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C126: Road vs. Chellios PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smart (ranked 1511 p4p, 1211 weight class) and Tyson Asakura (ranked 201 p4p, 158 weight class). Asakura comes into a darkened arena with his song building. JJBA - Giorno's Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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180 cm
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16 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Smart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Asakura!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asakura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smart.
Asakura clinches up with Smart and pushes him back against the cage.
Smart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asakura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asakura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smart lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Smart thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Asakura's head.
Asakura trying to hold on to Smart's head to control him but Smart postures up.
Asakura is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smart is trying to control the action in half guard but Asakura is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smart thows a huge punch but Asakura dodges it nicely.
Asakura is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Smart's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Smart's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smart tries to roll but Asakura sticks to his back.
Smart breaks Asakura's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Smart has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Asakura keeping moving, preventing Smart from controlling successfully.
Smart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Asakura looking for a sweep. Not yet Asakura, not yet.
Smart slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Asakura managing to control the position.
Smart won't allow Asakura to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Asakura keeping moving, preventing Smart from controlling successfully.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.
Smart prevents Asakura from getting back to his feet.
Smart wants to control from the top but Asakura keeps moving.
Smart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart trying to control but Asakura is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Smart misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smart scores with a sloppy right hand. Asakura should have avoided that one.
Smart slips a straight right by Asakura.
Asakura clinches up with Smart and pushes him back against the cage.
Asakura manages to break the clinch.
Asakura dives in for a single leg takedown but Smart sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Smart seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Smart throws out a loose jab but Asakura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smart. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Asakura cracks Smart with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smart explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Smart tries to move into range but Asakura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smart works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Asakura tries to work over Smart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asakura's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Smart.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asakura.
Asakura looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot in the inside from Asakura.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smart blocks an uppercut.
Asakura is looking to break free of the clinch but Smart has double underhooks.
Asakura blocking some punches.
Asakura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smart has a couple of punches blocked by Asakura.
Smart misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Asakura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smart throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smart.
Asakura breaks the clinch.
Smart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Asakura swats away the attempt to clinch by Smart.
Smart drives through with a takedown into Asakura's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.
Smart scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Smart 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.
Smart slips a jab and a cross from Asakura.
Smart looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Asakura scores with a nice head shot.
Asakura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Asakura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Asakura throws a leg kick but Smart sees it coming and moves out of range.
Asakura scores with a hook to the body. Smart takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asakura. Smart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smart throws a low kick but Asakura avoids it.
Asakura cracks Smart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Asakura swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura lands a nice shot that snaps Smart's head back.
Smart forces Asakura back against the cage and clinches.
Peter Smart has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smart turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asakura is trying to control Smart's posture but Smart avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Smart working the ground and pound but Asakura is defending the strikes.
Asakura sneaks back into half guard.
Asakura is trying to stand.
Asakura slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Asakura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart stops Asakura from standing up.
Peter Smart overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smart landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smart postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smart working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smart trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smart throwing strikes but missing.
Smart working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smart tries to free his leg and advance position but Asakura is retaining full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smart manages to get himself to full guard.
Smart 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.
Asakura wants to get up but he can't break Smart's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Smart looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smart not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smart bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Asakura's guard.
Smart postures up in Asakura's guard and throws a big left but Asakura blocks it.
Smart loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smart lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Asakura trying to keep a closed guard but Smart is proving a slippery customer.
Smart stands up over Asakura, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smart scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smart throws a strike but Asakura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Asakura wants to control from the top but Smart keeps moving.
Asakura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Asakura stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smart swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Smart bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Asakura's guard.
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 Peter Smart will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Asakura blocks a jab.
Asakura clinches up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Smart.
Asakura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smart.
Smart misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asakura.
Asakura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smart.
Smart can't find room to land a body shot as Asakura controls the action.
Asakura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peter Smart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smart swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asakura counters with a low kick, right behind Smart 's knee.
Smart slips a straight right by Asakura.
Smart half committed to a counter leg kick.
Asakura takes the fight into the clinch.
Asakura scores with a shot to the side of Smart's head.
Asakura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smart blocks an uppercut.
Smart gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Asakura kicks Smart off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter Smart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smart looks to score with a jab to the body but Asakura is just out of range.
Asakura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Asakura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Asakura scores with a hook.
Asakura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tyson Asakura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smart walks into a stiff left hand from Asakura.
Smart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asakura.
Asakura walks into a stiff left hand from Smart.
Smart lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asakura lands a jab to Smart's midsection.
Asakura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Smart misses with a takedown attempt
and Asakura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Asakura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smart was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smart. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smart throws a head kick that misses.
Smart looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Asakura scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Asakura tries to sprawl but Smart drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Asakura wants to control but Smart is keeping busy.
Smart not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smart 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.
Asakura on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Asakura has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smart is working away from the top position though.
Asakura manages to get to full guard.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smart trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Asakura is looking to stand up but Smart isn't so interested in that idea.
Smart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smart postures up in Asakura's guard and throws a big left but Asakura blocks it.
Smart trying to control the position from guard on top but Asakura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Asakura pulls Smart in close to prevent any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smart fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peter Smart is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Asakura ducks under a wild hook from Smart.
Smart misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick lands from Smart.
Asakura gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Smart to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Smart is standing up over Asakura. Asakura looks to escape but Smart dives into side control.
Smart controls the position.
Tyson Asakura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyson Asakura.
I think Smart has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Peter Smart!
A victorious Peter Smart 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce White Jr (ranked 2092 p4p, 1616 weight class) and Kree P Krawlee (ranked 261 p4p, 220 weight class). Krawlee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sail. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Granite chin |
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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 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce White Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kree P Krawlee!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krawlee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Krawlee trying to mount his opponent but White Jr defends it.
White Jr regains full guard. Nicely done.
Krawlee got a little sloppy there for a moment and White Jr has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Krawlee has managed to get both his arms back between White Jr's legs - danger averted.
Krawlee stands and throws White Jr's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Krawlee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
White Jr is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krawlee is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. White Jr knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Krawlee tries for a kimura but White Jr is defending well.
White Jr might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krawlee looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Krawlee looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Krawlee tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krawlee has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White Jr is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Krawlee's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
White Jr looking for submissions off his back.
White Jr wants to get back to full guard.
Krawlee wants to free his trapped foot but White Jr is holding on for dear life with his legs.
White Jr has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Krawlee is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krawlee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Krawlee is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and White Jr defends it well.
White Jr is in trouble now - Krawlee has advanced to mount!
Krawlee moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, White Jr has worked his arm free - good work by White Jr!
White Jr struggling a bit here.
Krawlee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Krawlee wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by White Jr, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krawlee working away.
White Jr is trying to get back to half guard.
Krawlee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on White Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Krawlee is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, White Jr has escaped the position, nice work there.
White Jr is trying to get back to half guard.
Krawlee tries for a kimura but White Jr is defending well.
White Jr sneaks back into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krawlee moves nicely into side control.
Krawlee looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Krawlee tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krawlee has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White Jr manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Krawlee is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so White Jr is just riding it out for now. Krawlee eventually gives up the hold.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krawlee wants to pass to mount but White Jr is defending the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kree P Krawlee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Krawlee cracks White Jr with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
White Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and White Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White Jr decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Krawlee tries to roll over but White Jr keeps him under control.
Krawlee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
White Jr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
White Jr is keen to just control but Krawlee is a slippery customer.
Krawlee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of White Jr's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take White Jr's back!
White Jr breaks Krawlee's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krawlee 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.
White Jr trying to control but Krawlee is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krawlee has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. White Jr is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
White Jr misses with a knee strike.
Krawlee turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Krawlee manages to end up in side control.
Krawlee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White Jr tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Krawlee wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kree P Krawlee has got the better of the ground game so far.
Krawlee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Krawlee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
White Jr is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Krawlee off and has taken his back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White Jr is not going to allow Krawlee to sit and survive in this position.
White Jr lands punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr missing with strikes from the back.
White Jr is looking to control Krawlee but Krawlee is wriggling around and keeping busy.
A bit of a pause in the action here. White Jr controlling the positon.
White Jr missing with strikes.
White Jr is not going to allow Krawlee to sit and survive in this position.
Krawlee manages to reverse the position and now he's in White Jr's guard. Nice work there by Krawlee.
Krawlee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krawlee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Krawlee slips nicely into half guard.
White Jr wants to control but Krawlee is keeping busy and won't allow it.
White Jr is pressing down on Krawlee's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
White Jr has his foot on Krawlee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Krawlee works his way back into a safe position though.
Krawlee passes White Jr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
White Jr won't allow Krawlee to pass to mount.
Krawlee is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, White Jr has managed to free his arm - good work.
Krawlee trying to mount his opponent but White Jr defends it.
White Jr is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr wants to control but Krawlee is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Krawlee is working for a submission of some sort.
Krawlee works his foot free and advances to mount.
Krawlee fails to advance to White Jr's back.
White Jr has given up his back.
Krawlee looking for the RNC.
Krawlee is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. White Jr is defending well though. Krawlee let's go of the attempt for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kree P Krawlee 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!
White Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Krawlee off balance momentarily.
Krawlee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Krawlee misses with a hook.
White Jr throws a hook but Krawlee blocks it.
Krawlee throws a shot from downtown. White Jr moves away and avoids it.
Krawlee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krawlee slips a straight right by White Jr.
White Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Krawlee.
Krawlee throws a shot from downtown. White Jr moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krawlee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krawlee throws a body shot but no joy.
Krawlee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
White Jr stuns Krawlee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Krawlee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr throws a hook to the side of Krawlee's head but Krawlee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Krawlee finds it's way through White Jr's defenses.
The crowd cheers as White Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Krawlee doesn't seem phased though.
Krawlee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
Krawlee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
White Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut there from White Jr.
A big right from White Jr misses.
White Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Krawlee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krawlee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Krawlee gets a double leg takedown into White Jr's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krawlee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
White Jr is looking for a triangle but Krawlee pushes his legs off easily.
Bruce White Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krawlee passes easily into side control. Nice work.
White Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Krawlee goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, White Jr rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Krawlee's guard! Nice work there by White Jr!
White Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Krawlee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Krawlee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr is in trouble now - Krawlee has advanced to mount!
White Jr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
White Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Krawlee is pressing down on White Jr's thigh, looking to free his foot. White Jr is holding on for now.
Kree P Krawlee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Krawlee content to control rather than advance.
Krawlee is working for a submission of some sort.
Krawlee tries to pass to full mount but White Jr defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr wants to get back to full guard.
White Jr won't allow Krawlee to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White Jr slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Krawlee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
White Jr has his foot on Krawlee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Krawlee works his way back into a safe position though.
Krawlee passes White Jr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Krawlee passes to full mount!
Krawlee tries to control but White Jr wriggling away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kree P Krawlee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Krawlee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kree P Krawlee!
Kree P Krawlee very nearly forgot to thank Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
The defeated Bruce White Jr had this to say: 'I'll be back!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between The Cucumber (ranked 767 p4p, 1945 weight class) and Tan Zan (ranked 116 p4p, 250 weight class). Cucumber comes into the arena with Scooter - Nessaja blaring out of the sound system. The Cucumber is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Cucumber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tan Zan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cucumber has Zan up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cucumber fails to land.
Cucumber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cucumber shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zan defends it nicely.
Zan scores with a punch to the head.
Cucumber drops his hands momentarily and Zan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zan digs a good body shot into Cucumber's ribs.
Cucumber drives through and clinches with Zan against the cage.
Zan presses Cucumber against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Cucumber controls his hands.
Zan avoiding damage as Cucumber throws knees to the body.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Zan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cucumber takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zan throws a punch but it's blocked by Cucumber.
Cucumber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zan's elbow.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cucumber.
I was talking to Cucumber's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cucumber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zan slips a straight right by Cucumber.
Zan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cucumber was well out of range. Poor timing from Zan.
Cucumber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Decent striking displayed by Cucumber there.
Zan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cucumber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cucumber rushes Zan and presses him up against the cage.
Zan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cucumber or not.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cucumber - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zan lands a hook that snaps the head of Cucumber backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan tries a body shot but Cucumber blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cucumber tries a body shot but Zan blocks it.
Cucumber is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zan lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Cucumber.
Zan working aggressively here.
Cucumber just leaning against Zan, taking a breather.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
Cucumber will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zan up against the cage.
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Zan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cucumber backwards.
Cucumber blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Zan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zan.
Cucumber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cucumber shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The Cucumber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cucumber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cucumber lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cucumber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cucumber was well out of range. Poor timing from Zan.
Cucumber darts in and clinches Zan up against the cage.
Zan lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Zan.
Zan tries a body shot but Cucumber blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Cucumber.
Zan has a couple of punches blocked by Cucumber.
Cucumber lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zan backwards.
Cucumber breaks from the clinch.
Cucumber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cucumber misses with a straight left.
Zan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan misses with an uppercut
and Cucumber counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cucumber scores with a body shot.
Cucumber tries to close the distance and clinch but Zan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cucumber.
Zan throws a shot from downtown. Cucumber moves away and avoids it.
Cucumber with a nice cross.
Cucumber moves into range and clinches up with Zan.
Zan misses with the head strike.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zan tries to throw a body punch but Cucumber avoids it by throwing Zan back against the cage.
Zan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cucumber's elbow.
Zan lands a body punch.
Cucumber tries to pull guard but Zan won't allow it.
Cucumber working aggressively here.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
Zan working aggressively here.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan pushes Cucumber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that The Cucumber will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cucumber has closed the distance and engaged Zan in a clinch.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Cucumber controls his hands.
Cucumber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Cucumber.
Zan misses with a body punch.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Zan.
Cucumber scores with a shoulder strike.
Zan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cucumber or not.
A hook to the body from Zan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cucumber.
Zan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cucumber's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Zan on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cucumber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cucumber tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zan checks a low kick from Cucumber.
A countering left hand to the body from Zan misses.
Cucumber slips a straight right by Zan.
Zan misses with a left hand
and Cucumber counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cucumber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Cucumber scores with a four punch combination!
Cucumber is looking to clinch.
Cucumber misses with a right hand
and Zan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cucumber takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cucumber throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slow jab from Zan misses its intended target.
Cucumber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zan.
Cucumber is looking to counter punch.
Zan misses with an uppercut.
Cucumber darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zan pushes Cucumber up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Cucumber.
Cucumber is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Cucumber lands with a left to the head.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Cucumber uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Cucumber.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Zan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cucumber looking to stall.
A short right from Cucumber on the inside.
Cucumber lands a right hand.
Cucumber lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zan backwards.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
Zan digs a right hand into Cucumber's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cucumber's gas tank.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cucumber scores with a shoulder strike.
Cucumber lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cucumber connects with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Zan as the two fighters clinch.
Cucumber trying to stall but Zan improves his position.
Cucumber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cucumber prevents a body shot from Zan.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Cucumber controls his hands.
Cucumber lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zan backwards.
Cucumber misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zan.
Zan throws a punch but it's blocked by Cucumber.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cucumber.
Cucumber stalling in the clinch but Zan improves position.
Zan misses with some punches.
Tan Zan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
Zan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cucumber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cucumber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cucumber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cucumber misses with a hook
and Zan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cucumber tries to clinch but Zan is having none of it.
Zan scores with a body shot.
Zan throws a hook but Cucumber blocks it.
Good leg kick by Cucumber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cucumber throws a low kick but Zan avoids it.
Cucumber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cucumber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zan lands a head shot.
Cucumber slips under a jab from Zan.
Cucumber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zan takes a swing at Cucumber's ribcage but misses.
Cucumber pushes Zan up against the cage in a clinch.
Cucumber lands a nice shot to the body.
Zan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cucumber is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tan Zan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cucumber lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cucumber moves into the clinch successfully.
Zan scores with a shoulder strike.
Cucumber blocks a body shot from Zan.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
Cucumber is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cucumber looking to slow down the pace here.
Cucumber tries to stall but Zan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cucumber blocks a body shot from Zan.
Cucumber stalling in the clinch but Zan improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The Cucumber.
Cucumber misses with a looping right.
Zan cracks Cucumber with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zan misses with a straight right.
Cucumber is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cucumber misses with a lunging right hand
and Zan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cucumber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zan.
Cucumber takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cucumber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cucumber bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zan's head backwards.
Cucumber misses with a wild combination.
Zan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zan. Cucumber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cucumber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Cucumber was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zan.
Cucumber moves out of range as Zan strikes.
Tan Zan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cucumber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cucumber tries a knee to the head but Zan blocks it.
Zan cracks Cucumber with a nice body shot.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Cucumber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cucumber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cucumber is trying to stall.
Cucumber throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Cucumber blocks an uppercut.
Zan blocking some punches.
Cucumber is trying to drag Zan to the mat but Zan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cucumber content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cucumber lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cucumber misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zan as Cucumber tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Zan.
Zan lands an uppercut.
 Cucumber is rocked!
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cucumber wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zan gets through Cucumber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Cucumber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cucumber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cucumber blocks an uppercut.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Cucumber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cucumber blocks an uppercut.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Cucumber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cucumber seems to have got his legs back now.
Cucumber stalling in the clinch.
Zan blocking some punches.
Zan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zan.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Cucumber controls the action.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Cucumber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan misses with the head strike.
Cucumber prevents a body shot from Zan.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Cucumber controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cucumber misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zan fails to land.
Cucumber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cucumber will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zan up against the cage.
Zan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cucumber backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zan throws a punch but it's blocked by Cucumber.
Cucumber lands an elbow that stopped Zan in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Cucumber prevents a body shot from Zan.
Cucumber lands a left hand.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zan misses with the head strike.
Cucumber lands an elbow that stopped Zan in his tracks for a moment.
Cucumber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Zan fails to land.
Cucumber blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tan Zan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zan 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Brandstatter (ranked 545 p4p, 617 weight class) and Manny Johnson (ranked 83 p4p, 95 weight class). Brandstatter comes to the cage accompanied by The Maestro. Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. On The Run kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wolfgang Brandstatter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandstatter swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Brandstatter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brandstatter. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brandstatter 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.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Nice body kick there by Johnson.
Brandstatter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson jabs Brandstatter right on the nose. Brandstatter blinks but takes it well.
Brandstatter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson slips under a jab.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Brandstatter.
Wolfgang Brandstatter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brandstatter.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Brandstatter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Brandstatter fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Brandstatter lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking cross lands there for Brandstatter.
Johnson 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.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Brandstatter misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brandstatter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandstatter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brandstatter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brandstatter quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Brandstatter moves out of range easily.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brandstatter moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brandstatter.
Johnson throws a low kick but Brandstatter avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Brandstatter.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Brandstatter's head but Brandstatter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brandstatter throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
The crowd cheers as Brandstatter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a body shot that sends Brandstatter's belly button to the back.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Brandstatter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Brandstatter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brandstatter looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brandstatter tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Brandstatter thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Brandstatter 's knee.
Brandstatter misses with a low kick.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Brandstatter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brandstatter tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Brandstatter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brandstatter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Brandstatter off balance momentarily.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A cross from Johnson lands.
Brandstatter throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Brandstatter throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brandstatter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson flicks out a counter leg kick but Brandstatter steps away.
Brandstatter throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Brandstatter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Brandstatter throws a good cross that connects.
Good work by Brandstatter as he checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Brandstatter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brandstatter. That did some damage!
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brandstatter dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandstatter loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Brandstatter tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Brandstatter.
A clash of legs there as Johnson blocks the low kick.
Brandstatter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Brandstatter moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Brandstatter connects with a solid leg kick.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brandstatter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Brandstatter feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A low kick from Johnson is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brandstatter throws a big shot that misses.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandstatter misses the shot to the body.
Brandstatter 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wolfgang Brandstatter will probably get the nod.
That's time! Brandstatter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brandstatter fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Brandstatter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Brandstatter misses with a looping right.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Brandstatter saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson moves forwards but Brandstatter connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brandstatter slips under a jab.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Brandstatter seems unphased.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
A good leg kick by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandstatter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brandstatter cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Brandstatter.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandstatter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandstatter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandstatter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Brandstatter misses.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Brandstatter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brandstatter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brandstatter has got the better of the exchanges.
Brandstatter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brandstatter throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson throws a lazy body kick
and Brandstatter counters with a thumping low kick.
Brandstatter clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brandstatter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Brandstatter thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brandstatter if he has to take too many more of those.
Brandstatter scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandstatter tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brandstatter 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brandstatter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brandstatter tries a head kick but it misses.
Brandstatter misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Wolfgang Brandstatter is winning the standup battle so far.
Brandstatter thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Brandstatter throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Brandstatter throws a head kick that misses
and Brandstatter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brandstatter misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Brandstatter lands with a right hand.
Brandstatter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws the left hand but Brandstatter avoids the punch easily.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Brandstatter moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Brandstatter lands a nice looking body kick.
Brandstatter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brandstatter's head.
Brandstatter needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brandstatter.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brandstatter throws out the jab.
Johnson tries a quick counter leg kick but Brandstatter is wise to it.
Brandstatter keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Brandstatter pushes Johnson away with a front kick.
Brandstatter throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson throws a jab when Brandstatter was well out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Johnson misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson 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.
It looked like Brandstatter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brandstatter. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Brandstatter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Brandstatter's leg but Brandstatter calmly moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Brandstatter counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brandstatter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Brandstatter is predictable there
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Brandstatter throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws a big shot that misses.
Brandstatter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brandstatter looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Brandstatter is just out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Johnson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brandstatter throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Brandstatter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Brandstatter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brandstatter.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brandstatter cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Brandstatter.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brandstatter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson slips a jab from Brandstatter.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Brandstatter's legs.
Brandstatter 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.
Brandstatter looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson flicks out a counter leg kick but Brandstatter steps away.
Brandstatter lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Brandstatter throws a body kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brandstatter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brandstatter counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter scores with a push kick.
Brandstatter throws a leg kick that misses.
Brandstatter missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brandstatter misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brandstatter looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson 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 Brandstatter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brandstatter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brandstatter throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brandstatter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Manny Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter misses with a looping right.
Johnson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Brandstatter moves away and avoids it.
Brandstatter throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson checks a low kick from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brandstatter slips a straight right by Johnson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Brandstatter circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brandstatter's sensitive parts.
Brandstatter misses with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandstatter.
Brandstatter misses with the body kick
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brandstatter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Brandstatter does it's job there.
Brandstatter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Brandstatter avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson darts in and clinches Brandstatter up against the cage.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandstatter was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Both fighters circling a little - Brandstatter finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson moves out of range as Brandstatter strikes.
Brandstatter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Brandstatter makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brandstatter is able to avoid easily.
Brandstatter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Brandstatter.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Brandstatter.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brandstatter throws out the jab.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Some bone on bone action there as Johnson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Brandstatter avoids it with no problem.
Brandstatter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Brandstatter tried to counter with a leg kick but Johnson avoided it.
Brandstatter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Brandstatter fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Brandstatter as he connects with a hook.
Johnson walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandstatter slips under a jab from Johnson.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Brandstatter lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Brandstatter checks it.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brandstatter.
Brandstatter connects with a crisp jab.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Brandstatter scoring well with a low kick there.
Brandstatter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brandstatter throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wolfgang Brandstatter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brandstatter's corner calls for a 1-2. Brandstatter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Brandstatter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brandstatter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Brandstatter!
An out of breath Wolfgang Brandstatter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Gentil (ranked 358 p4p, 380 weight class) and Louis Princip (ranked 51 p4p, 53 weight class). Princip comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lord of This World by Black Sabbath kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Gentil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Princip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gentil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Princip throws a looping overhand right but Gentil ducks down to avoid it.
Gentil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Princip moves away.
Princip uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gentil staying out of range there.
Princip throws a series of punches but Gentil moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Gentil on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good exchange - Gentil coming out on top.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Gentil's head but Gentil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Princip throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Princip throws an overhand right that lands on Gentil's shoulder, as Gentil tries to avoid the shot.
Princip throws a body punch but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil throws a shot to the body.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Gentil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Princip.
Princip lands a slapping body shot.
Princip throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheers as Gentil lands an impressive looking overhand right. Princip doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Princip fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gentil throws the left hand but Princip avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Princip throws a right hand that misses
and Gentil counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gentil was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Gentil is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gentil has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gentil avoids the body shot from Princip.
Princip just misses with a punch to the body.
Princip jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Princip takes a swing at Gentil's ribcage but misses.
Gentil misses with a wild body shot.
Gentil misses with a looping left.
Princip looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Princip clinches with his opponent.
Princip lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Princip.
Gentil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Princip misses with a hook to the ribs.
Princip digs a right hand underneath Gentil's ribcage. Gentil let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gentil lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Princip throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gentils head.
Princip misses with a hook from the clinch.
Princip lands a right hand.
Princip lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gentil on the inside.
Princip tries to work over Gentil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Princip blocks a body shot from Gentil.
Gentil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Princip is leaning against Gentil and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Princip.
Gentil scores with a shoulder strike.
Princip throws a head punch that misses.
Gentil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Princip misses with a body punch.
Gentil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Princip swings wildly with an uppercut but Gentil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Princip misses with the head strike.
Princip tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gentil's elbow.
Gentil lands a hook to the side of the head.
Princip tries to work over Gentil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Princip tries to work over Gentil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Princip misses with the head strike.
Princip lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Princip tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Princip has a couple of punches blocked by Gentil.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Princip backwards.
Gentil breaks from the clinch.
Princip displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Princip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gentil.
Gentil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Princip manages to avoid it.
Gentil with the inside leg kick.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gentil takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Princip keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gentil.
Princip smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Princip lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Princip throws a looping overhand right but Gentil ducks down to avoid it.
Gentil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Gentil is just out of range.
Gentil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gentil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Princip moves away.
Princip is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gentil scores with a decent looking hook.
Princip lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Gentil.
Gentil moves out of range as Princip strikes.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Gentil is just out of range.
Gentil scores with a hook.
Princip has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gentil.
Princip is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gentil rather than just go for the knockout.
Gentil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gentil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Princip throws out the jab.
Princip stuns Gentil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Princip throws a series of punches but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Princip misses with a hook.
Princip lands with a shot to the body.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gentil was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Princip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Gentil on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princip uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gentil.
Princip misses with a body shot.
Gentil swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Princip lands with a nice body punch.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Princip dominated that round.
That's time! Gentil's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Princip looks to throw the jab but Gentil is out of range.
Gentil tried to score with a low kick but Princip checks it.
Gentil just misses with a punch to the body.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gentil was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
A quick step to the side and Gentil tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Gentil is just out of range.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Gentil is just out of range.
Gentil tried to counter with a leg kick but Princip avoided it.
Princip's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gentil connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Princip scrambles back to his feet.
Gentil lets loose with a powerful body kick. Princip will feel that in the morning.
Gentil misses with a wild body shot.
Princip moves in looking to clinch but Gentil pushes him off.
Princip throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Princip lands with a shot to the body.
Gentil throws a right hand that misses
enabling Princip to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentil connects with a body shot.
Princip keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gentil.
Princip throws a lazy right hand but Gentil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Princip scores with a punch to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Princip takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Princip wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice shot by Princip.
Gentil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Princip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Gentil as he connects with a hook.
Princip throws a jab but it's blocked by Gentil.
Gentil fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Princip has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gentil misses with a kick to the body.
Gentil closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Louis Princip seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Princip misses with a straight left.
It looked like Gentil wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Princip throws a hook but Gentil blocks it.
Princip moves out of range of the strikes.
Princip throws a jab when Gentil was well out of range.
Princip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gentil avoids the body shot from Princip.
Gentil lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Princip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Princip takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gentil misses with a straight left.
Gentil misses with a hook.
Gentil looks to land a body kick but Princip moved away.
A big left from Princip misses.
Gentil scoring well with a low kick there.
Princip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Gentil throwing a counter right hand but Princip manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Gentil.
Princip throws a right hand that misses
letting Gentil counter with a right hand.
Princip scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gentil sizes up Princip with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gentil takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gentil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Princip.
Gentil ducks under a wild hook from Princip.
Princip misses with a hook.
Princip punishes Gentil's body with a nice straight punch.
Princip avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip tests Gentil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gentil misses the jab.
Princip misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
Princip misses with a looping left.
Princip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Princip doesn't manage to clinch there - Gentil circles away.
Princip showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gentil.
Princip misses with a right hand
and Gentil makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gentil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Gentil's head but Gentil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gentil avoids the body shot from Princip.
Princip slips a straight right by Gentil.
Princip ducks under a wild hook from Gentil.
Princip swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil throws a hook to the side of Princip's head but Princip sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Princip scores with a body shot.
Gentil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Princip was well out of range. Poor timing from Gentil.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Princip. Beautiful body shot.
Princip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gentil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Princip looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gentil looks to land a left hand but Princip moved out of range nicely.
Princip takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Princip avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gentil throws a jab but it's blocked by Princip.
Princip looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
Gentil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gentil slips under a jab.
Princip takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gentil throws a lazy right hand but Princip sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gentil was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Gentil ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gentil manages to avoid it.
Princip ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Gentil looks to throw the jab but Princip is out of range.
Gentil misses with a wild body shot.
Gentil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Princip just misses with a punch to the body.
Gentil looks to land a left hand but Princip moved out of range nicely.
Gentil blocks a jab.
Gentil misses the shot to the body.
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Gentil slips the punch.
Princip moves into range and connects with a jab.
Princip throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Princip gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gentil takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentil throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Princip looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
Princip misses with a hook.
Princip throws a right hand that Gentil ducks under and follows up with a left that Gentil also avoids with ease.
Gentil works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Princip throws a hook but Gentil blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Gentil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gentil 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.
Gentil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gentil throws out the jab.
Gentil jabs Princip to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big right from Gentil misses.
Princip connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Princip displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gentil throws out the jab.
Princip uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gentil.
Princip pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Princip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gentil defending well as Princip loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Princip misses its intended target.
Princip defending well as Gentil loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Princip misses the target.
Princip misses with a wild body shot.
Paulo Gentil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Princip.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Princip looks to throw the jab but Gentil is out of range.
Gentil bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Gentil tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip avoids the head kick by Gentil.
Princip just misses with a punch to the body.
Gentil is looking to counter punch.
Princip takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Princip.
Gentil takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Princip ducks right into an uppercut from Gentil.
Gentil throws a jab but it's blocked by Princip.
Princip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gentil.
Gentil swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gentil slips a jab from Princip.
Princip misses with a few strikes there.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Gentil's head but Gentil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gentil is looking to counter punch.
Gentil moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Princip.
Princip pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gentil looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Princip sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Princip. Beautiful body shot.
Princip's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gentil under the eye.
Princip takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gentil loads up on a big right hand but Princip slips the punch.
Princip swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gentil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Princip looks to land a left hand but Gentil moved out of range nicely.
Gentil throws an overhand right that lands on Princip's shoulder, as Princip tries to avoid the shot.
Gentil looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gentil connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Princip momentarily.
Princip thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Princip finds it's way through Gentil's defenses.
Gentil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Princip manages to avoid it.
Princip misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
Princip throws a body punch but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil darts in and clinches Princip up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gentil scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Gentil on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Princip blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Princip.
A short body shot lands from Gentil as the two fighters clinch.
Gentil blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Gentil.
Princip tries to throw a body punch but Gentil avoids it by throwing Princip back against the cage.
Princip has a couple of punches blocked by Gentil.
Princip has a couple of punches blocked by Gentil.
Gentil lands a left hand.
Princip lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gentil blocks a body shot from Princip.
Gentil lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Princip or not.
Princip takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Princip misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gentil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Princip misses with a punch to the body.
Gentil tries a body shot but Princip blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Princip.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gentil.
Princip fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Princip fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Princip blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paulo Gentil.
Well Princip 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Louis Princip!
Louis Princip thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tory Hopkins (ranked 453 p4p, 332 weight class) and Tobig Tofail (ranked 66 p4p, 49 weight class). Hopkins comes to the cage accompanied by Last Time That I Checc'd by Nipsey Hussle & YG. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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27
205
13 - 6 - 1 |
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29
214
21 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tory Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tobig Tofail!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins lands a nice looking body kick.
Hopkins thumps Tofail with a low kick.
Good exchange - Hopkins coming out on top.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Tofail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hopkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tofail will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Tofail saw that one coming.
Tofail looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Hopkins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tofail is able to avoid easily.
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Tofail pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hopkins throwing a counter right hand but Tofail manages to avoid it.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Tofail saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tofail.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tofail pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good exchange - Tofail coming out on top.
Tofail shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tofail bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tofail doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hopkins throws out a loose jab but Tofail uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tofail feints a counter leg kick.
Hopkins looks to throw the jab but Tofail is out of range.
Tofail closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hopkins thuds his shin into the meat of Tofail's side.
Tofail takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the head.
Tofail avoids the body shot from Hopkins.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Tofail there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tofail buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tofail thows a body kick. Hopkins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hopkins misses with a hook. Tofail ducked under it nicely.
Tofail lands with a shot to the body.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins connects with a single shot there.
A swing and a miss from Hopkins.
And Tofail responds with a good body kick, but Hopkins manages to step out the way in time.
Hopkins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tofail scores with a hook.
Tory Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hopkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tofail slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tofail displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
Hopkins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hopkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hopkins tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tofail lands a nice looking body shot.
Hopkins misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tofail throws a hook to the side of Hopkins's head but Hopkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hopkins looks for the body kick but Tofail saw that one coming.
Tofail uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins misses the jab.
Hopkins slips under a jab from Tofail.
Hopkins lands with an uppercut that bounces Tofail off the cage and back into range.
We've been told by Hopkins's head coaches at Primal Concrete Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Tofail counters with a good low kick that Hopkins was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hopkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tofail dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tofail misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Hopkins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Tofail counters with a straight right hand.
Tofail throws a push kick but Hopkins slaps the foot to one side.
Hopkins gets a clinch.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tofail wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopkins won't allow it.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Tofail controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
Tofail breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Hopkins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tory Hopkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Tofail's shoulder, as Tofail tries to avoid the shot.
Tofail flicks out a counter leg kick but Hopkins steps away.
Tofail misses with a body shot.
Hopkins appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Tofail's shoulder, as Tofail tries to avoid the shot.
Tofail looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tofail keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tofail throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hopkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tofail. That did some damage!
Tofail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tofail. That's going to slow Hopkins down.
Hopkins misses with a hook
and Tofail counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins swings for the body but Tofail moves out of range.
Tofail lands a lovely overhand right.
Tory Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopkins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tofail is out of range and Hopkins settles back down.
Hopkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tofail has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Tofail moves out of range.
Tofail takes a swing at Hopkins's ribcage but misses.
Tofail moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Hopkins takes a swing at Tofail's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tofail manages to avoid it.
Tofail appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hopkins connects with a leg kick.
Hopkins with a hook.
Tofail lands with a kick to the temple. Hopkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hopkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tofail.
Hopkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hopkins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tofail counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Hopkins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tofail counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tofail throws a lazy head kick
and Hopkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tofail with the inside leg kick.
Tofail swings for the body but Hopkins moves out of range.
Tofail ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tofail 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.
Hopkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hopkins jabs Tofail to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tofail takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tofail getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tofail throws out a loose jab but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tofail counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tofail is looking to land body kicks.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the body
and Hopkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hopkins clobbers Tofail with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tofail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins.
Tofail takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hopkins blocks a leg kick.
Hopkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Tofail.
Tofail ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Hopkins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tofail doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tofail keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins misses with a body punch
and Tofail counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
A low kick lands for Tofail.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tofail.
Tofail misses with a double jab
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hopkins misses with a jab to the body
enabling Tofail to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopkins lands with a nice body punch.
Tofail blocks a jab.
Tofail throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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 Tory Hopkins will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tofail moves away.
Tofail misses with a hook. Hopkins ducked under it nicely.
Hopkins staying out of range there.
Tofail pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hopkins throws a wild body kick that Tofail sees coming a mile off.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tofail on the side of the head.
Hopkins lands a leg kick that knocks Tofail off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tofail moves out of range of the leg kick from Hopkins.
Hopkins thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tofail if he has to take too many more of those.
Hopkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Tofail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tofail.
Tofail misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopkins.
Tofail displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
Hopkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tofail's sensitive parts.
Jab from Hopkins.
Hopkins checks a leg kick.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the body
and Tofail finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hopkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Tofail.
Hopkins lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Hopkins.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tofail! But no joy.
Tofail digs a good hook to Hopkins's body.
Hopkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tobig Tofail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Tofail ducks down to avoid it.
Hopkins moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromTofail.
Tofail throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tofail tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hopkins is able to avoid easily.
Hopkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tofail lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hopkins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hopkins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tofail throws a hook to the side of Hopkins's head but Hopkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Tofail moves out of range.
Hopkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tofail throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hopkins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tofail scores with a nice strike.
Hopkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tofail manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Tofail misses.
Hopkins misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tofail counters with a crisp right hand that drops Hopkins! Tofail lets Hopkins back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Hopkins is rocked!
A shot to the liver by Tofail. Beautiful body shot.
Oh Hopkins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hopkins is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Tofail doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Hopkins crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Hopkins's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tobig Tofail!
Tobig Tofail decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Humors Lacplesis (ranked 187 p4p, 193 weight class) and Frank Morrison (ranked 28 p4p, 29 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morrison's choice of entrance music: Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Humors Lacplesis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Lacplesis moved out of range.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Lacplesis moves away and avoids it.
Lacplesis throws a body punch but Morrison moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lacplesis moves away.
Morrison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
Lacplesis slips a jab from Morrison.
Lacplesis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
enabling Lacplesis to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison moves out of range of the leg kick from Lacplesis.
Lacplesis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lacplesis moves away.
Lacplesis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lacplesis misses with a leg kick.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lacplesis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison throws a right hand that misses
and Lacplesis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Lacplesis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lacplesis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Morrison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lacplesis misses the body punch
and Morrison counters with a three punch combo that has Lacplesis backing up. Lacplesis nods at Morrison to acknowledge the strikes.
Morrison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lacplesis.
Lacplesis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lacplesis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Lacplesis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lacplesis wants it to stay on the feet.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lacplesis moves away.
Lacplesis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lacplesis connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Lacplesis misses.
Lacplesis is looking to wear down Morrison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lacplesis counters with a low kick, right behind Morrison 's knee.
Lacplesis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison throws a sloppy body shot
and Lacplesis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lacplesis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Lacplesis misses with an uppercut.
Morrison slips under a jab.
Morrison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morrison defending well as Lacplesis loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrison misses.
Lacplesis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Morrison scores with a jab to the body.
Humors Lacplesis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
and Lacplesis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morrison's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Lacplesis.
Lacplesis misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Lacplesis finds it's target.
Lacplesis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morrison doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lacplesis.
Lacplesis lands a high kick!
Lacplesis lands with an overhand left.
Morrison lands with a shot to the body.
Morrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lacplesis looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison misses with a lunging right hand
and Lacplesis counters with a straight right hand.
Morrison scores with a nice head shot.
Morrison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lacplesis cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
Lacplesis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Lacplesis slips the punch.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Lacplesis moved out of range.
Lacplesis lands a head shot.
Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lacplesis's guard.
Morrison trying to control but Lacplesis is working from the bottom.
Morrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is in close to Lacplesis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Lacplesis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lacplesis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrison.
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Lacplesis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison throws a body punch but Lacplesis moves out of range.
Jab by Lacplesis.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Humors Lacplesis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The fighters circling - Lacplesis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lacplesis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison drives through with a takedown into Lacplesis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Morrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morrison throws a strike but Lacplesis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lacplesis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lacplesis continues to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison has Lacplesis pulled in close to control his posture.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lacplesis manages to get himself to full guard.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Lacplesis keeps moving.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lacplesis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison throws a strike but Lacplesis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lacplesis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lacplesis slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lacplesis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lacplesis wants to stand but Morrison has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Lacplesis has control of the leg.
Lacplesis wants to pass the guard but Morrison is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lacplesis controlling the action here.
Lacplesis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Morrison controls his leg.
Morrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrison tries to roll over but Lacplesis keeps him under control.
Lacplesis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lacplesis trying to mount his opponent but Morrison defends it.
Lacplesis decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Morrison slips a jab from Lacplesis.
Morrison throws out a powerful jab.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Lacplesis.
Lacplesis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lacplesis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morrison darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Frank Morrison has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Lacplesis is working away.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lacplesis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
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.
Morrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Lacplesis blocks nicely.
Morrison is in close to Lacplesis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Lacplesis keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lacplesis trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Morrison 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!
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lacplesis was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a nice body punch.
Lacplesis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lacplesis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morrison in his tracks.
Humors Lacplesis is winning the standup battle so far.
Lacplesis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lacplesis missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lacplesis ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison throws a hook but Lacplesis blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Lacplesis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morrison doesn't seem phased though.
Morrison lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Lacplesis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lacplesis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lacplesis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Lacplesis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Morrison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A big left from Morrison misses.
It looked like Lacplesis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Morrison.
Morrison takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morrison gets a takedown into half guard.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Morrison thows a huge punch but Lacplesis dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison is keen to just control but Lacplesis is a slippery customer.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Morrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morrison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morrison is nestled in close to Lacplesis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morrison throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morrison misses with a head shot. Lacplesis uses the momentum to regain guard.
Morrison trying to control but Lacplesis is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lacplesis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morrison accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morrison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morrison throws a jab when Lacplesis was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Morrison there.
Lacplesis misses with a leg kick.
Lacplesis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morrisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A shot to the liver by Morrison. Beautiful body shot.
Morrison throws a hook but Lacplesis avoids it easily.
Lacplesis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lacplesis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison misses with a hook
and Lacplesis counters with a good low kick that Morrison was not able to check.
Lacplesis misses with a hook. Morrison ducked under it nicely.
Lacplesis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lacplesis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Lacplesis misses its target.
Morrison throws a body punch but Lacplesis moves out of range.
Lacplesis lands a really nice looking cross but Morrison seems unphased.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lacplesis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Lacplesis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Lacplesis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but Lacplesis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Lacplesis moved out of range nicely.
Lacplesis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison takes a swing at Lacplesis's ribcage but misses.
Lacplesis misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Morrison.
I think Morrison 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Frank Morrison!
Frank Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Murhaa (ranked 119 p4p, 264 weight class) and Quebra Cranio (ranked 17 p4p, 43 weight class). Murhaa comes to the cage accompanied by Wanted Man. Cranio has chosen It's My Life as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ispa Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Quebra Cranio!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Cranio avoids them all with ease.
Cranio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the body.
Murhaa lands with a good body shot.
Cranio walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.
Cranio digs a good body shot into Murhaa's ribs.
Murhaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Cranio's head but Cranio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at SYDNEY ELITE GYM in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cranio throws a right and a left that Murhaa avoids nicely.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Good shot there by Cranio.
Murhaa lands a jab-cross combination.
 It looks like Quebra Cranio has been cut.
Jab, jab by Cranio - just one landing.
Cranio lands a glancing blow to the side of Murhaa's head.
Murhaa thows a leg kick but Cranio checks it
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cranio.
Cranio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cranio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Murhaa lands with an uppercut that bounces Cranio off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Murhaa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cranio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa thows a leg kick but Cranio checks it
and Cranio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Cranio avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Cranio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
Murhaa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Cranio.
Cranio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cranio fails to land.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa avoids the elbow strike from Cranio, against the cage.
Murhaa blocks a body shot from Cranio.
Cranio struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
Murhaa dodges an elbow strike from Cranio.
Cranio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cranio.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cranio.
Cranio tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cranio tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Cranio back against the cage.
Cranio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Cranio throws an elbow that misses.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Cranio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Cranio lands a shoulder strike.
Cranio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cranio missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut.
Cranio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa.
Murhaa ducks right into an uppercut from Cranio.
Murhaa moves out of range as Cranio strikes.
Cranio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murhaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cranio's knee momentarily.
Cranio throws a shot to the body.
Cranio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murhaa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cranio staying out of range there.
Cranio misses with a looping right.
Murhaa scores with the left hand. Cranio knows he should have avoided that one.
Cranio moves forwards but Murhaa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Quebra Cranio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quebra Cranio's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Murhaa jabs at Cranio's body.
Cranio misses with a hook.
Cranio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murhaa has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cranio misses with a hook
and Murhaa counters with a nice leg kick.
Cranio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranio.
Murhaa throwing a counter right hand but Cranio manages to avoid it.
Murhaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cranio appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Cranio throws a lazy uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a nice body shot.
Jab, jab by Murhaa - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
and Cranio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cranio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cranio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cranio misses the jab.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Cranio saw that one coming.
Cranio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murhaa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cranio momentarily.
That has opened up Quebra Cranio's cut even more.
Ispa Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cranio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cranio misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cranio ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Cranio throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Cranio throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cranio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa tried to score with a low kick but Cranio checks it.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Cranio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cranio throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cranio misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranio loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa is looking to chop away at Cranio's legs.
Cranio is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murhaa with a body shot.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Cranio ducked under it nicely.
Cranio is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murhaa tries to clinch there but Cranio circles away.
Cranio throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Cranio throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Cranio tries to get set, Murhaa tries to push him back and clinch up but Cranio manages to avoid the attempt.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
Cranio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranio ducks right into an uppercut from Murhaa.
Cranio scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Cranio is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cranio! But no joy.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Cranio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cranio looks to land a combination but Murhaa avoids it well.
Murhaa lands with a kick to the temple. Cranio shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cranio looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cranio throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cranio cracks Murhaa with a good jab.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Cranio's shoulder, as Cranio tries to avoid the shot.
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 Ispa Murhaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quebra Cranio's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Murhaa throws a body kick that misses
and Cranio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A lazy left from Cranio finds it's target.
Murhaa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cranio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cranio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Murhaa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cranio.
Cranio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranio manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cranio! But no joy.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa throws a hook but Cranio blocks it.
Cranio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio stuns Murhaa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa misses the jab.
Cranio throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Cranio looks to land a combination. Murhaa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice defenses there by Cranio.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranio.
Murhaa takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Cranio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cranio walks into a left hand.
Cranio throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murhaa tests Cranio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The cut above Quebra Cranio's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranio has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Murhaa.
Murhaa pushes Cranio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Cranio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Cranio blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cranio works on Murhaa's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa takes a shot to the head.
Cranio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quebra Cranio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murhaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cranio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cranio's corner calls for a 1-2. Cranio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murhaa slips a straight right by Cranio.
Cranio misses with a looping left.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Cranio moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Cranio slips the punch.
Cranio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cranio looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa throws a quick counter head kick but Cranio was just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa cracks Cranio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cranio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cranio swinging wildly here.
Cranio misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Cranio.
Cranio is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Murhaa misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Quebra Cranio.
I think Cranio 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ispa Murhaa!
Ispa Murhaa took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Shipilov (ranked 244 p4p, 348 weight class) and Ryszard Wojcik (ranked 38 p4p, 52 weight class). Sergey Shipilov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergey Shipilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryszard Wojcik!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wojcik takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Wojcik misses.
Shipilov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wojcik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shipilov lands a head kick!
It looks like Ryszard Wojcik has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wojcik misses with a body punch
and Shipilov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shipilov lands a jab-cross combination.
Shipilov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wojcik counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojcik misses with the head strike.
Wojcik misses with the head strike.
Wojcik throws a punch but it's blocked by Shipilov.
Wojcik with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shipilov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wojcik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shipilov is trying to break free.
Shipilov struggles to land a body shot inside as Wojcik controls his hands.
Shipilov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That has opened up Ryszard Wojcik's cut even more.
Wojcik blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Wojcik.
Shipilov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wojcik obliges.
Shipilov is breathing heavily.
Shipilov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wojcik lands a right hand.
Wojcik prevents a body shot from Shipilov.
Shipilov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Wojcik.
Wojcik scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wojcik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wojcik lands a good knee to the midsection. Shipilov won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik lands a right hand.
Shipilov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Wojcik.
A short right from Wojcik on the inside.
Wojcik utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wojcik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shipilov's elbow.
Wojcik works on Shipilov's body with a couple of short punches.
Wojcik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shipilov backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wojcik.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wojcik.
Wojcik crunches a lovely knee into Shipilov's ribcage.
Wojcik lands a shoulder strike.
Wojcik blocks a body shot from Shipilov.
Wojcik scores with a hook to the body.
Wojcik looking to throw knees to the head but Shipilov is blocking nicely.
A short right from Wojcik.
Shipilov lands a nice uppercut.
Wojcik is working Shipilov over against the cage.
Wojcik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shipilov is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik struggles to land a body shot inside as Shipilov controls his hands.
A short right from Wojcik.
Wojcik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shipilov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Wojcik.
Wojcik misses with a body punch.
Wojcik misses with a body punch.
Wojcik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wojcik avoids a kick to the body.
Wojcik comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wojcik lands with an overhand left.
 It looks like Sergey Shipilov has been cut.
Jab, jab by Wojcik - just one landing.
Wojcik loads up on a big right hand but Shipilov slips the punch.
It looked like Shipilov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik lands a big uppercut and Shipilov crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Shipilov looks OK. Wojcik waves Shipilov back to his feet!
Shipilov is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wojcik misses with a looping right.
Oh Shipilov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wojcik's corner calls for a 1-2. Wojcik obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wojcik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shipilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Wojcik.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Wojcik thuds a left hand into Shipilov's body.
Shipilov seems to have got his legs back now.
Shipilov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shipilov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wojcik.
Shipilov is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wojcik fakes the body blow, causing Shipilov to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Shipilov goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryszard Wojcik!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raate Road (ranked 38 p4p, 84 weight class) and Jensen Chelios (ranked 6 p4p, 13 weight class). Road's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Chelios comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shabba kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jensen Chelios has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raate Road!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jensen Chelios!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Road ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chelios moves away.
Chelios unleashes a big counter combination but Road bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've been hearing reports that Road has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A big right from Road misses.
Road sets himself, and Chelios steps forward looking for the clinch! Road avoids it this time.
Road misses with a left hand
letting Chelios counter with a right hand.
Road misses with a looping left.
Road throws a right hand that misses
and Chelios counters with an outside leg kick.
Raate Road seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Road misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chelios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slow jab from Chelios misses its intended target.
Road half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Chelios tries to move into range but Road moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Road misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road staying out of range there.
Chelios missing with a left hand there. Road was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Road throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chelios counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Road missing with a left hand there. Chelios was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Road looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Chelios is fending him off so far but Road persists. Nope, Chelios circles away and we're back to standing.
Chelios wants to counter with a clinch but Road pushes him away.
Road scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios looks to land a left hand but Road moved out of range nicely.
Chelios takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chelios dips to his left and cracks Road with an uppercut!
Chelios 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.
Road loads up on a big right hand but Chelios slips the punch.
A jab from Chelios misses.
Chelios connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Road momentarily.
Road gets a double leg takedown into Chelios's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Chelios holds on and takes a little breather.
Road stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chelios swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chelios looking to hit a scissor sweep but Road is one step ahead there.
Road cracks Chelios with a solid left hand.
Road works over Chelios with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Road accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Road stands up over Chelios, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Road scoring with some ground and pound.
Road 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.
Road being controlled here momentarily.
Chelios looking to hit a scissor sweep but Road is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Road accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chelios working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Road.
Road chips away with some ground and pound.
Chelios has his hands on Road's head, controlling the position.
Road is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Road lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Road is looking to work some ground and pound but Chelios has wrist control.
Road postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chelios pulls Road in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chelios is continuing to stall.
Chelios wants to sweep but no luck.
Chelios working a defensive guard here.
Road throws an elbow that misses. Chelios uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Road's guard. Nice move by Chelios!
Road is trying to control the position but Chelios postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chelios defends it easily.
Road looking for a guillotine here but Chelios defends easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chelios accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Road is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chelios is looking to work some ground and pound but Road has wrist control.
Road had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chelios defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Road is on top in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Road's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raate Road dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chelios takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Road is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chelios can do to turn this around?
Chelios tries to clinch
letting Road counter with a right hand.
Chelios displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Road.
Chelios swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Road.
Chelios is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Road throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chelios sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chelios slips under a jab.
Road is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Road misses with a hook.
Chelios takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Road feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chelioss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Road takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios throws a nice inside leg kick.
Road misses with a body punch
and Chelios counters with a leg kick.
Chelios throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Road avoids it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Road dips to his left and cracks Chelios with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Road misses with a low kick.
Road misses with a looping left.
Road thumps Chelios with a low kick.
A nice leg kick from Road, right into the meat of the thigh.
Road clobbers Chelios with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
Road throws a leg kick
and Chelios counters with a low kick, right behind Road 's knee.
A nice leg kick from Chelios, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chelios throws a hook but Road blocks it.
Road throws a hook to the side of Chelios's head but Chelios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Road throws out a loose jab but Chelios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Road throws a jab but it's blocked by Chelios.
Road moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chelios has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Road finds it's way round the side to connect with Chelios's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios tries to work over Road's front leg with a kick but Road checks it.
Road throws a jab but it's blocked by Chelios.
Road sets himself, and Chelios steps forward looking for the clinch! Road avoids it this time.
Road gets the takedown into side control.
Road working away.
Road tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Road lands a few punches from side control.
Chelios manages to work his way to half guard, despite Road's best efforts.
Chelios taking some punishment here, with Road in his half guard.
Chelios controlling the position for now.
Chelios is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Road scores with a couple of nice shots.
Chelios works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Road's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Road makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Road throws an elbow that misses. Chelios uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Road's guard. Nice move by Chelios!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Road is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Road keeping moving, preventing Chelios from controlling successfully.
Chelios sitting in guard here, content to control.
Road preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Road is trying to control the position but Chelios postures up.
Road wants to hit a sweep here but Chelios passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Road there!
Road is working to get back to half guard.
Chelios tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Chelios looking to control but Road is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios is trying to take his opponent's back.
Road tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Road tries to improve his position but instead Chelios has taken his back!
Chelios is punishing Road with some ground and pound.
Chelios trying to control.
Chelios biding his time, looking for the opening.
Road can't escape the position.
Road is working hard here to advance position.
Chelios avoiding Road 's attempts to control his hands.
Chelios struggling to keep hold of the position.
Chelios thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
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.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chelios tries to clinch but Road moves out of range.
Chelios takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good work by Road as he checks the leg kick.
Road 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chelios.
Chelios uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Road.
Chelios has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Road finds it's way round the side to connect with Chelios's head.
Road keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Road misses.
It seemed like Chelios was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chelios looks to land a right hand but Road moved out of range.
Road attempts a counter takedown but Chelios avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios slips under a jab.
Road connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chelios's hands.
Chelios throws a hook but Road avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Chelios.
Chelios takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road lands a nice looking body shot.
Chelios walks into a left hand.
Road attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Road misses with a looping right.
Chelios wants to counter with a clinch but Road pushes him away.
Chelios throws a leg kick
and Road counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chelios won't be happy with that.
Chelios on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Road tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Road working away.
Road misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ground and pound from Road seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Road landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Road throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Chelios works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
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!
Road prevents Chelios from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Road lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chelios wants to get back to full guard.
Road slips a nice elbow through Chelios's hands, connecting with Chelios's forehead.
Road trying to mount his opponent but Chelios defends it.
Road missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Road looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Road winds up and cracks Chelios with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chelios keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Road thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Road lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chelios avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Road.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios wants to control but Road is keeping busy.
Road thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Road lands with a punch from half guard.
Chelios trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Road there.
Road throws a strike but Chelios avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Road loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chelios trying to keep a closed guard but Road is proving a slippery customer.
Chelios wants to sweep here but Road controlling him for the moment.
Road connects with a couple of short punches.
Road throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road chips away with some ground and pound.
Road postures up in Chelios's guard and throws a big left but Chelios blocks it.
Raate Road overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Road working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Road in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chelios is pulling down on Road's head to control his posture.
The adventures of Chelios the control monster continue. Boring.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Road accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chelios has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Road stands up over Chelios, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Road lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Road throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raate Road clearly takes that round.
That's time! Road's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chelios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Road.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Road.
The fighters circling - Chelios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chelios is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Road.
Road is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Road connects with a single shot there.
Chelios misses with a looping right.
Road is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Road throws a body punch but Chelios moves out of range.
Road drives through with a takedown into Chelios's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Chelios working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Road.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chelios has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Road can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Road postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios wants to sweep but no luck.
Road throwing strikes from guard but Chelios blocks nicely.
Chelios avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chelios pulls Road in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Chelios has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Chelios controls Road momentarily but Road frees himself.
Road working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Road is in close to Chelios's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Road working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Road defends well.
Chelios is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Road postures up and lands a big shot to Chelios's brow.
Road connects with a couple of short punches.
Chelios trying to keep a closed guard but Road is proving a slippery customer.
Road throws a strike but Chelios rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Road looking for subs off his back but Chelios has passed one foot through into half guard.
Road gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road is looking to sweep but instead, Chelios has passed into half guard.
Chelios tries to pass the half guard into mount. Road knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Road is not content to let Chelios control the position.
Road trying to hold on to Chelios's head to control him but Chelios postures up.
Road wants to improve his position but Chelios is controlling well.
Road moves into full guard.
Road is pulling down on Chelios's head to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chelios engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Road is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chelios is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chelios looking to pass the guard.
Chelios controlling from the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chelios passes Road's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Chelios keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Raate Road will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A shot to the liver by Road. Beautiful body shot.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Road.
Road scores with a jab to the jaw.
Raate Road is winning the standup battle so far.
Road tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chelios is able to avoid easily.
Chelios walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Road checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Road connects with a crisp jab.
Road connects with a right hand. Chelios shakes it off.
Road throws a poor cross that misses
and Chelios counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Chelios.
Road is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chelios gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Road ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Road no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios is fighting to break Road's control of his arms but Road is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Chelios wants to control from the top but Road keeps moving.
Chelios controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road wants to sweep here but Chelios controlling him for the moment.
Road working a defensive guard here.
Chelios pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Road is keeping the position for now.
Road is trying to keep Chelios in close.
Chelios trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chelios trying to control the position from guard on top but Road is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Road escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chelios gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Road wants to sweep here but Chelios controlling him for the moment.
Jensen Chelios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chelios missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Road working a defensive guard here.
Chelios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Road works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chelios decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Road, up you get!
Road catches Chelios with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Road shoots for a double leg takedown but Chelios sprawls well. He's pushed Road's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chelios looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Road slips a straight right by Chelios.
Road shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chelios sprawls well. Chelios wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Road gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raate Road. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jensen Chelios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Road is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Chelios's half guard.
Road missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Chelios regains full guard. Nicely done.
Road with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chelios not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chelios utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Road scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chelios had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Road defends it easily.
Road scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road postures up in Chelios's guard and throws a big left but Chelios blocks it.
Road throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Road postures up in Chelios's guard and throws a big left but Chelios blocks it.
Chelios trying to control the position.
Road working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Road is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Road throws a big elbow that misses.
Road passes into half guard.
Road winds up and cracks Chelios with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Road 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chelios is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Road scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raate Road showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Road, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raate Road!
Raate Road is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Raate Road made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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