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WVT 156: Anderson v Torvik PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuta Sanguiao (ranked 23744 p4p, 3308 weight class) and Benson Bonanza (ranked 527 p4p, 364 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160 cm
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuta Sanguiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Benson Bonanza!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Hemmingworth and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanguiao scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bonanza tries to buck Sanguiao off but Sanguiao is having none of it.
Bonanza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sanguiao off and has taken his back!
Bonanza looking to break Sanguiao's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Sanguiao remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Bonanza will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Sanguiao is trapped and Bonanza is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Sanguiao wants to control his opponent's hands but Bonanza gets his hands free.
Bonanza throwing sloppy strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonanza looking for the choke from the back.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Bonanza has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bonanza somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Bonanza missing with punches from the back.
Bonanza punches the canvas rather than the man.
Sanguiao trying to control the hands but Bonanza breaks the grip.
Bonanza lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bonanza.
Sanguiao wants to escape the position.
Bonanza gets his hands free as Sanguiao looks to control.
Bonanza has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Sanguiao.
Bonanza missing with punches from the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonanza is landing with strikes. Sanguiao can't take much more of this.
Sanguiao is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Sanguiao trying to control but not successfully.
Bonanza has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bonanza cracks Sanguiao with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Sanguiao from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Bonanza working for a choke but Sanguiao is defending well.
Sanguiao wants to control his opponent's hands but Bonanza gets his hands free.
Bonanza is punishing Sanguiao with some ground and pound.
Bonanza throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Sanguiao preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bonanza.
Sanguiao trying to control the position but Bonanza manages to sink in the hooks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao avoids the strikes from Bonanza.
Bonanza is punishing Sanguiao with some ground and pound.
Bonanza punishes Sanguiao with strikes from the back mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonanza not allowing Sanguiao to control his hands.
Bonanza has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Sanguiao has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Bonanza throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Bonanza throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Bonanza punches Sanguiao on the ear.
Well, with Bonanza on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Sanguiao is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Bonanza thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Sanguiao avoids the strikes from Bonanza.
Bonanza is throwing strikes but Sanguiao counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Sanguiao regains half guard.
Bonanza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanguiao's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao trying to hold on to Bonanza's head to control him but Bonanza postures up.
Sanguiao keeping control of the position.
Bonanza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bonanza winds up and cracks Sanguiao with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanguiao wants to get back to full guard.
Bonanza is thwarting Sanguiao's attempts to control the position.
Bonanza throwing shots but Sanguiao is blocking nicely.
Bonanza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sanguiao trying to hold on to Bonanza's head to control him but Bonanza postures up.
Sanguiao is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bonanza is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sanguiao preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Bonanza working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao trying to control but Bonanza postures up.
Bonanza working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bonanza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sanguiao taking some punishment here, with Bonanza in his half guard.
Bonanza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanguiao with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bonanza trying to pass the guard but Sanguiao defending well.
Sanguiao taking some punishment here, with Bonanza in his half guard.
Bonanza looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bonanza lands strikes from half guard.
Sanguiao trying to control here.
Sanguiao controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sanguiao trying to control but Bonanza postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Bonanza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sanguiao clinches up with Bonanza and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sanguiao fails to land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bonanza in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanguiao.
Bonanza tries to work over Sanguiao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bonanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonanza misses with a body punch.
Sanguiao gets through Bonanza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonanza is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanguiao gets an underhook and turns Bonanza into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanguiao lands with a short shot to the head.
Bonanza misses with some punches.
Bonanza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bonanza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanguiao.
Bonanza misses with a punch to the body.
Bonanza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguiao's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonanza lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bonanza.
Still in the clinch, Sanguiao scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bonanza works on Sanguiao's body with a couple of short punches.
Bonanza tries a body shot but Sanguiao blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanguiao.
Bonanza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonanza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanguiao backwards.
Sanguiao holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bonanza gets through Sanguiao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonanza tries a body shot but Sanguiao blocks it.
Bonanza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanguiao blocking some punches.
Benson Bonanza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanguiao throws a head punch that misses.
Sanguiao lands with a light punch inside.
Bonanza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanguiao 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!
A short right from Bonanza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bonanza as Sanguiao tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Bonanza.
Bonanza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bonanza lands with a right to the head.
Bonanza lands with a light punch inside.
Bonanza leaning against his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bonanza.
A right hook to the body lands for Bonanza.
Sanguiao blocks a body shot from Bonanza.
Sanguiao trying to control the position but instead, Bonanza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sanguiao into the cage.
Bonanza can't find room to land a body shot as Sanguiao controls the action.
Sanguiao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanguiao looking to slow down the pace here.
Sanguiao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonanza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonanza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguiao's elbow.
Bonanza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonanza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanguiao or not.
Bonanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonanza blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sanguiao fails to land.
Bonanza lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Bonanza fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Bonanza.
Bonanza misses with a punch to the body.
Bonanza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguiao's elbow.
Sanguiao blocks a body shot from Bonanza.
Sanguiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bonanza tries to throw a body punch but Sanguiao avoids it by throwing Bonanza back against the cage.
Sanguiao prevents a body shot from Bonanza.
Bonanza misses with a punch to the body.
Bonanza misses with some punches.
Sanguiao letting Bonanza take a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonanza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanguiaos head.
A short left from Sanguiao.
Bonanza throws a head punch that misses.
Bonanza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Bonanza - that landed with a thud.
Sanguiao blocks an uppercut.
Bonanza swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanguiao uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bonanza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanguiao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonanza misses with a punch to the body.
Sanguiao controlling the action here for a moment.
Bonanza misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Bonanza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanguiao.
Sanguiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonanza shapes to counter with a head kick.
Sanguiao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanguiao doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonanza circles away.
Sanguiao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bonanza circles away quickly and effectively.
Bonanza throws a big counter head kick but Sanguiao avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanguiao tries to clinch up.
Sanguiao is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bonanza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It seemed like Bonanza was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanguiao shoots in for a takedown but Bonanza shows good takedown defense.
Bonanza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanguiao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bonanza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bonanza lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bonanza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanguiao tries for a takedown but Bonanza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bonanza throws a big counter head kick but Sanguiao avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuta Sanguiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanguiao with a poor takedown
and Bonanza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanguiao tries for a takedown but Bonanza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanguiao drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bonanza has an active guard here but Sanguiao has managed to pass into half guard.
Bonanza looking for submissions off his back.
Bonanza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yuta Sanguiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanguiao 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.
Benson Bonanza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bonanza tries to get to full guard but Sanguiao has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonanza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bonanza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bonanza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bonanza tries to roll over but Sanguiao keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bonanza actively working from the bottom here.
Bonanza wants to get back to full guard.
Bonanza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanguiao is working for a submission of some sort.
Bonanza is defending against the submission attempts here by Sanguiao.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bonanza looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuta Sanguiao showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bonanza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Bonanza!
After winning the bout, Benson Bonanza 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Elkins (ranked 1237 p4p, 1970 weight class) and Age Sixteen (ranked 170 p4p, 251 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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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 15 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dylan Elkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Age Sixteen!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sixteen forces Elkins back against the cage and clinches.
Elkins tries to pull guard but Sixteen holds him up against the cage and eventually Elkins drops back down to his feet.
Sixteen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Elkins tries to pull guard but Sixteen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Elkins drags the fight down to the ground.
Elkins has his hands on Sixteen's head, controlling the position.
Sixteen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sixteen keeps trying to improve his position.
Sixteen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sixteen throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixteen slips nicely into half guard.
Elkins tries to get to full guard but Sixteen has control of the leg.
Elkins is holding on to half guard well.
Elkins regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elkins working a defensive guard here.
My spies in Bloody death gym inform me that Sixteen has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Sixteen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sixteen won't allow Elkins to sweep him here.
Elkins keeping full guard, as Sixteen tries to pass.
Sixteen trying to control but Elkins is working from the bottom.
Elkins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sixteen is one step ahead there.
Elkins keeping full guard, as Sixteen tries to pass.
Sixteen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Elkins's head.
Sixteen throws a big right hand that misses.
Elkins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sixteen won't allow Elkins to get back to his feet.
Elkins has Sixteen pulled in close to control his posture.
Elkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sixteen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sixteen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sixteen stopping the sweep attempt from Elkins.
Sixteen working some strikes from top position.
Elkins wants to sweep here but Sixteen controlling him for the moment.
Sixteen wants to control from the top but Elkins keeps moving.
Sixteen is pushing down on Elkins's leg trying to pass to half guard. Elkins is fighting to maintain full guard but Sixteen has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elkins tries to get to full guard but Sixteen has control of the leg.
Sixteen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Elkins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sixteen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sixteen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Elkins wants to control but Sixteen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sixteen lands a nice short elbow.
Sixteen is pressing down on Elkins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Elkins is holding on for now.
Elkins is defending against the submission attempts here by Sixteen.
Elkins is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elkins is trying to control but can't.
Sixteen is trying to control the action in half guard but Elkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Elkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Elkins holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Sixteen is pressing down on Elkins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Elkins is holding on for now.
Elkins controlling the position for now.
Sixteen trying to control from half guard but Elkins is working away.
Elkins trying to hold on to Sixteen's head to control him but Sixteen postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elkins is looking for a sweep. Sixteen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sixteen is trying to control. Elkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sixteen is looking to advance position but Elkins won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Age Sixteen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sixteen darts in and clinches Elkins up against the cage.
Elkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Elkins manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sixteen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Elkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sixteen postures up.
Elkins trying to control the position here.
Sixteen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Elkins parries the strikes from Sixteen easily there. Sixteen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Elkins to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixteen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Elkins's legs.
Sixteen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sixteen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sixteen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Elkins is trying to control Sixteen's posture but Sixteen avoids it.
Sixteen controls the position from side control.
Elkins regains half guard.
Sixteen is pressing down on Elkins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Elkins is holding on for now.
Elkins is trying to maintain the position but Sixteen is very close to passing his half guard.
Sixteen is trying to work for a kimura but Elkins is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Elkins controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sixteen trying to control from half guard but Elkins is working away.
Sixteen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Elkins taking some punishment here, with Sixteen in his half guard.
Elkins keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Sixteen wants to control but Elkins is keeping him busy.
Elkins wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sixteen wants to pass the guard but Elkins is defending well.
Age Sixteen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sixteen is still trying to improve position.
Elkins is looking to control Sixteen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Elkins avoid being mounted?
Elkins is looking for a sweep. Sixteen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sixteen wants to work for an arm triangle but Elkins is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Elkins wants to improve his position but Sixteen is controlling well.
Sixteen wants to take a breather but Elkins is having none of it.
Sixteen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sixteen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sixteen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Elkins trying to control from the bottom.
Sixteen trying to control the action but Elkins is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Elkins misses with a hook.
Sixteen closes the distance and clinches.
Sixteen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elkins avoids it.
Sixteen trying to land knees to the body.
Elkins tries to pull guard but Sixteen holds him up against the cage and eventually Elkins drops back down to his feet.
Sixteen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Elkins up against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elkins manages to break the clinch.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Elkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Age Sixteen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Sixteen.
Elkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Sixteen moves into range and clinches up with Elkins.
Elkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Sixteen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Elkins tries to pull guard but Sixteen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Sixteen.
Elkins blocks a body shot from Sixteen.
Elkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sixteen walks away with a smile on his face. Elkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A lazy left from Elkins finds it's target.
Sixteen misses with a wild combination.
Sixteen moves in looking to clinch but Elkins pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elkins lands with a nice body punch.
Elkins misses with a straight left.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch but Elkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sixteen wants to clinch up but Elkins keeps it at a distance.
Elkins scores with a jab to the body.
Elkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Sixteen is just out of range.
Sixteen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sixteen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Elkins avoids the head kick by Sixteen.
Sixteen misses with a combination
and Elkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Elkins throws a hook but Sixteen blocks it.
Elkins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sixteen doesn't seem bothered though.
Sixteen gets a clinch.
Sixteen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Elkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sixteen controls the action.
Elkins pulls guard effortlessly.
Elkins keeping full guard, as Sixteen tries to pass.
Sixteen stays in close to Elkins's body and controls the position.
Sixteen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sixteen postures up.
Sixteen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Elkins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elkins trying to keep a closed guard but Sixteen is proving a slippery customer.
Sixteen tries to free his leg and advance position but Elkins is retaining full guard.
Sixteen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Elkins is not content to let Sixteen control the position.
Elkins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sixteen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Elkins keeps working.
Sixteen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Elkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sixteen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sixteen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sixteen is working for a submission of some sort.
Elkins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sixteen sitting in guard here, content to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Elkins holds on and takes a little breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Elkins is on top in guard.
Sixteen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Elkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dylan Elkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sixteen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Elkins wants to control from the top but Sixteen keeps moving.
Age Sixteen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sixteen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sixteen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Elkins defends well.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dylan Elkins.
I think Sixteen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Age Sixteen!
A relieved looking Age Sixteen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Sanchez (ranked 1710 p4p, 2221 weight class) and Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 253 p4p, 326 weight class). Sanchez's entrance music is Duele El Carazon. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesus Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Immanuel can pounce on him.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Immanuel sprawls well.
Immanuel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Immanuel connects with a body shot.
Sanchez scores with a takedown into Immanuel's guard.
Sanchez stands and throws Immanuel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sanchez has an Americana. Immanuel didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Sanchez is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Sanchez hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jesus Sanchez!
A less than humble Jesus Sanchez misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Yeshua Immanuel spoke after the fight, saying 'Thanks to my coaches, sorry I came up short. Great game plan by my opponent. It was his night tonight. '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bender Mein Armbach (ranked 1361 p4p, 1832 weight class) and Pete Dunham (ranked 203 p4p, 269 weight class). Mein Armbach comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman, Metallica. Dunham has chosen Im Forever Blowing Bubbles as his entrance music. Bender Mein Armbach 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Mein Armbach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Dunham!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunham misses with a kick to the body
and Mein Armbach cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunham throws a right hand that misses
and Mein Armbach counters with a nice uppercut.
Dunham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dunham throws a leg kick but Mein Armbach sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Mein Armbach. Those never looked like landing.
Dunham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
 It looks like Pete Dunham has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunham.
Dunham closes the distance and clinches.
Dunham has a couple of punches blocked by Mein Armbach.
Dunham throws a punch but it's blocked by Mein Armbach.
Dunham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Dunham.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mein Armbach lands with a right to the head.
Mein Armbach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dunham backwards.
Mein Armbach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dunham misses with an elbow over the top.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dunham obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mein Armbach lands with a left to the head.
Dunham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dunham misses with the head strike.
Mein Armbach working aggressively here.
Mein Armbach takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mein Armbach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mein Armbach misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunham.
Mein Armbach misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Dunham fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mein Armbach can't break the clinch.
Dunham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunham throws a head punch that misses.
Mein Armbach tries to work over Dunham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mein Armbach lands with a left to the head.
Dunham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dunham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dunham scores with a hook to the body.
Mein Armbach swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunham working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mein Armbach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dunham.
Mein Armbach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mein Armbach.
Dunham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mein Armbach backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Mein Armbach fails to land.
Dunham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mein Armbach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dunham's elbow.
Dunham gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
 It looks like Bender Mein Armbach has been cut.
A short right from Mein Armbach.
Dunham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mein Armbach working aggressively here.
Dunham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike.
Dunham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Dunham.
Mein Armbach stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mein Armbach misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dunham throws an elbow but misses.
Mein Armbach misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mein Armbach struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunham controls his hands.
Dunham takes a shot to the head.
Mein Armbach swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunham lands a nice elbow.
Dunham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dunham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mein Armbach lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dunham tries to land knees in the clinch but Mein Armbach avoids the damage to the body.
Mein Armbach struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunham controls his hands.
Mein Armbach tries a body shot but Dunham blocks it.
Mein Armbach tries a body shot but Dunham blocks it.
Nice elbow from Dunham.
Dunham gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dunham lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Dunham.
A shot in the inside from Mein Armbach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mein Armbach working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mein Armbach avoids it.
Dunham lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mein Armbach.
Dunham lands a nice knee to the body.
Mein Armbach is breathing heavily.
Dunham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dunham works on Mein Armbach's body with a couple of short punches.
Dunham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A knee to the head by Dunham.
Dunham scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Dunham.
Dunham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dunham gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dunham lands an elbow just above Mein Armbach 's eye.
Dunham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dunham lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mein Armbach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dunham pushes Mein Armbach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mein Armbach.
Mein Armbach misses with the head strike.
Dunham leaning against his opponent.
Dunham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mein Armbachs head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Dunham dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dunham misses with a low kick.
Dunham forces Mein Armbach back against the cage and clinches.
Dunham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mein Armbach misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunham has Mein Armbach pressed against the cage, preventing Mein Armbach from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mein Armbach misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dunham.
Dunham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mein Armbach is working Dunham over against the cage.
Mein Armbach misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mein Armbach.
Dunham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dunham misses with a knee strike.
Mein Armbach throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunham.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Dunham.
Mein Armbach swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mein Armbach takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dunham.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A body shot lands from Dunham.
Dunham lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mein Armbach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dunham.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mein Armbach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mein Armbach breaks from the clinch.
Dunham feints and then cracks Mein Armbach's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mein Armbach down.
Dunham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dunham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Dunham on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dunham scores with a hook.
Mein Armbach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunham was well out of range. Poor timing from Mein Armbach.
A little jabbing left from Dunham on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mein Armbach throws a big shot that misses.
Dunham scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dunham lands a left and a right that send Mein Armbach crashing to the mat, dazed. Dunham thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Mein Armbach is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mein Armbach tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Oh Mein Armbach is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dunham moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Dunham.
Dunham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mein Armbach lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Dunham.
A short right from Dunham.
Dunham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mein Armbach won't want to take too many of those.
Dunham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mein Armbach backwards.
A hook to the body from Dunham.
Mein Armbach is pressed against the cage. Dunham pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Mein Armbach! Two more big strikes from Dunham and Mein Armbach crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pete Dunham!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Shutes (ranked 1025 p4p, 1852 weight class) and Alex Silva (ranked 157 p4p, 271 weight class). Wesley Shutes 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 4, fighting out of London, Wesley Shutes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Silva!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shutes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Shutes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Shutes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Shutes misses its target.
Silva misses the body punch
and Shutes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shutes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shutes counters with an inside leg kick.
Shutes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Silva 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.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shutes.
A counter left hand to the body from Shutes misses its target.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shutes in his tracks.
Decent striking displayed by Shutes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva misses with a body punch
and Shutes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Shutes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Shutes seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Shutes.
Alex Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Silva catches Shutes right on the button with a cross.
Shutes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shutes. Shutes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shutes lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Shutes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
A little feinted left hand from Shutes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shutes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shutes ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook.
Shutes looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shutes counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shutes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Shutes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shutes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Shutes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Shutes.
Shutes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shutes was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Shutes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva throws a body punch but Shutes moves out of range.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva scores with the left hand. Shutes knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shutes moves away.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shutes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Shutes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A low kick from Shutes misses
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Shutes keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Shutes keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva wants to control from the top but Shutes keeps moving.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Shutes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Shutes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva passes Shutes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Shutes wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shutes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shutes manages to avoid it.
Shutes thinks about countering with a body kick.
Shutes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shutes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shutes fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shutes.
Shutes avoids the body shot from Silva.
Shutes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shutes misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Shutes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Shutes misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes lands with a cross.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Shutes counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shutes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Silva stuns Shutes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shutes is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shutes moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Shutes. Those never looked like landing.
Shutes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Shutes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shutes takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shutes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook.
Shutes slips under a jab.
Shutes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shutes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shutes moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva moves out of range as Shutes throws a body kick.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Shutes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Silva swings for the body but Shutes moves out of range.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Shutes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shutes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Shutes throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Shutes appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Shutes's head but Shutes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shutes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shutes works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva takes a swing at Shutes's ribcage but misses.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Shutes tries to counter by clinching up but Silva breaks away and moves out of range.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Shutes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Silva.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shutes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Shutes feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Shutes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wesley Shutes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva with a hook.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
enabling Shutes to counter with a crisp jab.
Shutes slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shutes counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range as Shutes throws a body kick.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shutes.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva swings for the body but Shutes moves out of range.
Shutes cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shutes misses with a body shot.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Shutes counters with a straight right hand.
Shutes thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Shutes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shutes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shutes feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
A jab from Silva misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Shutes dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Shutes lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva misses with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Shutes counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva swings for the body but Shutes moves out of range.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shutes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Shutes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Silva working away.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Shutes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes regains half guard.
Shutes wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Shutes trying to control here.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shutes tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shutes is trying to control but Silva passes into side control!
You can see the frustration on Shutes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Shutes seems a little lost for a moment, as Silva dominates the positioning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shutes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Silva connects with a decent elbow.
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Shutes defends.
Silva trying to control the position but Shutes is working away.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva trying to control the action but Shutes is working from the bottom.
Shutes is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Silva lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the action but Shutes is working from the bottom.
Silva goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Shutes has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Silva but great work by Shutes.
Shutes controlling the position from side mount.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Silva manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shutes's best efforts.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Shutes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva is looking to control Shutes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Shutes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is concentrating on defense, preventing Shutes from advancing position.
Silva wants to control but Shutes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shutes wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Shutes wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Shutes is very close to passing his half guard.
Shutes not doing much here.
Shutes wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shutes looking to pass the guard.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shutes's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Silva!
Our winner, Alex Silva, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorlan Vieira (ranked 1059 p4p, 1497 weight class) and James Crazyhorse (ranked 58 p4p, 58 weight class). Crazyhorse has chosen They Don’t Care About Us as his entrance music. Jorlan Vieira 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorlan Vieira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, James Crazyhorse!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazyhorse smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vieira misses with a double jab.
Vieira throws a low kick but it's checked well by Crazyhorse.
Vieira misses with a straight right.
Crazyhorse pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crazyhorse feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vieiras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vieira misses with a left hand
and Crazyhorse counters with a nice body shot.
Vieira looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crazyhorse connects with a single shot there.
Crazyhorse throws a shot from downtown. Vieira moves away and avoids it.
Vieira takes one to the chin there.
Crazyhorse throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crazyhorse takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crazyhorse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vieira throws an overhand right that lands on Crazyhorse's shoulder, as Crazyhorse tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Vieira misses the target.
A big right from Crazyhorse misses.
Crazyhorse scores with a jab to the head.
Crazyhorse missing with a left hand there. Vieira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vieira throws an off balance right hand
letting Crazyhorse counter with a right hand.
Vieira loads up on a big right hand but Crazyhorse slips the punch.
Crazyhorse looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vieira is out of range and Crazyhorse settles back down.
Crazyhorse lands a body shot.
Vieira loads up on a big right hand but Crazyhorse slips the punch.
Crazyhorse has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Crazyhorse lands with a good body shot.
Crazyhorse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crazyhorse explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crazyhorse ducks under a wild hook from Vieira.
Crazyhorse scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vieira doesn't seem bothered though.
Crazyhorse lands a slapping body shot.
Vieira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crazyhorse darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vieira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crazyhorse throws a head kick but Vieira moves out of range.
Vieira misses with a body shot
and Vieira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira loads up on a big right hand but Crazyhorse slips the punch.
Vieira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vieira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vieira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crazyhorse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crazyhorse scores with a jab. Vieira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Some wild striking there from Vieira.
A nice side step and Crazyhorse releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Crazyhorse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vieira moves away.
Crazyhorse moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vieira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vieira throws out a loose jab but Crazyhorse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crazyhorse dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira clobbers Crazyhorse with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vieira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crazyhorse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crazyhorse lands with a nice combination. Vieira backs away looking to recover.
Crazyhorse moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vieira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crazyhorse lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vieira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crazyhorse counters with a solid body kick.
Vieira is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Crazyhorse lands a jab to Vieira's midsection.
Vieira takes one to the chin there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Crazyhorse.
Vieira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crazyhorse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Crazyhorse dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Crazyhorse throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vieira misses with a body shot.
Vieira swings for the body but Crazyhorse moves out of range.
Vieira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crazyhorse counters with a stiff right hand.
Crazyhorse dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crazyhorse ducks right into an uppercut from Vieira.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Vieira might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Crazyhorse looks to score with a jab to the body but Vieira is just out of range.
Vieira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vieira moves forwards but Crazyhorse connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crazyhorse throws a shot from downtown. Vieira moves away and avoids it.
Crazyhorse missing with a left hand there. Vieira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vieira is looking to counter punch.
Vieira staying out of range there.
Vieira slips under a jab from Crazyhorse.
Vieira tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Crazyhorse manages to circle out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Crazyhorse misses
and Vieira counters with a straight right hand.
Crazyhorse bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vieira's head.
Vieira throws a right and a left that Crazyhorse avoids nicely.
Crazyhorse counters with a body kick.
Crazyhorse throws a body shot but no joy.
Crazyhorse lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crazyhorse defending well as Vieira loads up on a big left hand.
Vieira throws a right hand that Crazyhorse ducks under and follows up with a left that Crazyhorse also avoids with ease.
Vieira gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Crazyhorse on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vieira takes a swing at Crazyhorse's ribcage but misses.
Vieira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crazyhorse.
Vieira is looking to counter the offense by Crazyhorse and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazyhorse misses the shot to the body.
Crazyhorse lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vieira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crazyhorse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Crazyhorse misses.
Vieira misses with a looping right.
Vieira blocks a jab.
Crazyhorse cracks a nice hook into Vieira's ribs.
Vieira cracks Crazyhorse with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crazyhorse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vieira was well out of range. Poor timing from Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vieira.
Nice body punch from Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse throws a head kick but Vieira moves out of range.
Crazyhorse has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vieira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse throws a body shot but no joy.
Vieira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A lazy left from Crazyhorse finds it's target.
Vieira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crazyhorse.
A head kick misses from Crazyhorse.
Vieira is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse is looking to land body kicks.
Vieira is looking to counter punch.
Crazyhorse lands a nice hook to Vieira's body. Vieira takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Vieira misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crazyhorse lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vieira has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vieira and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crazyhorse 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.
James Crazyhorse seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crazyhorse throws a body shot but no joy.
Crazyhorse misses the shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vieira needs to keep his hands up - Crazyhorse had a free shot at his head there.
Vieira looks to score with a jab to the body but Crazyhorse is just out of range.
Crazyhorse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vieira.
Vieira throws a jab but it's blocked by Crazyhorse.
Crazyhorse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vieira was well out of range. Poor timing from Crazyhorse.
Vieira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vieira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vieira avoids the body shot from Crazyhorse.
Vieira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Crazyhorse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Crazyhorse scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Crazyhorse does it's job there.
Vieira motions for Crazyhorse to come forward. Vieira throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crazyhorse looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vieira looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crazyhorse connects with a nice looking jab.
Crazyhorse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crazyhorse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vieira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crazyhorse cracks Vieira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vieira displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira misses with an uppercut.
Vieira moves out of range as Crazyhorse throws a body kick.
Crazyhorse looks to score with a jab to the body but Vieira is just out of range.
Crazyhorse lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Crazyhorse cracks Vieira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crazyhorse lands with a nice body punch.
Crazyhorse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Vieira wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crazyhorse missing with a left hand there. Vieira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vieira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crazyhorse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crazyhorse just misses with a punch to the body.
Crazyhorse blocks a jab.
Crazyhorse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crazyhorse staying out of range there.
Crazyhorse steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
James Crazyhorse 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.
Crazyhorse throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crazyhorse misses with a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Crazyhorse finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vieira misses with an uppercut. Crazyhorse saw that one coming.
Crazyhorse throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crazyhorse swings for the body but Vieira moves out of range.
Crazyhorse lands a slapping body shot.
Crazyhorse works Vieira's body with a nice hook.
Crazyhorse misses with a body kick.
Crazyhorse goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vieira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vieira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira looks to land a left hand but Crazyhorse moved out of range nicely.
Crazyhorse listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crazyhorse keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vieira slips a jab from Crazyhorse.
Nice shot by Crazyhorse.
Vieira moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Crazyhorse lands a nice shot that snaps Vieira's head back.
Vieira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crazyhorse lands with a straight right. Vieira didn't see that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Crazyhorse there.
Crazyhorse fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vieira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazyhorse connects with a body shot that sends Vieira's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vieira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crazyhorse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crazyhorse scores with a head kick. Vieira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jab by Crazyhorse.
Vieira looks to throw the jab but Crazyhorse is out of range.
Vieira throws a lazy right hand but Crazyhorse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A cross from Crazyhorse lands.
Crazyhorse scores with a hook.
Crazyhorse tries a head kick but it misses.
Vieira throws a solid leg kick but Crazyhorse takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vieira.
Jorlan Vieira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vieira misses the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Crazyhorse comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crazyhorse 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Crazyhorse!
During a confident post fight interview, James Crazyhorse thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnie Shavers (ranked 724 p4p, 549 weight class) and Ricky Thompson (ranked 30 p4p, 36 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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31 - 19 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Earnie Shavers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thompson cracks Shavers with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thompson has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Shavers to stand back up!
Shavers is rocked!
It looks like Earnie Shavers has been cut.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Thompson has cracked Shavers with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Thompson lands another huge swinging hook and Shavers tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Shavers, before Thompson can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ricky Thompson!
Ricky Thompson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 530 p4p, 441 weight class) and Siale Veainu (ranked 85 p4p, 66 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Apophis Kalmisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Siale Veainu!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veainu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Veainu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kalmisto has closed the distance and engaged Veainu in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kalmisto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kalmisto.
Veainu misses with a body punch.
Kalmisto lands a nice uppercut.
Kalmisto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalmisto throws a punch but it's blocked by Veainu.
A shot in the inside from Veainu.
Kalmisto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Veainu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Veainu.
Veainu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kalmisto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kalmisto misses with an uppercut
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veainu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kalmisto throws a big shot that misses.
Kalmisto is looking to score with low kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Veainu! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto tries to clinch but Veainu is having none of it.
Veainu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Veainu lands a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Veainu.
A low kick lands for Kalmisto.
Kalmisto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Veainu.
Jab from Veainu.
Kalmisto misses the shot to the body.
Veainu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kalmisto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kalmisto cracks Veainu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Veainu misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Kalmisto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Veainu finds it's way through Kalmisto's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kalmisto blocks a jab.
Kalmisto ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
Veainu throws the left hand but Kalmisto avoids the punch easily.
Kalmisto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Veainu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kalmisto throws a head kick that misses
and Veainu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalmisto throws a body punch but Veainu moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Veainu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Veainu throws a body shot but no joy.
Veainu cracks Kalmisto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Veainu looks to land a left hand but Kalmisto moved out of range nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto misses with a hook
and Veainu counters with a nice uppercut.
Veainu misses with a right hand
and Kalmisto counters with a thumping low kick.
Veainu takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.
Veainu misses the jab.
It looked like Kalmisto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kalmisto dips to his left and cracks Veainu with an uppercut!
Kalmisto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Kalmisto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Veainu moves out of range of the leg kick from Kalmisto.
Veainu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kalmisto with a body shot.
Kalmisto misses with a low kick.
Kalmisto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kalmisto throws a body shot but no joy.
Kalmisto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kalmisto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Apophis Kalmisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto connects with a jab.
Kalmisto tries to land a leg kick but Veainu saw it coming and moves away.
Veainu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalmisto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Veainu has time to react.
Veainu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kalmisto tried to counter with a leg kick but Veainu avoided it.
Veainu misses the jab.
Veainu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kalmisto misses with a head kick.
Kalmisto lunges at Veainu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Veainu's hand.
Kalmisto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Kalmisto.
Nice shot lands for Kalmisto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veainu lands a right hook to the body.
Kalmisto throws a looping overhand right but Veainu ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Veainu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Siale Veainu will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kalmisto tries to move into range but Veainu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kalmisto doesn't manage to clinch there - Veainu circles away.
Kalmisto lands a jab.
Kalmisto misses with a low kick as Veainu jumps back.
Veainu throws out a counter right but Kalmisto avoids it with no problem.
Some bone on bone action there as Veainu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kalmisto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Veainu walks into a stiff left hand from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto defending well as Veainu loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Kalmisto misses
and Veainu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kalmisto drives through and clinches with Veainu against the cage.
Veainu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalmisto moves into the clinch.
Kalmisto misses with a body punch.
Kalmisto misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Veainu connects with a jab.
Kalmisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Veainu misses with a jab to the body
and Kalmisto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Veainu throws out a loose jab but Kalmisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalmisto seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Siale Veainu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Veainu.
Kalmisto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kalmisto slips a jab from Veainu.
Kalmisto throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Veainu! But no joy.
Kalmisto looks to score with a jab to the body but Veainu is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Veainu misses.
Kalmisto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Veainu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Veainu! But no joy.
Veainu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Veainu manages to break the clinch.
Veainu staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu looks to land a left hand but Kalmisto moved out of range nicely.
Veainu slips a straight right by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto is looking to land body kicks.
Veainu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Kalmisto throws a chopping leg kick but Veainu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Veainu needs to keep his hands up - Kalmisto had a free shot at his head there.
Kalmisto misses with a looping right.
Kalmisto thows a leg kick but Veainu checks it
and Veainu counters with a nice uppercut.
Veainu lands a slapping body shot.
Veainu throws a jab when Kalmisto was well out of range.
Veainu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A low kick from Kalmisto misses
letting Veainu counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kalmisto. Veainu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Veainu looks to land a combination. Kalmisto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kalmisto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Veainu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veainu lands with a light punch inside.
Apophis Kalmisto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Veainu breaks the clinch.
Veainu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kalmisto misses with the combination.
Veainu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kalmisto lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veainu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kalmisto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kalmisto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veainu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto clinches with his opponent.
Veainu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kalmisto misses with some punches.
Kalmisto lands a nice uppercut.
Kalmisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veainu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kalmisto backwards.
Still in the clinch, Veainu scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kalmisto tries to work over Veainu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Veainu avoiding damage as Kalmisto throws knees to the body.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Veainu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalmisto scores with a shoulder strike.
Veainu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veainu loads up on a big right hand but Kalmisto slips the punch.
Kalmisto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kalmisto throws a lazy uppercut
and Veainu counters with a stiff right hand.
Veainu throws an off balance right hand
and Kalmisto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Siale Veainu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Veainu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kalmisto.
Veainu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto throws out a loose jab but Veainu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veainu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kalmisto misses the jab.
Veainu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Veainu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kalmisto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've been told by Kalmisto's head coaches at Hey Steves Fight Shack that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kalmisto tries to clinch up but Veainu circles away and keeps his distance.
Veainu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Veainu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalmisto connects with a looping right hand.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Veainu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalmisto is just out of range.
Veainu slips a straight right by Kalmisto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto tries to clinch up.
Veainu throws out a loose jab but Kalmisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalmisto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Veainu. That did some damage!
A lazy left from Veainu finds it's target.
Kalmisto lands a nice hook to Veainu's body. Veainu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Veainu misses the shot to the body.
Veainu connects with a body shot.
Kalmisto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Veainu. Veainu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Veainu.
Veainu lands with a right hand.
Veainu throws a lazy right hand but Kalmisto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kalmisto thinks about countering with a body kick.
Veainu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalmisto darts in and clinches Veainu up against the cage.
Apophis Kalmisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siale Veainu 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.
Kalmisto presses Veainu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kalmisto working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu blocking some punches.
Kalmisto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Veainu's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto prevents a body shot from Veainu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto looking to throw knees to the head but Veainu is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veainu.
Kalmisto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veainu digs a right hand into Kalmisto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kalmisto's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Veainu.
Veainu presses Kalmisto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Veainu fails to land.
Veainu lands a body shot.
Veainu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Veainu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Veainu throws out a powerful jab.
Kalmisto tries to close the distance and clinch but Veainu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veainu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kalmisto with a body shot.
Veainu scores with a body shot.
Veainu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kalmisto at a distance.
Kalmisto misses with a wild body shot.
Kalmisto closes the distance and clinches.
Veainu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalmisto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veainu.
Kalmisto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Veainu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto moves in looking to clinch but Veainu pushes him off.
Veainu throws a shot from downtown. Kalmisto moves away and avoids it.
Kalmisto throws an off balance right hand
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Veainu fails to land with a series of punches.
Kalmisto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kalmisto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Veainus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Veainu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kalmisto's hands.
A big left from Kalmisto misses.
Kalmisto tries to score with a low kick but Veainu moves his leg out of the way.
Veainu looks to land a right hand but Kalmisto moved out of range.
Kalmisto misses with a low kick.
Veainu moves into the clinch.
Kalmisto tries to land a knee to the head but Veainu blocks with his arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Siale Veainu.
I've got Veainu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siale Veainu!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DaMatti Matikainen (ranked 87 p4p, 138 weight class) and Eduardo Corassa (ranked 10 p4p, 24 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DaMatti Matikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Corassa!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matikainen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Corassa slips a jab from Matikainen.
Matikainen throws a sloppy head kick and Corassa moves out of range easily.
Matikainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corassa. Corassa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corassa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Corassa has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Corassa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corassa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matikainen.
Matikainen throwing a counter right hand but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Corassa lands a nice hook to Matikainen's body. Matikainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Matikainen looks to throw a body kick
and Corassa counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Matikainen.
Matikainen tried to counter with a leg kick but Corassa avoided it.
Matikainen scores with a nice strike.
Matikainen misses with a left hand
and Corassa counters with a left to the body.
Matikainen misses with a low kick.
Corassa throws a leg kick which misses Matikainen's front leg but catches the back leg as Matikainen tries to avoid it.
Matikainen throws a right hand that Corassa ducks under and follows up with a left that Corassa also avoids with ease.
Corassa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matikainen misses with a right hand
and Corassa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corassa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Corassa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Matikainen throws a jab when Corassa was well out of range.
Corassa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matikainen tests Corassa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matikainen looks to land a body kick but Corassa moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Matikainen misses.
A head kick by Matikainen misses
and Corassa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Corassa walks into a left hand.
Corassa scores with a shot to the body.
Matikainen misses with a left hand
and Corassa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Matikainen throws a shot from downtown. Corassa moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Corassa misses.
Corassa misses with a low kick.
Matikainen throwing a counter right hand but Corassa manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Matikainen misses
and Matikainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matikainen.
Corassa feints and then cracks Matikainen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matikainen down.
Corassa lands with an uppercut that bounces Matikainen off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matikainen swings for the body but Corassa moves out of range.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses
and Corassa counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like DaMatti Matikainen has been cut.
Corassa takes a swing at Matikainen's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eduardo Corassa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DaMatti Matikainen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Matikainen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Corassa.
Corassa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matikainen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A low kick lands for Matikainen.
Corassa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matikainen lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corassa scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Matikainen.
Corassa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Corassa.
Matikainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Corassa responds with a good body kick, but Matikainen manages to step out the way in time.
Matikainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slapping body kick lands there for Matikainen.
Corassa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Corassa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Corassa sizes up Matikainen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a left hand
and Matikainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matikainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Corassa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Matikainen swings widly with a right hand
and Corassa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matikainen misses with a combination
and Corassa counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A jab lands there for Matikainen.
Corassa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen throws a low kick, looking for Corassa's leg but Corassa calmly moves out of range.
Corassa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Matikainen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Matikainen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Matikainen throws the left hand but Corassa avoids the punch easily.
A low kick lands for Corassa.
Matikainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Corassa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a straight left.
Corassa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Corassa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Matikainen misses its intended target.
Corassa throws a counter combo.
Matikainen throws a combination that misses
and Corassa counters with a body kick that stops Matikainen in his tracks momentarily.
Matikainen throws a hook but Corassa blocks it.
Corassa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
DaMatti Matikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corassa moves away from the strike by Matikainen.
Corassa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick from Matikainen lands but Corassa takes it in his stride.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Corassa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on DaMatti Matikainen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Matikainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Corassa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
DaMatti Matikainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Corassa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Matikainen misses with a two punch combination.
A nice side step and Corassa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Corassa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Matikainen. Matikainen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corassa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matikainen throws a right hand that misses
and Corassa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Matikainen thinking.
Matikainen throws a poor cross that misses
letting Corassa counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a leg kick
letting Corassa counter with a right hand.
Matikainen throws a lazy body kick
and Corassa counters with a straight right hand.
Matikainen loads up on a big right hand but Corassa slips the punch.
Corassa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Matikainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corassa thinks about the counter body kick.
Corassa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Corassa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Corassa throws a head kick that misses
and Matikainen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corassa blocks a jab.
Eduardo Corassa 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.
Matikainen misses with an uppercut
and Matikainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matikainen. That's going to slow Corassa down.
Corassa throws a body kick that misses.
Corassa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Eduardo Corassa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matikainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Corassa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick by Matikainen misses
and Corassa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corassa lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Matikainen misses
letting Corassa counter with a right hand.
Matikainen slips a straight right by Corassa.
Matikainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Corassa scores with a punch to the head.
Corassa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Corassa misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa defending well as Matikainen loads up on a big left hand.
Corassa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matikainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Matikainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Corassa flicks out a counter leg kick but Matikainen steps away.
Matikainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Corassa responds with a good body kick, but Matikainen manages to step out the way in time.
Matikainen misses with an uppercut
and Corassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Corassa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Corassa 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Corassa!
An intense looking Eduardo Corassa took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Actually prepared for this guy.'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Anderson (ranked 89 p4p, 211 weight class) and Sven Torvik (ranked 5 p4p, 10 weight class). Anderson's entrance music is Bassically by Tei Shi. A fine choice. Torvik has chosen MUPP & Sadfriendd - BLOODY! as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Torvik!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Darius Henderson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson lands with a nice body kick.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Torvik on the side of the head.
It looks like Sven Torvik has been cut.
Anderson throws a push kick but Torvik slaps the foot to one side.
Anderson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
A shot to the liver by Torvik. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Torvik misses.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sven Torvik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands with a hook. Torvik tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Torvik stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Torvik connects with the punch.
It looks like Noah Anderson has been cut.
Torvik throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a good, hard body kick but Torvik shrugs it off.
Torvik lands with a cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Anderson misses.
Donk. Torvik catches Anderson right on the button with a cross.
Torvik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torvik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Anderson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torvik throws a right hand that misses
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Torvik looks winded!
Anderson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.
Torvik misses with a wild body shot.
Torvik looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Anderson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Torvik swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson lunges at Torvik with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Torvik's hand.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torvik.
Anderson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Torvik misses the body punch
and Anderson counters with a body kick.
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torvik throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Anderson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Torvik sprawling to the canvas! Torvik rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Anderson finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson throws a pinpoint strike between Torvik's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Torvik crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Anderson scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Noah Anderson!
Noah Anderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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pop
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