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Highland 199 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dana Helwani (ranked 4715 p4p, 2848 weight class) and Shaun Irwin (ranked 525 p4p, 381 weight class). Irwin has chosen No More Heroes as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dana Helwani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Irwin!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helwani tries to clinch there but Irwin circles away.
Helwani shoots and misses
and Irwin counters by moving into the clinch.
Irwin pulls Helwani into guard.
Irwin wants to stand and escape but Helwani is having none of it.
Helwani trying to control but Irwin is working from the bottom.
Irwin can't keep his opponent in guard - Helwani advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Helwani throwing shots but Irwin is blocking nicely.
Helwani is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irwin looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin gets full guard.
Irwin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Irwin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Helwani is aware though and is defending well.
Irwin keeping moving, preventing Helwani from controlling successfully.
Helwani avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Irwin is pulling down on Helwani's head to control his posture.
Irwin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irwin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Helwani is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Helwani working for submissions but it's allowed Irwin to get to half guard.
Irwin seems to be looking for submissions.
Helwani is defending against the submission attempts here by Irwin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Helwani.
Helwani wants to get back to full guard.
Helwani wants to get back to full guard but Irwin has passed into side control.
Helwani is trying to escape the position but Irwin is controlling the position.
Helwani manages to work his way to half guard, despite Irwin's best efforts.
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.
Irwin stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Helwani is trying to control but Irwin manages to pass to mount!
Irwin blocks Helwani's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Irwin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Helwani is working to get back to half guard.
Irwin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shaun Irwin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Irwin shoots in and gets a takedown into Helwani's guard.
Irwin 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.
Irwin pushes down on Helwani's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irwin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Irwin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin not doing much here.
Irwin is trying to work for a kimura but Helwani is defending well.
Irwin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Irwin is continuing to stall.
Helwani looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Helwani throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Irwin controlling the action here.
Irwin is working for a submission of some sort.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Irwin in particular looking to stall.
Helwani throws a strike from the bottom but Irwin passes into side control!
Helwani looks to move to half guard but instead Irwin has passed into mount! Damn!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Irwin looking to score a takedown here. Helwani is defending well but Irwin drives through and ends up in Helwani's guard.
Irwin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Irwin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Helwani is keeping the position for now.
Helwani escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Irwin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Irwin is stalling in the full guard.
Helwani working for submissions but it's allowed Irwin to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helwani is trying to get back to full guard.
Helwani is in trouble now - Irwin has advanced to mount!
Irwin controlling his opponent.
Irwin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Helwani can't escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shaun Irwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Helwani misses with a takedown attempt
and Irwin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Helwani's guard.
Irwin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Helwani is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Irwin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Helwani is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Irwin looking to pass the guard.
Helwani has a closed guard, preventing Irwin from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Helwani working for submissions but it's allowed Irwin to get to half guard.
Irwin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helwani looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Irwin has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Helwani defend it? Irwin steps over the head and cranks it - Helwani is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Irwin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shaun Irwin!
Post fight, an emotional Shaun Irwin said 'Ain't nobody gonna roll with this fucking crocodile. '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leg Day (ranked 1813 p4p, 4479 weight class) and Akira Tatsumoto (ranked 256 p4p, 515 weight class). Akira Tatsumoto looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Leg Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Akira Tatsumoto!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day misses with a body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tatsumoto checks a leg kick.
Day slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tatsumoto. Day does a little dance to reset his feet.
Day tries to land a front kick but Tatsumoto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tatsumoto throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Day.
Tatsumoto throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Day counters with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Day.
Good leg kick by Day.
Some wild striking there from Tatsumoto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Day. That's going to slow Tatsumoto down.
Tatsumoto scores with a head kick.
Tatsumoto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsumoto throws a head kick but Day moves out of range.
Day definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Day lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tatsumoto misses with a hook.
Tatsumoto throws a leg kick
and Day counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Day bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Day looks to land a body kick but Tatsumoto moved away.
Tatsumoto throws a body punch but Day moves out of range.
Tatsumoto throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Day counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Day takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Day pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tatsumoto thinks about the counter body kick.
Tatsumoto is looking to land body kicks.
Day moves out of range as Tatsumoto throws a body kick.
Day lands with a kick to the temple. Tatsumoto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tatsumoto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsumoto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Day throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tatsumoto moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Day blocks an elbow strike from Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto avoiding damage as Day throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tatsumoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Day's brow.
Tatsumoto managing to block the knees to the body from Day.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tatsumoto.
Day blocks an elbow strike.
Day putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tatsumoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tatsumoto missing with knees to the body.
Day trying to land knees to the body.
Tatsumoto avoiding damage as Day throws knees to the body.
Day with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tatsumoto misses with the head strike.
Day breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tatsumoto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tatsumoto lands with a kick to the temple. Day shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Day dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tatsumoto. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day clinches with his opponent.
Tatsumoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Tatsumoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatsumoto throws an elbow that misses.
Tatsumoto avoiding damage as Day throws knees to the body.
Day with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tatsumoto misses with a knee strike.
Tatsumoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Day tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tatsumoto avoids it.
Day connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tatsumoto's face.
Tatsumoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Day.
Tatsumoto connects with a knee to the head.
Day landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tatsumoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsumoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Day tries a knee to the head but Tatsumoto blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsumoto is defending well for now.
Day blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tatsumoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Day's brow.
Day dodges an elbow strike from Tatsumoto.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Day obliges.
Day tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tatsumoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Day obliges.
Tatsumoto looks winded!
Tatsumoto lands a knee to the body.
Day misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatsumoto.
Day missing with knees to the body.
Tatsumoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Day connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tatsumoto's face.
Tatsumoto lands a nice elbow.
Day breaks from the clinch.
Day throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Day throws a wild body kick that Tatsumoto sees coming a mile off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leg Day dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tatsumoto checks the leg kick.
Tatsumoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Tatsumoto has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Day tried to score with a low kick but Tatsumoto checks it.
Day motions for Tatsumoto to come forward. Day throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tatsumoto throws a push kick but Day slaps the foot to one side.
Akira Tatsumoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Day takes one to the side of the head.
Day misses with a leg kick
and Tatsumoto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Day uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Day.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatsumoto throws a head kick but Day moves out of range.
Day lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tatsumoto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Day counters with an outside leg kick.
Leg Day is winning the standup battle so far.
Tatsumoto blocks a leg kick.
Tatsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsumoto tries to clinch up but Day circles away and keeps his distance.
Day pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Day throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto digs a good hook to Day's body.
Day fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tatsumoto is out of range.
Day takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Day throws a leg kick but Tatsumoto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Day throws a leg kick but Tatsumoto moved away.
Tatsumoto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Day rather than just go for the knockout.
Day throws a wild body kick that Tatsumoto sees coming a mile off.
Tatsumoto tries to land a front kick but Day steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tatsumoto misses with a double jab
and Day counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tatsumoto's knee momentarily.
Tatsumoto takes a swing at Day's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto works the jab nicely.
Tatsumoto tries to clinch up.
Day connects with an inside leg kick.
Tatsumoto throws a body punch but Day moves out of range.
Day moves out of range as Tatsumoto throws a body kick.
Day thumps Tatsumoto with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatsumoto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tatsumoto.
Day walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatsumoto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Day lands with a slapping head kick.
Day swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Tatsumoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Tatsumoto misses.
Day throws a low kick, looking for Tatsumoto's leg but Tatsumoto calmly moves out of range.
Day fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto has managed to clinch.
Day takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tatsumoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tatsumoto managing to block the knees to the body from Day.
Leg Day has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Day scores with a knee to the head.
Day avoiding damage as Tatsumoto throws knees to the body.
Come on Day - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Day obliges.
Tatsumoto is breathing heavily.
Day avoids a wild elbow strike from Tatsumoto.
Day blocks a body shot from Tatsumoto.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tatsumoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Day.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatsumoto managing to block the knees to the body from Day.
Day lands a knee to the body.
Day using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day scores with a knee to the head.
Day lands a nice knee to the body.
Day with a knee to the head.
Day pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Day clinches with his opponent.
Day lands a knee to the head.
Day is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tatsumoto can do to turn this around?
Tatsumoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsumoto looking to throw knees to the head but Day is blocking nicely.
Tatsumoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Day leaning his opponent against the cage.
Day's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leg Day dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Tatsumoto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Day throws a push kick but Tatsumoto slaps the foot to one side.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Day - that will leave a mark!
Tatsumoto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Day's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Day.
Tatsumoto takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Day.
Tatsumoto throws a leg kick
and Day counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Day avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Day tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Day. That's going to slow Tatsumoto down.
A head kick misses from Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tatsumoto misses with a body punch
and Day makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tatsumoto.
Day throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Day looks to land a body kick but Tatsumoto moved away.
Day throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tatsumoto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tatsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tatsumoto throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Day lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Day using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Day escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Day pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Tatsumoto misses
and Day counters by clinching up.
Tatsumoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tatsumoto throws an elbow but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Day has Tatsumoto pushed against the cage.
Tatsumoto managing to block the knees to the body from Day.
Day content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Day manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Tatsumoto does no damage.
Day moves out of range of the body kick.
Day looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Day throws a leg kick which misses Tatsumoto's front leg but catches the back leg as Tatsumoto tries to avoid it.
Day lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Day connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day avoids a wild elbow strike from Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tatsumoto trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Day obliges.
Day with a knee to the head.
Day misses with a knee to the head.
Day is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsumoto is defending well for now.
Tatsumoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Day putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tatsumoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Day throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tatsumoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatsumoto misses with a knee to the head.
Day scores a nice knee to the body.
Tatsumoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Tatsumoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Day tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatsumoto avoids the damage to the body.
Day missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsumoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Day is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsumoto is defending well for now.
Day missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Day obliges.
Day tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tatsumoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Day is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsumoto is defending well for now.
Tatsumoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Day with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tatsumoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Day is defending well for now.
Day managing to block the knees to the body from Tatsumoto.
Day breaks from the clinch.
Tatsumoto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Day throws a wild body kick that Tatsumoto sees coming a mile off.
Akira Tatsumoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leg Day is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tatsumoto misses with a body punch
and Day counters with a good, hard body kick but Tatsumoto shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leg Day showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Day has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leg Day!
A relieved looking Leg Day thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Godoi (ranked 671 p4p, 3171 weight class) and Tugsbayar Enkhtulga (ranked 96 p4p, 413 weight class). Tugsbayar Enkhtulga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Guilherme Godoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tugsbayar Enkhtulga!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godoi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Enkhtulga.
Enkhtulga closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Enkhtulga throws a lazy uppercut
and Godoi counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Godoi. Enkhtulga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Enkhtulga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Godoi jabs at Enkhtulga's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Enkhtulga.
Enkhtulga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Godoi throwing a counter right hand but Enkhtulga manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Enkhtulga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Godoi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Enkhtulga throws a half hearted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Godoi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Enkhtulga tries a head kick but it misses.
Godoi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Enkhtulga was well out of range. Poor timing from Godoi.
And Enkhtulga responds with a good body kick, but Godoi manages to step out the way in time.
Godoi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Godoi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at London MMA Club in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enkhtulga cracks a nice hook into Godoi's ribs.
Enkhtulga throws an overhand right that lands on Godoi's shoulder, as Godoi tries to avoid the shot.
Enkhtulga scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Enkhtulga fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Godoi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Enkhtulga connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Godoi throws a shot to the body.
Godoi 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godoi misses the jab.
Godoi misses with a body shot.
Enkhtulga tries to move into range but Godoi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Enkhtulga lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Godoi at a distance.
Enkhtulga throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Godoi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab by Godoi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godoi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Enkhtulga counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Godoi throws a shot to the body.
Enkhtulga scores with a kick to the midsection.
Godoi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Godoi misses with a hook. Enkhtulga ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godoi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guilherme Godoi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Godoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Enkhtulga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Enkhtulga misses with an uppercut. Godoi saw that one coming.
Enkhtulga throws a head kick that misses
and Godoi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Enkhtulga gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Godoi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Enkhtulga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Godoi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godoi lands a jab to the nose.
 Enkhtulga is rocked!
Godoi knocks out Enkhtulga with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Godoi before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Godoi picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Guilherme Godoi!
An out of breath Guilherme Godoi 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Crawley (ranked 440 p4p, 1701 weight class) and Hayato Sakuraba (ranked 68 p4p, 266 weight class). Crawley comes into the arena with Jewelry - One More Time blaring out of the sound system. 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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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Crawley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Hayato Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Crawley's corner calls for a 1-2. Crawley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crawley misses with a low kick as Sakuraba jumps back.
Sakuraba drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Crawley defends it well.
Sakuraba dives in and scores a takedown into Crawley's guard.
Sakuraba missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Crawley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sakuraba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crawley wants to stand up but Sakuraba is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Crawley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crawley wants to get back to his feet but Sakuraba is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The fighters circling - Sakuraba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crawley looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sakuraba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crawley counters with a right hand to the body.
Sakuraba misses with a right hand
and Crawley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sakuraba throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crawley's waist but Crawley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sakuraba off to one side.
Sakuraba slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba throws a shot from downtown. Crawley moves away and avoids it.
Sakuraba connects with a jab.
Sakuraba smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Crawley misses with a head kick.
Billy Crawley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sakuraba cracks a nice hook into Crawley's ribs.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sakuraba tries for a takedown but Crawley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba feints the counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley misses with a wild body shot.
Sakuraba has his takedown stuffed
enabling Crawley to counter with a crisp jab.
Billy Crawley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hayato Sakuraba.
Sakuraba swings widly with a right hand
and Crawley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sakuraba throws a body shot but no joy.
Crawley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba misses the shot to the body.
Crawley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sakuraba.
Crawley looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sakuraba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crawley.
Crawley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big right from Sakuraba misses.
Crawley throws a hook to the side of Sakuraba's head but Sakuraba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Crawley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Crawley throws a hook to the side of Sakuraba's head but Sakuraba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sakuraba checks a leg kick nicely.
Sakuraba tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Crawley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba misses the jab.
Sakuraba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crawley moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sakuraba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Billy Crawley is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley misses with a low kick.
Sakuraba changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Crawley slaps away a takedown attempt from Sakuraba, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Crawley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crawley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crawley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crawley misses with a straight right.
And Sakuraba tries to counter it with a takedown but Crawley pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sakuraba looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crawley is fending him off so far but Sakuraba persists. Nope, Crawley circles away and we're back to standing.
Crawley misses with a hook.
And Sakuraba tries to counter it with a takedown but Crawley pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sakuraba looks to land a right hand but Crawley moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley scores with the left hand. Sakuraba knows he should have avoided that one.
Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown but Crawley sprawls well. He's pushed Sakuraba's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Billy Crawley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hayato Sakuraba.
Crawley slips a straight right by Sakuraba.
Crawley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crawley slips a jab from Sakuraba.
Crawley misses with a head kick.
Sakuraba tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Crawley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crawley feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Sakuraba sprawling to the canvas! Sakuraba rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Crawley finish him?!
Sakuraba is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba fails with the takedown
and Crawley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sakuraba throws a right hand that misses
and Crawley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crawley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sakuraba can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sakuraba shoots in but no luck this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Crawley dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A nice leg kick from Crawley, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sakuraba goes for a double leg but Crawley avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Crawley continues to drive forward.
Crawley lands with a hook. Sakuraba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crawley tries to move into range but Sakuraba moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown but Crawley sprawls well. He's pushed Sakuraba's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Crawley wants to get back to his feet but Sakuraba is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to control from the top but Crawley keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crawley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sakuraba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sakuraba's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sakuraba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sakuraba scoring with punches to the head and body.
Crawley keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sakuraba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sakuraba with a nice head shot there.
Sakuraba keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crawley's head.
Hayato Sakuraba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba stands up over Crawley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sakuraba throws a big elbow that misses.
Crawley wants to stand but Sakuraba is controlling the position.
Crawley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sakuraba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Crawley manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Crawley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sakurabas head.
Crawley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sakuraba tries to pull guard but Crawley holds him up against the cage and eventually Sakuraba drops back down to his feet.
Billy Crawley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hayato Sakuraba.
Sakuraba jumps guard but Crawley stands there with Sakuraba around his waist. Sakuraba gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crawley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crawley breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley lands a big head kick that sends Sakuraba tumbling to the mat! Crawley takes a step backwards and waves Sakuraba back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Crawley connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Sakuraba misses.
It looked like Crawley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sakuraba misses with a looping left.
Crawley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crawley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Billy Crawley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crawley.
Crawley ducks under a wild hook from Sakuraba.
A jab from Crawley finds it's way through Sakuraba's defenses.
Crawley scores with a leg kick.
It looks like Crawley has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Crawley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sakuraba misses with an uppercut
and Crawley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Crawley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crawley, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Crawley!
Billy Crawley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shichiroji San (ranked 735 p4p, 1423 weight class) and Mike Ziskie (ranked 107 p4p, 206 weight class). San comes to the cage accompanied by Seven Samurai. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shichiroji San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Mike Ziskie!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ziskie fails in his attempt to clinch.
San was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
San throws a hook but Ziskie avoids it easily.
A left lands for San.
Ziskie throws a looping overhand right but San ducks down to avoid it.
San appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ziskie misses with a body shot.
San was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
San misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
San uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ziskie.
It looked like San wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
San scores with a nice right hand.
San cracks Ziskie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
San throws a body shot but no joy.
Ziskie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from San.
San moves away from the strike by Ziskie.
Ziskie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ziskie throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling San to counter with a crisp jab.
Ziskie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from San.
Ziskie slips under a jab from San.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ziskie doesn't manage to clinch there - San circles away.
Nice defenses there by San.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ziskie.
Ziskie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract San.
A swing and a miss from Ziskie.
San throws a big shot that misses.
Ziskie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but San paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. San was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
San is looking to counter punch.
Ziskie loads up on a big right hand but San slips the punch.
Mike Ziskie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Ziskie misses.
Ziskie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ziskie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ziskie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ziskie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ziskie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Ziskie finds it's way through San's defenses.
Ziskie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ziskie misses with a looping right.
San scores with the left hand. Ziskie knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ziskie throws an off balance right hand
and San counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
San ducks under a wild hook from Ziskie.
Ziskie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
San was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
San scores with a decent looking hook.
Ziskie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San moves away.
San ducks under a wild hook from Ziskie.
Ziskie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. San catches Ziskie right on the button with a cross.
Ziskie throws out a loose jab but San uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ziskie throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting San counter with a right hand.
Ziskie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - San throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ziskie tries to close the distance and clinch but San swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ziskie throws a big shot that misses.
San swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ziskie just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from San misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie ducks under a wild hook from San.
Ziskie just misses with a punch to the body.
San throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
San tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ziskie was well out of range. Poor timing from San.
Ziskie looks to land a left hand but San moved out of range nicely.
Ziskie looks to land a right hand but San moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from San on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ziskie misses with a hook. San ducked under it nicely.
San is looking to counter punch.
San dips to his left and cracks Ziskie with an uppercut!
San misses with a hook. Ziskie ducked under it nicely.
San throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ziskie.
Donk. Ziskie catches San right on the button with a cross.
Ziskie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
San drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ziskie misses with a looping right.
Ziskie throws a big shot that misses.
Ziskie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie misses the body punch
and San counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ziskie misses with an uppercut. San saw that one coming.
Ziskie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
San ducks under a wild hook from Ziskie.
San is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
San slips under a jab.
San takes a swing at Ziskie's ribcage but misses.
Ziskie just misses with a punch to the body.
Ziskie throws a lazy right hand but San sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
San scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ziskie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
San was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
San throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ziskie misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from San.
San keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ziskie.
San ducks under a wild hook from Ziskie.
Ziskie tries to close the distance and clinch up but San swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shichiroji San dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ziskie throws a hook to the side of San's head but San sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ziskie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. San was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like San wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ziskie misses with a hook
and San connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ziskie walks into a jab.
A big right from San misses.
Ziskie avoids the body shot from San.
San throws a hook to the side of Ziskie's head but Ziskie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Ziskie.
San jabs Ziskie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ziskie misses with a right hand
and San counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ziskie thinking.
San takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
San moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ziskie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
San throws a hook to the side of Ziskie's head but Ziskie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ziskie swings away with a body shot that misses
and San counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ziskie is rocked!
Ziskie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. San sees it coming and avoids it easily.
San is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ziskie is still on wobbly legs! Can San finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziskie looks to throw the jab but San is out of range.
Ziskie seems to have recovered his senses.
San keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
San throws a shot to the body.
Ziskie misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ziskie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ziskie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
San moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
San punishes Ziskie's body with a nice straight punch.
Ziskie wants to clinch up but San keeps it at a distance.
Ziskie doesn't manage to clinch there - San circles away.
Ziskie misses with a left hand
enabling San to counter with a crisp jab.
Ziskie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. San sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ziskie tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and San counters with a stiff right hand.
Ziskie throws a lazy uppercut
and San counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ziskie misses with a left hand
and San counters with a nice body shot.
Ziskie takes a swing at San's ribcage but misses.
San was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
San lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
San is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ziskie can do to turn this around?
Ziskie missing with a left hand there. San was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
San avoids the body shot from Ziskie.
Ziskie lands with a shot to the body.
Ziskie swings widly with a right hand
and San counters with a straight right hand.
San ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
San closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Ziskie! San dives in looking to finish! Ziskie is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shichiroji San!
After the fight, Shichiroji San was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Catchy Cartwright (ranked 403 p4p, 268 weight class) and Shug Skinner (ranked 47 p4p, 42 weight class). Cartwright comes to the cage accompanied by Spiders. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153
15 - 13 - 1 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Catchy Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Shug Skinner!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Skinner misses.
Skinner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cartwright shoots for a double leg takedown but Skinner sprawls well. He's pushed Cartwright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cartwright blocks a jab.
Skinner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skinner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cartwright.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skinner misses with a wild body shot.
Skinner throws a body shot but no joy.
Cartwright tries to counter with a takedown but Skinner is quick to defend against it.
Skinner throws a lazy uppercut
and Cartwright counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Cartwright definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cartwright postures up in Skinner's guard and throws a big left but Skinner blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright trying to control the position from guard on top but Skinner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Skinner has wrist control.
Cartwright postures up in Skinner's guard and throws a big left but Skinner blocks it.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Skinner blocks nicely.
Cartwright trying to control but Skinner is working from the bottom.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartwright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Skinner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Skinner 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.
Cartwright wants to control from the top but Skinner keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cartwright is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Skinner pulls Cartwright in close to his closed guard and prevents Cartwright from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Skinner moves into the clinch.
Cartwright manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
My spies in London MMA Club inform me that Skinner has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Skinner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright keeping full guard, as Skinner tries to pass.
Skinner preventing the sweep.
Cartwright throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cartwright 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.
Cartwright is trying to control the position but Skinner postures up.
Skinner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cartwright is looking for a triangle here but Skinner uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Cartwright is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cartwright is working hard here to advance position.
Cartwright is trying to work for a sweep but Skinner has mounted him!
Skinner controlling the pace for now.
Cartwright wants to hold on but Skinner pushes him away.
Cartwright can't escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cartwright looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Skinner is hanging on to Cartwright's back as he tries to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shug Skinner dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Skinner takes the fight into the clinch.
Cartwright changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Skinner fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Skinner stuns Cartwright with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Skinner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cartwright wants to clinch up but Skinner keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright closes the distance and clinches up with Skinner, looking for a takedown. Cartwright pushes Skinner against the cage but Skinner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Skinner looks to land a left hand but Cartwright moved out of range nicely.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Skinner is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skinner has managed to clinch.
Skinner throws an elbow but it misses.
Skinner lands an elbow just above Cartwright 's eye.
A short right from Skinner on the inside.
Skinner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skinner tries to sprawl but Cartwright drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Skinner tries to get to full guard but Cartwright has control of the leg.
Cartwright is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Skinner reverses the position - he's now on top in Cartwright's guard.
Cartwright is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner passes Cartwright's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cartwright looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Skinner wants to pass to mount but Cartwright is defending the position.
Skinner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Skinner content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Cartwright trying to control but Skinner postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright looking for submissions off his back.
Cartwright trying to control here.
Cartwright looking for subs from the bottom but Skinner mounts him!
Cartwright looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Cartwright tries to escape but Skinner has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Skinner avoiding Cartwright 's attempts to control his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skinner controlling well, preventing Cartwright from escaping the position.
Skinner not allowing Cartwright to control his hands.
Cartwright tries to escape but Skinner has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Cartwright trying to control the hands but Skinner won't let him.
Cartwright tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Skinner controlling the position easily from mount.
Cartwright is looking to get to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shug Skinner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Skinner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cartwright.
Skinner is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Skinner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cartwright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Skinner connects with a body shot.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Skinner but Skinner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cartwright sets himself, and Skinner steps forward looking for the clinch! Cartwright avoids it this time.
Cartwright staying out of range there.
It looked like Cartwright was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Skinner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Skinner misses.
Skinner misses with a hook.
Skinner throws a body punch but Cartwright moves out of range.
Shug Skinner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cartwright takes an elbow to the temple.
Skinner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Skinner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cartwright, pushing him back against the cage.
Skinner throws an elbow but it misses.
Skinner lands a damaging elbow.
Skinner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skinner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Skinner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skinner looks to land a right hand but Cartwright moved out of range.
Skinner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cartwright tries to counter with a takedown but Skinner is quick to defend against it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skinner stuffs the takedown attempt from Cartwright. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet.
Skinner instigates a clinch.
Skinner lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartwright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Catchy Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skinner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Skinner misses with an elbow strike.
Skinner stalls.
Skinner is struggling to control the position.
Skinner continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright avoids a wild elbow strike from Skinner.
Shug Skinner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Skinner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skinner misses with an elbow over the top.
Cartwright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cartwright tries to score a body lock takedown but Skinner shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cartwright goes for a takedown attempt but Skinner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Skinner.
Cartwright attempts a counter takedown but Skinner avoids it well and moves away.
Cartwright keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Skinner.
Cartwright drops down looking for a counter takedown but Skinner sprawls and moves away.
Catchy Cartwright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cartwright passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Skinner!
Cartwright postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Skinner looks a forlorn figure.
Skinner is looking to get to half guard.
Cartwright connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skinner sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cartwright throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shug Skinner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Skinner 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shug Skinner!
Shug Skinner thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Narloch (ranked 530 p4p, 397 weight class) and Darren Frost (ranked 68 p4p, 52 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leandro Narloch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darren Frost!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narloch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Frost tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Narloch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Narloch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frost moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Frost tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Narloch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frost walks into a straight right hand from Narloch.
 It looks like Darren Frost has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Frost.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost throws a poor cross that misses
and Narloch counters with a nice right hand that sends Frost toppling to the canvas! Frost scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Narloch finish him?!
Frost is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frost throws a sloppy body shot
and Narloch counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leandro Narloch!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kil Bon Hwa (ranked 90 p4p, 1126 weight class) and Red Greene (ranked 21 p4p, 169 weight class). Kil Bon Hwa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Red Greene's chin.
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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 20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kil Bon Hwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Greene!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bon Hwa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Greene looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bon Hwa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bon Hwa scores with a sloppy right hand. Greene should have avoided that one.
Bon Hwa with a hook.
Greene with a poor takedown
letting Bon Hwa counter with a right hand.
Bon Hwa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Greene.
Greene gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bon Hwa lands with a short shot to the head.
Bon Hwa tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Bon Hwa.
Greene tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bon Hwa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kil Bon Hwa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Red Greene.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greene tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bon Hwa just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bon Hwa lands with a right to the head.
Bon Hwa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bon Hwa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bon Hwa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene is stalling here.
Bon Hwa tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Greene fails to pull guard.
A short right from Bon Hwa.
Greene fails to pull guard.
A short left from Bon Hwa.
Greene looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bon Hwa lands a left hand.
Bon Hwa lands with a light punch inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice right hand lands inside from Bon Hwa.
Bon Hwa lands an uppercut.
Bon Hwa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greene jumps guard but Bon Hwa stands there with Greene around his waist. Greene gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bon Hwa lands with a right to the head.
Bon Hwa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bon Hwa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bon Hwa gets underhooks to prevent Greene's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Bon Hwa - that landed with a thud.
Greene looks winded!
Bon Hwa lands with a short shot to the head.
Bon Hwa lands a nice uppercut.
Bon Hwa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Greene or not.
A body shot lands from Bon Hwa.
Bon Hwa lands a shot to the body.
Bon Hwa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bon Hwa lands a body shot.
Bon Hwa lands a hook that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Bon Hwa.
A short right from Bon Hwa.
Bon Hwa lands a shot to the body.
Bon Hwa gets through Greene's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Bon Hwa.
Bon Hwa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Greene is rocked!
A body shot lands from Bon Hwa.
Bon Hwa drops Greene onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Greene is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Greene is still on wobbly legs! Can Bon Hwa finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bon Hwa creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Greene's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Greene drops to his knees and Bon Hwa pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kil Bon Hwa!
Our winner, Kil Bon Hwa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Albert Einstein (ranked 97 p4p, 353 weight class) and Bradley Lemons (ranked 18 p4p, 55 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Einstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Lemons!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Einstein throws a body punch but Lemons moves out of range.
Lemons is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Einstein with a body shot.
Lemons looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Einstein looks to score with a jab to the body but Lemons is just out of range.
Lemons shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Einstein swings for the body but Lemons moves out of range.
Lemons swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Albert Einstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Einstein throws a hook but Lemons avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Einstein misses with an uppercut. Lemons saw that one coming.
Einstein swings widly with a right hand
and Lemons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Einstein feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lemons wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Einstein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Einstein wants to control from the top but Lemons keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Einstein lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Einstein missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Einstein controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lemons really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Einstein. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Einstein loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemons keeping moving, preventing Einstein from controlling successfully.
Einstein seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Einstein passes into half guard.
Einstein missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Einstein throwing shots but Lemons is blocking nicely.
Einstein 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.
Einstein thows a huge punch but Lemons dodges it nicely.
Einstein is keen to just control but Lemons is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Einstein is looking for a kimura here.
Einstein is trying to control. Lemons wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Einstein perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Einstein missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Einstein passes the guard and advances to mount!
Einstein throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Einstein lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Einstein there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lemons wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Einstein.
Einstein throwing strikes here but Lemons is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Einstein looking to control but Lemons is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Einstein wants to finish this one by submission but Lemons is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Einstein.
Einstein looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Einstein punching from mount but Lemons doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Einstein landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Einstein throwing strikes here but Lemons is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Einstein dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Einstein connects with a body shot.
Einstein throws a jab when Lemons was well out of range.
Einstein definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Einstein lands an overhand right.
Einstein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lemons can do to turn this around?
Einstein throws a body punch but Lemons moves out of range.
Einstein with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemons has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Einstein finds it's way round the side to connect with Lemons's head.
Einstein lands a nice shot that snaps Lemons's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Einstein. Lemons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lemons doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lemons steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Einstein.
Einstein misses with a right hand
letting Lemons counter with a right hand.
Lemons takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Einstein misses with a straight left.
Lemons appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lemons slips a jab from Einstein.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Einstein throws a looping overhand right but Lemons ducks down to avoid it.
Einstein throws an off balance right hand
and Lemons counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Einstein swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lemons counters with a straight right hand.
Einstein throws a body punch but Lemons moves out of range.
Lemons throws out a counter right but Einstein avoids it with no problem.
Lemons slips a jab from Einstein.
Einstein scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Einstein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lemons avoids the body shot from Einstein.
Einstein throws a lazy uppercut
and Lemons counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Einstein jabs at Lemons's body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Einstein throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Lemons releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Einstein misses with a body shot.
Lemons looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lemons avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lemons lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Einstein misses with a hook
and Lemons counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Einstein misses the shot to the body.
Einstein misses with a body shot.
Lemons swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Albert Einstein is winning the standup battle so far.
Einstein misses with a right hand
and Lemons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Einstein has his takedown stuffed
and Lemons connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Einstein dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Einstein misses the body punch
and Lemons connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lemons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Einstein.
Lemons gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Einstein.
Einstein shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Einstein was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lemons taking punishment in the form of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee asks Einstein politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Einstein prefers to stall for the moment though.
Einstein tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lemons parries the strikes from Einstein easily there. Einstein is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lemons to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Einstein fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Einstein tries to move to mount but Lemons blocks the move with his legs.
Lemons parries the strikes from Einstein easily there. Einstein is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lemons to escape.
Einstein fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Einstein tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lemons can do anything to dispel that myth.
Einstein taking a break here but Lemons is having none of it and regains half guard.
Lemons has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Einstein is working away from the top position though.
Bradley Lemons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Einstein maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Lemons could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Einstein has cracked it and Lemons is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Einstein!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Albert Einstein!
Albert Einstein seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Vargas (ranked 161 p4p, 242 weight class) and Matthew Quigley (ranked 26 p4p, 37 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Quigley!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vargas darts in and clinches Quigley up against the cage.
Vargas prevents Quigley from breaking the clinch.
Vargas misses with the head strike.
Vargas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Quigley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quigley is trying to push Vargas away but Vargas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vargas.
Quigley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quigley lands with a short shot to the head.
Vargas blocks a body shot from Quigley.
Quigley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quigley can't find room to land a body shot as Vargas controls the action.
Vargas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quigley tries a body shot but Vargas blocks it.
Quigley taking a breather.
Quigley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vargas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quigley misses with some punches.
Vargas lands a hook that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas tries to work over Quigley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vargas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quigley.
Quigley blocks a body shot from Vargas.
Quigley breaks the clinch.
Vargas darts in and clinches Quigley up against the cage.
Vargas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quigley lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Vargas.
Vargas can't find room to land a body shot as Quigley controls the action.
Quigley can't find room to land a body shot as Vargas controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Vargas has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Vargas tries to throw a body punch but Quigley avoids it by throwing Vargas back against the cage.
Vargas blocks an uppercut.
Vargas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vargas scores a nice knee to the body.
Quigley looks winded!
Vargas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vargas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vargas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vargas pushes Quigley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vargas tries to throw a body punch but Quigley avoids it by throwing Vargas back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas lands an uppercut.
A short right from Vargas.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vargas.
Quigley is rocked!
Quigley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quigley tries to work over Vargas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vargas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quigley or not.
Vargas scores with a hook to the body.
Vargas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quigley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vargas landing knees to the body.
Vargas working Quigley over with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vargas.
Vargas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quigley backwards.
Vargas is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Quigley tries to break Vargas's hands from around his neck, Vargas unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Quigley will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Arturo Vargas!
Arturo Vargas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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