Foley defends it well.
Foley throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Foley throws a wild body kick that Barnes sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zak Foley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes misses with a body punch
and Foley counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Foley throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Foley is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Foley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Foley blocks a low kick nicely.
A low kick lands for Foley.
Some bone on bone action there as Barnes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Foley lands a head kick. Barnes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Foley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes .
Foley lands a nice shot that snaps Barnes 's head back.
Barnes wants to slow Foley down by chopping away at his legs.
Foley lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley scores with a body shot.
Foley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnes is able to avoid easily.
Barnes tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Foley defends well and Barnes ends up having to push Foley into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Foley.
Foley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes .
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Foley.
Nice body kick from Foley.
Foley misses with a double jab.
Barnes blocks the body kick.
Foley throws a body kick that misses.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Foley is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick from Foley misses.
Foley takes a swing at Barnes 's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnes is able to avoid easily.
Barnes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Barnes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Foley with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Foley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Foley slips a jab and a cross from Barnes .
Foley's corner calls for a 1-2. Foley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Foley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Foley feints and then cracks Barnes 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barnes down.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Foley.
Barnes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Foley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Foley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Foley throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Barnes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Foley throws a push kick but Barnes slaps the foot to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Foley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It seemed like Barnes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Foley.
Foley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Foley.
Foley throws the kick towards the body but Barnes avoids it.
Foley misses with a body kick.
Foley checks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Foley blocks the low kick.
Barnes avoids a kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Barnes might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Foley has got the better of the exchanges.
Barnes misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Foley on the side of the head.
Foley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barnes shoots for a takedown but Foley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barnes moves out of range as Foley throws a body kick.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Foley.
Foley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Foley's body. Foley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Some wild striking there from Foley.
Foley misses with a body punch
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Barnes misses with a hook. Foley ducked under it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Foley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barnes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Foley's sensitive parts.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Foley.
Barnes blocks a leg kick.
Foley swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Foley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Foley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Foley throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes 's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Foley is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick.
Foley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
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!
Foley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Foley manages to avoid it.
Foley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Foley.
Foley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Foley throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barnes misses with a right hand
letting Foley counter with a right hand.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Foley.
Foley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Foley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley misses with a low kick.
Foley throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Foley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barnes tries a quick counter leg kick but Foley is wise to it.
Zak Foley is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Foley counters with a nice uppercut.
Foley throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Foley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes .
Foley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes .
A swing and a miss from Foley.
Barnes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Foley on the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Foley.
Foley checks a leg kick.
Foley checks a leg kick.
Foley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Foley lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes one on the button.
Foley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Foley.
Derrick Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Foley throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Foley misses with a kick to the body
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot lands for Barnes .
Foley tries a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Foley.
Foley throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick from Foley.
Barnes raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Foley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Foley connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Foley misses the target.
Barnes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Foley with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Foley dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Foley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Foley misses with a body shot.
Foley scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnes should have avoided that one.
Foley checks the leg kick.
Barnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Foley.
Barnes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barnes throws a hook but Foley blocks it.
Foley slips a straight right by Barnes .
Foley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes .
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Foley is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Foley connects with a high kick.
Foley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foley misses with a head kick.
Barnes throws out a counter right but Foley avoids it with no problem.
Barnes throws a body punch but Foley moves out of range.
Foley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barnes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Foley checks it well.
Foley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Foley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Foley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barnes ! But no joy.
Foley misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Foley circles away quickly and effectively.
Foley thinks about countering with a body kick.
Foley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Foley cracks Barnes with an open hand slap.
Barnes 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Foley throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barnes .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice cross by Foley.
Foley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes .
Foley scores with a three punch combo!
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Foley throws a one two combo.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Foley missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barnes takes a kick to the side of the head.
Barnes is rocked!
Foley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Foley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnes throws a front kick aimed at Foley's knee but Foley avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Foley.
A countering left hand to the body from Barnes misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley lands a nice shot that snaps Barnes 's head back.
Barnes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barnes tries a low kick but Foley avoids it.
Barnes blocks the body kick.
Foley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barnes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Foley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes .
Derrick Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Foley lands a jab to Barnes 's midsection.
A clash of legs there as Foley blocks the low kick.
Foley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Foley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Foley misses.
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Foley on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Foley.
Foley tries a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Foley. Barnes shrugs it off though.
Foley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnes feints a counter leg kick.
Foley misses with a kick to the body.
Barnes throws a body shot but no joy.
Foley swings widly with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barnes throws a shot from downtown. Foley moves away and avoids it.
Barnes misses with a leg kick.
Foley misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Barnes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Foley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Foley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Foley throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Foley moves his leg out of the way.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zak Foley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Foley 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Foley!
An out of breath Zak Foley thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scot Harwath (ranked 763 p4p, 446 weight class) and Andrew Barnes (ranked 112 p4p, 67 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scot Harwath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Barnes misses with an attempted mid kick.
As Barnes tries to get set, Harwath tries to push him back and clinch up but Barnes manages to avoid the attempt.
We've been informed that Barnes 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.
Barnes scores with a body shot.
Harwath checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Barnes stuns Harwath with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harwath stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harwath ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've been told by Harwath's head coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harwath jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harwath fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harwath tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Harwath keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes moves forwards but Harwath connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Andrew Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harwath lands a really nice looking cross but Barnes seems unphased.
Barnes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harwath misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harwath throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barnes! But no joy.
Harwath connects with the punch.
Harwath feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Barnes sprawling to the canvas! Barnes rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Harwath finish him?!
Barnes is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harwath throws a sloppy body shot
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Harwath misses the jab.
Barnes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harwath.
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harwath throws a right hand that misses
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from Barnes misses
and Harwath counters with a right hand to the body.
A combination from Harwath does no damage.
Harwath throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Harwath throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harwath swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harwath takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barnes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harwath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harwath moves away.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick
and Harwath holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harwath misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harwath creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harwath misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harwath tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harwath makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harwath lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Harwath uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barnes.
Harwath cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Harwath.
Harwath swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harwath digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scot Harwath dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Barnes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harwath takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Scot Harwath is winning the standup battle so far.
Harwath lands a nice hook to Barnes's body. Barnes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Harwath misses with a looping left.
Harwath feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes scores with a head kick. Harwath tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barnes throws a body punch but Harwath moves out of range.
Harwath throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes jabs Harwath right on the nose. Harwath blinks but takes it well.
Harwath defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Harwath tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Barnes manages to circle out of the way.
Harwath's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barnes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harwath scrambles back to his feet.
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harwath looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick and Harwath moves out of range easily.
Barnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harwath.
Harwath looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes misses with a body kick.
Harwath is looking to counter the offense by Barnes and move into the clinch.
Harwath throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Barnes. That snapped Harwath's head back.
Barnes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnes with a hook.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Harwath instigates a clinch.
Harwath lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Harwath scores with a shot to the side of Barnes's head.
Harwath displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barnes up against the cage.
Harwath lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Harwath.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harwath creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barnes tries to break free but Harwath pushes him back against the cage.
Harwath cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harwath misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harwath lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harwath tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harwath has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Harwath.
Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harwath blocks a head kick by Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harwath was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Harwath closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harwath tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Harwath.
Harwath presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Harwath lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harwath lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harwath misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scot Harwath dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A swing and a miss from Harwath.
Barnes misses with a low kick as Harwath jumps back.
Barnes throws a lazy head kick
and Harwath counters by moving into the clinch.
Barnes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harwath lands a nice shot to the body.
Scot Harwath has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good body shot from Harwath.
Barnes has had enough of the clinch but Harwath keeps him there for the moment.
Harwath throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harwath is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harwath creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harwath creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harwath lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harwath digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harwath lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harwath lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harwath lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A hook to the body from Harwath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Harwath.
A short left from Harwath.
Harwath lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harwath lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Harwath lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Harwath - that landed with a thud.
Harwath presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harwath cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Harwath.
Harwath lands a body punch.
Harwath scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harwath lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes is trying to force a seperation but Harwath has the dominant position.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Harwath tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Harwath blocks an uppercut.
Harwath working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harwath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harwath softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harwath works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.
Harwath lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Harwath.
Harwath makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harwath is working Barnes over against the cage.
A short uppercut from Harwath.
Harwath lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Harwath.
Harwath stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harwath lands a body shot.
Harwath digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Harwath.
Harwath pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Barnes.
Harwath tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Andrew Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harwath lands with a right to the head.
Harwath lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnes or not.
Harwath lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Harwath works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harwath creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Harwath as the two fighters clinch.
Harwath throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harwath just leaning against Barnes, taking a breather.
Harwath blocks a body shot from Barnes.
A shot in the inside from Harwath.
A short body shot lands from Harwath as the two fighters clinch.
Harwath stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harwath lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harwath tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harwath lands with a short shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short uppercut from Harwath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harwath pushes Barnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harwath lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harwath lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harwath.
Harwath digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harwath lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Harwath as the two fighters clinch.
Harwath lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harwath stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harwath lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harwath digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harwath.
A short body shot lands from Harwath as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harwath makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Harwath lands a shot to the body.
Scot Harwath is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harwath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scot Harwath showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harwath has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scot Harwath!
A relieved looking Scot Harwath thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Tepes Iii (ranked 222 p4p, 973 weight class) and Schwartz Gomez (ranked 30 p4p, 143 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gomez's choice of entrance music: POP SMOKE - GOT IT ON ME. Vlad Tepes Iii could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Schwartz Gomez's chin.
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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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Vlad Tepes Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Schwartz Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez wants to land a leg kick but Tepes Iii is out of range.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gomez throws a lazy uppercut
and Tepes Iii counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gomez has one foot on Tepes Iii's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Tepes Iii moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Tepes Iii misses with a kick to the body.
Gomez throws a wild body kick that Tepes Iii sees coming a mile off.
Tepes Iii connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes Iii swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gomez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Tepes Iii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tepes Iii moves forwards but Gomez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gomez misses with a few strikes there.
Tepes Iii appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gomez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tepes Iii fails with the takedown.
Gomez moves out of range as Tepes Iii throws a body kick.
Gomez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes Iii uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Gomez blocks a head kick by Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii throws a one two combo.
Gomez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepes Iii attempts a counter takedown but Gomez avoids it well and moves away.
Gomez throws a low kick, looking for Tepes Iii's leg but Tepes Iii calmly moves out of range.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tepes Iii pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tepes Iii wants to slow Gomez down by chopping away at his legs.
Gomez fakes the leg kick and cracks Tepes Iii in the body.
Gomez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gomez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Tepes Iii.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Gomez connects with a solid leg kick.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepes Iii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Tepes Iii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
Gomez thows a leg kick but Tepes Iii checks it
and Tepes Iii counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gomez's knee momentarily.
Tepes Iii throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gomez lands with a nice body punch.
Gomez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tepes Iii to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gomez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tepes Iii misses with a punch to the body.
Tepes Iii can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Gomez as the two fighters clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tepes Iii leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tepes Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tepes Iii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tepes Iii looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomez is just out of range.
Gomez misses with a few strikes there.
Tepes Iii throws a hook but Gomez avoids it easily.
Tepes Iii takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Schwartz Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tepes Iii connects with a body shot.
Tepes Iii looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomez is just out of range.
Gomez stuns Tepes Iii with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gomez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gomez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes Iii slips a straight right by Gomez.
Gomez throws a one two combo.
 It looks like Vlad Tepes Iii has been cut.
Tepes Iii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii staying out of range there.
Tepes Iii takes one on the button.
Tepes Iii takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gomez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tepes Iii.
Gomez scores with a nice head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tepes Iii throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez connects with an inside leg kick.
A left lands for Gomez.
Tepes Iii looks for the body kick but Gomez saw that one coming.
Gomez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tepes Iii.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez punishes Tepes Iii's body with a nice straight punch.
Gomez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Tepes Iii throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gomez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Schwartz Gomez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vlad Tepes Iii's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The crowd cheers as Gomez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tepes Iii doesn't seem phased though.
Gomez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Tepes Iii moves out of range.
Gomez takes the fight into the clinch.
Tepes Iii blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii is trying to maintain a safe position but Gomez gets an underhook and turns Tepes Iii into the cage.
Gomez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gomez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tepes Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tepes Iii goes for a takedown attempt but Gomez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tepes Iii throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gomez tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Tepes Iii is in Gomez's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez wants to stand up but Tepes Iii is controlling him.
Tepes Iii is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes Iii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tepes Iii pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gomez is keeping the position for now.
Tepes Iii trying to control but Gomez is working from the bottom.
Schwartz Gomez has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tepes Iii pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gomez is keeping the position for now.
Tepes Iii passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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.
Tepes Iii working the ground and pound but Gomez is defending the strikes.
Gomez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gomez pushes Tepes Iii away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tepes Iii gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tepes Iii lands some shots froms side control.
Gomez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Tepes Iii is looking to take a break and control but Gomez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Tepes Iii's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gomez sneaks out the side door and pushes Tepes Iii away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Gomez throws a body shot but no joy.
Tepes Iii tries to counter with a takedown but Gomez is quick to defend against it.
Schwartz Gomez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomez looks to throw the jab but Tepes Iii is out of range.
Tepes Iii seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tepes Iii digs a good hook to Gomez's body.
Tepes Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomez.
Tepes Iii finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gomez.
Gomez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gomez cracks Tepes Iii with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes Iii throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tepes Iii counters with a low kick, right behind Gomez 's knee.
Tepes Iii throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gomez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tepes Iii momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tepes Iii misses with a body shot.
Gomez with a nice cross.
Gomez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gomez lands a jab to the head.
Tepes Iii throws the kick towards the body but Gomez avoids it.
Gomez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nice body kick from Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii tries to work over Gomez's front leg with a kick but Gomez checks it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tepes Iii.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tepes Iii lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Schwartz Gomez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vlad Tepes Iii's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Tepes Iii closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gomez explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez tries a quick counter leg kick but Tepes Iii is wise to it.
Gomez doesn't manage to clinch there - Tepes Iii circles away.
Gomez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tepes Iii. Tepes Iii circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gomez swings for the body but Tepes Iii moves out of range.
Tepes Iii takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tepes Iii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomez moves into range and clinches up with Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
Tepes Iii is looking for a takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gomez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tepes Iii's brow.
Gomez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tepes Iii controls his hands.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Tepes Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
I was talking to Tepes Iii's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii jumps guard but Gomez stands there with Tepes Iii around his waist. Tepes Iii gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii lands with a right to the head.
Tepes Iii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Tepes Iii blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tepes Iii prevents a body shot from Gomez.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tepes Iii takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tepes Iii tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Tepes Iii back against the cage.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Tepes Iii.
A short uppercut from Tepes Iii.
Gomez scores with a hook to the body.
Vlad Tepes Iii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands an elbow inside.
Gomez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gomez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tepes Iii breaks from the clinch.
Gomez cracks Tepes Iii with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gomez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tepes Iii counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tepes Iii throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Gomez throws a jab when Tepes Iii was well out of range.
Tepes Iii fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gomez just manages to avoid it.
Gomez misses with a few strikes there.
Tepes Iii misses with a straight right.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tepes Iii.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tepes Iii checks a leg kick nicely.
Gomez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tepes Iii.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses.
Tepes Iii lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tepes Iii slips a jab from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gomez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepes Iii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tepes Iii drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gomez sprawls and moves away.
Gomez connects with a crisp jab.
Tepes Iii takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gomez avoids a kick to the body.
Tepes Iii rushes Gomez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tepes Iii stalling the fight.
Tepes Iii lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gomez.
Gomez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tepes Iii is stalling here.
Tepes Iii stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
Tepes Iii trying to control the position but instead, Gomez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tepes Iii into the cage.
Tepes Iii misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes Iii misses with the head strike.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwartz Gomez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tepes Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Gomez off the cage and back into range.
Gomez works the jab nicely.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tepes Iii.
Tepes Iii throws a nice looking combination but Gomez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tepes Iii misses with an uppercut. Gomez saw that one coming.
Gomez catches Tepes Iii with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gomez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tepes Iii tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Schwartz Gomez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gomez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Schwartz Gomez!
Schwartz Gomez 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Jahouli (ranked 236 p4p, 723 weight class) and Pat Kelly (ranked 33 p4p, 106 weight class). Jahouli comes to the cage accompanied by Darker Than Blue. Maxim Jahouli could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pat Kelly's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxim Jahouli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jahouli misses with a looping right.
Jahouli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kelly now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Jahouli misses.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Jahouli is just out of range.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jahouli.
Jahouli slips under a jab from Kelly.
Kelly misses the jab.
Jahouli throwing a counter right hand but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Kelly 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.
Jahouli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kelly shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jahouli eats them both and turns towards Kelly to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jahouli.
Jahouli misses with a kick to the body.
Good shot there by Kelly.
Kelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kelly clinches with his opponent.
I was talking to Jahouli's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly has picked Jahouli up - he's going for a ride! Kelly dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kelly is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Jahouli pulls Kelly in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly looking to sit in guard and control but Jahouli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kelly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kelly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jahouli is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jahouli stopping the sweep attempt from Kelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jahouli seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kelly keeping full guard, as Jahouli tries to pass.
Jahouli showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jahouli won't allow Kelly to sweep him here.
Jahouli's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kelly wants to hit a sweep here but Jahouli passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kelly there!
Kelly is looking to improve his position but Jahouli isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly keeps trying to improve his position.
Kelly tries to hold on but Jahouli pushes him away.
Kelly is desperately trying to improve his position but Jahouli has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jahouli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kelly tries to hold on but Jahouli postures up.
Kelly tries to improve his position but instead Jahouli has taken his back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Maxim Jahouli will probably get the nod.
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.
Jahouli cracks Kelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Jahouli counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelly throws a body punch but Jahouli moves out of range.
Kelly throws a sloppy head kick and Jahouli moves out of range easily.
Jahouli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kelly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jahouli scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pat Kelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly throws a body punch but Jahouli moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jahouli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly lands a jab to Jahouli's midsection.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jahouli just misses with a punch to the body.
Jahouli lands a big head kick that sends Kelly tumbling to the mat! Jahouli takes a step backwards and waves Kelly back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kelly is rocked!
It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jahouli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Jahouli finish him?
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jahouli.
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Pat Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Kelly falls backwards - clearly groggy! Jahouli dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxim Jahouli!
A relieved looking Maxim Jahouli thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huwan Bagwis (ranked 101 p4p, 631 weight class) and Donald Trump (ranked 16 p4p, 96 weight class). Donald Trump has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huwan Bagwis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donald Trump!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bagwis tests Trump's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bagwis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A low kick from Trump is predictable there
letting Bagwis counter with a right hand.
Trump takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trump throws a hook but Bagwis blocks it.
Bagwis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bagwis lands with a good body shot.
Trump bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trump connects with a body shot that sends Bagwis's belly button to the back.
Bagwis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bagwis ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
Bagwis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
Bagwis takes a kick to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trump. Bagwis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trump bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bagwis misses the shot to the body.
Bagwis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Bagwis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bagwis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump connects with a leg kick.
Trump slips a straight right by Bagwis.
Bagwis lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bagwis. That's going to slow Trump down.
Trump misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Trump.
Bagwis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Trump throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looks like Bagwis has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Trump is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bagwis rather than just go for the knockout.
Trump misses with a straight right.
Bagwis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trump swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trump feints a counter leg kick.
Bagwis lands a nice hook to Trump's body. Trump takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bagwis misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Trump.
Trump fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bagwis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trump doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bagwis scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagwis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bagwis.
Trump throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bagwis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trump wants to slow Bagwis down by chopping away at his legs.
Bagwis feints and then cracks Trump's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trump down.
Bagwis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Trump.
Trump throws a wild body kick that Bagwis sees coming a mile off.
Trump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bagwis throwing a counter right hand but Trump manages to avoid it.
Bagwis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trump.
Trump shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bagwis tries to counter by clinching up but Trump breaks away and moves out of range.
Bagwis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trump.
Bagwis slips a straight right by Trump.
Trump lands a nice hook to Bagwis's body. Bagwis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bagwis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Trump misses with a low kick as Bagwis jumps back.
Trump throws out a loose jab but Bagwis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trump throws the kick towards the body but Bagwis avoids it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Trump - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Trump tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bagwis's elbow.
Trump is looking to control Bagwis's arms but Bagwis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Trump has his back to the cage.
Bagwis scores with a shoulder strike.
Bagwis misses with some punches.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trump blocking some punches.
Bagwis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bagwis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bagwis blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bagwis.
Bagwis misses with a body punch.
Trump is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trump's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bagwis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump lands a hook that snaps the head of Bagwis backwards.
Trump lands an elbow that stopped Bagwis in his tracks for a moment.
Trump breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trump throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Trump scores with the left hand. Bagwis knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bagwis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trump.
Trump keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bagwis.
Trump tries a quick counter leg kick but Bagwis is wise to it.
Trump misses with a looping left.
Bagwis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trump misses with a two punch combination.
Trump defending well as Bagwis loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trump misses the body punch
and Trump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bagwis tries to bum rush Trump with a series of wild strikes but Trump uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trump! But no joy.
Bagwis swings for the body but Trump moves out of range.
Bagwis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trump.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Huwan Bagwis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Trump explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bagwis motions for Trump to come forward. Bagwis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bagwis cracks Trump with an open hand slap.
Trump misses with a wild combination.
Bagwis ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
Bagwis digs a good body shot into Trump's ribs.
Trump misses with a straight right.
Bagwis throws a leg kick which misses Trump's front leg but catches the back leg as Trump tries to avoid it.
Trump throws a hook but Bagwis avoids it easily.
Trump throws a head kick that misses
and Bagwis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Bagwis.
Bagwis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Trump can pounce on him.
Bagwis tries to land a leg kick but Trump saw it coming and moves away.
Bagwis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trump can do to turn this around?
Trump showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bagwis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bagwis throws a predictable looking body shot
and Trump counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Bagwis catches Trump right on the button with a cross.
Trump has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bagwis finds it's way round the side to connect with Trump's head.
Bagwis cracks Trump with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bagwis checks a leg kick.
Bagwis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Trump.
Bagwis loads up on a big right hand but Trump slips the punch.
Bagwis lands a jab to the nose.
Trump with the inside leg kick.
Trump lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Trump.
Bagwis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trump.
Bagwis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trump uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump lands a jab to the head.
Bagwis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trump connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bagwis scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Bagwis misses.
Trump swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagwis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Trump misses with a straight right.
Bagwis misses with a hook. Trump ducked under it nicely.
Bagwis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trump getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bagwis connects with a right hand. Trump shakes it off.
Bagwis looks to score with a jab to the body but Trump is just out of range.
Trump was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bagwis. Trump does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trump blocks a jab.
Trump throws an overhand right that lands on Bagwis's shoulder, as Bagwis tries to avoid the shot.
Trump fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bagwis manages to avoid it.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
Trump throws a body shot but no joy.
Trump looks to throw the jab but Bagwis is out of range.
Trump slips a straight right by Bagwis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bagwis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trump swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bagwis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trump throws out the jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Trump.
Trump throws a body shot but no joy.
Trump bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bagwis scores with a body shot.
A left and a right from Trump both land. Nice combination.
Trump takes a swing at Bagwis's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bagwis misses the target.
Trump tries a low kick but Bagwis avoids it.
Bagwis feints a jab promting Trump to slip. Bagwis then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Trump slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump throws a body punch but Bagwis moves out of range.
Bagwis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Trump with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bagwis to score with a decent uppercut.
Trump throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bagwis's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bagwis defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand.
Bagwis looks to land a left hand but Trump moved out of range nicely.
Trump walks into a jab.
Trump scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bagwis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trump.
A big right from Trump misses.
Trump fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bagwis is out of range.
Trump moves out of range as Bagwis strikes.
Trump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bagwis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bagwis throws a low kick, looking for Trump's leg but Trump calmly moves out of range.
Trump throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trump throws a shot from downtown. Bagwis moves away and avoids it.
Bagwis looks to land a right hand but Trump moved out of range.
Trump walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bagwis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jab from Trump.
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 Huwan Bagwis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Trump cracks a nice hook into Bagwis's ribs.
Bagwis misses with a wild body shot.
Bagwis jabs Trump right on the nose. Trump blinks but takes it well.
Trump uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bagwis.
Bagwis thows a leg kick but Trump checks it
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Trump tried to score with a low kick but Bagwis checks it.
Trump thuds a left hand into Bagwis's body.
Bagwis lands a head shot.
Trump misses with a low kick.
Bagwis throws a body shot but no joy.
Trump feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bagwiss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bagwis misses with an uppercut
and Trump counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trump bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trump throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bagwis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bagwis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bagwis looks for the body kick but Trump saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bagwis was well out of range. Poor timing from Trump.
Bagwis is looking to counter punch.
Trump slips a straight right by Bagwis.
Trump lands with a nice body punch.
Trump misses with a right hand
and Bagwis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trump connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bagwis's hands.
A big left from Trump misses.
Trump waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bagwis.
Trump circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Trump slips a straight right by Bagwis.
Trump connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Trump takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bagwis throws a hook but Trump blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Trump fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bagwis lands with a nice body punch.
A left lands for Bagwis.
Bagwis works Trump's body with a nice hook.
Bagwis cracks Trump with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bagwis thuds his right hand into Trump's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Trump fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bagwis manages to avoid it.
Huwan Bagwis is winning the standup battle so far.
Bagwis misses with a wild body shot.
Bagwis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bagwis jabs Trump to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bagwis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Trump has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Trump misses the jab.
Bagwis throws an off balance right hand
and Trump counters with a stiff right hand.
Trump dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bagwis. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Trump, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bagwis lands a nice shot that snaps Trump's head back.
Trump looks to land a right hand but Bagwis moved out of range.
Bagwis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bagwis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trump counters with a body kick that stops Bagwis in his tracks momentarily.
Bagwis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trump gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Trump cracks a nice hook into Bagwis's ribs.
Bagwis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trump.
Bagwis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bagwis fails to land with a series of punches.
Bagwis throws a jab when Trump was well out of range.
Trump catches Bagwis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot lands for Bagwis.
Bagwis jabs at Trump's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump just misses with a punch to the body.
Bagwis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trump.
Bagwis throwing a counter right hand but Trump manages to avoid it.
Bagwis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trump.
Bagwis 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.
Bagwis punishes Trump's body with a nice straight punch.
Bagwis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bagwis checks a leg kick.
Bagwis takes the fight into the clinch.
Bagwis blocks an elbow strike from Trump.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bagwis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trump.
Bagwis blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Huwan Bagwis did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.
Bagwis lands a jab to Trump's midsection.
Bagwis throws a body punch but Trump moves out of range.
Trump uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bagwis.
Trump doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bagwis moves to clinch but Trump breaks away
and Trump counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bagwis tests Trump's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bagwis.
Trump throws a leg kick
and Bagwis counters with a nice body shot.
Trump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bagwis was well out of range. Poor timing from Trump.
Bagwis punishes Trump's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bagwis throws a body punch but Trump moves out of range.
Trump throws a combination. Bagwis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trump thumps Bagwis with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bagwis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Bagwis blocks the leg kick.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but Bagwis is just out of range.
Trump walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bagwis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bagwis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trump's head.
A big right from Bagwis misses.
Bagwis throws a big shot that misses.
Bagwis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trump throws out a counter right but Bagwis avoids it with no problem.
Donk. Bagwis catches Trump right on the button with a cross.
Bagwis lands with a nice body punch.
Trump misses with a hook.
Bagwis scores with a jab to the body.
Bagwis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bagwis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bagwis misses with a straight left.
Bagwis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bagwis is looking to slow Trump down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bagwis misses with a looping left.
Trump tries a quick counter leg kick but Bagwis is wise to it.
Trump misses with a body kick.
Trump rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bagwis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bagwis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trump was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Trump lands a body shot.
Bagwis misses with a shot to the body
and Trump counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Trump lands with a hook. Bagwis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bagwis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trump.
Bagwis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Trump throws a hook but Bagwis avoids it easily.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Bagwis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Trump throws a body shot but no joy.
Bagwis moves out of range of the leg kick from Trump.
Trump on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Trump thumps Bagwis with a low kick.
Trump staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bagwis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bagwis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trump.
Trump throws a leg kick but Bagwis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bagwis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bagwis throws a front kick that sends Trump stumbling back into the cage.
Trump with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trump.
Trump on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bagwis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bagwis misses with a lunging right hand
and Trump counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bagwis misses with a hook.
Bagwis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trump throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bagwis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trump walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bagwis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bagwis looks to score with a jab to the body but Trump is just out of range.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bagwis moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bagwis. That's going to slow Trump down.
Nice shot by Bagwis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bagwis lands a nice shot to the body.
Bagwis clinches up with Trump and pushes him back against the cage.
Bagwis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trump is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Trump is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bagwis is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Bagwis fails to land.
Bagwis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bagwis throws a punch but it's blocked by Trump.
Bagwis tries to throw a body punch but Trump avoids it by throwing Bagwis back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bagwis.
Bagwis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Huwan Bagwis had his way with Donald Trump in that round.
That's time! Bagwis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Trump tries a head kick but it misses.
Trump on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trump lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Trump throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trump throws an overhand right that lands on Bagwis's shoulder, as Bagwis tries to avoid the shot.
Bagwis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bagwis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trump was well out of range. Poor timing from Bagwis.
Bagwis throws a lazy right hand but Trump sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trump wants to land a leg kick but Bagwis is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bagwis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Trump.
Bagwis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trump takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bagwis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Trump throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump looks to land a combination but Bagwis avoids it well.
Trump lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bagwis, as that shot connected.
Trump lands a jab to Bagwis's midsection.
Bagwis lands a jab to Trump's midsection.
Bagwis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trump manages to avoid it.
Bagwis throws a shot to the body.
Trump lands a jab to the head.
Bagwis dips to his left and cracks Trump with an uppercut!
Trump misses the jab.
It looked like Bagwis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bagwis misses with a body shot.
Trump avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trump misses with a leg kick
letting Bagwis counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trump misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bagwis.
Donald Trump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagwis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trump.
Trump throws an overhand right that lands on Bagwis's shoulder, as Bagwis tries to avoid the shot.
A quick step to the side and Bagwis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trump throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bagwis swings for the body but Trump moves out of range.
Trump appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bagwis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Trump.
It looked like Bagwis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bagwis checks a low kick from Trump.
Bagwis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Trump has time to react.
Trump looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bagwis moves out of range of the strikes.
Bagwis misses with a body punch
and Trump connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Huwan Bagwis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trump.
Bagwis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trump momentarily.
Trump lands with an uppercut that bounces Bagwis off the cage and back into range.
Trump changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bagwis.
Trump misses with a wild body shot.
Trump misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Bagwis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trump slips under a jab.
Trump looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bagwis throws an overhand right that lands on Trump's shoulder, as Trump tries to avoid the shot.
Trump tries a quick counter leg kick but Bagwis is wise to it.
Bagwis is looking to clinch but Trump is avoiding it.
A leg kick checked by Trump.
Trump uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bagwis.
Trump scores with a spinning back kick!
Trump tests Bagwis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bagwis clobbers Trump with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Trump swings widly with a right hand
and Bagwis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bagwis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bagwis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump lands with a straight right. Bagwis didn't see that one coming.
Bagwis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trump.
Trump pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bagwis tests Trump's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bagwis.
Trump doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bagwis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bagwis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bagwis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Bagwis as he connects with a hook.
Donk. Bagwis catches Trump right on the button with a cross.
Nice body kick from Trump.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Bagwis walks into a left hand.
Trump cracks Bagwis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Trump has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bagwis to stand back up!
 Bagwis is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bagwis tries to get into range but Trump steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Bagwis! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Trump scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donald Trump!
Donald Trump is the new light heavyweight champion!
Donald Trump tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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