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C113: Blazej vs. Stark PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chan Siam (ranked 623 p4p, 1972 weight class) and Action Bastard (ranked 71 p4p, 206 weight class). Bastard has chosen Japanese And Lovely - Jucifer as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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14 - 7 - 0 |
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30 - 20 - 4 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chan Siam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 20 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Action Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bastard throws a jab when Siam was well out of range.
Siam thinks about countering with a body kick.
Siam moves out of range as Bastard strikes.
Siam uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bastard.
Bastard tests Siam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bastard 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.
Bastard looks to throw the jab but Siam is out of range.
Siam throws a leg kick
and Bastard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Siam misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Siam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bastard misses with a left hand
and Siam cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siam closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastard is looking to reverse the position.
Bastard defending against the ground and pound.
Bastard is trying to get back to half guard.
Siam postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siam trying to control the action but Bastard is working from the bottom.
Siam tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Siam has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Siam scoring with punches and elbows.
Siam is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bastard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Bastard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Siam trying to control the position but Bastard is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Siam in side control, throwing shots but Bastard defends.
Bastard tries to buck Siam off but Siam is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Siam sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bastard is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bastard regains half guard, as Siam was trying to land strikes.
Siam sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bastard defending well though.
Bastard is not content to let Siam control the position.
Bastard is looking to control Siam's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bastard avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Siam missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Siam prevents Bastard from improving his position.
Siam not doing much here.
Siam drops an elbow to the side of Bastard's head.
Siam working Bastard over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard keeping hold of Siam's head, controlling as best he can.
Siam not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bastard won't allow Siam to pass to mount.
Bastard gets full guard.
Bastard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Siam manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bastard manages to get himself to full guard.
Bastard wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bastard controls Siam momentarily but Siam frees himself.
Bastard trying to control the position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chan Siam dominated that round.
That's time! Siam's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Siam throws the left hand but Bastard avoids the punch easily.
Siam slips under a jab.
Bastard lands a jab to Siam's midsection.
A low kick from Siam is predictable there
and Bastard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bastard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bastard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Siam is able to avoid easily.
A little feinted left hand from Siam on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Action Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siam slips a straight right by Bastard.
A quick step to the side and Siam tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bastard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siam.
Siam swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bastard.
Bastard just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Bastard.
Bastard throws a big shot that misses.
Siam half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bastard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Siam.
Siam is looking to score with low kicks.
Bastard throws out a leg kick but Siam moves out of range and Bastard only half commits.
Siam throwing a counter right hand but Bastard manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard misses with a right hand
and Siam counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Siam drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Siam doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab by Bastard.
The fighters circling - Bastard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bastard tried to score with a low kick but Siam checks it.
Bastard throws a push kick but Siam slaps the foot to one side.
Bastard looks to land a right hand but Siam moved out of range.
Action Bastard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Siam throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Siam is predictable there
and Bastard makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Siam really felt that one!
Siam closes the distance and clinches.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but Siam won't allow it.
Siam can't get the takedown.
I was talking to Siam's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Siam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Siam.
Bastard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siam backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bastard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bastard throws a punch but it's blocked by Siam.
Siam has hold of one of Bastard's legs. Bastard is fighting the takedown attempt but Siam gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bastard is on top in guard.
Bastard trying to control the position from guard on top but Siam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siam wants to sweep but no luck.
Chan Siam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Siam is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bastard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Siam swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Siam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bastard is one step ahead there.
Bastard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siam has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bastard is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Siam.
Siam is looking to regain half guard here but Bastard keeps moving and retains side control.
Bastard trying to control the action but Siam is working from the bottom.
Siam 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.
Siam is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bastard trying to control the action but Siam is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Siam is letting Bastard control him for a moment.
Siam is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bastard connects with a decent elbow.
Bastard happy to just control the position for now.
Siam regains half guard.
Bastard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bastard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Siam keeps working.
Siam works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bastard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Siam has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bastard has managed to get both his arms back between Siam's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Action Bastard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Siam is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bastard throws a looping overhand right but Siam ducks down to avoid it.
Siam ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siam is looking to counter punch.
Siam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bastard with a hook.
Siam misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Bastard misses its intended target.
Bastard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bastard catches Siam with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siam tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bastard sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Siam somewhat.
Bastard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Siam shoots in for a takedown but Bastard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bastard - that will leave a mark!
Siam shoots in and drives through. Bastard sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chan Siam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Siam.
Bastard sizes up Siam with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Siam staying out of range there.
Siam avoids a kick to the body.
Bastard throws a hook but Siam avoids it easily.
Siam swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big left from Siam misses.
Bastard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Siam displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bastard throws out the jab.
Bastard cracks Siam with a good jab.
Bastard throws a push kick but Siam slaps the foot to one side.
Siam steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bastard. That one must have hurt.
Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Siam appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bastard misses.
Siam tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bastard was well out of range. Poor timing from Siam.
Bastard bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastard throws a right hand that misses
and Siam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Siam lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Siam feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bastard working a defensive guard here.
Siam looking to pass the guard.
Siam throws a big right hand that misses.
Siam is fighting to break Bastard's control of his arms but Bastard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Siam trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard controls Siam momentarily but Siam frees himself.
Siam throws a big right hand that misses.
Siam wants to control from the top but Bastard keeps moving.
Bastard controlling Siam's posture.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Siam tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Action Bastard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bastard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bastard throws a lazy right hand but Siam sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Bastard.
Siam throwing a counter right hand but Bastard manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Siam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bastard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bastard throws a jab but it's blocked by Siam.
Siam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by Bastard.
A swing and a miss from Siam.
Siam pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Siam tries to clinch but Bastard moves away
enabling Bastard to counter with a crisp jab.
Bastard misses with a straight right.
Siam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Siam with a hook.
Siam throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bastard tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Siam is in Bastard's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siam working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Siam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Action Bastard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bastard 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Action Bastard!
During a confident post fight interview, Action Bastard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between My Time (ranked 738 p4p, 689 weight class) and Gervais Lavigne (ranked 89 p4p, 79 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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20 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, My Time!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gervais Lavigne!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lavigne missing with a left hand there. Time was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Time tried to counter with a leg kick but Lavigne avoided it.
Time buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lavigne misses the jab.
Time throws a quick inside leg kick.
Time is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lavigne throws a hook but Time blocks it.
Time throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lavigne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lavigne staying out of range there.
Time misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Time ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Time shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Time lands with a hook. Lavigne tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Time misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Lavigne as he connects with a hook.
Time throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Time with a nice cross.
Time uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lavigne has time to react.
Lavigne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lavigne stuns Time with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lavigne ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Time throws a head kick that misses
letting Lavigne counter with a right hand.
 It looks like My Time has been cut.
Lavigne moves out of range of the leg kick from Time.
Time throws a hook to the side of Lavigne's head but Lavigne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lavigne throws a hook but Time blocks it.
Lavigne throws an overhand right that lands on Time's shoulder, as Time tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lavigne throws out a leg kick but Time moves out of range and Lavigne only half commits.
Time moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Time lands with a kick to the ribs.
Time with a hook.
My Time seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lavigne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Time walks into a straight right hand from Lavigne.
A shot to the liver by Lavigne. Beautiful body shot.
Time goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lavigne missing with a left hand there. Time was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Time lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lavigne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Time misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Time.
Lavigne misses the jab.
A good leg kick by Time.
The crowd cheers as Lavigne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Time doesn't seem phased though.
Lavigne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Time.
Time steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lavigne.
Nice defenses there by Time.
Time lands a head kick!
Time tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Time throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Time throws a right and a left that Lavigne avoids nicely.
Lavigne now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lavigne tries to score with a low kick but Time moves his leg out of the way.
Lavigne connects with an inside leg kick.
Time throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lavigne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Time finds it's way round the side to connect with Lavigne's head.
Lavigne throws a shot from downtown. Time moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Time, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lavigne walks into a stiff left hand from Time.
Lavigne looks to land a left hand but Time moved out of range nicely.
Time seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Time lands the left hand.
Lavigne throws a body punch but Time moves out of range.
Time keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
My Time dominated that round.
The cut man is working on My Time's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Time looks to throw the jab but Lavigne is out of range.
Time tried to score with a low kick but Lavigne checks it.
Time swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Time lands with a nice body punch.
Time pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lavigne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Time.
Lavigne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Time throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lavigne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Time misses with a few strikes there.
Lavigne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Time lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Time pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lavigne in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Time throws a hook but Lavigne avoids it easily.
Lavigne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Time swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lavigne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Time.
Lavigne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Time.
Time is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lavigne can do to turn this around?
Time pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lavigne is out of range and Time settles back down.
Time defending well as Lavigne loads up on a big left hand.
Lavigne ducks right into an uppercut from Time.
Lavigne misses with an uppercut.
Time tried to score with a low kick but Lavigne checks it.
Time's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lavigne under the eye.
Lavigne blocks a head kick by Time.
Lavigne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Time throws a half hearted mid kick.
Time will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lavigne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Time tries to score with a low kick but Lavigne moves his leg out of the way.
Lavigne connects with a right hand. Time shakes it off.
A jab from Lavigne misses.
Time throws a low kick, looking for Lavigne's leg but Lavigne calmly moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Time takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Time walks into a stiff left hand from Lavigne.
Time takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Time moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Time.
Time connects with a jab.
Time is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Time lands with a thumping leg kick.
It looks like Time has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Lavigne misses with a looping right.
Lavigne defending well as Time loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, jab by Time - just one landing.
Time throws a shot to the body.
Lavigne tries to score with a low kick but Time moves his leg out of the way.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lavigne might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Time has got the better of the exchanges.
Time feints and then cracks Lavigne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lavigne down.
My Time is winning the standup battle so far.
Time waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lavigne.
Time doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Time lands a jab to the nose.
Time misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Time throws a nice inside leg kick.
Time tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lavigne was well out of range. Poor timing from Time.
Lavigne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lavigne misses the target.
Lavigne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Time lands the left hand.
Lavigne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Time.
Time waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lavigne.
Time uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lavigne.
Lavigne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
My Time dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on My Time's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lavigne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Time momentarily.
Time scores with a head kick.
Lavigne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Time.
Time tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Time misses with a looping left.
Time looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Time defending well as Lavigne loads up on a big left hand.
Time misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lavigne! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Time misses the target.
Time misses with a jab to the body
and Lavigne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Time feints and then cracks Lavigne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lavigne down.
Nice defenses there by Time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavigne misses the shot to the body.
Time throws a lazy head kick
and Lavigne counters with a straight right hand.
Time throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lavigne throws a good cross that connects.
Time is looking to slow Lavigne down with leg kicks.
Lavigne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Time.
Lavigne throws out a loose jab but Time uses good head movement to avoid it.
Time lands a jab to the head.
Lavigne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Time.
Lavigne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Time's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lavigne just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Time tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Time takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Time throws a body shot but no joy.
Time throws an off balance right hand
and Lavigne counters with a slapping leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Time scores with a four punch combination!
Lavigne checks a leg kick nicely.
Lavigne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Time tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Time keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Time walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lavigne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lavigne misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Time lands.
Lavigne moves out of range of the leg kick from Time.
Time misses with a hook.
Lavigne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Time pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lavigne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Time scores with a nice head shot.
Time connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lavigne dodges the punch combination from Time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lavigne! But no joy.
Time throws a leg kick but Lavigne sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gervais Lavigne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Time throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lavigne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
My Time is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
 Time is rocked!
Time throws an off balance right hand
and Lavigne counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Time thinking.
Oh Time is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lavigne drops Time with a huge uppercut! Time drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Lavigne is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gervais Lavigne!
A relieved looking Gervais Lavigne thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Karelin (ranked 526 p4p, 515 weight class) and Bull Mfer (ranked 76 p4p, 75 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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruslan Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bull Mfer!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mfer moves into the clinch.
Karelin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mfer.
A short right from Mfer on the inside.
It looks like Ruslan Karelin has been cut.
Karelin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mfer lands an elbow that stopped Karelin in his tracks for a moment.
Karelin misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelin.
Karelin working aggressively here.
Mfer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karelin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karelin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mfer walks away with a smile on his face. Karelin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mfer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mfer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karelin circles away quickly and effectively.
Mfer closes the distance and clinches.
Mfer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karelin throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mfer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karelin avoids it.
Mfer blocking some punches.
Karelin throws a head punch that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Karelin has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mfer misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer throws an elbow that misses.
Mfer pushes off an throws an elbow but Karelin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karelin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mfer.
Karelin pulls Mfer into guard.
Mfer slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Karelin working a defensive guard but Mfer manages to pass into side control anyway.
Karelin is looking to regain half guard here but Mfer keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mfer has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Bull Mfer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mfer doesn't manage to clinch there - Karelin circles away.
Mfer tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
Mfer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mfer moves into the clinch.
Karelin throws a head punch that misses.
Mfer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karelin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karelin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mfer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Karelin takes an elbow to the temple.
Ruslan Karelin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mfer throws an elbow that misses.
Karelin managing to block the knees to the body from Mfer.
Mfer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karelin or not.
Mfer lands an elbow inside.
Karelin lands a left hand.
Karelin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mfer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karelin's brow.
Karelin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karelin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mfer.
Jeez, Ruslan Karelin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ruslan Karelin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bull Mfer!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Bull Mfer waved his t-shirt featuring HELLBENT's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 344 p4p, 272 weight class) and Robert Grandis (ranked 41 p4p, 34 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Grandis!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grandis connects with a single shot there.
We've been told by Liu's head coaches at Spartan Mixed Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Grandis tried to score with a low kick but Liu checks it.
Grandis throws a leg kick which misses Liu's front leg but catches the back leg as Liu tries to avoid it.
Liu cracks Grandis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grandis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grandis.
Liu scores with a decent looking hook.
Grandis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grandis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Grandis moves away and avoids it.
Liu throws a lazy uppercut
and Grandis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grandis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grandis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grandis cracks Liu with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grandis throws out a leg kick but Liu moves out of range and Grandis only half commits.
Grandis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Grandis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grandis lands a jab to the head.
Grandis throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
Grandis throws a big shot that misses.
Liu misses with a right hand
and Grandis counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Grandis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Liu checks a leg kick nicely.
Liu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Liu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grandis counters with an inside leg kick.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grandis throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
Grandis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liu was well out of range. Poor timing from Grandis.
Grandis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab by Grandis.
Grandis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Grandis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Liu throws an off balance right hand
and Grandis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grandis misses with a low kick.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grandis.
Grandis has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Grandis throws out a loose jab but Liu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grandis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grandis moves out of range of the leg kick from Liu.
Good leg kick by Grandis.
Grandis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grandis looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Liu scores with a shot to the body.
Grandis avoids the head kick by Liu.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
Grandis misses with a leg kick.
Liu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grandis lands with a hook. Liu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Liu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grandis misses with an uppercut. Liu saw that one coming.
A clash of legs there as Liu blocks the low kick.
Liu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Liu misses with a hook.
Liu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Balagot Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grandis lands a nice hook to Liu's body. Liu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grandis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Liu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Grandis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grandis looks to land a left hand but Liu moved out of range nicely.
Liu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grandis checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Grandis throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grandis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grandis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grandis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Grandis thows a leg kick but Liu checks it
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liu misses with a leg kick
and Grandis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Liu's knee momentarily.
Liu misses with a leg kick
and Grandis counters with a low kick, right behind Liu 's knee.
Liu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grandis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grandis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liu's sensitive parts.
Grandis slips a jab from Liu.
Grandis misses with a body shot
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grandis throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grandis is looking to score with low kicks.
Grandis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Grandis moves out of range as Liu strikes.
Grandis moves away from the strike by Liu.
Grandis slips under a jab from Liu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Liu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grandis misses with a low kick.
Liu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Liu lands a slapping body shot.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grandis throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Grandis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liu was well out of range. Poor timing from Grandis.
Liu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Liu throws a solid leg kick but Grandis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Liu.
Grandis throws a good cross that connects.
A lazy left from Grandis finds it's target.
Grandis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grandis slips under a jab from Liu.
Grandis swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grandis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grandis.
Liu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grandis.
Grandis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grandis.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Grandis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Liu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grandis.
Grandis connects with a leg kick.
Grandis throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Grandis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liu checks a leg kick.
Grandis slips a jab from Liu.
An inside leg kick lands from Grandis.
Liu blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Liu might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Liu with a nice cross.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Grandis's head but Grandis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grandis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grandis lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grandis throws a front kick aimed at Liu's knee but Liu avoids it well.
Liu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Liu throws a low kick but Grandis moves out of range easily.
Grandis tries a quick counter leg kick but Liu is wise to it.
Liu throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Grandis to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Liu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grandis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
Grandis misses with a low kick.
Liu appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu moves forwards but Grandis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Grandis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Liu swings for the body but Grandis moves out of range.
Grandis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grandis misses with a leg kick
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grandis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liu.
Grandis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
It looked like Liu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Liu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Liu thuds his right hand into Grandis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut lands for Liu. That snapped Grandis's head back.
Nice straight punches there by Liu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Liu.
Robert Grandis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grandis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Liu.
Grandis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grandis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Grandis in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Liu scores with a jab. Grandis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grandis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu throws a leg kick
enabling Grandis to counter with a crisp jab.
Grandis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
Grandis throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Liu moves away from the strike by Grandis.
Liu throws a low kick but Grandis avoids it.
Grandis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Grandis blocks a jab.
Liu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grandis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grandis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.
Liu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grandis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liu doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Liu. Those never looked like landing.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Grandis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Liu misses with a looping right.
Liu scores with a nice head shot.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Liu with a hook.
Grandis ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grandis.
Liu throws a series of punches but Grandis avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Liu misses.
Grandis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grandis scores with the left hand. Liu knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Grandis.
Grandis throws a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grandis.
Liu misses with a right hand
and Grandis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Liu looks to land a left hand but Grandis moved out of range nicely.
Grandis connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick from Grandis misses.
Grandis slips a jab from Liu.
Liu jabs at Grandis's body.
Liu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Liu misses with a low kick.
Grandis throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a big shot that misses.
Grandis throws a leg kick that misses.
Liu checks the leg kick.
Liu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Liu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grandis on the side of the head.
Liu with a nice cross.
Grandis moves away from the strike by Liu.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grandis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grandis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Liu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Liu catches Grandis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Liu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Liu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liu cracks Grandis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grandis ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Grandis slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu misses with a left hand
and Grandis counters with a low kick, right behind Liu 's knee.
Liu moves out of range as Grandis throws a body kick.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grandis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Liu with a body shot.
Grandis ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Grandis moves away from the strike by Liu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Grandis lands with a hook. Liu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Grandis is out of range.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Grandis checks the leg kick.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grandis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Grandis ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Grandis throws a low kick, looking for Liu's leg but Liu calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Grandis misses.
Liu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Grandis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liu throws a hook but Grandis blocks it.
Liu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grandis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grandis. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick from Grandis misses.
Liu lands a really nice looking cross but Grandis seems unphased.
Grandis scores with the left hand. Liu knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grandis.
Grandis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grandis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grandis swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Liu throws a big shot that misses.
Grandis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grandis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
Grandis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grandis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Grandis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Liu.
A jab from Liu misses.
Liu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Grandis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liu.
A slow jab from Liu misses its intended target.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grandis.
Grandis throws a front kick aimed at Liu's knee but Liu avoids it well.
Grandis wants to land a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Grandis misses with a leg kick.
Grandis throws an off balance right hand
and Liu counters with a stiff right hand.
Grandis throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liu lands a body shot.
Grandis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grandis moves away from the strike by Liu.
A low kick lands for Grandis.
Liu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grandis lands a head shot.
Grandis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liu's sensitive parts.
Liu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grandis throws a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liu.
Liu is looking to slow Grandis down with leg kicks.
Liu connects with a single shot there.
Liu misses with a left hand
and Grandis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Grandis drops his hands momentarily and Liu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liu misses with a straight right.
Liu throws a poor cross that misses
and Grandis counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grandis feints a counter leg kick.
Liu tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liu blocks a jab.
Grandis misses with a leg kick.
Grandis thuds his right hand into Liu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grandis connects with a jab.
Liu throws a hook but Grandis avoids it easily.
Grandis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
A little feinted left hand from Liu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grandis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grandis throws a chopping leg kick but Liu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grandis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Liu checks the leg kick.
Grandis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grandis ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Grandis misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grandis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
A countering left hand to the body from Grandis misses.
Liu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grandis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grandis is looking to slow Liu down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grandis tries to work over Liu's front leg with a kick but Liu checks it.
Grandis walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
A punch lands to the side of Grandis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grandiss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grandis blocks a jab.
Grandis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grandis tries a quick counter leg kick but Liu is wise to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grandis.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Grandis throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some bone on bone action there as Liu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Liu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grandis.
Liu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grandis.
Grandis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
A victorious Balagot Liu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between New Breed One (ranked 349 p4p, 535 weight class) and Brayden Point (ranked 43 p4p, 59 weight class). Point comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roots Reggae Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! New Breed One is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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33
145
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35
137
30 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, New Breed One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brayden Point!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
One shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Point pinned against the cage. Point gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
One moves away from the strike by Point.
Jab, jab by Point - just one landing.
A jab from Point finds it's way through One's defenses.
One shoots in for a takedown but Point shows good takedown defense.
One looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Point is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by One.
One closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - One lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
One is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
One postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Point is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Point keeping moving, preventing One from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
One pushing down on Point's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Point blocking the ground and pound attempt from One.
One not landing any meaningful shots this time.
One looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Point taking some punishment here, with One in his half guard.
One missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
One is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Point sees it coming and defends easily.
Point is staying active underneath One, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Point trying to control from the bottom.
One looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
One is working for a kimura but Point is defending it quite comfortably.
Point has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gunner's School of Combat. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Point is looking for a sweep. One is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
One is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Point doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time One.
One tries to pass to full mount but Point defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Point is looking to escape.
One is working for a submission of some sort.
One is trying to control. Point wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
One is controlling the pace.
Point looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Point works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
One trying to control the position from guard on top but Point is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Point can't keep his opponent in guard - One advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Point is trying to defend against the ground and pound but One scores with a couple of nice shots.
Point moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
One lands a couple of decent looking shots.
One wants to control from the top but Point keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Point looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
One trying to control the position from guard on top but Point is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
New Breed One dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
One shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Point as he avoids it easily.
Point ducks down and throws a hook to the body but One moves away.
Point throws a body punch but One moves out of range.
One gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Point counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
One closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Point is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Point struggling a bit here.
One controls the position from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Point is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
One works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
One scores with punches from side control.
One is looking to take a break and control but Point is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Point is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
One tries for a kimura but Point is defending well.
One tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
One working the ground and pound.
Point is trying to improve his position.
One goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Point has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for One but great work by Point.
New Breed One overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Point wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by One, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
One tries to buck Point off but Point is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Point tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Point has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
One sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
One moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
One working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Point doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Point manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
One had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Point defends it easily.
One looking to control but Point passes into half guard.
One wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Point wants to pass the guard but One is defending well.
One is looking for a sweep. Point is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
One works his way to full guard. Good work.
One looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Point wants to control from the top but One keeps moving.
One working for submissions but it's allowed Point to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Point passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for One!
One is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brayden Point will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Point moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
One closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Point to the mat! Point manages to get full guard.
One throws a big right hand that misses.
Point tries to land a sweep but no joy.
One postures up.
Point keeping full guard, as One tries to pass.
One is working hard here to advance position.
Point wants to stand but One is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
One keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Point's head.
One postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
One lands a couple of elbows.
One throws a big elbow that misses.
Point keeping moving, preventing One from controlling successfully.
One sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Point's guard.
One sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Point defending well though.
Point looks like he's trying to stand up.
One is keen to just control but Point is a slippery customer.
One takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
One is keen to just control but Point is a slippery customer.
Point wants to get back to full guard.
One working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Point regains full guard. Nicely done.
Point working for a triangle but One defends it easily.
Point controls One momentarily but One frees himself.
One in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
One preventing the sweep.
Point keeping moving, preventing One from controlling successfully.
One working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Point is looking for a triangle but One pushes his legs off easily.
One throwing strikes but missing.
Point is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. One is aware though and is defending well.
One trying to control but Point is working from the bottom.
Point tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Point keeping full guard, as One tries to pass.
Point keeping moving, preventing One from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
One tries to clinch
and Point counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
One closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by One.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Point misses with a knee strike.
Point is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but One is keeping busy.
One is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Point gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
One tries for a takedown. No joy.
Point landing knees to the body.
Point lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Point gets underhooks to prevent One's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for New Breed One. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Point looking to throw knees to the head but One is blocking nicely.
One is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Point gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Point lands a shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Point with an attempt at a knee that misses.
One has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Point avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Point misses with a knee strike.
One is trying to drag Point to the mat but Point just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brayden Point comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Point 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 Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brayden Point!
An out of breath Brayden Point thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raate Road (ranked 114 p4p, 258 weight class) and Paul Muhapuro (ranked 19 p4p, 45 weight class). Road's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Muhapuro has chosen Warrant - Cherry Pie as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Paul Muhapuro was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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31
173
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31
173
25 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raate Road!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Muhapuro!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhapuro throws a looping overhand right but Road ducks down to avoid it.
Road with a nice calf kick.
Road swats away the attempt to clinch by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Road is looking to break free of the clinch but Muhapuro has double underhooks.
Muhapuro throws a punch but it's blocked by Road.
Road wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Road blocks an uppercut.
Muhapuro lands a hook that snaps the head of Road backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Muhapuro fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Road fails to land.
Road lands a body punch in the clinch.
Road tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muhapuro's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Road wants to break free but Muhapuro has control.
Still in the clinch, Muhapuro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Muhapuro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Road scores with a shot to the side of Muhapuro's head.
Muhapuro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Muhapuro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muhapuro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muhapuro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Muhapuro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Road misses with a straight right.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Road is avoiding it.
It looked like Road wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Road scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Muhapuro doesn't seem bothered though.
Muhapuro tries to clinch but Road moves out of range.
Road misses the jab.
Muhapuro slips under a jab from Road.
Muhapuro takes the fight into the clinch.
Muhapuro lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Road.
Muhapuro blocks a body shot from Road.
Muhapuro breaks the clinch.
Road lands with a kick to the ribs.
Muhapuro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Road stuns Muhapuro with a nice body shot, before stepping back 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!
Muhapuro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Road has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Metal in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Road misses the shot to the body.
Road misses with a looping left.
Road misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muhapuro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Road throws out the jab.
Raate Road seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Road misses with a hook to the body
and Muhapuro finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Muhapuro moves into the clinch.
Muhapuro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Road will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Muhapuro doesn't manage to clinch there - Road circles away.
Road swats away the attempt to clinch by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muhapuro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Road, pushing him back against the cage.
Road blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Road scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Muhapuro throws a punch but it's blocked by Road.
Muhapuro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro can't find room to land a body shot as Road controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Road fails to land.
Road digs a right hand underneath Muhapuro's ribcage. Muhapuro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Muhapuro manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Road.
Muhapuro wants to clinch.
Road lands a jab.
Muhapuro moves into range and clinches up with Road.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muhapuro.
Road lands with a right to the head.
Muhapuro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Road.
Muhapuro lands a right hand.
Muhapuro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Road misses with some punches.
Road lands a shoulder strike.
Muhapuro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Road seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Muhapuro can turn it around.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road blocking some punches.
Muhapuro lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Road.
Road breaks from the clinch.
Road tries a head kick but it misses.
Road waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Muhapuro.
Muhapuro wants to clinch.
Road loads up on a big right hand but Muhapuro slips the punch.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Road is avoiding it.
Road sizes up Muhapuro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Road looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Road avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muhapuro keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Road backing away here, and Muhapuro unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muhapuro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Road manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muhapuro fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Road misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muhapuro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paul Muhapuro will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Muhapuro throws an overhand right that lands on Road's shoulder, as Road tries to avoid the shot.
Muhapuro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Road fails to land with a series of punches.
Muhapuro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Muhapuro moves in looking to clinch but Road pushes him off.
Muhapuro blocks a leg kick.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Road paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muhapuro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muhapuro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Road thinks about countering with a body kick.
A left lands for Road.
Road throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muhapuro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Road cracks Muhapuro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Road throws the left hand but Muhapuro avoids the punch easily.
Muhapuro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Road is avoiding it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road throws a low kick but Muhapuro moves out of range easily.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Road swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Road scores with a takedown into Muhapuro's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Road loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Road throws an elbow that misses. Muhapuro uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Road's guard. Nice move by Muhapuro!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road looking to hit a scissor sweep but Muhapuro is one step ahead there.
Muhapuro gets to his feet. Road looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Muhapuro tries to clinch up but Road circles away and keeps his distance.
Road takes a swing at Muhapuro's ribcage but misses.
Muhapuro has closed the distance and engaged Road in a clinch.
Road breaks from the clinch.
Muhapuro tries to clinch but Road moves out of range.
Muhapuro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Muhapuro misses with the head strike.
Road's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Road 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 Muhapuro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Muhapuro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Muhapuro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Road.
Paul Muhapuro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muhapuro has Road up against the cage in a clinch.
Muhapuro prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Road blocks an uppercut.
Road tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Road blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muhapuro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Road backwards.
Muhapuro scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Road blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Road.
Muhapuro misses with the head strike.
Road blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Road pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Road jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muhapuro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Road connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muhapuro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Road scoring well with a low kick there.
Muhapuro darts in trying to clinch
and Road counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Road misses with a leg kick.
Road throws a low kick but it's checked well by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro flicks out a counter leg kick but Road steps away.
Road lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muhapuro circles away quickly and effectively.
Muhapuro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Road takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Road misses with an uppercut
and Muhapuro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Muhapuro checks a low kick from Road.
Muhapuro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Road looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Road takes a swing at Muhapuro's ribcage but misses.
Muhapuro tries to clinch but Road is having none of it.
Muhapuro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Road tries to keep at a distance but Muhapuro has taken the fight into the clinch.
Muhapuro lands with a left to the head.
Road takes an elbow to the temple.
Road can't find room to land a body shot as Muhapuro controls the action.
Road avoids a wild elbow strike from Muhapuro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muhapuro manages to break the clinch.
Road tries to keep at a distance but Muhapuro has taken the fight into the clinch.
Muhapuro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raate Road is winning the standup battle so far.
Muhapuro tries to clinch up but Road circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muhapuro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Road connects with a good right hand that stumbles Muhapuro. Muhapuro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Road lands a jab to the head.
Muhapuro moves in looking to clinch but Road pushes him off.
Road tries to counter with a takedown but Muhapuro is quick to defend against it.
Muhapuro missing with a left hand there. Road was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muhapuro takes the fight into the clinch.
Road can't break the clinch.
Road throws a punch but it's blocked by Muhapuro.
Road breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Road looks to land a right hand but Muhapuro moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Muhapuro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Muhapuro moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Raate Road will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Road swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muhapuro moves into range and clinches up with Road.
Muhapuro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Muhapuro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Muhapuro pushes Road back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Road pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Road.
Road throws a leg kick but Muhapuro moved away.
Muhapuro wants to clinch.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Road swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Road tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muhapuro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Road lands a leg kick that knocks Muhapuro off balance momentarily.
Road throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Road misses with a kick to the body.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch but Road swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Road looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Road fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muhapuro is out of range.
Road throws out a loose jab but Muhapuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhapuro tries to clinch up but Road circles away and keeps his distance.
Muhapuro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Road throws a leg kick but Muhapuro moved away.
Road looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Road swats away the attempt to clinch by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Road.
Muhapuro scores with a shot to the side of Road's head.
A short left from Road.
Muhapuro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Road.
Muhapuro misses with the head strike.
Road blocks a body shot from Muhapuro.
Road is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Muhapuro to keep the fight standing.
Road is trying to force a seperation but Muhapuro has the dominant position.
Road working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muhapuro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Muhapuro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muhapuro instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro breaks the clinch.
Muhapuro takes the fight into the clinch.
Muhapuro throws a head punch that misses.
Muhapuro blocks an uppercut.
Road is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muhapuro lands a nice uppercut.
Muhapuro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roads head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muhapuro.
A frustrated look appears on Muhapuro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Road lands with a short shot to the head.
Muhapuro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muhapuro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muhapuro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roads head.
Paul Muhapuro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Road breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro tries to clinch there but Road circles away.
Muhapuro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Road.
Road throws a leg kick but Muhapuro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Muhapuro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Muhapuro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Muhapuro avoids the body shot from Road.
Muhapuro tries to clinch there but Road circles away.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch but Road swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Road is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Road tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muhapuro takes the fight into the clinch.
Muhapuro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muhapuro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Road.
Muhapuro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Road pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Road throws out a loose jab but Muhapuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muhapuro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Road drops down looking for a counter takedown but Muhapuro sprawls and moves away.
Muhapuro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Muhapuro lands with a light punch inside.
Muhapuro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muhapuro manages to break the clinch.
Road throws a body shot but no joy.
Muhapuro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Road misses with a body shot.
Muhapuro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Road.
Road scores with a jab to the jaw.
Road misses with a straight left.
Muhapuro avoids the body shot from Road.
Road thows a left - swing and a miss!
Muhapuro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Muhapuro doesn't manage to clinch there - Road circles away.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Road is avoiding it.
Muhapuro tries to clinch up.
Muhapuro clinches up with Road and pushes him back against the cage.
Road swings wildly with an uppercut but Muhapuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Road lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Muhapuro.
I think Muhapuro 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Rivera (ranked 107 p4p, 128 weight class) and Mantak Garuda (ranked 18 p4p, 21 weight class). Rivera comes into the arena with BAD COMPANY blaring out of the sound system. Garuda has chosen Djiin Djiin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malcolm Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Mantak Garuda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera misses with an uppercut
and Garuda counters with a body kick that stops Rivera in his tracks momentarily.
Rivera works the jab nicely.
 It looks like Mantak Garuda has been cut.
Rivera throws a series of punches but Garuda avoids them all with ease.
Rivera slips under a jab.
Garuda throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Garuda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garuda misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garuda throws a body kick that misses
and Rivera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick from Rivera misses
and Garuda counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garuda throws out a leg kick but Rivera moves out of range and Garuda only half commits.
Rivera is looking for a counter combo.
Rivera looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garuda.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rivera.
Garuda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As Garuda backs away, Rivera returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rivera avoids the head kick by Garuda.
Rivera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garuda tries to move into range but Rivera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rivera misses with an uppercut.
Rivera throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garuda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a looping right.
Rivera throws a leg kick which misses Garuda's front leg but catches the back leg as Garuda tries to avoid it.
Rivera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garuda has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Rivera throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Garuda makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Garuda cracks Rivera with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rivera avoids a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Rivera misses its target.
Rivera scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garuda. That did some damage!
Garuda delivers a nice body kick.
Garuda drives through and clinches with Rivera against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rivera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rivera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera wants to get back to striking at distance but Garuda won't allow it.
Rivera wants to get back to striking at distance but Garuda won't allow it.
Rivera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garuda breaks the clinch.
Garuda is looking to land body kicks.
Rivera was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garuda clinches.
Garuda throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garuda lands a body shot.
Garuda gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garuda misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rivera.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garuda misses with a punch to the body.
Rivera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garuda keeps control of Rivera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rivera wants to get back to striking at distance but Garuda won't allow it.
Rivera swings wildly with an uppercut but Garuda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garuda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Garuda.
Garuda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rivera tries to work over Garuda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivera manages to break the clinch.
Garuda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garuda misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mantak Garuda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mantak Garuda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Garuda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rivera misses with a body punch
and Garuda counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivera avoids the body shot from Garuda.
Garuda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A thudding body kick lands there by Garuda!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivera swats away the attempt to clinch by Garuda.
Rivera missing with a left hand there. Garuda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garuda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garuda tries to land a front kick but Rivera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rivera quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Rivera walks into a jab.
Garuda misses with a kick to the body.
Garuda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rivera slips a jab and a cross from Garuda.
Garuda throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garuda scores with a push kick.
Garuda lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rivera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivera misses with a hook. Garuda ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garuda! But no joy.
Malcolm Rivera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garuda scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rivera in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Garuda.
Rivera feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rivera misses with a low kick.
Garuda replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Rivera blocks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garuda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garuda.
Rivera scoring well with a low kick there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garuda.
Rivera wants to slow Garuda down by chopping away at his legs.
Garuda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rivera on the side of the head.
Garuda throws a monster overhand right that drops Rivera! Garuda follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mantak Garuda!
A victorious Mantak Garuda thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Domenico Mazziotti (ranked 91 p4p, 84 weight class) and Bong Ji Woo (ranked 16 p4p, 14 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mazziotti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome to the party - Pop Smoke. 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Domenico Mazziotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazziotti moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Mazziotti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ji Woo scores with a nice head shot.
Ji Woo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mazziotti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazziotti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ji Woo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Mazziotti misses its target.
Mazziotti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ji Woo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo tests Mazziotti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ji Woo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo scores with a nice head shot.
Ji Woo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mazziotti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ji Woo can pounce on him.
Ji Woo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ji Woo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ji Woo cracks a nice hook into Mazziotti's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mazziotti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ji Woo finds it's way round the side to connect with Mazziotti's head.
Ji Woo forces Mazziotti back against the cage and clinches.
Mazziotti manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ji Woo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ji Woo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ji Woo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ji Woo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mazziotti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ji Woo throws a sloppy body shot
and Mazziotti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ji Woo throws a jab when Mazziotti was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Mazziotti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Mazziotti counter with a right hand.
Ji Woo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mazziotti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ji Woo has Mazziotti up against the cage in a clinch.
Ji Woo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ji Woo has Mazziotti pressed against the cage, preventing Mazziotti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ji Woo.
Ji Woo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ji Woo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mazziotti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ji Woo working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mazziotti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ji Woo blocks an uppercut.
Mazziotti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ji Woo lands with a short shot to the head.
Ji Woo tries a body shot but Mazziotti blocks it.
Ji Woo pushes Mazziotti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bong Ji Woo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ji Woo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mazziotti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mazziotti really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ji Woo lands with a cross.
Mazziotti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ji Woo scores with a nice body kick.
Ji Woo tries to clinch but Mazziotti moves out of range.
Mazziotti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazziotti steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ji Woo. That one must have hurt.
Mazziotti keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazziotti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ji Woo.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target.
Ji Woo closes the distance but Mazziotti moves to the side
and Mazziotti counters with a nice uppercut.
Ji Woo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ji Woo moves to clinch but Mazziotti breaks away
letting Mazziotti counter with a right hand.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut. Mazziotti saw that one coming.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fighters circling - Ji Woo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mazziotti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A low kick lands for Ji Woo.
Ji Woo scores with the left hand. Mazziotti knows he should have avoided that one.
Ji Woo cracks a nice hook into Mazziotti's ribs.
Ji Woo gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Mazziotti counter with a right hand.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ji Woo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Mazziotti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slow jab from Ji Woo misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target.
Ji Woo darts in and clinches Mazziotti up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mazziotti seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ji Woo can turn it around.
Ji Woo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mazziotti backwards.
Ji Woo has a couple of punches blocked by Mazziotti.
Ji Woo tries a body shot but Mazziotti blocks it.
Ji Woo blocking some punches.
Ji Woo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mazziotti blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ji Woo is looking to clinch.
Ji Woo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mazziotti counters with a nice uppercut.
Ji Woo scores with a spinning back kick!
Ji Woo connects with a looping right hand.
Ji Woo tries to land a front kick but Mazziotti steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mazziotti is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mazziotti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bong Ji Woo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ji Woo throws a quick inside leg kick.
It looks like Mazziotti has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ji Woo throws a leg kick
and Mazziotti counters with a nice uppercut.
Mazziotti moves out of range of the body kick from Ji Woo.
Mazziotti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ji Woo misses with a right hand
and Mazziotti counters with a stiff right hand.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo tries to clinch there but Mazziotti circles away.
Mazziotti gets tackled into the cage by Ji Woo. Ji Woo maintains the clinch.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ji Woo lands with a short shot to the head.
Ji Woo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ji Woo tries to throw a body punch but Mazziotti avoids it by throwing Ji Woo back against the cage.
Ji Woo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ji Woo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mazziotti backwards.
Ji Woo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mazziotti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mazziotti working aggressively here.
Ji Woo blocks an uppercut.
Mazziotti misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ji Woo.
Ji Woo scores with a shot to the side of Mazziotti's head.
A nice left hand lands by Mazziotti.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ji Woo.
Mazziotti prevents a body shot from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo lands a nice uppercut.
Ji Woo lands a hook that snaps the head of Mazziotti backwards.
Ji Woo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Domenico Mazziotti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mazziotti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ji Woo scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Mazziotti.
Mazziotti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Ji Woo misses.
Mazziotti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ji Woo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ji Woo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mazziotti blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mazziotti fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Mazziotti.
Ji Woo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazziotti lands a nice uppercut.
Mazziotti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mazziotti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ji Woo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mazziotti throwing a counter right hand but Ji Woo manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti moves out of range of the strikes.
Ji Woo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mazziotti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mazziotti swats away the attempt to clinch by Ji Woo.
It looked like Mazziotti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A good leg kick by Ji Woo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ji Woo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mazziotti counters with a stiff right hand.
Ji Woo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mazziotti.
Ji Woo cracks Mazziotti with an open hand slap.
Ji Woo digs a good body shot into Mazziotti's ribs.
Ji Woo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Mazziotti to counter with a crisp jab.
Ji Woo darts in trying to clinch
and Mazziotti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
 Ji Woo is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bong Ji Woo.
Well Ji Woo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bong Ji Woo!
During a confident post fight interview, Bong Ji Woo 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Gemechu McKraken (ranked 106 p4p, 220 weight class) and Valen Dreth (ranked 16 p4p, 29 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Gemechu McKraken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valen Dreth!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dreth throws a leg kick that is checked
and McKraken counters with a single leg into guard. Dreth didn't expect that.
McKraken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dreth is keeping the position for now.
McKraken is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
McKraken wants to control from the top but Dreth keeps moving.
Dreth wants to sweep here but McKraken controlling him for the moment.
McKraken looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKraken working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McKraken advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKraken stalling away here and it's allowed Dreth to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dreth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McKraken is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
McKraken trying to control but Dreth is working from the bottom.
Dreth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McKraken is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
McKraken postures up in Dreth's guard and throws a big left but Dreth blocks it.
McKraken throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McKraken working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McKraken trying to control the position from guard on top but Dreth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
McKraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dreth.
McKraken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dreth. Dreth obviously looking to wear him down.
Dreth cracks McKraken with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dreth looks to score with a jab to the body but McKraken is just out of range.
McKraken moves away from the strike by Dreth.
McKraken appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dreth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valen Dreth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McKraken connects with a single shot there.
Dreth motions for McKraken to come forward. Dreth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McKraken appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dreth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dreth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McKraken drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dreth sprawls and moves away.
Dreth swings for the body but McKraken moves out of range.
Dreth throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dreth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McKraken slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dreth lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dreth scores with a crisp jab that stopped McKraken in his tracks.
McKraken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dreth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from McKraken misses its intended target.
McKraken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dreth.
Dreth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKraken manages to avoid it.
Dreth shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McKraken eats them both and turns towards Dreth to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Valen Dreth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McKraken fails with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dreth misses with a low kick as McKraken jumps back.
McKraken tries to counter with a takedown but Dreth is quick to defend against it.
McKraken chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dreth can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreth will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McKraken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Dreth.
McKraken changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dreth throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McKraken shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dreth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McKraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dreth.
Dreth connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McKraken's hands.
McKraken blocks a head kick by Dreth.
McKraken tries to counter with a takedown but Dreth is quick to defend against it.
Dreth throws a shot from downtown. McKraken moves away and avoids it.
McKraken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McKraken looks for a takedown but Dreth sprawls well.
McKraken lands a body shot.
Dreth throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valen Dreth dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dreth swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McKraken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McKraken attempts a counter takedown but Dreth avoids it well and moves away.
Dreth falls off balance throwing a combination
and McKraken counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dreth tries to roll over but McKraken keeps him under control.
McKraken is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dreth!
McKraken has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dreth's face.
McKraken trying to control but Dreth is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKraken breaks from Dreth's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gemechu McKraken overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dreth is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKraken looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dreth bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
McKraken has his hands on Dreth's head, controlling the position.
McKraken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKraken is trying to control the position but Dreth postures up.
Dreth trying to control the position from guard on top but McKraken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dreth is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McKraken trying to keep a closed guard but Dreth is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth won't allow McKraken to sweep him here.
McKraken has his foot on Dreth's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dreth works his way back into a safe position though.
McKraken wants to sweep but no luck.
McKraken wants to hit a sweep here but Dreth passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for McKraken there!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Dreth avoids the attempt from McKraken to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKraken is trying desperately to improve position.
McKraken regains half guard.
Dreth wants to take a breather but McKraken is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dreth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McKraken is looking to improve his position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gemechu McKraken dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dreth throws a front kick aimed at McKraken's knee but McKraken avoids it well.
Dreth missing with a left hand there. McKraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valen Dreth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McKraken tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dreth defends well and McKraken ends up having to push Dreth into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It seemed like Dreth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McKraken is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dreth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McKrakens head.
McKraken tries to pull guard but Dreth forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gemechu McKraken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dreth misses with the head strike.
McKraken blocking some punches.
I was talking to McKraken's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McKraken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dreth backwards.
McKraken stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dreth misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKraken blocks a body shot from Dreth.
Dreth can't break the clinch.
Dreth lands with a right to the head.
McKraken looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKraken misses with some punches.
Dreth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dreth blocking some punches.
McKraken keeps control of Dreth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McKraken swings wildly with an uppercut but Dreth uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKraken has a couple of punches blocked by Dreth.
McKraken lands with a left to the head.
Dreth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dreth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dreth blocks an uppercut.
McKraken manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
McKraken looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dreth is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dreth works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dreth moves nicely into side control.
McKraken struggling a bit here.
McKraken is not content to let Dreth control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKraken is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McKraken wants to control but Dreth is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dreth moves nicely into side control.
McKraken taking a bit of punishment here - Dreth scoring with strikes.
McKraken sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Dreth working his ground and pound in the gym.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreth passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dreth is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McKraken can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McKraken is squirming around, avoiding Dreth's attempts to control the action.
Dreth lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dreth throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for McKraken because Dreth loaded up on that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valen Dreth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dreth 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valen Dreth!
Our winner, Valen Dreth, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blazej Byczkiewicz (ranked 271 p4p, 273 weight class) and Tony Stark (ranked 41 p4p, 42 weight class). Byczkiewicz comes into the arena with The Analogs - Szczecin blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Blazej Byczkiewicz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Blazej Byczkiewicz 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blazej Byczkiewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Stark!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byczkiewicz has closed the distance and engaged Stark in a clinch.
Byczkiewicz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stark turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Byczkiewicz is looking to regain half guard here but Stark keeps moving and retains side control.
Byczkiewicz is working hard here to advance position.
Stark is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Byczkiewicz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Stark thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Byczkiewicz tries to buck Stark off but Stark is having none of it.
Byczkiewicz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Byczkiewicz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stark.
Stark is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Byczkiewicz is just riding it out for now. Stark eventually gives up the hold.
Stark throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz trying to control but Stark postures up.
Stark looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Stark is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Stark prevents Byczkiewicz from improving his position.
Byczkiewicz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Stark postures up in Byczkiewicz's guard and throws a big left but Byczkiewicz blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Byczkiewicz wants to sweep but no luck.
Stark wants to pass the guard but Byczkiewicz is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byczkiewicz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Byczkiewicz looking for a sweep. Not yet Byczkiewicz, not yet.
Byczkiewicz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Byczkiewicz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Byczkiewicz postures up and lands a big shot to Stark's brow.
Stark throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Byczkiewicz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Byczkiewicz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stark has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Byczkiewicz has managed to get both his arms back between Stark's legs - danger averted.
Stark is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Byczkiewicz is aware though and is defending well.
Stark working for a triangle but Byczkiewicz defends it easily.
Byczkiewicz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz passes Stark's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Byczkiewicz working over Stark with some ground and pound. Stark looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Byczkiewicz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stark is looking for a sweep. Byczkiewicz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stark slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Byczkiewicz trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stark lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stark wants to pass the guard but Byczkiewicz is keeping the position.
Stark preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Byczkiewicz 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.
Stark postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Byczkiewicz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Stark, into his guard.
Stark is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Byczkiewicz defends well.
Byczkiewicz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Byczkiewicz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Byczkiewicz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Byczkiewicz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stark has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Byczkiewicz has managed to get both his arms back between Stark's legs - danger averted.
Stark working for a triangle but Byczkiewicz defends it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tony Stark will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Byczkiewicz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Tony Stark has been cut.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Byczkiewicz enables Stark to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Byczkiewicz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Stark thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Byczkiewicz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Byczkiewicz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tony Stark has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byczkiewicz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Byczkiewicz lands a couple of digs.
Stark looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've been hearing that Byczkiewicz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Byczkiewicz is in close to Stark's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz trying to control but Stark is working from the bottom.
Byczkiewicz works over Stark with some ground and pound from guard.
Byczkiewicz working some strikes from top position.
Byczkiewicz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stark keeping moving, preventing Byczkiewicz from controlling successfully.
Stark tries to strike from the bottom.
Our spies down at at London MMA Club inform us that Stark has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Stark looking for a sweep. Not yet Stark, not yet.
Byczkiewicz is in close to Stark's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Byczkiewicz stopping the sweep attempt from Stark.
Stark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Byczkiewicz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz cracks Stark with a solid left hand.
Stark is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Byczkiewicz is aware though and is defending well.
Stark keeping moving, preventing Byczkiewicz from controlling successfully.
Stark has his foot on Byczkiewicz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Byczkiewicz works his way back into a safe position though.
Byczkiewicz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Byczkiewicz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Byczkiewicz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stark escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Byczkiewicz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Stark is breathing heavily.
Byczkiewicz distracts Stark with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stark is rocked!
Byczkiewicz with a nice head shot there.
Stark is still in real trouble! Can Byczkiewicz finish him?
Stark lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stark seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Byczkiewicz is on top in guard.
Stark is looking for a triangle but Byczkiewicz pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz chips away with some ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz distracts Stark with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Byczkiewicz trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Byczkiewicz landing some decent shots from guard.
Byczkiewicz wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.
Byczkiewicz working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stark has his foot on Byczkiewicz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Byczkiewicz works his way back into a safe position though.
Stark can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Byczkiewicz controls the pace.
Byczkiewicz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Byczkiewicz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stark has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Byczkiewicz has managed to get both his arms back between Stark's legs - danger averted.
Byczkiewicz wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stark is on top in guard.
Stark postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Blazej Byczkiewicz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Stark's cut.
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.
Stark slips under a jab.
Byczkiewicz misses with a straight left.
Byczkiewicz throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range.
Stark changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Byczkiewicz tries to avoid it but Stark manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Byczkiewicz to the ground. Byczkiewicz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Byczkiewicz misses the target.
Stark shoots in looking for a takedown. Byczkiewicz tries to sprawl out of it but Stark keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Byczkiewicz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Byczkiewicz tries to counter by clinching up but Stark breaks away and moves out of range.
Byczkiewicz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blazej Byczkiewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byczkiewicz misses with an uppercut
and Stark counters with a single leg into guard. Byczkiewicz didn't expect that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Byczkiewicz is keeping the position for now.
Stark won't allow Byczkiewicz to sweep him here.
Stark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stark thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Byczkiewicz lands strikes from half guard.
Stark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stark has hold of Byczkiewicz's hands but Byczkiewicz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Byczkiewicz working Stark over with strikes.
Stark tries to get to full guard but Byczkiewicz has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Byczkiewicz connects with a nice short shot to Stark's temple.
Byczkiewicz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Stark is out! Byczkiewicz gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Blazej Byczkiewicz!
Our winner, Blazej Byczkiewicz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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