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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Randy The Irritator (ranked 3165 p4p, 3656 weight class) and Jim Bob Walton (ranked 188 p4p, 299 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy The Irritator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Bob Walton!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walton lands a lovely overhand right.
Walton swings widly with a right hand
enabling The Irritator to counter with a crisp jab.
Walton misses with an uppercut
letting The Irritator counter with a right hand.
The Irritator connects with a right hand. Walton shakes it off.
Walton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Walton throws the left hand but The Irritator avoids the punch easily.
The Irritator misses with a right hand
and Walton counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton tries to clinch
and Walton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Irritator misses with a double jab
and Walton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Walton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Walton throws a right hand that misses
and The Irritator counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Irritator manages to avoid it.
Walton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before The Irritator has time to react.
The Irritator throws a shot to the body.
The Irritator ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walton moves away.
The Irritator looks to score with a jab to the body but Walton is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Irritator lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Irritator throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walton.
Walton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walton wants to clinch but The Irritator slips to the side
and The Irritator counters with a nice uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Irritator.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Irritator throws a poor cross that misses
and Walton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Walton defending well as The Irritator loads up on a big left hand.
The Irritator looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Irritator looks to score with a jab to the body but Walton is just out of range.
The Irritator throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from The Irritator misses
and Walton counters with a stiff right hand.
The Irritator swings away with a body shot that misses
and Walton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walton.
A head punch on the inside from The Irritator fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The Irritator is stalling here.
The Irritator breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Irritator misses with a straight left.
Walton wants to counter the offense by The Irritator and move into the clinch position.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Irritator is looking to counter punch.
The Irritator misses the jab.
The Irritator misses with a series of wild punches.
Walton steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from The Irritator.
The Irritator lands the left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Randy The Irritator dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The Irritator ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like The Irritator wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Irritator misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walton.
Walton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Irritator was well out of range. Poor timing from Walton.
The Irritator bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Walton has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Irritator struggles to land a body shot inside as Walton controls his hands.
The Irritator tries to throw a body punch but Walton avoids it by throwing The Irritator back against the cage.
Walton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Irritator misses with a punch on the inside.
The Irritator stalling the fight.
Walton lands an elbow inside that The Irritator shrugs off.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton misses with some punches.
Come on The Irritator - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The Irritator fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Irritator tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walton just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Irritator working aggressively here.
The Irritator misses with some punches.
Walton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Irritator leaning his opponent against the cage.
The Irritator is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walton misses with a punch on the inside.
Walton is struggling to control the position.
The Irritator taking a breather.
The Irritator breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walton misses with an uppercut
enabling The Irritator to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Irritator misses with a hook to the body
and Walton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The Irritator counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Irritator misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walton misses with a hook
and The Irritator connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Irritator looks to score with a jab to the body but Walton is just out of range.
Walton tries to move into range but The Irritator moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton misses with an uppercut
and The Irritator counters with a stiff right hand.
The Irritator swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walton counters with a nice body shot.
The Irritator scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walton doesn't seem bothered though.
Walton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Randy The Irritator is winning the standup battle so far.
The Irritator swings widly with a right hand
and Walton counters with a straight right hand.
Walton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Irritator.
The Irritator throws a lazy right hand but Walton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Walton throws an off balance right hand
and The Irritator counters with a straight right hand.
The Irritator misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Irritator scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Randy The Irritator dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The Irritator jabs Walton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jim Bob Walton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donk. The Irritator catches Walton right on the button with a cross.
The Irritator misses with a wild body shot.
The Irritator rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Walton to counter with a crisp jab.
The Irritator has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Walton cracks The Irritator with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Walton has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning The Irritator to stand back up!
 The Irritator is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walton avoids the body shot from The Irritator.
It seemed like Walton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oh The Irritator is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walton weaves into range and cracks The Irritator right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! The Irritator goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Walton is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jim Bob Walton!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaimie Christ (ranked 3647 p4p, 3996 weight class) and Naruto Uzumaki (ranked 220 p4p, 326 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaimie Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Naruto Uzumaki!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Uzumaki misses.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Uzumaki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Christ fails with the takedown
enabling Uzumaki to counter with a crisp jab.
 It looks like Jaimie Christ has been cut.
Uzumaki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uzumaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Uzumaki lands a jab to Christ's midsection.
Christ looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uzumaki is holding on to half guard well.
Christ is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Uzumaki defends it well.
Christ is looking for a kimura but Uzumaki is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Christ to get the leverage.
Christ seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Uzumaki is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jaimie Christ!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Belyaev (ranked 1055 p4p, 3052 weight class) and Terrence Gordy (ranked 98 p4p, 252 weight class). Daniel Belyaev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Belyaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrence Gordy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gordy tries to clinch up but Belyaev circles away and keeps his distance.
Belyaev shoots in and gets a takedown into Gordy's 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.
Belyaev advances to half guard.
Belyaev works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gordy tries to lock up and control but Belyaev gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Belyaev has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Gordy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gordy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Belyaev pulls his head out easily.
Belyaev trying to advance position but Gordy counters by regaining guard.
Gordy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Belyaev doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Belyaev manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Belyaev pushes down on Gordy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Belyaev will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Belyaev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belyaev is looking to advance position but Gordy won't allow it.
Gordy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Belyaev scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gordy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gordy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Belyaev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Belyaev got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gordy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Belyaev has managed to get both his arms back between Gordy's legs - danger averted.
Belyaev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gordy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Belyaev stands and throws Gordy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Belyaev tries to advance to mount but Gordy denies him.
Belyaev working the head and body with strikes.
Gordy can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordy taking a bit of punishment here - Belyaev scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gordy stops Belyaev from passing to mount.
Gordy tries to buck Belyaev off but Belyaev is having none of it.
Belyaev tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gordy's legs.
Gordy is looking to reverse the position.
Belyaev tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gordy gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
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. Belyaev connects with a nice short shot to Gordy's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordy actively working from the bottom here.
Gordy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Belyaev scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gordy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gordy manages to get to full guard.
Belyaev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Belyaev trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gordy manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Belyaev is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Belyaev looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gordy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Gordy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Belyaev does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Belyaev regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belyaev looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gordy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Belyaev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Belyaev slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Belyaev lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Gordy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Belyaev pushing down on Gordy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gordy looking for submissions off his back.
Belyaev works his way into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belyaev landing strikes from the mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Belyaev dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Belyaev shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gordy's guard.
Belyaev is pushing down on Gordy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gordy is fighting to maintain full guard but Belyaev has managed to sneak the leg through.
Belyaev trying to pass the guard but Gordy defending well.
Gordy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Belyaev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Belyaev's back!
You can see the frustration on Belyaev's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Belyaev is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Gordy.
Gordy has the hooks in. Belyaev is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Gordy really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Belyaev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belyaev is keeping busy.
Gordy controlling well, preventing Belyaev from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, with Gordy on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Belyaev is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Daniel Belyaev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Belyaev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gordy can do to turn this around?
Gordy just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Gordy keeps control of the position as Belyaev tries to break free.
Belyaev looking very determined here, making life difficult for Gordy.
Belyaev tries to escape but Gordy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belyaev tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Belyaev is looking to get to half guard.
Gordy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Belyaev is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belyaev keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Belyaev is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belyaev is squirming around, avoiding Gordy's attempts to control the action.
Belyaev is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gordy looking to control but Belyaev is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gordy prevents Belyaev from getting the reversal.
Gordy wants to control the pace but Belyaev is squirming around nicely.
Belyaev working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordy controlling the pace for now.
Belyaev is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gordy controlling from mount.
Gordy tries to control but Belyaev wriggling away.
Belyaev is trying to escape the mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terrence Gordy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Belyaev drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gordy can't do much from the bottom here.
Gordy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gordy manages to work his way to half guard, despite Belyaev's best efforts.
Gordy is looking for a sweep. Belyaev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gordy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Belyaev is thwarting Gordy's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gordy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Belyaev lands a nice short elbow.
Belyaev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gordy actively working from the bottom here.
Belyaev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Belyaev there.
Gordy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gordy keeps trying to improve his position.
Belyaev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Belyaev frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Belyaev landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Belyaev cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Belyaev cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
 Gordy is rocked!
Belyaev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gordy is still in real trouble! Can Belyaev finish him?
Belyaev connects with a bit shot that sees Gordy covering up! More strikes from Belyaev and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Belyaev is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Belyaev!
During a confident post fight interview, Daniel Belyaev thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jalo Ilmarinen (ranked 1881 p4p, 3649 weight class) and Sean Rivers (ranked 249 p4p, 449 weight class). Rivers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gojira - Sphinx kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jalo Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilmarinen cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ilmarinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut there from Rivers.
Ilmarinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen connects with a jab.
Ilmarinen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rivers quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ilmarinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rivers's head.
Ilmarinen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rivers defending well though.
Rivers is trying to stand.
Ilmarinen trying to mount his opponent but Rivers defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers is trying to control but can't.
Rivers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rivers wants to get back to his feet.
Rivers manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Good standup being displayed there by Ilmarinen as he connects with a hook.
 It looks like Sean Rivers has been cut.
Jab by Rivers.
Ilmarinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Rivers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ilmarinen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rivers trying to hold on to Ilmarinen's head to control him but Ilmarinen postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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!
Ilmarinen working over Rivers with some ground and pound. Rivers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilmarinen working over Rivers with some ground and pound. Rivers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ilmarinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ilmarinen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ilmarinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rivers tries to roll over but Ilmarinen keeps him under control.
Ilmarinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rivers tries to kick Ilmarinen off but Ilmarinen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers moves into full guard.
Ilmarinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ilmarinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rivers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ilmarinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ilmarinen postures up in Rivers's guard and throws a big left but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ilmarinen throws a big elbow that misses.
Ilmarinen lands a couple of digs.
Rivers keeping moving, preventing Ilmarinen from controlling successfully.
Ilmarinen prevents Rivers from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Rivers looking for a sweep. Not yet Rivers, not yet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rivers misses with a lunging right hand
and Ilmarinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice body punch from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Ilmarinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ilmarinen scores with a nice right hand.
Ilmarinen misses with a looping right.
Ilmarinen misses with a looping left.
Rivers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ilmarinen dives in and grabs Rivers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rivers pushes down on Ilmarinen's head and hops out.
Sean Rivers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ilmarinen slips a straight right by Rivers.
Rivers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ilmarinen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jalo Ilmarinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Rivers's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ilmarinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ilmarinen avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Ilmarinen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rivers did well to prevent Ilmarinen getting side control.
Ilmarinen moves into full mount! Rivers won't be happy about that!
Ilmarinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivers can do to turn this around?
Rivers working to try and regain half guard.
Ilmarinen trying to control but Rivers is having none of it.
Rivers is desperately trying to improve his position but Ilmarinen has a good base and remains in mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen lands a big shot there that rocks Rivers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ilmarinen looking to finish Rivers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rivers!
That has opened up Sean Rivers's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ilmarinen avoids the attempt from Rivers to control.
Ilmarinen raining down shots from the mount!
Ilmarinen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sean Rivers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sean Rivers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jalo Ilmarinen!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Convicted Kelly (ranked 2113 p4p, 2697 weight class) and Byron Neal (ranked 280 p4p, 350 weight class). Kelly kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bump and grind. Byron Neal acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters 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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Convicted Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Byron Neal!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neal scores with a jab.
Neal misses with a low kick.
Neal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short left from Neal.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Neal avoids it.
Neal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kelly.
It looks like Byron Neal has been cut.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
Kelly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Neal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neal landing knees to the head.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neal blocks the elbow strike.
Neal misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Neal breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Neal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Neal lands a front kick.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Neal pushes him off.
Kelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelly moves forwards but Neal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Neal circles away.
Kelly tries to clinch up
and Neal counters with a stiff right hand.
Kelly tries to clinch but Neal is having none of it.
Kelly tries to clinch up
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Neal keeps Kelly at a distance using the push kick.
Neal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly wants to clinch.
Neal scores with a nice head shot.
Neal scores with a nice strike.
Neal closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kelly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neal avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelly.
Kelly breaks from the clinch.
Neal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Neal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Neal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neal swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Neal has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Neal finds it's target.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Neal is avoiding it.
Neal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kelly at a distance.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Neal keeps it at a distance.
Neal let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kelly wants to clinch but Neal slips to the side
letting Neal counter with a right hand.
Neal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kelly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kelly avoids the body shot from Neal.
Good shot there by Neal.
Kelly is rocked!
Kelly is looking to clinch but Neal is avoiding it.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly tries to clinch up but Neal circles away and keeps his distance.
Neal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Neal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neal, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neal is looking to control Kelly's arms but Kelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neal has his back to the cage.
Kelly takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neal scores with a nice hook to the head.
Neal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kelly avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Neal.
Neal tries to land a knee to the head but Kelly blocks with his arms.
Neal blocks an elbow strike.
Neal using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Neal lands a right hand.
Neal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Neal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kelly throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Neal's brow.
Neal missing with knees to the body.
Neal tries to work over Kelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Neal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neal avoids a wild elbow strike from Kelly.
Neal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards.
Kelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kelly tries to land a knee to the head but Neal blocks with his arms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Byron Neal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Byron Neal'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.
Neal scores with a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Neal misses the shot to the body.
Kelly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Neal is looking to slow Kelly down with leg kicks.
Neal clobbers Kelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oh Kelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Neal plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Kelly to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Kelly just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Byron Neal!
Post fight, Byron Neal stared into the camera and said 'That's four out of my last five i've won here now at CFC. I've shown new and old ownership that i'm game for anyone and I've paid my dues. Now I want my demands to be met.
I want my get back at Pyotr or the next shot at Ardahan!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Aldean (ranked 5934 p4p, 1829 weight class) and Herio Lupsaka (ranked 589 p4p, 242 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Aldean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herio Lupsaka!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupsaka closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Aldean's guard.
Aldean looking to control.
Aldean is pulling down on Lupsaka's head to control his posture.
Lupsaka trying to control but Aldean is working from the bottom.
Lupsaka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lupsaka looking to sit in guard and control but Aldean gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aldean wants to stand but Lupsaka is controlling his posture from full guard.
Aldean won't allow Lupsaka to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupsaka is adopting a defensive guard.
Aldean wants to control from the top but Lupsaka keeps moving.
Lupsaka is pulling down on Aldean's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldean stopping the sweep attempt from Lupsaka.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aldean trying to control but Lupsaka is working from the bottom.
Lupsaka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aldean passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Aldean trying to control the action but Lupsaka is working from the bottom.
Lupsaka sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lupsaka is trying to get back to full guard.
Aldean is looking to advance position but Lupsaka won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupsaka controlling the position well.
Lupsaka is trying to control but can't.
Lupsaka tries to roll over but Aldean keeps him under control.
Lupsaka trying to control here.
Aldean prevents Lupsaka from improving his position.
Lupsaka felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Lupsaka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lupsaka wants to sweep here but Aldean controlling him for the moment.
Lupsaka controlling Aldean's posture.
Aldean preventing the sweep.
Aldean has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldean trying to control but Lupsaka is working from the bottom.
Lupsaka has control of Aldean's left arm, preventing Aldean from doing any damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lupsaka closes this distance looking for a takedown but Aldean circles away.
Lupsaka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lupsaka blocks a head kick by Aldean.
Aldean cracks Lupsaka with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Aldean throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lupsaka feints the counter takedown.
Lupsaka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Aldean sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lupsaka somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupsaka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Aldean pinned against the cage. Aldean gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jason Aldean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herio Lupsaka.
Aldean throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lupsaka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lupsaka shoots in but Aldean avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aldean fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lupsaka on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldean lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lupsaka shoots in and bounces Aldean off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lupsaka is looking to work some ground and pound but Aldean has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Aldean dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lupsaka tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aldean swivels and escapes.
Lupsaka misses with a takedown attempt - Aldean sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aldean darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lupsaka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Aldean defends well and Lupsaka ends up having to push Aldean into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It looks like Aldean has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Jason Aldean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herio Lupsaka.
Aldean bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lupsaka's head backwards.
Aldean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lupsaka can do to turn this around?
Aldean is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Herio Lupsaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldean jabs at Lupsaka's body.
Lupsaka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Aldean pinned against the cage. Aldean gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupsaka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lupsaka shoots in but Aldean avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice straight punches there by Aldean. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aldean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupsaka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Aldean is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lupsaka is rocked!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Aldean.
Lupsaka is still on wobbly legs! Can Aldean finish him?
Lupsaka is breathing heavily.
Lupsaka walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Lupsaka limp body while Aldean jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Aldean!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 3901 p4p, 3459 weight class) and Phil Graves (ranked 478 p4p, 430 weight class). Graves has chosen I Bring The Darkness. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Phil Graves!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Graves throws a good cross that connects.
Polo 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.
Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Graves.
Polo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graves circles away.
Some wild striking there from Graves.
As Graves backs away, Polo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Graves's coach down at Combat Wombat Burrow was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Graves's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Graves lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Polo. Beautiful body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Graves.
Polo lands with an uppercut that bounces Graves off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polo throws a leg kick but Graves sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polo.
Graves lands a jab to the head.
Graves catches Polo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Polo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Graves connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Polo scrambles back to his feet.
Graves throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Polo on the side of the head.
Polo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Graves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polo wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Polo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Graves scores with the left hand. Polo knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Graves lands an impressive looking overhand right. Polo doesn't seem phased though.
Polo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Polo walks into a straight right hand from Graves.
Graves ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Graves looks to clinch
and Graves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graves scores with a jab.
Graves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Polo misses the shot to the body.
Polo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That kick from Graves tenderised Polo's leg. Polo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Polo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Graves cracks Polo with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves blocks a jab.
Polo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phil Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Polo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Graves looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Polo throws an overhand right that lands on Graves's shoulder, as Graves tries to avoid the shot.
Polo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Polo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Polo throws a head kick that misses.
Polo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Polo tries to keep at a distance but Graves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Polo's elbow.
Polo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Graves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves scores with a shot to the side of Polo's head.
Polo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Polo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Polo scores with a shoulder strike.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Polo controls the action.
Polo is looking to break free of the clinch but Graves has double underhooks.
Polo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Polo.
Graves struggles to land a body shot inside as Polo controls his hands.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Polo working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polo taking a breather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Graves dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Graves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Graves blocks the body kick.
Graves connects with a single shot there.
Graves darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Graves bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graves scores with a nice right hand.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves misses with a two punch combination.
Polo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Graves sprawls and moves away.
Graves scores with a jab to the head.
Graves is looking to clinch but Polo is avoiding it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Graves.
Graves lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves darts in and clinches Polo up against the cage.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Polo's elbow.
A short left from Graves.
Graves lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Marco Polo has been cut.
Polo lands a nice shot to the body.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Polo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Polo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
Graves tries a body shot but Polo blocks it.
Phil Graves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Graves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Polos head.
Polo cracks Graves with a nice body shot.
Polo swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Polo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Graves lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Polo.
Graves lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries a body shot but Polo blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
Graves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graves.
Graves pushes Polo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Graves.
Graves lands a hook that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Graves.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Graves scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves tries to work over Polo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Polo throws a head punch that misses.
Polo tries to break the clinch but Graves is controlling the position.
Polo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Graves prevents a body shot from Polo.
Graves tries to throw a body punch but Polo avoids it by throwing Graves back against the cage.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Graves tries to work over Polo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Polo.
A body shot lands from Graves.
Good body shot from Graves.
Graves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Polos head.
Graves scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Graves struggles to land a body shot inside as Polo controls his hands.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Graves.
Graves works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Polo controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
Graves lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Polo.
Graves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Polo's elbow.
Graves lands a hook that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
Graves lands a body punch in the clinch.
Graves stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Graves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
Graves lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Polo or not.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Graves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Graves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Polo's cut.
That's time! Polo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Graves.
Graves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Polo under the eye.
Graves misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Polo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Graves - the referee stops the clock and Polo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Graves. Polo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Graves connects with a crisp jab.
Polo takes one to the side of the head.
Graves darts in and clinches Polo up against the cage.
Polo tries to score a body lock takedown but Graves shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Graves lands a shoulder strike.
Graves has Polo pressed against the cage, preventing Polo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Graves.
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves lands with a light punch inside.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graves lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves lands a nice shot to the body.
Graves lands a nice uppercut.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Graves.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graves.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
Graves lands an uppercut.
Graves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Polo is rocked!
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Polo controls the action.
Oh Polo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
Graves digs a right hand into Polo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Polo's gas tank.
Phil Graves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Graves.
Polo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Graves pulls his leg out and moves away.
Polo seems to have got his legs back now.
Graves connects with a right hand. Polo shakes it off.
Graves lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Graves lands a nice looking body shot.
Graves fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Polo.
Graves scores with a jab to the head.
Polo looks for a takedown but Graves sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Polo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Polo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves gets a clinch.
Polo has Graves pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Graves manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Polo misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves pushes Polo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Polo swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Graves lands a left hand that snaps the head of Polo backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polo is trying to push Graves away but Graves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Polo jumps guard but Graves turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Polo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Graves scores a nice knee to the body.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Polo working aggressively here.
Graves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Polo's efforts to push away.
A body shot lands from Graves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Graves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Graves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 25:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Graves!
A very excited looking Phil Graves made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luka Sorenson (ranked 5156 p4p, 24735 weight class) and Zane Takala (ranked 494 p4p, 550 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Sorenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zane Takala!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorenson tries to clinch up.
Takala looks to land a right hand but Sorenson moved out of range.
Sorenson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sorenson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sorenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takala throws out the jab.
Takala throws out a loose jab but Sorenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Takala darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sorenson slips a jab from Takala.
As Takala tries to get set, Sorenson tries to push him back and clinch up but Takala manages to avoid the attempt.
Takala misses the shot to the body.
Takala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala's coach down at FF Forever was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Takala's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sorenson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sorenson throws a jab but it's blocked by Takala.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sorenson rushes Takala and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Takala blocking some punches.
Takala misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takala breaks from the clinch.
Takala takes one 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!
Takala looks to land a left hand but Sorenson moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Sorenson.
Sorenson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sorenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takala throws out the jab.
Sorenson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takala.
Sorenson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sorenson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takala.
Takala connects with a body shot.
Sorenson avoids the body shot from Takala.
Takala moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Takala looks to throw the jab but Sorenson is out of range.
Takala scores with the left hand. Sorenson knows he should have avoided that one.
We've been told by Sorenson's head coaches at Rough House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sorenson darts in trying to clinch
and Takala counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takala misses with a straight right.
Takala swings widly with a right hand
and Sorenson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala misses with a series of wild punches.
Sorenson avoids the body shot from Takala.
Sorenson is looking to score with low kicks.
Sorenson clinches up against the cage.
Takala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Takala swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sorenson counters by moving into the clinch.
Sorenson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Sorenson misses the target.
Takala tests Sorenson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Takala takes one to the chin there.
Sorenson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sorenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sorenson throws a leg kick but Takala moved away.
Takala throws a lazy uppercut
and Sorenson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sorenson.
Takala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sorenson.
Takala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Takala misses with an uppercut.
Sorenson is looking to counter punch.
Takala throws a hook to the side of Sorenson's head but Sorenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sorenson feints and then cracks Takala's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Takala down.
Takala swats away the attempt to clinch by Sorenson.
Sorenson misses with a hook to the body
and Takala counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Takala swings for the body but Sorenson moves out of range.
As Takala tries to get set, Sorenson tries to push him back and clinch up but Takala manages to avoid the attempt.
Takala misses with a looping left.
Takala misses with a wild body shot.
Takala swings widly with a right hand
and Sorenson counters with a left to the body.
Sorenson misses the jab.
Sorenson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sorenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Takala avoids the head kick by Sorenson.
Takala avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takala misses with a hook
and Sorenson counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sorenson.
Takala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sorenson misses with a head kick.
Sorenson misses with a left hand
and Takala counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sorenson.
Nice jab there from Sorenson.
Takala checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sorenson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takala manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takala throws an overhand right that lands on Sorenson's shoulder, as Sorenson tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Sorenson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big right from Sorenson misses.
Takala tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zane Takala will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Takala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sorenson.
Sorenson scores with a body shot.
Takala lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Takala throws an overhand right that lands on Sorenson's shoulder, as Sorenson tries to avoid the shot.
Zane Takala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sorenson misses with a left hand
and Sorenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sorenson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takala.
Takala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala lands with a shot to the body.
Sorenson slips a jab from Takala.
Takala lands a lovely overhand right.
Takala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takala scores with a jab to the head.
Takala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sorenson moves out of range as Takala strikes.
Sorenson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Takala throws a series of punches but Sorenson moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takala fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takala! But no joy.
A punch combination from Takala misses.
Takala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sorenson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Takala's hands.
Sorenson cracks Takala with a good jab.
Takala moves out of range of the strikes.
Takala throws a right and a left that Sorenson avoids nicely.
Sorenson tries to counter by clinching up but Takala breaks away and moves out of range.
Takala throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sorenson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sorenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sorenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Takala.
Takala pushes Sorenson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takala lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sorenson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takala throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sorenson.
Takala blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala scores with a shot to the side of Sorenson's head.
Sorenson lands with a right to the head.
Takala is rocked!
Sorenson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Takala is still on wobbly legs! Can Sorenson finish him?
Sorenson pushes Takala against the cage. Sorenson is working some dirty boxing. Sorenson pushes off with a quick right hook! Takala goes down! Takala tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sorenson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Sorenson!
A relieved looking Luka Sorenson 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leepo Greepo (ranked 1535 p4p, 4006 weight class) and Don Higgins (ranked 248 p4p, 557 weight class). Leepo Greepo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leepo Greepo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Higgins!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greepo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Higgins sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Greepo somewhat.
Higgins misses with the combination.
Greepo shoots in but Higgins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Greepo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Greepo tries to move into range but Higgins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greepo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Higgins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Higgins trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Greepo manages to pass to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greepo controlling from mount.
Higgins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Greepo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Greepo is looking to work his way around to Higgins's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Higgins working to try and regain half guard.
Greepo looking to control but Higgins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Higgins wants to hold on but Greepo pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Greepo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Higgins is squirming around, avoiding Greepo's attempts to control the action.
Greepo working for a guillotine from mount but Higgins is in no mood to give up.
Higgins is looking to get to half guard.
Higgins tries to improve his position but instead Greepo has taken his back!
Greepo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Higgins knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Higgins for a finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greepo working for a choke but Higgins is defending well.
Greepo seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Higgins is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Greepo off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Higgins tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Greepo has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Higgins is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Leepo Greepo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sahil Warner (ranked 4994 p4p, 3477 weight class) and Francesco Monroe (ranked 615 p4p, 512 weight class). Francesco Monroe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sahil Warner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francesco Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe misses with an uppercut
and Warner counters with a solid body kick.
Monroe misses the jab.
Warner swinging wildly here.
A little jabbing left from Monroe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Warner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Warner tries for a takedown but Monroe circles away easily
and Monroe counters with a straight right hand.
Monroe lands the left hand.
Monroe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Warner momentarily.
Warner is rocked!
Monroe has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Monroe is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Warner flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Warner is out cold! Monroe holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francesco Monroe!
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