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ENIGMA 48 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Korppila (ranked 3647 p4p, 5602 weight class) and Abdo Farah (ranked 474 p4p, 591 weight class). Abdo Farah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Korppila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abdo Farah!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korppila defending well as Farah loads up on a big left hand.
Farah takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Farah leaves Korppila with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Korppila slips a jab from Farah.
Farah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Korppila.
Farah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Korppila seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Korppila fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farah throws out a loose jab but Korppila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Korppila counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Korppila trying to control but Farah is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korppila throwing strikes from guard but Farah blocks nicely.
Korppila missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Korppila drops back looking for a leg! Farah is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Farah manages to kick Korppila off! Korppila jumps back into Farah's guard.
Korppila throwing strikes but missing.
Korppila working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farah utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Korppila stands up over Farah, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Korppila throwing strikes from guard but Farah blocks nicely.
Korppila has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Korppila accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Korppila throwing strikes but missing.
Korppila is in close to Farah's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Farah trying to control the position.
Korppila engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Korppila throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Korppila dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Korppila waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Farah.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Farah! But no joy.
Korppila tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Farah swivels and escapes.
A little jabbing left from Farah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Farah blocks a jab.
Korppila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farah.
Farah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jab by Farah.
Korppila feints a jab promting Farah to slip. Korppila then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Farah slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Korppila changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Farah tries to avoid it but Korppila manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Farah to the ground. Farah escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Korppila misses with a takedown attempt - Farah sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Korppila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farah scores with a jab to the head.
Korppila fails with the takedown
and Farah counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tom Korppila is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korppila tries for a takedown but Farah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab from Farah misses.
Farah bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Korppila! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
 Korppila is rocked!
Farah must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Farah won't allow Korppila to sweep him here.
Oh Korppila is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Korppila trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farah stopping the sweep attempt from Korppila.
Farah pushes down on Korppila's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Korppila seems to have got his legs back now.
Korppila slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
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!
Korppila wants to sweep here but Farah controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farah sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Korppila striking off his back but it's not causing Farah any problems.
Korppila looking for a guillotine here but Farah defends easily.
Korppila tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Korppila throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abdo Farah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Farah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Korppila shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Korppila was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Farah really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Korppila. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Korppila is looking to take a break and control but Farah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Korppila is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Farah has escaped the position, nice work there.
Korppila is working Farah over with some ground and pound from side control.
Farah looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Korppila working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Korppila throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Korppila is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Farah has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korppila misses with the ground and pound.
Tom Korppila overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Korppila in side control, throwing shots but Farah defends.
Korppila trying to control the position but Farah is working away.
Korppila working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Korppila tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Korppila misses with the ground and pound.
Korppila thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Korppila thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Korppila wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Farah, who protects the arm well.
Farah parries the strikes from Korppila easily there. Korppila is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Farah to escape.
Korppila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farah can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Korppila working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Farah takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Korppila showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Korppila 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Korppila!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mordechai Wrobel (ranked 4861 p4p, 3341 weight class) and Noah Pymus (ranked 527 p4p, 409 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordechai Wrobel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Noah Pymus!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pymus pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Wrobel back to the cage. Pymus follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
 It looks like Mordechai Wrobel has been cut.
Pymus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wrobel looks to throw a body kick
and Wrobel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pymus cracks Wrobel with a good jab.
Pymus ducks under a wild hook from Wrobel.
Pymus throws a series of punches but Wrobel avoids them all with ease.
Wrobel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wrobel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pymus.
Wrobel misses with a head kick.
Pymus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wrobel with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wrobel throws a head kick but Pymus moves out of range.
We've been told by Wrobel's head coaches at Defiant that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wrobel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pymus.
Wrobel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrobel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pymus was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrobel.
A punch lands to the side of Wrobel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pymus lands a left and a right that send Wrobel crashing to the mat, dazed. Pymus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wrobel is rocked!
Pymus lands a brutal uppercut that launches Wrobel off his feet! Wrobel tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Noah Pymus!
A victorious Noah Pymus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Kreischer (ranked 3863 p4p, 3990 weight class) and Magnus Tyme (ranked 457 p4p, 468 weight class). Magnus Tyme will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herbert Kreischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Tyme!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyme connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Herbert Kreischer has been cut.
Kreischer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kreischer misses with a few strikes there.
Tyme looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tyme throws an overhand right that lands on Kreischer's shoulder, as Kreischer tries to avoid the shot.
Kreischer throwing a counter right hand but Tyme manages to avoid it.
Tyme throws an overhand right that lands on Kreischer's shoulder, as Kreischer tries to avoid the shot.
Kreischer takes one to the side of the head.
Kreischer throws a body punch but Tyme moves out of range.
Kreischer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyme.
Tyme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big right from Kreischer misses.
Tyme slips a jab from Kreischer.
Nice body punch from Tyme.
Tyme throws a hook but Kreischer avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Tyme. That snapped Kreischer's head back.
Tyme looks to land a right hand but Kreischer moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tyme misses the target.
Tyme moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tyme with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice straight punches there by Tyme. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyme.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyme throws a hook but Kreischer blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Tyme lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kreischer doesn't seem phased though.
Tyme lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kreischer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyme slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tyme looks to land a right hand but Kreischer moved out of range.
Kreischer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyme throws out the jab.
A big right from Kreischer misses.
Tyme cracks Kreischer with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Kreischer looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away can Tyme finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyme misses the shot to the body.
Tyme takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kreischer slips under a jab.
Kreischer loads up on a big right hand but Tyme slips the punch.
It seemed like Tyme was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tyme throws a body shot but no joy.
Kreischer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tyme misses with a looping right.
Tyme is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kreischer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kreischer moves into the clinch successfully.
Kreischer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kreischer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tyme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyme.
Kreischer lands with a right to the head.
Tyme working aggressively here.
Kreischer scores with a hook to the body.
Tyme looks winded!
Kreischer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Our sources have told us that Kreischer has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kreischer lands a left hand.
Kreischer works on Tyme's body with a couple of short punches.
Kreischer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kreischer.
Kreischer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Kreischer as the two fighters clinch.
Kreischer connects with a knee to the head.
 It looks like Magnus Tyme has been cut.
Kreischer working Tyme over with knees to the body.
Kreischer is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tyme's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A body shot lands from Kreischer.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kreischer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kreischer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kreischer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tyme backwards.
Tyme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kreischer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tyme's face.
Kreischer lands with a left to the head.
Kreischer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tyme backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Magnus Tyme will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kreischer clinches with his opponent.
Tyme has a couple of punches blocked by Kreischer.
Kreischer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kreischer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kreischer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
 Tyme is rocked!
Kreischer crunches a lovely knee into Tyme's ribcage.
Tyme is still on wobbly legs! Can Kreischer finish him?
Kreischer creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Tyme's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Tyme drops to his knees and Kreischer pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herbert Kreischer!
During a confident post fight interview, Herbert Kreischer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Magnus Tyme was interviewed post fight and said 'I respect my opponent, tonight just wasnt my night, thanks.'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Slick Sanchez (ranked 2560 p4p, 4914 weight class) and Keishin Smith (ranked 158 p4p, 266 weight class). Smith has chosen 極主夫道 Gukushufudo- Way of the Househusband OST as his entrance music. Slick Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slick Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keishin Smith!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
It looks like Keishin Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Slick Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Oooooh!!! Sanchez has knocked Smith down with a huge combo! Sanchez steps away and waves a wobbly Smith back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Smith is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
We've been told by Sanchez's head coaches at Bennies Boppers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith scores with a hook.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Sanchez is looking for a counter combo.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
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!
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Smith connects with a right hand. Sanchez shakes it off.
Smith throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters by moving into the clinch.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sanchez.
Oooooh!!! Sanchez has knocked Smith down with a huge combo! Sanchez steps away and waves a wobbly Smith back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Sanchez misses with a combination
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
That has opened up Keishin Smith's cut even more.
Smith throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Slick Sanchez dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keishin Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice combination there by Smith.
Sanchez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanchez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Slick Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've been informed that Smith has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Sanchez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Despite the aggression on Smith's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Smith scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smith has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Slick Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
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 Slick Sanchez will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sanchez defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Smith lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Sanchez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sanchez.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez drops Smith with a beautiful combination! Smith stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sanchez is looking for the KO!
Smith misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Smith.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Smith looks to move away, Sanchez throws a big counter combo but Smith just gets out of the way.
Keishin Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Slick Sanchez.
Well Sanchez 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slick Sanchez!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Adesanya (ranked 2900 p4p, 5530 weight class) and Dalinar Kholin (ranked 388 p4p, 588 weight class). Dalinar Kholin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dalinar Kholin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesanya does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Adesanya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kholin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kholin slips under a jab from Adesanya.
Adesanya has closed the distance and engaged Kholin in a clinch.
Kholin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adesanya looking to throw knees to the head but Kholin is blocking nicely.
Kholin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kholin punishes Adesanya's body with a nice straight punch.
Adesanya moves out of range of the strikes.
Adesanya misses with a body kick.
Kholin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kholin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adesanya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kholin lands a lovely overhand right.
Adesanya just misses with a punch to the body.
Adesanya moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adesanya struggles to land a body shot inside as Kholin controls his hands.
Kholin avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya is trying to pull guard but Kholin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Adesanya has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Adesanya misses with the head strike.
Adesanya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kholin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kholin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adesanya misses with a knee strike.
Kholin takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Dalinar Kholin has been cut.
Kholin gets through Adesanya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kholin manages to break the clinch.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Kholin is having none of it.
Kholin throws a hook but Adesanya blocks it.
Adesanya tries to counter by clinching up but Kholin breaks away and moves out of range.
Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kholin.
Kholin slips a straight right by Adesanya.
Adesanya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kholin misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kholin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adesanya.
Adesanya tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kholin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kholin avoids the head kick by Adesanya.
Nice straight punches there by Kholin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kholin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Kholin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kholin. Adesanya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adesanya wants to clinch up but Kholin keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Kholin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adesanya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kholin is looking for the big counter here.
Adesanya closes the distance and clinches.
Adesanya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kholin is defending well for now.
Adesanya trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kholin.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adesanya throws an elbow but misses.
Kholin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Adesanya.
Kholin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dalinar Kholin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dalinar Kholin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Adesanya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kholin throws a hook to the side of Adesanya's head but Adesanya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice jab there from Kholin.
Adesanya lands with a kick to the temple. Kholin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kholin moves out of range of the body kick.
Adesanya swinging wildly here.
Adesanya tries to clinch there but Kholin circles away.
Despite the aggression on Kholin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kholin lands a really nice looking cross but Adesanya seems unphased.
Adesanya takes one on the button.
Adesanya takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kholin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adesanya throws a sloppy head kick and Kholin moves out of range easily.
Adesanya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Adesanya moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Adesanya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kholin throws a hook but Adesanya blocks it.
Adesanya is looking to counter punch.
Adesanya misses with an uppercut. Kholin saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kholin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adesanya momentarily.
Kholin scores with a jab to the head.
Adesanya is rocked!
A punch combination from Adesanya misses.
Oh Adesanya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kholin cracks Adesanya on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Adesanya falls backwards against the cage. Kholin follows up with more strikes that drop Adesanya to his knees. Kholin keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Adesanya! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dalinar Kholin!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Mansour (ranked 23696 p4p, 4207 weight class) and Julius Lew (ranked 660 p4p, 526 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Mansour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Lew!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansour throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lew counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A low kick from Lew is predictable there
and Mansour counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mansour gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lew misses with a knee to the head.
I was talking to Mansour's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mansour tries to work over Lew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lew can't find room to land a body shot as Mansour controls the action.
Lew scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mansour misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lew.
Lew blocking some punches.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lew crunches a lovely knee into Mansour's ribcage.
Lew misses with the head strike.
Mansour tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lew trying to land knees to the body.
Lew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mansour tries to throw a body punch but Lew avoids it by throwing Mansour back against the cage.
Mansour throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lews head.
A head punch on the inside from Mansour fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansour lands a left hand.
Mansour blocks an uppercut.
Mansour scores with a shot to the side of Lew's head.
Mansour scores with a shoulder strike.
Mansour takes a shot to the head.
Mansour throws a punch but it's blocked by Lew.
Lew tries a knee to the head but Mansour blocks it.
Mansour lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mansour misses with the head strike.
Lew doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lew scores a nice knee to the body.
Mansour misses with a punch on the inside.
Lew has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mansour seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lew can turn it around.
Mansour working aggressively here.
A short right from Mansour on the inside.
Mansour tries to work over Lew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mansour misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lew can't find room to land a body shot as Mansour controls the action.
Mansour swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lew blocks a body shot from Mansour.
Lew with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Seth Mansour has been cut.
Mansour makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Mansour.
A short right from Lew on the inside.
Lew digs a right hand underneath Mansour's ribcage. Mansour let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mansour misses with some punches.
Mansour misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Lew scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lew tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mansour avoids it.
Lew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mansour backwards.
Mansour scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mansour blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mansour.
Mansour blocking some punches.
Lew misses with a knee to the head.
Lew throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mansour blocks a body shot from Lew.
A short right from Mansour.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lew scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Lew.
Lew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lew tries to pull guard but Mansour forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Julius Lew will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seth Mansour'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.
Mansour checks a leg kick.
Lew misses the jab.
Mansour was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mansour really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lew throws a leg kick which misses Mansour's front leg but catches the back leg as Mansour tries to avoid it.
Mansour walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mansour uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lew has time to react.
Lew throws out a loose jab but Mansour uses good head movement to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Mansour misses its target.
The fighters circling - Lew throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mansour misses with a double jab.
Mansour throws a hook but Lew blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lew throws a body shot but no joy.
Mansour misses the jab.
Lew lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lew misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew looks to land a left hand but Mansour moved out of range nicely.
Mansour blocks a jab.
A quick step to the side and Mansour tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Lew, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lew dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mansour. That did some damage!
Lew throws a body kick that misses.
Mansour is looking to counter punch.
Mansour moves out of range of the leg kick from Lew.
Mansour seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Mansour clinches.
Lew scores with a shot to the side of Mansour's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mansour.
Mansour throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lews head.
Mansour misses with a body punch.
Lew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mansour scores with a shot to the side of Lew's head.
Lew blocking some punches.
Mansour working aggressively here.
Mansour softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lew is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mansour blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Mansour.
Seth Mansour has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lew misses with a body punch.
Mansour lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Lew fails to land.
Lew blocking some punches.
Lew blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Lew.
Lew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mansour blocking some punches.
Mansour can't find room to land a body shot as Lew controls the action.
Mansour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mansour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a knee to the head.
Lew lands with a light punch inside.
Mansour lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lew makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mansour blocks a body shot from Lew.
Mansour is struggling to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Julius Lew will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Seth Mansour's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mansour rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lew counters with an inside leg kick.
Seth Mansour has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lew throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mansour pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lew back to the cage. Mansour follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lew ducks under a wild hook from Mansour.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lew.
Lew with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lew avoids the body shot from Mansour.
Lew lands a nice shot that snaps Mansour's head back.
Lew connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Lew, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lew slips under a jab from Mansour.
Lew throws a shot from downtown. Mansour moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mansour connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew misses with a hook. Mansour ducked under it nicely.
Mansour lands a jab to the head.
Mansour thuds his right hand into Lew's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mansour stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mansour throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mansour thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mansour has Lew up against the cage in a clinch.
Mansour doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mansour misses with a body punch.
Mansour working aggressively here.
Mansour misses with some punches.
Mansour takes a shot to the head.
Lew tries a knee to the head but Mansour blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansour misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mansour.
Mansour lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lew tries to throw a body punch but Mansour avoids it by throwing Lew back against the cage.
Lew blocks a body shot from Mansour.
Julius Lew is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lew blocks a body shot from Mansour.
Mansour misses with a punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mansour misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mansour swings wildly with an uppercut but Lew uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lew.
Mansour tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Mansour.
A head punch on the inside from Lew fails to land.
Mansour tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
Lew lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mansour has a couple of punches blocked by Lew.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seth Mansour showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lew has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Julius Lew!
A relieved looking Julius Lew 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draganov (ranked 1953 p4p, 3349 weight class) and Sultanbek Akhtankhanov (ranked 257 p4p, 408 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Draganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sultanbek Akhtankhanov!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draganov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Akhtankhanov.
Jab by Akhtankhanov.
A left lands for Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Akhtankhanov is looking to chop away at Draganov's legs.
Draganov digs a good hook to Akhtankhanov's body.
Akhtankhanov takes a swing at Draganov's ribcage but misses.
Draganov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Draganov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akhtankhanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draganov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draganov throws a lazy head kick
and Akhtankhanov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Draganov moves in looking to clinch but Akhtankhanov pushes him off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Draganov. Akhtankhanov shrugs it off though.
A telegraphed right hand from Akhtankhanov misses the target.
Draganov throws a quick counter head kick but Akhtankhanov was just out of range.
A low kick from Draganov is predictable there
and Akhtankhanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Akhtankhanov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akhtankhanov connects with an inside leg kick.
Draganov moves out of range of the strikes.
Akhtankhanov lands a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Akhtankhanov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Draganov misses.
Draganov tries a head kick but it misses.
Akhtankhanov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Akhtankhanov swings widly with a right hand
and Draganov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Akhtankhanov with a nice calf kick.
Akhtankhanov misses with a body punch
and Draganov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Akhtankhanov connects with a nice looking jab.
Draganov works Akhtankhanov's body with a nice hook.
Akhtankhanov lands with a good body shot.
Draganov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akhtankhanov can pounce on him.
Draganov lands with a shot to the body.
Draganov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Akhtankhanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draganov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Akhtankhanov gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draganov misses with a body punch.
Draganov cracks Akhtankhanov with a nice body shot.
Akhtankhanov misses with the head strike.
Akhtankhanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov tries to work over Akhtankhanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akhtankhanov lands a left hand.
Draganov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A bit of stalling here from Draganov.
I was talking to Draganov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov lands a hook that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
Draganov misses with some punches.
Draganov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akhtankhanov or not.
Akhtankhanov looks winded!
A short right from Draganov on the inside.
Draganov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akhtankhanov or not.
Draganov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Akhtankhanov backwards.
Draganov cracks Akhtankhanov with a nice body shot.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Draganov.
Akhtankhanov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draganov lands with a light punch inside.
Draganov pushes Akhtankhanov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draganov misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Akhtankhanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akhtankhanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Draganov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
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 Ivan Draganov will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Draganov lands a head kick. Akhtankhanov smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Akhtankhanov misses with a wild body shot.
Draganov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Akhtankhanov 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.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Draganov blocks the low kick.
Draganov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Akhtankhanov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Akhtankhanov ducks under a wild hook from Draganov.
Draganov lands a right hook to the body.
Draganov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Draganov with a nice calf kick.
Draganov throws a body punch but Akhtankhanov moves out of range.
Draganov swings for the body but Akhtankhanov moves out of range.
Akhtankhanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Draganov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Draganov.
Akhtankhanov drops his hands momentarily and Draganov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Akhtankhanov blocks a leg kick.
Akhtankhanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Draganov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Akhtankhanov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akhtankhanov lands a leg kick that knocks Draganov off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov blocks a low kick nicely.
Draganov wants to clinch.
Draganov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akhtankhanov's sensitive parts.
Draganov forces Akhtankhanov back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Akhtankhanov - that landed with a thud.
Ivan Draganov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Akhtankhanov digs a right hand underneath Draganov's ribcage. Draganov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Draganov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Draganov blocks a body shot from Akhtankhanov.
Draganov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Draganov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Draganov swings wildly with an uppercut but Akhtankhanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Akhtankhanov controls his hands.
Draganov blocks an uppercut.
Akhtankhanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akhtankhanov blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Akhtankhanov fails to land.
Draganov works on Akhtankhanov's body with a couple of short punches.
Akhtankhanov lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Akhtankhanov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draganov or not.
Akhtankhanov digs a right hand into Draganov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Draganov's gas tank.
Draganov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
A short left from Draganov.
Akhtankhanov misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov throws a head punch that misses.
Draganov presses Akhtankhanov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Draganov scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov misses with the head strike.
Akhtankhanov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Akhtankhanov can't find room to land a body shot as Draganov controls the action.
Akhtankhanov blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draganov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Draganov 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. And we move into the final round!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draganov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Akhtankhanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Akhtankhanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Akhtankhanov feints a counter leg kick.
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A decent looking cross lands there for Akhtankhanov.
Draganov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Akhtankhanov counters with a stiff right hand.
Draganov feints and then cracks Akhtankhanov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akhtankhanov down.
Draganov checks a leg kick.
Draganov connects with a leg kick.
Draganov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akhtankhanov manages to avoid it.
Akhtankhanov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Draganov throws a hook but Akhtankhanov blocks it.
Akhtankhanov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Akhtankhanov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Akhtankhanov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Akhtankhanov does it's job there.
Akhtankhanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draganov moves away.
Draganov has closed the distance and engaged Akhtankhanov in a clinch.
Draganov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akhtankhanov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Akhtankhanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draganov misses with a body punch.
Akhtankhanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Draganov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akhtankhanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov working aggressively here.
Akhtankhanov misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov pushes Draganov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Akhtankhanov has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Akhtankhanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Akhtankhanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draganov is trying to stall.
Draganov misses with a body punch.
Draganov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Akhtankhanov can't find room to land a body shot as Draganov controls the action.
A short right from Draganov on the inside.
Draganov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akhtankhanov's elbow.
Draganov misses with some punches.
Akhtankhanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draganov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draganov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Akhtankhanov tries to work over Draganov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akhtankhanov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ivan Draganov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov digs a right hand into Akhtankhanov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Akhtankhanov's gas tank.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Akhtankhanov tries to throw a body punch but Draganov avoids it by throwing Akhtankhanov back against the cage.
Akhtankhanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Akhtankhanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Draganov presses Akhtankhanov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Draganov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akhtankhanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draganov.
Akhtankhanov lands a left hand.
Akhtankhanov tries a body shot but Draganov blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akhtankhanov.
Akhtankhanov tries to throw a body punch but Draganov avoids it by throwing Akhtankhanov back against the cage.
Akhtankhanov lands with a light punch inside.
Draganov trying to control the position but instead, Akhtankhanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Draganov into the cage.
Draganov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sultanbek Akhtankhanov.
I think Draganov 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sultanbek Akhtankhanov!
Sultanbek Akhtankhanov spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uwe Eggert (ranked 3188 p4p, 3226 weight class) and Eddie McDermott (ranked 387 p4p, 392 weight class). McDermott is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Shipping up to Boston. Eddie McDermott will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Uwe Eggert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie McDermott!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eggert slips a jab and a cross from McDermott.
A little feinted left hand from Eggert on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Eggert moves away from the strike by McDermott.
Eggert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eggert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDermott moves away.
Eggert takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Eggert walks into a straight right hand from McDermott.
A left lands for Eggert.
McDermott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McDermott misses with a few strikes there.
McDermott throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eggert throws a hook but McDermott avoids it easily.
Eggert ducks under a wild hook from McDermott.
Some wild striking there from McDermott.
Eggert throws a hook but McDermott blocks it.
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!
Eggert takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eggert throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from McDermott misses the target.
McDermott cracks Eggert with a right hand to the side of the head.
McDermott scores with a hook to the body. Eggert takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Eggert throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eggert loads up on a big right hand but McDermott slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDermott misses with a body shot.
McDermott thuds his right hand into Eggert's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McDermott just misses with a punch to the body.
Eggert throws a hook but McDermott blocks it.
Nice defenses there by McDermott.
Eggert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDermott stuns Eggert with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McDermott looks to land a right hand but Eggert moved out of range.
McDermott throws a left that rocks Eggert and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! McDermott dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Eggert regain composure!
Eggert is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Eggert is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
McDermott stands up.
Eggert looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
McDermott drops his shoulder and cracks Eggert with a huge uppercut! Eggert goes down! Can McDermott finish him?
Eggert really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eggert is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McDermott is controlling him.
Eggert trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
McDermott wants to stand but Eggert has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
McDermott decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Eggert, up you get!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eggert misses with an uppercut.
Despite the aggression on McDermott's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
McDermott cracks a nice hook into Eggert's ribs.
A big left from Eggert misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie McDermott dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McDermott keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Eggert on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McDermott has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
McDermott misses the shot to the body.
Eggert misses with a hook.
McDermott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McDermott lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Oh Eggert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McDermott drops Eggert with a big left hand! Eggert is injured, injured bad! McDermott jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie McDermott!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Shakes (ranked 2149 p4p, 3690 weight class) and Rico Axelrod (ranked 276 p4p, 439 weight class). Shakes comes to the cage accompanied by About the Money- T.I.. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Shakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rico Axelrod!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Axelrod lands.
Shakes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shakes tries to clinch but Axelrod moves out of range.
Axelrod 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.
Axelrod moves into range and connects with a jab.
Axelrod rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shakes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shakes swings for the body but Axelrod moves out of range.
Axelrod punishes Shakes's body with a nice straight punch.
Axelrod bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Shakes misses.
Axelrod throws out a counter right but Shakes avoids it with no problem.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Axelrod connects with a jab.
Shakes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shakes moves in looking to clinch but Axelrod pushes him off.
Axelrod appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Axelrod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shakes manages to avoid it.
Shakes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shakes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Axelrod circles away from the clinch attempt.
Axelrod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shakes.
It seemed like Axelrod was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shakes rushes Axelrod and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shakes blocks a body shot from Axelrod.
Shakes blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes scores a nice knee to the body.
Axelrod misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axelrod on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Shakes.
Axelrod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shakes's elbow.
Shakes blocking some punches.
Axelrod misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axelrod lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shakes or not.
Axelrod misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shakes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelrod's brow.
Axelrod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shakes lands an elbow inside that Axelrod shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Axelrod.
Shakes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Axelrod scores with a shoulder strike.
Axelrod tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Axelrod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Axelrod working aggressively here.
Axelrod misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelrod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shakes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Axelrod fails to land.
Shakes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Axelrod softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shakes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Axelrod tries a body shot but Shakes blocks it.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelrod avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Axelrod.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shakes.
Shakes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Axelrod is defending well for now.
Axelrod takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Axelrod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Axelrod fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelrod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Shakes.
Shakes lands a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rico Axelrod will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fighters circling - Shakes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Axelrod throws a body shot but no joy.
Axelrod scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shakes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shakes tries to clinch up but Axelrod circles away and keeps his distance.
Shakes just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Axelrod misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by Axelrod as he connects with a hook.
Axelrod sizes up Shakes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Axelrod connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shakes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shakes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Axelrod momentarily.
Axelrod cracks Shakes with a good jab.
Shakes throws a jab but it's blocked by Axelrod.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shakes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Axelrod.
Shakes blocks a jab.
Axelrod swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Axelrod clobbers Shakes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Axelrod.
Axelrod has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shakes takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Shakes.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelrod avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Shakes.
Shakes scores a nice knee to the body.
Axelrod blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shakes.
Axelrod avoiding damage as Shakes throws knees to the body.
Shakes lands a nice elbow.
Axelrod has a couple of punches blocked by Shakes.
Axelrod misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short body shot lands from Shakes as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Axelrod misses with some punches.
Axelrod wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shakes has him pressed against the cage.
Axelrod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rico Axelrod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shakes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Axelrod now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Axelrod misses with a wild body shot.
Axelrod lands a glancing blow to the side of Shakes's head.
Axelrod lands with a good body shot.
Shakes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Axelrod swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shakes.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Axelrod swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shakes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Axelrod throws a hook but Shakes blocks it.
Shakes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Axelrod.
Axelrod shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shakes clinches up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shakes.
Shakes lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Axelrod blocks an elbow strike from Shakes.
Axelrod digs a right hand into Shakes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shakes's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rico Axelrod will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Good exchange - Axelrod coming out on top.
Decent striking displayed by Shakes there.
Axelrod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shakes was well out of range. Poor timing from Axelrod.
Shakes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shakes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shakes misses with a wild body shot.
Shakes closes the distance and clinches.
Axelrod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shakes's elbow.
Axelrod throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Axelrod.
Shakes lands an elbow that stopped Axelrod in his tracks for a moment.
Marcus Shakes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Axelrod fails to land.
Axelrod working aggressively here.
Axelrod tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Axelrod swings wildly with an uppercut but Shakes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Axelrod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelrod avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Axelrod's defenses.
Shakes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shakes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shakes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelrod avoids it.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Axelrod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Axelrod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shakes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Axelrod's face.
Axelrod working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shakes blocking some punches.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelrod avoids it.
Shakes missing with knees to the body.
Axelrod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shakes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Axelrod.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shakes tries a knee to the head but Axelrod blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelrod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Axelrod lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shakes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Axelrod is defending well for now.
Shakes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Axelrod blocks it with crossed arms.
Axelrod working aggressively here.
Axelrod tries to work over Shakes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Axelrod takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shakes misses with a knee strike.
Axelrod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shakes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Axelrod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Axelrod throws a head punch that misses.
Shakes misses with a body punch.
Shakes blocks an uppercut.
Axelrod lands a nice uppercut.
Axelrod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Shakes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Axelrod has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Axelrod!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giveme Granite (ranked 1633 p4p, 1646 weight class) and Frank Kurschmann (ranked 218 p4p, 221 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Giveme Granite !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Kurschmann!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurschmann takes one to the side of the head.
Granite cracks a nice hook into Kurschmann's ribs.
Kurschmann moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kurschmann! But no joy.
Kurschmann on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Granite throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Granite lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Granite .
It looks like Frank Kurschmann has been cut.
Granite ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kurschmann moves away.
Giveme Granite seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Granite connects with an inside leg kick.
Granite tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kurschmann throws out a counter right but Granite avoids it with no problem.
Granite thows a body kick. Kurschmann tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurschmann takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kurschmann 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.
Kurschmann scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Giveme Granite has been cut.
Kurschmann scores with a body shot.
Granite throws a series of punches but Kurschmann moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurschmann blocks a head kick by Granite .
Kurschmann now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kurschmann sends Granite crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kurschmann is motioning to the referee to let Granite up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Granite scores with a spinning back kick!
Kurschmann takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Granite rushes Kurschmann and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Granite is leaning against Kurschmann and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Granite lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kurschmann looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Granite .
Granite lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kurschmann.
Granite misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Granite tries to work over Kurschmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Granite blocking some punches.
Granite misses with a body punch.
Granite lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Granite has a couple of punches blocked by Kurschmann.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granite swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Granite lands with a short shot to the head.
Granite swings wildly with an uppercut but Kurschmann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Granite misses with a body punch.
Granite lands a hook that snaps the head of Kurschmann backwards.
Granite swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Kurschmann on the inside.
Granite misses with some punches.
Granite has a couple of punches blocked by Kurschmann.
Kurschmann wants to break the clinch but can't.
Granite working aggressively here.
Granite lands an uppercut.
That has opened up Frank Kurschmann's cut even more.
A short right from Granite .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurschmann lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kurschmann blocking some punches.
Granite blocking some punches.
Granite makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Granite lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giveme Granite dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Kurschmann swings for the body but Granite moves out of range.
Kurschmann walks into a straight right hand from Granite .
A looping hook to the body misses from Granite . Kurschmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kurschmann appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kurschmann misses with an uppercut.
Granite scores with a nice head shot.
Granite swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kurschmann.
Granite scoring well with a low kick there.
Kurschmann misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick from Granite .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Granite lands but Kurschmann takes it in his stride.
Granite avoids the body shot from Kurschmann.
A chopping leg kick lands by Granite .
Granite throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Granite lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurschmann on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Granite . Granite obviously looking to wear him down.
It looks like Granite has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Granite moves out of range as Kurschmann strikes.
Kurschmann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kurschmann blocks a head kick by Granite .
It seemed like Kurschmann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Granite looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Granite ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Granite moves out of range of the strikes.
Kurschmann has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kurschmann throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Granite avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Granite cracks Kurschmann with a good jab.
Granite pushes Kurschmann up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Granite .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurschmann working aggressively here.
Kurschmann softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Granite blocking some punches.
Granite misses with the head strike.
Granite lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Granite lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kurschmann fails to land.
A short left from Granite .
The cut above Frank Kurschmann's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kurschmann pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Granite keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Granite pushes Kurschmann up against the cage in a clinch.
Granite doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kurschmann blocks an uppercut.
Granite blocking some punches.
Kurschmann working aggressively here.
Giveme Granite has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kurschmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kurschmann doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giveme Granite dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Kurschmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Granite .
Giveme Granite is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Granite throws a right and a left that Kurschmann avoids nicely.
That kick from Granite tenderised Kurschmann's leg. Kurschmann is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kurschmann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Granite was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurschmann.
Granite scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Granite uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Giveme Granite is winning the standup battle so far.
Granite pushes Kurschmann away with a front kick.
Granite lands with a nice body kick.
Granite tries to clinch there but Kurschmann circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Granite .
Granite slips a jab from Kurschmann.
Granite fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kurschmann manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granite connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Granite throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kurschmann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Granite buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Granite .
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Granite here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Granite is looking to clinch.
Kurschmann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Granite throws a quick inside leg kick.
Granite lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Frank Kurschmann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Granite lands with a thumping leg kick.
Granite digs a good body shot into Kurschmann's ribs.
Granite tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurschmann was well out of range. Poor timing from Granite .
It seemed like Kurschmann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Granite wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Granite ducks under a wild hook from Kurschmann.
Kurschmann throws a shot from downtown. Granite moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granite darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kurschmann needs to keep his hands up - Granite had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurschmann throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Granite throws a leg kick
and Kurschmann counters with a nice right hand that sends Granite toppling to the canvas! Granite scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kurschmann finish him?!
Granite staying out of range there.
Granite jabs Kurschmann right on the nose. Kurschmann blinks but takes it well.
Kurschmann has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Granite .
Granite moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Granite cracks Kurschmann with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kurschmann takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Granite throws the kick towards the body but Kurschmann avoids it.
Granite throws a push kick but Kurschmann slaps the foot to one side.
Granite scores with a decent looking hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giveme Granite showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Granite 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giveme Granite !
Giveme Granite spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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