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WCMMA Fight Night 3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Ragnarsson (ranked 4931 p4p, 25590 weight class) and Yaroslav Borkechev (ranked 456 p4p, 509 weight class). Ragnarsson comes to the cage accompanied by Twilight of the Thunder God. Yaroslav Borkechev will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sigurd Ragnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaroslav Borkechev!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borkechev moves into the clinch.
Borkechev unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Borkechev breaks the clinch.
Borkechev has taken the fight to the clinch.
Borkechev gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Borkechev trying to control but Ragnarsson is working from the bottom.
Ragnarsson pulls Borkechev in close to prevent any damage.
Ragnarsson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ragnarsson wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borkechev trying to control the position from guard on top but Ragnarsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ragnarsson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Borkechev is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yaroslav Borkechev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borkechev gets a takedown into half guard.
Ragnarsson punching from the bottom.
Borkechev frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tries to hold on but Borkechev pushes him away.
Borkechev tries to control but Ragnarsson wriggling away.
Borkechev is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Borkechev lands with some strikes.
Ragnarsson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ragnarsson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Borkechev.
Ragnarsson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ragnarsson is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Borkechev is trying to control. Ragnarsson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ragnarsson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson has control of Borkechev's left arm, preventing Borkechev from doing any damage.
Ragnarsson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ragnarsson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ragnarsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Borkechev is one step ahead there.
Borkechev trying to control but Ragnarsson is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ragnarsson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Borkechev's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ragnarsson landing some decent shots from guard.
Ragnarsson controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yaroslav Borkechev dominated that round.
That's time! Ragnarsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Borkechev.
Borkechev trying to control the position but Ragnarsson is working away.
Ragnarsson is looking to reverse the position.
Ragnarsson prevents Borkechev from improving position.
Ragnarsson throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borkechev throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ragnarsson struggling a bit here.
Ragnarsson regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borkechev looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ragnarsson trying to hold on to Borkechev's head to control him but Borkechev postures up.
Ragnarsson has his hands clasped together around Borkechev's back. He's all about the action.
Ragnarsson manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ragnarsson tries to strike from the bottom.
Borkechev trying to control but Ragnarsson is working from the bottom.
Borkechev drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ragnarsson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ragnarsson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ragnarsson!
Ragnarsson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Borkechev some visible discomfort.
Ragnarsson working the ground and pound.
Ragnarsson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yaroslav Borkechev has got the better of the ground game so far.
Borkechev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ragnarsson working the ground and pound.
Borkechev taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ragnarsson working the ground and pound.
Ragnarsson scoring with punches and elbows.
Ragnarsson working the body and head with strikes.
 Borkechev is rocked!
Borkechev taking punishment in the form of punches.
Borkechev is still in real trouble! Can Ragnarsson finish him?
Ragnarsson cracks Borkechev with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Ragnarsson immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Borkechev is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Ragnarsson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigurd Ragnarsson!
Sigurd Ragnarsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jace Michaels (ranked 5066 p4p, 25503 weight class) and Quan Dunn Jr (ranked 237 p4p, 274 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jace Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quan Dunn Jr!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels dives in and scores a takedown into Dunn Jr's guard.
Michaels drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Michaels jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Michaels drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Michaels as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Dunn Jr screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Michaels! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jace Michaels!
After winning the bout, Jace Michaels thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Cartier (ranked 3394 p4p, 3874 weight class) and The Pdo Cock Muncher (ranked 127 p4p, 180 weight class). The Pdo Cock Muncher will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Cartier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, The Pdo Cock Muncher!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartier darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cartier perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cartier stops Cock Muncher from getting back to his feet.
Cartier perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cock Muncher is trying to stand up here but Cartier is controlling him well.
Cartier wants to free his trapped foot but Cock Muncher is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartier looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cartier is trying to work for a kimura but Cock Muncher is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartier is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cock Muncher has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartier is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cock Muncher has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cartier not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cartier lands strikes from half guard.
Cartier is trying a forearm choke
I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cartier is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cock Muncher doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cartier.
Cartier performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cartier wants to pass the guard but Cock Muncher is defending well.
Cartier is trying to control the action in half guard but Cock Muncher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cock Muncher on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cartier looks to land a strike but Cock Muncher avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cartier throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cartier stops Cock Muncher from standing up.
Cock Muncher keeping full guard, as Cartier tries to pass.
Cartier trying to control the position from guard on top but Cock Muncher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartier postures up in Cock Muncher's guard and throws a big left but Cock Muncher blocks it.
Cartier thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cartier missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cartier wants to control from the top but Cock Muncher keeps moving.
Cartier trying to move into half guard but instead Cock Muncher has managed to sweep!
Cartier is trying to keep Cock Muncher in close.
Cock Muncher gets to his feet. Cartier looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartier dodges the punch combination from Cock Muncher.
Cartier doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cock Muncher counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cartier thinking.
Cartier with a poor takedown
and Cock Muncher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cartier goes for a double leg but Cock Muncher avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cock Muncher continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Cartier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartier is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cock Muncher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cartier walks away with a smile on his face. Cock Muncher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cartier moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cartier misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but The Pdo Cock Muncher will probably get the nod.
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.
Cartier gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cock Muncher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cock Muncher lands a left and a right that send Cartier crashing to the mat, dazed. Cock Muncher thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Cartier is rocked!
Cock Muncher is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Cock Muncher shuts the power down on Cartier. Lights out, game over! Cock Muncher is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). The Pdo Cock Muncher!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Clemens (ranked 1831 p4p, 1978 weight class) and Paulo Maldini (ranked 247 p4p, 260 weight class). The key to victory for Samuel Clemens has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Clemens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulo Maldini!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clemens slips under a jab.
Clemens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maldini.
Maldini throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
Clemens slips under a jab from Maldini.
A big left from Maldini misses.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
Maldini throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clemens moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Clemens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maldini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clemens.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
Clemens slips a jab from Maldini.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clemens staying out of range there.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Clemens staying out of range there.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini misses the jab.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini throws a hook but Clemens blocks it.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clemens.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini misses with a looping right.
Maldini slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
Maldini forces Clemens back against the cage and clinches.
Maldini breaks the clinch.
Clemens moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clemens is looking to wear down Maldini with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maldini throws a looping overhand right but Clemens ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Clemens moves away from the strike by Maldini.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clemens moves out of range of the strikes.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clemens ducks under a wild hook from Maldini.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini throws a jab but it's blocked by Clemens.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Maldini misses.
Clemens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clemens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clemens.
Maldini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws a looping overhand right but Clemens ducks down to avoid it.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Clemens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
A slow jab from Maldini misses its intended target.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maldini thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini misses with a hook. Clemens ducked under it nicely.
Maldini misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Clemens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maldini.
Maldini swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a left to the body.
Clemens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maldini throws out the jab.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a right hand to the body.
Maldini misses with a right hand
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Maldini.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws a lazy right hand but Clemens sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paulo Maldini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maldini throws a lazy right hand but Clemens sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maldini misses with a hook. Clemens ducked under it nicely.
Maldini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
Maldini misses with a straight right.
Clemens staying out of range there.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Maldini misses.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maldini misses with an uppercut
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maldini 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.
Maldini misses with a hook
and Clemens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Clemens ducks under a wild hook from Maldini.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini missing with a left hand there. Clemens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Maldini dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maldini misses with a lunging right hand
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clemens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maldini.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clemens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maldini.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters with a right hand to the body.
Maldini throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini looks to land a right hand but Clemens moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
A telegraphed right hand from Maldini misses the target.
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clemens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maldini.
Maldini misses with a hook
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clemens slips under a jab from Maldini.
Maldini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clemens.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Clemens blocks a jab.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maldini swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a left to the body.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Paulo Maldini seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clemens moves out of range of the strikes.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
Clemens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clemens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maldini.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini looks to land a right hand but Clemens moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maldini misses with an uppercut
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maldini misses with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a right hand to the body.
Clemens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maldini throws out the jab.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maldini misses with a hook
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clemens with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maldini to score with a decent uppercut.
Maldini loads up on a big right hand but Clemens slips the punch.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clemens defending well as Maldini loads up on a big left hand.
Maldini throws a looping overhand right but Clemens ducks down to avoid it.
Clemens slips a jab from Maldini.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini throws a hook but Clemens avoids it easily.
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini misses with an uppercut. Clemens saw that one coming.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maldini thinking.
Maldini misses with a hook. Clemens ducked under it nicely.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maldini thinking.
Maldini is breathing heavily.
Clemens takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maldini misses with a lunging right hand
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maldini has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maldini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clemens.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini throws an overhand right that lands on Clemens's shoulder, as Clemens tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
Maldini misses with a hook. Clemens ducked under it nicely.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Maldini.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini misses with a hook. Clemens ducked under it nicely.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a left to the body.
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!
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maldini thinking.
A slow jab from Maldini misses its intended target.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Clemens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maldini.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters with a left to the body.
Maldini throws a jab but it's blocked by Clemens.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini misses the jab.
Maldini rushes Clemens and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maldini escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clemens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Samuel Clemens will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Maldini throws a lazy uppercut
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maldini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Clemens slips a straight right by Maldini.
Clemens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clemens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maldini throws a lazy right hand but Clemens sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clemens slips under a jab from Maldini.
Clemens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Maldini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maldini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini misses with an uppercut
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clemens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini throws a hook to the side of Clemens's head but Clemens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Clemens closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maldini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fighters circling - Maldini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maldini throws an off balance right hand
and Clemens counters with a right hand to the body.
Maldini rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clemens takes one to the side of the head.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maldini misses with an uppercut
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clemens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
Maldini misses with an uppercut
and Clemens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maldini misses with an uppercut.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Clemens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
Maldini throws a hook to the side of Clemens's head but Clemens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clemens is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Clemens slips a jab from Maldini.
Clemens slips a straight right by Maldini.
A slow jab from Maldini misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clemens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maldini thinking.
A swing and a miss from Maldini.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slow jab from Maldini misses its intended target.
Maldini throws a lazy uppercut
and Clemens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clemens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Clemens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clemens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
Maldini misses with a lunging right hand
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maldini swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maldini throws a lazy uppercut
and Clemens counters with a left to the body.
Maldini throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
Clemens appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Maldini.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A swing and a miss from Maldini.
Maldini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clemens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws a hook but Clemens blocks it.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Maldini misses the jab.
A quick step to the side and Clemens tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Clemens misses its target.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clemens blocks a jab.
Maldini misses with a lunging right hand
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maldini misses with a hook
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini misses with a hook
and Clemens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clemens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maldini.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
Clemens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A jab from Maldini misses.
It looked like Clemens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maldini.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Clemens showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clemens has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason St Jaques (ranked 2182 p4p, 2653 weight class) and Robson Miudinho (ranked 125 p4p, 160 weight class). Mason St Jaques has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason St Jaques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robson Miudinho!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miudinho moves into range and clinches up with St Jaques.
St Jaques definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Miudinho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Jaques in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miudinho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miudinho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Jaques drops down looking for an ankle pick but Miudinho pulls his leg out and moves away.
Miudinho closes the distance and clinches.
Miudinho missing with knees to the body.
Miudinho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Miudinho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Jaques.
St Jaques takes a knee right on the jaw!
Miudinho trying to land knees to the body.
Miudinho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St Jaques avoids it.
St Jaques pulls guard.
St Jaques is looking for a triangle but Miudinho pushes his legs off easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Jaques has control of Miudinho's left arm, preventing Miudinho from doing any damage.
Miudinho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Jaques trying to control the position here.
St Jaques looking to control.
St Jaques is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miudinho is looking for a sweep. St Jaques is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Jaques is trying a forearm choke
I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Jaques not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Jaques is looking for a kimura but Miudinho is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Jaques to get the leverage.
Nice strikes from St Jaques there.
St Jaques is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Miudinho is just riding it out for now. St Jaques eventually gives up the hold.
Miudinho is looking to improve his position.
St Jaques wants to work for an arm triangle but Miudinho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. St Jaques lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Jaques wants to work for an arm triangle but Miudinho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
St Jaques 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.
Miudinho keeping hold of St Jaques's head, controlling as best he can.
St Jaques is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
St Jaques is working for a kimura but Miudinho is defending it quite comfortably.
St Jaques uses his free foot to push down on Miudinho's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Miudinho.
St Jaques looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miudinho tries to hold on but St Jaques pushes him away.
St Jaques pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Miudinho can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Jaques controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Jaques cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Miudinho tries to lock up and control but St Jaques gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
St Jaques trying to control but Miudinho is having none of it.
St Jaques looking to secure an arm triangle but Miudinho defends it well.
Miudinho is desperately trying to improve his position but St Jaques has a good base and remains in mount.
St Jaques lands a couple of good shots and Miudinho has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason St Jaques dominated that round.
That's time! St Jaques's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miudinho.
Miudinho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Jaques.
Miudinho throws the kick towards the body but St Jaques avoids it.
St Jaques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miudinho throws a leg kick which misses St Jaques's front leg but catches the back leg as St Jaques tries to avoid it.
Miudinho lands with a nice body kick.
Miudinho forces St Jaques back against the cage and clinches.
Miudinho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Jaques avoiding damage as Miudinho throws knees to the body.
Miudinho connects with a knee to the head.
St Jaques fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Jaques pulls Miudinho into guard.
St Jaques scrambles and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Jaques shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Miudinho as he jumps to the side.
Miudinho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miudinho tries to keep at a distance but St Jaques has taken the fight into the clinch.
Miudinho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Jaques.
Miudinho trying to land knees to the body.
Miudinho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Jaques swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St Jaques has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miudinho is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason St Jaques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miudinho landing knees to the head.
Robson Miudinho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
St Jaques tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
St Jaques jumps guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miudinho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Miudinho preventing the sweep.
St Jaques escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Miudinho gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Miudinho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Jaques. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Miudinho trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Jaques's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miudinho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mason St Jaques overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Miudinho is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Miudinho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Jaques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Jaques is trying to control the position but Miudinho postures up.
St Jaques trying to control the position here.
St Jaques is looking to cinch up a triangle. Miudinho throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to St Jaques's body to avoid the submission. St Jaques has instead reached around Miudinho's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! St Jaques arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mason St Jaques!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Batu Otgonbayar (ranked 2346 p4p, 5409 weight class) and Taram Douglass (ranked 302 p4p, 498 weight class). Taram Douglass has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Batu Otgonbayar's chin.
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5 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Batu Otgonbayar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taram Douglass!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otgonbayar gets a clinch.
Douglass blocks an uppercut.
Otgonbayar has Douglass pushed against the cage.
Otgonbayar letting Douglass take a breather here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Otgonbayar throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglass.
Douglass is pushing Otgonbayar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Otgonbayar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Otgonbayar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Otgonbayar forces Douglass back against the cage and clinches.
Otgonbayar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Otgonbayar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Otgonbayar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
Otgonbayar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Otgonbayar has a couple of punches blocked by Douglass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otgonbayar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Otgonbayar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Douglass swings wildly with an uppercut but Otgonbayar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglass is pushing Otgonbayar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Douglass takes a shot to the head.
Otgonbayar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Otgonbayar gets a clinch.
Otgonbayar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Otgonbayar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Otgonbayar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Otgonbayar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Otgonbayar looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otgonbayar clinches with his opponent.
Otgonbayar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
Come on Otgonbayar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Otgonbayar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Otgonbayar.
Douglass blocks an uppercut.
Otgonbayar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Douglass letting Otgonbayar take a breather here.
We've been informed that Douglass has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Otgonbayar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otgonbayar tries to break free but Douglass pushes him back against the cage.
Otgonbayar is struggling to control the position.
Otgonbayar stalling against the cage.
Otgonbayar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Batu Otgonbayar.
Douglass gets tackled into the cage by Otgonbayar. Otgonbayar maintains the clinch.
Otgonbayar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Otgonbayar.
Otgonbayar pushes Douglass back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Otgonbayar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Otgonbayar blocks an elbow strike from Douglass.
Otgonbayar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Batu Otgonbayar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Otgonbayar darts in and clinches Douglass up against the cage.
Otgonbayar lands a hook that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
Otgonbayar has a couple of punches blocked by Douglass.
Batu Otgonbayar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Otgonbayar lands a hook that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Douglass in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Otgonbayar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Otgonbayar scores with a shot to the side of Douglass's head.
Otgonbayar scores with a shot to the side of Douglass's head.
Douglass is rocked!
A short uppercut from Otgonbayar.
Douglass is still on wobbly legs! Can Otgonbayar finish him?
Otgonbayar stalling in the clinch.
Otgonbayar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Otgonbayar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Otgonbayar throws a head punch that misses.
Otgonbayar has Douglass pressed against the cage.
Otgonbayar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Otgonbayar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Douglass seems to have recovered his senses.
Otgonbayar avoiding damage as Douglass throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Otgonbayar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglasss head.
Douglass looking to throw knees to the head but Otgonbayar is blocking nicely.
Otgonbayar has Douglass pressed against the cage.
Douglass being controlled against the cage.
Otgonbayar throws a head punch that misses.
Otgonbayar looking to slow down the pace here.
Douglass will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Otgonbayar up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Otgonbayar working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Douglass misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Douglass.
Otgonbayar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglass can do to turn this around?
A shot in the inside from Otgonbayar.
Otgonbayar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Douglass blocks an uppercut.
Douglass's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Otgonbayar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Otgonbayar manages to break the clinch.
Otgonbayar moves into the clinch successfully.
Douglass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Otgonbayar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otgonbayar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Douglass.
Douglass misses with a knee to the head.
Otgonbayar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglasss head.
Otgonbayar lands with a short shot to the head.
Otgonbayar lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglass.
Douglass with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Otgonbayar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
A short left from Otgonbayar.
Douglass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Otgonbayar lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Otgonbayar misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otgonbayar is stalling here.
Douglass blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Otgonbayar misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Otgonbayar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Otgonbayar stalling the fight.
Douglass misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Douglass - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Otgonbayar swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglass blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Batu Otgonbayar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Otgonbayar moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Otgonbayar.
Otgonbayar avoids a wild elbow strike from Douglass.
Otgonbayar can't break the clinch.
Otgonbayar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Otgonbayar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Otgonbayar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Otgonbayar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Otgonbayar misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Otgonbayar.
A head punch on the inside from Otgonbayar fails to land.
Otgonbayar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglasss head.
Otgonbayar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Douglass backwards.
Otgonbayar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Otgonbayar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Otgonbayar lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Douglass to his knees! Otgonbayar keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Batu Otgonbayar!
A relieved looking Batu Otgonbayar 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Russian (ranked 1328 p4p, 25475 weight class) and Niko Banks (ranked 161 p4p, 511 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Russian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niko Banks!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Banks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banks misses with the head strike.
Banks misses with a punch on the inside.
Russian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Banks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Russians head.
Russian lands an uppercut.
Russian lands with a short shot to the head.
Russian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Russian gets through Banks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Russian.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Banks backwards.
Russian drops Banks onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Banks is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Banks is rocked!
Russian misses with some punches.
Banks is still on wobbly legs! Can Russian finish him?
Banks swings wildly with an uppercut but Russian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Russian mutters something to Banks before pushing him back against the cage. As Banks comes back towards him, Russian unloads a hook from the very depths of hell that knocks Banks clean out! Oh. My. God. That is some seriously brutal stuff right there! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Big Russian!
Big Russian thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renato Arbani (ranked 1679 p4p, 2006 weight class) and Albert Vortmont (ranked 224 p4p, 259 weight class). Albert Vortmont will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Arbani!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Albert Vortmont!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Vortmont does it's job there.
Vortmont scores with a nice strike.
Arbani is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Vortmont engages and cracks Arbani with a massive lead left hook - Arbani tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Vortmont is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Albert Vortmont!
Albert Vortmont is the new lightweight champion!
Albert Vortmont decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vizual Mercenary (ranked 939 p4p, 1431 weight class) and Valentino Santiago (ranked 133 p4p, 195 weight class). Vizual Mercenary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vizual Mercenary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Valentino Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercenary misses with an uppercut.
Santiago drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mercenary defends it well.
Mercenary throws a lazy right hand but Santiago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santiago moves away from the strike by Mercenary.
Santiago tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mercenary misses with a straight left.
Santiago takes one on the button.
Santiago moves away from the strike by Mercenary.
Santiago on the wrong end of a nice jab.
 It looks like Valentino Santiago has been cut.
Santiago takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santiago is rocked!
Mercenary misses with an uppercut
and Santiago counters with a takedown into side control.
Santiago is still in real trouble! Can Mercenary finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santiago works to advance to full mount. Mercenary defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mercenary stops Santiago from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Santiago is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mercenary has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Santiago wants to take his opponent's back but Mercenary doesn't allow it.
Santiago takes Mercenary's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Mercenary is in trouble.
Santiago seems to have recovered his senses.
Santiago is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Mercenary with him. Mercenary is trying to defend but Santiago has an arm under the chin now! Mercenary grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Valentino Santiago!
Valentino Santiago is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Valentino Santiago thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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