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HFC Fight Night 10 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joachim Murat (ranked 4740 p4p, 25442 weight class) and Du Klippt (ranked 334 p4p, 400 weight class). Joachim Murat could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Du Klippt's chin.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joachim Murat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Du Klippt!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murat manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Klippt on his heels. He'll look to pass Klippt's guard now, I'm sure.
Klippt is trying to control the position but Murat postures up.
Murat wants to pass the guard but Klippt is keeping the position.
Klippt wants to sweep but no luck.
Klippt trying to control the position.
Murat scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murat trying to control but Klippt is working from the bottom.
Murat has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murat chips away with some ground and pound.
Murat working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Murat engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Klippt controls Murat momentarily but Murat frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murat is working Klippt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Klippt looking to control.
Murat postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Klippt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murat. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murat controlling from the top position.
Klippt wants to sweep here but Murat controlling him for the moment.
Murat advances to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Klippt can do anything to dispel that myth.
Klippt wants to improve his position but Murat is controlling well.
Murat seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Murat lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Klippt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Murat lands strikes from half guard.
Klippt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Klippt trying to control from the bottom.
Murat looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Murat slows the pace down in half guard.
Klippt wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klippt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
 Klippt is rocked!
Murat scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Klippt is still in real trouble! Can Murat finish him?
Murat looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Klippt with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Murat is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Klippt!
Murat postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Klippt in real trouble here! The ref calls for Klippt to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joachim Murat!
Du Klippt spoke after the fight, saying 'Unfortunate loss today, I’m going to work harder than ever and come back stronger than ever, I will be champion one day.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calidale Holiday (ranked 24461 p4p, 3667 weight class) and Austin Norris (ranked 569 p4p, 422 weight class). Holiday's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stranger Things Theme Song. Calidale Holiday has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Calidale Holiday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Austin Norris!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Norris with the inside leg kick.
Norris misses with a hook
and Holiday counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Holiday postures up and lands a big shot to Norris's brow.
Holiday loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Holiday pushing down on Norris's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Holiday thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Holiday lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Holiday scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Norris is rocked!
Holiday thows a huge punch but Norris dodges it nicely.
Holiday landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Norris is still in real trouble! Can Holiday finish him?
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!
Holiday thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Norris seems to have recovered his senses.
Holiday really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holiday scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Norris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Holiday. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Holiday maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Norris could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Holiday has cracked it and Norris is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Holiday!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Calidale Holiday!
After winning the bout, Calidale Holiday thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jambalaya Jones (ranked 4897 p4p, 1225 weight class) and Daniel Maverick (ranked 500 p4p, 175 weight class). Jambalaya Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jambalaya Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Maverick!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
 It looks like Jambalaya Jones has been cut.
Maverick tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab from Maverick.
Maverick with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maverick checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maverick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Maverick moves his leg out of the way.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick lands for Maverick.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Maverick lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maverick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maverick lands a nice looking body kick.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Maverick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Maverick follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Maverick lands a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Maverick.
Jones scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jones throws a low kick but Maverick moves out of range easily.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jambalaya Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maverick can pounce on him.
Maverick throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones throws a right hand that Maverick ducks under and follows up with a left that Maverick also avoids with ease.
Maverick scores with a jab to the body.
Jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Maverick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maverick lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Maverick connects with a looping right hand.
Maverick throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maverick.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
and Maverick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
Maverick lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maverick chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Maverick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maverick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Maverick was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maverick throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice jab there from Maverick.
Maverick with a jab.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Maverick's shoulder, as Maverick tries to avoid the shot.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maverick scores with a three punch combo!
Maverick plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Maverick.
Maverick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maverick connects with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maverick. That's going to slow Jones down.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Maverick counters with a nice leg kick.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Maverick looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones takes one on the button.
Maverick shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Maverick to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Maverick walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maverick throws a front kick that sends Jones stumbling back into the cage.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maverick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maverick lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Maverick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maverick is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
Maverick lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Maverick thuds his shin into the meat of Jones's side.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Maverick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maverick has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Maverick lands a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Maverick thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jones if he has to take too many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Maverick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jambalaya Jones'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.
Maverick lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good leg kick by Maverick.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A good leg kick by Maverick.
Maverick scores with a shot to the body.
Maverick checks the leg kick.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Maverick's head but Maverick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maverick is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Maverick lands a nice looking body kick.
Maverick throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Maverick moved out of range nicely.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maverick counters with a straight right hand.
Jones swings for the body but Maverick moves out of range.
Maverick appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maverick plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jones swings for the body but Maverick moves out of range.
Maverick throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Maverick throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jones might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Maverick 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 one minute gone in the round.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maverick!
Daniel Maverick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maverick scores with a decent looking hook.
Maverick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Maverick duly obliges.
 Jones is rocked!
Maverick cracks Jones with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Jones tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Maverick pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Jones is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Maverick!
After the fight, Daniel Maverick was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antoon Leijerweerd (ranked 3314 p4p, 2148 weight class) and Pinky Eye (ranked 408 p4p, 282 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Eye's choice of entrance music: Antti Tuisku - Grind mayhem. Antoon Leijerweerd could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pinky Eye's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antoon Leijerweerd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pinky Eye!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Leijerweerd finds it's way through Eye's defenses.
Leijerweerd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eye.
Leijerweerd defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Eye.
Eye tries a head kick but it misses.
Eye looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Eye avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Leijerweerd slaps away a takedown attempt from Eye, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eye tries to score a power double leg takedown but Leijerweerd sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Eye somewhat.
Antoon Leijerweerd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pinky Eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leijerweerd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Eye throws a poor cross that misses
and Leijerweerd counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye tries for a takedown but Leijerweerd circles away easily
and Leijerweerd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eye changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Leijerweerd tries to avoid it but Eye manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Leijerweerd to the ground. Leijerweerd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Leijerweerd rushes Eye and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leijerweerd.
Leijerweerd digs a right hand underneath Eye's ribcage. Eye let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Leijerweerd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Leijerweerd is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Leijerweerd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eye throws a head punch that misses.
Leijerweerd lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Leijerweerd.
Leijerweerd misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leijerweerd.
Leijerweerd lands a left hand.
Leijerweerd looking to slow down the pace here.
I was talking to Leijerweerd's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leijerweerd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eye backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eye wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leijerweerd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Eye pulls guard successfully.
Eye is adopting a defensive guard.
Eye looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Leijerweerd tries to free his leg and advance position but Eye is retaining full guard.
Eye bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leijerweerd's guard.
Eye slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Eye working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leijerweerd trying to keep a closed guard but Eye is proving a slippery customer.
Eye landing some decent shots from guard.
Eye postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Eye is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Eye lands a couple of elbows.
Eye drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Eye jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Leijerweerd not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eye chips away with some ground and pound.
Leijerweerd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eye has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Leijerweerd has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Eye has passed into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye working away.
Leijerweerd tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Eye wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Leijerweerd wants to control but Eye postures up.
Leijerweerd on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Leijerweerd tries to get out of the position.
Eye has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Leijerweerd!
Eye looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Eye working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eye has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Leijerweerd is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pinky Eye!
Pinky Eye really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Silverguard Outfitters 🛡 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Thai (ranked 2774 p4p, 1915 weight class) and Barry Carter (ranked 351 p4p, 261 weight class). Barry Carter will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Taisto Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Carter!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Carter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thai, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thai throws an elbow but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Carter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Thai avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Carter.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Thai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thai wants to stall.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thai connects with a nasty looking knee right to Carter's face.
 It looks like Barry Carter has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Thai missing with knees to the body.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai.
Carter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Thai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Carter can turn it around.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thai misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Thai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thai is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thai.
Carter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thai up against the cage.
Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Thai prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carter is leaning against Thai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter blocking some punches.
Carter stalling in the clinch.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carter stalling the fight.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Carter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter gets through Thai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thai.
Thai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thai blocks an uppercut.
Carter works on Thai's body with a couple of short punches.
Thai looking to stall.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Thai is trying to stall.
Thai taking a breather.
Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thai lands a good knee to the midsection. Carter won't want to take too many of those.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thai as Carter tries to tie him up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Thai.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thai working aggressively here.
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Carter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thai has his back to the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
Carter lands with a left to the head.
Carter is stalling here.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter leaning against his opponent.
Carter just leaning against Thai, taking a breather.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from Thai.
Carter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Carter's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thai gets tackled into the cage by Carter. Carter maintains the clinch.
Carter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter lands a nice shot to the body.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carter has Thai up against the cage in a clinch.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Carter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thai throws a head punch that misses.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Thai controls his hands.
Thai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thai stalling in the clinch but Carter improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter gets through Thai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Thai.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Thai blocks a body shot from Carter.
Thai is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thai has his back to the cage.
Carter presses Thai against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Carter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thai.
Thai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thai blocking some punches.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Thai pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
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!
Thai tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Thai back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Carter.
Carter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thai is trying to maintain a safe position but Carter gets an underhook and turns Thai into the cage.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Thai.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Carter.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter gets through Thai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thai lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Thai is rocked!
Stalling in the clinch from Carter.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barry Carter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carter gets through Thai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Thai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Thai seems to have got his legs back now.
Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Thai was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Thai throws a leg kick
and Carter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carter moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Carter.
Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Thai misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
Carter digs a right hand into Thai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thai's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai.
Carter avoiding damage.
Thai trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thai into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter slowing the pace effectively.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Thai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter breaks from the clinch.
BOOM! Carter lands a beautiful left hook that drops Thai. Thai tries to recover but Carter is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Thai lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Carter!
Barry Carter decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Taisto Thai had this to say: 'Back To the gym.. '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kimo Apolo (ranked 1001 p4p, 2235 weight class) and Jurgen Muller (ranked 145 p4p, 296 weight class). Kimo Apolo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jurgen Muller's chin.
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimo Apolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jurgen Muller!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apolo looks to land a left hand but Muller moved out of range nicely.
Muller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Apolo.
Apolo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muller manages to avoid it.
Apolo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Muller throws a shot to the body.
Muller lands a slapping body shot.
Apolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muller.
Muller throws a shot from downtown. Apolo moves away and avoids it.
Muller punishes Apolo's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Apolo counters with a nice body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Muller there.
Apolo jabs at Muller's body.
Apolo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Muller finds it's way round the side to connect with Apolo's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller misses with a right hand
and Apolo counters with a nice uppercut.
Muller throws a hook but Apolo blocks it.
Apolo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jab, jab by Muller - just one landing.
Apolo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Muller.
Muller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Apolo.
A big left from Muller misses.
Apolo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Muller lands an impressive looking overhand right. Apolo doesn't seem phased though.
Apolo slips a jab from Muller.
Muller's coach down at Combat Wombat Burrow was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Muller's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Apolo throws a sloppy body shot
and Muller counters with a nice body shot.
Apolo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller misses with a hook. Apolo ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Muller.
Muller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller throws an off balance right hand
enabling Apolo to counter with a crisp jab.
Apolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muller.
Muller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Apolo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Apolo misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Muller misses its intended target.
Muller throws out a loose jab but Apolo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apolo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Muller getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A head kick by Muller misses
and Apolo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Muller is rocked!
Muller throws a combination that misses
and Apolo counters with a big left hand that crumples Muller! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kimo Apolo!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Cross (ranked 3743 p4p, 2594 weight class) and Maxim Ibragimov Ii (ranked 423 p4p, 315 weight class). Cross's entrance music is Irregular God. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Maxim Ibragimov Ii!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibragimov Ii changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cross tries to avoid it but Ibragimov Ii manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cross to the ground. Cross escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cross half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cross displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ibragimov Ii.
Ibragimov Ii tries for a takedown but Cross sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Simon Cross has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxim Ibragimov Ii.
Cross looking to score a takedown here. Ibragimov Ii is defending well but Cross drives through and ends up in Ibragimov Ii's guard.
Cross tries to free his leg and advance position but Ibragimov Ii is retaining full guard.
Cross trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibragimov Ii is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ibragimov Ii really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ibragimov Ii tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cross forces his way into half guard.
Cross is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Ibragimov Ii is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Simon Cross!
Simon Cross was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Spong (ranked 1599 p4p, 2276 weight class) and Daniel Gable (ranked 219 p4p, 294 weight class). Spong comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet For My Valentine - In Loving Memory. 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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome Spong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Gable!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spong lands with an uppercut that bounces Gable off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Daniel Gable has been cut.
Spong lands a big right hand that sends Gable crashing to the mat! Spong stays standing though and waves Gable back to his feet!
Gable is rocked!
Spong closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Gable out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jerome Spong!
Jerome Spong was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axton Burgess (ranked 1528 p4p, 972 weight class) and Eduradr Nemkov (ranked 214 p4p, 139 weight class). Nemkov has chosen Сектор газа - Лирика as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axton Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduradr Nemkov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemkov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Burgess stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Burgess takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nemkov misses with a hook to the body
and Burgess counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Nemkov misses.
Burgess throws a hook to the side of Nemkov's head but Nemkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut there from Burgess.
Nemkov pushes Burgess up against the cage in a clinch.
Burgess misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess misses with the head strike.
Burgess tries a body shot but Nemkov blocks it.
Burgess has a couple of punches blocked by Nemkov.
Nice body punch from Burgess.
A body shot lands from Burgess.
Burgess fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgess.
Burgess swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess pushes Nemkov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nemkov is trying to stall.
Nemkov looking to stall.
Burgess digs a right hand underneath Nemkov's ribcage. Nemkov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nemkov looks winded!
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Burgess.
Burgess stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Burgess - that landed with a thud.
Burgess working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgess digs a right hand underneath Nemkov's ribcage. Nemkov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Burgess.
A short body shot lands from Burgess as the two fighters clinch.
Burgess scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burgess scores with a shot to the side of Nemkov's head.
Nemkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burgess lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Burgess swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burgess working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgess misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Burgess - that landed with a thud.
Burgess lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Burgess lands a body shot.
Burgess tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burgess throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burgess lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nemkov or not.
Burgess struggles to land a body shot inside as Nemkov controls his hands.
Burgess lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a hook that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Nemkov lands a hook that snaps the head of Burgess backwards.
Burgess lands a nice shot to the body.
Burgess blocks a body shot from Nemkov.
Burgess misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burgess prevents a body shot from Nemkov.
Burgess lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burgess makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burgess misses with a punch on the inside.
Nemkov prevents a body shot from Burgess.
Nemkov blocks an uppercut.
Burgess misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burgess misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burgess lands with a right to the head.
Burgess misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burgess misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nemkov prevents a body shot from Burgess.
Burgess lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess scores with a shoulder strike.
Nemkov is rocked!
Burgess lands with a short shot to the head.
Nemkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Burgess finish him?
Nemkov throws a head punch that misses.
Burgess is leaning against Nemkov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burgess lands with a right to the head.
Burgess dips a shoulder and cracks Nemkov with a mighty uppercut! Nemkov falls back against the cage and Burgess unloads with a barrage of strikes! Nemkov is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Burgess screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axton Burgess!
During a confident post fight interview, Axton Burgess thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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