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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bald Martin (ranked 2550 p4p, 3074 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 334 p4p, 384 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Martin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I�m Bald And I Know It . The crowd seem to be enjoying King's choice of entrance music: YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Malcolm King enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
King 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.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
King throws a head kick but Martin moves out of range.
Martin takes the fight into the clinch.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A short left from Martin.
Martin is pushing King up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Martin working aggressively here.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
King working Martin over with knees to the body.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from King.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
A body shot lands from Martin.
King working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, King just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martin's brow.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Martin blocking some punches.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Martin avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Martin is working King over against the cage.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Martin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
King misses with a body punch.
Martin working aggressively here.
King misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martin working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Martin is trying to stall.
Martin is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin blocks an elbow strike from King.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Martin.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is struggling to control the position.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
King misses with the head strike.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Martin.
Martin pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King lands an uppercut.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King missing with knees to the body.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Martin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martin lands a body shot.
King tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Malcolm King will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin lands a lovely overhand right.
Martin lands a nice looking body shot.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
Martin feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
King throws a right hand that Martin ducks under and follows up with a left that Martin also avoids with ease.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Martin misses the jab.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin lands a nice looking kick to the body. King takes a step back to recover.
King misses with a left hand
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King avoids the body shot from Martin.
Malcolm King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been told by Martin's head coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
Malcolm King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Martin cracks King with a nice body shot.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.
King takes a shot to the head.
King prevents a body shot from Martin.
Martin works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
Martin tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King blocks a body shot from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King missing with knees to the body.
King pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King lands an elbow inside.
Martin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
Martin trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martin into the cage.
King misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin blocks an elbow strike.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King missing with knees to the body.
King lands an elbow just above Martin 's eye.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King blocks an uppercut.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Martin working aggressively here.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from King.
Martin blocks an elbow strike from King.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King misses with an elbow strike.
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bald Martin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martin takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King throws out a powerful jab.
Martin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King lands a right hook to the body.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malcolm King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin lands a high kick!
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin lands with a thumping leg kick.
King tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a head kick.
King lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
King missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bald Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
King throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
King avoids the body shot from Martin.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Martin's shoulder, as Martin tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Martin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
Martin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice shot by King.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King misses with a head kick.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martin throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Martin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Martin looks for the body kick but King saw that one coming.
Martin lands an overhand right.
King smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
As Martin backs off King throws a huge counter combo but Martin manages to avoid it all.
King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
King tries to clinch there but Martin circles away.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Malcolm King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martin on the side of the head.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King scores with a head kick.
Martin lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by King.
Martin is looking to wear down King with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Martin shoots in for a double leg but King sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
King closes the distance and pushes Martin back into the cage.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin lands a shot to the body.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from King.
King misses with a body punch.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King lands a nice uppercut.
Martin working aggressively here.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm King!
Malcolm King seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misak Grigorian (ranked 1837 p4p, 1815 weight class) and Aleks Kuznetsov (ranked 241 p4p, 240 weight class). Aleks Kuznetsov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Misak Grigorian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleks Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznetsov throws a right and a left that Grigorian avoids nicely.
Grigorian is looking for a counter combo.
Grigorian has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rollins Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Kuznetsov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grigorian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kuznetsov or perhaps it was just good defense by Grigorian, which made it look bad.
Nice shot lands for Kuznetsov.
Grigorian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grigorian's sensitive parts.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Kuznetsov.
Grigorian scores with a nice head shot.
Kuznetsov checks the leg kick.
Grigorian works the jab nicely.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook. Grigorian ducked under it nicely.
Grigorian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grigorian circles away quickly and effectively.
Decent striking displayed by Kuznetsov there.
Kuznetsov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grigorian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Kuznetsov throws a right hand that Grigorian ducks under and follows up with a left that Grigorian also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Grigorian misses the target.
Grigorian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that misses.
Kuznetsov connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuznetsov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grigorian at a distance.
Grigorian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kuznetsov connects with the punch.
Grigorian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuznetsov throws out the jab.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Grigorian.
Grigorian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grigorian throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Aleks Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
Kuznetsov lands a slapping body shot.
Kuznetsov throws a push kick but Grigorian slaps the foot to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigorian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kuznetsov on the side of the head.
Kuznetsov fails with a takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Grigorian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Grigorian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grigorian.
Grigorian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuznetsov finds it's way round the side to connect with Grigorian's head.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Grigorian is out of range.
Grigorian's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kuznetsov under the eye.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kuznetsov 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 Grigorian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grigorian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kuznetsov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grigorian.
Kuznetsov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grigorian counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick from Grigorian lands but Kuznetsov takes it in his stride.
Grigorian is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kuznetsov lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov misses with the combination.
Grigorian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kuznetsov has time to react.
Kuznetsov throws the left hand but Grigorian avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Kuznetsov misses.
Grigorian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kuznetsov jabs Grigorian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Grigorian saw that one coming.
Grigorian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grigorian slips a jab and a cross from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian lands with a good body shot.
Grigorian thuds his right hand into Kuznetsov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grigorian avoids a kick to the body.
Kuznetsov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Grigorian is out of range.
Grigorian seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Grigorian throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuznetsov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grigorian is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian blocks a jab.
Grigorian scores with a jab to the body.
Grigorian misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov throws a right hand that misses
and Grigorian counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Grigorian moves out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot
and Grigorian counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov tries for a takedown but Grigorian circles away easily
and Grigorian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Misak Grigorian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleks Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov swings for the body but Grigorian moves out of range.
Grigorian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Grigorian is out of range.
Grigorian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigorian.
Kuznetsov blocks a head kick by Grigorian.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jab from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian lands a jab to Kuznetsov's midsection.
A slow jab from Kuznetsov misses its intended target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aleks Kuznetsov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kuznetsov walks into a straight right hand from Grigorian.
Grigorian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grigorian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grigorian slips under a jab.
Grigorian misses with a head kick.
Grigorian lands a glancing blow to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Aleks Kuznetsov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grigorian has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grigorian there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grigorian moves forwards but Kuznetsov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kuznetsov blocks the body kick.
Kuznetsov slips a jab from Grigorian.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov lands with a nice combination. Grigorian backs away looking to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGrigorian.
Grigorian swings for the body but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Grigorian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the head.
Kuznetsov defending well as Grigorian loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov feints a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorian is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grigorian misses with a looping right.
Kuznetsov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kuznetsov cracks Grigorian with a good jab.
Kuznetsov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian tries to clinch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Grigorian on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy uppercut
letting Grigorian counter with a right hand.
Grigorian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuznetsov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grigorian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Grigorian throwing a counter right hand but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Grigorian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kuznetsovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab from Grigorian.
Kuznetsov lands a jab-cross combination.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov looks to land a combination but Grigorian avoids it well.
Grigorian lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kuznetsov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grigorian slips under a jab.
Kuznetsov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grigorian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Misak Grigorian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grigorian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Grigorian looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grigorian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kuznetsov connects with a looping right hand.
Kuznetsov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Grigorian defends it nicely.
Grigorian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tries to land a front kick but Grigorian steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grigorian feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Grigorian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuznetsov lands a high kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Grigorian was well out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuznetsov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grigorian throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuznetsov! But no joy.
Kuznetsov connects with a body shot.
A jab from Kuznetsov does it's job there.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Grigorian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grigorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws out a leg kick but Grigorian moves out of range and Kuznetsov only half commits.
Kuznetsov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grigorian looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuznetsov is just out of range.
Kuznetsov misses the body punch
and Grigorian counters with a nice uppercut.
Grigorian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kuznetsov.
Grigorian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kuznetsov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grigorian doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuznetsov circles away.
Grigorian throws a head kick but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian looks to land a right hand but Kuznetsov moved out of range.
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!
Grigorian slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a sloppy body shot
and Grigorian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuznetsov throws an off balance right hand
and Grigorian counters with an outside leg kick.
Kuznetsov missing with a left hand there. Grigorian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznetsov.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Grigorian. Kuznetsov shrugs it off though.
Kuznetsov throws a solid leg kick but Grigorian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kuznetsov needs to keep his hands up - Grigorian had a free shot at his head there.
Grigorian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuznetsov throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Kuznetsov is predictable there
and Grigorian counters with a nice leg kick.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Grigorian avoids them all with ease.
A counter left hand to the body from Grigorian misses its target.
Kuznetsov is breathing heavily.
Donk. Grigorian catches Kuznetsov right on the button with a cross.
Grigorian staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aleks Kuznetsov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grigorian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov cracks Grigorian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grigorian thumps Kuznetsov with a low kick.
A slow jab from Grigorian misses its intended target.
Grigorian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kuznetsov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A quick step to the side and Grigorian tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grigorian connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuznetsov misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grigorian lands with a hook. Kuznetsov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kuznetsov tries for a takedown but Grigorian circles away easily
and Grigorian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grigorian moves away.
Grigorian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grigorian throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Grigorian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.
Grigorian throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Grigorian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Grigorian takes a swing at Kuznetsov's ribcage but misses.
Kuznetsov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kuznetsov moves out of range of the strikes.
Grigorian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Grigorian blocks it.
Grigorian is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grigorian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grigorian circles away.
Kuznetsov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy uppercut
and Grigorian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kuznetsov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grigorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grigorian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Grigorian misses.
Kuznetsov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigorian misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grigorian digs a good body shot into Kuznetsov's ribs.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Grigorian slips the punch.
Kuznetsov tries for a takedown but Grigorian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Misak Grigorian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleks Kuznetsov.
Grigorian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grigorian leaves Kuznetsov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kuznetsov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grigorian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Misak Grigorian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuznetsov unleashes a big counter combination but Grigorian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Grigorian scoring well with a low kick there.
Grigorian clinches with his opponent.
Kuznetsov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Grigorian to keep the fight standing.
Kuznetsov working hard to break the clinch.
Grigorian swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grigorian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grigorian swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grigorian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuznetsov can't break the clinch.
Kuznetsov tries to break free but Grigorian pushes him back against the cage.
Grigorian presses Kuznetsov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian misses with some punches.
Grigorian swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grigorian scores with a hook to the body.
Grigorian lands a right hand.
A short right from Grigorian on the inside.
Kuznetsov is trying to break free.
Grigorian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aleks Kuznetsov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Grigorian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kuznetsov's efforts to push away.
Grigorian tries to throw a body punch but Kuznetsov avoids it by throwing Grigorian back against the cage.
Grigorian misses with the head strike.
Grigorian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kuznetsov's efforts to push away.
Grigorian pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kuznetsov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Misak Grigorian showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kuznetsov 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleks Kuznetsov!
A less than humble Aleks Kuznetsov misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Morgan (ranked 1420 p4p, 1873 weight class) and John Doe (ranked 210 p4p, 272 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Battle Cry. Doe has chosen Briefcase Full Of Guts as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doe.
A nice side step and Doe releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Rubber Guard Emporium in the buildup to the fight.
Doe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Doe throws a low kick but Morgan moves out of range easily.
It looked like Morgan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Doe.
Doe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan moves forwards but Doe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Doe throws an off balance right hand
and Doe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doe clobbers Morgan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doe lands a nice shot to the body.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Doe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Morgan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Morgan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doe lands a nice shot that snaps Morgan's head back.
Donk. Doe catches Morgan right on the button with a cross.
Doe's corner calls for a 1-2. Doe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A left lands for Doe.
Doe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doe tests Morgan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doe.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
 It looks like John Doe has been cut.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doe throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doe takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan scores with a hook to the body. Doe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Doe ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Doe throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Doe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Doe swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Doe with an uppercut!
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Doe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Morgan moves out of range as Doe strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Doe is just out of range.
Doe lands a nice hook to Morgan's body. Morgan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Doe misses with a body kick.
Morgan connects with an inside leg kick.
Doe lands a head shot.
Doe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morgan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Doe misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Doe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doe has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Doe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Doe.
Doe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morgan. Morgan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Doe lands an overhand right.
Doe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Doe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morgan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Doe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doe scores with a nice strike.
Good exchange - Doe coming out on top.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Doe.
Doe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doe throws a head kick but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Doe is just out of range.
An inside leg kick from Doe misses.
Doe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Doe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
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.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doe was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Doe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Doe misses with a wild combination.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Morgan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doe.
Doe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doe checks a leg kick nicely.
Doe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Doe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Doe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A head kick misses from Doe.
Doe tries a head kick but it misses.
Doe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws the left hand but Doe avoids the punch easily.
Doe tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Doe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Doe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Doe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Doe scores with a one two! Morgan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice cross by Morgan.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doe misses with a straight left.
It looked like Morgan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doe throws a shot from downtown. Morgan moves away and avoids it.
John Doe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Doe moves out of range of the strikes.
Doe scores with a hook to the body. Morgan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Morgan misses.
Doe throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Doe cracks Morgan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morgan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Doe jabs Morgan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doe manages to avoid it.
Doe wants to counter the offense by Morgan and move into the clinch position.
Doe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Doe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Doe replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Morgan blocks it well.
Morgan blocks a jab.
Doe lands a high kick!
Doe drives through and clinches with Morgan against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a nice uppercut.
Doe prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Doe tries a body shot but Morgan blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
Morgan blocks a body shot from Doe.
Doe has a couple of punches blocked by Morgan.
Doe misses with the head strike.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morgan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Doe.
Doe blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Doe prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Doe throws a punch but it's blocked by Morgan.
Doe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morgan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Doe backwards.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morgan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doe working aggressively here.
Doe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan stalling in the clinch.
Doe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to control Doe's arms but Doe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morgan has his back to the cage.
Doe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Doe blocks a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Morgan has a couple of punches blocked by Doe.
A head punch on the inside from Morgan fails to land.
A short left from Doe.
Doe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan misses with a punch to the body.
Doe misses with the head strike.
A short left from Morgan.
Doe throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Doe's elbow.
Doe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morgan's elbow.
Morgan throws a head punch that misses.
Doe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Doe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Doe'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. This is the final round!
A low kick lands for Doe.
Doe scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Doe has Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Doe.
Morgan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morgan digs a right hand into Doe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Doe's gas tank.
Morgan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Doe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doe struggles to land a body shot inside as Morgan controls his hands.
Doe tries to throw a body punch but Morgan avoids it by throwing Doe back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Doe.
Morgan pushes Doe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morgan 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 Doe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Doe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Doe connects with a jab.
Morgan lands with a hook. Doe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Doe. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Morgan jabs Doe right on the nose. Doe blinks but takes it well.
 Doe is rocked!
A head kick by Doe misses
and Morgan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Doe is still on wobbly legs! Can Morgan finish him?
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Doe's shoulder, as Doe tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Doe misses.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Doe throws a right hand that misses
and Morgan counters with a nice body kick.
Morgan feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Doe sprawling to the canvas! Doe rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Morgan finish him?!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morgan misses with an uppercut.
Doe takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Morgan drops Doe with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Doe! Morgan dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Morgan!
Arthur Morgan made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I have one fight left on my Sucker Punch contract. Longsun Zhao, if you have the balls - I want to finish what my teammate, Psiris Fuhren, started. '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sanchez (ranked 1376 p4p, 2068 weight class) and Itchy Sinclair (ranked 191 p4p, 281 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair dives in and scores a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez wants to hit a sweep here but Sinclair passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sanchez there!
Poor strikes thrown by Sinclair there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sinclair avoids the attempt from Sanchez to control.
Sinclair trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound.
Sinclair can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Sinclair thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanchez wants to control but Sinclair is having none of it.
Sinclair working Sanchez over with strikes here.
Sinclair throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sinclair cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sinclair throws some wild stikes that Sanchez manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez stops Sinclair from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Sinclair breaks from Sanchez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sinclair missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sinclair prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Sinclair is trying to control. Sanchez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sinclair lands a nice short elbow.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Sinclair is controlling well.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanchez keeping hold of Sinclair's head, controlling as best he can.
Sinclair is trying to work for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sinclair is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sinclair throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sinclair content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sinclair is keen to just control but Sanchez is a slippery customer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Sinclair.
Sinclair keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sinclair manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sanchez on his heels. He'll look to pass Sanchez's guard now, I'm sure.
Sinclair has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanchez is controlling Sinclair's posture.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sinclair is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez has his hands on Sinclair's head, controlling the position.
Sinclair tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sinclair doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sinclair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Itchy Sinclair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair leaves Sanchez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sinclair cracks Sanchez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Sinclair moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sinclair.
Sinclair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanchez is fending him off so far but Sinclair persists. Nope, Sanchez circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez throwing a counter right hand but Sinclair manages to avoid it.
Sinclair's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Sinclair swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sinclair pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Sanchez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Sanchez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sinclair.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Sinclair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez needs to keep his hands up - Sinclair had a free shot at his head there.
Sinclair lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sanchez at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sinclair.
Sinclair throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Sanchez throws a quick counter head kick but Sinclair was just out of range.
Sinclair shoots in and drives through. Sanchez sprawls well.
Sinclair scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sinclair looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sinclair lands a jab to the nose.
Sloppy strikes from Sinclair. Those never looked like landing.
Sinclair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sinclair throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinclair.
Sinclair misses with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinclair throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sinclair's guard.
Itchy Sinclair has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Sinclair keeps moving.
Sanchez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sinclair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sinclair trying to control the position.
Sanchez trying to control but Sinclair is working from the bottom.
Sanchez won't allow Sinclair to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sinclair doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sinclair lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Itchy Sinclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sinclair throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sinclair bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Sinclair misses.
Sinclair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Sinclair.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Sinclair.
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sinclair cracks Sanchez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sinclair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez.
Sinclair closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sinclair lands in his opponent's guard.
Sinclair not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Samuel Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sinclair's guard.
Sinclair is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sinclair looking to control but Sanchez passes into half guard.
Sinclair is trying to control but can't.
Sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Sinclair is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanchez trying to control from Sinclair's half guard. Sinclair has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Sanchez rolls with it to try and escape but Sinclair cranks on the arm and Sanchez is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Itchy Sinclair!
Itchy Sinclair seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Barkley (ranked 1517 p4p, 1277 weight class) and Tyson Law (ranked 226 p4p, 191 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Law's choice of entrance music: Country Boy Can Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyson Law!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Law 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Law is looking to clinch.
Barkley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Law shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've been told by Barkley's head coaches at Primal Concrete Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Law tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barkley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Law takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barkley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barkley closes the distance and pushes Law back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barkley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barkley tries a body shot but Law blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Barkley fails to land.
Barkley is fighting off a takedown attempt but Law is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Barkley to the mat. Barkley regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Law throws a big right hand that misses.
Barkley wants to stand and escape but Law is having none of it.
Law makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barkley wants to get back to his feet but Law passes into half guard.
Law working Barkley over with strikes.
Barkley is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Law is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barkley has hold of Law's hands but Law slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley is looking to get back to is feet but Law passes into side control.
Law is working to tighten his grip on Barkley's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Barkley has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Law is really squeezing tight and eventually Barkley passes out! Law breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tyson Law!
A very excited looking Tyson Law rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashwin Tyson (ranked 2286 p4p, 2135 weight class) and Andre Powell (ranked 311 p4p, 290 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ashwin Tyson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ashwin Tyson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashwin Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Powell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell throws a head kick that misses.
Tyson lands a left and a right that send Powell crashing to the mat, dazed. Tyson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Powell is rocked!
It looks like Andre Powell has been cut.
Powell throws a body punch but Tyson moves out of range.
Powell is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyson finish him?
Tyson measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Powell! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ashwin Tyson!
Ashwin Tyson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Fury (ranked 634 p4p, 612 weight class) and Abraham Barnes (ranked 91 p4p, 86 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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fury is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
A big left from Fury misses.
Fury looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fury throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fury is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Fury avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little feinted left hand from Fury on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barnes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Barnes misses with a leg kick
and Fury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Barnes looks to move away, Fury throws a big counter combo but Barnes just gets out of the way.
Barnes throws the kick towards the body but Fury avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Fury misses the target.
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fury counters with a crisp right hand that drops Barnes! Fury lets Barnes back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Barnes is rocked!
It looks like Abraham Barnes has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a body kick that misses
and Fury counters with a huge right that knocks Barnes out cold! Fury is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Fury!
During a confident post fight interview, John Fury thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tytus Aleksy (ranked 549 p4p, 419 weight class) and Darry Curtis (ranked 84 p4p, 66 weight class). Curtis has chosen Stevie Wonder - Stay Gold as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tytus Aleksy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aleksy with a hook.
Aleksy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Aleksy throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
We've been informed that Curtis has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The fighters circle momentarily. Aleksy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Darry Curtis has been cut.
Aleksy throws a lazy uppercut
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
A jab from Aleksy does it's job there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Curtis slips under a jab from Aleksy.
A telegraphed right hand from Aleksy misses the target.
Curtis throws out a counter right but Aleksy avoids it with no problem.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but Curtis moved away.
Aleksy misses with a lunging right hand
and Curtis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curtis misses with a looping right.
Aleksy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Curtis.
Curtis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tytus Aleksy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curtis lands a high kick!
Curtis lands a right hook to the body.
Curtis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Aleksy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curtis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Curtis connects with a leg kick.
Curtis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curtis lands with a nice body kick.
Aleksy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but Curtis moved away.
Aleksy misses with a low kick.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curtis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aleksy takes a step back to recover.
Curtis cracks Aleksy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Curtis moves out of range as Aleksy strikes.
Curtis looks to land a combination but Aleksy avoids it well.
Aleksy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aleksy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aleksy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aleksy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Curtis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Aleksy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Curtis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curtis blocks a jab.
Curtis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curtis misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aleksy works the jab nicely.
Curtis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aleksy throws a body shot but no joy.
Aleksy misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Aleksy.
Curtis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Curtis throws a low kick but Aleksy moves out of range easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Curtis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aleksy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis working aggressively here.
Aleksy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Curtis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aleksy has a couple of punches blocked by Curtis.
Curtis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Aleksy misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Curtis.
Curtis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Curtis lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Curtis as the two fighters clinch.
Aleksy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aleksy.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aleksy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aleksy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aleksy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curtis digs a right hand underneath Aleksy's ribcage. Aleksy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Curtis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aleksy backwards.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Aleksy controls the action.
Aleksy has a couple of punches blocked by Curtis.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy swings wildly with an uppercut but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aleksy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aleksy misses with some punches.
Aleksy working aggressively here.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Aleksy avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Aleksy breaks the clinch.
Aleksy tests Curtis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Curtis looks to land a left hand but Aleksy moved out of range nicely.
Curtis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aleksy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Aleksy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Curtis looks to clinch
and Aleksy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aleksy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curtis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aleksy digs a good hook to Curtis's body.
Curtis looks for the body kick but Aleksy saw that one coming.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Aleksy.
Aleksy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Curtis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aleksy finds it's way round the side to connect with Curtis's head.
Curtis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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 Tytus Aleksy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darry Curtis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Curtis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Aleksy throws a body punch but Curtis moves out of range.
Curtis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tytus Aleksy is winning the standup battle so far.
Aleksy misses with a looping right.
Curtis connects with an inside leg kick.
Aleksy throws a low kick, looking for Curtis's leg but Curtis calmly moves out of range.
Aleksy is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aleksy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Curtis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curtis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Curtis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aleksy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curtis.
Curtis delivers a nice body kick.
Aleksy slips under a jab from Curtis.
Aleksy misses with an uppercut.
Curtis shapes to counter with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Aleksy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Curtis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aleksy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curtis.
Curtis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curtis lands a nice looking body shot.
Aleksy punishes Curtis's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksy moves out of range of the body kick from Curtis.
Curtis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Curtis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curtis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aleksy.
Curtis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curtis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curtis slips under a jab.
Aleksy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Curtis is out of range.
Nice body kick from Aleksy.
Aleksy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Aleksy checks a leg kick.
Aleksy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Aleksy.
Nice uppercut there from Aleksy.
Aleksy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Aleksy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Curtis.
Aleksy walks into a stiff left hand from Curtis.
Aleksy misses with an uppercut.
Aleksy avoids the body shot from Curtis.
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!
Aleksy ducks right into an uppercut from Curtis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis scores with a hook.
Aleksy throws a right hand that misses
and Curtis counters with a slapping leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Curtis. That's going to slow Aleksy down.
Curtis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice body punch from Curtis.
The fighters circling - Aleksy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aleksy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Aleksy missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aleksy throws a hook but Curtis blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aleksy. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curtis feints a counter leg kick.
Aleksy tries to land a leg kick but Curtis saw it coming and moves away.
Aleksy walks into a stiff left hand from Curtis.
Aleksy misses with a hook
and Aleksy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
 Aleksy is rocked!
A jab from Aleksy does it's job there.
Oh Aleksy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Curtis checks a low kick from Aleksy.
Aleksy misses with an uppercut.
Aleksy seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Aleksy.
Aleksy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Curtis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curtis follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
and Curtis counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Aleksy! He's just covering up as Curtis starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darry Curtis!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radu Dracul (ranked 150 p4p, 494 weight class) and Ryan Bolt (ranked 24 p4p, 66 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 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Radu Dracul!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Bolt!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dracul has time to react.
We've been hearing reports that Dracul has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bolt misses with a hook. Dracul ducked under it nicely.
Dracul feinted with a counter takedown.
Bolt works Dracul's body with a nice hook.
Bolt throws a combination that misses
and Dracul counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bolt!
Bolt stops Dracul from passing to mount.
Dracul in side control, throwing shots but Bolt defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dracul wants to control but Bolt is keeping him busy.
Dracul cracks Bolt with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt dodges the ground and pound from Dracul.
Dracul in side control, throwing shots but Bolt defends.
Dracul misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Bolt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dracul fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ground and pound from Dracul seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dracul sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bolt is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bolt defending against the ground and pound.
Bolt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dracul controls the position from side control.
Dracul throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dracul.
Dracul trying to control the position but Bolt is working away.
Bolt can't do much from the bottom here.
Bolt is not content to let Dracul control the position.
Bolt dodges the ground and pound from Dracul.
Dracul in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dracul tries to score with some ground and pound. Bolt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dracul is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bolt has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dracul in side control, throwing shots but Bolt defends.
Dracul advances to full mount.
Bolt tries to hold on but Dracul postures up.
Bolt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dracul controlling from mount.
Bolt has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Dracul's lack of action.
Bolt gets back to full guard.
Bolt can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dracul controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul throwing strikes but missing.
Dracul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dracul looking to sit in guard and control but Bolt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bolt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dracul is trying to control the position but Bolt postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bolt trying to control but Dracul is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Radu Dracul dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bolt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bolt misses with a hook to the body
so Dracul counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dracul postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dracul wants to control from the top but Bolt keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dracul cracks Bolt with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dracul controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bolt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dracul scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dracul wants to control from the top but Bolt keeps moving.
Bolt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dracul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dracul postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dracul throwing strikes from guard but Bolt blocks nicely.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
Dracul preventing the sweep.
Dracul 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.
Dracul throwing strikes from guard but Bolt blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dracul trying to control the position from guard on top but Bolt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bolt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ryan Bolt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bolt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dracul was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolt.
Dracul feinted with a counter takedown.
Bolt throws a leg kick
and Dracul decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bolt's guard.
Dracul postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
Dracul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bolt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bolt keeping full guard, as Dracul tries to pass.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
Dracul trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bolt manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Dracul looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bolt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Radu Dracul overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dracul is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bolt preventing the sweep.
Bolt trying to control the position from guard on top but Dracul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dracul has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bolt has passed into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dracul is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bolt's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Radu Dracul dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bolt throws a leg kick but Dracul moved away.
Dracul drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bolt sprawls and moves away.
Bolt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bolt misses with a looping left.
Bolt connects with an inside leg kick.
Bolt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dracul checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bolt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt misses with a low kick.
Dracul drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bolt sprawls and moves away.
Bolt misses with a straight left.
Bolt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bolt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bolt is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dracul rather than just go for the knockout.
Bolt looks to land a right hand but Dracul moved out of range.
Dracul bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dracul is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bolt can do to turn this around?
Bolt throws a right hand that Dracul ducks under and follows up with a left that Dracul also avoids with ease.
Dracul attempts a counter takedown but Bolt avoids it well and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Bolt misses the target.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt misses with a body shot.
Bolt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dracul changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dracul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolt.
Dracul appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bolt throws a shot from downtown. Dracul moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Bolt.
Bolt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bolt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dracul momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dracul slips a jab from Bolt.
Bolt lands a jab to the nose.
Bolt misses with a body shot.
Dracul drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bolt sprawls and moves away.
Dracul bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bolt throws a right and a left that Dracul avoids nicely.
Dracul feinted with a counter takedown.
Bolt takes a swing at Dracul's ribcage but misses.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bolt scores with a jab to the body.
Bolt thows a leg kick but Dracul checks it
and Dracul counters with a shoot takedown. Bolt fights it but they end up in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dracul pushes down on Bolt's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dracul drops an elbow to the side of Bolt's head.
Dracul thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dracul sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bolt defending well though.
Dracul thows a huge punch but Bolt dodges it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolt is looking for a sweep. Dracul is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bolt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dracul not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bolt is not content to let Dracul control the position.
Ground and pound from Dracul.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Bolt really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bolt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bolt preventing the sweep.
Bolt trying to control but Dracul is working from the bottom.
Dracul wants to hit a sweep here but Bolt passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Dracul there!
Dracul is looking to get to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dracul really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dracul is squirming around, avoiding Bolt's attempts to control the action.
Dracul is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dracul is working hard here to advance position.
Dracul regains half guard.
Dracul is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt trying to control the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dracul manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dracul is on top in guard.
Dracul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dracul postures up in Bolt's guard and throws a big left but Bolt blocks it.
Dracul throws a big elbow that misses.
Dracul in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dracul is looking to work some ground and pound but Bolt has wrist control.
Dracul looking to sit in guard and control but Bolt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dracul lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dracul trying to control the position from guard on top but Bolt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dracul is looking to work some ground and pound but Bolt has wrist control.
Dracul throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bolt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bolt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dracul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bolt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dracul with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dracul accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bolt keeping moving, preventing Dracul from controlling successfully.
Dracul throws a big elbow that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dracul works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dracul content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dracul not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Radu Dracul will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bolt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bolt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dracul moves away.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bolt loads up on a big right hand but Dracul slips the punch.
Bolt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Radu Dracul is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Bolt.
Dracul appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolt thows a leg kick but Dracul checks it
and Dracul counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dracul wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bolt keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dracul not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dracul with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dracul missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dracul not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dracul throwing shots but Bolt is blocking nicely.
Dracul trying to control the pace.
Bolt is refusing to be controlled, as Dracul sits in half guard.
Dracul wants to free his trapped foot but Bolt is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dracul is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dracul thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bolt is refusing to be controlled, as Dracul sits in half guard.
Bolt is holding on to half guard well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bolt scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bolt misses its intended target.
Bolt looking to score a takedown here. Dracul is defending well but Bolt drives through and ends up in Dracul's guard.
Dracul looking for a sweep. Not yet Dracul, not yet.
Dracul wants to improve his position but instead Bolt has moved into half guard.
Dracul has his hands clasped together around Bolt's back. He's all about the action.
Bolt with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ryan Bolt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul wants to control but Bolt is keeping busy.
Dracul works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dracul wants to sweep but no luck.
Bolt tries to free his leg and advance position but Dracul is retaining full guard.
Dracul wants to sweep but no luck.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dracul wants to hit a sweep here but Bolt passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Dracul there!
Dracul is desperately trying to improve his position but Bolt has a good base and remains in mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan Bolt.
I think Dracul has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radu Dracul!
Radu Dracul retains his light heavyweight title!
Radu Dracul decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zett Jukassa (ranked 85 p4p, 99 weight class) and Shen Po (ranked 11 p4p, 14 weight class). Po has chosen Ei-tetsu Hayashi & 木下伸市 as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zett Jukassa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shen Po!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Po. Jukassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for Po with that takedown attempt.
Jukassa swats away the attempt to clinch by Po.
A jab from Po misses.
Jukassa throwing a counter right hand but Po manages to avoid it.
Po loads up on a big right hand but Jukassa slips the punch.
Jukassa is looking for a counter combo.
Po misses with an uppercut
and Jukassa counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po throws a hook but Jukassa blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Jukassa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Po throws out a loose jab but Jukassa uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Jukassa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Po.
Po tries to clinch but Jukassa is having none of it.
Jukassa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Po throws a body punch but Jukassa moves out of range.
Jukassa appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Po with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Jukassa to counter with a crisp jab.
Po tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jukassa was well out of range. Poor timing from Po.
Jukassa throwing a counter right hand but Po manages to avoid it.
Po misses the shot to the body.
Jukassa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Po throws out the jab.
Po changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jukassa looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Po wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jukassa keeps working.
Po controls the position.
Po trying to control the action but Jukassa is working from the bottom.
Po advances to full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po controlling his opponent.
Jukassa is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Cope's that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Po is looking to work his way around to Jukassa's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Po sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Po swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shen Po!
Shen Po is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Shen Po thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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