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C211: Kronos vs McWrestler III PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walad Anubis (ranked 1517 p4p, 1273 weight class) and Nori Voluspa (ranked 202 p4p, 164 weight class). Anubis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hideaway. Walad Anubis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walad Anubis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nori Voluspa!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voluspa misses with a takedown
and Anubis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anubis cracks Voluspa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anubis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voluspa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Voluspa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Anubis did well to prevent Voluspa getting side control.
Voluspa is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Anubis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Voluspa.
Voluspa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Voluspa thows a huge punch but Anubis dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis has his hands clasped together around Voluspa's back. He's all about the action.
Voluspa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Voluspa is just content to waste time from the top position. Anubis takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Voluspa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voluspa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Voluspa throws a strike but Anubis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa seems keen to control Anubis's posture.
Voluspa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Voluspa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anubis is one step ahead there.
Voluspa is pulling down on Anubis's head to control his posture.
Anubis preventing the sweep.
Anubis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Voluspa on the ground.
Voluspa seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Voluspa striking off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anubis preventing the sweep.
Anubis trying to control the position from guard on top but Voluspa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Voluspa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Anubis throws a right and a left that Voluspa avoids nicely.
Voluspa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Anubis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anubis thumps Voluspa with a low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Voluspa is defended easily by Anubis.
As Voluspa looks to move away, Anubis throws a big counter combo but Voluspa just gets out of the way.
Walad Anubis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nori Voluspa.
Anubis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Anubis but Anubis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Voluspa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Anubis is trying to defend but Voluspa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Anubis is trying to maintain the position but Voluspa is very close to passing his half guard.
Anubis controlling the position well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Voluspa connects with a nice short shot to Anubis's temple.
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 Walad Anubis 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.
Anubis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Voluspa's head.
Voluspa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anubis as he jumps to the side.
Anubis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Voluspa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Anubis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Voluspa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Anubis but Anubis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A little feinted left hand from Anubis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Walad Anubis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nori Voluspa.
Voluspa shoots for a takedown but Anubis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anubis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Anubis lands a big head kick that sends Voluspa tumbling to the mat! Anubis takes a step backwards and waves Voluspa back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Voluspa is rocked!
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!
Anubis throws a low kick, looking for Voluspa's leg but Voluspa calmly moves out of range.
Walad Anubis is winning the standup battle so far.
Anubis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nori Voluspa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voluspa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Voluspa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Voluspa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Anubis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nori Voluspa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Anubis. No joy for Voluspa on that attempt.
Voluspa goes for a double leg but Anubis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Anubis continues to drive forward.
Anubis is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa shoots in for a takedown but Anubis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Voluspa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Whack! Anubis lands a heavy head kick that drops Voluspa. The ref tackles Anubis to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Voluspa was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Walad Anubis!
A relieved looking Walad Anubis 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Hawk (ranked 746 p4p, 1238 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 97 p4p, 161 weight class). Adderley has chosen Genesis as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ethan Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawk swings wildly with an uppercut but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adderley.
 It looks like Ethan Hawk has been cut.
Hawk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adderley told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A right hand to the body from Hawk.
Adderley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Hawk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adderley.
Adderley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawk misses with a series of wild punches.
Adderley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hawk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adderley in his tracks.
Hawk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.
Hawk lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawk.
Adderley looks winded!
Hawk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adderley.
Hawk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hawk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adderley tries to break free but Hawk pushes him back against the cage.
Hawk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Adderley blocks a body shot from Hawk.
Adderley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawk has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawk.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Hawk tries a body shot but Adderley blocks it.
Hawk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hawk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawk.
Adderley lands an elbow that stopped Hawk in his tracks for a moment.
Hawk lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adderley is trying to break the clinch but Hawk has him pressed against the cage.
Hawk misses with a body punch.
Hawk gets through Adderley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hawk lands with a right to the head.
Adderley manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Adderley. Those never looked like landing.
Hawk has Adderley up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adderley or not.
Hawk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hawk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hawk scores with a shot to the side of Adderley's head.
Hawk digs a right hand into Adderley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adderley's gas tank.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Hawk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adderley is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adderley prevents a body shot from Hawk.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Hawk.
Adderley blocks a body shot from Hawk.
Hawk digs a right hand underneath Adderley's ribcage. Adderley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hawk lands with a short shot to the head.
Hawk scores with a shot to the side of Adderley's head.
Adderley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adderley breaks the clinch.
Hawk scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawk's corner calls for a 1-2. Hawk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hawk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.
Adderley takes the fight into the clinch.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Adderley wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk lands a left hand.
Adderley blocks an uppercut.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Adderley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adderley tries to break the clinch but Hawk is controlling the position.
Adderley lands a damaging elbow.
Hawk gets through Adderley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adderley is trying to force a seperation but Hawk has the dominant position.
Hawk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Hawk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adderley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawk's brow.
Hawk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adderley's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Adderley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawk presses Adderley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Hawk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ethan Hawk'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.
Hawk slips under a jab.
Hawk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adderley.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Hawk slips the punch.
A big right from Adderley misses.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Hawk slips the punch.
Adderley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hawk.
Adderley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hawk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Adderley.
Hawk is looking to clinch.
Hawk cracks a nice hook into Adderley's ribs.
Hawk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawk tries to counter by clinching up but Adderley breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adderley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hawk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk clinches up with Adderley and pushes him back against the cage.
Adderley takes a shot to the head.
Adderley takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawk misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Hawk - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hawk.
Hawk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adderley throws an elbow but misses.
Adderley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hawk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adderley managing to block the knees to the body from Hawk.
Hawk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adderley lands a nice elbow.
Hawk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adderley can do to turn this around?
Hawk tries to work over Adderley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adderley wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawk won't allow it.
Adderley is trying to break free.
Hawk works on Adderley's body with a couple of short punches.
Ethan Hawk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hawk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk is working Adderley over against the cage.
Adderley is breathing heavily.
Hawk trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Hawk blocks an elbow strike from Adderley.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hawk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adderley tries to circle away but Hawk has him pinned against the cage.
Hawk lands with a light punch inside.
Adderley breaks from the clinch.
Hawk clinches up with Adderley and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adderley.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.
Adderley pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hawk scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hawk.
Hawk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adderley is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hawk.
Hawk digs a right hand into Adderley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adderley's gas tank.
Hawk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hawk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Hawk on the inside.
Hawk lands a shoulder strike.
Hawk pushes Adderley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Hawk.
Adderley is rocked!
Adderley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawk tries to throw a body punch but Adderley avoids it by throwing Hawk back against the cage.
Hawk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Adderley is still on wobbly legs! Can Hawk finish him?
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk digs a right hand underneath Adderley's ribcage. Adderley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawk.
Hawk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adderleys head.
Hawk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adderley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hawk lands a right hand.
Adderley tries to break the clinch but Hawk is controlling the position.
Hawk missing with knees to the body.
Hawk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawk scores with a shoulder strike.
Hawk scores with a hook to the body.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawk.
Hawk works on Adderley's body with a couple of short punches.
Adderley managing to block the knees to the body from Hawk.
Hawk unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Adderley! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Hawk is unloading with more strikes now! Adderley drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ethan Hawk!
A victorious Ethan Hawk thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Mahomes (ranked 671 p4p, 968 weight class) and Jane Malley (ranked 98 p4p, 134 weight class). Malley has chosen Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jane Malley!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahomes misses the shot to the body.
Malley feints a counter leg kick.
Mahomes moves into the clinch.
Mahomes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malley backwards.
Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malley avoids the head kick by Mahomes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mahomes.
A nice leg kick from Malley, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mahomes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mahomes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malley, pushing him back against the cage.
Malley struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahomes controls his hands.
Malley can't find room to land a body shot as Mahomes controls the action.
Malley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Malley manages to break the clinch.
Malley moves forwards but Mahomes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Malley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mahomes tries to clinch but Malley is having none of it.
Malley scores with a head kick. Mahomes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahomes misses with a body punch
and Mahomes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mahomes needs to keep his hands up - Malley had a free shot at his head there.
Mahomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahomes misses with a looping right.
Malley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mahomes's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Malley lands with a left to the head.
Malley misses with some punches.
Malley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mahomes taking a breather.
Mahomes scores with a shoulder strike.
Mahomes tries a body shot but Malley blocks it.
Nice body punch from Mahomes.
Malley lands a shoulder strike.
Mahomes gets through Malley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahomes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahomes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahomes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've been informed that Malley 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.
Mahomes works on Malley's body with a couple of short punches.
Mahomes misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good body shot from Mahomes.
Malley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahomes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mahomes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mahomes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mahomes moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Mahomes fails to land.
Mahomes struggles to land a body shot inside as Malley controls his hands.
Mahomes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Malley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahomes throws a head punch that misses.
Malley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahomes blocks an elbow strike.
Mahomes misses with a punch to the body.
Mahomes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mahomes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Malley lands a shoulder strike.
Mahomes misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Malley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Malley misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahomes.
Mahomes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Malley is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahomes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Malley lands with a hook. Mahomes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Malley lands with a straight right. Mahomes didn't see that one coming.
Mahomes throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Malley misses.
Malley takes a kick to the side of the head.
Malley scores with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Malley scores with the left hand. Mahomes knows he should have avoided that one.
Mahomes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Malley checks it well.
Mahomes misses with a straight left.
Mahomes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mahomes loads up on a big right hand but Malley slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahomes scores with a leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mahomes!
Mahomes throws a leg kick
and Malley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Malley as he connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Mahomes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mahomes blocks a jab.
Mahomes lands a front kick.
Malley misses with a low kick.
Malley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Malley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mahomes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mahomes throws a body shot but no joy.
Mahomes jabs at Malley's body.
Malley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mahomes cracks a nice hook into Malley's ribs.
Malley keeps the fight on the outside.
Mahomes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Malley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mahomes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mahomes. That's going to slow Malley down.
Malley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malley throws a head kick that misses.
Mahomes is looking to wear down Malley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malley throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Mahomes to counter with a crisp jab.
Malley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Malley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Malley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
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 Patrick Mahomes will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mahomes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Malley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mahomes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malley manages to avoid it.
Mahomes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jane Malley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mahomes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Malley connects with an inside leg kick.
Malley connects with a solid leg kick.
Mahomes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Malley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mahomes checks a leg kick.
Mahomes clobbers Malley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Malley throws a hook to the side of Mahomes's head but Mahomes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mahomes is out of range and Malley settles back down.
Malley defending well as Mahomes loads up on a big left hand.
Mahomes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Malley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mahomes's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malley lands a slapping body shot.
Malley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mahomes.
Mahomes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mahomes misses with a two punch combination.
Malley throws a body shot but no joy.
Malley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malley throws out a powerful jab.
Malley throws a good cross that connects.
A solid body kick from Mahomes.
Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mahomes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Malley connects with an inside leg kick.
Mahomes misses with a kick to the body.
Mahomes throws a right and a left that Malley avoids nicely.
Malley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Malley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Malley misses with a body shot.
Mahomes looks to land a body kick but Malley moved away.
Mahomes checks a low kick from Malley.
Mahomes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Malley is out of range and Mahomes settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malley moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mahomes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mahomes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Malley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
No joy there for Mahomes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little jabbing left from Malley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Malley swings for the body but Mahomes moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Malley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mahomes doesn't seem phased though.
Malley misses with an uppercut
and Mahomes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mahomes lands with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Malley.
Mahomes swings for the body but Malley moves out of range.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circle momentarily. Malley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mahomes throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Malley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mahomes checks a low kick from Malley.
Mahomes stuns Malley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mahomes wants to clinch.
Mahomes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Mahomes.
Malley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mahomes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Malley scrambles back to his feet.
Mahomes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Malley.
A lazy left from Malley finds it's target.
Mahomes closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Malley.
Mahomes can't find room to land a body shot as Malley controls the action.
Malley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Malley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Malley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahomes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malley's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Mahomes.
Mahomes struggles to land a body shot inside as Malley controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mahomes backwards.
Malley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahomes's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahomes.
Mahomes misses with a punch to the body.
Malley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malley is looking to break free of the clinch but Mahomes has double underhooks.
Patrick Mahomes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mahomes can't find room to land a body shot as Malley controls the action.
Malley misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahomes.
Mahomes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahomes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mahomes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mahomes swings wildly with an uppercut but Malley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahomes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahomes throws a hook to the side of Malley's head but Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jane Malley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Mahomes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mahomes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malley.
A slow jab from Mahomes misses its intended target.
Malley is looking to chop away at Mahomes's legs.
Mahomes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malley.
Malley lands a nice shot to the body.
Malley connects with an inside leg kick.
Malley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fighters circling - Mahomes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malley thuds his right hand into Mahomes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Malley misses the body punch
and Mahomes counters with a nice uppercut.
Mahomes throws out a loose jab but Malley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahomes jabs at Malley's body.
Mahomes tries to land a body kick
and Malley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malley throws a leg kick which misses Mahomes's front leg but catches the back leg as Mahomes tries to avoid it.
A low kick lands for Malley.
Mahomes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Malley throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malley connects with a right hand. Mahomes shakes it off.
Mahomes is looking to clinch but Malley is avoiding it.
Mahomes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahomes throws a hook but Malley avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Mahomes misses the target.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Malley throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Mahomes misses its intended target.
Malley with a nice cross.
Mahomes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A leg kick checked by Mahomes.
Malley lands a body shot.
Mahomes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Malley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahomes.
The fighters circling - Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mahomes throws a wild body kick that Malley sees coming a mile off.
Mahomes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Malley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mahomes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Malley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes jabs Malley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahomes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malley manages to avoid it.
Malley throws a front kick aimed at Mahomes's knee but Mahomes avoids it well.
It looked like Mahomes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Malley.
Mahomes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Malley is out of range and Mahomes settles back down.
Mahomes looks to score with a jab to the body but Malley is just out of range.
Mahomes swings for the body but Malley moves out of range.
Mahomes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Malley to score with a decent uppercut.
Mahomes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Malley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahomes manages to avoid it.
Mahomes tried to counter with a leg kick but Malley avoided it.
Mahomes rushes Malley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Malley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malley scores with a leg kick.
Mahomes misses with a wild body shot.
Malley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mahomes.
Malley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malley throws a leg kick
and Mahomes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mahomes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malley with the inside leg kick.
Mahomes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mahomes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malley avoids a kick to the body.
Malley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Malley cracks a nice hook into Mahomes's ribs.
Jab from Malley.
Nice shot by Malley.
Mahomes misses with a leg kick.
Malley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malley lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahomes throws a head kick but Malley moves out of range.
Malley misses the shot to the body.
Mahomes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malley throws a shot to the body.
Malley ducks under a wild hook from Mahomes.
Mahomes avoids the head kick by Malley.
Some bone on bone action there as Mahomes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mahomes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mahomes wants to clinch up but Malley keeps it at a distance.
Mahomes looks to land a body kick but Malley moved away.
Malley throws a leg kick but Mahomes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mahomes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malley catches Mahomes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mahomes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malley avoids the body shot from Mahomes.
Malley feints a counter leg kick.
Mahomes swinging wildly here.
Malley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mahomes's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jane Malley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Malley 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jane Malley!
After winning the bout, Jane Malley 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Nils Norling (ranked 967 p4p, 1083 weight class) and Grey Ape (ranked 128 p4p, 143 weight class). Norling's entrance music is Eminem - Go To Sleep. A fine choice. 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Grey Ape!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Norling missing with a left hand there. Ape was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ape throws out a counter right but Norling avoids it with no problem.
Ape 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.
Norling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ape throws a shot to the body.
Ape throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ape moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norling takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Norling scores with a shoulder strike.
Ape tries a knee to the head but Norling blocks it.
Ape escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Ape misses
and Norling counters with a two punch combo.
Ape lands a high kick!
Norling loads up on a big right hand but Ape slips the punch.
Ape looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ape unleashes a big counter combination but Norling bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ape throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ape takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ape cracks Norling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A head kick by Ape misses
and Norling counters with a stiff right hand.
Ape throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ape throws a poor cross that misses
and Norling counters with a nice right hand that sends Ape toppling to the canvas! Ape scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Norling finish him?!
Ape is rocked!
 It looks like Grey Ape has been cut.
Norling darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Ape's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Norling before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nils Norling!
In his post fight interview, Nils Norling started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yago Steve (ranked 630 p4p, 1204 weight class) and Tau Masunwendinghamar (ranked 84 p4p, 148 weight class). Masunwendinghamar has chosen What You Gonna Do as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tau Masunwendinghamar enters the cage!
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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 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yago Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tau Masunwendinghamar!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masunwendinghamar throws a right hand that misses
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Tau Masunwendinghamar has been cut.
Masunwendinghamar throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a left hand
and Steve counters with a crisp right hand that drops Masunwendinghamar! Steve lets Masunwendinghamar back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
The fighters circling - Masunwendinghamar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steve swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Masunwendinghamar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Masunwendinghamar is just out of range.
Jab by Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar avoids the body shot from Steve.
Steve has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Masunwendinghamar finds it's way round the side to connect with Steve's head.
Masunwendinghamar thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Masunwendinghamar tries to get set, Steve tries to push him back and clinch up but Masunwendinghamar manages to avoid the attempt.
Masunwendinghamar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masunwendinghamar throws a poor cross that misses
and Steve counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Masunwendinghamar 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.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
Steve uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masunwendinghamar.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Masunwendinghamar.
Steve moves away from the strike by Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
Masunwendinghamar throws a good cross that connects.
Masunwendinghamar works the jab nicely.
A good leg kick by Steve.
Masunwendinghamar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve throws a quick counter kick to the body but Masunwendinghamar avoids it.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Steve looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Steve misses.
Masunwendinghamar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steve misses with a left hand
and Masunwendinghamar counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masunwendinghamar scores with a nice head shot.
Masunwendinghamar swings widly with a right hand
and Steve counters with a straight right hand.
Masunwendinghamar throws a lazy uppercut
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steve slips under a jab.
Steve lands a jab to the head.
Steve fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Masunwendinghamar is out of range.
Masunwendinghamar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masunwendinghamar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Masunwendinghamar.
Steve scoring well with a low kick there.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a right hand
and Steve counters with a straight right hand.
Steve keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steve had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Steve misses the body punch
and Masunwendinghamar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Masunwendinghamar misses with an uppercut. Steve saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Steve misses the target.
Masunwendinghamar 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.
Steve on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tau Masunwendinghamar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a right hand
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab lands there for Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar throws a poor cross that misses
and Steve counters with a nice leg kick.
Masunwendinghamar looks to throw the jab but Steve is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Masunwendinghamar is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masunwendinghamar swings for the body but Steve moves out of range.
Steve keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masunwendinghamar.
Steve looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Masunwendinghamar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masunwendinghamar misses with a hook.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a left hand
and Steve counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Masunwendinghamar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steve.
Masunwendinghamar misses with an uppercut
and Steve counters with a nice body kick.
Masunwendinghamar looks winded!
Steve thuds his right hand into Masunwendinghamar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That has opened up Tau Masunwendinghamar's cut even more.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a hook
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steve feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Masunwendinghamars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yago Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tau Masunwendinghamar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Steve walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Masunwendinghamar drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Steve swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Masunwendinghamar's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yago Steve!
An out of breath Yago Steve thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tekashi Six Nine (ranked 349 p4p, 445 weight class) and Rex Gunn (ranked 29 p4p, 33 weight class). Six Nine comes to the cage accompanied by KIKA - Tekashi 6ix9ine. Gunn has chosen Miami as his entrance music. Tekashi Six Nine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tekashi Six Nine !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rex Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Six Nine tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Rex Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunn shoots in and drives through. Six Nine sprawls well.
Gunn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunn closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Six Nine quickly recovers to half guard.
Six Nine won't allow Gunn to pass to mount.
Gunn is just content to waste time from the top position. Six Nine takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Gunn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gunn postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Six Nine is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gunn, into his guard.
Six Nine controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Six Nine stands and steps away. Gunn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gunn throws a hook to the side of Six Nine 's head but Six Nine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Six Nine .
Six Nine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Six Nine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Six Nine sprawls well. Six Nine wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gunn gets slowly back to his feet.
Gunn misses with a looping left.
Gunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Six Nine .
Six Nine sizes up Gunn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Six Nine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunn.
Gunn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gunn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Six Nine seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunn misses the target.
Gunn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Six Nine pinned against the cage. Six Nine gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tekashi Six Nine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Gunn.
Gunn tries for a takedown but Six Nine sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gunn feints a jab promting Six Nine to slip. Gunn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Six Nine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Tekashi Six Nine has been cut.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Six Nine circles away.
A slow jab from Gunn misses its intended target.
Six Nine misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Six Nine misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn slips a straight right by Six Nine .
Gunn tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Six Nine defends well and Gunn ends up having to push Six Nine into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Six Nine quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Six Nine rushes Gunn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Six Nine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Six Nine misses with a punch on the inside.
Six Nine misses with an elbow strike.
Six Nine lands with a right to the head.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Six Nine avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Six Nine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gunn.
A right hand to the body from Six Nine .
Gunn tries to work over Six Nine 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Six Nine .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Six Nine .
Gunn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Six Nine lands a body punch.
Gunn looks winded!
A right hand to the body from Six Nine .
Six Nine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gunn misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine misses with a body punch.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Six Nine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gunn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gunn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Six Nine works on Gunn's body with a couple of short punches.
Six Nine lands a damaging elbow.
Six Nine blocks a body shot from Gunn.
Gunn scores with a hook to the body.
Six Nine lands a body punch.
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
Six Nine misses with some punches.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Six Nine controls his hands.
Six Nine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Six Nine misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Six Nine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gunn's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gunn.
Gunn lands an uppercut.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Six Nine 's elbow.
Six Nine lands a damaging elbow.
Six Nine struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunn controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Six Nine controls his hands.
Six Nine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Gunn.
Gunn misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Six Nine tries a body shot but Gunn blocks it.
A hook to the body from Gunn.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Six Nine 's elbow.
Gunn lands a shoulder strike.
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Six Nine throws an elbow but misses.
Gunn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gunn tries to pass the half guard into mount. Six Nine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Six Nine is defending against the submission attempts here by Gunn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn stops Six Nine from getting back to 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 Tekashi Six Nine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tekashi Six Nine 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Six Nine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Six Nine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunn was well out of range. Poor timing from Six Nine .
Gunn throws a right hand that misses
and Six Nine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Six Nine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Six Nine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Six Nine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Six Nine .
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Six Nine .
Six Nine tries to clinch up.
Six Nine tries a head kick but it misses.
Gunn scores with a jab to the body.
Gunn shoots in but no luck this time.
Six Nine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gunn tries to clinch but Six Nine moves away
and Six Nine counters with a head kick.
Tekashi Six Nine is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Six Nine misses with an uppercut.
Gunn scores with a hook to the body. Six Nine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gunn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Gunn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn is working Six Nine over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Six Nine .
Tekashi Six Nine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Six Nine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Six Nine controls his hands.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Six Nine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gunn's defenses.
Gunn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn tries to work over Six Nine 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunn avoids a wild elbow strike from Six Nine .
Six Nine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
Six Nine tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Six Nine throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunn.
Gunn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gunn dodges an elbow strike from Six Nine .
A head punch on the inside from Six Nine fails to land.
Six Nine pushes Gunn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Six Nine .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Gunn.
Gunn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Six Nine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Six Nine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Six Nine works on Gunn's body with a couple of short punches.
Gunn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gunn lands a nice uppercut.
Gunn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Six Nine .
Six Nine can't find room to land a body shot as Gunn controls the action.
Gunn tries to throw a body punch but Six Nine avoids it by throwing Gunn back against the cage.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Six Nine scores with a hook to the body.
Six Nine struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunn controls his hands.
Gunn blocking some punches.
Six Nine throws an elbow that misses.
Gunn tries to work over Six Nine 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Six Nine backwards.
Gunn drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tekashi Six Nine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Gunn.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Six Nine 's elbow.
Six Nine lands an elbow inside that Gunn shrugs off.
Gunn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Six Nine s head.
Six Nine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Six Nine misses with an elbow strike.
Six Nine tries a body shot but Gunn blocks it.
Gunn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Six Nine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Six Nine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gunn.
Six Nine lands an elbow inside that Gunn shrugs off.
It looks like Rex Gunn has been cut.
Gunn lands a hook that snaps the head of Six Nine backwards.
Six Nine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Six Nine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Six Nine lands a body shot.
Gunn is breathing heavily.
Gunn misses with some punches.
Six Nine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunn wants to take the fight to the mat but Six Nine manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Six Nine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gunn.
Gunn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Six Nine pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tekashi Six Nine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gunn digs a good body shot into Six Nine 's ribs.
Gunn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Six Nine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Six Nine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gunn is rocked!
Six Nine slips a straight right by Gunn.
Gunn is still on wobbly legs! Can Six Nine finish him?
Gunn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Six Nine , pushing him back against the cage.
Six Nine can't find room to land a body shot as Gunn controls the action.
Gunn seems to have recovered his senses.
Six Nine blocks a body shot from Gunn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn blocks an elbow strike.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Six Nine 's elbow.
Six Nine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Six Nine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Six Nine lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tekashi Six Nine will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Six Nine 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gunn avoids the body shot from Six Nine .
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Six Nine lunges at Gunn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gunn's hand.
Gunn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gunn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Six Nine .
Six Nine scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gunn in his tracks.
Six Nine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gunn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Six Nine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunn was well out of range. Poor timing from Six Nine .
Six Nine drives through and clinches with Gunn against the cage.
Six Nine misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Six Nine .
Gunn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Six Nine lands a damaging elbow.
Gunn lands a body shot.
Gunn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
Six Nine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Six Nine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Six Nine swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gunn.
Six Nine tries a body shot but Gunn blocks it.
Six Nine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunn lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Six Nine .
Gunn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good body shot from Gunn.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Six Nine controls his hands.
Gunn lands a body shot.
Gunn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Six Nine s head.
Gunn lands with a left to the head.
Six Nine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Six Nine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gunn can't find room to land a body shot as Six Nine controls the action.
Gunn working aggressively here.
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Six Nine controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine lands an elbow that stopped Gunn in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Six Nine tries to throw a body punch but Gunn avoids it by throwing Six Nine back against the cage.
Gunn presses Six Nine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Six Nine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gunn's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Six Nine fails to land.
Six Nine misses with the head strike.
Gunn stalling in the clinch but Six Nine improves position.
Gunn tries a body shot but Six Nine blocks it.
Six Nine tries to throw a body punch but Gunn avoids it by throwing Six Nine back against the cage.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Six Nine 's elbow.
Six Nine misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunn lands an uppercut.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gunn lands a hook that snaps the head of Six Nine backwards.
A short right from Six Nine on the inside.
Gunn tries to work over Six Nine 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunn takes a shot to the head.
Gunn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Six Nine gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Six Nine misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Six Nine .
Six Nine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gunn misses with the head strike.
Six Nine digs a right hand into Gunn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gunn's gas tank.
Six Nine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Six Nine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Six Nine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Six Nine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunn tries to stall but Six Nine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Six Nine lands a damaging elbow.
Six Nine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gunns head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Six Nine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Six Nine gets underhooks to prevent Gunn's takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Six Nine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Six Nine blocks a body shot from Gunn.
Six Nine tries to throw a body punch but Gunn avoids it by throwing Six Nine back against the cage.
Six Nine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Six Nine is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tekashi Six Nine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Gunn.
A short uppercut from Six Nine .
Gunn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Six Nine pulls his leg out and moves away.
Six Nine feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gunn sprawling to the canvas! Gunn rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Six Nine finish him?!
Gunn just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick from Six Nine , right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Six Nine was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a hook
and Six Nine counters with a crisp right that sends Gunn to the canvas! Six Nine follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tekashi Six Nine !
A victorious Tekashi Six Nine thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Skurwysynowski (ranked 138 p4p, 264 weight class) and Adils Hallbjornsson (ranked 22 p4p, 45 weight class). Hallbjornsson has chosen Herr Mannelig as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Skurwysynowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adils Hallbjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Hallbjornsson.
Vladimir Skurwysynowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Skurwysynowski misses.
Skurwysynowski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Skurwysynowski feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Skurwysynowski connects with a body shot.
Skurwysynowski jabs Hallbjornsson right on the nose. Hallbjornsson blinks but takes it well.
Hallbjornsson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Skurwysynowski lands a really nice looking cross but Hallbjornsson seems unphased.
Skurwysynowski lands a jab.
Hallbjornsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hallbjornsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Skurwysynowski throws an off balance right hand
and Hallbjornsson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skurwysynowski throws a body punch but Hallbjornsson moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Hallbjornsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Skurwysynowski cracks Hallbjornsson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Skurwysynowski looks to throw the jab but Hallbjornsson is out of range.
Hallbjornsson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Skurwysynowski counters with a leg kick.
Hallbjornsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson throws a leg kick but Skurwysynowski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hallbjornsson misses with a low kick.
Skurwysynowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hallbjornsson moves away.
Skurwysynowski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Skurwysynowski lands a nice shot to the body.
Hallbjornsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Skurwysynowski lands a lovely overhand right.
Hallbjornsson 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.
Skurwysynowski tests Hallbjornsson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hallbjornsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Skurwysynowski misses.
Skurwysynowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hallbjornsson finds it's way round the side to connect with Skurwysynowski's head.
Skurwysynowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Skurwysynowski momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skurwysynowski lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Skurwysynowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skurwysynowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hallbjornsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hallbjornsson throws a hook but Skurwysynowski avoids it easily.
Skurwysynowski appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Skurwysynowski cracks Hallbjornsson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hallbjornsson slips a straight right by Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson misses with a looping left.
Hallbjornsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skurwysynowski cracks Hallbjornsson with an open hand slap.
Hallbjornsson misses with a body punch
and Skurwysynowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hallbjornsson cracks Skurwysynowski with an open hand slap.
Hallbjornsson throws a big shot that misses.
Skurwysynowski fakes the leg kick and cracks Hallbjornsson in the body.
Skurwysynowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hallbjornsson is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skurwysynowski backing away here, and Hallbjornsson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hallbjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That kick from Skurwysynowski tenderised Hallbjornsson's leg. Hallbjornsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hallbjornsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skurwysynowski.
A jab lands there for Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Skurwysynowski misses the jab.
Hallbjornsson throws out a counter right but Skurwysynowski avoids it with no problem.
Hallbjornsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skurwysynowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hallbjornsson momentarily.
Skurwysynowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skurwysynowski throws a chopping leg kick but Hallbjornsson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Hallbjornsson blocks the leg kick.
Skurwysynowski misses with an uppercut. Hallbjornsson saw that one coming.
Hallbjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skurwysynowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Hallbjornsson lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Skurwysynowski finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hallbjornsson connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallbjornsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Skurwysynowski misses with an uppercut
and Hallbjornsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Hallbjornsson blocks the leg kick.
Hallbjornsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skurwysynowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Hallbjornsson.
Nice body kick there by Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski throws out a leg kick but Hallbjornsson moves out of range and Skurwysynowski only half commits.
Hallbjornsson connects with a leg kick.
Hallbjornsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skurwysynowski tries to work over Hallbjornsson's front leg with a kick but Hallbjornsson checks it.
Skurwysynowski finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hallbjornsson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hallbjornsson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hallbjornsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Skurwysynowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Skurwysynowski half committed to a counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Skurwysynowski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hallbjornsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skurwysynowski.
An attempted straight right counter from Skurwysynowski misses the target.
Hallbjornsson checks a leg kick.
Skurwysynowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hallbjornsson misses with a body kick.
Skurwysynowski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Skurwysynowski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Skurwysynowski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hallbjornsson staying out of range there.
Hallbjornsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hallbjornsson lands with an overhand left.
Vladimir Skurwysynowski is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Skurwysynowski misses the target.
Skurwysynowski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Skurwysynowski avoids the body shot from Hallbjornsson.
As Hallbjornsson backs away, Skurwysynowski returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hallbjornsson misses with a body punch
and Skurwysynowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Skurwysynowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skurwysynowski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hallbjornsson's head.
Skurwysynowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hallbjornsson is out of range.
Nice shot lands for Skurwysynowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski tries to score with a low kick but Hallbjornsson moves his leg out of the way.
Hallbjornsson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Skurwysynowski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hallbjornsson throws the kick towards the body but Skurwysynowski avoids it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Hallbjornsson is looking to clinch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Hallbjornsson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Skurwysynowski has got the better of the exchanges.
Skurwysynowski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Skurwysynowski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski throws out a leg kick but Hallbjornsson moves out of range and Skurwysynowski only half commits.
Hallbjornsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Skurwysynowski throws a low kick but Hallbjornsson avoids it.
Hallbjornsson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hallbjornsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Skurwysynowski misses with an uppercut. Hallbjornsson saw that one coming.
Hallbjornsson throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson misses the shot to the body.
Skurwysynowski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hallbjornsson is out of range and Skurwysynowski settles back down.
Hallbjornsson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skurwysynowski throws a shot from downtown. Hallbjornsson moves away and avoids it.
Hallbjornsson flicks out a counter leg kick but Skurwysynowski steps away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skurwysynowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Skurwysynowski looks to land a left hand but Hallbjornsson moved out of range nicely.
Skurwysynowski ducks under a wild hook from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skurwysynowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hallbjornsson can do to turn this around?
Skurwysynowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skurwysynowski slips a jab from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hallbjornsson clobbers Skurwysynowski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hallbjornsson misses with a hook to the body
and Skurwysynowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hallbjornsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hallbjornsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skurwysynowski ducks under a wild hook from Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hallbjornsson misses the shot to the body.
Hallbjornsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hallbjornsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Skurwysynowski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Skurwysynowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skurwysynowski feints and then cracks Hallbjornsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hallbjornsson down.
A big left from Hallbjornsson misses.
Hallbjornsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hallbjornsson is out of range and Skurwysynowski settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Skurwysynowski scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skurwysynowski looks to throw the jab but Hallbjornsson is out of range.
Hallbjornsson throws out a counter right but Skurwysynowski avoids it with no problem.
Hallbjornsson wants to land a leg kick but Skurwysynowski is out of range.
Hallbjornsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Skurwysynowski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Skurwysynowski misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Hallbjornsson counters with a good, hard body kick but Skurwysynowski shrugs it off.
Skurwysynowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Skurwysynowski throws a leg kick but Hallbjornsson moved away.
A big left from Skurwysynowski misses.
Hallbjornsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hallbjornsson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Skurwysynowski scores with the left hand. Hallbjornsson knows he should have avoided that one.
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 Vladimir Skurwysynowski will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hallbjornsson blocks a low kick nicely.
Hallbjornsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hallbjornsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Skurwysynowski on the side of the head.
Skurwysynowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Skurwysynowski looks to land a left hand but Hallbjornsson moved out of range nicely.
Skurwysynowski connects with a crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski ducks under a wild hook from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adils Hallbjornsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters circling - Hallbjornsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skurwysynowski jabs at Hallbjornsson's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skurwysynowski loads up on a big right hand but Hallbjornsson slips the punch.
Skurwysynowski throws a body shot but no joy.
Skurwysynowski throws a leg kick but Hallbjornsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hallbjornsson tries a low kick but Skurwysynowski avoids it.
Skurwysynowski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hallbjornsson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hallbjornsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hallbjornsson swings for the body but Skurwysynowski moves out of range.
Skurwysynowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hallbjornsson checks a low kick from Skurwysynowski.
A big right from Hallbjornsson misses.
Hallbjornsson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Skurwysynowski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hallbjornsson blocks a jab.
Skurwysynowski throws out a leg kick but Hallbjornsson moves out of range and Skurwysynowski only half commits.
Skurwysynowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Skurwysynowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hallbjornsson misses with a straight left.
Skurwysynowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Hallbjornsson is just out of range.
Skurwysynowski misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skurwysynowski manages to avoid it.
Skurwysynowski swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Skurwysynowski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Skurwysynowski lands with a hook. Hallbjornsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hallbjornsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hallbjornsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skurwysynowski. Skurwysynowski obviously looking to wear him down.
Skurwysynowski digs a good hook to Hallbjornsson's body.
Hallbjornsson misses with a low kick.
Skurwysynowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hallbjornsson misses with a hook.
Skurwysynowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Skurwysynowski ducks under a wild hook from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Skurwysynowski.
Hallbjornsson swings for the body but Skurwysynowski moves out of range.
Hallbjornsson connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson checks a leg kick nicely.
A shot to the liver by Hallbjornsson. Beautiful body shot.
Skurwysynowski missing with a left hand there. Hallbjornsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hallbjornsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hallbjornsson connects with a single shot there.
Skurwysynowski's corner calls for a 1-2. Skurwysynowski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Skurwysynowski jabs at Hallbjornsson's body.
Skurwysynowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hallbjornsson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hallbjornsson throws a push kick but Skurwysynowski slaps the foot to one side.
Hallbjornsson throws a leg kick but Skurwysynowski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hallbjornsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Skurwysynowski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Skurwysynowski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hallbjornsson connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Hallbjornsson.
Skurwysynowski ducks under a wild hook from Hallbjornsson.
Hallbjornsson misses the jab.
Skurwysynowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hallbjornsson! But no joy.
Hallbjornsson tries to move into range but Skurwysynowski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Skurwysynowski connects with a leg kick.
Hallbjornsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hallbjornsson misses with a double jab.
Hallbjornsson wants to slow Skurwysynowski down by chopping away at his legs.
Skurwysynowski lands a head shot.
Skurwysynowski throws a low kick but Hallbjornsson avoids it.
Hallbjornsson misses with a body shot.
Skurwysynowski with the inside leg kick.
Hallbjornsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Skurwysynowski tried to score with a low kick but Hallbjornsson checks it.
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 Vladimir Skurwysynowski.
Well Skurwysynowski 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Skurwysynowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Vladimir Skurwysynowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Bird (ranked 313 p4p, 131 weight class) and Barack Obaminator (ranked 40 p4p, 20 weight class). Obaminator is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gil Scott-Herron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barack Obaminator!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Obaminator. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Obaminator.
Obaminator throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bird counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Obaminator is trying to get back to full guard.
Bird is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bird is looking for a kimura but Obaminator is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bird to get the leverage.
Bird is trying to work for a kimura but Obaminator is defending well.
Obaminator wants to control but Bird is keeping busy.
Obaminator looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Obaminator trying to control here.
Obaminator wants to improve his position but Bird is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Obaminator has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bird seems to be working for a kimura but Obaminator defends the submission attempt.
Bird is trying to work for a kimura but Obaminator is defending well.
Bird seems to be working for a kimura but Obaminator defends the submission attempt.
Obaminator wants to control but Bird is keeping busy.
Bird is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Obaminator doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bird.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Obaminator trying to control from the bottom.
Bird is looking for a kimura here.
Bird is looking for a kimura but Obaminator is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bird to get the leverage.
Obaminator looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bird is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Obaminator sees it coming and defends easily.
Bird frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Obaminator is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obaminator reaches up to try and control the position but Bird seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Obaminator rolls and tries to escape and now Bird has his back!
Bird seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bird avoiding Obaminator 's attempts to control his hands.
Bird working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Bird working for a choke but Obaminator is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Obaminator's face He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bird seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Obaminator's chin but Obaminator turns very nicely into Bird's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Obaminator.
Bird looking for a guillotine here but Obaminator defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Obaminator escapes and throws Bird's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Obaminator working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bird tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bird regains half guard.
Bird has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Obaminator is working away from the top position though.
Bird looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Bird dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Obaminator keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obaminator swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Obaminator keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bird cracks Obaminator with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bird tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obaminator was well out of range. Poor timing from Bird.
Obaminator looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bird slips under a jab.
Obaminator looks to throw the jab but Bird is out of range.
Obaminator moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Obaminator.
Obaminator fakes the leg kick and cracks Bird in the body.
Bird throws the left hand but Obaminator avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from Obaminator.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird swings widly with a right hand
and Obaminator cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bird on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Obaminator misses.
Bird throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obaminator ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bird moves away.
Obaminator throws a right and a left that Bird avoids nicely.
Obaminator throws a body punch but Bird moves out of range.
Bird fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obaminator manages to avoid it.
Bird swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Obaminator to counter with a crisp jab.
Jake Bird seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obaminator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bird blocks a head kick by Obaminator.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird scores with the left hand. Obaminator knows he should have avoided that one.
Obaminator throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bird's head.
Barack Obaminator is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bird tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Obaminator to counter with a crisp jab.
Obaminator looks to land a right hand but Bird moved out of range.
Bird scores with a hook.
Bird ducks under a wild hook from Obaminator.
Bird thows a left - swing and a miss!
Obaminator cracks Bird with a right hand to the side of the head.
Obaminator is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Obaminator fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird misses with a hook to the body
and Obaminator cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bird lunges at Obaminator with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Obaminator's hand.
Obaminator has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Obaminator keeps the fight on the outside.
Obaminator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bird feinted with a counter takedown.
Bird swings away with a body shot that misses
and Obaminator counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bird lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Obaminator at a distance.
Bird throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bird throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Obaminator.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
Obaminator appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Obaminator tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bird was well out of range. Poor timing from Obaminator.
Obaminator scores with a punch to the head.
Bird is looking to wear down Obaminator with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Obaminator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obaminator throws a hook but Bird avoids it easily.
Barack Obaminator seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bird misses with a body shot
enabling Obaminator to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bird advances to half guard.
Bird seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obaminator actively working from the bottom here.
Obaminator is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bird pulls his head out easily.
Bird seems to be working for a kimura but Obaminator defends the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barack Obaminator 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. This is the final round!
Bird shoots in looking for a takedown. Obaminator tries to sprawl out of it but Bird keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Obaminator manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Obaminator follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Obaminator ducks under a wild hook from Bird.
Bird tries to clinch but Obaminator is having none of it.
Bird tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Obaminator counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bird just misses with a punch to the body.
Bird wants to clinch up but Obaminator keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Obaminator is looking to land body kicks.
Bird tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little jabbing left from Obaminator on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obaminator lands a jab-cross combination.
Bird misses with an uppercut.
Bird throws a lazy right hand but Obaminator sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bird tries to score a power double leg takedown but Obaminator sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bird somewhat.
Bird swings away with a body shot that misses
and Obaminator counters with a left and a right that stings Bird.
Obaminator fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Obaminator lands with a thumping leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Obaminator there.
Bird scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bird tries for a kimura but Obaminator is defending well.
Bird is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Obaminator is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Obaminator can't do much from the bottom here.
Bird is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Obaminator knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bird tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Obaminator is looking to regain half guard here but Bird keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obaminator is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bird is looking for a kimura here.
Bird is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Obaminator is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bird pulls his head out easily.
Obaminator looking for submissions off his back.
Bird is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Obaminator looking for submissions off his back.
Bird is working for a submission of some sort.
Bird is working for a kimura but Obaminator is defending it quite comfortably.
Bird is working for a kimura but Obaminator is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Obaminator looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barack Obaminator comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Obaminator 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barack Obaminator!
Our winner, Barack Obaminator, 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Albatross (ranked 25 p4p, 123 weight class) and Lindsay Apollo (ranked 1 p4p, 7 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Albatross!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lindsay Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albatross lands a jab to the head.
Apollo dodges the punch combination from Albatross.
Apollo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Albatross stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Apollo defending well as Albatross loads up on a big left hand.
Apollo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Apollo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Albatross chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Apollo can pounce on him.
Apollo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Albatross has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Undisputed in the buildup to the fight.
Albatross fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apollo manages to avoid it.
Apollo throws a leg kick
and Albatross counters with a nice uppercut.
Albatross looks to land a right hand but Apollo moved out of range.
Albatross connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Apollo momentarily.
Apollo misses with an uppercut
and Albatross counters with a solid body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Albatross checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Apollo lands with an uppercut that bounces Albatross off the cage and back into range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Albatross. Apollo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Apollo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Albatross moves out of range of the strikes.
Albatross misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albatross tries to score with a low kick but Apollo moves his leg out of the way.
We've been informed that Apollo 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.
Albatross takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Albatross throws an overhand right that lands on Apollo's shoulder, as Apollo tries to avoid the shot.
Apollo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Apollo instigates a clinch.
Apollo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Albatross or not.
Albatross struggles to land a body shot inside as Apollo controls his hands.
Apollo tries to pull guard but Albatross forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Apollo misses with a punch on the inside.
Apollo is trying to pull guard but Albatross turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Apollo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Albatross working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Apollo struggles to land a body shot inside as Albatross controls his hands.
Apollo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Apollo throws a punch but it's blocked by Albatross.
Albatross breaks from the clinch.
Apollo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apollo throws a chopping leg kick but Albatross manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Albatross throws a low kick but Apollo moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Apollo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albatross finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Apollo closes the distance and clinches.
Albatross escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albatross looks to land a left hand but Apollo moved out of range nicely.
Albatross swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Apollo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Apollo misses the target.
Apollo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Apollo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Albatross swats away the attempt to clinch by Apollo.
Nice defenses there by Albatross.
Apollo looks to land a body kick but Albatross moved away.
Albatross is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
An inside leg kick from Apollo misses.
Albatross missing with a left hand there. Apollo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Apollo as he checks the leg kick.
Apollo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Albatross looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Albatross throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A swing and a miss from Apollo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Albatross.
Apollo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Albatross - that will leave a mark!
Apollo 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.
Apollo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Albatross's head backwards.
Albatross misses the jab.
Albatross fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apollo manages to avoid it.
Albatross misses with a body kick.
Apollo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Albatross can pounce on him.
Apollo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Albatross misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Apollo! But no joy.
Apollo scores with a punch 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!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Apollo, as that shot connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollo slips a jab from Albatross.
Apollo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Apollo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Apollo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Albatross is looking to score with low kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Apollo, as that shot connected.
Albatross throws the left hand but Apollo avoids the punch easily.
Albatross swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Albatross is looking to slow Apollo down with leg kicks.
Apollo is looking to clinch but Albatross is avoiding it.
Apollo lands with a good body shot.
Albatross with a hook.
Apollo rushes Albatross and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Apollo.
Albatross is trying to break free.
Apollo can't find room to land a body shot as Albatross controls the action.
Apollo scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Albatross misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Albatross will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Albatross throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Apollo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A slow jab from Albatross misses its intended target.
Albatross throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Albatross thuds his shin into the meat of Apollo's side.
Apollo misses with a hook. Albatross ducked under it nicely.
Albatross throws a lazy right hand but Apollo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apollo throws the left hand but Albatross avoids the punch easily.
Apollo misses with a low kick.
Albatross checks a leg kick.
It looked like Albatross was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Apollo.
Albatross is looking to land body kicks.
Albatross throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Apollo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Albatross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross looks to land a right hand but Apollo moved out of range.
Apollo misses with a hook.
Albatross looks to score with a jab to the body but Apollo is just out of range.
Apollo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Apollo defending well as Albatross loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Albatross misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Albatross as he checks the leg kick.
Albatross takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Albatross misses with a left hand
and Apollo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Albatross.
Albatross takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo throws a leg kick but Albatross sees it coming and moves out of range.
Albatross takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Albatross misses with a left hand
and Apollo counters with a nice body kick.
Apollo looks for the body kick but Albatross saw that one coming.
Apollo scores with a hook.
Albatross defending well as Apollo loads up on a big left hand.
Albatross throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Apollo on the side of the head.
Apollo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Albatross manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Apollo misses with a straight left.
Apollo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Albatross takes a step back to recover.
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!
Albatross displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Apollo throws out the jab.
Apollo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Albatross throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albatross throws a right hand that Apollo ducks under and follows up with a left that Apollo also avoids with ease.
Albatross backing away here, and Apollo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Johnny Albatross is winning the standup battle so far.
Albatross fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Apollo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Albatross.
Apollo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Albatross has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Apollo.
Albatross changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Albatross misses with an uppercut.
Albatross throws a leg kick but Apollo checks it.
Apollo scores with a shot to the body.
Albatross misses with a hook.
Apollo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Albatross throws a looping overhand right but Apollo ducks down to avoid it.
Apollo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Albatross's sensitive parts.
Apollo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Albatross.
Apollo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Albatross works the jab nicely.
Albatross bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Apollo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Albatross in his tracks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albatross works the jab nicely.
Albatross scores with a decent looking hook.
Albatross throws a big shot that misses.
Apollo misses the shot to the body.
Albatross looks to throw the jab but Apollo is out of range.
Apollo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Albatross misses the shot to the body.
Apollo moves out of range of the strikes.
Apollo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Albatross moves away.
Albatross throws a quick counter kick to the body but Apollo avoids it.
Albatross slips a straight right by Apollo.
Apollo throws a body punch but Albatross moves out of range.
Apollo throws a wild body kick that Albatross sees coming a mile off.
Apollo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Albatross slips under a jab from Apollo.
Apollo moves out of range of the body kick.
Apollo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Apollo cracks Albatross with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Albatross moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Albatross misses with a low kick as Apollo jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Albatross.
Apollo throws a shot from downtown. Albatross moves away and avoids it.
Albatross's jab looks to have found its range, popping Apollo under the eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Apollo finds it's target.
Apollo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Apollo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Albatross avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Albatross throws a half hearted mid kick.
Albatross with a nice calf kick.
Apollo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Albatross. That one must have hurt.
Albatross throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Apollo.
Apollo throws out a counter right but Albatross avoids it with no problem.
Albatross throws a lazy right hand but Apollo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Apollo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Albatross takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Apollo throws an off balance right hand
and Albatross counters with a nice uppercut.
Apollo scores with a jab to the head.
Apollo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Albatross.
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 Johnny Albatross 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.
Apollo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Albatross.
Albatross throws a jab when Apollo was well out of range.
Apollo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Apollo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Albatross fires out a quick counter leg kick but Apollo just manages to avoid it.
Albatross tries a low kick but Apollo avoids it.
Apollo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Apollo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Albatross. Albatross obviously looking to wear him down.
Albatross throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Apollo counters with a low kick, right behind Albatross 's knee.
Apollo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Apollo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Apollo moves out of range of the strikes.
Apollo throws a hook but Albatross avoids it easily.
It looked like Albatross wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross lands a jab to Apollo's midsection.
Apollo with the inside leg kick.
Albatross avoids the body shot from Apollo.
Albatross throws a sloppy head kick and Apollo moves out of range easily.
Apollo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Albatross circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Albatross. Apollo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Apollo follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Albatross walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Apollo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Apollo is looking to land body kicks.
Albatross avoids the body shot from Apollo.
Albatross fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Apollo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Apollo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Apollo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Albatross.
Apollo moves out of range of the leg kick from Albatross.
Albatross throws the kick towards the body but Apollo avoids it.
Apollo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Apollo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Apollo tries a head kick but it misses.
Apollo throws a shot from downtown. Albatross moves away and avoids it.
Albatross throws the left hand but Apollo avoids the punch easily.
Albatross throws an off balance right hand
enabling Apollo to counter with a crisp jab.
Albatross walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Apollo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albatross avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Albatross fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Albatross waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apollo.
Albatross takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Apollo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Albatross manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Apollo moves away from the strike by Albatross.
Albatross throws a low kick but Apollo moves out of range easily.
Apollo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Apollo throws a lazy right hand but Albatross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apollo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Albatross moves away.
Albatross pivots, looking for a leg kick but Apollo is out of range and Albatross settles back down.
Albatross throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Apollo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Apollo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Albatross.
Albatross thows a leg kick but Apollo checks it
letting Apollo counter with a right hand.
Albatross punishes Apollo's body with a nice straight punch.
Apollo misses with a low kick.
A big left from Apollo misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo scores with a hook to the body. Albatross takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Albatross connects with an inside leg kick.
Albatross takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Albatross sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Albatross connects with the punch.
Albatross tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apollo was well out of range. Poor timing from Albatross.
Apollo with a nice cross.
Apollo lands a slapping body shot.
Albatross swings for the body but Apollo moves out of range.
Apollo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Apollo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Albatross.
Apollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Albatross.
Apollo misses with a head kick.
A jab from Albatross misses.
Albatross staying out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Albatross blocks the leg kick.
Albatross misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albatross throws a shot from downtown. Apollo moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Apollo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Apollo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Apollo throws a jab when Albatross was well out of range.
A punch combination from Albatross misses.
Apollo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Apollo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Albatross explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Apollo ducks right into an uppercut from Albatross.
Apollo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Apollo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Apollo jabs at Albatross's body.
Apollo misses with a low kick.
Albatross tries to score with a low kick but Apollo moves his leg out of the way.
A nice side step and Apollo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Albatross digs a good body shot into Apollo's ribs.
Nice body punch from Albatross.
Albatross lands a slapping body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Lindsay Apollo just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Apollo thows a leg kick but Albatross checks it
and Albatross counters with a slapping leg kick.
Albatross throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Apollo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Apollo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Apollo takes a swing at Albatross's ribcage but misses.
Apollo missing with a left hand there. Albatross was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Albatross thows a left - swing and a miss!
Albatross blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Albatross misses the target.
Apollo moves away from the strike by Albatross.
Albatross attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Apollo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Apollo checks a leg kick nicely.
Apollo counters with a body kick.
Albatross just misses with a punch to the body.
Apollo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Apollo can pounce on him.
Good exchange - Apollo coming out on top.
Apollo walks into a jab.
Apollo throws a hook but Albatross avoids it easily.
Apollo throws a low kick but Albatross moves out of range easily.
Albatross is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albatross takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Albatross misses with a body shot.
Albatross works the jab nicely.
Albatross throws a jab but it's blocked by Apollo.
Apollo misses with a low kick.
Albatross ducks under a wild hook from Apollo.
Albatross misses with a body shot.
Apollo throws a big shot that misses.
And Albatross counters with a quick kick to the body but Apollo blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Albatross. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Albatross.
Albatross throws a body shot but no joy.
Albatross misses the jab.
Albatross bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Albatross jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Albatross moves out of range of the strikes.
Albatross takes a jab right on the kisser.
Albatross lands a leg kick that knocks Apollo off balance momentarily.
Albatross throws a shot from downtown. Apollo moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo throws the left hand but Albatross avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Albatross.
Apollo tries to land a body kick
and Apollo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Apollo takes a swing at Albatross's ribcage but misses.
Albatross looks to land a left hand but Apollo moved out of range nicely.
Albatross works Apollo's body with a nice hook.
Apollo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Albatross in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Albatross.
Albatross jabs Apollo right on the nose. Apollo blinks but takes it well.
Apollo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Apollo throws a hook but Albatross blocks it.
Albatross misses with a leg kick.
Apollo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Albatross under the eye.
Albatross throws a solid leg kick but Apollo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Albatross.
Albatross just misses with a punch to the body.
Albatross lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo jabs at Albatross's body.
Albatross throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Albatross throws a jab when Apollo was well out of range.
Apollo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Apollo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Apollo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Albatross misses with a straight right.
Apollo lands with a straight right. Albatross didn't see that one coming.
Apollo takes a swing at Albatross's ribcage but misses.
Albatross lands with a kick to the temple. Apollo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Albatross throws a hook but Apollo avoids it easily.
Apollo instigates a clinch.
Apollo struggles to land a body shot inside as Albatross controls his hands.
Apollo misses with a punch to the body.
Apollo jumps guard but Albatross turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Apollo scores with a shot to the side of Albatross's head.
Apollo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albatross breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Apollo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Apollo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Albatross.
Apollo tries to work over Albatross's front leg with a kick but Albatross checks it.
It looked like Albatross wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Apollo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Albatross slips under a jab from Apollo.
Apollo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Apollo tries to score with a low kick but Albatross moves his leg out of the way.
Albatross waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apollo.
Apollo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Albatross swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Albatross takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Albatross misses.
Apollo throws out a counter right but Albatross avoids it with no problem.
Albatross scores with a kick to the body.
Apollo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Albatross.
Albatross throws a leg kick that is checked
and Apollo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Apollo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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 Johnny Albatross 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. This is the final round!
Apollo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Albatross moves away.
Albatross misses with a kick to the body.
Albatross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Albatross 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.
Apollo throws a leg kick but Albatross moved away.
Apollo misses with a lunging right hand
and Albatross connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Albatross throws a leg kick but Apollo checks it.
Apollo moves in looking to clinch but Albatross pushes him off.
Albatross on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Albatross throws a front kick aimed at Apollo's knee but Apollo avoids it well.
Apollo thinks about the counter body kick.
Albatross scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Albatross moves away.
Albatross throws a leg kick that misses.
Albatross ducks under a wild hook from Apollo.
Albatross throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albatross keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Apollo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Albatross ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Albatross throws a lazy right hand but Apollo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apollo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Apollo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Albatross stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Albatross.
Apollo walks into a left hand.
Albatross checks the leg kick nicely there.
Albatross scores with a hook.
Albatross throws a lazy right hand but Apollo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apollo raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Apollo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Albatross.
Apollo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Albatross thuds his shin into the meat of Apollo's side.
Albatross misses the body punch
and Apollo counters with a solid body kick.
Albatross dips to his left and cracks Apollo with an uppercut!
Albatross tries to keep at a distance but Apollo has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Apollo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Albatross wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apollo lands a nice shot to the body.
Apollo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lindsay Apollo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Albatross can't find room to land a body shot as Apollo controls the action.
Apollo lands a shoulder strike.
Apollo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Apollo misses with a body punch.
Apollo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Albatross connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Apollo momentarily.
Albatross moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Albatross lands a nice leg kick that just misses Apollo's sensitive parts.
Albatross lands with a straight right. Apollo didn't see that one coming.
Apollo misses with a double jab.
Apollo throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheers as Albatross lands an impressive looking overhand right. Apollo doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo looks to throw the jab but Albatross is out of range.
Albatross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Apollo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Albatross connects with a solid leg kick.
Albatross takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Apollo throws a wild body kick that Albatross sees coming a mile off.
Albatross misses with a kick to the body.
Apollo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Apollo moves out of range as Albatross throws a body kick.
Apollo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Albatross lands a jab.
Apollo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Albatross there.
Apollo misses with a looping left.
Apollo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice straight punches there by Albatross. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Albatross.
Apollo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollo defending well as Albatross loads up on a big left hand.
Albatross scores with a crisp jab that stopped Apollo in his tracks.
Apollo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Albatross to score with a decent uppercut.
Apollo avoids a kick to the body.
Apollo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Albatross with a body shot.
Apollo misses with a left hand
letting Albatross counter with a right hand.
Apollo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Apollo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Albatross uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Apollo.
Apollo drops his hands momentarily and Albatross takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Apollo tests Albatross's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Apollo throws out a loose jab but Albatross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apollo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Albatross takes a step back to recover.
Apollo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Albatross to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnny Albatross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Apollo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Albatross counters with a stiff right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Albatross showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Albatross has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:46
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Albatross!
Johnny Albatross retains his bantamweight title!
Johnny Albatross seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kronos Doomsday (ranked 14 p4p, 73 weight class) and Dude McWrestler (ranked 1 p4p, 9 weight class). Doomsday comes to the cage accompanied by Main Theme - Doom Eternal. McWrestler has chosen Acclaimed Emotions as his entrance music. Kronos Doomsday 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 welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kronos Doomsday!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dude McWrestler!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McWrestler thuds a left hand into Doomsday's body.
Nice defenses there by Doomsday.
Doomsday misses with an uppercut. McWrestler saw that one coming.
McWrestler misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Doomsday counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
McWrestler trying to hold on to Doomsday's head to control him but Doomsday postures up.
McWrestler keeping hold of Doomsday's head, controlling as best he can.
McWrestler's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
McWrestler wants to control but Doomsday is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doomsday wants to work for an arm triangle but McWrestler is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
McWrestler trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWrestler tries to get to full guard but Doomsday has control of the leg.
Doomsday seems to be looking for submissions.
McWrestler is looking for a sweep. Doomsday is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McWrestler wants to control but Doomsday is keeping busy.
McWrestler won't allow Doomsday to pass to mount.
McWrestler works his way to full guard. Good work.
McWrestler is pulling down on Doomsday's head. It's preventing any offense from Doomsday, at least for the moment.
Doomsday landing with the ground and pound.
McWrestler looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday throws a big right hand that misses.
McWrestler looking for a sweep. Not yet McWrestler, not yet.
Doomsday won't allow McWrestler to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McWrestler is on top in guard.
McWrestler must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
McWrestler controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've been hearing good reports from Doomsday's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Let's hope that McWrestler has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McWrestler defends it easily.
McWrestler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Doomsday looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McWrestler content to stall in guard here.
Doomsday keeping moving, preventing McWrestler from controlling successfully.
Doomsday is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McWrestler defends well.
McWrestler is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four 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.
McWrestler tries to free his leg and advance position but Doomsday is retaining full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw McWrestler working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
McWrestler is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McWrestler trying to control but Doomsday is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McWrestler misses with an uppercut
and Doomsday counters with a nice double leg into side control. McWrestler won't be happy with that.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McWrestler is looking for a sweep.
McWrestler wants to control but Doomsday postures up.
Doomsday creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on McWrestler's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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 Kronos Doomsday will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Doomsday looks to land a left hand but McWrestler moved out of range nicely.
McWrestler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doomsday.
Dude McWrestler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McWrestler thows a left - swing and a miss!
McWrestler throws a right hand that misses
and Doomsday counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Doomsday prevents McWrestler from improving his position.
Doomsday is keen to just control but McWrestler is a slippery customer.
McWrestler is trying to maintain the position but Doomsday is very close to passing his half guard.
Doomsday wants to free his trapped foot but McWrestler is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kronos Doomsday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doomsday is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doomsday trying to pass the guard but McWrestler defending well.
Doomsday is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWrestler is trying to get back to full guard.
Doomsday is pressing down on McWrestler's thigh, looking to free his foot. McWrestler is holding on for now.
McWrestler keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
McWrestler is trying to control but can't.
Doomsday is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
McWrestler wants to improve his position but Doomsday is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Doomsday is looking for a kimura but McWrestler is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Doomsday to get the leverage.
Doomsday trying to mount his opponent but McWrestler defends it.
Doomsday prevents McWrestler from improving his position.
McWrestler moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Doomsday connects with a couple of short punches.
McWrestler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Doomsday working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McWrestler's head.
Doomsday preventing the sweep.
Doomsday is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McWrestler can do to turn this around?
Doomsday content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McWrestler wants to improve his position but instead Doomsday has moved into half guard.
McWrestler wants to improve his position but Doomsday is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday wants to take a breather but McWrestler is having none of it.
Doomsday is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McWrestler defends it well.
Doomsday throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Doomsday trying to control from McWrestler's half guard. McWrestler has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
McWrestler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
McWrestler keeping full guard, as Doomsday tries to pass.
McWrestler bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Doomsday's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWrestler stopping the sweep attempt from Doomsday.
McWrestler trying to control but Doomsday is working from the bottom.
Doomsday had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McWrestler defends it easily.
McWrestler slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Doomsday controls McWrestler momentarily but McWrestler frees himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kronos Doomsday dominated that second round.
That's time! Doomsday's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McWrestler lands a body shot.
Doomsday looks to land a right hand but McWrestler moved out of range.
A nice side step and McWrestler releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Doomsday throws a sloppy body shot
and McWrestler counters with a stiff right hand.
McWrestler misses with a straight right.
McWrestler missing with a left hand there. Doomsday was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doomsday tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McWrestler throws out a loose jab but Doomsday uses good head movement to avoid it.
McWrestler connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doomsday connects with a looping right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for McWrestler.
Doomsday takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McWrestler throws the left hand but Doomsday avoids the punch easily.
Doomsday seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWrestler bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Doomsday is looking for a sweep.
McWrestler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doomsday keeps working.
McWrestler tries to move to mount but Doomsday blocks the move with his legs.
McWrestler trying to control the position but Doomsday is working away.
Doomsday is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked McWrestler off and has taken his back!
Doomsday not allowing McWrestler to control his hands.
Even with his hooks in, Doomsday manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Doomsday looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
You can see the frustration on McWrestler's face He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Doomsday gets his hands free as McWrestler looks to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McWrestler preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Doomsday.
McWrestler has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Doomsday.
McWrestler tries to escape the position.
Doomsday lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
McWrestler is trying to break free.
Doomsday has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for McWrestler.
McWrestler wants to escape the position.
Doomsday working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Doomsday gets his hands free as McWrestler looks to control.
McWrestler rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Doomsday is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, McWrestler has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McWrestler trying to control here.
Doomsday looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McWrestler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McWrestler is controlling Doomsday's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Doomsday lands with a punch from half guard.
McWrestler is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McWrestler holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday is looking to take a break and control but McWrestler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McWrestler tries to get to full guard but Doomsday has control of the leg.
Doomsday trying to control from McWrestler's half guard. McWrestler has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Doomsday prevents McWrestler from getting back to his feet.
Doomsday thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McWrestler is trying to control the position but Doomsday postures up.
McWrestler looking for a sweep. Not yet McWrestler, not yet.
Doomsday trying to control the position from guard on top but McWrestler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doomsday throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Doomsday advances to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Kronos Doomsday did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Doomsday scores with a jab. McWrestler acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Doomsday takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McWrestler throws an off balance right hand
and Doomsday counters with a single leg into guard. McWrestler didn't expect that.
Doomsday scoring with punches to the head and body.
Doomsday is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
McWrestler wants to sweep but no luck.
Doomsday trying to control the position from guard on top but McWrestler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doomsday with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Doomsday's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Doomsday trying to control but McWrestler is working from the bottom.
Doomsday loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWrestler looking to control.
Doomsday working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McWrestler looking to control but Doomsday passes into half guard.
McWrestler is trying to maintain the position but Doomsday is very close to passing his half guard.
McWrestler tries to get to full guard but Doomsday has control of the leg.
McWrestler is defending against the submission attempts here by Doomsday.
McWrestler is looking for a sweep. Doomsday is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two 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.
Doomsday is nestled in close to McWrestler, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Doomsday missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Doomsday is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
McWrestler trying to control from the bottom.
Dude McWrestler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doomsday is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McWrestler defends it well.
Doomsday is working for a submission of some sort.
McWrestler trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McWrestler is looking to improve his position.
McWrestler is trying to control but can't.
McWrestler tries to roll over but Doomsday keeps him under control.
McWrestler trying to control but Doomsday postures up.
McWrestler is staying active underneath Doomsday, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
McWrestler gets back to full guard.
Doomsday trying to control the position from guard on top but McWrestler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doomsday distracts McWrestler with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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.
McWrestler looking to control.
Doomsday wants to control from the top but McWrestler keeps moving.
Doomsday is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because McWrestler is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Doomsday stopping the sweep attempt from McWrestler.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McWrestler.
McWrestler throws an off balance right hand
and Doomsday counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McWrestler connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doomsday. Doomsday circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dude McWrestler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - McWrestler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Doomsday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McWrestler throws out the jab.
Doomsday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McWrestler doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Doomsday uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McWrestler.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kronos Doomsday had his way with Dude McWrestler in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McWrestler thows a left - swing and a miss!
McWrestler scores with a shot to the body.
Doomsday takes the fight into the clinch.
Doomsday jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McWrestler walks away with a smile on his face. Doomsday gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McWrestler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Doomsday stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Doomsday moves out of range of the strikes.
McWrestler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doomsday.
Doomsday changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
McWrestler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McWrestler throws out a loose jab but Doomsday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doomsday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McWrestler.
McWrestler misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Doomsday misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by McWrestler.
Doomsday lands with an uppercut that bounces McWrestler off the cage and back into range.
McWrestler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doomsday.
Doomsday is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from McWrestler. Doomsday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doomsday moves out of range as McWrestler strikes.
McWrestler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doomsday manages to avoid it.
Doomsday feinted with a counter takedown.
McWrestler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Doomsday jabs McWrestler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McWrestler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doomsday.
McWrestler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doomsday manages to avoid it.
McWrestler misses with a hook to the body
and Doomsday counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McWrestler throws a lazy right hand but Doomsday sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Doomsday on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McWrestler misses with a looping left.
McWrestler throws a lazy uppercut
and Doomsday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McWrestler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McWrestler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doomsday throwing a counter right hand but McWrestler manages to avoid it.
Doomsday works McWrestler's body with a nice hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McWrestler throws a hook but Doomsday avoids it easily.
McWrestler misses with a left hand
and Doomsday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Doomsday.
McWrestler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McWrestler throws a poor cross that misses
and Doomsday counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Doomsday throws a big right hand that misses.
Doomsday pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McWrestler is keeping the position for now.
Doomsday throwing strikes from guard but McWrestler blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday connects with a couple of short punches.
Doomsday preventing the sweep.
Doomsday trying to control but McWrestler is working from the bottom.
Doomsday has gone for a leg lock! McWrestler slips out almost immediately though and dives into Doomsday's guard.
Doomsday is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
McWrestler looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Doomsday looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWrestler controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Doomsday looking for a guillotine here but McWrestler defends easily.
Doomsday keeping moving, preventing McWrestler from controlling successfully.
Doomsday looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Doomsday looking for a guillotine here but McWrestler defends easily.
McWrestler looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
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 Kronos Doomsday.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Doomsday, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kronos Doomsday!
Kronos Doomsday retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Kronos Doomsday thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Dude McWrestler spoke after the fight, saying 'bleah'.
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