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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julian Diaz (ranked 3779 p4p, 5009 weight class) and CC Chai (ranked 421 p4p, 487 weight class). CC Chai 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julian Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, CC Chai!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
Diaz takes one to the side of the head.
Chai closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Chai has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Chai lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Chai changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diaz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Chai connects with a single shot there.
Diaz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chai moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai managing to block the knees to the body from Diaz.
Chai misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Chai fails to land.
Chai lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diaz.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Chai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Diaz.
Chai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Chai.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Chai.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
Chai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chai throws a punch but it's blocked by Diaz.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Diaz.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chai scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
and Chai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai connects with a single shot there.
Diaz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chai connects with a looping right hand.
Chai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Chai duly obliges.
Chai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chai drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chai wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Diaz, who protects the arm well.
Chai prevents Diaz from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diaz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Chai slows the pace down.
Chai wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
Diaz bucks up and tries to throw Chai off but instead Chai has got his back!
Chai is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Diaz defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to get back to his feet but Chai is in full control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chai working for a choke but Diaz is defending well.
Chai is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Diaz is defending well though. Chai let's go of the attempt for now.
Diaz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
CC Chai dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diaz misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.
Diaz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diaz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Chai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice uppercut there from Chai.
Chai clobbers Diaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diaz throws a head kick but Chai moves out of range.
A nice side step and Chai releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Diaz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chai lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Chai counters with a stiff right hand.
Chai wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Diaz on his heels. He'll look to pass Diaz's guard now, I'm sure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Diaz wants to stand but Chai is controlling the position.
Chai trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Chai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A combination from Chai does no damage.
Diaz misses the jab.
Julian Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chai lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chai.
Diaz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Chai slips a jab from Diaz.
Diaz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diaz misses with a body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Chai there.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Diaz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chai misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
CC Chai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chai is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Chai lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chai throws a big shot that misses.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Chai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chai throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Chai cracks Diaz with a good jab.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai cracks Diaz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Chai cracks Diaz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chai tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz is looking to counter punch.
Chai catches Diaz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chai thuds a left hand into Diaz's body.
Diaz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diaz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chai.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chai throws a hook but Diaz blocks it.
Chai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chai scores with a punch to the head.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chai listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chai works the jab nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
CC Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diaz cracks Chai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chai tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Chai connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chai pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Diaz back to the cage. Chai follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chai throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.
Chai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
CC Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Diaz sprawls well initially but Chai persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chai is trying to control. Diaz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai prevents Diaz from standing back up.
Chai tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diaz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Chai trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Chai is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Diaz is just riding it out for now. Chai eventually gives up the hold.
Diaz pushes Chai off looking to stand but Chai dives back in and keeps control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Chai is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chai prevents Diaz from standing back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Chai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diaz.
Chai shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chai tries to counter by closing the distance.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai shoots in and drives through. Diaz sprawls well.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chai scores with a jab to the head.
Chai misses with a series of wild punches.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai tries to counter with a clinch but Diaz shakes him off and moves away.
Chai lands a slapping body shot.
Chai jabs Diaz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Diaz lands a lovely overhand right.
Chai throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chai rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz digs a right hand underneath Chai's ribcage. Chai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diaz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but Chai blocks it.
Julian Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Chai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
CC Chai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Chai lands with a right to the head.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chai blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chai misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Diaz.
Diaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
Julian Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Julian Diaz.
I think Chai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... CC Chai!
CC Chai seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yaya Kouame (ranked 3951 p4p, 3096 weight class) and Jocko Goggins (ranked 503 p4p, 418 weight class). Kouame comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - All Eyez On Me. Goggins has chosen Goggins Speech as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yaya Kouame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jocko Goggins!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goggins looks to throw the jab but Kouame is out of range.
Goggins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Kouame. That snapped Goggins's head back.
 It looks like Jocko Goggins has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kouame. Goggins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Goggins throws a big shot that misses.
Kouame appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Goggins.
Goggins throws a body punch but Kouame moves out of range.
Goggins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kouame takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Goggins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've been told by Kouame's head coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nice defenses there by Kouame.
A big right from Goggins misses.
Kouame throws out a loose jab but Goggins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Kouame as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kouame pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goggins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goggins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kouame.
Kouame throws an off balance right hand
and Goggins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kouame cracks Goggins with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Goggins falls to his knees and Kouame doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yaya Kouame!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Black Heart (ranked 3476 p4p, 3818 weight class) and Saw Ba Nyein (ranked 198 p4p, 217 weight class). Heart comes to the cage accompanied by Fear of the Dark. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Heart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saw Ba Nyein!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heart scores with the left hand. Ba Nyein knows he should have avoided that one.
Ba Nyein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Heart's waist but Heart gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ba Nyein off to one side.
Ba Nyein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heart misses with a hook
and Ba Nyein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heart looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Heart throws a lazy right hand but Ba Nyein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ba Nyein follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Heart with a hook.
Heart takes a swing at Ba Nyein's ribcage but misses.
Ba Nyein moves in looking to clinch but Heart pushes him off.
Heart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ba Nyein tries to score a power double leg takedown but Heart sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ba Nyein somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No luck for Ba Nyein with that takedown attempt.
Black Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saw Ba Nyein.
Ba Nyein shoots in but no luck this time.
Heart swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart scores with a jab to the head.
Ba Nyein moves away from the strike by Heart.
Heart lands a jab to the nose.
Heart works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ba Nyein takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Black Heart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ba Nyein is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ba Nyein misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ba Nyein goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Heart really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Heart moves into the clinch.
Heart manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ba Nyein shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Heart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ba Nyein was well out of range. Poor timing from Heart.
Ba Nyein closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Ba Nyein.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ba Nyein shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Heart as he avoids it easily.
Heart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ba Nyein staying out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heart.
Heart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ba Nyein.
A solid leg kick lands there for Heart.
Good leg kick by Heart.
Ba Nyein tries for a takedown but Heart circles away easily
and Heart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heart is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Heart clinches with his opponent.
Ba Nyein misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Heart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ba Nyein's efforts to push away.
Heart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ba Nyein looks to clinch
and Heart connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Heart throws a sloppy head kick and Ba Nyein moves out of range easily.
Heart throws a low kick, looking for Ba Nyein's leg but Ba Nyein calmly moves out of range.
Ba Nyein on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Heart is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Heart throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heart is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ba Nyein has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Heart finds it's way round the side to connect with Ba Nyein's head.
Heart scores with a hook.
Heart throws a shot from downtown. Ba Nyein moves away and avoids it.
Ba Nyein defending well as Heart loads up on a big left hand.
Ba Nyein was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ba Nyein goes for a double leg but Heart avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Heart continues to drive forward.
Ba Nyein on the wrong end of a nice hook.
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!
Heart throws out a loose jab but Ba Nyein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ba Nyein with the counter takedown but Heart avoids it easily.
Ba Nyein shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Heart pinned against the cage. Heart gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart lands with an overhand left.
Ba Nyein darts in looking for a takedown but Heart gets double underhooks and turns Ba Nyein into the cage.
Heart fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ba Nyein, pushing him back against the cage.
Ba Nyein leaning his opponent against the cage.
Heart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ba Nyein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heart scores with a shot to the side of Ba Nyein's head.
Ba Nyein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heart 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.
Heart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Heart dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ba Nyein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heart throws out the jab.
Heart misses with a wild body shot.
Ba Nyein fails with a takedown attempt.
Ba Nyein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heart.
And Ba Nyein responds with a good body kick, but Heart manages to step out the way in time.
Heart misses with a looping right.
Ba Nyein takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Heart looks to throw the jab but Ba Nyein is out of range.
Ba Nyein staying out of range there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart gets underhooks to prevent Ba Nyein's takedown attempt.
Heart misses with some punches.
Heart's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ba Nyein shoots in but Heart avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Black Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saw Ba Nyein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ba Nyein shoots in looking for a takedown. Heart tries to sprawl out of it but Ba Nyein keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Heart manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Heart connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heart just misses with a punch to the body.
Ba Nyein ducks under a wild hook from Heart.
Heart clinches up against the cage.
Heart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ba Nyein blocks a body shot from Heart.
Heart makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heart manages to break the clinch.
Ba Nyein is trying hard to land a takedown here. Heart sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ba Nyein darts in looking for a takedown but Heart gets double underhooks and turns Ba Nyein into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ba Nyein shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ba Nyein shoots for a double leg takedown but Heart sprawls well. He's pushed Ba Nyein's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A little feinted left hand from Heart on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ba Nyein looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ba Nyein is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Heart.
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!
Nice sprawl there from Heart as Ba Nyein shoots in.
Heart forces Ba Nyein back against the cage and clinches.
Heart misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Heart gets underhooks to prevent Ba Nyein's takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Heart fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ba Nyein.
Heart breaks the clinch.
Ba Nyein slips under a jab.
Black Heart is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Heart misses.
Ba Nyein moves into the clinch.
Heart lands with a right to the head.
Ba Nyein lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Heart misses the target.
Heart throws a body shot but no joy.
Ba Nyein was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Heart pushes Ba Nyein up against the cage in a clinch.
Heart breaks from the clinch.
Heart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ba Nyein goes for a double leg but Heart avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Heart continues to drive forward.
Ba Nyein moves away from the strike by Heart.
Ba Nyein is trying desperately to land a takedown but Heart is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ba Nyein.
Ba Nyein fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Heart avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ba Nyein under the eye.
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!
Ba Nyein will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Heart misses with a low kick.
Ba Nyein takes one on the button.
Ba Nyein with a lazy takedown attempt
and Heart counters with a nice leg kick.
Ba Nyein has his takedown stuffed
and Heart counters with a straight right hand.
Heart clinches up against the cage.
Heart manages to break the clinch.
Heart is looking to chop away at Ba Nyein's legs.
Ba Nyein shoots in for a double leg but Heart sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Saw Ba Nyein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ba Nyein takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Heart dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Heart throws a leg kick
and Ba Nyein counters with a two punch combo.
Ba Nyein walks into a left hand.
Heart scores with a leg kick.
Heart cracks Ba Nyein with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heart is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ba Nyein can do to turn this around?
Heart turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Heart.
Ba Nyein's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ba Nyein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ba Nyein tries to keep at a distance but Heart has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ba Nyein with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heart's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ba Nyein tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Heart defends well and Ba Nyein ends up having to push Heart into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Heart throwing a counter right hand but Ba Nyein manages to avoid it.
Heart misses with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Heart.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ba Nyein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heart.
A good leg kick by Heart.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ba Nyein takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ba Nyein moves out of range of the strikes.
Ba Nyein drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Heart defends it well.
Heart darts in and clinches Ba Nyein up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ba Nyein tries to pull guard but Heart forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Heart lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heart stalls.
Heart misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Heart.
Heart lands with a left to the head.
Heart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heart paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Heart there.
Black Heart is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heart scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ba Nyein in his tracks.
Heart uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ba Nyein has time to react.
Heart lunges at Ba Nyein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ba Nyein's hand.
Ba Nyein has a takedown stuffed.
Black Heart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saw Ba Nyein.
Heart clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ba Nyein throws an elbow but misses.
Heart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heart tries a body shot but Ba Nyein blocks it.
Heart's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ba Nyein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heart missing with a left hand there. Ba Nyein was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ba Nyein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heart.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ba Nyein is looking to clinch but Heart is avoiding it.
Heart half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ba Nyein darts in looking for a takedown but Heart gets double underhooks and turns Ba Nyein into the cage.
Heart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heart leaves Ba Nyein with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ba Nyein takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ba Nyein sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heart instigates a clinch.
Ba Nyein tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Heart smiles and moves away.
Ba Nyein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ba Nyein tries for a takedown but Heart circles away easily
and Heart counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heart keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Heart connects with a right hand. Ba Nyein shakes it off.
Ba Nyein misses with a two punch combination.
Heart fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ba Nyein checks it well.
Ba Nyein closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A chopping leg kick lands by Heart.
Ba Nyein is looking to clinch.
Ba Nyein has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ba Nyein there as he acknowledges the shot.
Saw Ba Nyein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heart tests Ba Nyein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ba Nyein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Heart. Heart obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Black Heart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Heart 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Black Heart!
A very excited looking Black Heart made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aljosa Medeiros (ranked 2986 p4p, 3391 weight class) and Kong Ko (ranked 364 p4p, 393 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aljosa Medeiros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kong Ko !
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medeiros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ko .
Nice shot by Medeiros.
Ko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Medeiros misses with a hook to the body
and Medeiros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ko misses with a double jab.
Medeiros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ko .
Ko doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ko scores with a head kick.
Medeiros closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ko 's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Medeiros content to stall in guard here.
Medeiros throws a big right hand that misses.
Medeiros 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medeiros connects with a couple of short punches.
Medeiros sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ko is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Medeiros dives into side control.
Medeiros lands a few punches from side control.
Medeiros working the head and body with strikes.
Ko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Medeiros prevents Ko from escaping the position.
Medeiros scoring with punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros is chipping away with strikes.
Ko is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Medeiros has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ko taking a bit of punishment here - Medeiros scoring with strikes.
Medeiros just content to control the position.
Medeiros scoring with punches from side control.
Medeiros scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ko is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Medeiros has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ko taking a bit of punishment here - Medeiros scoring with strikes.
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!
Medeiros in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Medeiros's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Medeiros working the head and body with strikes.
Medeiros remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros cracks Ko with a big right hand but Ko just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Medeiros cracks Ko with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ko on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Medeiros working the ground and pound.
Medeiros landing a few strikes.
Ko wants to get back to his feet but Medeiros drags him back down.
Medeiros is putting a hurting on Ko here, landing some big shots from side control.
 Ko is rocked!
Medeiros lands a strong strike to the head of Ko . That's dazed him! Medeiros looking to finish here. Ko is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Medeiros lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aljosa Medeiros!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steel Adams (ranked 3384 p4p, 3280 weight class) and Richie Alaska (ranked 392 p4p, 387 weight class). Steel Adams could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Richie Alaska's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steel Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Richie Alaska!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Alaska. That snapped Adams's head back.
Alaska throws a right hand that misses
and Adams counters with a stiff right hand.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Alaska circles away.
A little jabbing left from Alaska on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alaska, pushing him back against the cage.
Alaska misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adams digs a right hand underneath Alaska's ribcage. Alaska let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Adams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alaska up against the cage.
Adams breaks from the clinch.
Alaska tries to clinch but Adams moves away
and Adams counters with a crisp right hand that drops Alaska! Adams lets Alaska back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Alaska is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alaska takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alaska.
Alaska lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Adams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Alaska scores with a jab.
Alaska throws out a loose jab but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alaska connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adams momentarily.
Adams sends Alaska crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Adams is motioning to the referee to let Alaska up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Alaska is still on wobbly legs! Can Adams finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams clinches with his opponent.
Adams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alaska looking to slow down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Adams.
Adams stalls.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Adams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Adams as Alaska tries to tie him up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adams scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adams creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Alaska with a big uppercut! Alaska tries to clinch up but Adams pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Alaska to the mat! Alaska covers up and Adams unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Steel Adams!
After winning the bout, Steel Adams 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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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Julian Bashir (ranked 2282 p4p, 3550 weight class) and Peter Gretel (ranked 138 p4p, 203 weight class). Bashir comes to the cage accompanied by Exodus - The Toxic Waltz. 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Bashir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Gretel!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gretel is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bashir's half guard.
Gretel prevents Bashir from improving his position.
Bashir on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bashir tries to get out of the position.
Bashir actively working from the bottom here.
Bashir is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The House Of Pain, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Bashir throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bashir regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Gretel.
Bashir manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gretel manages to get himself to full guard.
Gretel has his foot on Bashir's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bashir works his way back into a safe position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bashir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gretel pulls Bashir in close to prevent any damage.
Bashir scoring with some ground and pound.
Gretel is looking for a triangle but Bashir pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bashir forces his way into half guard.
Gretel wants to control but Bashir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gretel looking for a kimura from the bottom but Bashir passes into side control!
Bashir tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gretel's legs.
Bashir in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gretel is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Check out the look on Bashir's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gretel is trying to get back to half guard.
Gretel taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gretel on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashir is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gretel has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bashir in side control, throwing shots but Gretel defends.
Gretel can't do much from the bottom here.
Bashir trying to control the action but Gretel is working from the bottom.
Gretel is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gretel regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashir is looking to take a break and control but Gretel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bashir lands with a punch from half guard.
Gretel preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Gretel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bashir is working for a submission of some sort.
Bashir is keen to just control but Gretel is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bashir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gretel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gretel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gretel tries to get to full guard but Bashir has control of the leg.
Gretel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bashir is working away from the top position though.
Bashir passes to side control.
Gretel sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gretel looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julian Bashir 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.
Bashir cracks Gretel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bashir throws an off balance right hand
and Gretel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from Bashir.
Gretel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gretel throws a combination. Bashir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gretel fails to land with a series of punches.
Bashir looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gretel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bashir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bashir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gretel.
Bashir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gretel is fending him off so far but Bashir persists. Nope, Gretel circles away and we're back to standing.
Gretel throws out a counter right but Bashir avoids it with no problem.
Gretel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bashir eats them both and turns towards Gretel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bashir darts in and clinches Gretel up against the cage.
Bashir misses with a punch to the body.
Gretel misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gretel throws a series of punches but Bashir moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Gretel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gretel throws a right hand that Bashir ducks under and follows up with a left that Bashir also avoids with ease.
Bashir was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gretel looks to throw the jab but Bashir is out of range.
Gretel misses with a looping right.
Bashir moves into range and clinches up with Gretel.
Bashir working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gretel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bashir drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gretel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Bashir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bashir misses with some punches.
Gretel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bashir looking for a takedown.
Bashir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashir misses with a punch on the inside.
Gretel misses with a punch on the inside.
Gretel is working Bashir over against the cage.
Bashir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bashir drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gretel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gretel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bashir throws a head punch that misses.
Bashir tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gretel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bashir drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gretel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gretel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashir wants a takedown but no success here.
Bashir has a couple of punches blocked by Gretel.
Gretel lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bashir.
Bashir is trying to trip Gretel. He has hold of a leg but Gretel is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bashir persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bashir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gretel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gretel is trying to control the position but Bashir postures up.
Bashir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gretel is keeping the position for now.
Bashir trying to control the position from guard on top but Gretel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bashir has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gretel wants to stand and escape but Bashir is having none of it.
Bashir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bashir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gretel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gretel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bashir is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gretel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bashir wants to control from the top but Gretel keeps moving.
Gretel wants to stand but Bashir is controlling the position.
Gretel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bashir defends well.
Bashir working some strikes from top position.
Bashir is working Gretel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gretel is trying to keep Bashir in close.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Gretel 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!
Gretel avoids the body shot from Bashir.
Gretel thuds his right hand into Bashir's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bashir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bashir creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gretel scores with a shoulder strike.
Gretel scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gretel.
Bashir is looking for a takedown.
Bashir lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gretel breaks the clinch.
Gretel slaps away a takedown attempt from Bashir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bashir misses with an uppercut
and Gretel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bashir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gretel's waist but Gretel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bashir off to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gretel! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Bashir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bashir fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gretel to the ground. Bashir is now in Gretel's guard.
Gretel wants to sweep here but Bashir controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretel keeping moving, preventing Bashir from controlling successfully.
Bashir lands a couple of digs.
Gretel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bashir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gretel keeping moving, preventing Bashir from controlling successfully.
Bashir avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gretel working for a triangle but Bashir defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bashir passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gretel takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gretel manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gretel manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bashir postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bashir won't allow Gretel to sweep him here.
Bashir landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashir tries to free his leg and advance position but Gretel is retaining full guard.
Bashir trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
Gretel has his hands on Bashir's head, controlling the position.
Julian Bashir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bashir trying to control the position from guard on top but Gretel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bashir postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bashir wants to control from the top but Gretel keeps moving.
Gretel is pulling down on Bashir's head. It's preventing any offense from Bashir, at least for the moment.
Bashir postures up and lands a big shot to Gretel's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bashir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bashir stopping the sweep attempt from Gretel.
Bashir distracts Gretel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bashir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bashir trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
Bashir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bashir trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bashir lands a couple of digs.
Bashir distracts Gretel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Bashir showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bashir has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Bashir!
Julian Bashir was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dusty Rhodes (ranked 2852 p4p, 2243 weight class) and Revazi Nadareishvili (ranked 390 p4p, 322 weight class). Rhodes comes to the cage accompanied by Dogs Of War. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dusty Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Revazi Nadareishvili!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadareishvili closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nadareishvili doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nadareishvili lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike.
Nadareishvili lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rhodes.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
Rhodes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nadareishvili backwards.
Rhodes avoiding damage as Nadareishvili throws knees to the body.
Nadareishvili blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhodes blocks a body shot from Nadareishvili.
A head punch on the inside from Nadareishvili fails to land.
Rhodes jumps guard but Nadareishvili turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nadareishvili tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadareishvili misses with the head strike.
Rhodes breaks from the clinch.
Nadareishvili throws a body shot but no joy.
Dusty Rhodes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadareishvili uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhodes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rhodes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Rhodes misses.
It seemed like Nadareishvili was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nadareishvili throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nadareishvili thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nadareishvili avoids the body shot from Rhodes.
Nadareishvili connects with a looping right hand.
 It looks like Dusty Rhodes has been cut.
Rhodes looks to score with a jab to the body but Nadareishvili is just out of range.
Rhodes tries to clinch up.
Nadareishvili displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rhodes throws out the jab.
Rhodes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nadareishvili uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhodes.
Rhodes misses with a combination
enabling Nadareishvili to counter with a crisp jab.
Nadareishvili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhodes was well out of range. Poor timing from Nadareishvili.
Rhodes shoots in for a double leg but Nadareishvili sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rhodes.
Rhodes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Rhodes.
Rhodes is looking to clinch but Nadareishvili is avoiding it.
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!
Rhodes lands a jab to the head.
Nadareishvili cracks a nice hook into Rhodes's ribs.
Rhodes looks to clinch
and Nadareishvili counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A right-left combo lands from Rhodes.
Nadareishvili connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rhodes has Nadareishvili up against the cage in a clinch.
Rhodes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rhodes looks to land a left hand but Nadareishvili moved out of range nicely.
Rhodes wants to clinch up but Nadareishvili keeps it at a distance.
Nadareishvili throws out a counter right but Rhodes avoids it with no problem.
Nadareishvili throws a right hand that misses
and Rhodes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes misses with a body shot.
Rhodes throws a lazy right hand but Nadareishvili sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rhodes moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhodes misses with a hook. Nadareishvili ducked under it nicely.
Rhodes fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Nadareishvili on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rhodes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nadareishvili looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rhodes lands a glancing blow to the side of Nadareishvili's head.
Rhodes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rhodes.
Nadareishvili slips under a jab.
Nadareishvili thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab by Rhodes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes tries to clinch there but Nadareishvili circles away.
Rhodes works the jab nicely.
Rhodes misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadareishvili takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice body punch from Rhodes.
Rhodes connects with a right hand. Nadareishvili shakes it off.
Rhodes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rhodes clinches up with Nadareishvili and pushes him back against the cage.
Nadareishvili is looking to control Rhodes's arms but Rhodes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nadareishvili has his back to the cage.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadareishvili swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nadareishvili lands a nice uppercut.
Rhodes working aggressively here.
Nadareishvili lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rhodes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Rhodes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rhodes misses with the combination.
Nadareishvili looks to throw the jab but Rhodes is out of range.
Rhodes swings for the body but Nadareishvili moves out of range.
Rhodes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nadareishvili throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nadareishvili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhodes was well out of range. Poor timing from Nadareishvili.
Rhodes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rhodes moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhodes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nadareishvili steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rhodes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nadareishvili takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rhodes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nadareishvili misses with a looping right.
Rhodes moves into the clinch.
Nadareishvili swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadareishvili lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nadareishvili tries to land a knee to the head but Rhodes blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhodes.
Rhodes tries to pull guard but Nadareishvili holds him up against the cage and eventually Rhodes drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Nadareishvili.
Rhodes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadareishvili's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Nadareishvili scores with a shoulder strike.
Nadareishvili misses with a body punch.
Nadareishvili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nadareishvili misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rhodes tries to pull guard but Nadareishvili forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rhodes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nadareishvilis head.
Rhodes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rhodes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nadareishvili moves out of range as Rhodes strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rhodes throws a jab but it's blocked by Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nadareishvili displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rhodes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dusty Rhodes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nadareishvili lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhodes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rhodes lands a jab-cross combination.
Rhodes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nadareishvili ducks under a wild hook from Rhodes.
Nadareishvili let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nadareishvili takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rhodes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nadareishvili but Nadareishvili pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A little jabbing left from Nadareishvili on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nadareishvili missing with a left hand there. Rhodes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes throws a hook to the side of Nadareishvili's head but Nadareishvili sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Nadareishvili was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rhodes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rhodes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadareishvili.
Rhodes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rhodes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rhodes.
Rhodes is trying to pull guard but Nadareishvili has him pressed against the cage.
Nadareishvili blocking some punches.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Nadareishvili.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
Nadareishvili throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhodes.
Rhodes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rhodes is trying to pull guard but Nadareishvili has him pressed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhodes decides to pull guard.
Rhodes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nadareishvili's guard.
Nadareishvili keeping moving, preventing Rhodes from controlling successfully.
Rhodes looking to pass the guard.
Rhodes has gone for a leg lock! Nadareishvili slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rhodes's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Rhodes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nadareishvili has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rhodes finds it's way round the side to connect with Nadareishvili's head.
Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nadareishvili.
Rhodes wants to clinch.
Nadareishvili misses with a hook. Rhodes ducked under it nicely.
Rhodes slips under a jab.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Nadareishvili doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhodes cracks Nadareishvili with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nadareishvili just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhodes throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Nadareishvili misses its intended target.
Rhodes drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nadareishvili sprawls and moves away.
Rhodes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadareishvili is pulling down on Rhodes's head to control his posture.
Rhodes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rhodes postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nadareishvili is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rhodes, into his guard.
Rhodes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nadareishvili is aware though and is defending well.
Revazi Nadareishvili has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rhodes has Nadareishvili pulled in close to control his posture.
Nadareishvili wants to control from the top but Rhodes keeps moving.
Rhodes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nadareishvili's guard.
Nadareishvili is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rhodes controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili can't keep his opponent in guard - Rhodes advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nadareishvili won't allow Rhodes to pass to mount.
Rhodes prevents Nadareishvili from improving his position.
Dusty Rhodes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nadareishvili can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rhodes 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.
Rhodes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nadareishvili is not content to let Rhodes control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nadareishvili moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rhodes trying to control but Nadareishvili is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dusty Rhodes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rhodes 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dusty Rhodes!
Dusty Rhodes thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Ghetea (ranked 2818 p4p, 2416 weight class) and Pope Cozad (ranked 373 p4p, 326 weight class). Cozad has chosen Spirit In The Sky- Norman Greenbaum as his entrance music. Pope Cozad acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Ghetea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pope Cozad!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghetea lands with a good body shot.
Ghetea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ghetea fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cozad, pushing him back against the cage.
Cozad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cozad manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Ghetea. That snapped Cozad's head back.
Ghetea scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Ghetea misses its intended target.
Ghetea throws out a powerful jab.
Ghetea tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cozad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ghetea moves away from the strike by Cozad.
Cozad takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghetea lands with a right hand.
Ghetea tries to clinch but Cozad moves out of range.
Cozad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ghetea defending well as Cozad loads up on a big left hand.
Ghetea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ghetea tries to clinch there but Cozad circles away.
Darius Ghetea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghetea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cozad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea misses with a combination
and Cozad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Darius Ghetea has been cut.
Ghetea closes the distance and pushes Cozad back into the cage.
Cozad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ghetea backwards.
Ghetea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ghetea lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ghetea.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ghetea.
Cozad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ghetea lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Ghetea.
Ghetea lands a nice shot to the body.
Cozad lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghetea has a couple of punches blocked by Cozad.
A short right from Ghetea.
Ghetea pushes Cozad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ghetea avoiding damage as Cozad throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Ghetea.
Ghetea keeps control of Cozad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cozad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cozad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ghetea has Cozad pushed against the cage.
Cozad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ghetea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cozad throws a head punch that misses.
Ghetea lands a shot to the body.
Ghetea lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cozad looks winded!
Ghetea cracks Cozad with a nice body shot.
Ghetea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Ghetea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cozads head.
Cozad misses with some punches.
Ghetea lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ghetea.
Ghetea lands a shot to the body.
Cozad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ghetea lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cozad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cozad misses with a punch to the body.
Ghetea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ghetea slowing the pace effectively.
Ghetea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Ghetea lands an uppercut.
Cozad misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ghetea.
Ghetea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Ghetea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
A shot in the inside from Ghetea.
Ghetea lands a shoulder strike.
Ghetea lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cozad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ghetea is defending well for now.
Ghetea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cozad or not.
Cozad is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ghetea is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cozad to the mat. Cozad regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Cozad is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ghetea dives into side control.
Ghetea is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cozad is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ghetea is controlling him well.
Ghetea definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghetea wants to stand but Cozad is controlling his arm.
Ghetea slows the pace down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Ghetea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Ghetea's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cozad misses with a wild body shot.
Cozad throws a hook to the side of Ghetea's head but Ghetea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ghetea moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Pope Cozad has been cut.
Cozad has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ghetea finds it's way round the side to connect with Cozad's head.
Ghetea avoids a kick to the body.
As Cozad tries to get set, Ghetea tries to push him back and clinch up but Cozad manages to avoid the attempt.
Ghetea misses with a body shot.
Ghetea wants to clinch up but Cozad keeps it at a distance.
Cozad needs to keep his hands up - Ghetea had a free shot at his head there.
Nice shot by Ghetea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cozad misses with a series of wild punches.
Darius Ghetea is winning the standup battle so far.
Cozad with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ghetea to score with a decent uppercut.
Ghetea tries to close the distance and clinch but Cozad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea tries to close the distance and clinch but Cozad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cozad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghetea.
Cozad throws out a loose jab but Ghetea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ghetea tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cozad manages to circle out of the way.
Jab by Ghetea.
Cozad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ghetea moves away.
Cozad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ghetea tries to counter by clinching up but Cozad breaks away and moves out of range.
Ghetea scores with a jab to the head.
Cozad keeps the fight on the outside.
A lazy left from Ghetea finds it's target.
Ghetea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ghetea moves out of range as Cozad strikes.
Cozad is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice straight punches there by Ghetea. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ghetea.
Cozad with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghetea wants to clinch up but Cozad keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ghetea.
Ghetea moves out of range as Cozad strikes.
Ghetea tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cozad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ghetea cracks Cozad with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ghetea works Cozad's body with a nice hook.
Cozad fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ghetea looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cozad is looking to land body kicks.
Cozad fails to land with a series of punches.
Cozad takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cozad misses the jab.
Cozad tries to move into range but Ghetea moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ghetea scores with a jab.
Cozad lands with a nice body punch.
Ghetea gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ghetea scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ghetea lands a shot to the body.
Cozad lands a nice shot to the body.
Ghetea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cozad blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ghetea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ghetea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cozad can do to turn this around?
Ghetea lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cozad lands a shoulder strike.
Cozad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ghetea.
Cozad is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Ghetea.
Ghetea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cozad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ghetea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Ghetea.
Ghetea gets through Cozad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Ghetea.
Darius Ghetea has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ghetea pushes Cozad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ghetea scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Ghetea as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea scores with a shoulder strike.
Cozad looking to slow down the pace here.
Ghetea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cozad or not.
Ghetea lands with a short shot to the head.
Cozad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ghetea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cozads head.
Ghetea lands an uppercut.
Cozad is rocked!
Ghetea pushes Cozad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cozad is still on wobbly legs! Can Ghetea finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cozad.
Ghetea scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Cozad.
Ghetea lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ghetea drops Cozad onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Cozad is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghetea lands a big right hand that drops Cozad! The killer instinct kicks in and Ghetea finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ghetea!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Ghetea!
A victorious Darius Ghetea thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomahawk Chai (ranked 1716 p4p, 2613 weight class) and Marcus Wheeler (ranked 252 p4p, 377 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomahawk Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Wheeler!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've been informed that Wheeler has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wheeler checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wheeler throws a looping overhand right but Chai ducks down to avoid it.
Chai swinging wildly here.
Wheeler misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.
We've been told by Chai's head coaches at Master Chai's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Chai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good shot there by Chai.
Wheeler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chai.
Wheeler loads up on a big right hand but Chai slips the punch.
Chai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big right from Chai misses.
Wheeler throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai cracks Wheeler with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wheeler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheeler just misses with a punch to the body.
Chai is looking for a counter combo.
Chai fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wheeler scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chai doesn't seem bothered though.
Chai fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wheeler is out of range.
Wheeler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wheeler.
Wheeler avoids the body shot from Chai.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wheeler cracks Chai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wheeler lands with a cross.
Wheeler lands a slapping body shot.
Wheeler avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wheeler scores with a jab. Chai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Wheeler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tomahawk Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai jabs Wheeler right on the nose. Wheeler blinks but takes it well.
Wheeler misses with a wild combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Chai darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chai scoring well with a low kick there.
Chai throws a hook but Wheeler blocks it.
Chai misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheeler staying out of range there.
Chai misses with a hook. Wheeler ducked under it nicely.
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
Chai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wheeler lands the left hand.
Chai throws a lazy uppercut
and Wheeler counters with a nice uppercut.
Wheeler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chai.
Wheeler walks into a stiff left hand from Chai.
Wheeler is rocked!
Chai throws a monster overhand right that drops Wheeler! Chai follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomahawk Chai!
Tomahawk Chai 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Khinchegashvili (ranked 1010 p4p, 1288 weight class) and Elwyn Donal (ranked 153 p4p, 196 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Khinchegashvili!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elwyn Donal!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khinchegashvili throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A countering left hand to the body from Donal misses.
Khinchegashvili keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donal.
A quick step to the side and Khinchegashvili tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donal tries to clinch up
and Khinchegashvili counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khinchegashvili misses with a right hand
and Donal counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khinchegashvili takes a swing at Donal's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Khinchegashvili.
A low kick from Khinchegashvili is predictable there
and Donal counters with a head kick. That will keep Khinchegashvili thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Donal darts in trying to clinch
and Khinchegashvili counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Donal thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili throws the left hand but Donal avoids the punch easily.
Khinchegashvili will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donal gets a clinch.
Khinchegashvili scores with a shot to the side of Donal's head.
Donal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khinchegashvili swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khinchegashvili throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Donal blocks it with crossed arms.
Donal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donal scores with a nice strike.
Elwyn Donal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khinchegashvili displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donal throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donal misses with a double jab.
Donal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Donal walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Khinchegashvili.
Donal takes one to the side of the head.
Khinchegashvili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khinchegashvili throws a lazy uppercut
and Donal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like David Khinchegashvili has been cut.
Donal throws a head kick that misses.
Donal tries to clinch up but Khinchegashvili circles away and keeps his distance.
Khinchegashvili pushes Donal up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili tries a knee to the head but Donal blocks it.
Khinchegashvili lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Come on Donal - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Still in the clinch, Khinchegashvili scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khinchegashvili prevents a body shot from Donal.
Khinchegashvili has a couple of punches blocked by Donal.
Khinchegashvili trying to land knees to the body.
Khinchegashvili gets through Donal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Donal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donal blocking some punches.
Donal displaying some good clinch control by pressing Khinchegashvili up against the cage.
Donal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khinchegashvili paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donal connects with a body shot that sends Khinchegashvili's belly button to the back.
Khinchegashvili takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donal swings widly with a right hand
enabling Khinchegashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Khinchegashvili has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That kick from Donal tenderised Khinchegashvili's leg. Khinchegashvili is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donal moves in looking to clinch but Khinchegashvili pushes him off.
Good standup being displayed there by Donal as he connects with a hook.
Donal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khinchegashvili's elbow.
Khinchegashvili is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that David Khinchegashvili will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Khinchegashvili's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Khinchegashvili on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donal. Donal obviously looking to wear him down.
Donal is looking to clinch.
Donal avoids the body shot from Khinchegashvili.
Donal tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khinchegashvili is able to avoid easily.
Khinchegashvili throws a counter high kick but Donal was just alert enough to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Donal. That's going to slow Khinchegashvili down.
Donal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khinchegashvili counters with a straight right hand.
Khinchegashvili throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Khinchegashvili.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donal lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Khinchegashvili 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.
Donal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And Khinchegashvili counters with a quick kick to the body but Donal blocks it.
Donal takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donal with a nice calf kick.
Donal scores with a nice right hand.
Donal tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Khinchegashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
Donal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donal cracks Khinchegashvili with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donal moves into the clinch.
Donal lands an uppercut.
Donal breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khinchegashvili throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donal tries to clinch but Khinchegashvili moves away
and Khinchegashvili counters with a stiff right hand.
Donal wants to clinch
and Donal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Donal.
Donal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khinchegashvili paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khinchegashvili misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Donal.
Donal clinches with his opponent.
Donal breaks from the clinch.
Donal lands an overhand right.
Donal instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khinchegashvili holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Come on Khinchegashvili - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khinchegashvili scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khinchegashvili missing with knees to the body.
Khinchegashvili lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donal backwards.
Donal wants to get back to striking at distance but Khinchegashvili won't allow it.
Khinchegashvili is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khinchegashvili throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donal thuds his shin into the meat of Khinchegashvili's side.
Khinchegashvili takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donal rushes Khinchegashvili and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Donal breaks from the clinch.
Khinchegashvili moves into range and clinches up with Donal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Khinchegashvili fails to land.
Khinchegashvili lands with a short shot to the head.
Khinchegashvili throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Donal blocks it with crossed arms.
Donal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donal looks to throw the jab but Khinchegashvili is out of range.
Khinchegashvili keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donal.
Khinchegashvili is looking to counter with head kicks.
Donal drives through and clinches with Khinchegashvili against the cage.
Khinchegashvili's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Donal tries to break free but Khinchegashvili pushes him back against the cage.
Donal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elwyn Donal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Khinchegashvili's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Khinchegashvili lands a nice looking body shot.
Donal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khinchegashvili.
An attempted straight right counter from Khinchegashvili misses the target.
Donal scores with the left hand. Khinchegashvili knows he should have avoided that one.
Donal lands a head shot.
Donal is looking to clinch.
Donal throws a hook but Khinchegashvili avoids it easily.
Khinchegashvili swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khinchegashvili moves out of range as Donal strikes.
Donal throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Khinchegashvili counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khinchegashvili digs a good hook to Donal's body.
Donal tries to land a leg kick but Khinchegashvili saw it coming and moves away.
Khinchegashvili swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Donal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donal throws a body kick that misses
and Donal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khinchegashvili digs a good hook to Donal's body.
Khinchegashvili lands a leg kick that knocks Donal off balance momentarily.
Khinchegashvili is looking to land body kicks.
Donal appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Donal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Donal throws a hook but Khinchegashvili avoids it easily.
Khinchegashvili rushes Donal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khinchegashvili misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donal scores with a hook to the body.
Khinchegashvili gets through Donal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donal misses with the head strike.
Donal misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khinchegashvili.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khinchegashvili - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Khinchegashvili is trying to maintain a safe position but Donal gets an underhook and turns Khinchegashvili into the cage.
Khinchegashvili misses with a knee strike.
Khinchegashvili tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Donal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khinchegashvili misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donal.
Donal throws a head punch that misses.
Donal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khinchegashvili tries to stall but Donal uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Khinchegashvili fails to land.
Donal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Donal.
Donal looks to score with a jab to the body but Khinchegashvili is just out of range.
It looked like Khinchegashvili was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Donal.
Khinchegashvili swats away the attempt to clinch by Donal.
Khinchegashvili tries to land a leg kick but Donal saw it coming and moves away.
Khinchegashvili thumps Donal with a low kick.
Donal wants to clinch up but Khinchegashvili keeps it at a distance.
Khinchegashvili tries to land a leg kick but Donal saw it coming and moves away.
Donal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khinchegashvili moves away.
Donal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donal fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donal misses with a hook. Khinchegashvili ducked under it nicely.
Elwyn Donal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khinchegashvili.
Donal moves out of range of the leg kick from Khinchegashvili.
Khinchegashvili takes a swing at Donal's ribcage but misses.
Khinchegashvili throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donal counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donal.
Khinchegashvili lands a hook to the side of the head.
Donal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Donal fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khinchegashvili blocks a body shot from Donal.
Khinchegashvili is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but David Khinchegashvili did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on David Khinchegashvili's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Khinchegashvili throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khinchegashvili keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khinchegashvili appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Donal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khinchegashvili sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khinchegashvili paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Khinchegashvili takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donal tries to clinch up but Khinchegashvili circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khinchegashvili looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Donal clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili pushes Donal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Donal wants to stall.
Khinchegashvili is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Donal is keeping busy.
Donal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khinchegashvili tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donal avoids it.
Khinchegashvili trying to stall but Donal improves his position.
Donal breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Khinchegashvili.
Khinchegashvili stuns Donal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khinchegashvili misses with a looping right.
Khinchegashvili has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donal wants to clinch
and Khinchegashvili cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Khinchegashvili finds it's way through Donal's defenses.
Khinchegashvili throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Donal on the side of the head.
Donal throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Khinchegashvili.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Khinchegashvili coming out on top.
A swing and a miss from Khinchegashvili.
Donal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili ducks under a wild hook from Donal.
Donal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khinchegashvili drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khinchegashvili gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donal misses with a straight left.
Khinchegashvili throws a body kick that misses.
Khinchegashvili throws a lazy uppercut
and Donal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khinchegashvili avoids the body shot from Donal.
Khinchegashvili is looking to counter punch.
Donal swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Khinchegashvili was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Donal.
Donal throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donal thows a leg kick but Khinchegashvili checks it
and Donal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donal tries a low kick but Khinchegashvili avoids it.
Khinchegashvili was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khinchegashvili attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donal throws a right and a left that Khinchegashvili avoids nicely.
Donal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khinchegashvili sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khinchegashvili was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khinchegashvili rushes Donal and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donal is leaning against Khinchegashvili and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khinchegashvili is trying to stall.
Donal throws a punch but it's blocked by Khinchegashvili.
Donal working aggressively here.
Donal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that David Khinchegashvili will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Khinchegashvili's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Khinchegashvili lands a head shot.
Khinchegashvili keeps the fight on the outside.
Donal defending well as Khinchegashvili loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Khinchegashvili.
Donal looks to score with a jab to the body but Khinchegashvili is just out of range.
Khinchegashvili swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donal blocks a leg kick.
Khinchegashvili misses the shot to the body.
Donal throws out a counter right but Khinchegashvili avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khinchegashvili thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donal feints and then cracks Khinchegashvili's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khinchegashvili down.
Khinchegashvili takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khinchegashvili.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili moves out of range as Donal strikes.
Khinchegashvili throws a big shot that misses.
Khinchegashvili sets himself, and Donal steps forward looking for the clinch! Khinchegashvili avoids it this time.
Khinchegashvili ducks under a wild hook from Donal.
Donal connects with a body shot.
Donal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A quick step to the side and Khinchegashvili tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Donal misses.
Khinchegashvili ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khinchegashvili's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Khinchegashvili misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donal.
Donal is looking to score with low kicks.
Khinchegashvili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A quick step to the side and Khinchegashvili tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khinchegashvili sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donal will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khinchegashvili throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Donal on the side of the head.
Donal throws a body punch but Khinchegashvili moves out of range.
Donal misses with an uppercut. Khinchegashvili saw that one coming.
Khinchegashvili misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donal.
Donal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khinchegashvili has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khinchegashvili lands a nice looking kick to the body. Donal takes a step back to recover.
Khinchegashvili is looking to score with low kicks.
Khinchegashvili throws a shot from downtown. Donal moves away and avoids it.
Donal lands a nice looking kick to the body. Khinchegashvili takes a step back to recover.
That kick from Donal tenderised Khinchegashvili's leg. Khinchegashvili is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donal throws the left hand but Khinchegashvili avoids the punch easily.
Donal connects with a single shot there.
Khinchegashvili misses with a leg kick
and Khinchegashvili takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khinchegashvili looks to score with a jab to the body but Donal is just out of range.
Khinchegashvili backing away here, and Donal unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donal tries to clinch
and Khinchegashvili counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Donal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khinchegashvili misses with a left hand
and Donal makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A jab from Khinchegashvili misses.
Khinchegashvili walks into a stiff left hand from Donal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donal wants to land a leg kick but Khinchegashvili is out of range.
Khinchegashvili throws a right hand that misses
and Donal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elwyn Donal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khinchegashvili.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elwyn Donal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khinchegashvili has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:50
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 48:48
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a draw!
David Khinchegashvili retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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