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The Last Shooting Star II PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yago Steve (ranked 47 p4p, 52 weight class) and Adan Puno (ranked 7 p4p, 9 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yago Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adan Puno!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puno connects with a superb combination that knocks Steve out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Puno before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Steve!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adan Puno!
Our winner, Adan Puno, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Winston Todd (ranked 27 p4p, 81 weight class) and Jake Bird (ranked 4 p4p, 13 weight class). Todd comes into the arena with Piano Man 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, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Todd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Bird!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird moves into the clinch successfully.
Todd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bird is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Todd to keep the fight standing.
Bird has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Todd uses from the top position.
Todd is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Bird has his foot on Todd's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Todd works his way back into a safe position though.
Todd won't allow Bird to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bird keeping moving, preventing Todd from controlling successfully.
Bird is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird is looking for a triangle but Todd pushes his legs off easily.
Bird looking for a sweep. Not yet Bird, not yet.
Todd's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bird has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Zero Tolerance. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Todd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird has his foot on Todd's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Todd works his way back into a safe position though.
Todd stopping the sweep attempt from Bird.
Bird has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Todd 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 Bird.
Bird is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd slows the pace down.
Bird can't do much from the bottom here.
Bird is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bird can't do much from the bottom here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Todd taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bird trying to control from the bottom.
Bird is trying to get back to full guard.
Bird looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bird gets back to full guard.
Bird looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
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.
Bird trying to keep a closed guard but Todd is proving a slippery customer.
Todd is sitting in close to Bird's body. Bird has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Todd is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Todd is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bird.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jake Bird!
A very excited looking Jake Bird made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Petchuanglek Sitsongrit (ranked 7 p4p, 15 weight class) and Darren Dixon (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchuanglek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sitsongrit has Dixon pulled in close to control his posture.
Dixon tries to free his leg and advance position but Sitsongrit is retaining full guard.
Sitsongrit is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Sitsongrit definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dixon lands with a left to the head.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dixon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dixon tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Dixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Dixon avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Dixon.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Dixon digs a right hand into Sitsongrit's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sitsongrit's gas tank.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Dixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Dixon.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.
Dixon misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Dixon blocks it.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dixon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.
Dixon tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Dixon.
Sitsongrit pushes Dixon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dixon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Dixon controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dixon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dixon tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon works on Sitsongrit's body with a couple of short punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Dixon prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dixon misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dixon.
Dixon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit prevents the takedown attempt.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dixon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Dixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Dixon avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Dixon tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darren Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Dixon.
Dixon gets a double leg takedown into Sitsongrit's guard.
Sitsongrit is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sitsongrit seems keen to control Dixon's posture.
Dixon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dixon prevents Sitsongrit from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Sitsongrit manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Dixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon tries to pull guard but Sitsongrit forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dixon tries for a takedown but Sitsongrit manages to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Sitsongrit.
Dixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dixon lands a nice uppercut.
Dixon has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the head.
Dixon tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Dixon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dixon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Petchuanglek Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dixon 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.
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dixon or perhaps it was just good defense by Sitsongrit, which made it look bad.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Dixon moves away and avoids it.
Dixon throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dixon thinking.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Dixon is out of range.
Dixon gets a double leg takedown into Sitsongrit's guard.
Sitsongrit pushes Dixon off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dixon feints and as Sitsongrit raises his hands in defense, Dixon changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dixon stays in close to Sitsongrit's body and controls the position.
Sitsongrit is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Dixon stops Sitsongrit from standing up.
Sitsongrit keeping full guard, as Dixon tries to pass.
Sitsongrit looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dixon is one step ahead there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sitsongrit is working hard here to advance position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit punishes Dixon's body with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Dixon. Beautiful body shot.
Dixon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick as Dixon jumps back.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dixon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sitsongrit swivels and escapes.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Sitsongrit lands a head shot.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Dixon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it really well and circles away.
Dixon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sitsongrit displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dixon.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dixon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit leaves Dixon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dixon looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sitsongrit is fending him off so far but Dixon persists. Nope, Sitsongrit circles away and we're back to standing.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dixon closes the distance and clinches up with Sitsongrit, looking for a takedown. Dixon pushes Sitsongrit against the cage but Sitsongrit circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dixon shoots in looking for a takedown. Sitsongrit tries to sprawl out of it but Dixon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sitsongrit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A lazy left from Sitsongrit finds it's target.
Dixon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dixon goes for a double leg but Sitsongrit avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sitsongrit continues to drive forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dixon.
Sitsongrit clinches up against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand into Dixon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dixon's gas tank.
Dixon has Sitsongrit pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sitsongrit manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dixon misses with some punches.
Dixon misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dixon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit is working Dixon over against the cage.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the head.
Dixon throws a head punch that misses.
Dixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
Sitsongrit connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dixon tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit defends well and Dixon ends up having to push Sitsongrit into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dixon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sitsongrit counters with a left to the body.
Dixon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dixon fails to land the takedown.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
Dixon closes the distance and clinches up with Sitsongrit, looking for a takedown. Dixon pushes Sitsongrit against the cage but Sitsongrit circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dixon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sitsongrit defends it well.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon shoots and misses
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Dixon misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit connects with a single shot there.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dixon.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon drives through with a takedown into Sitsongrit's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sitsongrit pushes Dixon off and scrambles back to his feet.
Dixon shoots in looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dixon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dixon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dixon slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit thumps Dixon with a low kick.
Dixon gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dixon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dixon looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Dixon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dixon throws a combination that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dixon.
Sitsongrit defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dixon.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Dixon's front leg with a kick but Dixon checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Dixon ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit leaves Dixon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dixon.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Dixon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sitsongrit's waist but Sitsongrit gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dixon off to one side.
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Dixon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it really well and circles away.
Sitsongrit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dixon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dixon dives in and scores a takedown into Sitsongrit's guard.
Sitsongrit pushes Dixon off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon fails to land the takedown.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Dixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but Sitsongrit shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dixon tries for a takedown but Sitsongrit circles away easily
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Dixon throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dixon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Dixon scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dixon is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sitsongrit darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Dixon is just out of range.
Dixon with the counter takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dixon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sitsongrit kicks Dixon off and gets to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dixon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dixon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
Dixon throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Dixon shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sitsongrit pinned against the cage. Sitsongrit gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dixon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dixon cracks Sitsongrit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dixon staying out of range there.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Sitsongrit enables Dixon to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sitsongrit manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sitsongrit wriggles free and stands up.
Dixon shoots in looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dixon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sitsongrit connects with a solid leg kick.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Dixon misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dixon misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dixon defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Sitsongrit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dixon doesn't seem phased though.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Dixon off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Sitsongrit stuffs the takedown.
A punch lands to the side of Dixon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dixon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dixon or perhaps it was just good defense by Sitsongrit, which made it look bad.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Dixon.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Dixon's shoulder, as Dixon tries to avoid the shot.
Dixon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dixon misses with a right hand
and Dixon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Dixon's ribs.
Dixon shoots in looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dixon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dixon throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dixon throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sitsongrit cracks Dixon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Dixon moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dixon works Sitsongrit's body with a nice hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dixon throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dixon slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dixon.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dixon.
Sitsongrit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dixon is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dixon.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dixon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dixon showed some decent athleticism there.
Sitsongrit manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Dixon keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon lands with a left to the head.
Dixon tries to break free but Sitsongrit pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dixon.
Dixon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sitsongrit avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dixon blocks an uppercut.
Dixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dixon can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Dixon fails to land.
Dixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dixon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sitsongrit pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dixon gets through Sitsongrit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Dixon avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit is pressed up against the cage. Dixon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sitsongrit down to the mat. Sitsongrit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Dixon.
Dixon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Dixon avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
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!
Dixon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dixon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuanglek Sitsongrit had his way with Darren Dixon in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sitsongrit cracks Dixon with a good jab.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice head shot.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dixon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dixon.
Dixon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dixon misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon gets a takedown into half guard.
Sitsongrit is trying to escape back to his feet but Dixon uses the scramble to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sitsongrit is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sitsongrit wants to control but Dixon postures up.
Sitsongrit sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dixon looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Darren Dixon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sitsongrit!
Sitsongrit working to try and regain half guard.
Sitsongrit is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sitsongrit sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dixon stops Sitsongrit from getting back to his feet.
Sitsongrit is controlling Dixon's trapped leg to prevent Dixon from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is looking to escape.
Dixon maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Sitsongrit could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Dixon has cracked it and Sitsongrit is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Dixon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Darren Dixon!
Darren Dixon is the new featherweight champion!
Darren Dixon was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Okafor (ranked 14 p4p, 20 weight class) and Mantak Garuda (ranked 4 p4p, 5 weight class). Garuda comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Djiin Djiin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mantak Garuda has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Okafor's chin.
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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 30 - 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 37 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Mantak Garuda!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor blocks a jab.
Garuda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Okafor throwing a counter right hand but Garuda manages to avoid it.
Garuda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Okafor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nice shot by Okafor.
 It looks like Mantak Garuda has been cut.
Garuda throws a leg kick
and Garuda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garuda connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garuda misses the body punch
and Okafor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Okafor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A good leg kick by Garuda.
Garuda has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle, before Garuda throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Okafor's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Garuda lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mantak Garuda!
Mantak Garuda is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Mantak Garuda, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Summa Sector (ranked 3 p4p, 19 weight class) and Mario Benedetti (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class). Sector's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Benedetti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bajafondo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Summa Sector!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sector misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a nice right hand.
Benedetti lunges at Sector with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sector's hand.
Sector walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benedetti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sector uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Nice shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Benedetti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sector.
Benedetti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sector at a distance.
Sector just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sector sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Benedetti looks to move away, Sector throws a big counter combo but Benedetti just gets out of the way.
Sector takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benedetti throws a hook but Sector avoids it easily.
Sector appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Sector counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti with a hook.
Benedetti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sector swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Sector slips under a jab from Benedetti.
A little feinted left hand from Sector on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benedetti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sector lands with a shot to the body.
Benedetti throws a shot to the body.
Sector keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sector.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Sector counters with a good low kick that Benedetti was not able to check.
Mario Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sector lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Sector avoids the punch easily.
Sector is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the body.
Sector thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Sector.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Sector.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.
Sector bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sector stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Benedetti.
Sector misses with a looping left.
Sector missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice straight punches there by Benedetti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
A head kick misses from Benedetti.
Sector throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benedetti lands a jab to the head.
Sector throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Sector avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sector avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sector.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Sector is just out of range.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sector is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good exchange - Sector coming out on top.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sector throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Sector.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Sector is out of range.
Sector throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Benedetti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sector had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A left lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Sector uses good head movement to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Sector cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sector slips a straight right by Benedetti.
A big right from Sector misses.
Sector moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Sector takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Sector throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sector might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Sector.
Nice uppercut lands for Benedetti. That snapped Sector's head back.
Benedetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sector gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benedetti.
Mario Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Sector swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sector explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sector swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sector takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sector swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Sector ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Sector throws a big counter combination but Benedetti scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
Sector on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Sector moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Sector counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti lands with an uppercut that bounces Sector off the cage and back into range.
Sector avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sector.
Benedetti throws a hook but Sector blocks it.
Sector feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Sector counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Sector appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sector throws a nice looking combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Sector's body.
Benedetti wants to slow Sector down by chopping away at his legs.
Sector throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Sector throws a series of punches but Benedetti moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Benedetti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benedetti with a jab.
Sector ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti lands a glancing blow to the side of Sector's head.
Sector takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Benedetti looks to move away, Sector throws a big counter combo but Benedetti just gets out of the way.
Benedetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Sector's head but Sector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Sector wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. Benedetti catches Sector right on the button with a cross.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Sector.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Sector works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benedetti cracks Sector with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti 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.
Benedetti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sector has time to react.
Sector lands a jab to the head.
Benedetti throws a right hand that misses
and Sector connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sector misses with a hook.
Sector misses with a looping left.
Benedetti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sector swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benedetti.
Sector moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
A jab lands there for Benedetti.
Sector scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sector fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
A bone on bone clash there as Benedetti blocks the leg kick.
Benedetti scores with the left hand. Sector knows he should have avoided that one.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses Sector's front leg but catches the back leg as Sector tries to avoid it.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sector throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Benedetti tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sector gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sector throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sector walks into a jab.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Sector gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benedetti.
Sector looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sector sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sector.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Sector thinks about countering with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Sector's head but Sector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sector moves away.
A slow jab from Sector misses its intended target.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Sector.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Sector was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sector fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sector avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Sector catches Benedetti right on the button with a cross.
Sector on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benedetti jabs Sector right on the nose. Sector blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sector loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Sector gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sector moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti catches Sector with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Benedetti connects with a leg kick.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sector just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Sector.
A counter left hand to the body from Sector misses its target.
Sector throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Sector throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sector on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benedetti lands an overhand right.
Sector misses the jab.
Sector takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sector throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sector lands with an overhand left.
Sector gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Sector counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sector displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Sector jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Sector avoids it with no problem.
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!
Benedetti scores with a sloppy right hand. Sector should have avoided that one.
Sector takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sector bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sector is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sector in his tracks.
Sector misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sector on the side of the head.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sector takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sector moves out of range of the strikes.
Sector lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sector counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
A jab from Benedetti does it's job there.
Sector takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Sector uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sector tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Benedetti finds it's way through Sector's defenses.
Sector throws a right hand that misses
and Benedetti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benedetti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sector takes one on the button.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sector.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Sector ducked under it nicely.
Sector swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Sector.
Sector slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti tests Sector's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sector ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Sector fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sector lands with a shot to the body.
Benedetti lands a really nice looking cross but Sector seems unphased.
Sector misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sector looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Sector is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sector has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sector there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sector misses with a low kick.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sector throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Mario Benedetti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sector throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sector avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
Sector slips under a jab.
Benedetti throws a hook but Sector blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sector missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Sector counters with a nice uppercut.
Sector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
It looked like Sector was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Benedetti.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sector.
Benedetti throws an off balance right hand
and Sector counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Sector's head but Sector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sector is looking to counter punch.
Sector steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti cracks Sector with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sector throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Sector takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Sector throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Sector moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sector. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Sector was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti cracks Sector with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benedetti throws a hook but Sector avoids it easily.
Sector swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sector.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Summa Sector has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sector looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sector walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Nice shot lands for Benedetti.
Sector dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sector takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sector connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Sector's shoulder, as Sector tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benedetti.
A left lands for Sector.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Sector sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sector throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sector slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Sector drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sector scores with a one two! Benedetti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Sector fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sector tries a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sector digs a good body shot into Benedetti's ribs.
Benedetti lands with an uppercut that bounces Sector off the cage and back into range.
Sector uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sector throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Sector was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Sector tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti lands a head shot.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benedetti cracks Sector with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Sector misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Benedetti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti scores with a hook.
Sector throws a right hand that misses
and Sector takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benedetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sector.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Sector throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti slips under a jab.
Sector looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sector connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sector scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sector throws a leg kick
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sector.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Sector counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sector moves out of range of the strikes.
Sector is looking to counter punch.
Sector tries to bum rush Benedetti with a series of wild strikes but Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sector defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Sector wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
Sector throws a series of punches but Benedetti avoids them all with ease.
Benedetti lands with a cross.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sector in his tracks.
Benedetti lands a lovely overhand right.
Sector throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Sector misses with a straight right.
Benedetti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Benedetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benedetti has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Benedetti!
Mario Benedetti is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Mario Benedetti 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo De Geno (ranked 16 p4p, 33 weight class) and Valen Dreth (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). De Geno comes to the cage accompanied by DE MEXICO SONG. 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 bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo De Geno!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valen Dreth!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Geno looks to score with a jab to the body but Dreth is just out of range.
Dreth looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dreth motions for De Geno to come forward. Dreth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Geno misses with an uppercut.
Dreth changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
De Geno throws a big shot that misses.
Pablo De Geno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by De Geno.
De Geno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Geno staying out of range there.
Dreth scores with a leg kick.
De Geno paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A shot to the liver by De Geno. Beautiful body shot.
De Geno misses with an uppercut
and Dreth decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in De Geno's guard.
Dreth wants to control from the top but De Geno keeps moving.
Dreth stops De Geno from standing up.
Dreth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dreth throws a strike but De Geno rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreth looking for a guillotine here but De Geno defends easily.
De Geno stopping the sweep attempt from Dreth.
Dreth is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Dreth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dreth wants to improve his position but instead De Geno has moved into half guard.
De Geno is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dreth tries to roll over but De Geno keeps him under control.
Dreth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dreth is looking to control De Geno's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dreth avoid being mounted?
Dreth wants to improve his position but De Geno is controlling well.
Dreth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dreth gets back to full guard.
De Geno has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Geno won't allow Dreth to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth is still trying to improve position.
De Geno wants to stand but Dreth is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dreth looking for a guillotine here but De Geno defends easily.
Dreth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De Geno postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dreth tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Geno misses with a looping left.
De Geno misses with a left hand
and Dreth counters with a low kick, right behind De Geno 's knee.
The fighters circling - De Geno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pablo De Geno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dreth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Geno to score with a decent uppercut.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from De Geno misses.
Dreth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dreth attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dreth is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Geno connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dreth momentarily.
De Geno with a nice cross.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dreth's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Geno connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dreth scrambles back to his feet.
Dreth drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Geno bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dreth's head.
Dreth slips a jab from De Geno.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Donk. De Geno catches Dreth right on the button with a cross.
De Geno lands with a straight right. Dreth didn't see that one coming.
De Geno scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Geno scores with a jab.
Nice shot lands for De Geno.
De Geno lands with a shot to the body.
Pablo De Geno is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Dreth.
Dreth slips under a jab.
Dreth moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Geno showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dreth.
Dreth moves away from the strike by De Geno.
Dreth is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dreth tries to score with a low kick but De Geno moves his leg out of the way.
De Geno throwing a counter right hand but Dreth manages to avoid it.
De Geno connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
De Geno throws an off balance right hand
and Dreth counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno throws a lazy uppercut
and Dreth counters with a big head kick but De Geno shrugs it off.
De Geno takes one to the chin there.
De Geno connects with a looping right hand.
De Geno misses with a looping right.
Dreth takes one to the chin there.
De Geno lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dreth on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dreth throws a chopping leg kick but De Geno manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Dreth.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Dreth is out of range.
De Geno throws a hook but Dreth blocks it.
Dreth with the counter takedown but De Geno avoids it easily.
De Geno misses with an uppercut. Dreth saw that one coming.
Dreth on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Dreth moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Dreth's head but Dreth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Geno misses with a hook
and Dreth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dreth throws a nice looking combination but De Geno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dreth thuds his right hand into De Geno's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
De Geno throws a poor cross that misses
and Dreth counters with a leg kick.
Dreth scores with the left hand. De Geno knows he should have avoided that one.
De Geno digs a good hook to Dreth's body.
Nice defenses there by Dreth.
De Geno throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Geno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dreth counters with a three punch combo that has De Geno backing up. De Geno nods at Dreth to acknowledge the strikes.
De Geno throws a poor cross that misses
and Dreth counters with a left and a right that stings De Geno.
Dreth takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dreth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Geno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth misses with an uppercut
and De Geno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by De Geno as he connects with a hook.
De Geno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dreth is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
De Geno throws a hook but Dreth avoids it easily.
De Geno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dreth throws out the jab.
Dreth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Geno scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dreth in his tracks.
De Geno misses with an uppercut.
Dreth moves out of range of the strikes.
De Geno lands a nice shot that snaps Dreth's head back.
De Geno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dreth can do to turn this around?
De Geno scores with a punch to the head.
Dreth walks into a stiff left hand from De Geno.
De Geno misses with a hook
and De Geno takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Geno misses with a looping left.
Dreth moves away from the strike by De Geno.
De Geno lands an overhand right.
De Geno connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dreth momentarily.
Dreth looks for a takedown but De Geno sprawls well.
Dreth shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Geno sprawls well. De Geno wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dreth gets slowly back to his feet.
Dreth moves away from the strike by De Geno.
Despite the aggression on Dreth's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
De Geno lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dreth blocks a jab.
Dreth throws a hook but De Geno blocks it.
Dreth ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Dreth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dreth moves away from the strike by De Geno.
De Geno throws an overhand right that lands on Dreth's shoulder, as Dreth tries to avoid the shot.
Dreth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Geno.
De Geno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Geno cracks Dreth with an open hand slap.
De Geno slips a straight right by Dreth.
Dreth takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Geno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dreth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Geno can pounce on him.
De Geno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Dreth's head but Dreth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Geno misses with a hook.
Dreth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Geno.
De Geno needs to keep his hands up - Dreth had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreth throws a lazy right hand but De Geno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dreth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Geno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dreth staying out of range there.
De Geno throws the left hand but Dreth avoids the punch easily.
Dreth is looking for the big counter here.
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Dreth.
Dreth takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Dreth is out of range.
Dreth misses with an uppercut.
De Geno connects with a single shot there.
De Geno throws a poor cross that misses
and Dreth counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Geno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dreth counters with a nice uppercut.
Dreth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Geno throws out a loose jab but Dreth uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dreth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Geno misses with a right hand
and Dreth counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Dreth moves out of range of the leg kick from De Geno.
De Geno throws a big shot that misses.
De Geno throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dreth's head.
A jab from De Geno finds it's way through Dreth's defenses.
Dreth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Geno.
A cross from De Geno lands.
Dreth slips under a jab.
Dreth scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dreth.
Dreth has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Geno misses with an uppercut
and Dreth counters with a leg kick.
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth looks to land a right hand but De Geno moved out of range.
De Geno scores with a jab to the body.
Dreth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Despite the aggression on Dreth's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dreth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Geno.
A jab from De Geno misses.
De Geno misses with a straight left.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Geno backing away here, and Dreth unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
De Geno throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Geno missing with a left hand there. Dreth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from De Geno misses.
De Geno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dreth missing with a left hand there. De Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dreth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Geno misses with a left hand
letting Dreth counter with a right hand.
De Geno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dreth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dreth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dreth tries a head kick but it misses.
Dreth lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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!
Dreth ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Dreth feints a counter leg kick.
De Geno lands a glancing blow to the side of Dreth's head.
De Geno throws a hook but Dreth avoids it easily.
Dreth looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Dreth.
Dreth blocks a jab.
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Dreth.
Dreth throws a low kick but De Geno moves out of range easily.
De Geno looks to land a right hand but Dreth moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dreth moves away from the strike by De Geno.
Dreth 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.
Dreth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De Geno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dreth.
Nice defenses there by Dreth.
Dreth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Geno.
Dreth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Geno slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Geno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Geno scores with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as De Geno checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Geno moves out of range as Dreth strikes.
A little feinted left hand from De Geno on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Geno takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dreth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dreth's head backwards.
De Geno misses with an uppercut.
A big left from De Geno misses.
De Geno cracks Dreth with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - De Geno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dreth feints the counter takedown.
Dreth ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
De Geno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Geno bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dreth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Geno.
Good standup being displayed there by De Geno as he connects with a hook.
De Geno fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dreth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Geno scores with a nice right hand.
Dreth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Geno.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Dreth.
De Geno thows a leg kick but Dreth checks it
and Dreth counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dreth shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Geno but De Geno pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dreth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Geno throws out the jab.
De Geno connects with a nice looking jab.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Dreth is out of range.
Pablo De Geno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Geno moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Geno throws a lazy uppercut
and Dreth counters with a stiff right hand.
De Geno scores with the left hand. Dreth knows he should have avoided that one.
De Geno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dreth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dreth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Geno doesn't seem bothered though.
De Geno connects with a body shot that sends Dreth's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth slips under a jab from De Geno.
De Geno has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dreth finds it's way round the side to connect with De Geno's head.
A big right from De Geno misses.
Dreth slips under a jab.
It seemed like Dreth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dreth ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Dreth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Geno throws a lazy uppercut
and Dreth counters with a series of strikes. De Geno will be more careful next time no doubt.
De Geno throws a jab when Dreth was well out of range.
De Geno throws a hook but Dreth avoids it easily.
Dreth tries a quick counter leg kick but De Geno is wise to it.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dreth.
Dreth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Geno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dreth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Geno misses with a hook.
De Geno scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Geno throws a sloppy head kick and Dreth moves out of range easily.
De Geno lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dreth's sensitive parts.
De Geno throws a leg kick
and Dreth counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dreth defending well as De Geno loads up on a big left hand.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Dreth's head but Dreth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Geno lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Dreth. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - De Geno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Dreth moves away and avoids it.
Dreth has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A telegraphed right hand from De Geno misses the target.
Dreth changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno had his way with Valen Dreth 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!
De Geno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Geno appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Valen Dreth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from De Geno misses the target.
Dreth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Geno.
Dreth scores with the left hand. De Geno knows he should have avoided that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dreth.
De Geno misses with a hook.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Dreth moves away and avoids it.
A big left from De Geno misses.
A little jabbing left from Dreth on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Geno scores with a sloppy right hand. Dreth should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Geno fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dreth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dreth closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A swing and a miss from Dreth.
De Geno has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dreth finds it's way round the side to connect with De Geno's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno looks to land a body kick but Dreth moved away.
Dreth changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
De Geno lands a glancing blow to the side of Dreth's head.
Dreth thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like De Geno wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Geno fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dreth slips a jab from De Geno.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dreth.
A left lands for De Geno.
Dreth feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Genos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Geno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dreth.
De Geno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dreth takes one on the button.
A low kick from De Geno misses
and Dreth counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dreth lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dreth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dreth stops De Geno from standing up.
De Geno working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dreth.
De Geno wants to get back to his feet but Dreth is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dreth scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dreth lands a couple of digs.
Dreth drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and De Geno dives on top into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreth lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dreth working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Geno keeping moving, preventing Dreth from controlling successfully.
Dreth prevents De Geno from getting back to his feet.
Dreth throws a big elbow that misses.
Dreth is looking to work some ground and pound but De Geno has wrist control.
Dreth throws a big elbow that misses.
De Geno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreth throws a big elbow that misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Dreth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Geno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dreth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dreth lands a couple of elbows.
Dreth works over De Geno with some ground and pound from guard.
Dreth prevents De Geno from getting back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dreth takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Geno throws a looping overhand right but Dreth ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Valen Dreth.
I think De Geno has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo De Geno!
Pablo De Geno retains his bantamweight title!
A victorious Pablo De Geno thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilo Maluga (ranked 6 p4p, 26 weight class) and Cedric De Boise (ranked 2 p4p, 5 weight class). Maluga's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, JUNGLE. De Boise has chosen Do Your Thing as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 48 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kilo Maluga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Cedric De Boise!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Boise loads up on a big right hand but Maluga slips the punch.
Maluga clinches up with De Boise and pushes him back against the cage.
De Boise throws a punch but it's blocked by Maluga.
De Boise tries to throw a body punch but Maluga avoids it by throwing De Boise back against the cage.
De Boise can't find room to land a body shot as Maluga controls the action.
Maluga pushes De Boise back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maluga blocking some punches.
Maluga blocks a body shot from De Boise.
De Boise blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Maluga.
Maluga tries to throw a body punch but De Boise avoids it by throwing Maluga back against the cage.
Maluga lands a nice uppercut.
De Boise working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right handed body shot lands from De Boise.
Maluga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Boises head.
De Boise tries a body shot but Maluga blocks it.
De Boise lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Boise avoiding damage as Maluga throws knees to the body.
De Boise pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Boise lands a nice shot to the body.
De Boise lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Boise working aggressively here.
De Boise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maluga lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from De Boise.
De Boise swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Boise scores with a nice hook to the head.
 It looks like Kilo Maluga has been cut.
Maluga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maluga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Boise misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Boise lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Maluga fails to land.
De Boise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Boise misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Maluga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maluga blocks a body shot from De Boise.
De Boise misses with the head strike.
De Boise throws a punch but it's blocked by Maluga.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maluga.
De Boise has a couple of punches blocked by Maluga.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Boise working aggressively here.
De Boise lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maluga backwards.
De Boise on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maluga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Boise.
Good body shot from Maluga.
De Boise looks winded!
Maluga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Boise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maluga's elbow.
A shot in the inside from De Boise.
De Boise misses with a punch on the inside.
Maluga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maluga tries to land knees in the clinch but De Boise avoids the damage to the body.
Maluga breaks from the clinch.
De Boise misses the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Maluga misses the target.
Maluga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maluga misses with a lunging right hand
and De Boise counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Boise throws an off balance right hand
letting Maluga counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as De Boise blocks the leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from De Boise. Those never looked like landing.
Maluga throws a sloppy head kick and De Boise moves out of range easily.
De Boise is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Maluga misses with a straight right.
De Boise throws out a counter right but Maluga avoids it with no problem.
Maluga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Boise looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maluga is looking to clinch but De Boise is avoiding it.
Maluga throws an off balance right hand
and De Boise counters with a nice leg kick.
De Boise ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Boise works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Maluga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maluga checks a leg kick.
De Boise moves out of range as Maluga throws a body kick.
Maluga goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Boise moves out of range of the body kick.
De Boise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice cross by Maluga.
Maluga ducks under a wild hook from De Boise.
De Boise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maluga.
Maluga appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Boise scores with a sloppy right hand. Maluga should have avoided that one.
A nice leg kick from De Boise, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cedric De Boise will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kilo Maluga's cut.
That's time! Maluga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
De Boise shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maluga misses with a looping left.
Maluga misses with a body kick.
De Boise feints a counter leg kick.
Maluga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Boise slips under a jab from Maluga.
De Boise throws a leg kick that is checked
and Maluga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Boise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maluga.
De Boise walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Boise misses with a hook.
Maluga lands a nice looking body kick.
Maluga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Boise throws a hook but Maluga blocks it.
De Boise turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maluga checks a leg kick.
De Boise gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Boise cracks Maluga with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maluga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Boise misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Maluga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Boise circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Boise misses with a wild body shot.
Maluga with a hook.
Maluga fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Boise has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Boise lands with a right hand.
De Boise throws a looping overhand right but Maluga ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Boise missing with a left hand there. Maluga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Boise throws a leg kick
and Maluga counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid body kick from Maluga.
Maluga lands a nice looking body kick.
De Boise is breathing heavily.
De Boise rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maluga counters with a crisp right hand that drops De Boise! Maluga lets De Boise back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluga weaves into range and cracks De Boise right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! De Boise goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Maluga is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kilo Maluga!
After winning the bout, Kilo Maluga 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 Ispa Perkele (ranked 24 p4p, 4 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 3 p4p, 1 weight class). De Minaur has chosen Seek and Destroy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ispa Perkele has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Perkele!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for De Minaur.
Perkele turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele clinches up against the cage.
Perkele crunches a lovely knee into De Minaur's ribcage.
Perkele struggles to land a body shot inside as De Minaur controls his hands.
De Minaur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Perkele lands a damaging elbow.
De Minaur lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Minaur prevents a body shot from Perkele.
De Minaur swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perkele.
De Minaur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Minaur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele is looking to clinch.
De Minaur connects with a body shot that sends Perkele's belly button to the back.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and De Minaur counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur connects with a jab.
Perkele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And De Minaur responds with a good body kick, but Perkele manages to step out the way in time.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Minaur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of De Minaur 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perkele throws a jab when De Minaur was well out of range.
Perkele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Minaur throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
Perkele drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and De Minaur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Rubber Guard Emporium in the buildup to the fight.
Perkele connects with a leg kick.
Perkele connects with a body shot.
Perkele lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Minaur's sensitive parts.
Nice shot lands for De Minaur.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele swings for the body but De Minaur moves out of range.
Perkele connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Minaur momentarily.
De Minaur walks into a stiff left hand from Perkele.
Perkele fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries a low kick but De Minaur avoids it.
De Minaur is looking to score with low kicks.
De Minaur throws a leg kick that is checked
and Perkele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perkele is looking to chop away at De Minaur's legs.
De Minaur is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Perkele with a body shot.
De Minaur is looking to slow Perkele down with leg kicks.
Perkele connects with a solid leg kick.
De Minaur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perkele's sensitive parts.
De Minaur throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Minaur tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele just misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele tries to clinch but De Minaur moves out of range.
Perkele throws out a loose jab but De Minaur uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Minaur swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Perkele throws a leg kick that misses.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
De Minaur throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perkele on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Minaurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Perkele takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Minaur tries a low kick but Perkele avoids it.
Perkele darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele throws a hook but De Minaur avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a straight left.
De Minaur connects with an inside leg kick.
De Minaur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Minaur avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Minaur flicks out a counter leg kick but Perkele steps away.
Perkele tried to score with a low kick but De Minaur checks it.
De Minaur lands a nice looking kick to the body. Perkele takes a step back to recover.
Perkele tries to work over De Minaur's front leg with a kick but De Minaur checks it.
De Minaur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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!
De Minaur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
De Minaur uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perkele has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Minaur scores with a spinning back kick!
Perkele missing with a left hand there. De Minaur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Minaur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Minaur tries to work over Perkele's front leg with a kick but Perkele checks it.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and De Minaur counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Perkele misses with a hook. De Minaur ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Perkele misses its intended target.
Perkele looks to throw a body kick
and De Minaur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Perkele.
De Minaur lands a lovely overhand right.
De Minaur lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Minaur throws a big shot that misses.
De Minaur scores with a nice head shot.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from De Minaur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but De Minaur manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
De Minaur throws a shot from downtown. Perkele moves away and avoids it.
De Minaur has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A swing and a miss from De Minaur.
Perkele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Minaur lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
De Minaur on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perkele. Perkele obviously looking to wear him down.
Perkele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Perkele gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Minaur avoids it.
Perkele lands an elbow inside that De Minaur shrugs off.
Perkele lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Minaur is defending well for now.
Perkele prevents a body shot from De Minaur.
Perkele gets through De Minaur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perkele lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Minaur.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Ispa Perkele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perkele lands a good knee to the midsection. De Minaur won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele struggles to land a body shot inside as De Minaur controls his hands.
De Minaur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perkele throws an elbow that misses.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from De Minaur.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
De Minaur struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
De Minaur blocks the elbow strike.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele lands with a short shot to the head.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perkele lands an elbow just above De Minaur 's eye.
Perkele working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Minaur has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele can't find room to land a body shot as De Minaur controls the action.
De Minaur misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Minaur misses with a body punch.
Perkele putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Minaur in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Perkele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Rod De Minaur has been cut.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Minaur misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele lands an uppercut.
Perkele tries to break free but De Minaur pushes him back against the cage.
Perkele misses with the head strike.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Perkele throws an elbow but misses.
Perkele throws an elbow that misses.
Perkele misses with the head strike.
De Minaur presses Perkele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Perkele tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Minaur's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Minaur lands a hook that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Minaur.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
De Minaur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkele presses De Minaur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Perkele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Minaur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Minaur tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele lands a left hand.
De Minaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Minaur is defending well for now.
Perkele lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
De Minaur tries to throw a body punch but Perkele avoids it by throwing De Minaur back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele digs a right hand into De Minaur's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Minaur's gas tank.
De Minaur working aggressively here.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur blocks the elbow strike.
De Minaur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
De Minaur blocks an elbow strike from Perkele.
De Minaur managing to block the knees to the body from Perkele.
Knees to the body from Perkele.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele tries a body shot but De Minaur blocks it.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but De Minaur uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Minaur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ispa Perkele dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rod De Minaur's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good standup being displayed there by Perkele as he connects with a hook.
De Minaur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Minaur misses with a straight right.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of De Minaur's head but De Minaur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele scores with a hook.
Nice defenses there by De Minaur.
Perkele with a hook.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but De Minaur slips the punch.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Minaur throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
De Minaur throws a solid leg kick but Perkele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Minaur.
Perkele lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Minaur takes a step back to recover.
Jab by Perkele.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a lunging right hand
letting Perkele counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Minaur.
De Minaur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.
De Minaur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Perkele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Minaur.
Perkele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Minaur throws a leg kick
and Perkele counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
De Minaur ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Minaur! But no joy.
De Minaur moves out of range of the body kick from Perkele.
A nice side step and De Minaur releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Perkele misses with a hook
and De Minaur counters with a right hand to the body.
Perkele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Minaur can do to turn this around?
De Minaur connects with an inside leg kick.
Rod De Minaur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Minaur looks to land a right hand but Perkele moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkele. De Minaur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur throws a hook to the side of Perkele's head but Perkele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
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!
Perkele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perkele has De Minaur up against the cage in a clinch.
De Minaur misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Perkele on the inside.
Perkele working aggressively here.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Minaur is defending well for now.
Perkele landing knees to the body.
Perkele lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
Perkele misses with a body punch.
De Minaur managing to block the knees to the body from Perkele.
Perkele lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
Still in the clinch, De Minaur scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur blocks the elbow strike.
Perkele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Minaur working aggressively here.
De Minaur lands a nice shot to the body.
De Minaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkele looks to score with a jab to the body but De Minaur is just out of range.
De Minaur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele moves in looking to clinch but De Minaur pushes him off.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Minaur.
De Minaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perkele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Minaur changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. De Minaur saw that one coming.
De Minaur moves into range and connects with a jab.
Perkele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Minaur manages to avoid it.
De Minaur flicks out a counter leg kick but Perkele steps away.
Perkele wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Minaur throws a hook but Perkele avoids it easily.
It looked like Perkele was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from De Minaur.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Minaur moves away.
De Minaur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perkele throws out the jab.
De Minaur appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
De Minaur on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perkele cracks De Minaur with an open hand slap.
De Minaur lands a jab to Perkele's midsection.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and De Minaur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Minaur lands a jab to the head.
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Minaur slips a straight right by Perkele.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ispa Perkele clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rod De Minaur's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Perkele misses with a shot to the body
and De Minaur makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Perkele lands with a good body shot.
A big left from De Minaur misses.
De Minaur misses with a straight left.
Perkele misses with a hook
and De Minaur counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Perkele thinking.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele closes the distance looking to clinch
and De Minaur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
De Minaur lands an overhand right.
Perkele on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele looks to throw the jab but De Minaur is out of range.
Perkele takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Ispa Perkele has been cut.
De Minaur ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
De Minaur missing with a left hand there. Perkele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur scores with a shot to the body.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Minaur.
Nice uppercut there from De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a low kick.
De Minaur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perkele.
A slow jab from De Minaur misses its intended target.
De Minaur throws a front kick aimed at Perkele's knee but Perkele avoids it well.
Perkele was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Minaur moves out of range as Perkele throws a body kick.
De Minaur throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
Perkele throws a lazy right hand but De Minaur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Minaur throws a front kick that sends Perkele stumbling back into the cage.
Perkele punishes De Minaur's body with a nice straight punch.
Perkele misses the body punch
and De Minaur counters with a straight right hand.
De Minaur takes one on the button.
Perkele is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Perkele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Minaur throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perkele throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Minaur stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Perkele throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Minaur misses with a low kick.
Perkele throwing a counter right hand but De Minaur manages to avoid it.
Perkele looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Minaur.
Perkele throws a low kick but De Minaur avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by De Minaur. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Minaur.
Perkele scores with a nice right hand.
Perkele cracks De Minaur with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Perkele cracks De Minaur with a good jab.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the body.
Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Minaur.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Minaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Minaur throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
De Minaur checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from De Minaur.
Perkele looks to land a left hand but De Minaur moved out of range nicely.
De Minaur ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele moves in looking to clinch but De Minaur pushes him off.
De Minaur swats away the attempt to clinch by Perkele.
De Minaur scores with a jab.
Perkele slips under a jab from De Minaur.
De Minaur checks a leg kick nicely.
Perkele throws a low kick but De Minaur moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele drives through and clinches with De Minaur against the cage.
De Minaur blocks an uppercut.
De Minaur struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Perkele.
Perkele tries to throw a body punch but De Minaur avoids it by throwing Perkele back against the cage.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
De Minaur lands a shoulder strike.
Perkele misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Minaur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perkele makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Perkele is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Minaur swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by De Minaur.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De Minaur misses the jab.
Perkele scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from De Minaur misses.
Perkele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perkele moves in looking to clinch but De Minaur pushes him off.
De Minaur flicks out a counter leg kick but Perkele steps away.
Perkele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Perkele scores with a hook.
That kick from De Minaur tenderised Perkele's leg. Perkele is trying to keep his angry face on.
Perkele misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perkele misses with a looping right.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Perkele.
Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and De Minaur counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Perkele darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
De Minaur throws out a counter right but Perkele avoids it with no problem.
Perkele tries to clinch but De Minaur moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a sloppy body shot
and De Minaur counters with a nice uppercut.
Good work by Perkele as he checks the leg kick.
Perkele throwing a counter right hand but De Minaur manages to avoid it.
Perkele takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Minaur misses with a looping left.
De Minaur scores with a jab.
De Minaur slips a jab from Perkele.
A nice side step and De Minaur releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Perkele misses with a combination
and De Minaur counters with a good, hard body kick but Perkele shrugs it off.
De Minaur avoids a kick to the body.
Perkele throws a body punch but De Minaur moves out of range.
Perkele loads up on a big right hand but De Minaur slips the punch.
Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Minaur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Minaur takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur scores with a crisp jab that stopped Perkele in his tracks.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Minaur.
De Minaur throws out a powerful jab.
De Minaur connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perkele momentarily.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perkele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perkele checks a low kick from De Minaur.
Perkele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perkele there as he acknowledges the shot.
Perkele digs a good hook to De Minaur's body.
De Minaur cracks Perkele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Minaur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perkele takes a swing at De Minaur's ribcage but misses.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Minaur.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big right from Perkele misses.
De Minaur scores with a leg kick.
Perkele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Minaur.
Perkele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele cracks De Minaur with an open hand slap.
Perkele lands a jab-cross combination.
Perkele cracks De Minaur with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Perkele tries to clinch up.
A jab lands there for Perkele.
Perkele will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Perkele throws the left hand but De Minaur avoids the punch easily.
De Minaur looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - De Minaur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele with a nice calf kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice defenses there by De Minaur.
De Minaur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Perkele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perkele instigates a clinch.
De Minaur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perkele makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Minaur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perkele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perkele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Minaur has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele lands a body punch.
Perkele lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Minaur backwards.
De Minaur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from De Minaur.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rod De Minaur.
I think De Minaur 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 47:48
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rod De Minaur!
Rod De Minaur is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Rod De Minaur thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Ispa Perkele was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the gym I guess.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leif Leifsson (ranked 1 p4p, 25 weight class) and Barron White (ranked 1 p4p, 4 weight class). Leif Leifsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barron White's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leif Leifsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barron White!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from White.
A combination from Leifsson does no damage.
White doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Leif Leifsson has been cut.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Leifsson's head back.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leifsson is looking to counter punch.
Leifsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
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!
White connects with a single shot there.
Leifsson closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White counters with a nice right hand that sends Leifsson toppling to the canvas! Leifsson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can White finish him?!
 Leifsson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
White gets tackled into the cage by Leifsson. Leifsson maintains the clinch.
Leifsson blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Leifsson.
White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leifsson punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
Leifsson swings away with a body shot that misses
and White counters with a nice right hand that sends Leifsson toppling to the canvas! Leifsson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can White finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a series of punches but Leifsson moves out of range.
Leifsson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but White manages to circle out of the way.
Leifsson forces White back against the cage and clinches.
White prevents a body shot from Leifsson.
White breaks the clinch.
White is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Leifsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leifsson wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leifsson misses with a hook to the body
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leifsson. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leifsson moves away.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
White works Leifsson's body with a nice hook.
White misses with a few strikes there.
Leifsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leifsson throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Leifsson backs off White throws a huge counter combo but Leifsson manages to avoid it all.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leifsson.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leifsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Leifsson with a body shot.
Leifsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White unleashes a big counter combination but Leifsson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Leifsson misses with an uppercut
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leifsson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Leifsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Leifsson clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Leifsson fails to land.
White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Leifsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Leifsson misses with a body punch
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leifsson is breathing heavily.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
White now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Leifsson just misses with a punch to the body.
White now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Leifsson misses with a body punch
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Leifsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leifsson closes the distance and clinches.
White wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leifsson tries to clinch but White moves away
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leifsson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. White's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leifsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White blocks an uppercut.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White working aggressively here.
Leifsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Leifsson has double underhooks.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White works on Leifsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Leifsson tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Leifsson back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leifsson backwards.
White is working Leifsson over against the cage.
Leifsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leifsson moves out of range as White strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barron White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leif Leifsson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Leifsson misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leifsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White scores with a nice right hand.
Leifsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Leifsson.
Leifsson is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Leifsson clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
Leifsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leifsson can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Nice body punch from Leifsson.
Leifsson misses with a punch to the body.
Leifsson struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White breaks from the clinch.
Leifsson with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leifsson tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Leifsson closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Leifsson avoids the body shot from White.
White needs to keep his hands up - Leifsson had a free shot at his head there.
Leifsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leifsson tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leifsson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leifsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Leifsson clinches up with White and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson lands a left hand.
Leif Leifsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
White working hard to break the clinch.
White breaks the clinch.
Leif Leifsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leifsson falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leifsson misses with a body shot
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leif Leifsson's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leifsson drives through and clinches with White against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leifsson tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White lands a right hand.
White manages to break the clinch.
White cracks a nice hook into Leifsson's ribs.
Barron White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White lands a big uppercut and Leifsson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Leifsson looks OK. White waves Leifsson back to his feet!
Oh Leifsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White tries to bum rush Leifsson with a series of wild strikes but Leifsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leifsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Leifsson is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. White doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Leifsson crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Leifsson's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barron White!
Barron White is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Barron White thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Leif Leifsson had this to say: 'DEFEAT WAS INEVITABLE, ONE WHO CAN’T IMPROVE FROM DEFEAT IS ONE WHO IS NOT WORTHY. THE WARLORD WILL BE BACK!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Exotic (ranked 2 p4p, 8 weight class) and Raate Road (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Exotic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Joe Exotic - I Saw a Tiger. Road has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joe Exotic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raate Road!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Exotic cracks Road with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Exotic tests Road's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Exotic looks to throw the jab but Road is out of range.
Exotic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Road misses with a hook. Exotic ducked under it nicely.
Road throws a body shot but no joy.
Road uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Exotic.
Road swings for the body but Exotic moves out of range.
A big left from Exotic misses.
Road scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Exotic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Road on the side of the head.
Exotic misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Exotic looks to throw the jab but Road is out of range.
Good exchange - Road coming out on top.
Road has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Road gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Exotic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Exotic is trying to control Road's posture but Road avoids it.
Exotic taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic gets back to half guard.
Exotic tries to roll over but Road keeps him under control.
Road throwing shots but Exotic is blocking nicely.
Road is nestled in close to Exotic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Exotic keeping control of the position.
Exotic looking for a kimura from the bottom but Road passes into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Exotic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Road wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Road landing a few strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Exotic is trying to control Road's posture but Road avoids it.
Road controls the position.
Exotic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Road.
Exotic is trying to control Road's posture but Road avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Road working the body and head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road in side control lands a decent elbow.
Road scoring with punches and elbows.
Exotic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Road wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Road is working Exotic over with some ground and pound from side control.
Exotic is trying to control Road's posture but Road avoids it.
Exotic is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Road is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Road just content to control the position.
Exotic gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Road missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Exotic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Exotic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Road pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Road lands a nice short elbow.
Exotic wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raate Road dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Road darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Exotic staying out of range there.
Road blocks a low kick nicely.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Road moves away.
Joe Exotic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Road waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.
Exotic connects with a body shot.
Exotic ducks right into an uppercut from Road.
Road has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Road moves forwards but Exotic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Exotic connects with a leg kick.
Road scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Road swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joe Exotic is winning the standup battle so far.
Exotic dodges the punch combination from Road.
Road is looking to score with low kicks.
Exotic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Road shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Exotic is trying to defend but Road finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Road passes into side control, despite Exotic's attempt to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road working away.
Road is chipping away with strikes.
Exotic can't do much from the bottom here.
Exotic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Exotic gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Road postures up.
Road wants to control from the top but Exotic keeps moving.
Road must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Exotic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Road gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Exotic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Exotic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Exotic has momentary wrist control but Road slips an elbow through the middle.
Exotic is trying to control the position but Road postures up.
Road is working Exotic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Road loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Exotic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Road is aware though and is defending well.
Road throwing strikes from guard but Exotic blocks nicely.
Exotic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Road gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Road scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road stopping the sweep attempt from Exotic.
Exotic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Exotic has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Road 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 Exotic.
You can see the frustration on Exotic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raate Road showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Road on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Exotic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Road throws a looping overhand right but Exotic ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Exotic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Road misses with a body shot.
Road scores with a nice strike.
Exotic misses with a low kick as Road jumps back.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Road! But no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Road, as that shot connected.
Exotic misses with a looping right.
Road misses with a combination
and Exotic counters with a straight right hand.
Exotic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Road throws a low kick but it's checked well by Exotic.
Road takes a jab right on the kisser.
Exotic moves out of range as Road throws a body kick.
Good work by Road as he checks the leg kick.
Road lands a nice looking body 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!
Good work by Exotic as he checks the leg kick.
Exotic works the jab nicely.
Road pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Exotic throws a low kick, looking for Road's leg but Road calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Exotic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Road avoids it.
Exotic scores with a nice head shot.
Road uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Exotic.
Road moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Road dips to his left and cracks Exotic with an uppercut!
Exotic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Road takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Exotic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Road lands with a hook. Exotic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A low kick lands for Exotic.
Exotic cracks Road with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Road pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Exotic feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Road takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Exotic.
Exotic moves forwards but Road connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Road misses with a hook. Exotic ducked under it nicely.
Road blocks a jab.
Exotic misses with a wild body shot.
Road scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Road lands a nice shot that snaps Exotic's head back.
Road slips under a jab from Exotic.
Exotic throws a good cross that connects.
Road throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Road misses.
Road throws out a loose jab but Exotic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Exotic misses.
Road tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Road defending well as Exotic loads up on a big left hand.
Exotic swings for the body but Road moves out of range.
Road drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Exotic defends it well.
Road throws a body shot but no joy.
Road throws a body shot but no joy.
Road lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Road avoids the body shot from Exotic.
Road takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Road waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.
Exotic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Road has time to react.
Road throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Road 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Exotic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Road moves away.
Road feints the counter takedown.
Exotic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Road under the eye.
Road misses with a looping right.
Road blocks a jab.
Exotic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Road throws out the jab.
Road cracks Exotic with an open hand slap.
A big left from Road misses.
Road throws an overhand right that lands on Exotic's shoulder, as Exotic tries to avoid the shot.
Exotic misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheers as Exotic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Road doesn't seem phased though.
Road fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Road waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.
Exotic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Road.
Road throws out a loose jab but Exotic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Exotic throws out a loose jab but Road uses good head movement to avoid it.
Road walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Exotic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Road moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Exotic misses the target.
Exotic moves out of range as Road throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Exotic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Exotic throws out a loose jab but Road uses good head movement to avoid it.
Exotic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick from Exotic, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Road.
A left lands for Exotic.
A slow jab from Exotic misses its intended target.
Road moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Exotic.
Road gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Exotic.
Exotic misses with a low kick.
Road throws a big shot that misses.
Road throws a lazy right hand but Exotic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Exotic throws a leg kick but Road moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Road takes a jab right on the kisser.
Exotic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Road checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Road with the counter takedown but Exotic avoids it easily.
Exotic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Road paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Road fails with the takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Joe Exotic did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Exotic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Exotic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Road waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Exotic.
Exotic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Road counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Road.
Exotic controls Road momentarily but Road frees himself.
Exotic working a defensive guard but Road passes into half guard.
Road landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Exotic looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic is doing well to control the position and prevent Road from advancing to side control.
Road working Exotic over with strikes.
Exotic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Exotic wants to control but Road is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Road is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Road working the head and body with strikes.
Exotic works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Road trying to control the position from guard on top but Exotic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Exotic controls Road momentarily but Road frees himself.
Road throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Exotic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Exotic looking to control but Road passes into half guard.
Exotic trying to control but Road postures up.
Road lands strikes from half guard.
Exotic has his hands clasped together around Road's back. He's all about the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Road is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Road winds up and cracks Exotic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Road trying to control from half guard but Exotic is working away.
Road lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Exotic manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Exotic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Road scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Road working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Exotic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Road stands up over Exotic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Road advances position into side control!
Exotic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raate Road dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Road scores with a decent looking hook.
Road blocks the body kick.
Exotic looks to throw the jab but Road is out of range.
Road throws the left hand but Exotic avoids the punch easily.
Exotic misses with a leg kick
and Road counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Exotic throws a shot from downtown. Road moves away and avoids it.
Exotic misses the body punch
and Road counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Exotic!
Road lands some shots froms side control.
You can see the frustration on Exotic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Road lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Road cracks Exotic with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Exotic manages to get back to half guard.
Exotic preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Exotic is trying to maintain the position but Road is very close to passing his half guard.
Exotic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Road is nestled in close to Exotic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Road is looking to take a break and control but Exotic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Exotic actively working from the bottom here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Road lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Road lands a nice short elbow.
Road content to control rather than advance.
Exotic is trying to control but can't.
Raate Road has got the better of the ground game so far.
Road scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Exotic.
Exotic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Road scores with punches from side control.
Exotic is looking for a sweep.
Road connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Exotic some visible discomfort.
Road cracks Exotic with a big right hand but Exotic just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Road's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Road is putting a hurting on Exotic here, landing some big shots from side control.
Joe Exotic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Exotic tries to buck Road off but Road is having none of it.
Road working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Exotic manages to work his way to half guard, despite Road's best efforts.
Exotic is staying active underneath Road, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Exotic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Road pulls his head out easily.
Road working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raate Road comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Road 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 46:49
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raate Road!
Raate Road is the new middleweight champion!
Raate Road decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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