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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balogh Szabolcs (ranked 4393 p4p, 4401 weight class) and Swietomierz Szmuk (ranked 540 p4p, 541 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Balogh Szabolcs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Swietomierz Szmuk!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szmuk misses with a body kick.
Szabolcs half committed to a counter leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Szabolcs blocks the low kick.
That kick from Szabolcs tenderised Szmuk's leg. Szmuk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Szmuk moves out of range of the leg kick from Szabolcs.
Szmuk looks for the body kick but Szabolcs saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Szabolcs.
Szabolcs misses with a body kick.
Szmuk moves out of range as Szabolcs throws a body kick.
Szmuk throws a low kick but Szabolcs avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Szmuk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Szabolcs scores with a nice body kick.
Szabolcs misses with a body kick.
Szmuk moves out of range of the body kick from Szabolcs.
Szmuk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Szabolcs if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szabolcs checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Szmuk throws a leg kick but Szabolcs sees it coming and moves out of range.
Szmuk checks the leg kick.
Szmuk checks the leg kick.
Szmuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Szabolcs throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Szmuk throws a leg kick but Szabolcs moved away.
Szmuk is looking to score with low kicks.
Szmuk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Szabolcs tries to work over Szmuk's front leg with a kick but Szmuk checks it.
Szabolcs avoids a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Szmuk.
Szmuk throws a body kick that misses.
Szabolcs misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Szmuk.
Szabolcs throws a half hearted mid kick.
Szmuk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Szabolcs backing away here, and Szmuk unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Szmuk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Szmuk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Szmuk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Szmuk thumps Szabolcs with a low kick.
Szmuk fakes the leg kick and cracks Szabolcs in the body.
Szmuk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szabolcs tried to score with a low kick but Szmuk checks it.
Szmuk tries a quick counter leg kick but Szabolcs is wise to it.
Szabolcs throws a leg kick but Szmuk sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Szabolcs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Szabolcs is looking to chop away at Szmuk's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Swietomierz Szmuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Szmuk 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 9:9
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Swietomierz Szmuk!
Swietomierz Szmuk thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Phol Boxaaja (ranked 1617 p4p, 1516 weight class) and Montesh Dominguez (ranked 221 p4p, 208 weight class). Montesh Dominguez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Boxaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Montesh Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Dominguez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boxaaja connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dominguez's hands.
 It looks like Montesh Dominguez has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dominguez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Boxaaja has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Boxaaja and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boxaaja was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dominguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Boxaaja is looking to counter punch.
Boxaaja works Dominguez's body with a nice hook.
Boxaaja misses with a body shot.
Montesh Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominguez throws a hook but Boxaaja avoids it easily.
Boxaaja ducks under a wild hook from Dominguez.
Dominguez scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Dominguez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Boxaaja at a distance.
Dominguez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a body kick that misses.
Jab from Dominguez.
Boxaaja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dominguez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dominguez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boxaaja scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dominguez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Boxaaja is looking to land body kicks.
Dominguez cracks Boxaaja with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dominguez throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominguez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez feints and then cracks Boxaaja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boxaaja down.
Boxaaja takes a swing at Dominguez's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxaaja connects with a jab.
Boxaaja tries to keep at a distance but Dominguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boxaaja misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominguez looking to throw knees to the head but Boxaaja is blocking nicely.
Dominguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boxaaja blocks an elbow strike from Dominguez.
Dominguez tries to throw a body punch but Boxaaja avoids it by throwing Dominguez back against the cage.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Boxaaja.
Dominguez working aggressively here.
Dominguez misses with some punches.
Dominguez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boxaaja is defending well for now.
Boxaaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Boxaaja.
Dominguez tries a knee to the head but Boxaaja blocks it.
Boxaaja tries to work over Dominguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominguez lands a nice uppercut.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Boxaaja.
Boxaaja breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boxaaja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominguez ducks under a wild hook from Boxaaja.
Dominguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boxaaja.
Dominguez throws a jab when Boxaaja was well out of range.
Dominguez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boxaaja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boxaaja has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dominguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxaaja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boxaaja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boxaaja defending well as Dominguez loads up on a big left hand.
Dominguez tries to work over Boxaaja's front leg with a kick but Boxaaja checks it.
Boxaaja swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Boxaaja drops his hands momentarily and Dominguez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Dominguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boxaaja waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a body shot.
Dominguez moves into range and connects with a jab.
 Boxaaja is rocked!
Dominguez throws a shot to the body.
Oh Boxaaja is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boxaaja is breathing heavily.
Dominguez fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Boxaaja out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Montesh Dominguez!
A relieved looking Montesh Dominguez 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Greene (ranked 1276 p4p, 945 weight class) and Tom Bickle (ranked 116 p4p, 85 weight class). Greene comes to the cage accompanied by Im Shipping Up To Boston. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulie Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Bickle!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle cracks Greene with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slow jab from Bickle misses its intended target.
Bickle loads up on a big right hand but Greene slips the punch.
Greene takes a swing at Bickle's ribcage but misses.
Bickle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but Greene blocks with his arms.
Bickle looking to throw knees to the head but Greene is blocking nicely.
Bickle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Greene working aggressively here.
Greene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bickle has managed to clinch.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but Greene blocks with his arms.
Greene misses with some punches.
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Greene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle's elbow.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bickle.
Bickle blocks an elbow strike.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle with a knee to the head.
Bickle gets through Greene's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickle avoids it.
Greene manages to break the clinch.
Greene throws a lazy body kick
letting Bickle counter with a right hand.
Bickle throws an overhand right that lands on Greene's shoulder, as Greene tries to avoid the shot.
Greene throws a big counter combination but Bickle scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice cross by Bickle.
Bickle misses with a wild body shot.
Greene ducks under a wild hook from Bickle.
Greene lands an overhand right.
Bickle closes the distance and pushes Greene back into the cage.
Greene working hard to break the clinch.
Greene blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores 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!
A short uppercut from Bickle.
Bickle lands a nice uppercut.
Greene blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Bickle.
A nice left hand lands by Greene.
Greene lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle digs a right hand underneath Greene's ribcage. Greene let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickle avoids it.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greene creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bickle's defenses.
Greene throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Greene lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bickle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greene misses with a knee strike.
Greene lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Bickle presses Greene against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Greene throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Greene takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Greene.
Greene breaks from the clinch.
Bickle rushes Greene and presses him up against the cage.
Bickle dodges an elbow strike from Greene.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Bickle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Greene tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bickle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Greene takes a shot to the head.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Greene blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Greene scores with a shot to the side of Bickle's head.
Bickle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Bickle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Bickle avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage.
Greene lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle pushes Greene back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greene tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene lands with a left to the head.
A knee to the head by Bickle.
 It looks like Paulie Greene has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Bickle landing knees to the head.
Greene misses with some punches.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle looking to throw knees to the head but Greene is blocking nicely.
Greene throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice body punch from Bickle - that landed with a thud.
Greene tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
Bickle scores with a shot to the side of Greene's head.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greene's elbow.
Bickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Greene is working Bickle over against the cage.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Bickle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulie Greene's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Greene misses with a lunging right hand
and Bickle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bickle clinches up with Greene and pushes him back against the cage.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Greene.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Greene has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Greene tries a knee to the head but Bickle blocks it.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Greene's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greene looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bickle. That did some damage!
Bickle on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Greene connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bickle. Bickle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Greene slips a jab and a cross from Bickle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene throws a leg kick
and Bickle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bickle lands with a hook. Greene tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bickle has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bickle misses.
Bickle sizes up Greene with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bickle lands with a nice combination. Greene backs away looking to recover.
Bickle tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bickle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bickle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Greene misses with a kick to the body
and Bickle counters with a straight right hand.
Bickle lands with a right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bickle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Greene - the referee stops the clock and Bickle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Greene. Bickle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A low kick from Greene misses
and Bickle counters with a stiff right hand.
Greene shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch but Greene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Greene looks to land a right hand but Bickle moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Bickle.
Greene misses with a kick to the body.
Bickle has closed the distance and engaged Greene in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bickle.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Bickle tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
Greene blocking some punches.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Greene on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bickle tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Greene lands a shot to the body.
Tom Bickle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickle avoids the damage to the body.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Greene has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Greene is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Greene has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Greene lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle struggles to land a body shot inside as Greene controls his hands.
Greene goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bickle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle blocks the elbow strike.
Greene scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Greene pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Greene lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bickle presses Greene against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Greene.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Bickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Greene.
Bickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Greene.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Greene stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bickle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Greene throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bickle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene misses with a body punch.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Greene blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Greene misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Greene.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Greene throws an elbow but misses.
Greene blocking some punches.
Greene tries to work over Bickle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greene with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bickle lands with a light punch inside.
Bickle blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Greene throws an elbow but misses.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Greene lands an elbow just above Bickle 's eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Bickle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paulie Greene's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Greene shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Greene.
Greene wants to land a leg kick but Bickle is out of range.
Bickle 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.
Greene lands a two punch combo.
Bickle scores with a jab to the head.
Bickle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Greene circles away from the clinch attempt.
Greene throwing a counter right hand but Bickle manages to avoid it.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Greene is avoiding it.
Greene is looking to score with low kicks.
Tom Bickle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Bickle misses.
Bickle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Greene avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bickle avoids the head kick by Greene.
A slow jab from Bickle misses its intended target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene throws a lazy right hand but Bickle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bickle wants to clinch up but Greene keeps it at a distance.
Bickle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Bickle misses with a knee to the head.
Bickle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Greene or not.
Greene comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Tom Bickle has been cut.
Greene fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Nice elbow from Greene.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Greene gets through Bickle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Greene pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Greene throws an elbow that misses.
Bickle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bickle lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greene misses with the head strike.
Paulie Greene has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle gets through Greene's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bickle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Greene tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickle avoids it.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Greene misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bickle.
A short right from Bickle.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Greene.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Greene avoids it.
Knees to the body from Bickle.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Bickle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Greene misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bickle.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but Greene blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Bickle.
Greene takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Greene.
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bickles head.
Bickle tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greene's elbow.
Greene tries a body shot but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene struggles to land a body shot inside as Bickle controls his hands.
Greene using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Greene.
Greene lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Bickle.
Bickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Greene.
Bickle with a knee to the head.
Bickle lands a nice uppercut.
Greene is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bickle is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bickle blocks a body shot from Greene.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Bickle dodges an elbow strike from Greene.
Greene creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bickle misses with a knee to the head.
Greene works on Bickle's body with a couple of short punches.
Greene goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Greene blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bickle blocks an elbow strike.
Bickle tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Greene lands a good knee to the midsection. Bickle won't want to take too many of those.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Greene.
Greene blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Greene.
Greene lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene pushes Bickle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle blocks the elbow strike.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tom Bickle is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Greene.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Bickle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bickle 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Bickle!
Paulie Greene spoke after the fight, saying 'Im Sorry Everyone, I’m Disappointed '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Christiano (ranked 962 p4p, 921 weight class) and Mareth Line (ranked 130 p4p, 127 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Christiano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jesus Built My Hotrod. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Christiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mareth Line!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiano tries to work over Line's front leg with a kick but Line checks it.
Christiano throws a leg kick but Line sees it coming and moves out of range.
Christiano moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLine.
Line scores with a head kick. Christiano tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Line ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christiano moves away.
Christiano throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Christiano.
Juan Christiano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christiano tried to score with a low kick but Line checks it.
Christiano throws a body kick that misses
and Line counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Christiano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Christiano with a nice cross.
Line scores with a kick to the midsection.
Christiano swings for the body but Line moves out of range.
Line takes a kick to the side of the head.
Christiano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christiano misses with the body kick
and Line counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Line throws out a leg kick but Christiano moves out of range and Line only half commits.
Christiano is looking to score with low kicks.
Christiano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Line throws a looping overhand right but Christiano ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Christiano.
Line takes a swing at Christiano's ribcage but misses.
Christiano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Christiano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Line let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Line looks to score with a jab to the body but Christiano is just out of range.
Line lands with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Line down.
Christiano throws a solid leg kick but Line takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Christiano.
Line on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Line is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Christiano rather than just go for the knockout.
Line ducks under a wild hook from Christiano.
Line chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Christiano can pounce on him.
Christiano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Line is able to avoid easily.
Line walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Christiano throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christiano throws a leg kick
and Line counters with a nice kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Christiano blocks the low kick.
Line thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line missing with a left hand there. Christiano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Line throws a head kick that misses.
Line on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Line misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christiano.
Christiano throws a low kick but Line avoids it.
Line throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christiano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christiano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Line counters with a nice uppercut.
Line lands a really nice looking cross but Christiano seems unphased.
Christiano throws a chopping leg kick but Line manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Christiano throws a leg kick
and Line counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, jab by Christiano - just one landing.
Line connects with a body shot that sends Christiano's belly button to the back.
Christiano is looking to chop away at Line's legs.
Christiano misses with a leg kick.
Christiano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Line down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano cracks Line with an open hand slap.
A chopping leg kick lands by Christiano.
Christiano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Line throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christiano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Line. That did some damage!
Line slips under a jab.
Christiano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab by Line.
Christiano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Line avoids the body shot from Christiano.
Line looks to throw a body kick
and Christiano counters with a low kick, right behind Line 's knee.
Line loads up on a big right hand but Christiano slips the punch.
Christiano blocks a head kick by Line.
Christiano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Line getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Christiano looks to land a body kick but Line moved away.
Line throws out a counter right but Christiano avoids it with no problem.
Christiano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Line.
Christiano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christiano throws a low kick, looking for Line's leg but Line calmly moves out of range.
Christiano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christiano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Christiano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Christiano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Line was well out of range. Poor timing from Christiano.
Christiano moves out of range of the strikes.
Christiano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Christiano throws out a leg kick but Line moves out of range and Christiano only half commits.
Christiano misses with a kick to the body
and Line connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Line swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Christiano dodges the punch combination from Line.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Christiano misses its intended target.
Christiano tries to land a body kick
and Line connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Line has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Christiano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Line.
A looping hook to the body misses from Line. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
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 Juan Christiano will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Line moves out of range of the leg kick from Christiano.
Line pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Christiano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Line throws out a counter right but Christiano avoids it with no problem.
Christiano throws a push kick but Line slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Line misses.
Nice uppercut there from Christiano.
Line's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice uppercut there from Christiano.
Line lands a nice shot to the body.
Line tries a head kick but it misses.
Line avoids the body shot from Christiano.
Christiano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Line walks into a stiff left hand from Christiano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Line counter with a right hand.
Line takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christiano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Line. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano throws a front kick aimed at Line's knee but Line avoids it well.
Line throws out a loose jab but Christiano uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Christiano misses the target.
Christiano looks to land a left hand but Line moved out of range nicely.
Line throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A jab lands there for Christiano.
Line takes one to the chin there.
Christiano misses with a straight left.
A nice side step and Line releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Christiano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Line momentarily.
Line lands with a kick to the temple. Christiano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Juan Christiano is winning the standup battle so far.
Christiano wants to land a leg kick but Line is out of range.
Christiano backing away here, and Line unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Christiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Line manages to avoid it.
Christiano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christiano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Line.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Line down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Line throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Christiano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Christiano clobbers Line with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Line.
Christiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Christiano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Christiano throws a body punch but Line moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Line there.
A shot to the body from Line misses
and Christiano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Line misses with a body shot
and Christiano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Christiano is looking to slow Line down with leg kicks.
Line swings widly with a right hand
and Christiano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Christiano throws out a powerful jab.
Line looks to throw the jab but Christiano is out of range.
Christiano punishes Line's body with a nice straight punch.
Christiano clobbers Line with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christiano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christiano lands with a shot to the body.
Christiano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano throws a head kick but Line moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Christiano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Line has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Line and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice side step and Line releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Line has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Christiano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Christiano moves away from the strike by Line.
Line plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Line blocks a leg kick.
Christiano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Good work by Line as he checks the leg kick.
Line wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Line avoids a kick to the body.
Christiano slips under a jab from Line.
Christiano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Line is out of range and Christiano settles back down.
Line misses with a wild body shot.
Christiano fakes the leg kick and cracks Line in the body.
Line keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christiano ducks under a wild hook from Line.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christiano throws a low kick but Line avoids it.
Line misses the jab.
Christiano avoids the head kick by Line.
Christiano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Line misses its intended target.
Christiano slips a jab from Line.
Line misses with a hook.
Line tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Christiano is able to avoid easily.
Line takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Line avoids the body shot from Christiano.
Christiano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Christiano tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Line avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Line misses with a series of wild punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Line checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Christiano dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Line throws a jab when Christiano was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Line. Christiano does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Christiano.
Christiano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Line.
Line throws a head kick but Christiano moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Christiano.
The fighters circle momentarily. Line darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christiano throws out a leg kick but Line moves out of range and Christiano only half commits.
A low kick lands for Christiano.
Christiano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Line has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Christiano misses with a hook. Line ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Line.
Christiano works Line's body with a nice hook.
Line throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christiano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Christiano throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Line throws a leg kick but Christiano sees it coming and moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Line down.
Christiano ducks under a wild hook from Line.
Line moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Christiano throws a head kick that misses.
Line swings for the body but Christiano moves out of range.
Line throws a sloppy head kick and Christiano moves out of range easily.
Christiano misses with a low kick.
Line throws a leg kick but Christiano moved away.
Christiano fires out a quick counter leg kick but Line just manages to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Line.
Christiano misses with a kick to the body.
Christiano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Christiano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A clash of legs there as Christiano blocks the low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Line down.
Christiano scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Line. Beautiful body shot.
Line slips a jab from Christiano.
Line lands with a slapping head kick.
Line's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christiano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Line scrambles back to his feet.
Christiano motions for Line to come forward. Christiano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Christiano.
Christiano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christiano misses with a looping right.
Line lands with a kick to the ribs.
Line throws a sloppy head kick and Christiano moves out of range easily.
Line throws a jab but it's blocked by Christiano.
As Line backs away, Christiano returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Line finds it's way through Christiano's defenses.
Christiano slips a straight right by Line.
Line keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line misses with a hook
and Christiano counters with an inside leg kick.
Line uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christiano.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Line! But no joy.
Christiano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Christiano needs to keep his hands up - Line had a free shot at his head there.
Line misses with a looping left.
Christiano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christiano loads up on a big right hand but Line slips the punch.
Line raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Line pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Line misses its intended target.
Christiano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Line's head backwards.
Line throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Line fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christiano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Christiano throws a looping overhand right but Line ducks down to avoid it.
Line misses the jab.
Christiano misses with a leg kick
and Christiano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line moves out of range of the leg kick from Christiano.
Line keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A leg kick checked by Christiano.
Christiano looks to land a body kick but Line moved away.
A nice side step and Line releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from Christiano misses the target.
Christiano tries to score with a low kick but Line moves his leg out of the way.
Line let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Christiano throws a jab when Line was well out of range.
A head kick misses from Line.
Line takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Christiano misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Line on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Christiano throws a low kick but Line avoids it.
Line connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Christiano momentarily.
Christiano tries to score with a low kick but Line moves his leg out of the way.
Line now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Christiano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mareth Line has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Christiano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Line just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mareth Line.
Well Christiano has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Christiano!
During a confident post fight interview, Juan Christiano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 635 p4p, 445 weight class) and Violent Femme (ranked 59 p4p, 38 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Violent Femme!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Femme checks a low kick from Courtial.
Courtial defending well as Femme loads up on a big left hand.
Femme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Courtial walks into a left hand.
Femme connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Femme takes one to the chin there.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Courtial.
Courtial lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Femme looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Femme.
Femme 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.
Courtial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Femme smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Courtial is just out of range.
Courtial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Courtial throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Courtial connects with a jab.
Courtial cracks Femme with an open hand slap.
Courtial tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Femme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Femme looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Courtial has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Femme checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Courtial throws a lazy right hand but Femme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial with the inside leg kick.
Courtial scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Femme lands a really nice looking cross but Courtial seems unphased.
Femme lands a jab.
Femme ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Femme throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
Courtial lands a two punch combo.
Courtial misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial looks to land a left hand but Femme moved out of range nicely.
Femme on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Courtial avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Courtial throws a jab when Femme was well out of range.
Femme steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Courtial.
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
Femme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Courtial was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Courtial throws a hook to the side of Femme's head but Femme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Femme blocks the low kick.
Courtial takes a swing at Femme's ribcage but misses.
Femme scores with a nice head shot.
Violent Femme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Femme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Femme scores with a nice head shot.
Courtial takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Femme getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A decent looking cross lands there for Femme.
Femme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Courtial makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Femme misses the shot to the body.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Courtial is just out of range.
Femme is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Courtial had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Femme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial throws a right and a left that Femme avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Femme's jab looks to have found its range, popping Courtial under the eye.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Courtial.
Femme lunges at Courtial with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Courtial's hand.
Courtial scores with the left hand. Femme knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Courtial tenderised Femme's leg. Femme is trying to keep his angry face on.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Femme moves away.
Femme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Courtial does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial avoids the body shot from Femme.
Courtial blocks a jab.
Femme misses with a straight left.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Femme lands.
Courtial gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Courtial blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Femme manages to break the clinch.
Femme has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Courtial.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Courtial does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Courtial.
Courtial takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Courtial avoids the body shot from Femme.
Courtial tries to keep at a distance but Femme has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial working aggressively here.
A short right from Courtial.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
Femme throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
Femme lands a body punch in the clinch.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Femme's elbow.
Courtial lands a body shot in the clinch.
Femme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Courtial blocks an uppercut.
Femme lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Femme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Femme misses with a punch on the inside.
Femme scores with a shot to the side of Courtial's head.
Courtial working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Violent Femme will probably get the nod.
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.
Courtial listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Courtial listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Courtial tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Femme is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Courtial misses.
A big right from Femme misses.
It looked like Courtial was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Courtial walks into a left hand.
Courtial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Courtial misses with a hook. Femme ducked under it nicely.
Courtial misses with a two punch combination.
Courtial missing with a left hand there. Femme was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Femme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Courtial scores with a crisp jab that stopped Femme in his tracks.
Femme scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courtial walks into a straight right hand from Femme.
Courtial takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Femme misses with a looping right.
Courtial thuds a left hand into Femme's body.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Courtial keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Femme manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial lands with a good body shot.
Courtial smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Femme misses with a body shot.
Courtial lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Courtial half committed to a counter leg kick.
Courtial misses with a straight right.
Femme displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Courtial throws out the jab.
Femme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Courtial digs a good body shot into Femme's ribs.
Courtial takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Courtial closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Courtial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Femme's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Femme scores with a shot to the side of Courtial's head.
It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
Femme misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Femme scores with a shoulder strike.
Femme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Courtial lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial tries to throw a body punch but Femme avoids it by throwing Courtial back against the cage.
Femme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Godefroy Courtial is winning the standup battle so far.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Femme misses the jab.
Femme scores with a hook.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Femme looks to land a right hand but Courtial moved out of range.
Courtial throws a lazy right hand but Femme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme loads up on a big right hand but Courtial slips the punch.
Femme scores with a jab to the body.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme misses with a looping right.
Courtial pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Femme throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Femme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial throws a nice outside leg kick.
Courtial swings for the body but Femme moves out of range.
Femme looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Femme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
As Femme looks to move away, Courtial throws a big counter combo but Femme just gets out of the way.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Courtial misses.
Femme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Femme has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Femme misses with a hook
letting Courtial counter with a right hand.
Femme scores with a jab. Courtial acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Courtial misses with a hook.
Femme looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Courtial sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Femme looks to move away, Courtial throws a big counter combo but Femme just gets out of the way.
Courtial tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Courtial loads up on a big right hand but Femme slips the punch.
Femme moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme throws a jab when Courtial was well out of range.
Femme misses with an uppercut. Courtial saw that one coming.
Courtial darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Femme throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Courtial throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Femme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Courtial misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Femme.
Femme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme lands a slapping body shot.
Courtial walks into a stiff left hand from Femme.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Femme was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Courtial gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Courtial connects with a body shot that sends Femme's belly button to the back.
Courtial throws a jab when Femme was well out of range.
Femme let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Courtial slips under a jab from Femme.
Femme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Femme moves away.
Courtial looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Courtial takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Femme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Courtial as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Femme misses.
Courtial appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A punch combination from Courtial misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial defending well as Femme loads up on a big left hand.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Femme is just out of range.
Courtial has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Femme finds it's way round the side to connect with Courtial's head.
Femme throws a body punch but Courtial moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Violent Femme will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial'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. This is the final round!
Courtial takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Courtial smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Courtial takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Courtial on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A clash of legs there as Femme blocks the low kick.
Femme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Courtial pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Femme uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Femme ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Femme misses with a hook.
Femme misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
Femme misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Courtial is out of range.
Femme fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial blocks a jab.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Courtial is out of range.
Courtial went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Femme manages to avoid it.
Femme moves out of range of the body kick from Courtial.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
Sloppy strikes from Courtial. Those never looked like landing.
Femme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial misses with a double jab.
Courtial moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Femme cracks a nice hook into Courtial's ribs.
Femme jabs Courtial to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Courtial is just out of range.
Femme lands a nice shot to the body.
Femme connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Femme is just out of range.
Femme slips a straight right by Courtial.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Femme cracks Courtial with an open hand slap.
Femme takes a swing at Courtial's ribcage but misses.
Courtial throws a low kick but it's checked well by Femme.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Courtial.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Femme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Courtials jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Courtial throws a jab when Femme was well out of range.
Femme takes a swing at Courtial's ribcage but misses.
Femme keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Femme.
Femme moves out of range of the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Femme checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Femme! But no joy.
Femme scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Femme dodges the punch combination from Courtial.
Femme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Femme ducks under a wild hook from Courtial.
Courtial takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Femme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Courtial throws a quick inside leg kick.
Femme bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Courtial's head.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
A lazy left from Courtial finds it's target.
Courtial connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Femme's hands.
Femme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial moves out of range of the strikes.
Femme connects with the punch.
Courtial has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Femme finds it's way round the side to connect with Courtial's head.
Femme throws a body punch but Courtial moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Femme.
Courtial moves away from the strike by Femme.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme connects with a nice looking jab.
Courtial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Courtial closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Courtial misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme dips to his left and cracks Courtial with an uppercut!
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
Femme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Courtial swings for the body but Femme moves out of range.
Femme takes a swing at Courtial's ribcage but misses.
Femme scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Femme walks into a left hand.
Courtial scores with a hook to the body. Femme takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Femme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Femme darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Courtial misses with an uppercut.
Femme takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Courtial displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Courtial is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Femme misses.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
Courtial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Courtial scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Godefroy Courtial has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Violent Femme is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Femme misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Violent Femme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Femme 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Violent Femme!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Beach (ranked 763 p4p, 1417 weight class) and Zawisza Czarny Z Garbowa (ranked 118 p4p, 214 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zawisza Czarny Z Garbowa!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czarny Z Garbowa keeps the fight on the outside.
And Czarny Z Garbowa tries to counter it with a takedown but Beach pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Beach tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Czarny Z Garbowa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Czarny Z Garbowa changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Beach has Czarny Z Garbowa up against the cage in a clinch.
Beach is pushing Czarny Z Garbowa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Czarny Z Garbowa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beach.
Beach working aggressively here.
Beach tries to throw a body punch but Czarny Z Garbowa avoids it by throwing Beach back against the cage.
Beach lands with a left to the head.
Beach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Beach.
Beach scores with a nice hook to the head.
Czarny Z Garbowa blocking some punches.
Beach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Czarny Z Garbowa's elbow.
Beach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beach tries to clinch but Czarny Z Garbowa moves away
and Czarny Z Garbowa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Beach won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach controls the position for a moment.
Czarny Z Garbowa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Beach, who protects the arm well.
Beach is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Czarny Z Garbowa tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Czarny Z Garbowa goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Beach rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Czarny Z Garbowa's guard! Nice work there by Beach!
Czarny Z Garbowa is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Beach frees his head nicely. Oh but Czarny Z Garbowa has switched to an armbar! Beach is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Zawisza Czarny Z Garbowa!
Our winner, Zawisza Czarny Z Garbowa, 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andor Seres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Gentil!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seres throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gentil counters with a good low kick that Seres was not able to check.
Gentil scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Seres swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Gentil throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seres scores with a takedown into Gentil's guard.
Gentil manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gentil throws a body punch but Seres moves out of range.
Seres lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Some bone on bone action there as Gentil checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seres looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Gentil!
Seres working the ground and pound but Gentil is defending the strikes.
Seres lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gentil down.
Gentil wants to get back to his feet.
Gentil is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Seres creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Gentil tries to escape but Seres is in control.
Gentil stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seres creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gentil sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gentil is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gentil holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Seres creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gentil sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Seres is working Gentil over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gentil wants to get back to his feet.
Gentil is trying to control Seres's posture but Seres avoids it.
Gentil managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Seres.
You can see the frustration on Gentil's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gentil is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Seres has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Seres has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gentil tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Seres trying to control the position but Gentil is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil is looking for a sweep.
Seres scoring with punches and elbows.
Gentil takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gentil is pushing Seres's head away, looking to escape. Seres manages to hold on to the position though.
We've been hearing that Seres has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gentil gets back to half guard.
Gentil blocking the ground and pound attempt from Seres.
Seres is looking for a kimura but Gentil is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Seres to get the leverage.
Seres not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gentil is trying to stand up here but Seres is controlling him well.
Gentil trying to hold on to Seres's head to control him but Seres postures up.
Gentil told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Gentil is trying to stand.
Gentil keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil keeping hold of Seres's head, controlling as best he can.
Seres not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Seres landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Seres thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Seres not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gentil wants to get back to his feet.
Seres not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gentil avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Seres.
Gentil has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Seres is on him like a limpet, forcing Gentil back against the cage.
Gentil lands a shoulder strike.
Gentil has a couple of punches blocked by Seres.
Gentil scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Seres is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gentil to keep the fight standing.
Seres wants to take the fight to the mat but Gentil manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Seres blocks a body shot from Gentil.
Seres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentil blocks an uppercut.
Gentil struggles to land a body shot inside as Seres controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Gentil fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gentil.
Seres is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gentil gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andor Seres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gentil misses with a punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gentil throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seress head.
Gentil blocks an uppercut.
Seres breaks the clinch.
Gentil throws a big shot that misses.
Seres lands with an uppercut that bounces Gentil off the cage and back into range.
Gentil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seres.
Seres lunges at Gentil with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gentil's hand.
Seres's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gentil connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seres scrambles back to his feet.
Seres shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gentil pinned against the cage. Gentil gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Seres moves out of range as Gentil throws a body kick.
Paulo Gentil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gentil connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Seres uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gentil has time to react.
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 Andor Seres will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gentil tries to bum rush Seres with a series of wild strikes but Seres uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Seres fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seres misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gentil. Seres does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seres clobbers Gentil with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seres checks a low kick from Gentil.
Gentil lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gentil throws the left hand but Seres avoids the punch easily.
Gentil throws a poor cross that misses
and Seres counters with a series of strikes. Gentil will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gentil throws a shot from downtown. Seres moves away and avoids it.
Gentil throws a lazy right hand but Seres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seres with a poor takedown
and Gentil counters with a straight right hand.
Seres throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gentil jabs Seres to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gentil throws a body punch but Seres moves out of range.
Seres with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A leg kick checked by Seres.
Paulo Gentil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seres goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A low kick from Gentil misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil misses with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Seres misses the target.
Seres fails to land the takedown.
Seres shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gentil is trying to defend but Seres finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Seres scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gentil has hold of Seres's hands but Seres slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gentil is trying to stand back up but Seres is controlling him
Gentil avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Seres.
Gentil is trying to get back to full guard.
Seres wants to take a breather but Gentil is having none of it.
Gentil tries to roll over but Seres keeps him under control.
Gentil keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seres is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gentil defends it well.
Seres lands strikes from half guard.
Gentil is looking to escape.
Andor Seres overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Seres working over Gentil with some ground and pound. Gentil looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Seres prevents Gentil from standing back up.
Seres looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gentil with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gentil has one foot on Seres's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Gentil throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gentil is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Seres.
Gentil closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Seres moves away from the strike by Gentil.
Seres feinted with a counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seres looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gentil darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Seres misses with a looping right.
Gentil sizes up Seres with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gentil looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Seres takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seres moves out of range of the body kick.
Gentil scores with a leg kick.
Gentil connects with a solid leg kick.
Gentil walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Seres changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gentil tries to avoid it but Seres manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gentil to the ground. Gentil escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andor Seres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gentil catches Seres with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gentil cracks Seres with a good jab.
Nice jab there from Seres.
Andor Seres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gentil misses with a hook.
Seres is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gentil fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Seres misses.
Gentil with the inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seres throws a hook but Gentil blocks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Seres checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seres throws a hook but Gentil avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Gentil.
Horrible takedown attempt by Seres or perhaps it was just good defense by Gentil, which made it look bad.
Seres swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Seres lands with an uppercut that bounces Gentil off the cage and back into range.
Gentil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seres.
Gentil dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gentil looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Seres finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gentil misses with a double jab.
Gentil throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gentil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gentil displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paulo Gentil will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Gentil throws a low kick but Seres avoids it.
Seres swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gentil slips a straight right by Seres.
Gentil has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gentil there as he acknowledges the shot.
Seres scores with a three punch combo!
Seres shoots for a takedown but Gentil saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Seres takes a swing at Gentil's ribcage but misses.
Gentil works the jab nicely.
Gentil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seres tried to score with a low kick but Gentil checks it.
Decent striking displayed by Seres there.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gentil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gentil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gentil throws out a loose jab but Seres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seres is looking to land body kicks.
Gentil takes a swing at Seres's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Seres does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Seres misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gentil misses with a looping right.
Gentil lands a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gentil.
Seres with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gentil bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gentil swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice straight punches there by Gentil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gentil.
Seres throws a head kick that half lands.
Gentil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seres shoots in looking for a takedown. Gentil tries to sprawl out of it but Seres keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gentil manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gentil lands a leg kick that knocks Seres off balance momentarily.
Seres ducks under a wild hook from Gentil.
Gentil lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gentil works Seres's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Seres misses with a wild body shot.
Despite the aggression on Gentil's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gentil!
Seres misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seres.
Gentil lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Seres jabs at Gentil's body.
Seres misses with a takedown attempt - Gentil sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andor Seres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seres throws out a loose jab but Gentil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gentil avoids a kick to the body.
Seres misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gentil moves away from the strike by Seres.
Seres scores with a leg kick.
Gentil throws a looping overhand right but Seres ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Seres.
Seres misses with a looping left.
Seres connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gentil's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Seres is predictable there
and Gentil counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seres avoids the body shot from Gentil.
Seres will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gentil lands with a nice body kick.
Seres misses with a few strikes there.
Gentil misses with a hook. Seres ducked under it nicely.
Gentil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seres moves away.
Seres throws an overhand right that lands on Gentil's shoulder, as Gentil tries to avoid the shot.
Seres scores with a leg kick.
Gentil lands a nice shot to the body.
Gentil lands with a cross.
Gentil looks to land a left hand but Seres moved out of range nicely.
Seres gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gentil counters with a nice body shot.
Gentil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gentil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seres throws out the jab.
Gentil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seres moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seres misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gentil.
Gentil counters with a body kick.
Seres misses with a hook
and Gentil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Gentil does it's job there.
Seres throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gentil's waist but Gentil gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Seres off to one side.
Gentil tries to clinch up.
Seres lands the left hand.
Seres moves out of range as Gentil throws a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Seres misses the target.
Seres tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gentil checks a leg kick.
Gentil connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Seres gets a takedown into half guard.
Gentil makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil blocks a head kick by Seres.
Gentil with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paulo Gentil.
I think Gentil has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Gentil!
A victorious Paulo Gentil 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Keisuke Matsuzaka (ranked 148 p4p, 410 weight class) and Itchy Sinclair (ranked 18 p4p, 51 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Keisuke Matsuzaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Matsuzaka wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sinclair misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sinclair bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sinclair misses with a two punch combination.
Sinclair throws a sloppy body shot
and Matsuzaka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sinclair's knee momentarily.
Matsuzaka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matsuzaka misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sinclair gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sinclair closes this distance looking for a takedown but Matsuzaka circles away.
Sinclair misses with a wild body shot.
Sinclair throws the kick towards the body but Matsuzaka avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuzaka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sinclair.
Sinclair misses with a body shot.
We've been informed that Sinclair has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sinclair fails to land the takedown.
Sinclair lands a nice shot that snaps Matsuzaka's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair gets a double leg takedown into Matsuzaka's guard.
Matsuzaka looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sinclair slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Matsuzaka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sinclair showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Matsuzaka keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Matsuzaka has his hands on Sinclair's head, controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Matsuzaka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinclair scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sinclair with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sinclair falls off balance throwing a combination
and Matsuzaka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Itchy Sinclair has been cut.
Jab from Matsuzaka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair misses with a few strikes there.
Matsuzaka throws a jab when Sinclair was well out of range.
Sinclair lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matsuzaka circles away quickly and effectively.
Matsuzaka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sinclair shoots for a takedown but Matsuzaka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Matsuzaka misses the target.
Keisuke Matsuzaka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Itchy Sinclair.
Matsuzaka moves away from the strike by Sinclair.
Sinclair throws a hook but Matsuzaka avoids it easily.
Matsuzaka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sinclair rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsuzaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sinclair scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Matsuzaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinclair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinclair throws a right hand that Matsuzaka ducks under and follows up with a left that Matsuzaka also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matsuzaka slips under a jab from Sinclair.
Matsuzaka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Matsuzaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sinclair.
Matsuzaka cracks Sinclair with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Matsuzaka has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sinclair to stand back up!
 Sinclair is rocked!
That has opened up Itchy Sinclair's cut even more.
Sinclair slips under a jab.
Matsuzaka avoids the body shot from Sinclair.
Keisuke Matsuzaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sinclair lands a jab to the nose.
Sinclair dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sinclair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinclair closes the distance and clinches up with Matsuzaka, looking for a takedown. Sinclair pushes Matsuzaka against the cage but Matsuzaka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sinclair drives through with a takedown into Matsuzaka's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Matsuzaka is wriggling around but Sinclair manages to pass to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Itchy Sinclair's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sinclair on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sinclair misses with a hook.
Sinclair fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sinclair throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matsuzaka.
Sinclair misses with a hook.
Matsuzaka cracks Sinclair with a hook to the temple - Sinclair is on wobbly legs here! Matsuzaka swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Sinclair falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Matsuzaka wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Keisuke Matsuzaka!
After the fight, Keisuke Matsuzaka was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Jimenez (ranked 77 p4p, 288 weight class) and Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 8 p4p, 30 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kalmisto's choice of entrance music: Tässäkö tää oli. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diogo Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apophis Kalmisto!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimenez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kalmisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jimenez scores with a decent looking hook.
Kalmisto throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Jimenez to counter with a crisp jab.
Kalmisto throws a hook but Jimenez avoids it easily.
Kalmisto with a nice cross.
Jimenez takes one to the chin there.
Jimenez swings for the body but Kalmisto moves out of range.
Jimenez lands a nice looking body shot.
Kalmisto lands with a right hand.
Kalmisto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jimenez. Jimenez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kalmisto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kalmisto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jimenez.
Kalmisto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
Jimenez misses the jab.
Kalmisto throws a combination that misses
and Jimenez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kalmisto moves away from the strike by Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jimenez defending well as Kalmisto loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kalmisto moves out of range as Jimenez strikes.
Apophis Kalmisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalmisto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jimenez 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.
Kalmisto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jimenez moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jimenez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kalmisto is able to avoid easily.
Jimenez ducks under a wild hook from Kalmisto.
Jimenez throws a low kick but Kalmisto moves out of range easily.
Jimenez defending well as Kalmisto loads up on a big left hand.
Kalmisto throws a lazy uppercut
and Jimenez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jimenez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kalmisto.
Jimenez throwing a counter right hand but Kalmisto manages to avoid it.
Kalmisto throws a looping overhand right but Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.
Jimenez throws a sloppy head kick and Kalmisto moves out of range easily.
Kalmisto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Kalmisto misses.
Kalmisto throws a head kick that misses
and Jimenez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kalmisto throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
Jimenez avoids the body shot from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jimenez.
Kalmisto throws a jab but it's blocked by Jimenez.
Kalmisto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jimenez checks a leg kick.
Jimenez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kalmisto's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kalmisto scores with a hook to the body. Jimenez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jimenez checks a leg kick.
Jimenez throwing a counter right hand but Kalmisto manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez throws a head kick that Kalmisto semi-blocks.
Kalmisto lands a jab to Jimenez's midsection.
Kalmisto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kalmisto.
Kalmisto scores with a jab.
Jimenez lands with a nice body punch.
Apophis Kalmisto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jimenez checks a leg kick.
Jimenez scores with a jab to the head.
Kalmisto looks to throw the jab but Jimenez is out of range.
Kalmisto missing with a left hand there. Jimenez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kalmisto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jimenez.
Kalmisto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jimenez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jimenez misses with a looping left.
Kalmisto tries to work over Jimenez's front leg with a kick but Jimenez checks it.
Kalmisto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jimenez.
Kalmisto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jimenez looks to throw the jab but Kalmisto is out of range.
Jimenez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jimenez swings for the body but Kalmisto moves out of range.
Jimenez connects with a crisp jab.
Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jimenez misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez takes the fight into the clinch.
Kalmisto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jimenez blocks an uppercut.
Kalmisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jimenez avoids it.
Jimenez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jimenez dodges an elbow strike from Kalmisto.
Jimenez scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jimenez.
Jimenez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jimenez.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kalmisto.
Jimenez managing to block the knees to the body from Kalmisto.
Jimenez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kalmisto takes a shot to the head.
Jimenez wants to take the fight to the mat but Kalmisto manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kalmisto fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
Jimenez misses with a punch to the body.
Kalmisto throws a head punch that misses.
Jimenez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jimenez misses with a punch on the inside.
Kalmisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Jimenez controls his hands.
Jimenez presses Kalmisto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalmisto presses Jimenez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kalmisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jimenez swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalmisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Jimenez on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Diogo Jimenez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kalmisto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kalmisto gets caught flat footed, as Jimenez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jimenez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kalmisto keeping moving, preventing Jimenez from controlling successfully.
Jimenez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kalmisto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jimenez has managed to get both his arms back between Kalmisto's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalmisto wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez has gone for a leg lock! Kalmisto slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jimenez's guard.
Jimenez seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Kalmisto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jimenez has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kalmisto 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 Jimenez.
Kalmisto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Jimenez has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kalmisto but great work by Jimenez.
Kalmisto is looking for a sweep.
Jimenez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kalmisto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jimenez trying to control the position but Kalmisto is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto stops Jimenez from passing to mount.
Kalmisto is trying to get back to half guard.
Jimenez swings around for an armbar but Kalmisto sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jimenez's guard.
Jimenez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kalmisto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kalmisto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto trying to control but Jimenez is working from the bottom.
Jimenez is trying to hold Kalmisto in close to prevent damage but Kalmisto has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jimenez moves into full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jimenez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Diogo Jimenez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kalmisto misses with an uppercut.
Apophis Kalmisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalmisto throws a hook to the side of Jimenez's head but Jimenez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jimenez moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalmisto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jimenez.
Kalmisto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jimenez.
Jimenez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kalmisto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kalmisto scores with a shot to the body.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kalmisto was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
Kalmisto slips under a jab from Jimenez.
Jimenez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jimenez avoids the body shot from Kalmisto.
Jimenez jabs at Kalmisto's body.
Jimenez blocks a jab.
Diogo Jimenez is winning the standup battle so far.
Kalmisto misses with an uppercut
and Jimenez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kalmisto is looking to slow Jimenez down with leg kicks.
Jimenez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kalmisto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalmisto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jimenez counters with a left to the body.
Jimenez slips under a jab.
Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalmisto manages to avoid it.
A combination from Jimenez does no damage.
Jimenez walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kalmisto.
A low kick from Kalmisto is predictable there
enabling Jimenez to counter with a crisp jab.
Jimenez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jimenez looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalmisto is just out of range.
Kalmisto tries to score with a low kick but Jimenez moves his leg out of the way.
Jimenez closes the distance and pushes Kalmisto back into the cage.
Good body shot from Jimenez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto tries a body shot but Jimenez blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jimenez.
Kalmisto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kalmisto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jimenez throws a head punch that misses.
Kalmisto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jimenez backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez tries to throw a body punch but Kalmisto avoids it by throwing Jimenez back against the cage.
Kalmisto blocking some punches.
Diogo Jimenez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jimenez blocks an uppercut.
Kalmisto lands an elbow that stopped Jimenez in his tracks for a moment.
Kalmisto lands an elbow that stopped Jimenez in his tracks for a moment.
Jimenez blocking some punches.
Kalmisto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jimenez lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jimenez.
A short body shot lands from Jimenez as the two fighters clinch.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jimenez avoids it.
Jimenez jumps guard but Kalmisto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jimenez throws a head punch that misses.
Jimenez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kalmisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Diogo Jimenez has been cut.
Kalmisto lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diogo Jimenez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jimenez dodges an elbow strike from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jimenez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kalmisto prevents a body shot from Jimenez.
Jimenez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jimenez throws a jab when Kalmisto was well out of range.
Kalmisto throws a big shot that misses.
Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Jimenez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jimenez with a jab.
Kalmisto throws the left hand but Jimenez avoids the punch easily.
Jimenez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jimenez backing away here, and Kalmisto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kalmisto moves away from the strike by Jimenez.
Kalmisto avoids the head kick by Jimenez.
Kalmisto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jimenez with a body shot.
Kalmisto looks to land a right hand but Jimenez moved out of range.
Kalmisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jimenez manages to avoid it.
Kalmisto misses with a looping right.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kalmisto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto tests Jimenez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto scores with a jab to the head.
Kalmisto looks to land a left hand but Jimenez moved out of range nicely.
Kalmisto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jimenez.
A big right from Kalmisto misses.
Jimenez throwing a counter right hand but Kalmisto manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Kalmisto misses.
Jimenez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jimenez takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.
Kalmisto cracks a nice hook into Jimenez's ribs.
Jimenez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kalmisto's half guard.
Kalmisto missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jimenez stalling.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Diogo Jimenez.
Well Jimenez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diogo Jimenez!
Diogo Jimenez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between A. Mere Con (ranked 35 p4p, 116 weight class) and Mason Jones (ranked 4 p4p, 13 weight class). 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 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, A. Mere Con!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Jones!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a lunging right hand
and Con counters with a nice uppercut.
Con moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Con misses its target.
Con jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Con misses.
Con ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Con moves away.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Con connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones thumps Con with a low kick.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Con moves out of range as Jones strikes.
A swing and a miss from Con.
Con is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Con lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Con lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Con.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Con is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Mason Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Con waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jones throws out a powerful jab.
Con fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Con slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones jabs Con right on the nose. Con blinks but takes it well.
Con throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Con checks a leg kick.
Jones takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones throws a hook but Con blocks it.
Con steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
A big left from Con misses.
Con misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Con misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Con was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Con throws out the jab.
Con scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Con misses with a few strikes there.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Con is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Con misses with a straight right.
Jones jabs at Con's body.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Con in his tracks.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Con ducks down to avoid it.
Con avoids the body shot from Jones.
Con getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've been told by Con's head coaches at Heartless Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones swings for the body but Con moves out of range.
Con throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Con's head but Con sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones throws a leg kick but Con sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Con checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Con swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Con and move into the clinch position.
Con jabs at Jones's body.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Con.
Con takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones throws a chopping leg kick but Con manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Con.
Con throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Con misses.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Con off balance momentarily.
Con avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Con works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Con thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones throws a counter combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Con walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Con throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Con moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Con tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones cracks Con with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Con scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Con.
Con ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Con throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Con waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
enabling Con to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones works Con's body with a nice hook.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Con moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Jones misses.
Con looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot by Jones.
Con steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
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 A. Mere Con will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jones slips a straight right by Con.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Con missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Con with a body shot.
Jones throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Con scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Con avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Con misses with a body punch.
Con swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Con is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Jones.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con blocks an uppercut.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Con throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Con moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Con tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Con slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Con doesn't seem phased though.
Good work by Con as he checks the leg kick.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Con.
Jones swings for the body but Con moves out of range.
Con swinging wildly here.
Con takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Con sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Con misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Con checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Con moved out of range.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Con.
Con drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones tries to work over Con's front leg with a kick but Con checks it.
Con has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Con there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Con's head.
Con connects with a single shot there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Con throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Con and move into the clinch position.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Mason Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones sizes up Con with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A decent looking cross lands there for Con.
Jones attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Con is looking to counter punch.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Con keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Con is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Con's head backwards.
Con throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Con jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Con tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Con.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Con.
Jones slips a straight right by Con.
Con pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Con. Those never looked like landing.
Con slips under a jab.
Con swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Con misses with a looping right.
Con slips a jab from Jones.
Con throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones tries a quick counter leg kick but Con is wise to it.
Con checks a leg kick.
Con throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
Con looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Con connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Con throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones flicks out a counter leg kick but Con steps away.
Con throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Con counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Con scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Con blocks the leg kick.
Con scores with a body shot.
Con looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Con has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Con slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Con throws out the jab.
Nice jab there from Con.
Con takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Con doesn't seem phased though.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Con.
Con throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Con scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Con.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Jones 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.
Con chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Con throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones throws a hook but Con blocks it.
Con checks a low kick from Jones.
Con takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Con checks it well.
Jones defending well as Con loads up on a big left hand.
Con scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Con bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Con looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Con off balance momentarily.
Con just misses with a punch to the body.
Con tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Con.
Con throws out a powerful jab.
Jones is looking to slow Con down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones with a nice calf kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones swings for the body but Con moves out of range.
Jones wants to slow Con down by chopping away at his legs.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Con's shoulder, as Con tries to avoid the shot.
Jones throws the left hand but Con avoids the punch easily.
Con throws a big shot that misses.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Con misses with a two punch combination.
Con with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones works Con's body with a nice hook.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Con is out of range and Jones settles back down.
Jones slips a jab from Con.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Con swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones thumps Con with a low kick.
Con throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a low kick but Con avoids it.
Jones throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jones throws a leg kick but Con checks it.
Con moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Con. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Con misses.
Con moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.
An attempted straight right counter from Con misses the target.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Con moved out of range nicely.
Con throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Con. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones avoids the body shot from Con.
Jones appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Con has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Con and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Con slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones throws a low kick but Con moves out of range easily.
Con is looking to counter punch.
Con ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Con. That snapped Jones's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Con scrambles back to his feet.
Con takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Con blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat of the thigh.
Con keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Con.
Jones attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Con misses with a hook.
Con lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Con is just out of range.
It looked like Con wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Con avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Con misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Con.
Jones motions for Con to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Con walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Con's shoulder, as Con tries to avoid the shot.
Con avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Con checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones swings for the body but Con moves out of range.
Con slips under a jab.
Con connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jones throws a leg kick but Con checks it.
Con takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Con misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Con ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick lands for Jones.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Con has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Con there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Jones really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Con swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Jones.
Jones cracks Con with a good jab.
Jones attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Con has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Con there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Con ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Con misses its target.
Con has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Con throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Con slips the punch.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Con was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Nice defenses there by Con.
Con keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Con moved out of range.
Jones slips a jab from Con.
Jones is looking to slow Con down with leg kicks.
Jones swings for the body but Con moves out of range.
Con tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Con misses with a wild body shot.
Jones is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Con clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Con misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Con on the inside.
Con lands with a left to the head.
Jones tries a body shot but Con blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Con fails to land.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Con's head.
A short right from Con on the inside.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Con is defending well for now.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Con has him pressed against the cage.
Jones lands a body punch.
Con's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Con.
Con lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Con tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A. Mere Con has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Con wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Con lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Con gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Con creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Con blocks a body shot from Jones.
A short right from Con.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Con cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Con misses with a straight right.
Con throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Con misses.
Con slips a jab from Jones.
Jones takes a swing at Con's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Con wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Con misses.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Nice uppercut there from Con.
Jones slips under a jab from Con.
Con fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Con fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Con loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
A right-left combo lands from Con.
Con takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Con takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Jones tenderised Con's leg. Con is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Con looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Jones misses.
Con connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Jones catches Con right on the button with a cross.
Jones takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Con throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Con is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Con moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Con is just out of range.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Con throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jones misses with a low kick as Con jumps back.
Con appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Con walks into a jab.
Con connects with the punch.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Con at a distance.
Con slips a straight right by Jones.
Con tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones lands with a straight right. Con didn't see that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some bone on bone action there as Con checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Con lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Con checks a leg kick.
Con scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that A. Mere Con will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Con throws a body shot but no joy.
Con gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Con misses with a punch to the body.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Con's elbow.
Con lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Con as Jones tries to tie him up.
Con misses with a hook from the clinch.
Con cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Con backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
Con misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Con backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Con misses with a short punch on the inside.
Con trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Con into the cage.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Con.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones prevents a body shot from Con.
Con lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Con.
Con swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones gets through Con's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Con tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Con fails to land.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Con's elbow.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Con creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to push Con away but Con has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Con prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Con misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Con on the inside.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Con tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Con tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Con lands with a left to the head.
Con swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Con misses with a body punch.
Con misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con has Jones pressed against the cage.
Con lands a right hand.
Con lands with a left to the head.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
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.
Con looking to stall.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones misses with a low kick as Con jumps back.
Con ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Con moves away and avoids it.
Jones misses with a hook
and Con counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones cracks Con with a good jab.
Con throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Con - just one landing.
Jones throws a body punch but Con moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con moves out of range of the leg kick from Jones.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Con was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones lands the left hand.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Con was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Con lands with a nice body punch.
Donk. Jones catches Con right on the button with a cross.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Con.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Con moves out of range of the strikes.
Con cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Con throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones tests Con's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Con's front leg but catches the back leg as Con tries to avoid it.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Con counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mason Jones.
I think Jones 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 47:50
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:50
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Jones!
Mason Jones is the new welterweight champion!
Post fight, Mason Jones stared into the camera and said 'Chin. Power.'.
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