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RISE 104: Chomofsky v Mesquita PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jomar Habbestano (ranked 24036 p4p, 3539 weight class) and Kin Okuma (ranked 617 p4p, 465 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Habbestano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eye Of The Tiger. Kin Okuma will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jomar Habbestano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kin Okuma!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Habbestano with a poor takedown
and Okuma counters with a nice body kick.
Okuma throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Habbestano takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Habbestano throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Okuma's waist but Okuma gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Habbestano off to one side.
Okuma works Habbestano's body with a nice hook.
Habbestano's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Okuma connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Habbestano scrambles back to his feet.
Okuma lands a nice looking body shot.
Okuma scores with a kick to the body.
Okuma digs a good hook to Habbestano's body.
Habbestano is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Habbestano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Okuma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Okuma lands a nice looking body shot.
Okuma fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Habbestano.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Habbestano.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jomar Habbestano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okuma cracks Habbestano with a right hand to the side of the head.
Okuma lets loose with a powerful body kick. Habbestano will feel that in the morning.
Okuma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body kick there by Okuma.
Okuma works the jab nicely.
Okuma's coach down at Gym Goroshi London was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Okuma's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Okuma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Okuma lands a big head kick that sends Habbestano tumbling to the mat! Okuma takes a step backwards and waves Habbestano back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Habbestano is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okuma feints and then cracks Habbestano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Habbestano down.
Oh Habbestano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okuma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Okuma lands a front kick.
Habbestano seems to have got his legs back now.
Okuma is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Habbestano hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kin Okuma!
Jomar Habbestano spoke after the fight, saying 'I was bested tonight. I'll try to make sure this never happens again. I'll be back, I assure you. Thanks for coming out to watch me fight guys!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olo Adofo (ranked 2649 p4p, 2533 weight class) and Metbal Skabetti (ranked 368 p4p, 356 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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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Olo Adofo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Metbal Skabetti!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skabetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adofo.
Skabetti throws out a counter right but Adofo avoids it with no problem.
Adofo closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adofo.
A short uppercut from Skabetti.
Adofo scores with a shoulder strike.
Skabetti lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adofo.
Adofo looking to throw knees to the head but Skabetti is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Skabetti.
Skabetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skabetti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skabetti missing with knees to the body.
Skabetti lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skabetti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adofo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adofo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adofo lands a right hand.
Skabetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Adofo.
Adofo blocks an uppercut.
Adofo lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Skabetti.
Skabetti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adofo avoids it.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Skabetti lands a good knee to the midsection. Adofo won't want to take too many of those.
Adofo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
 It looks like Metbal Skabetti has been cut.
Adofo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adofo is working Skabetti over against the cage.
Skabetti looks winded!
Adofo is leaning against Skabetti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Adofo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adofo scores with a knee to the head.
Adofo misses with a body punch.
Adofo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adofo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Adofo.
Adofo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adofo lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adofo struggles to land a body shot inside as Skabetti controls his hands.
Skabetti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adofo lands with a short shot to the head.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Adofo pushes Skabetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Adofo scores with a shoulder strike.
Adofo lands a knee to the body.
Adofo trying to land knees to the body.
Adofo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adofo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adofo landing knees to the head.
Adofo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Skabetti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Skabetti blocking some punches.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Skabetti takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Adofo.
Skabetti lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adofo or not.
Adofo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skabetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adofo blocking some punches.
Skabetti misses with a knee strike.
Skabetti tries to work over Adofo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adofo lands with a right to the head.
Skabetti misses with a knee strike.
Skabetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo landing knees to the head.
Adofo misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Adofo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adofo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skabetti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adofo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adofo lands a body punch.
Adofo scores with a shoulder strike.
Adofo scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adofo scores a nice knee to the body.
Adofo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Adofo.
A shot in the inside from Adofo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skabetti.
Adofo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adofo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skabettis head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Adofo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Adofo.
Adofo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adofo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skabetti blocks it with crossed arms.
Adofo lands with a light punch inside.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Adofo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adofo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skabetti's elbow.
Adofo trying to land knees to the body.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skabetti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adofo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Skabetti tries a knee to the head but Adofo blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adofo lands a body punch.
Skabetti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adofo works on Skabetti's body with a couple of short punches.
Adofo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skabetti backwards.
Adofo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olo Adofo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Metbal Skabetti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Adofo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Adofo lands a shoulder strike.
Adofo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skabetti is defending well for now.
Skabetti pushes Adofo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Adofo fails to land.
Adofo struggles to land a body shot inside as Skabetti controls his hands.
Adofo has a couple of punches blocked by Skabetti.
Skabetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adofo tries to work over Skabetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adofo lands a shoulder strike.
Adofo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Adofo.
Adofo throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Adofo lands with a light punch inside.
Olo Adofo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Adofo lands a good knee to the midsection. Skabetti won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Adofo.
Skabetti is breathing heavily.
Adofo working Skabetti over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Adofo.
Skabetti misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adofo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Adofo cracks Skabetti with a nice body shot.
Adofo lands a knee to the head.
Adofo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skabetti's elbow.
A short right from Adofo on the inside.
Skabetti managing to block the knees to the body from Adofo.
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Adofo connects with a knee to the head.
Skabetti misses with the head strike.
Adofo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skabetti can do to turn this around?
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Adofo trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adofo.
A head punch on the inside from Skabetti fails to land.
Skabetti can't find room to land a body shot as Adofo controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Adofo.
Adofo gets through Skabetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Adofo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adofo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adofo.
Adofo can't find room to land a body shot as Skabetti controls the action.
Adofo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skabetti misses with a knee to the head.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adofo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adofo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adofo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skabetti backwards.
Adofo tries to land knees in the clinch but Skabetti avoids the damage to the body.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adofo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skabetti scores with a shot to the side of Adofo's head.
Adofo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adofo missing with knees to the body.
Skabetti throws a head punch that misses.
Adofo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adofo is leaning against Skabetti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Adofo is working Skabetti over against the cage.
Adofo throws a head punch that misses.
Adofo tries to work over Skabetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adofo cracks Skabetti with a nice body shot.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Adofo.
Adofo scores with a hook to the body.
Adofo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skabetti blocks it with crossed arms.
Adofo digs a right hand into Skabetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skabetti's gas tank.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adofo lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Adofo on the inside.
Adofo lands a hook that snaps the head of Skabetti backwards.
Skabetti misses with a body punch.
Adofo struggles to land a body shot inside as Skabetti controls his hands.
Adofo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Skabetti tries to land a knee to the head but Adofo blocks with his arms.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Adofo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti avoiding damage as Adofo throws knees to the body.
Adofo is working Skabetti over against the cage.
Skabetti lands an uppercut.
Skabetti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Adofo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Skabetti misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Adofo blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Adofo.
Adofo lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Adofo.
Adofo presses Skabetti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Skabetti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Adofo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adofo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adofo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adofo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Adofo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olo Adofo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Metbal Skabetti's cut.
That's time! Adofo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Adofo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olo Adofo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adofo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Adofo is looking to counter punch.
Adofo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Skabetti. Skabetti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adofo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skabetti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Adofo on the side of the head.
Adofo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Adofo scores with a leg kick.
Adofo fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skabetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adofo.
Skabetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adofo throws a body punch but Skabetti moves out of range.
Adofo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skabetti.
A big left from Adofo misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adofo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Skabetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adofo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skabetti moves away.
Adofo wants to clinch up but Skabetti keeps it at a distance.
Adofo gets a clinch.
Adofo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adofo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
Skabetti misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Skabetti.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adofo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Skabetti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left hand lands to the body for Skabetti.
Adofo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Metbal Skabetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti lands a right hand.
Skabetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adofo's elbow.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
Skabetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adofo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skabetti misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adofo.
Skabetti trying to land knees to the body.
Skabetti lands a left hand.
Adofo lands a left hand.
Adofo digs a right hand into Skabetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skabetti's gas tank.
Adofo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skabetti blocks it with crossed arms.
Skabetti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adofo backwards.
Adofo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skabetti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adofo swings wildly with an uppercut but Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Skabetti tries to land a knee to the head but Adofo blocks with his arms.
Adofo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adofo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Skabetti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adofo lands a nice shot to the body.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
Adofo tries a body shot but Skabetti blocks it.
Adofo misses with some punches.
Adofo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skabetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Skabetti managing to block the knees to the body from Adofo.
Skabetti blocking some punches.
Skabetti misses with a body punch.
Adofo tries a body shot but Skabetti blocks it.
Skabetti misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adofo.
Adofo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti misses with a knee to the head.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adofo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adofo digs a right hand underneath Skabetti's ribcage. Skabetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adofo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Adofo.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Adofo.
Adofo looking to throw knees to the head but Skabetti is blocking nicely.
Adofo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Adofo.
Adofo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Adofo.
Skabetti misses with a knee strike.
Adofo crunches a lovely knee into Skabetti's ribcage.
Adofo tries to work over Skabetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adofo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Skabetti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Skabetti avoiding damage as Adofo throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olo Adofo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adofo 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olo Adofo!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Cummings (ranked 2246 p4p, 3274 weight class) and Arthur Pugsley (ranked 230 p4p, 317 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Cummings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Pugsley!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pugsley closes the distance and pushes Cummings back into the cage.
Cummings has picked Pugsley up - he's going for a ride! Cummings dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pugsley looking for submissions off his back.
Cummings is working for a submission of some sort.
Cummings seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pugsley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cummings will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pugsley works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pugsley keeping moving, preventing Cummings from controlling successfully.
Cummings pushing down on Pugsley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pugsley is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugsley actively working from the bottom here.
Cummings is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pugsley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cummings is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pugsley to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pugsley shrugs it off.
Pugsley sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pugsley manages to get to full guard.
Cummings trying to control but Pugsley is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummings slips nicely into half guard.
Pugsley wants to get back to full guard.
Pugsley regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pugsley is looking for a triangle but Cummings pushes his legs off easily.
Pugsley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pugsley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cummings. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cummings stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pugsley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugsley is looking for a triangle but Cummings pushes his legs off easily.
Pugsley keeping moving, preventing Cummings from controlling successfully.
Cummings slips nicely into half guard.
Pugsley is looking for a sweep. Cummings is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pugsley looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cummings is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pugsley!
Cummings wants to control the pace but Pugsley is squirming around nicely.
Cummings has control of Pugsley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Pugsley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cummings wants to control the pace but Pugsley is squirming around nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cummings swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Pugsley is now in Cummings's guard. A big mistake from Cummings there, giving up the dominant position!
Pugsley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
David Cummings dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cummings moves into the clinch.
Cummings pulls guard successfully.
Pugsley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cummings working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pugsley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pugsley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pugsley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cummings looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pugsley slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cummings on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pugsley is putting a hurting on Cummings here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cummings is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cummings slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cummings is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pugsley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cummings had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pugsley defends it easily.
Cummings looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pugsley passes into half guard.
Cummings regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pugsley advances to half guard.
Pugsley is working for a submission of some sort.
Cummings is refusing to be controlled, as Pugsley sits in half guard.
Pugsley seems to be looking for submissions.
Cummings is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pugsley pulls his head out easily.
Pugsley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cummings defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummings looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cummings actively working from the bottom here.
Cummings looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pugsley working over Cummings with some ground and pound. Cummings looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pugsley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pugsley is just content to waste time from the top position. Cummings takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Pugsley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cummings is keeping the position for now.
Pugsley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pugsley pushes down on Cummings's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cummings looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pugsley connects with a nice short shot to Cummings's temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pugsley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Cummings keeps the fight on the outside.
Cummings circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cummings is looking to counter the offense by Pugsley and move into the clinch.
Pugsley scores with a takedown into Cummings's guard.
Cummings seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Cummings looking to control.
Pugsley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cummings has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pugsley has managed to get both his arms back between Cummings's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pugsley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cummings's head.
Pugsley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pugsley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cummings is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugsley wants to control from the top but Cummings keeps moving.
Oh Cummings is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pugsley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cummings is keeping the position for now.
Pugsley scoring with some ground and pound.
Pugsley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cummings is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cummings looking for a guillotine here but Pugsley defends easily.
Cummings has his foot on Pugsley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pugsley works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummings working a defensive guard here.
Cummings seems to have got his legs back now.
Cummings is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cummings is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pugsley is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cummings keeping full guard, as Pugsley tries to pass.
Cummings keeping moving, preventing Pugsley from controlling successfully.
Cummings is looking for a triangle but Pugsley pushes his legs off easily.
Cummings controls Pugsley momentarily but Pugsley frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugsley stands up over Cummings, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cummings wants to control the position but Pugsley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Cummings wants to control the action here but instead Pugsley manages to pass to full mount!
Pugsley is landing with some decent strikes but Cummings is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pugsley dominating with strikes here.
Pugsley wants to control but Cummings has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Pugsley prevents Cummings from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pugsley moves into full mount! Cummings won't be happy about that!
Pugsley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pugsley with the ground and pound from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pugsley is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Cummings goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Pugsley!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arthur Pugsley!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Kelly (ranked 1292 p4p, 5930 weight class) and Ernesto Sanchez (ranked 193 p4p, 594 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by Rnb (feat. Bandit Gang Marco). 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesto Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice sprawl there from Kelly as Sanchez shoots in.
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And Sanchez tries to counter it with a takedown but Kelly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sanchez goes for a double leg but Kelly avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kelly continues to drive forward.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Robert Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Sanchez.
Kelly lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Sanchez falls backwards - clearly groggy! Kelly dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Kelly!
Our winner, Robert Kelly, 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 Dominik Dlask (ranked 2790 p4p, 2986 weight class) and Joao Oliveira (ranked 345 p4p, 362 weight class). Joao Oliveira has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominik Dlask!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joao Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira shoots in for a double leg but Dlask sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dlask tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oliveira swivels and escapes.
Dlask displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into Dlask's guard.
Dlask working a defensive guard here.
Oliveira preventing the sweep.
Oliveira is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira pushes down on Dlask's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dlask wants to improve his position but Oliveira is controlling well.
Oliveira is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dlask has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dlask defends it well.
Dlask is trying to get back to full guard.
Oliveira looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dlask tries to get to full guard but Oliveira has control of the leg.
Oliveira looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dlask is looking for a sweep. Oliveira is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura but Dlask is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Oliveira to get the leverage.
Oliveira is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dlask is just riding it out for now. Oliveira eventually gives up the hold.
Dlask is looking to improve his position.
Oliveira looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dlask is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dlask is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Oliveira is working for a kimura but Dlask is defending it quite comfortably.
Oliveira is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dlask defends it well.
Dlask regains full guard. Nicely done.
Oliveira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oliveira is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dlask 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.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Dlask is retaining full guard.
Dlask looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Oliveira drops back looking for a leg! Dlask is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dlask manages to kick Oliveira off! Oliveira jumps back into Dlask's guard.
Dlask wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dlask 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Dlask is keeping the position.
Oliveira slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Oliveira is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dlask knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Oliveira dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dlask has his takedown stuffed
and Oliveira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dlask misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Oliveira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oliveira 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.
Dlask manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Oliveira on his heels. He'll look to pass Oliveira's guard now, I'm sure.
Oliveira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dlask avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dlask connects with a couple of short punches.
Dlask lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've been hearing that Dlask has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Dlask defends easily.
Dlask postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlask postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Oliveira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dlask is aware though and is defending well.
Dlask wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
Oliveira looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dlask working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Oliveira's head.
Dlask keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oliveira's head.
Dlask is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dlask lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dlask stands up over Oliveira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oliveira has his foot on Dlask's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dlask works his way back into a safe position though.
Oliveira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Oliveira has his foot on Dlask's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dlask works his way back into a safe position though.
Joao Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Dlask defends easily.
Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Dlask defends easily.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira has momentary wrist control but Dlask slips an elbow through the middle.
Dlask avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Oliveira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dlask gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dlask chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlask lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oliveira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dlask defends it easily.
Oliveira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dlask defends it easily.
Dlask with a nice head shot there.
Dlask makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oliveira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dlask doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dlask manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Oliveira looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dlask landing some decent shots from guard.
Oliveira has his foot on Dlask's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dlask works his way back into a safe position though.
Dlask scoring with some ground and pound.
Oliveira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dlask doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dlask manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Dlask from controlling successfully.
Oliveira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dlask defends well.
Dlask with a nice head shot there.
Dlask lands a couple of digs.
Dlask trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Dlask is working Oliveira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dlask has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dlask connects with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dlask distracts Oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dominik Dlask dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Dlask shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dlask slips a nice elbow through Oliveira's hands, connecting with Oliveira's forehead.
Dlask sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oliveira defending well though.
Dlask lands with a punch from half guard.
Oliveira looking for submissions off his back.
Dlask lands strikes from half guard.
Dlask slips a nice elbow through Oliveira's hands, connecting with Oliveira's forehead.
Dlask working the head and body with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dlask lands strikes from half guard.
Dlask takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oliveira actively working from the bottom here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dlask connects with a nice short shot to Oliveira's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Dlask.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlask winds up and cracks Oliveira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oliveira is in trouble now - Dlask has advanced to mount!
Oliveira is looking to improve his position but Dlask isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dlask cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
 Oliveira is rocked!
Dlask lands a couple of good shots and Oliveira has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Dlask finish him?
Dlask scores with punches from the back.
Dlask is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Dlask lands strikes from the back and Oliveira isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominik Dlask!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles E Boles (ranked 2666 p4p, 1914 weight class) and Joey Crash (ranked 327 p4p, 240 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles E Boles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Crash!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crash feints a jab promting Boles to slip. Crash then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Boles slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Crash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boles counters with a nice uppercut.
Boles looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crash works Boles's body with a nice hook.
Crash misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash stuns Boles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crash misses with a right hand
and Crash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crash moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crash.
Boles swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Boles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crash works Boles's body with a nice hook.
Crash goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Crash punishes Boles's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crash lands a nice shot to the body.
Joey Crash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crash throws a series of punches but Boles avoids them all with ease.
Crash just misses with a punch to the body.
Crash throws a right hand that Boles ducks under and follows up with a left that Boles also avoids with ease.
Boles was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Crash tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boles was well out of range. Poor timing from Crash.
Boles throwing a counter right hand but Crash manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crash misses the shot to the body.
Crash shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Boles eats them both and turns towards Crash to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Crash throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boles counters with a straight right hand.
Crash swings for the body but Boles moves out of range.
Crash throws a nice looking combination but Boles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boles swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crash throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boles throwing a counter right hand but Crash manages to avoid it.
Crash throws a left and a right that both miss
and Boles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crash is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crash throws a right hand that misses
and Boles counters with a right hand from hell and Crash is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles E Boles!
After winning the bout, Charles E Boles thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jere Luokkamaki (ranked 1652 p4p, 2371 weight class) and Masayuki Araki (ranked 183 p4p, 244 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jere Luokkamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Masayuki Araki!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Luokkamaki.
Araki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Araki slips under a jab from Luokkamaki.
Araki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Luokkamaki sizes up Araki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luokkamaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Araki doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from Luokkamaki misses.
And Araki tries to counter it with a takedown but Luokkamaki pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Araki throws a leg kick that misses.
Araki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Araki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luokkamaki.
Araki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Araki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Araki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luokkamaki throws out the jab.
Luokkamaki moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Luokkamaki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Araki goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luokkamaki prevents it.
Araki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Luokkamaki after a bit of a struggle.
Jere Luokkamaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masayuki Araki.
Araki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Luokkamaki after a bit of a struggle.
Luokkamaki scores with a shot to the side of Araki's head.
A short uppercut from Luokkamaki.
A hook to the body from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki digs a right hand into Araki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Araki's gas tank.
Luokkamaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Araki goes for a takedown attempt but Luokkamaki pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Luokkamaki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luokkamaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Araki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Araki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luokkamaki has managed to clinch.
Luokkamaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luokkamaki scores with a shot to the side of Araki's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luokkamaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luokkamaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luokkamaki cracks Araki with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Luokkamaki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luokkamaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luokkamaki lands a nice uppercut.
Araki is trying to drag Luokkamaki to the mat but Luokkamaki just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Luokkamaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Araki tries for a takedown. No joy.
A nice left hand lands by Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki scores with a shoulder strike.
Luokkamaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luokkamaki digs a right hand underneath Araki's ribcage. Araki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Araki looking for a takedown.
Araki looking for a takedown.
Luokkamaki is fighting off a takedown attempt but Araki is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Luokkamaki to the mat. Luokkamaki regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luokkamaki keeping moving, preventing Araki from controlling successfully.
Luokkamaki looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Luokkamaki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Luokkamaki tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Araki throwing strikes but missing.
Araki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Luokkamaki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Luokkamaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luokkamaki keeping moving, preventing Araki from controlling successfully.
Araki postures up in Luokkamaki's guard and throws a big left but Luokkamaki blocks it.
Luokkamaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Araki on the ground.
Araki showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Araki throws an elbow that misses. Luokkamaki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Araki's guard. Nice move by Luokkamaki!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jere Luokkamaki 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.
Luokkamaki closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Luokkamaki as the two fighters clinch.
Araki wants a takedown but no success here.
Luokkamaki lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Luokkamaki on the inside.
Luokkamaki lands an uppercut.
Araki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Luokkamaki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Luokkamaki misses with a wild body shot.
We've been told by Luokkamaki's head coaches at Tappelukerho that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luokkamaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Araki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Luokkamaki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Araki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luokkamaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luokkamaki lands the left hand.
Luokkamaki missing with a left hand there. Araki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Araki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A slow jab from Luokkamaki misses its intended target.
Jere Luokkamaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luokkamaki stalks Araki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Araki's face. Araki staggers backwards, shaken.
Luokkamaki clobbers Araki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab from Luokkamaki.
Jere Luokkamaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Araki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luokkamaki misses with a looping right.
Araki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Luokkamaki jabs Araki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Luokkamaki jabs Araki right on the nose. Araki blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luokkamaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Araki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Araki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luokkamaki.
Araki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luokkamaki.
Araki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Araki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luokkamaki lunges at Araki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Araki's hand.
Luokkamaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Araki moves away.
Luokkamaki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Araki, pushing him back against the cage.
Luokkamaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Araki backwards.
Luokkamaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Araki can do to turn this around?
Luokkamaki gets underhooks to prevent Araki's takedown attempt.
Jere Luokkamaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masayuki Araki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luokkamaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Arakis head.
A body shot lands from Luokkamaki.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Araki is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luokkamaki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luokkamaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Araki backwards.
Luokkamaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luokkamaki is leaning against Araki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luokkamaki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Araki can't get the takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki lands with a left to the head.
Luokkamaki pushes Araki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luokkamaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Araki is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luokkamaki lands a body punch.
Araki is still on wobbly legs! Can Luokkamaki finish him?
Luokkamaki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Luokkamaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've been informed that Araki has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki lands a left hand.
Luokkamaki creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Araki with a big uppercut! Araki tries to clinch up but Luokkamaki pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Araki to the mat! Araki covers up and Luokkamaki unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jere Luokkamaki!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Mesquita (ranked 1561 p4p, 2348 weight class) and Gabriel Soares (ranked 206 p4p, 291 weight class). Richard Mesquita has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Mesquita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabriel Soares!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mesquita dives in for a single leg takedown but Soares sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mesquita sets himself, and Soares steps forward looking for the clinch! Mesquita avoids it this time.
Soares ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Soares no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mesquita is looking to work some ground and pound but Soares has wrist control.
Soares has his foot on Mesquita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mesquita works his way back into a safe position though.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mesquita's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mesquita keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Soares's head.
Mesquita postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soares is looking for a triangle but Mesquita pushes his legs off easily.
Mesquita 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.
Soares keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soares is trying to keep Mesquita in close.
Mesquita working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Soares can't keep his opponent in guard - Mesquita advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nice strikes from Mesquita there.
Mesquita throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mesquita is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Soares trying to control from the bottom.
Mesquita lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Soares is rocked!
Mesquita looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mesquita is working for a submission of some sort.
Soares is still in real trouble! Can Mesquita finish him?
Mesquita moves into full mount! Soares won't be happy about that!
Soares seems to have recovered his senses.
Mesquita scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soares tries to hold on but Mesquita postures up.
Mesquita lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mesquita avoids the attempt from Soares to control.
Mesquita cracks Soares with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Mesquita!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Esposito (ranked 940 p4p, 850 weight class) and Ante Novak (ranked 141 p4p, 130 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonardo Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Novak!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novak misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Novak. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Esposito was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Novak.
Esposito misses with a left hand
and Novak counters with a right hand to the body.
Esposito moves out of range as Novak throws a body kick.
Novak checks a leg kick nicely.
Novak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Esposito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Novaks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A leg kick checked by Novak.
Novak gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Novak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Novak moved out of range nicely.
Esposito swings widly with a right hand
and Novak counters with a nice body kick.
Novak tries a head kick but it misses.
Novak lands with a straight right. Esposito didn't see that one coming.
Novak misses with a hook to the body
and Esposito counters with a nice leg kick.
Esposito fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Novak.
The crowd cheers as Novak lands an impressive looking overhand right. Esposito doesn't seem phased though.
Esposito throws a jab but it's blocked by Novak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito with a nice calf kick.
Esposito moves out of range as Novak throws a body kick.
Novak checks a leg kick nicely.
Novak checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Novak lands an impressive looking overhand right. Esposito doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Novak throws a right hand that misses
and Esposito counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Novak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Esposito slips a jab from Novak.
Esposito thuds a left hand into Novak's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Esposito lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Leonardo Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito misses with a low kick.
A big right from Esposito misses.
Novak moves out of range of the strikes.
Novak misses with a looping right.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Novak moved out of range nicely.
Novak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Novak misses with a body punch
and Esposito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Novak's knee momentarily.
Esposito blocks the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Esposito misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Esposito.
Novak takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Esposito misses with a body shot.
Novak was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Novak throws a series of punches but Esposito moves out of range.
Novak drops his hands momentarily and Esposito takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Ante Novak has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Novak throws a looping overhand right but Esposito ducks down to avoid it.
Novak on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Esposito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ante Novak's cut.
That's time! Esposito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Novak just misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito throws a quick counter kick to the body but Novak avoids it.
Novak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Esposito throws a leg kick that is checked
and Novak counters with a straight right hand.
Novak looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Esposito throwing a counter right hand but Novak manages to avoid it.
Esposito swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Novak counter with a right hand.
Esposito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Esposito throws a leg kick which misses Novak's front leg but catches the back leg as Novak tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Leonardo Esposito is winning the standup battle so far.
Novak defending well as Esposito loads up on a big left hand.
Novak appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on Novak's shoulder, as Novak tries to avoid the shot.
And Novak responds with a good body kick, but Esposito manages to step out the way in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Novak thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Esposito if he has to take too many more of those.
Novak throws a lazy uppercut
and Esposito counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Novak lands a big head kick that sends Esposito tumbling to the mat! Novak takes a step backwards and waves Esposito back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Esposito takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Novak connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Esposito momentarily.
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!
Novak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Esposito.
Novak is looking for the big counter here.
Novak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esposito.
Novak scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick misses from Novak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a leg kick but Novak moved away.
Esposito misses with a hook. Novak ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Novak. That's going to slow Esposito down.
Esposito doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Esposito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Novak's sensitive parts.
Esposito cracks Novak with a good jab.
Novak throws a body shot but no joy.
Esposito throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novak delivers a nice body kick.
Novak 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.
Esposito is looking to slow Novak down with leg kicks.
A slapping body kick lands there for Esposito.
Esposito tries to score with a low kick but Novak moves his leg out of the way.
Novak throws an overhand right that lands on Esposito's shoulder, as Esposito tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Novak. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Esposito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Novak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Novak lands a head shot.
Esposito with a nice calf kick.
Novak checks a leg kick nicely.
Novak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Esposito digs a good body shot into Novak's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Novak throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Esposito counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Esposito swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Esposito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Esposito lands with a hook. Novak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ante Novak will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ante Novak's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Esposito throws a chopping leg kick but Novak manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Novak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Esposito 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.
Nice uppercut there from Esposito.
Esposito misses the body punch
letting Novak counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Novak misses.
Novak digs a good hook to Esposito's body.
Novak avoids the body shot from Esposito.
A nice side step and Novak releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novak misses with a body punch
and Esposito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Esposito moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Novak. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Novak lands the left hand.
Novak jabs Esposito to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Novak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Novak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Esposito counters with a quick kick to the body but Novak blocks it.
Novak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Novak looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Novak misses with a wild body shot.
Novak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Esposito counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito jabs Novak to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Novak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Novak slips under a jab.
Novak chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Esposito misses with an uppercut.
Esposito lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito throws a nice inside leg kick.
Novak lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novak misses with a lunging right hand
and Esposito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Novak swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Esposito makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Novak looks to land a right hand but Esposito moved out of range.
Novak misses with a body punch
enabling Esposito to counter with a crisp jab.
Novak just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Esposito.
Esposito scores with a sloppy right hand. Novak should have avoided that one.
Esposito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Novak.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Novak falls off balance throwing a combination
and Esposito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Esposito ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Novak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito scores with the left hand. Novak knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab by Esposito.
That has opened up Ante Novak's cut even more.
Jab from Esposito.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Esposito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Esposito 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Esposito!
Leonardo Esposito 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Linkavitch Chomofsky (ranked 870 p4p, 2593 weight class) and Alexander Mesquita (ranked 120 p4p, 345 weight class). Chomofsky comes to the cage accompanied by Mastodon - Sleeping Giant. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Alexander Mesquita enters the cage!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Linkavitch Chomofsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Mesquita!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chomofsky lands with an uppercut that bounces Mesquita off the cage and back into range.
Chomofsky lands a glancing blow to the side of Mesquita's head.
Mesquita is rocked!
Chomofsky scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mesquita is still on wobbly legs! Can Chomofsky finish him?
Chomofsky misses with a wild body shot.
Chomofsky feints and as Mesquita raises his hands in defense, Chomofsky changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chomofsky engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mesquita is trying to keep Chomofsky in close.
Chomofsky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mesquita swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mesquita working for a triangle but Chomofsky defends it easily.
Chomofsky slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Chomofsky passes into half guard.
Mesquita seems to have recovered his senses.
Mesquita has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Chomofsky tries to pass to full mount but Mesquita defends it.
Mesquita is looking to control Chomofsky's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mesquita avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chomofsky wants to work for an arm triangle but Mesquita is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Chomofsky wants to take a breather but Mesquita is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chomofsky prevents Mesquita from improving his position.
Mesquita trying to control from the bottom.
Chomofsky is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Chomofsky prevents Mesquita from improving his position.
Chomofsky is trying to work for a kimura but Mesquita is defending well.
Mesquita looking for submissions from an awkward position 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.
Mesquita is looking to improve his position.
Chomofsky wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mesquita keeps working.
Mesquita works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mesquita is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chomofsky is aware though and is defending well.
Mesquita is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chomofsky 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.
Chomofsky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mesquita swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chomofsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Mesquita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mesquita not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Chomofsky advances position into side control!
Mesquita is looking to regain half guard here but Chomofsky keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Mesquita's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mesquita is looking for a sweep.
Chomofsky thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Chomofsky looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chomofsky tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chomofsky has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mesquita struggling a bit here.
Chomofsky controlling the position from side mount.
Chomofsky tries to advance to mount but Mesquita denies him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mesquita manages to work his way to half guard, despite Chomofsky's best efforts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Linkavitch Chomofsky dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chomofsky lands a slapping body shot.
Alexander Mesquita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mesquita has a takedown stuffed.
Mesquita gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Chomofsky counter with a right hand.
Mesquita shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Chomofsky but Chomofsky pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chomofsky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Linkavitch Chomofsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Mesquita.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mesquita.
Mesquita is chipping away with strikes.
Mesquita wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chomofsky keeps working.
Mesquita working away.
Mesquita tries for a kimura but Chomofsky is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita is looking to take a break and control but Chomofsky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chomofsky manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mesquita's best efforts.
Chomofsky has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mesquita is working away from the top position though.
Mesquita trying to control from Chomofsky's half guard. Chomofsky has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but Chomofsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chomofsky working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mesquita doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mesquita manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two 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.
Mesquita tries to free his leg and advance position but Chomofsky is retaining full guard.
Chomofsky looking for a sweep. Not yet Chomofsky, not yet.
Mesquita with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chomofsky has momentary wrist control but Mesquita slips an elbow through the middle.
Mesquita scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chomofsky bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mesquita's guard.
Chomofsky wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
Mesquita keeping full guard, as Chomofsky tries to pass.
Mesquita throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chomofsky got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mesquita has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Chomofsky has managed to get both his arms back between Mesquita's legs - danger averted.
Chomofsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Mesquita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chomofsky pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mesquita is keeping the position for now.
Mesquita lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Chomofsky looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mesquita is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita looking to sit in guard and control but Chomofsky gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chomofsky pushes down on Mesquita's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Chomofsky wants to pass to mount but Mesquita is defending the position.
Chomofsky prevents Mesquita from improving his position.
Chomofsky is looking to advance position but Mesquita won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chomofsky is working for a submission of some sort.
Mesquita has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Chomofsky escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Chomofsky!
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 Linkavitch Chomofsky will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mesquita misses with a takedown
and Mesquita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mesquita fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Chomofsky sprawls well initially but Mesquita persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mesquita takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Chomofsky manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but Chomofsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mesquita has gone for a leg lock! Chomofsky slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mesquita's guard.
Mesquita looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Chomofsky puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Chomofsky prevents Mesquita from improving his position.
Chomofsky controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chomofsky wants to control but Mesquita is keeping him busy.
Chomofsky is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mesquita is looking to control Chomofsky's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mesquita avoid being mounted?
Chomofsky has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mesquita is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mesquita is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chomofsky manages to capitalize on a mistake by Mesquita to take his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita can't escape the position.
Chomofsky looking for the choke from the back.
Mesquita turns into Chomofsky and is now in his guard.
Mesquita stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Chomofsky has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Mesquita manages to get his head free but now Chomofsky has transitioned to an armbar! Mesquita grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Chomofsky! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Linkavitch Chomofsky!
Linkavitch Chomofsky thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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