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OFK 241 - Okafor Vs Naulakko PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor OShea (ranked 3914 p4p, 5722 weight class) and Paul Herrera (ranked 467 p4p, 557 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 31 - 1, fighting out of London, Conor OShea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Herrera!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OShea lands a body shot.
Herrera dives in for a single leg takedown but OShea sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
OShea lands with a right hand.
Paul Herrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Herrera fails to land with a series of punches.
Herrera closes this distance looking for a takedown but OShea circles away.
OShea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
OShea decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Herrera missing with punches from the bottom.
OShea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
OShea is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
OShea is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Herrera defends it well.
Herrera is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OShea decides to return to a standing position.
OShea throws a head kick that misses.
Herrera is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Herrera throws a nice looking combination but OShea bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
OShea lands a lovely overhand right.
OShea lands a head kick!
Herrera shoots for a takedown but OShea saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Conor OShea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Herrera.
Herrera moves in looking to clinch but OShea pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Herrera.
OShea stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Herrera shoots for a takedown but OShea saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Herrera looks winded!
OShea stalks Herrera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Herrera's face. Herrera staggers backwards, shaken.
Herrera takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herrera closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into OShea's guard.
OShea has his feet on Herrera's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OShea lands a high kick!
 Herrera is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by OShea! Herrera is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conor OShea!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Conor OShea made sure he mentioned Brooklyn Apothecary, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Paul Herrera spoke after the fight, saying 'I love you all!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pull Plugger (ranked 3573 p4p, 5070 weight class) and Rocco Damato (ranked 330 p4p, 388 weight class). Damato has chosen Thunderstruck as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Pull Plugger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocco Damato!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato is looking to clinch.
Plugger tries to counter with a takedown but Damato is quick to defend against it.
Plugger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Damato closes the distance and clinches.
Damato is pressed up against the cage. Plugger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Damato down to the mat. Damato avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Damato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Plugger ducks under a wild hook from Damato.
Plugger looks to score with a jab to the body but Damato is just out of range.
Plugger jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Damato shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Plugger napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Damato tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Sloppy strikes there by Damato.
Plugger is looking for a sweep.
Damato passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Plugger!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plugger bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Plugger is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plugger pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Damato is keeping the position for now.
Plugger throwing strikes but missing.
Damato keeping full guard, as Plugger tries to pass.
Plugger seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Damato wants to stand up but Plugger is controlling him.
Plugger engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Plugger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Damato works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Our spies down at at Tappelukerho inform us that Damato has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Plugger slips nicely into half guard.
Plugger 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.
Plugger is looking to advance position but Damato won't allow it.
Plugger has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Damato is squirming around, avoiding Plugger's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plugger working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Damato is squirming around, avoiding Plugger's attempts to control the action.
Plugger looking to finish with strikes here!
Plugger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Plugger unloads with some shots from mount but Damato bucks and avoids them well.
Plugger controlling his opponent.
Damato is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damato wants to try and get back to his feet.
Plugger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Damato is looking to escape.
Plugger goes for an armbar but he's not got it Damato turns into him and now he's in Plugger's guard.
Damato with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Plugger working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Damato doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Damato manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Damato throwing strikes but missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pull Plugger dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Plugger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Damato scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Damato tries to clinch up but Plugger circles away and keeps his distance.
Damato scores with the left hand. Plugger knows he should have avoided that one.
Damato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damato is looking to clinch but Plugger is avoiding it.
Plugger changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Damato has Plugger up against the cage in a clinch.
Damato swings wildly with an uppercut but Plugger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damato is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Plugger can't get the takedown.
Damato throws a punch but it's blocked by Plugger.
Damato looking to stall.
Damato misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato stalls.
Damato throws a head punch that misses.
Damato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Plugger's defenses.
Damato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Damato misses with the head strike.
Plugger wants a takedown but no success here.
Damato misses with a punch on the inside.
Damato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Plugger.
Plugger throws a looping overhand right but Damato ducks down to avoid it.
Damato closes the distance looking to clinch
and Plugger counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pull Plugger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Plugger works his way into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damato is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plugger wants to control but Damato is keeping him busy.
Plugger tries for a kimura but Damato is defending well.
Damato is not content to let Plugger control the position.
Plugger tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Plugger has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Plugger is looking to take a break and control but Damato is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Damato seems a little lost for a moment, as Plugger dominates the positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plugger tries to advance to mount but Damato denies him.
Plugger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Damato keeps working.
Damato is trying to buck Plugger off.
Plugger working the ground and pound.
Plugger 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Plugger moves into full mount!
Plugger controlling from mount.
Plugger working for a guillotine from mount but Damato is in no mood to give up.
Plugger trying to control but Damato is having none of it.
Plugger punishing his opponent with strikes.
Plugger trying to control but Damato is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rocco Damato will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Damato lands a jab to the head.
Damato takes a kick to the side of the head.
Plugger feints and as Damato raises his hands in defense, Plugger changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Damato has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Plugger is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Plugger can't get the takedown.
Plugger wants a takedown but no success here.
Plugger looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pull Plugger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plugger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plugger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Damato gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Damato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damato stalls.
Damato throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Plugger blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damato misses with a punch on the inside.
Plugger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Plugger has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Damato clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Plugger is persistently looking for the submission but Damato is defending it well.
Damato covering up well under a series of strikes from Plugger.
Damato wants to get back to his feet.
Plugger looking for the choke from the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plugger misses with punches from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Plugger controlling the positon.
Plugger throws a series of strikes and Damato wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Damato is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Plugger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Plugger lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Damato hang on?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Plugger misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Plugger raining down hammerfists from mount.
Damato is trying to stand.
Plugger goes for an armbar but he's not got it Damato turns into him and now he's in Plugger's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Damato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Plugger 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.
Damato passes into half guard.
Plugger is trying is best to control the position here.
Damato is working for a kimura but Plugger is defending it quite comfortably.
Damato is keen to just control but Plugger is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Plugger is trying to get back to full guard.
Plugger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Plugger is positioning himself well to prevent Damato advancing to mount.
Damato seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Plugger does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Damato is working for a kimura but Plugger is defending it quite comfortably.
Plugger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Plugger wants to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocco Damato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Damato 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Pull Plugger!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Kemonito (ranked 1753 p4p, 2266 weight class) and Giggle Valentine (ranked 99 p4p, 126 weight class). Kemonito's entrance music is Kemonito Entrance Music. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan Kemonito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giggle Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kemonito looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Valentine is fending him off so far but Kemonito persists. Nope, Valentine circles away and we're back to standing.
Kemonito shoots in looking for a takedown but Valentine manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kemonito's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kemonito has Valentine up against the cage in a clinch.
Kemonito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kemonito changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Valentine fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Kemonito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kemonito closes the distance and clinches.
Kemonito prevents Valentine from breaking the clinch.
Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kemonito drives through and clinches with Valentine against the cage.
Kemonito tries a body shot but Valentine blocks it.
Valentine breaks from the clinch.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kemonito.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Kemonito misses
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Kemonito wants to clinch but Valentine slips to the side
and Valentine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kemonito wants to clinch.
It seemed like Valentine was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kemonito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kemonito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kemonito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kemonito clinches up against the cage.
Valentine stops a takedown attempt from Kemonito.
Kemonito keeps control of Valentine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kemonito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kemonito clinches up against the cage.
Kemonito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valentine is fighting off a takedown attempt but Kemonito is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Valentine to the mat. Valentine regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kemonito throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valentine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kemonito chips away with some ground and pound.
Valentine trying to control the position.
Kemonito throws a big right hand that misses.
Valentine is controlling Kemonito's posture.
Kemonito scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Valentine controls Kemonito momentarily but Kemonito frees himself.
Kemonito lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Valentine working a defensive guard here.
Kemonito throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine pulls Kemonito in close to his closed guard and prevents Kemonito from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kemonito throwing strikes but missing.
Valentine controls Kemonito momentarily but Kemonito frees himself.
We've been hearing that Kemonito has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kemonito working some strikes from top position.
Valentine keeping moving, preventing Kemonito from controlling successfully.
Kemonito throws a big elbow that misses.
Kemonito throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kemonito cracks Valentine with a solid left hand.
Kemonito throwing strikes from guard but Valentine blocks nicely.
Valentine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kemonito. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Valentine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Valentine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kemonito looking to pass the guard.
Valentine keeping moving, preventing Kemonito from controlling successfully.
Kemonito postures up.
Kemonito being controlled here momentarily.
Kemonito connects with a couple of short punches.
Kemonito lands a couple of elbows.
Kemonito loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Kemonito dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kemonito misses with an uppercut
and Valentine counters with a straight right hand.
Kemonito looks to clinch
and Valentine counters with a straight right hand.
Kemonito has managed to clinch.
Valentine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valentine swats away the attempt to clinch by Kemonito.
Kemonito scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kemonito with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kemonito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kemonito swings widly with a right hand
and Valentine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kemonito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Valentine momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kemonito moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Kemonito.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kemonito shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Valentine sprawls well. Valentine wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kemonito gets slowly back to his feet.
Valentine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kemonito closes the distance and clinches.
Kemonito lands a shoulder strike.
Kemonito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valentine can do to turn this around?
Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giggle Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kemonito fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Kemonito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kemonito wants to clinch up but Valentine keeps it at a distance.
Kemonito has a takedown stuffed.
Valentine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kemonito showed some decent athleticism there.
Valentine wants to control but Kemonito is keeping busy.
Kemonito is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Valentine defends it well.
Kemonito is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Valentine is positioning himself well to prevent Kemonito advancing to mount.
Valentine wants to get back to full guard.
Kemonito 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.
Nice strikes from Kemonito there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kemonito missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Valentine defending well though.
Kemonito is looking to take a break and control but Valentine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Valentine tries to get to full guard but Kemonito has control of the leg.
Kemonito landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kemonito is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Valentine is just riding it out for now. Kemonito eventually gives up the hold.
Valentine trying to control from the bottom.
Kemonito seems to be working for a kimura but Valentine defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kemonito content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Valentine wants to control but Kemonito is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Valentine keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Valentine is looking to control Kemonito's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Valentine avoid being mounted?
Kemonito performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Valentine trying to control here.
Valentine felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Valentine keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Valentine is trying to maintain the position but Kemonito is very close to passing his half guard.
Kemonito scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Kemonito dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kemonito dives in for a single leg takedown but Valentine sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Valentine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kemonito is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Valentine pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Valentine manages to break the clinch.
Kemonito shoots for a double leg takedown but Valentine sprawls well. He's pushed Kemonito's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And Valentine responds with a good body kick, but Kemonito manages to step out the way in time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Kemonito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Kemonito. Those never looked like landing.
Valentine looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Kemonito moves to clinch but Valentine breaks away
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Kemonito shoots in and drives through. Valentine sprawls well.
Valentine throws out a counter right but Kemonito avoids it with no problem.
Kemonito scores with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kemonito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Kemonito moves into the clinch successfully.
Valentine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kemonito tries to clinch but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kemonito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valentine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valentine replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kemonito blocks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Valentine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kemonito explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kemonito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Valentine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kemonito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Valentine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That kick from Kemonito tenderised Valentine's leg. Valentine is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valentine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A head kick misses from Kemonito.
Kemonito backing away here, and Valentine unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kemonito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kemonito tries to close the distance and clinch but Valentine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Kemonito backs off Valentine throws a huge counter combo but Kemonito manages to avoid it all.
Juan Kemonito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kemonito wants to clinch up but Valentine keeps it at a distance.
Kemonito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valentine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valentine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kemonito wants to clinch up but Valentine keeps it at a distance.
Kemonito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Valentine tries to break free but Kemonito pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kemonito.
Valentine has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Valentine manages to break the clinch.
Kemonito rushes Valentine and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito has clasped his hands together around Valentine's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Kemonito looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Valentine struggling a bit here.
Kemonito cracks Valentine with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Valentine struggling a bit here.
Kemonito throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kemonito working away.
Kemonito in side control, throwing shots but Valentine defends.
Valentine is trying to control Kemonito's posture but Kemonito avoids it.
Kemonito misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Juan Kemonito overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Juan Kemonito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valentine tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Valentine is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kemonito landing a few strikes.
Kemonito content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Kemonito working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kemonito working the body and head with strikes.
Valentine wants to control but Kemonito postures up.
Valentine tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Valentine tries to hold on but Kemonito pushes him away.
Valentine is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kemonito is staying active.
Giggle Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valentine is in a horrible position here. Kemonito smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Kemonito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kemonito, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Kemonito!
Juan Kemonito bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Heceda (ranked 1574 p4p, 1992 weight class) and Bob Probert (ranked 168 p4p, 206 weight class). Heceda comes into the arena with Hawaiian Kickboxer blaring out of the sound system. Probert has chosen DNA as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150
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155
11 - 6 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Heceda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Probert!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Probert avoids the body shot from Heceda.
Heceda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heceda takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Probert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heceda moves away.
Heceda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Probert.
Probert throws a jab but it's blocked by Heceda.
Heceda looks to land a right hand but Probert moved out of range.
We've been told by Heceda's head coaches at Deathsquad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Probert ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heceda throws a series of punches but Probert moves out of range.
Probert swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Probert. That's going to slow Heceda down.
Probert feints and then cracks Heceda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heceda down.
Heceda walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Probert scores with a shot to the body.
Heceda takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Probert scores with a nice right hand.
Probert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heceda throws a looping overhand right but Probert ducks down to avoid it.
Probert connects with a looping right hand.
 Heceda is rocked!
Probert lands the left hand.
Oh Heceda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Heceda misses with a double jab.
Heceda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Probert to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by Probert.
Heceda seems to have got his legs back now.
Probert uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heceda.
A countering left hand to the body from Probert misses.
Heceda misses with a hook. Probert ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Probert misses.
Heceda lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Probert gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Probert thumps Heceda with a low kick.
Heceda looks to land a left hand but Probert moved out of range nicely.
Probert moves into the clinch successfully.
Probert lands with a short shot to the head.
Probert softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heceda working hard to break the clinch.
Probert lands an uppercut.
Probert struggles to land a body shot inside as Heceda controls his hands.
Probert is pushing Heceda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Heceda blocking some punches.
Heceda misses with some punches.
Heceda wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Probert has him pressed against the cage.
Heceda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Probert.
Probert lands a hook that snaps the head of Heceda backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Probert.
Probert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heceda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Probert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Probert pressing his opponent against the cage.
Probert misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heceda is trying to break the clinch but Probert has him pressed against the cage.
Heceda wants to break free but Probert has control.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Probert.
Probert working aggressively here.
Heceda is looking to break free of the clinch but Probert has double underhooks.
Probert misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Probert.
Probert makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Probert lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heceda backwards.
Probert lands a body punch.
A short right from Probert.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Probert stalling against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Probert scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Probert to work.
Probert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Probert stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Probert lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heceda blocks a body shot from Probert.
Probert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Heceda's efforts to push away.
Heceda wants to break free but Probert has control.
Probert misses with a hook to the ribs.
Probert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Probert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Probert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Probert works on Heceda's body with a couple of short punches.
Probert lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Probert has a couple of punches blocked by Heceda.
Probert lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heceda.
Heceda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Heceda breaks from the clinch.
Probert scores with a hook to the body. Heceda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Probert dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Probert jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Probert loads up on a big right hand but Heceda slips the punch.
Heceda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Probert has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heceda thuds his right hand into Probert's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Heceda misses.
Heceda throws a body punch but Probert moves out of range.
Probert uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Heceda has time to react.
Probert digs a good hook to Heceda's body.
Probert misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heceda connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Probert as he connects with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Probert.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heceda misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Probert.
Probert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Probert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heceda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Probert clobbers Heceda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Heceda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Probert.
Bob Probert seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Probert lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Probert.
A telegraphed right hand from Probert misses the target.
Probert throws a looping overhand right but Heceda ducks down to avoid it.
Probert moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Probert throws a hook but Heceda blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probert walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heceda misses with a lunging right hand
and Probert counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Heceda misses with a looping right.
Probert swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Heceda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Probert moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Probert. Heceda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heceda is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Probert throws a body shot but no joy.
Probert just misses with a punch to the body.
Probert lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heceda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Probert moves away.
Probert lands with a shot to the body.
Probert lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heceda throws a jab but it's blocked by Probert.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heceda paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Heceda swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Probert cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heceda tries to move into range but Probert moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Probert getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Heceda misses with a straight left.
Probert jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tommy Heceda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heceda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Probert looks to land a right hand but Heceda moved out of range.
Heceda misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Probert makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Probert throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Heceda with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heceda swings widly with a right hand
and Probert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Probert has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Probert.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Probert.
Probert lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Heceda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Probert keeps control of Heceda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good body shot from Probert.
Probert trying to stall but Heceda improves his position.
Probert stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Probert can't find room to land a body shot as Heceda controls the action.
Probert lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Probert.
Heceda blocks an uppercut.
Probert has a couple of punches blocked by Heceda.
Probert goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Heceda's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Probert looking to slow down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Probert showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Heceda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Probert misses with a hook.
Heceda was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Probert slips under a jab from Heceda.
Probert jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Heceda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Probert throws out the jab.
Probert throws the left hand but Heceda avoids the punch easily.
Heceda throws a lazy uppercut
and Probert counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Probert pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Probert throws an off balance right hand
and Heceda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heceda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Probert.
Probert unleashes a big counter combination but Heceda bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Heceda takes a jab right on the kisser.
Probert takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Probert with the inside leg kick.
Heceda misses with an uppercut
and Probert counters with a nice right hand that sends Heceda toppling to the canvas! Heceda scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Probert finish him?!
Heceda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Probert dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heceda. That did some damage!
Heceda avoids the body shot from Probert.
Probert misses with a low kick.
Heceda was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Probert scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Probert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Probert moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Heceda misses the shot to the body.
Probert throws a front kick aimed at Heceda's knee but Heceda avoids it well.
Heceda cracks Probert with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heceda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heceda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heceda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A clash of legs there as Heceda blocks the low kick.
Probert moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Heceda misses with a hook
and Probert counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Heceda has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bob Probert!
In his post fight interview, Bob Probert started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Minerva Wulf (ranked 768 p4p, 4172 weight class) and Chester Drawers (ranked 40 p4p, 216 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wulf might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sanctus Dominus. Chester Drawers struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Minerva Wulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chester Drawers!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Drawers enables Wulf to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Drawers manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Drawers keeping moving, preventing Wulf from controlling successfully.
Wulf slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wulf cracks Drawers with a big right hand but Drawers just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wulf cracks Drawers with a big right hand but Drawers just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wulf cracks Drawers with a big elbow.
Wulf landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wulf wants to control but Drawers is keeping him busy.
Wulf has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Wulf shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Drawers napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wulf tries to move to mount but Drawers blocks the move with his legs.
Wulf swings around for an armbar but Drawers sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Wulf's guard.
Drawers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulf has his foot on Drawers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drawers works his way back into a safe position though.
Wulf is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Drawers defends well.
Wulf 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.
Drawers looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wulf looking for a sweep. Not yet Wulf, not yet.
Wulf has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Drawers is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Wulf.
Wulf gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drawers decides to stand and escape the position.
Drawers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wulf dodges an elbow strike from Drawers.
Drawers wants to take the fight to the mat but Wulf manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Drawers looks winded!
Wulf misses with some punches.
Drawers looking to throw knees to the head but Wulf is blocking nicely.
Drawers tries to circle away but Wulf has him pinned against the cage.
Wulf takes a shot to the head.
Drawers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wulf manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Drawers on his heels. He'll look to pass Drawers's guard now, I'm sure.
Drawers keeping full guard, as Wulf tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wulf wants to control from the top but Drawers keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drawers can't keep his opponent in guard - Wulf advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wulf passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Drawers!
Wulf jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Drawers manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Wulf wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drawers keeps working.
Wulf looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wulf goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Drawers rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wulf's guard! Nice work there by Drawers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drawers tries to free his leg and advance position but Wulf is retaining full guard.
Wulf managing to control the position.
Wulf lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wulf throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drawers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drawers is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Drawers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Minerva Wulf dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wulf throws out a leg kick but Drawers moves out of range and Wulf only half commits.
Wulf closes the distance and clinches.
Wulf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drawers wants a takedown but no success here.
Drawers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wulf swings wildly with an uppercut but Drawers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wulf lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wulf lands with a light punch inside.
Drawers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Wulf's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wulf lands an elbow inside that Drawers shrugs off.
Drawers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wulf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drawers can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drawers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wulf has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Wulf.
Wulf lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drawers is breathing heavily.
Wulf lands with a short shot to the head.
Wulf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drawers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wulf pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Wulf.
A right hand to the body from Wulf.
Wulf lands an elbow inside that Drawers shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wulf.
Drawers is rocked!
Drawers avoids a wild elbow strike from Wulf.
Drawers is still on wobbly legs! Can Wulf finish him?
Wulf creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wulf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wulf takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wulf scores with a hook to the body.
Wulf lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wulf lands a body shot.
Wulf throws a big uppercut that drops Drawers! More strikes from Wulf and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Drawers lies dazed against the cage as Wulf celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Minerva Wulf!
After winning the bout, Minerva Wulf 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Doko Dokov (ranked 1088 p4p, 1818 weight class) and Keith Seng (ranked 158 p4p, 244 weight class). Keith Seng looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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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 19 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doko Dokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keith Seng!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dokov lands a left and a right that send Seng crashing to the mat, dazed. Dokov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Seng is rocked!
 It looks like Keith Seng has been cut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Seng is still on wobbly legs! Can Dokov finish him?
Dokov throws a big uppercut that drops Seng! More strikes from Dokov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Seng lies dazed against the cage as Dokov celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doko Dokov!
Doko Dokov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Remi Johnson (ranked 598 p4p, 1905 weight class) and Wasyl Plutov (ranked 87 p4p, 255 weight class). Wasyl Plutov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remi Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wasyl Plutov!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plutov misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Plutov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice defenses there by Plutov.
Plutov throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
No joy there for Plutov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Plutov avoids nicely.
Plutov gets a clinch.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson checks a low kick from Plutov.
Plutov throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Plutov connects with a high kick.
Plutov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plutov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Plutov connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Plutov. Plutov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Plutov looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Plutov works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - Plutov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Plutov throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson sizes up Plutov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg 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!
Plutov is looking to escape.
Johnson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plutov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Plutov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson slips under a jab from Plutov.
Wasyl Plutov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Plutov moves out of range.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Plutov tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Plutov moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wasyl Plutov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson thuds his shin into the meat of Plutov's side.
Plutov throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Plutov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Plutov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Plutov tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Plutov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Plutov avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Plutov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Plutov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Plutov slips under a jab.
Plutov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Plutov lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson lunges at Plutov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Plutov's hand.
Plutov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plutov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson works over Plutov's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Plutov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Plutov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Plutov looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab, jab by Plutov - just one landing.
Johnson lunges at Plutov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Plutov's hand.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Plutov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Johnson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson stops Plutov from standing up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Remi Johnson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Plutov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Plutov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson slips under a jab from Plutov.
Plutov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Plutov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Plutov tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson 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.
Plutov scores with a nice body kick.
Plutov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson takes a swing at Plutov's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plutov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plutov missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Plutov throws a body shot but no joy.
Plutov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Plutov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Plutov.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses.
Plutov lands a jab.
Plutov misses the jab.
As Plutov looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Plutov just gets out of the way.
Plutov misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Plutov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Plutov lands a two punch combo.
Plutov throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Plutov's body.
Plutov is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plutov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Plutov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Plutov tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Plutov.
Plutov cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Plutov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson keeps Plutov at a distance using the push kick.
The fighters circling - Plutov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Plutov throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Plutov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Plutov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Plutov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Plutov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Plutov has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Plutov throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Remi Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Plutov misses with a body shot.
Plutov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Remi Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Plutov backs up against the cage.
Plutov rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Plutov has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
A shot in the inside from Plutov.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Plutov.
Plutov throws a lazy head kick
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Plutov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Plutov swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson lunges at Plutov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Plutov's hand.
Plutov clinches up against the cage.
Plutov misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Plutov.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plutov is looking to clinch.
Plutov just misses with a punch to the body.
Plutov just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Remi Johnson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Plutov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Plutov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Plutov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Plutov needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson is looking to counter the offense by Plutov and move into the clinch.
Plutov tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Plutov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Plutov tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Plutov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Plutov tries to clinch up.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Plutov wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A slow jab from Plutov misses its intended target.
Plutov misses with an uppercut.
Plutov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Plutov slips a jab from Johnson.
Plutov walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
Plutov throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson is looking for a counter combo.
Plutov throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plutov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Plutov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Plutov staying out of range there.
Plutov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
Plutov throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Plutov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plutov forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Plutov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Plutov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plutov misses with an elbow over the top.
Plutov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plutov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Plutov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson 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.
Plutov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Plutov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Plutov swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Plutov shapes to counter with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Plutov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson digs a good hook to Plutov's body.
Plutov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Plutov fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Plutov fails with an attempt to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Johnson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Plutov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wasyl Plutov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Plutov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Plutov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Plutov misses with a combination
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Remi Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Plutov looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Remi Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remi Johnson!
An out of breath Remi Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Pellegrini (ranked 229 p4p, 1733 weight class) and Sao Alela (ranked 37 p4p, 237 weight class). Alela has chosen Cryin' Like a Bitch as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinnie Pellegrini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sao Alela!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alela throws an off balance right hand
and Pellegrini connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alela moves out of range as Pellegrini strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Pellegrini as Alela shoots in.
Alela throws a series of punches but Pellegrini moves out of range.
Alela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alela just misses with a punch to the body.
Pellegrini throwing a counter right hand but Alela manages to avoid it.
Pellegrini throws a looping overhand right but Alela ducks down to avoid it.
Pellegrini misses with a body kick.
Alela looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pellegrini slips under a jab.
Pellegrini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alela throws a big counter head kick but Pellegrini avoids it with no problem.
Alela swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pellegrini swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alela lands with an overhand left.
Pellegrini misses with a low kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Alela. That snapped Pellegrini's head back.
Alela throws a body punch but Pellegrini moves out of range.
Pellegrini pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alela is out of range and Pellegrini settles back down.
Alela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pellegrini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pellegrini is looking to slow Alela down with leg kicks.
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!
Alela takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pellegrini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alela. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alela.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pellegrini - that will leave a mark!
Alela takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pellegrini throws a looping overhand right but Alela ducks down to avoid it.
Pellegrini lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pellegrini feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alelas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pellegrini lands a jab to Alela's midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Alela misses the target.
Good leg kick by Alela.
Pellegrini looks to land a body kick but Alela moved away.
That kick from Alela tenderised Pellegrini's leg. Pellegrini is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alela throws a head kick but Pellegrini moves out of range.
Alela uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pellegrini has time to react.
Pellegrini lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice leg kick from Pellegrini, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pellegrini feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Alela sprawling to the canvas! Alela rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Pellegrini finish him?!
Alela is rocked!
Pellegrini looks to score with a jab to the body but Alela is just out of range.
Alela is still on wobbly legs! Can Pellegrini finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrini throws a leg kick which misses Alela's front leg but catches the back leg as Alela tries to avoid it.
Alela throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alela seems to have recovered his senses.
Alela shoots for a double leg takedown but Pellegrini sprawls well. He's pushed Alela's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alela lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Alela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Alela.
Pellegrini throws a hook to the side of Alela's head but Alela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pellegrini takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vinnie Pellegrini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pellegrini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Alela. Beautiful body shot.
Pellegrini lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alela's sensitive parts.
Alela is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pellegrini.
A punch combination from Alela misses.
Nice straight punches there by Alela. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alela.
Alela connects with a high kick.
Alela loads up on a big right hand but Pellegrini slips the punch.
Alela blocks a low kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alela! But no joy.
Sao Alela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alela checks a leg kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrini uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alela has time to react.
Alela takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pellegrini moves out of range of the strikes.
Pellegrini appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pellegrini throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pellegrini dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Pellegrini.
Nice takedown defense from Pellegrini. No joy for Alela on that attempt.
Vinnie Pellegrini has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sao Alela.
Pellegrini throws a leg kick but Alela moved away.
Alela misses with a takedown
and Pellegrini connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alela goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pellegrini swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pellegrini tests Alela's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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 punch lands to the side of Alela 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Alela 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.
Pellegrini connects with a right hand. Alela shakes it off.
Pellegrini lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alela misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alela. Pellegrini does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pellegrini. That's going to slow Alela down.
Alela looks to land a left hand but Pellegrini moved out of range nicely.
Pellegrini feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pellegrini misses with a body shot.
That kick from Alela tenderised Pellegrini's leg. Pellegrini is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alela connects with a crisp jab.
A low kick lands for Pellegrini.
Pellegrini slips a jab from Alela.
A big right from Alela misses.
Pellegrini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alela manages to avoid it.
Pellegrini throws a lazy right hand but Alela sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alela swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice jab there from Pellegrini.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pellegrini throws out a loose jab but Alela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pellegrini blocks a head kick by Alela.
Pellegrini moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pellegrini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinnie Pellegrini dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pellegrini looks to land a left hand but Alela moved out of range nicely.
Pellegrini scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alela lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Alela throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pellegrini.
 It looks like Vinnie Pellegrini has been cut.
Alela misses with a takedown attempt
and Pellegrini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alela throws a jab when Pellegrini was well out of range.
Alela is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alela misses with a hook.
Alela's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alela jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alela lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alela.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Alela might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pellegrini has got the better of the exchanges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Pellegrini.
Alela misses with a hook. Pellegrini ducked under it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alela.
Pellegrini throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pellegrini slips under a jab.
Alela throws a nice looking combination but Pellegrini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pellegrini looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Pellegrini throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alela appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellegrini tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pellegrini is out of range.
Pellegrini moves out of range of the leg kick from Alela.
Pellegrini scoring well with a low kick there.
Alela with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pellegrini to score with a decent uppercut.
Alela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alela on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Alela moves out of range of the leg kick from Pellegrini.
A big left from Alela misses.
Alela is looking to score with low kicks.
Pellegrini slips a jab and a cross from Alela.
An attempted straight right counter from Pellegrini misses the target.
Alela misses with a low kick.
Pellegrini throws an overhand right that lands on Alela's shoulder, as Alela tries to avoid the shot.
Pellegrini misses with a body kick.
Alela lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Alela uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pellegrini.
Pellegrini avoids the head kick by Alela.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alela throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pellegrini counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alela is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrini connects with a single shot there.
Alela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pellegrini is out of range.
Pellegrini uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Alela takes a swing at Pellegrini's ribcage but misses.
As Alela backs away, Pellegrini returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Alela throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pellegrini counters with a straight right hand.
Pellegrini dodges the punch combination from Alela.
Alela misses with a straight left.
Pellegrini moves out of range as Alela strikes.
Pellegrini swings for the body but Alela moves out of range.
Alela swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pellegrini lands a head shot.
Pellegrini scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Alela with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pellegrini to score with a decent uppercut.
Alela scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pellegrini's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Pellegrini lands a big right hand that sends Alela crashing to the mat! Pellegrini stays standing though and waves Alela back to his feet!
Alela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vinnie Pellegrini is winning the standup battle so far.
Pellegrini cracks Alela on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Alela falls backwards against the cage. Pellegrini follows up with more strikes that drop Alela to his knees. Pellegrini keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Alela! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinnie Pellegrini!
A relieved looking Vinnie Pellegrini thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Irwin (ranked 109 p4p, 767 weight class) and Carlos Gomez (ranked 16 p4p, 113 weight class). Irwin comes into the arena with High Plains Drifter - Beastie Boys blaring out of the sound system. 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 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Irwin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Gomez.
Irwin is looking to counter punch.
Irwin looks to throw the jab but Gomez is out of range.
Gomez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Irwin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Irwin throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
We've been told by Irwin's head coaches at Golden Harvest that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gomez looks to throw a body kick
enabling Irwin to counter with a crisp jab.
Gomez slips a jab from Irwin.
Irwin slips a jab from Gomez.
Irwin throws an overhand right that lands on Gomez's shoulder, as Gomez tries to avoid the shot.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Irwin.
Irwin throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Gomez throws a right hand that Irwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Irwin also avoids with ease.
Gomez defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Irwin.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Irwin moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Carlos Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Irwin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomez misses with a hook to the body
and Irwin counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Irwin moves out of range easily.
Gomez throws a body shot but no joy.
Gomez throws a hook but Irwin avoids it easily.
Gomez 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.
Gomez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gomez moves away from the strike by Irwin.
Nice jab there from Gomez.
Gomez wants to slow Irwin down by chopping away at his legs.
Irwin avoids the body shot from Gomez.
Gomez throws a body punch but Irwin moves out of range.
Joe Irwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Irwin connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Carlos Gomez has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Irwin.
Gomez throws a hook but Irwin blocks it.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a takedown
and Irwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Irwin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gomez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Irwin misses with a wild combination.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Gomez - just one landing.
Gomez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Irwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Irwin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez cracks Irwin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gomez with a poor takedown
and Irwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gomez with a poor takedown
and Irwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joe Irwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Gomez.
Irwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez jabs Irwin right on the nose. Irwin blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin moves away from the strike by Gomez.
Irwin punishes Gomez's body with a nice straight punch.
Gomez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gomez is rocked!
Irwin circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Gomez to the canvas! Gomez doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Irwin keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Irwin!
Joe Irwin retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Joe Irwin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Okafor (ranked 45 p4p, 752 weight class) and Pertti Naulakko (ranked 6 p4p, 116 weight class). Naulakko has chosen Amon Amarth - First Kill as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 27 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Okafor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pertti Naulakko!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naulakko misses with a kick to the body
and Okafor counters with a stiff right hand.
Naulakko misses with an uppercut.
Okafor scores with a leg kick.
Okafor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Naulakko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Okafor. Okafor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Naulakko throws a poor cross that misses
and Okafor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Okafor throws a body punch but Naulakko moves out of range.
Naulakko moves out of range of the strikes.
Naulakko misses with a lunging right hand
and Okafor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Naulakko misses with a wild body shot.
Okafor lands with an overhand left.
Okafor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Okafor really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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!
Naulakko throws a hook to the side of Okafor's head but Okafor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Naulakko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Naulakko slips under a jab from Okafor.
Okafor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Naulakko ducks under a wild hook from Okafor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Okafor, as that shot connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Okafor misses the target.
Okafor works the jab nicely.
Naulakko blocks the body kick.
Okafor avoids the body shot from Naulakko.
Naulakko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Naulakko. Those never looked like landing.
Naulakko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Naulakko misses with a looping left.
It appears Okafor was looking to counter with a kick there.
Good shot there by Naulakko.
Naulakko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okafor manages to avoid it.
Naulakko connects with an inside leg kick.
Pertti Naulakko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Naulakko misses with a straight right.
Okafor throws a hook but Naulakko blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Okafor. Naulakko does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naulakko misses with a body punch
and Okafor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Naulakko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circle momentarily. Okafor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Okafor moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Okafor misses with a head kick.
Okafor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Naulakko looks to land a right hand but Okafor moved out of range.
Naulakko misses with a hook. Okafor ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Okafor misses its intended target.
Naulakko misses with a body shot.
Naulakko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Okafor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Donk. Naulakko catches Okafor right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor ducks under a wild hook from Naulakko.
Okafor scores with a jab.
Okafor ducks under a wild hook from Naulakko.
Okafor scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Naulakko. Okafor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Naulakko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Okafor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Naulakko looks to land a left hand but Okafor moved out of range nicely.
Okafor throws a jab when Naulakko was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Okafor.
Okafor scores with a nice head shot.
Okafor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naulakko looks to land a right hand but Okafor moved out of range.
Naulakko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okafor throwing a counter right hand but Naulakko manages to avoid it.
Naulakko misses with a hook.
Okafor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Okafor is looking to slow Naulakko down with leg kicks.
Naulakko is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Naulakko misses with an uppercut.
Naulakko takes one to the side of the head.
Naulakko ducks right into an uppercut from Okafor.
Okafor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Okafor with a jab.
Okafor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Naulakko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Okafor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Naulakko.
Naulakko misses with a looping right.
Okafor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Naulakko. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naulakko on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Naulakko looks to score with a jab to the body but Okafor is just out of range.
Okafor lands a jab.
Naulakko throws a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Okafor dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Naulakko misses with an uppercut
enabling Okafor to counter with a crisp jab.
Naulakko misses with a looping right.
Mike Okafor is winning the standup battle so far.
Okafor misses with a body kick.
Naulakko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Okafor misses the shot to the body.
Okafor throws the left hand but Naulakko avoids the punch easily.
Okafor misses with a right hand
and Naulakko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Naulakko throws a lazy uppercut
and Naulakko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Naulakko might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Okafor has got the better of the exchanges.
Okafor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Naulakko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Naulakko misses the shot to the body.
Naulakko throws a lazy uppercut
and Okafor counters with a stiff right hand.
Okafor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Naulakko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naulakko misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Naulakko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Okafor misses.
Okafor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Naulakko.
Naulakko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Okafor counters with a slapping leg kick.
A cross from Okafor lands.
Naulakko looks to throw the jab but Okafor is out of range.
Naulakko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Okafor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Naulakko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Okafor tests Naulakko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Naulakko misses the body punch
and Okafor counters with an outside leg kick.
Naulakko throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Naulakko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okafor was well out of range. Poor timing from Naulakko.
Naulakko tries to move into range but Okafor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Naulakko.
Okafor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Okafor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Okafor moves out of range of the strikes.
Naulakko takes one to the side of the head.
Okafor misses with a right hand
and Okafor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Naulakko throws a leg kick but Okafor moved away.
Okafor misses with a body shot.
Naulakko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okafor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Okafor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Okafor throws a good cross that connects.
Okafor scores with a jab.
Okafor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naulakko.
Naulakko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Okafor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Naulakko misses.
As Naulakko looks to move away, Okafor throws a big counter combo but Naulakko just gets out of the way.
Okafor connects with a leg kick.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with a good jab.
Nice shot lands for Okafor.
Naulakko throws a looping overhand right but Okafor ducks down to avoid it.
Naulakko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Okafor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Naulakko slips a straight right by Okafor.
Okafor throws a good cross that connects.
Okafor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Naulakko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Naulakko throws a right hand that misses
and Okafor counters with a low kick, right behind Naulakko 's knee.
Okafor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Naulakko can do to turn this around?
Okafor staying out of range there.
Okafor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Naulakko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okafor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naulakko slips a jab from Okafor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Naulakko.
Okafor throwing a counter right hand but Naulakko manages to avoid it.
Okafor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Naulakko.
Naulakko punishes Okafor's body with a nice straight punch.
Naulakko misses with a straight right.
Naulakko throws a hook but Okafor avoids it easily.
Naulakko throws a looping overhand right but Okafor ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Okafor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Naulakko misses with a looping left.
Okafor with a jab.
Naulakko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Okafor.
Naulakko swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Naulakko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Okafor throws out a loose jab but Naulakko uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naulakko throws a sloppy head kick
and Okafor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Naulakko looks to throw the jab but Okafor is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Naulakko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Okafor dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Okafor lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Naulakko misses with a hook
and Okafor counters with an outside leg kick.
Okafor is looking to slow Naulakko down with leg kicks.
Okafor moves out of range of the leg kick from Naulakko.
Naulakko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okafor moves out of range as Naulakko strikes.
Okafor misses with a hook
enabling Naulakko to counter with a crisp jab.
Naulakko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Okafor scoring well with a low kick there.
A big left from Naulakko misses.
Okafor slips a straight right by Naulakko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Naulakko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Naulakko throws a jab when Okafor was well out of range.
Okafor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A big right from Okafor misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naulakko throws an overhand right that lands on Okafor's shoulder, as Okafor tries to avoid the shot.
Naulakko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A low kick from Naulakko misses
and Okafor counters with a nice uppercut.
Okafor moves out of range of the leg kick from Naulakko.
Okafor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Naulakko misses.
Okafor lands a jab.
Naulakko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Okafor looks to land a right hand but Naulakko moved out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Okafor as he connects with a hook.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Okafor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okafor moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naulakko throws a body punch but Okafor moves out of range.
Naulakko scores with a shot to the body.
Naulakko looks to score with a jab to the body but Okafor is just out of range.
Naulakko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Okafor.
Naulakko misses the jab.
Naulakko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Naulakko throws a leg kick
and Okafor counters with a nice leg kick.
Okafor misses the jab.
Naulakko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okafor.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Okafor, as that shot connected.
Naulakko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okafor.
Okafor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Naulakko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Naulakko misses with a lunging right hand
letting Okafor counter with a right hand.
Naulakko looks to land a right hand but Okafor moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor feints and then cracks Naulakko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Naulakko down.
Okafor throws a big shot that misses.
Naulakko doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
An inside leg kick lands from Okafor.
Okafor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Naulakko counters with a nice uppercut.
Okafor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Naulakko.
Naulakko takes a swing at Okafor's ribcage but misses.
Naulakko loads up on a big right hand but Okafor slips the punch.
Okafor scores with a spinning back kick!
Okafor slips under a jab from Naulakko.
A low kick lands for Okafor.
Naulakko throws a right and a left that Okafor avoids nicely.
Okafor throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor takes one to the side of the head.
Naulakko misses the jab.
Okafor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okafor's corner calls for a 1-2. Okafor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Okafor.
Naulakko slips under a jab.
Naulakko dips to his left and cracks Okafor with an uppercut!
Okafor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Naulakko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Okafor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Naulakko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Naulakko misses with a body shot
and Okafor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Naulakko throws a poor cross that misses
and Okafor counters with a straight right hand.
Okafor ducks under a wild hook from Naulakko.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Okafor clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A head kick from Okafor lands but Naulakko takes it in his stride.
Naulakko takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Naulakko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Naulakko swings for the body but Okafor moves out of range.
Naulakko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Okafor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Naulakko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Naulakko walks into a jab.
Naulakko misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor scores with a nice strike.
Okafor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okafor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Naulakko is rocked!
Okafor misses the shot to the body.
Naulakko is still on wobbly legs! Can Okafor finish him?
Naulakko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Okafor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naulakko misses with a right hand
and Naulakko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Okafor scores with a nice head shot.
Naulakko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Okafor.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with a good jab.
Okafor connects with an inside leg kick.
Okafor throws a leg kick
and Naulakko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Okafor pushes Naulakko away with a front kick.
Naulakko swings for the body but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor throws a leg kick but Naulakko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Naulakko looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Naulakko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okafor.
Naulakko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okafor counters with a good, hard body kick but Naulakko shrugs it off.
Okafor throws a good cross that connects.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okafor misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Naulakko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Naulakko misses with a hook
and Okafor counters with a good, hard body kick but Naulakko shrugs it off.
Okafor scores with a nice strike.
Okafor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Naulakko under the eye.
Naulakko misses with a body shot.
Okafor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Naulakko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Naulakko cracks Okafor with a right hand to the side of the head.
Naulakko looks to land a left hand but Okafor moved out of range nicely.
Okafor jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Naulakko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okafor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Naulakko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okafor moves away.
Naulakko misses with a right hand
and Okafor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Naulakko's knee momentarily.
Okafor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Naulakko's head.
Naulakko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Naulakko backs away, Okafor returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Okafor clobbers Naulakko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Naulakko throws a jab but it's blocked by Okafor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor scoring well with a low kick there.
Okafor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Okafor misses with an uppercut. Naulakko saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Okafor.
Naulakko walks into a stiff left hand from Okafor.
Naulakko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Naulakko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Naulakko has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Okafor.
Okafor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Naulakko.
Naulakko moves out of range as Okafor strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Okafor misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Naulakko misses.
Okafor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Naulakko.
Okafor fires out a quick counter leg kick but Naulakko just manages to avoid it.
Naulakko swings for the body but Okafor moves out of range.
Naulakko seems to have recovered his senses.
A head kick misses from Naulakko.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Naulakko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Okafor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Okafor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Naulakko.
Naulakko misses with a lunging right hand
and Okafor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Okafor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Naulakko misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okafor with a nice calf kick.
Okafor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Naulakko throws a body shot but no joy.
Naulakko throws an overhand right that lands on Okafor's shoulder, as Okafor tries to avoid the shot.
Naulakko missing with a left hand there. Okafor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Naulakko thows a leg kick but Okafor checks it
and Okafor counters with a straight right hand.
Naulakko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Naulakko there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Naulakko is looking to score with low kicks.
Okafor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Okafor had his way with Pertti Naulakko in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Okafor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Naulakko throws a poor cross that misses
and Okafor counters with an outside leg kick.
Naulakko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Naulakko misses with a looping right.
Okafor punishes Naulakko's body with a nice straight punch.
Okafor slips a jab and a cross from Naulakko.
Okafor connects with a leg kick.
Okafor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Okafor finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor scores with a spinning back kick!
Okafor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Okafor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Naulakko moves forwards but Okafor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okafor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Naulakko takes a swing at Okafor's ribcage but misses.
Okafor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Okafor scores with a jab.
The fighters circling - Naulakko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Naulakko throws a leg kick but Okafor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Okafor was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Naulakko.
Okafor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Naulakko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okafor.
Naulakko throws a looping overhand right but Okafor ducks down to avoid it.
Okafor throws an off balance right hand
enabling Naulakko to counter with a crisp jab.
Okafor throws a body shot but no joy.
Pertti Naulakko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor misses with a looping right.
Okafor walks into a stiff left hand from Naulakko.
Naulakko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okafor clobbers Naulakko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Naulakko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Naulakko throws a hook but Okafor avoids it easily.
Okafor scores with a jab to the body.
Okafor pushes Naulakko away with a front kick.
Okafor throws a leg kick which misses Naulakko's front leg but catches the back leg as Naulakko tries to avoid it.
Naulakko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Okafor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Okafor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Donk. Okafor catches Naulakko right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naulakko throws an off balance right hand
and Okafor counters with a left to the body.
Naulakko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Okafor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Okafor misses with a straight right.
A shot to the body from Naulakko misses
and Okafor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Okafor defending well as Naulakko loads up on a big left hand.
Naulakko misses with a lunging right hand
and Okafor counters with a straight right hand.
Okafor cracks Naulakko with a good jab.
Okafor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Naulakko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Okafor throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Naulakko's head.
Naulakko throws a head kick but Okafor moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Okafor catches Naulakko right on the button with a cross.
Naulakko throws a right hand that Okafor ducks under and follows up with a left that Okafor also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naulakko loads up on a big right hand but Okafor slips the punch.
Naulakko misses with a looping right.
Jab from Okafor.
Okafor cracks Naulakko on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Naulakko falls backwards against the cage. Okafor follows up with more strikes that drop Naulakko to his knees. Okafor keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Naulakko! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Okafor!
Mike Okafor retains his light heavyweight title!
Mike Okafor 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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