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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Reaper (ranked 4525 p4p, 3559 weight class) and Bruno Neves (ranked 255 p4p, 182 weight class). Bruno Neves will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Neves!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reaper digs a good hook to Neves's body.
Reaper looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Neves moves into the clinch.
Reaper lands with a left to the head.
 It looks like Bruno Neves has been cut.
Reaper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Neves wants a takedown but no success here.
A hook to the body from Reaper.
Neves looks winded!
Reaper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reaper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reaper is working Neves over against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Reaper.
Reaper lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Reaper as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Reaper.
Reaper is leaning against Neves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reaper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reaper swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Neves.
Reaper lands a nice hook to Neves's body. Neves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Neves tries to get into range but Reaper steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Neves! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Reaper scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Reaper!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Alexandrov (ranked 2592 p4p, 3186 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 341 p4p, 395 weight class). Murphy has chosen Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Alexandrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Murphy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alexandrov's half guard.
Alexandrov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Alexandrov tries to get out of the position.
Murphy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Murphy drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphy slips a nice elbow through Alexandrov's hands, connecting with Alexandrov's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy slips a nice elbow through Alexandrov's hands, connecting with Alexandrov's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy stops Alexandrov from getting back to his feet.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Murphy working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Alexandrov wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murphy on the ground.
Murphy drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off looking to stand but Murphy dives back in and keeps control.
Alexandrov has hold of Murphy's hands but Murphy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alexandrov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Murphy scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy lands with a punch from half guard.
Murphy 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.
Murphy thows a huge punch but Alexandrov dodges it nicely.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murphy 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.
Murphy winds up and cracks Alexandrov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a punch from half guard.
Alexandrov makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Alexandrov tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy throws a big counter head kick but Alexandrov avoids it with no problem.
Alexandrov clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexandrov landing knees to the head.
Our sources have told us that Alexandrov has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Alexandrov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murphy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alexandrov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Alexandrov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Alexandrov blocks it.
Alexandrov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Murphy uses from the top position.
Alexandrov wants to stand but Murphy is controlling the position.
Alexandrov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov is striking from the bottom but Murphy uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Alexandrov has hold of Murphy's hands but Murphy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off looking to stand but Murphy dives back in and keeps control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Murphy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alexandrov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Alexandrov is trying to stand up here but Murphy is controlling him well.
Alexandrov is trying to control but Murphy manages to pass to mount!
Alexandrov working to try and regain half guard.
Alexandrov taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy won't let Alexandrov get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Murphy landing strikes from the mount.
Alexandrov tries to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Murphy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murphy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Alexandrov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Murphy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexandrov wants to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy dominating with strikes here.
Murphy lands a big shot there that rocks Alexandrov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alexandrov is in a horrible position here. Murphy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Alexandrov tries to lock up and control but Murphy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Murphy lands a heavy elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy 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.
Murphy rushes Alexandrov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alexandrov lands a right hand.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Alexandrov avoids the damage to the body.
Alexandrov wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
Alexandrov managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Alexandrov breaks from the clinch.
Alexandrov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a head kick but Alexandrov moves out of range.
Alexandrov throws a big counter combination but Murphy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Murphy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alexandrov to the mat! Alexandrov manages to get full guard.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexandrov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy tries to counter by closing the distance.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alexandrov, pushing him back against the cage.
Alexandrov stalling the fight.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Murphy to keep the fight standing.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexandrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Murphy to keep the fight standing.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Alexandrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Alexandrov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Alexandrov takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murphy smiles and moves away.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Alexandrov.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alexandrov closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy looking to slow down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alexandrov can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
Murphy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexandrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Alexandrov is blocking nicely.
Alexandrov tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alexandrov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov taking a breather.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alexandrov blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Alexandrov works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Alexandrov avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murphy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Alexandrov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Murphy eats them both and turns towards Alexandrov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murphy scores with a head kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murphy.
Alexandrov throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexandrov slaps away a takedown attempt from Murphy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Murphy gets a clinch.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alexandrov.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy trying to stall but Alexandrov improves his position.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy working Alexandrov over with knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexandrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alexandrov blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy holds him up against the cage and eventually Alexandrov drops back down to his feet.
Alexandrov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Alexandrov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alexandrov jumps guard but Murphy stands there with Alexandrov around his waist. Alexandrov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Alexandrov shrugs off.
Alexandrov lands a left hand.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Alex Alexandrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Alexandrov is trying to force a seperation but Murphy has the dominant position.
Murphy controlling the action here for a moment.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Paddy Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Alexandrov misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Alexandrov blocks it.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murphy walks away with a smile on his face. Alexandrov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck for Murphy with that takedown attempt.
Alexandrov throws a big counter combination but Murphy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Alexandrov blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Alexandrov is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Alexandrov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Alexandrov throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to maintain a safe position but Alexandrov gets an underhook and turns Murphy into the cage.
Alexandrov jumps guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Alexandrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexandrov gets a clinch.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Alexandrov controls the action.
Alexandrov misses with a body punch.
Murphy being controlled against the cage.
Alexandrov taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexandrov.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Paddy Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Alexandrov.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paddy Murphy.
I've got Murphy 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddy Murphy!
An out of breath Paddy Murphy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Chugman (ranked 1021 p4p, 1149 weight class) and Eh Phuthong (ranked 128 p4p, 142 weight class). Eh Phuthong 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 46 - 44 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Klaus Chugman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eh Phuthong!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chugman has managed to clinch.
Chugman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Phuthong gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chugman has Phuthong pressed against the cage.
Phuthong lands with a light punch inside.
Chugman tries to throw a body punch but Phuthong avoids it by throwing Chugman back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Phuthong.
Phuthong pulls guard.
Phuthong avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chugman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Chugman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chugman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Phuthong keeping moving, preventing Chugman from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chugman slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chugman trying to mount his opponent but Phuthong defends it.
Phuthong looking for submissions off his back.
Chugman throwing shots but Phuthong is blocking nicely.
Phuthong on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
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.
Chugman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Phuthong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Chugman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chugman wants to free his trapped foot but Phuthong is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Chugman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Phuthong defending well though.
Phuthong is looking for a sweep. Chugman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chugman is looking to pass Phuthong's guard but actually Phuthong recovers to full guard.
Chugman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Phuthong is keeping the position for now.
Chugman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Phuthong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phuthong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chugman.
Phuthong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chugman ducks under a wild hook from Phuthong.
Phuthong changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chugman blocks a jab.
Chugman thuds his right hand into Phuthong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chugman tries to close the distance and clinch but Phuthong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phuthong throws out a counter right but Chugman avoids it with no problem.
Phuthong misses with a few strikes there.
Phuthong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chugman.
Phuthong cracks a nice hook into Chugman's ribs.
Phuthong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chugman tries to clinch up but Phuthong circles away and keeps his distance.
Phuthong works the jab nicely.
Eh Phuthong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chugman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Phuthong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chugman manages to avoid it.
Chugman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chugman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phuthong now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Phuthong misses the shot to the body.
Chugman attempts a counter takedown but Phuthong avoids it well and moves away.
Chugman slips under a jab from Phuthong.
Phuthong throws the kick towards the body but Chugman avoids it.
Phuthong misses with a straight left.
Phuthong throws a series of punches but Chugman avoids them all with ease.
Chugman tries to counter with a takedown but Phuthong is quick to defend against it.
Phuthong looks to score with a jab to the body but Chugman is just out of range.
Chugman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Phuthong stuffs the takedown attempt from Chugman. Chugman gets slowly back to his feet.
Phuthong looks to land a right hand but Chugman moved out of range.
Chugman appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Chugman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phuthong is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chugman with a body shot.
Phuthong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chugman tries to bum rush Phuthong with a series of wild strikes but Phuthong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chugman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Phuthong working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chugman.
Chugman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eh Phuthong dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chugman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phuthong tries to clinch but Chugman is having none of it.
Phuthong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chugman manages to avoid it.
Phuthong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chugman was well out of range. Poor timing from Phuthong.
Phuthong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big right from Phuthong misses.
Chugman rushes Phuthong and presses him up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Phuthong.
Phuthong pulls Chugman into guard.
Chugman slips nicely into half guard.
Chugman controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chugman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Phuthong doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Chugman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phuthong is not content to let Chugman control the position.
Chugman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two 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.
Phuthong has hold of Chugman's hands but Chugman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Chugman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Phuthong looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chugman is looking to take a break and control but Phuthong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chugman throwing shots but Phuthong is blocking nicely.
Phuthong actively working from the bottom here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Chugman is just content to waste time from the top position. Phuthong takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Chugman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Phuthong has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chugman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Eh Phuthong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chugman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chugman defending well as Phuthong loads up on a big left hand.
Phuthong misses with an uppercut. Chugman saw that one coming.
Chugman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phuthong misses with a body shot.
Chugman misses the shot to the body.
Phuthong misses with a lunging right hand
and Chugman counters with a single leg into guard. Phuthong didn't expect that.
Chugman distracts Phuthong with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chugman landing with the ground and pound.
Chugman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chugman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Klaus Chugman 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. And we move into the final round!
Phuthong just misses with a punch to the body.
Phuthong throws a hook but Chugman avoids it easily.
Chugman defending well as Phuthong loads up on a big left hand.
Phuthong takes a swing at Chugman's ribcage but misses.
Eh Phuthong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chugman wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Phuthong.
A jab from Phuthong misses.
Phuthong throws a hook but Chugman blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phuthong misses with a looping right.
Phuthong throws a series of punches but Chugman moves out of range.
Phuthong scores with a shot to the body.
Chugman moves in looking to clinch but Phuthong pushes him off.
Phuthong misses with a looping left.
Phuthong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phuthong lands a glancing blow to the side of Chugman's head.
Chugman dives in and grabs Phuthong's left leg, looking for a takedown. Phuthong pushes down on Chugman's head and hops out.
Phuthong gets caught napping as Chugman dives in and scores a takedown. Phuthong manages to retain guard.
Phuthong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chugman wants to control from the top but Phuthong keeps moving.
Chugman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chugman landing with the ground and pound.
Chugman working some strikes from top position.
Chugman trying to control the position from guard on top but Phuthong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chugman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chugman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chugman trying to control but Phuthong is working from the bottom.
Chugman tries to free his leg and advance position but Phuthong is retaining full guard.
Klaus Chugman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chugman is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Phuthong. No joy for Chugman on that attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chugman defending well as Phuthong loads up on a big left hand.
Phuthong 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.
Phuthong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chugman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chugman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phuthong misses the shot to the body.
Phuthong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Phuthong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phuthong tries to clinch up.
Phuthong jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Phuthong looks to throw the jab but Chugman is out of range.
Phuthong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chugman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Phuthong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chugman misses with a takedown attempt - Phuthong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Chugman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phuthong changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chugman tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chugman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phuthong throws out the jab.
Chugman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phuthong throws out the jab.
Chugman is looking to clinch but Phuthong is avoiding it.
Chugman looks to land a left hand but Phuthong moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Phuthong misses the target.
Chugman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phuthong manages to avoid it.
Phuthong is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chugman is looking to clinch but Phuthong is avoiding it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phuthong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phuthong clinches up with Chugman and pushes him back against the cage.
Phuthong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chugman has Phuthong pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Phuthong manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Phuthong lands a left hand.
Chugman prevents a body shot from Phuthong.
Still in the clinch, Phuthong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chugman is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Phuthong can't fight it off and eventually Chugman manages to take the fight to the floor. Phuthong looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Phuthong working for a triangle but Chugman defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eh Phuthong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Phuthong 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eh Phuthong!
Eh Phuthong thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Crawley (ranked 957 p4p, 995 weight class) and Juan Carlos (ranked 146 p4p, 150 weight class). Crawley comes to the cage accompanied by Jewelry - One More Time. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 22 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Crawley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Carlos!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Skip Squint and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawley slips a jab from Carlos.
Juan Carlos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carlos was well out of range. Poor timing from Crawley.
Crawley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Carlos doesn't seem bothered though.
Crawley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick misses from Carlos.
Carlos throws a shot to the body.
Crawley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Carlos throws a low kick but Crawley avoids it.
Crawley half committed to a counter leg kick.
Carlos takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Juan Carlos has been cut.
Crawley missing with a left hand there. Carlos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carlos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carlos.
Crawley wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos moves out of range of the body kick from Crawley.
Carlos misses with an uppercut. Crawley saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Carlos - just one landing.
Crawley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carlos.
Billy Crawley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carlos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Carlos showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Carlos there.
Crawley won't allow Carlos to pass to mount.
Crawley looks like he's trying to stand up.
Crawley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Carlos pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Carlos pulls his head out easily.
Carlos stops Crawley from getting back to his feet.
Carlos wants to take a breather but Crawley is having none of it.
Crawley is trying to stand.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Crawley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Carlos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawley throws out the jab.
Carlos is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Carlos lands a high kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carlos misses with a head kick.
Crawley fires out a quick counter leg kick but Carlos just manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos throws a head kick but Crawley moves out of range.
Carlos with the inside leg kick.
Crawley checks a low kick from Carlos.
Carlos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawley.
Crawley looks to score with a jab to the body but Carlos is just out of range.
Carlos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A quick step to the side and Crawley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crawley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carlos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Carlos lands a jab-cross combination.
Carlos clobbers Crawley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carlos wants to slow Crawley down by chopping away at his legs.
Crawley fires out a quick counter leg kick but Carlos just manages to avoid it.
Carlos keeps the fight on the outside.
Carlos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crawley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlos throws a hook but Crawley avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carlos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crawley throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crawley rushes Carlos and presses him up against the cage.
Crawley pushes Carlos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crawley breaks the clinch.
Crawley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carlos drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Crawley defends it well.
Carlos throws a head kick that misses.
Carlos moves out of range as Crawley strikes.
Carlos works Crawley's body with a nice hook.
Carlos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carlos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carlos just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Carlos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Carlos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Crawley tries to score with a low kick but Carlos moves his leg out of the way.
Crawley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carlos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carlos throws a nice looking combination but Crawley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crawley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Carlos looks to throw a body kick
and Crawley counters with a thumping low kick.
Carlos checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Carlos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carlos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Crawley, as that shot connected.
Carlos throws a leg kick which misses Crawley's front leg but catches the back leg as Crawley tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawley avoids the head kick by Carlos.
Crawley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Carlos misses the target.
It looked like Crawley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Carlos.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crawley effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley looking to slow down the pace here.
Carlos misses with the head strike.
Crawley swings wildly with an uppercut but Carlos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carlos misses with a punch to the body.
Carlos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crawley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crawley lands with a short shot to the head.
Carlos cracks Crawley with a nice body shot.
Carlos lands a right hand.
Crawley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carloss head.
Crawley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crawley struggles to land a body shot inside as Carlos controls his hands.
Carlos blocks a body shot from Crawley.
Carlos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Carlos is standing up over Crawley. Crawley looks to escape but Carlos dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawley is looking to reverse the position.
Crawley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Crawley tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Carlos prevents Crawley from getting the reversal.
Crawley is in a horrible position here. Carlos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley is bucking up trying to escape but Carlos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Juan Carlos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Crawley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Carlos is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Crawley has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Crawley!
Crawley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Carlos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carlos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crawley tries to stand but Carlos is controlling from the bottom.
Carlos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Carlos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crawley's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carlos is controlling him.
Crawley looking for a sweep. Not yet Crawley, not yet.
Crawley is looking to stand up but Carlos isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawley looking for a sweep. Not yet Crawley, not yet.
Carlos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Carlos wants to control from the top but Crawley keeps moving.
Crawley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Juan Carlos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Juan Carlos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Carlos lands a nice shot to the body.
A cross from Carlos lands.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Crawley enables Carlos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Crawley manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Crawley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carlos's guard.
Crawley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carlos is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carlos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crawley trying to control but Carlos is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crawley manages to get himself to full guard.
Crawley wants to stand but Carlos is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Carlos is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Crawley.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Crawley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Carlos wants to control but Crawley is keeping him busy.
Crawley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Carlos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Carlos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Carlos trying to control the position but Crawley is working away.
That's two 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.
Carlos slows the pace down.
Crawley is not content to let Carlos control the position.
Crawley wants to get back to his feet but Carlos drags him back down.
Carlos working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Crawley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Carlos remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Carlos.
Billy Crawley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Crawley's face as Carlos controls the position.
Crawley pushes Carlos away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Carlos gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Crawley regains half guard.
Carlos works his way into side control.
Carlos working the head with strikes.
Crawley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carlos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Carlos working the ground and pound.
Carlos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crawley keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carlos cracks Crawley with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Carlos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carlos 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Carlos!
Juan Carlos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brett Keane (ranked 1346 p4p, 1278 weight class) and Miguel Azevedo Souza (ranked 169 p4p, 158 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brett Keane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Azevedo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Keane.
Keane throws an overhand right that lands on Azevedo Souza's shoulder, as Azevedo Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Azevedo Souza tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Azevedo Souza fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Keane sprawls well initially but Azevedo Souza persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Azevedo Souza prevents Keane from improving his position.
Azevedo Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keane looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Keane's coaches at Crapollas Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Keane is just riding it out for now. Azevedo Souza eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Keane.
Keane is trying to improve his position.
Keane manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Keane looking for a kimura from the bottom but Azevedo Souza passes into side control!
Azevedo Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keane keeps working.
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.
Keane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Azevedo Souza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Azevedo Souza wants to control but Keane is keeping him busy.
Azevedo Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Keane sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza is trying to control the action in half guard but Keane is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Azevedo Souza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Azevedo Souza is keen to just control but Keane is a slippery customer.
Azevedo Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Azevedo Souza is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Keane is just riding it out for now. Azevedo Souza eventually gives up the hold.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Keane is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Azevedo Souza pulls his head out easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Azevedo Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miguel Azevedo Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azevedo Souza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Keane looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Azevedo Souza happy to just control the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Keane manages to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Azevedo Souza dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Keane displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Azevedo Souza cracks Keane with an open hand slap.
Azevedo Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Azevedo Souza misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azevedo Souza. Keane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Azevedo Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. Azevedo Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Azevedo Souza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keane throws a series of punches but Azevedo Souza avoids them all with ease.
And Azevedo Souza tries to counter it with a takedown but Keane pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Azevedo Souza.
Keane misses the jab.
Azevedo Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Keane defends it well.
Azevedo Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keane moves away.
It looked like Keane wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza digs a good hook to Keane's body.
Brett Keane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Azevedo Souza rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Keane counter with a right hand.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Keane.
Keane looks to throw the jab but Azevedo Souza is out of range.
Azevedo Souza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Azevedo Souza lands with an overhand left.
Keane throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azevedo Souza tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Keane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azevedo Souza throws a shot from downtown. Keane moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Keane throws a lazy right hand but Azevedo Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azevedo Souza clinches up with Keane and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo Souza tries to pull guard but Keane holds him up against the cage and eventually Azevedo Souza drops back down to his feet.
Azevedo Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Azevedo Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Azevedo Souza tries to throw a body punch but Keane avoids it by throwing Azevedo Souza back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azevedo Souza.
Keane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Azevedo Souza is trying to break the clinch but Keane is controlling him.
Azevedo Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keane can't find room to land a body shot as Azevedo Souza controls the action.
Keane misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keane throws a head punch that misses.
Azevedo Souza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Azevedo Souza pulls guard effortlessly.
Azevedo Souza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Keane passes into half guard.
Keane seems to be working for a kimura but Azevedo Souza defends the submission attempt.
Keane seems to be working for a kimura but Azevedo Souza defends the submission attempt.
Keane is trying to work for a kimura but Azevedo Souza is defending well.
Azevedo Souza trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Keane.
Keane wants to control the pace but Azevedo Souza is squirming around nicely.
Azevedo Souza tries to hold on but Keane postures up.
Keane is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Azevedo Souza is surviving well by controlling Keane's body position as best he can.
Azevedo Souza is working to get back to half guard.
Azevedo Souza tries to hold on but Keane pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brett Keane will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Keane misses the target.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the side of Keane's head but Keane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azevedo Souza ducks under a wild hook from Keane.
Keane is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Azevedo Souza lands with a good body shot.
Azevedo Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Keane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keane loads up on a big right hand but Azevedo Souza slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Keane throws a jab but it's blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Azevedo Souza is keen to just control but Keane is a slippery customer.
The fighters are battling for position here. Keane manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Azevedo Souza looking to pass the guard.
Azevedo Souza slips nicely into half guard.
My spies in Tappelukerho inform me that Azevedo Souza has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Keane looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Keane is staying active underneath Azevedo Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Keane looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Azevedo Souza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza works his way into full mount!
Azevedo Souza moves to back control.
Azevedo Souza 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, Keane has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Azevedo Souza working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Azevedo Souza working for the choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Keane right now.
Keane is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Keane is trying to break free.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Keane fending off the submission attempt from Azevedo Souza.
Azevedo Souza patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Azevedo Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Azevedo Souza 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Azevedo Souza!
An out of breath Miguel Azevedo Souza thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jyrki Sukulaku (ranked 1015 p4p, 1359 weight class) and Magomed Sitsongrit (ranked 126 p4p, 173 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jyrki Sukulaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Magomed Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sukulaku throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Sukulaku tests Sitsongrit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Sukulaku misses.
Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jyrki Sukulaku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sukulaku swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sukulaku rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.
Sukulaku throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sukulaku throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sukulaku throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitsongrit.
A shot in the inside from Sitsongrit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
Sukulaku has Sitsongrit pushed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sukulaku lands a right hand.
Sukulaku is working for takedown but Sitsongrit is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sukulaku pushes Sitsongrit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Sukulaku avoids a wild elbow strike from Sitsongrit.
Sukulaku jumps guard.
Sitsongrit slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sitsongrit trying to control but Sukulaku is working from the bottom.
Sukulaku looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku trying to keep a closed guard but Sitsongrit is proving a slippery customer.
Sitsongrit is stalling in the full guard.
Sitsongrit avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sukulaku looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sukulaku had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sitsongrit defends it easily.
Sitsongrit must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sukulaku working for a triangle but Sitsongrit defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku wants to sweep here but Sitsongrit controlling him for the moment.
Sukulaku is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sitsongrit is aware though and is defending well.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position from guard on top but Sukulaku is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sitsongrit sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sukulaku's guard.
Sukulaku regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position from guard on top but Sukulaku is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sitsongrit content to stall in guard here.
Sukulaku looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sitsongrit has picked Sukulaku up and slammed him! Sukulaku can't keep hold of the triangle and Sitsongrit manages to pass to side control!
Sitsongrit is putting a hurting on Sukulaku here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sitsongrit is looking to take a break and control but Sukulaku is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sukulaku is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Sukulaku's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sukulaku seems a little lost for a moment, as Sitsongrit dominates the positioning.
Sukulaku is not content to let Sitsongrit control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Magomed Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sukulaku throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sukulaku misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sukulaku!
Sukulaku taking a bit of punishment here - Sitsongrit scoring with strikes.
Sukulaku struggling a bit here.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sitsongrit. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Sukulaku is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Sukulaku's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sukulaku is trying to get back to half guard.
Sukulaku wants to control but Sitsongrit postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Sukulaku manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sukulaku is keen to just control but Sitsongrit is a slippery customer.
Sitsongrit is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sukulaku is looking to advance position but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
Sukulaku 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.
Sitsongrit tries to roll over but Sukulaku keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Sitsongrit trying to hold on to Sukulaku's head to control him but Sukulaku postures up.
Sitsongrit is staying active underneath Sukulaku, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sitsongrit wants to improve his position but Sukulaku is controlling well.
Sukulaku is looking to advance position but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is trying to control but can't.
Sitsongrit is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sukulaku's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sukulaku's back!
Sitsongrit is hanging on to Sukulaku's back as he tries to escape.
Sukulaku manages to reverse the position and now he's in Sitsongrit's guard. Nice work there by Sukulaku.
Sukulaku looking to pass the guard.
Sukulaku trying to control the position from guard on top but Sitsongrit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sitsongrit looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Sitsongrit looking to control.
Sukulaku slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sukulaku wants to pass the guard but Sitsongrit is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Magomed Sitsongrit 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!
Sukulaku misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sukulaku ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sukulaku misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Sukulaku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sukulaku throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sukulaku throws a sloppy head kick
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sukulaku misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sukulaku throws a poor cross that misses
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sukulaku throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Sukulaku rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Sukulaku works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sitsongrit's coach down at Crapollas Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sitsongrit's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sukulaku is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sukulaku gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sukulaku misses with a head kick.
Sukulaku on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sukulaku tries a head kick but it misses.
Sitsongrit tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sukulaku throws a head kick that misses.
Sitsongrit tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sukulaku swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sukulaku bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Sukulaku misses with a leg kick.
A nice side step and Sitsongrit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sukulaku misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sukulaku throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sukulaku throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Sukulaku misses.
Sitsongrit is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sukulaku misses with a lunging right hand
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sukulaku misses with a double jab
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.
Sukulaku throws a head kick that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters circling - Sukulaku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sukulaku throws a nice head kick!
Sukulaku misses with an uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sukulaku.
Sukulaku throws a lazy uppercut
and Sukulaku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jyrki Sukulaku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
 Sukulaku is rocked!
Jyrki Sukulaku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sukulaku throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oh Sukulaku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sukulaku throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand to the body.
A head kick by Sukulaku misses
and Sitsongrit makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sukulaku really felt that one!
Sukulaku misses with a wild combination.
Sitsongrit is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Sukulaku seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sukulaku on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sitsongrit has closed the distance and engaged Sukulaku in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitsongrit.
Sukulaku fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sukulaku fails to land.
Sukulaku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sukulaku throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sukulaku backwards.
Sitsongrit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sukulaku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And Sitsongrit tries to counter it with a takedown but Sukulaku pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sitsongrit clinches.
Sukulaku misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sukulaku swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magomed Sitsongrit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sitsongrit 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magomed Sitsongrit!
A very excited looking Magomed Sitsongrit made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Gregor (ranked 1447 p4p, 1295 weight class) and Tony Luciano (ranked 66 p4p, 58 weight class). Jimbo Gregor 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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimbo Gregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Topper Green and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gregor throws out the jab.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gregor staying out of range there.
Gregor is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.
Gregor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Gregor to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Tony Luciano has been cut.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Gregor misses the target.
Luciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gregor.
Gregor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gregor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano throws a lazy uppercut
and Gregor counters with a crisp right hand that drops Luciano! Gregor lets Luciano back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
 Luciano is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gregor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
A little jabbing left from Luciano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Luciano up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Gregor from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Luciano's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimbo Gregor!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Gracie (ranked 539 p4p, 634 weight class) and Leonard Nimoy (ranked 86 p4p, 101 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Limp Bizkit - Rollin' blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonard Nimoy!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Nimoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands a jab.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Nimoy sprawls well.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
 It looks like Bryan Gracie has been cut.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nimoy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
Gracie is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Nimoy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nimoy tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Nimoy defending well.
Gracie 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.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nimoy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nimoy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Gracie trying to control the action but Nimoy is working from the bottom.
Gracie is stalling here. Nimoy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Gracie seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nimoy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
Nimoy is staying tight to Gracie's torso, preventing him from escaping.
We've been hearing good reports from Gracie's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Gracie tries to bench press Nimoy off him but Nimoy keeps the position.
Nimoy decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gracie to his feet.
Nimoy just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie attempts a counter takedown but Nimoy avoids it well and moves away.
Leonard Nimoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nimoy lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Nimoy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nimoy lands with an overhand left.
Nimoy cracks Gracie with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Gracie looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Nimoy finish him?
Gracie is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nimoy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Nimoy throws a counter combo.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Nimoy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Nimoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nimoy missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gracie has managed to clinch.
Nimoy tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gracie is trying to push Nimoy away but Nimoy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nimoy digs a right hand into Gracie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gracie's gas tank.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Nimoy in his tracks for a moment.
Nimoy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nimoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Gracie.
Nimoy blocks an elbow strike from Gracie.
Nimoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Nimoy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gracie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nimoy's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Nimoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Gracie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nimoy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nimoy throws out the jab.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Nimoy saw that one coming.
Leonard Nimoy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nimoy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Nimoy counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie wants to clinch but Nimoy slips to the side
and Nimoy counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Nimoy counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Nimoy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nimoy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nimoy punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Nimoy scores with a counter punch that sends Gracie to the canvas! Nimoy smells blood - he's punishing Gracie with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Gracie has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonard Nimoy!
Bryan Gracie spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm an old man now... but here I am. I'm blessed to fight in front of you. The day where I quit this thing is in front of me... and I'm glad my blood was spilled.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Railio (ranked 408 p4p, 404 weight class) and Chew Kok (ranked 18 p4p, 17 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Railio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chew Kok!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kok throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Railio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Chew Kok has been cut.
Chew Kok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kok moves into the clinch.
Railio misses with some punches.
Kok throws a head punch that misses.
Kok takes a shot to the head.
Railio prevents a body shot from Kok.
Kok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kok lands a body punch.
Railio lands with a right to the head.
Kok blocks a body shot from Railio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kok misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kok misses with the head strike.
Railio misses with a body punch.
Railio pushes Kok back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Railio has a couple of punches blocked by Kok.
Kok scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railio blocks an uppercut.
Railio misses with a punch on the inside.
Kok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kok lands a body punch in the clinch.
Railio is breathing heavily.
Railio has a couple of punches blocked by Kok.
Kok misses with the head strike.
Kok lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kok.
Railio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Kok.
Railio can't find room to land a body shot as Kok controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kok.
Railio tries to work over Kok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Railio misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kok.
Railio blocks an uppercut.
Kok throws a punch but it's blocked by Railio.
Railio struggles to land a body shot inside as Kok controls his hands.
Kok has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Railio seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kok can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kok.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kok.
Kok misses with a punch to the body.
Kok working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kok swings wildly with an uppercut but Railio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kok prevents a body shot from Railio.
Railio lands with a right to the head.
Railio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Railio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kok misses with some punches.
Kok lands with a left to the head.
Kok scores with a shoulder strike.
Railio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Railio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Railio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Railio takes a shot to the head.
Kok lands with a left to the head.
Railio misses with a body punch.
Railio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kok misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Railio as the two fighters clinch.
Kok cracks Railio with a nice body shot.
Kok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kok lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
Kok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
Kok tries to throw a body punch but Railio avoids it by throwing Kok back against the cage.
Kok misses with some punches.
Kok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Railio's elbow.
Kok presses Railio against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kok is working Railio over against the cage.
Kok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
A short left from Kok.
Kok lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kok pushes Railio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Railio blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Railio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Kok.
A nice left hand lands by Kok.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kok lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kok lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kok.
Kok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kok tries to work over Railio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kok lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Kok - that landed with a thud.
Kok lands a left hand.
Kok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
Railio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kok blocking some punches.
Kok gets through Railio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kok lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kok.
A nice left hand lands by Kok.
Kok blocks a body shot from Railio.
Kok lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chew Kok dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chew Kok's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kok gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Railio prevents a body shot from Kok.
Railio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kok lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kok.
Kok has a couple of punches blocked by Railio.
Kok swings wildly with an uppercut but Railio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kok lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kok tries to throw a body punch but Railio avoids it by throwing Kok back against the cage.
Kok stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kok scores with a shoulder strike.
Kok lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Railio.
Kok misses with a body punch.
Kok stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kok lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kok.
Kok lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kok lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kok lands a shot to the body.
Kok has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kok lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kok.
Nice body punch from Kok.
Kok lands with a left to the head.
Kok lands a shoulder strike.
Chew Kok seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Railio.
Kok lands a hook that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
Kok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Railio's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Kok as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kok stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kok lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kok scores with a shoulder strike.
Kok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kok lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Railio backwards.
A shot in the inside from Kok.
A right hook to the body lands for Kok.
Railio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kok can't find room to land a body shot as Railio controls the action.
Kok working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kok.
Kok gets through Railio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Railio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kok can't find room to land a body shot as Railio controls the action.
Kok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Railio.
Kok digs a right hand underneath Railio's ribcage. Railio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kok.
Kok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Railios head.
Kok lands a nice uppercut.
Kok lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Railio.
Kok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Railio is rocked!
It looks like Antti Railio has been cut.
Kok lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Railio or not.
A short right from Kok on the inside.
Oh Railio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kok works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Railio seems to have got his legs back now.
Kok pushes Railio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kok.
Railio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kok lands a left hand.
Kok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kok stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kok pushes Railio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kok loads up on a right hand - it lands flush and knocks Railio senseless! What a punch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chew Kok!
After winning the bout, Chew Kok thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radu Dracul (ranked 58 p4p, 37 weight class) and Stoner Steve (ranked 12 p4p, 7 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Radu Dracul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stoner Steve!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve scores with a jab.
Steve waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dracul.
Dracul appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Steve scores with a shot to the body.
Steve cracks Dracul with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dracul avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dracul looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dracul tries to counter with a takedown but Steve is quick to defend against it.
Steve paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dracul sprawling to the canvas! Dracul rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Steve finish him?!
Dracul is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve misses with a straight right.
Dracul appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Oh Dracul is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve misses with a looping right.
Dracul seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dracul was well out of range. Poor timing from Steve.
Dracul moves away from the strike by Steve.
Dracul takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Steve misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dracul tries to counter with a takedown but Steve is quick to defend against it.
Steve misses with a combination
and Dracul counters with a shoot takedown. Steve fights it but they end up in guard.
Dracul scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dracul throwing strikes from guard but Steve blocks nicely.
Dracul controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dracul wants to pass the guard but Steve is keeping the position.
Dracul has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Steve seems keen to control Dracul's posture.
Steve utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steve can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dracul controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dracul pushing down on Steve's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dracul missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Steve is controlling Dracul's trapped leg to prevent Dracul from advancing to side control.
Steve moves into full guard.
Dracul is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dracul throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dracul throws a strike but Steve rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Steve stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dracul swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dracul working a defensive guard but Steve passes into half guard.
Steve controlling the action here.
Dracul is trying to control but can't.
Steve is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Steve prevents Dracul from improving his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stoner Steve dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Steve looks to throw the jab but Dracul is out of range.
Dracul feinted with a counter takedown.
Steve misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dracul.
Steve works over Dracul's head and body with a nice combination.
Dracul avoids the body shot from Steve.
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dracul uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steve.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Steve throws a big shot that misses.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steve waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dracul.
Dracul attempts a counter takedown but Steve avoids it well and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dracul.
Dracul attempts a counter takedown but Steve avoids it well and moves away.
Dracul displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
Steve fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot by Steve.
Steve takes a swing at Dracul's ribcage but misses.
Dracul changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Steve looks to throw the jab but Dracul is out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steve, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dracul on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dracul ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Dracul keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stoner Steve seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steve misses with a straight right.
A jab from Steve misses.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Steve swings for the body but Dracul moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Draculs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stoner Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Dracul moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Dracul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dracul uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Dracul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stoner Steve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steve wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dracul slips under a jab from Steve.
Dracul tries to counter with a takedown but Steve is quick to defend against it.
Steve clinches up with Dracul and pushes him back against the cage.
Dracul pressing his opponent against the cage.
Steve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dracul's elbow.
Steve breaks from the clinch.
Steve feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dracul sprawling to the canvas! Dracul rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Steve finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Steve has cracked Dracul with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Steve lands another huge swinging hook and Dracul tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Dracul, before Steve can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stoner Steve!
A relieved looking Stoner Steve 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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