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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb DeCoteau (ranked 2776 p4p, 4025 weight class) and Salvatore Coppola (ranked 406 p4p, 525 weight class). Coppola is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Duality. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Caleb DeCoteau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvatore Coppola!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coppola darts in trying to clinch
and DeCoteau counters with a nice leg kick.
Coppola shoots in and drives through. DeCoteau sprawls well.
Coppola with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling DeCoteau to counter with a crisp jab.
DeCoteau clinches up with Coppola and pushes him back against the cage.
Coppola tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Caleb DeCoteau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salvatore Coppola.
DeCoteau jumps guard and drags Coppola to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
DeCoteau has control of Coppola's left arm, preventing Coppola from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coppola thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Coppola is fighting to break DeCoteau's control of his arms but DeCoteau is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Coppola trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeCoteau is adopting a defensive guard.
Coppola trying to control the position from guard on top but DeCoteau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DeCoteau has his hands on Coppola's head, controlling the position.
Coppola tries to free his leg and advance position but DeCoteau is retaining full guard.
Coppola with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coppola trying to control but DeCoteau is working from the bottom.
DeCoteau might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
DeCoteau is adopting a defensive guard.
DeCoteau looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coppola looking to improve position, pressing down on DeCoteau's thigh with his hand. DeCoteau seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Coppola paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Coppola's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! DeCoteau picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Caleb DeCoteau!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf (ranked 2359 p4p, 3749 weight class) and Balink Tarlah (ranked 277 p4p, 420 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Balink Tarlah!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamdfjsmf displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarlah throws out the jab.
Tarlah misses with a hook.
Tamdfjsmf takes the fight into the clinch.
Tarlah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tamdfjsmf pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tamdfjsmf keeps control of Tarlah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tamdfjsmf gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Tamdfjsmf not doing much here.
Tamdfjsmf working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Tarlah's thigh. Tarlah counters though and makes it back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamdfjsmf advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarlah is not content to let Tamdfjsmf control the position.
Tamdfjsmf lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tarlah down.
Tamdfjsmf scores with punches from side control.
Tamdfjsmf creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tarlah sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamdfjsmf is looking to take a break and control but Tarlah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf tries to score with some ground and pound. Tarlah controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Tamdfjsmf is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tarlah is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
An elbow from Tamdfjsmf crashes against the mat.
Tarlah is looking for a sweep.
Tamdfjsmf is looking to take a break and control but Tarlah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tamdfjsmf sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tarlah is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarlah managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tamdfjsmf.
Tamdfjsmf advances to mount.
Tamdfjsmf can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tarlah is looking to escape.
Tarlah working to try and regain half guard.
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.
Tamdfjsmf throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tamdfjsmf controlling from the full mount.
Tamdfjsmf has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tarlah's face.
Tamdfjsmf goes for an armbar but he's not got it
Tarlah turns into him and now he's in Tamdfjsmf's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tarlah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf dominated that round.
That's time! Tamdfjsmf's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tamdfjsmf fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tamdfjsmf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tarlah can do to turn this around?
Tamdfjsmf scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tarlah gets caught napping as Tamdfjsmf dives in and scores a takedown. Tarlah manages to retain guard.
Tamdfjsmf showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tarlah looking for a sweep. Not yet Tarlah, not yet.
Tamdfjsmf loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tamdfjsmf is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
We've been hearing that Tamdfjsmf has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarlah managing to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tamdfjsmf wants to control from the top but Tarlah keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tamdfjsmf is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Tarlah misses its intended target.
Tamdfjsmf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tamdfjsmf is looking to counter with head kicks.
Tarlah swings widly with a right hand
and Tamdfjsmf counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf dives in for a single leg takedown but Tarlah sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A knee to the head by Tamdfjsmf.
 It looks like Balink Tarlah has been cut.
Tamdfjsmf gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tamdfjsmf sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tamdfjsmf not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tamdfjsmf throwing shots but Tarlah is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tamdfjsmf in particular looking to stall.
Tarlah tries to get to full guard but Tamdfjsmf has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf wants to control but Tarlah is keeping him busy.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tarlah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamdfjsmf.
Tarlah regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tarlah is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tamdfjsmf trying to control the position from guard on top but Tarlah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tarlah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Balink Tarlah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tarlah tries to clinch but Tamdfjsmf moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tamdfjsmf drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tarlah gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tamdfjsmf gets control of Tarlah's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tamdfjsmf will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tamdfjsmf is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Tarlah avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tamdfjsmf controls Tarlah momentarily but Tarlah frees himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Balink Tarlah's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tarlah crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tamdfjsmf - the referee stops the clock and Tarlah gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tamdfjsmf. Tarlah manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Balink Tarlah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarlah cracks Tamdfjsmf with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tamdfjsmf takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tamdfjsmf gets a takedown into half guard.
Tarlah tries to get to full guard but Tamdfjsmf has control of the leg.
Tamdfjsmf thows a huge punch but Tarlah dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarlah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamdfjsmf.
Tamdfjsmf throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tamdfjsmf is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamdfjsmf 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.
Tarlah slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tamdfjsmf sitting in guard here, content to control.
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.
Tamdfjsmf postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tamdfjsmf is looking to stand up but Tarlah won't let him.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tamdfjsmf postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tarlah keeping moving, preventing Tamdfjsmf from controlling successfully.
Tarlah tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tarlah swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamdfjsmf.
Tarlah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tamdfjsmf manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamdfjsmf avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarlah keeps the fight on the outside.
Tamdfjsmf wants to clinch up but Tarlah keeps it at a distance.
Tarlah is looking to clinch.
Tamdfjsmf rushes Tarlah and presses him up against the cage.
Tarlah tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tarlah wants a takedown.
Tamdfjsmf breaks the clinch.
Tamdfjsmf fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tarlah, pushing him back against the cage.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tamdfjsmf has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tarlah after a bit of a struggle.
Tarlah is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Balink Tarlah.
Tarlah drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tamdfjsmf gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tamdfjsmf stops a takedown attempt from Tarlah.
Tarlah turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tarlah manages to end up in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarlah scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tamdfjsmf manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamdfjsmf stalling.
Tarlah is refusing to be controlled, as Tamdfjsmf sits in half guard.
Tamdfjsmf is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tarlah is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tarlah tries to roll over but Tamdfjsmf keeps him under control.
Balink Tarlah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tamdfjsmf tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tarlah knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tamdfjsmf, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Psmfisd Tamdfjsmf!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Horghain Yan Spentliche (ranked 1761 p4p, 2465 weight class) and Jun Fan Lee (ranked 208 p4p, 287 weight class). Lee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bruce Lee Soundtrack. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Horghain Yan Spentliche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Fan Lee!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Lee.
Lee is stalling here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right handed body shot lands from Lee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Yan Spentliche fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yan Spentliche up against the cage.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yan Spentliche misses with a punch on the inside.
Yan Spentliche throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Yan Spentliche misses with the head strike.
Lee is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jun Fan Lee.
Lee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee tries to clinch but Yan Spentliche moves out of range.
Lee wants to clinch up but Yan Spentliche keeps it at a distance.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Yan Spentliche takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lee is looking to clinch but Yan Spentliche is avoiding it.
Yan Spentliche scores with a shot to the body.
Yan Spentliche moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Yan Spentliche to counter with a crisp jab.
Yan Spentliche misses with a few strikes there.
Yan Spentliche misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Yan Spentliche lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab from Yan Spentliche misses.
Yan Spentliche moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Yan Spentliche throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yan Spentliche looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yan Spentliche throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Lee's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Yan Spentliche gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yan Spentliche fails to land.
Yan Spentliche working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee slows down the pace here.
Yan Spentliche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yan Spentliche up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Yan Spentliche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Yan Spentliche misses with the head strike.
Lee is struggling to control the position.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lee stalling the fight.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yan Spentliche backwards.
Yan Spentliche lands a left hand.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Yan Spentliche's head.
Lee has Yan Spentliche pushed against the cage.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yan Spentliche misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Horghain Yan Spentliche dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yan Spentliche misses with a low kick.
Yan Spentliche tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Yan Spentliche looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Jun Fan Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yan Spentliche throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Yan Spentliche.
A little jabbing left from Lee on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yan Spentliche throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lee on the side of the head.
Yan Spentliche swings widly with a right hand
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yan Spentliche throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee throws out a counter right but Yan Spentliche avoids it with no problem.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Yan Spentliche.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Yan Spentliche.
A jab lands there for Yan Spentliche.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Yan Spentliche misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Yan Spentliche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yan Spentliche misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Yan Spentliche.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Yan Spentliche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jun Fan Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Lee has Yan Spentliche pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Yan Spentliche fails to land.
Yan Spentliche misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yan Spentliche tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lee.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lee continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Lee stalling.
Yan Spentliche is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yan Spentliche throws a head punch that misses.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee avoiding damage.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jun Fan Lee.
Yan Spentliche misses the shot to the body.
Yan Spentliche scores with a jab to the head.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Yan Spentliche letting Lee take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche lands a shoulder strike.
Lee misses with some punches.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Yan Spentliche fails to land.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lee stalls.
Yan Spentliche throws a head punch that misses.
Lee is stalling here.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Horghain Yan Spentliche dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yan Spentliche swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yan Spentliche throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Yan Spentliche swings widly with a right hand
and Lee counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yan Spentliche misses with a wild body shot.
Lee slips a straight right by Yan Spentliche.
Lee is looking to clinch but Yan Spentliche is avoiding it.
Yan Spentliche displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lee tries to clinch there but Yan Spentliche circles away.
Lee wants to clinch
and Yan Spentliche counters with a big head kick but Lee shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
Yan Spentliche has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Lee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lee receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Lee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Yan Spentliche softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Yan Spentliche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yan Spentliche up against the cage.
Lee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Yan Spentliche makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yan Spentliche lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Yan Spentliche has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee just leaning against Yan Spentliche, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jun Fan Lee.
Yan Spentliche throws a poor cross that misses
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yan Spentliche throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yan Spentliche to score with a decent uppercut.
Lee tries to clinch but Yan Spentliche moves out of range.
Yan Spentliche misses with a jab to the body
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Yan Spentliche circles away.
Yan Spentliche throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Yan Spentliche backs off Lee throws a huge counter combo but Yan Spentliche manages to avoid it all.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee darts in and clinches Yan Spentliche up against the cage.
Yan Spentliche being controlled against the cage.
Come on Lee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lee stalling against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yan Spentliches head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yan Spentliche.
Lee tries to stall but Yan Spentliche uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.
Jun Fan Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jun Fan Lee.
Lee avoids the body shot from Yan Spentliche.
Yan Spentliche throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yan Spentliche connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yan Spentliche shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lee eats them both and turns towards Yan Spentliche to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee has Yan Spentliche pushed against the cage.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Horghain Yan Spentliche showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yan Spentliche, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horghain Yan Spentliche!
Horghain Yan Spentliche thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinch King Smash Machine (ranked 1215 p4p, 2493 weight class) and Alois Vrana (ranked 190 p4p, 360 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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World class MT
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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 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Clinch King Smash Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alois Vrana!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vrana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smash Machine pushes Vrana up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Vrana.
 It looks like Clinch King Smash Machine has been cut.
Smash Machine avoiding damage as Vrana throws knees to the body.
Vrana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vrana with a knee to the head.
Vrana gets through Smash Machine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smash Machine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vrana is defending well for now.
Smash Machine has hold of one of Vrana's legs. Vrana is fighting the takedown attempt but Smash Machine gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Smash Machine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smash Machine 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.
Smash Machine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vrana wants to get back to his feet but Smash Machine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vrana is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrana is wriggling around but Smash Machine manages to pass to half guard.
Vrana wants to get back to his feet.
Vrana avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smash Machine.
Smash Machine wants to pass the guard but Vrana is defending well.
Smash Machine seems to be working for a kimura but Vrana defends the submission attempt.
Smash Machine seems to be working for a kimura but Vrana defends the submission attempt.
Vrana is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Smash Machine slows the pace down in half guard.
Smash Machine is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Vrana sees it coming and defends easily.
Vrana is staying active underneath Smash Machine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smash Machine closes the distance and clinches up with Vrana, looking for a takedown. Smash Machine pushes Vrana against the cage but Vrana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smash Machine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vrana.
An attempted straight right counter from Smash Machine misses the target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vrana.
Smash Machine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vrana throws out the jab.
Alois Vrana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Vrana.
Vrana tries a low kick but Smash Machine avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrana is looking to clinch but Smash Machine is avoiding it.
Vrana looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smash Machine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smash Machine appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Smash Machine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vrana sprawls well. Vrana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smash Machine gets slowly back to his feet.
Vrana misses with a kick to the body.
Vrana misses the jab.
Smash Machine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vrana avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clinch King Smash Machine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smash Machine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A combination from Vrana does no damage.
Vrana swings widly with a right hand
and Smash Machine counters with a nice uppercut.
Smash Machine tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Vrana defends well and Smash Machine ends up having to push Vrana into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrana.
Smash Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Alois Vrana has been cut.
Smash Machine manages to break the clinch.
Smash Machine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vrana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vrana feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smash Machines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vrana looks to score with a jab to the body but Smash Machine is just out of range.
Vrana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smash Machine half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Vrana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Smash Machine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vrana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alois Vrana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smash Machine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vrana was well out of range. Poor timing from Smash Machine.
Smash Machine tries to keep at a distance but Vrana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vrana lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Vrana.
Smash Machine tries to land knees in the clinch but Vrana avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alois Vrana dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good standup being displayed there by Vrana as he connects with a hook.
Smash Machine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vrana throws a head kick but Smash Machine moves out of range.
Smash Machine misses with a wild combination.
Vrana has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vrana throws a front kick that sends Smash Machine stumbling back into the cage.
Vrana wants to land a leg kick but Smash Machine is out of range.
It looked like Smash Machine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smash Machine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smash Machine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smash Machine shoots in for a takedown but Vrana shows good takedown defense.
Vrana throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smash Machine misses with an uppercut.
Vrana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smash Machine. That did some damage!
Vrana has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Vrana tries to clinch up.
Vrana lunges at Smash Machine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smash Machine's hand.
Smash Machine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smash Machine there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vrana scoring well with a low kick there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vrana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smash Machine looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vrana!
Vrana tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Vrana is not a happy chappy
he wants out of there.
Smash Machine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Vrana is now in Smash Machine's guard. A big mistake from Smash Machine there, giving up the dominant position!
Smash Machine trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrana wanted to stand there but Smash Machine had control of the position.
Vrana stands and steps away. Smash Machine gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vrana keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smash Machine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vrana forces Smash Machine back against the cage and clinches.
Vrana connects with a knee to the head.
Smash Machine is working for takedown but Vrana is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clinch King Smash Machine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vrana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smash Machine manages to break the clinch.
Smash Machine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smash Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smash Machine throws a head kick that misses.
Smash Machine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vrana instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrana misses with a punch to the body.
Smash Machine drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smash Machine is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Vrana can't fight it off and eventually Smash Machine manages to take the fight to the floor. Vrana looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Smash Machine stops Vrana from standing up.
Vrana pushes Smash Machine off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Vrana uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smash Machine has time to react.
Vrana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smash Machine seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Vrana comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vrana throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vrana throws a leg kick but Smash Machine checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smash Machine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vrana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smash Machine scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vrana manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A slow jab from Smash Machine misses its intended target.
Vrana instigates a clinch.
Smash Machine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vrana looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vrana dips to his left and cracks Smash Machine with an uppercut!
Vrana throws out a loose jab but Smash Machine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alois Vrana seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smash Machine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vrana on the side of the head.
Vrana tries to clinch up.
Smash Machine half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Vrana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smash Machine tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vrana swivels and escapes.
Smash Machine shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vrana as he jumps to the side.
Vrana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alois Vrana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Smash Machine closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vrana circles away.
Smash Machine dives in and grabs Vrana's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vrana pushes down on Smash Machine's head and hops out.
Vrana flicks out a counter leg kick but Smash Machine steps away.
Vrana pushes Smash Machine away with a front kick.
Vrana instigates a clinch.
Smash Machine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smash Machine looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clinch King Smash Machine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smash Machine is trying to pull guard but Vrana has him pressed against the cage.
Vrana blocks the elbow strike.
Smash Machine fails to pull guard.
Vrana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vrana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vrana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Vrana.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smash Machine obliges.
Vrana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smash Machine has Vrana pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Smash Machine pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Vrana tumbling to the mat - Smash Machine dives into Vrana's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smash Machine trying to control the position from guard on top but Vrana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrana wants to stand up but Smash Machine is controlling him.
Smash Machine controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Smash Machine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vrana wants to stand but Smash Machine is controlling the position.
Vrana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vrana keeping moving, preventing Smash Machine from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vrana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smash Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smash Machine.
Vrana misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vrana moves into the clinch.
Smash Machine looking for a takedown.
Vrana trying to stall but Smash Machine improves his position.
Vrana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vrana throws a punch but it's blocked by Smash Machine.
Vrana looking to slow down the pace here.
Vrana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vrana lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vrana.
Vrana tries a body shot but Smash Machine blocks it.
Smash Machine is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vrana cracks Smash Machine with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smash Machine.
Smash Machine fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smash Machine is trying to force a seperation but Vrana has the dominant position.
Smash Machine is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vrana to keep the fight standing.
Smash Machine lands a good knee to the midsection. Vrana won't want to take too many of those.
Smash Machine has clasped his hands together around Vrana's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Vrana sneaks out the side door and pushes Smash Machine away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the body from Vrana misses
and Smash Machine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vrana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vrana fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice body punch from Vrana.
Smash Machine scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vrana throws Smash Machine to one side and escapes!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Smash Machine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Smash Machine fails with a takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vrana.
Vrana is looking to clinch but Smash Machine is avoiding it.
Vrana wants to clinch.
Vrana throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alois Vrana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vrana 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alois Vrana!
Clinch King Smash Machine spoke after the fight, saying 'I want to thank the fans for the support! We'll be back stronger!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Llewellyn (ranked 1536 p4p, 1018 weight class) and Gus McCrae (ranked 186 p4p, 136 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Llewellyn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Doomsday. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AJ Llewellyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCrae swings for the body but Llewellyn moves out of range.
McCrae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Llewellyn manages to avoid it.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Llewellyn's head but Llewellyn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCrae misses with an uppercut. Llewellyn saw that one coming.
McCrae takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Llewellyn misses the target.
McCrae has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McCrae there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big right from Llewellyn misses.
McCrae swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCrae looks to land a left hand but Llewellyn moved out of range nicely.
Llewellyn misses with an uppercut
and McCrae counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like AJ Llewellyn has been cut.
Llewellyn connects with a crisp jab.
AJ Llewellyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from McCrae.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Llewellyn.
Llewellyn misses the shot to the body.
Llewellyn fails with a takedown attempt.
Llewellyn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McCrae swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae scores with a sloppy right hand. Llewellyn should have avoided that one.
Llewellyn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
Llewellyn misses with a lunging right hand
enabling McCrae to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - McCrae throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCrae ducks under a wild hook from Llewellyn.
Llewellyn throws the left hand but McCrae avoids the punch easily.
Llewellyn swings widly with a right hand
letting McCrae counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Llewellyn misses the target.
McCrae with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Llewellyn to score with a decent uppercut.
Llewellyn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Llewellyn slips a jab from McCrae.
Llewellyn throws a poor cross that misses
and McCrae counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
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!
McCrae gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Llewellyn trying to control the position from guard on top but McCrae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae keeping full guard, as Llewellyn tries to pass.
McCrae wants to sweep here but Llewellyn controlling him for the moment.
Llewellyn works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Llewellyn trying to pass the guard but McCrae defending well.
McCrae wants to improve his position but Llewellyn is controlling well.
Llewellyn tries to pass the half guard into mount. McCrae knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn is looking to take a break and control but McCrae is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McCrae trying to control but Llewellyn postures up.
Llewellyn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McCrae working to try and regain half guard.
Llewellyn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Llewellyn throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn content just to control the position here.
McCrae is squirming around, avoiding Llewellyn's attempts to control the action.
McCrae told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Llewellyn controlling from mount.
Llewellyn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCrae is looking to escape.
McCrae sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Llewellyn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that AJ Llewellyn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on AJ Llewellyn's cut.
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.
Llewellyn throws the left hand but McCrae avoids the punch easily.
McCrae steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Llewellyn.
McCrae throws a jab when Llewellyn was well out of range.
McCrae jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCrae slaps away a takedown attempt from Llewellyn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Llewellyn lands with a hook. McCrae tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice straight punches there by Llewellyn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Llewellyn.
McCrae throws a jab but it's blocked by Llewellyn.
McCrae throws an overhand right that lands on Llewellyn's shoulder, as Llewellyn tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Llewellyn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Llewellyn.
Llewellyn ducks under a wild hook from McCrae.
A jab from Llewellyn misses.
McCrae takes a swing at Llewellyn's ribcage but misses.
McCrae misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Llewellyn.
Llewellyn scores with a takedown into McCrae's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Llewellyn trying to control but McCrae is working from the bottom.
AJ Llewellyn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Llewellyn tries to free his leg and advance position but McCrae is retaining full guard.
Llewellyn looking to sit in guard and control but McCrae gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Llewellyn looking to control but McCrae passes into half guard.
Llewellyn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn has a hand on McCrae's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. McCrae takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Llewellyn is desperately trying to improve his position but McCrae has a good base and remains in mount.
Llewellyn gets back to half guard.
Llewellyn is looking to improve his position.
Llewellyn is pressing down on McCrae's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Llewellyn looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McCrae puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Llewellyn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McCrae decides to stand and escape the position.
McCrae throws a shot from downtown. Llewellyn moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from McCrae.
McCrae on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCrae slips a straight right by Llewellyn.
Llewellyn looks to clinch
and McCrae counters with a stiff right hand.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Llewellyn lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCrae doesn't seem phased though.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Llewellyn.
McCrae throws a hook but Llewellyn avoids it easily.
Llewellyn gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCrae struggling a bit here.
Llewellyn tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Llewellyn is looking to take a break and control but McCrae is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Llewellyn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Llewellyn is looking to take a break and control but McCrae is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gus McCrae will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on AJ Llewellyn'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
McCrae lands a body shot.
Llewellyn scores with a sloppy right hand. McCrae should have avoided that one.
McCrae connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McCrae scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McCrae lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Llewellyn at a distance.
Llewellyn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCrae looks to score with a jab to the body but Llewellyn is just out of range.
Llewellyn slips a jab from McCrae.
Llewellyn moves out of range as McCrae strikes.
McCrae lands an overhand right.
McCrae swings for the body but Llewellyn moves out of range.
McCrae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Llewellyn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Llewellyn throws an overhand right that lands on McCrae's shoulder, as McCrae tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Llewellyn misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewellyn lands a really nice looking cross but McCrae seems unphased.
Llewellyn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCrae.
McCrae ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Llewellyn moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Llewellyn.
Nice uppercut lands for McCrae. That snapped Llewellyn's head back.
McCrae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Llewellyn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No luck for Llewellyn with that takedown attempt.
A shot to the liver by McCrae. Beautiful body shot.
McCrae bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Llewellyn's head.
AJ Llewellyn's cut is getting worse.
McCrae lands a nice hook to Llewellyn's body. Llewellyn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Llewellyn loads up on a big right hand but McCrae slips the punch.
McCrae looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McCrae lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCrae looks to throw the jab but Llewellyn is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Llewellyn finds it's target.
McCrae steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Llewellyn.
Llewellyn shoots for a double leg takedown but McCrae sprawls well. He's pushed Llewellyn's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McCrae throws a looping overhand right but Llewellyn ducks down to avoid it.
McCrae misses the jab.
Llewellyn misses with a left hand
and McCrae counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCrae changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Llewellyn shoots in for a takedown but McCrae shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AJ Llewellyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Llewellyn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McCrae counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCrae displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Llewellyn.
Good exchange - McCrae coming out on top.
Gus McCrae is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Llewellyn misses with a straight right.
Nice shot lands for Llewellyn.
Llewellyn tries for a takedown but McCrae sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McCrae wants it to stay on the feet.
Llewellyn moves out of range as McCrae strikes.
Llewellyn half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Llewellyn dives in for a single leg takedown but McCrae sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
McCrae lands with a light punch inside.
McCrae works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Llewellyn is looking for a takedown.
McCrae lands a knee to the head.
McCrae lands a knee to the head.
Llewellyn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Llewellyn is trying to pull guard but McCrae has him pressed against the cage.
McCrae breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCrae stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Llewellyn blocks a jab.
Llewellyn darts in looking for a takedown but McCrae gets double underhooks and turns Llewellyn into the cage.
McCrae swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCrae escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCrae defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Llewellyn.
Llewellyn misses with a lunging right hand
letting McCrae counter with a right hand.
 Llewellyn is rocked!
McCrae cracks Llewellyn with a hook to the temple - Llewellyn is on wobbly legs here! McCrae swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Llewellyn falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! McCrae wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gus McCrae!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gus McCrae waved his t-shirt featuring Brooklyn Apothecary's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 469 p4p, 3769 weight class) and Gaultier Girard (ranked 59 p4p, 422 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Javier Martinez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Javier Martinez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaultier Girard!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Girard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Martinez pushes Girard up against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Girard blocks the elbow strike.
Girard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Girard can't break the clinch.
Girard tries to stall but Martinez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
The referee is keeping an eye on Martinez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Girard 's eye.
It looks like Gaultier Girard has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Girard blocks an elbow strike.
Girard blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez has Girard pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Martinez.
Girard is trying to pull guard but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martinez seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Martinez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Girard up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Javier Martinez.
Martinez lunges at Girard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Girard's hand.
Martinez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Girard fails with the takedown.
Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Girard breaks from the clinch.
Martinez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Girard's hands.
Girard dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Girard's head and hops out.
Javier Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaultier Girard.
Martinez clinches up with Girard and pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Martinez leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Girard's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Girard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Girard's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girard tries to pull guard but Martinez holds him up against the cage and eventually Girard drops back down to his feet.
Martinez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Girard up against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Girard jumps guard but Martinez stands there with Girard around his waist. Girard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Girard avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Girard blocks the elbow strike.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Girard blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has Girard pressed against the cage.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Girard 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Girard's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Martinez.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez wants a takedown but no success here.
Martinez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Girard up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Girard avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez slows down the pace here.
Martinez gets underhooks to prevent Girard's takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gaultier Girard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Girard misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Girard can do to turn this around?
Girard looks for the body kick but Martinez saw that one coming.
Girard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Girard has his takedown stuffed
and Martinez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Girard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice sprawl there from Martinez as Girard shoots in.
Javier Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaultier Girard.
Girard tries for a takedown but Martinez circles away easily
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
 Girard is rocked!
Martinez rushes Girard and presses him up against the cage.
Girard is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Girard is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez avoiding damage.
Martinez lands an elbow inside that Girard shrugs off.
Girard is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Martinez creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Girard! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Martinez.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Martinez!
Our winner, Javier Martinez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seamus O Brien (ranked 671 p4p, 1192 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 87 p4p, 158 weight class). O Brien comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws a leg kick but O Brien moved away.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It seemed like Silver was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silver scores with a nice head shot.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Brien.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as O Brien is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Silver forces O Brien back against the cage and clinches.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
O Brien tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.
O Brien blocks a body shot from Silver.
O Brien managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
O Brien manages to break the clinch.
Silver connects with a solid leg kick.
Terry Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Silver misses with a shot to the body
and O Brien counters with a three punch combo that has Silver backing up. Silver nods at O Brien to acknowledge the strikes.
We've been told by O Brien's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A cross from O Brien lands.
Silver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Brien was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
O Brien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Brien throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and moves out of range.
O Brien throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Brien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
O Brien throws a big counter combination but Silver scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A shot to the body from O Brien misses
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
O Brien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
O Brien is looking to wear down Silver with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silver throws a leg kick but O Brien sees it coming and checks it nicely.
O Brien appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien jabs at Silver's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Brien is looking to counter punch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but O Brien swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver wants to clinch.
Silver throws a looping overhand right but O Brien ducks down to avoid it.
Silver slips under a jab.
O Brien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Brien stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Brien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver has managed to clinch.
O Brien working hard to break the clinch.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Brien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Brien wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for O Brien.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Brien scores with a nice hook to the head.
O Brien tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing O Brien back against the cage.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver has O Brien pressed against the cage, preventing O Brien from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from O Brien.
O Brien tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Brien blocks a body shot from Silver.
Silver missing with knees to the body.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Brien.
A shot to the liver by Silver. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Silver.
Silver misses with a hook.
Silver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Brien was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
O Brien with a nice calf kick.
Silver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.
O Brien slips a jab and a cross from Silver.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Terry Silver will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
O Brien clobbers Silver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
O Brien lands with an uppercut that bounces Silver off the cage and back into range.
Silver defending well as O Brien loads up on a big left hand.
O Brien swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.
Nice shot by O Brien.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Silver misses.
Silver tries to land a leg kick but O Brien saw it coming and moves away.
O Brien is looking to counter punch.
Silver throws a body punch but O Brien moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver avoids the body shot from O Brien.
O Brien lands a big head kick that sends Silver tumbling to the mat! O Brien takes a step backwards and waves Silver back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Silver is rocked!
It looks like Terry Silver has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien throws a quick head kick that knocks Silver silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! O Brien is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Seamus O Brien!
A less than humble Seamus O Brien misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Kogos (ranked 448 p4p, 931 weight class) and Joey Faolin (ranked 72 p4p, 146 weight class). Faolin has chosen It Ainโt a Crime by House of Pain as his entrance music. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Kogos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faolin slips a straight right by Kogos.
Joey Faolin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kogos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kogos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Faolin misses with a hook. Kogos ducked under it nicely.
Kogos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Faolin misses with a low kick as Kogos jumps back.
Faolin misses with a combination
and Kogos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Faolin can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faolin wants to stand but Kogos is controlling the position.
Kogos wants to control from the top but Faolin keeps moving.
Faolin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kogos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faolin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kogos backwards.
Kogos wants to break free but Faolin has control.
Faolin misses with a body punch.
Kogos misses with a punch on the inside.
Kogos has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Faolin clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Kogos is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Kogos throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Kogos is landing with strikes from the back.
Kogos is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Faolin. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Kogos 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kogos lands with a hammerfist to the side of Faolin's head.
Kogos throwing wild punches that miss their target.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kogos struggling to land strikes to the head as Faolin covers up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Kogos manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Kogos connects with a big shot to the side of Faolin's head.
Kogos landing with strikes.
Faolin covering up well and avoiding damage.
Faolin is trapped and Kogos is scoring with shots to the head and body.
A lull in the action here.
Kogos throwing damaging strikes from the back! Faolin could be in trouble here!
Kogos lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Kogos.
Kogos scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Kogos is punishing Faolin with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kogos missing with strikes from the back.
Faolin is trying to remain composed but Kogos is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Faolin is rocked!
Kogos is landing big shots and Faolin is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Kogos!
A pretty intense looking Paulo Kogos took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kwame Redcliffe (ranked 212 p4p, 209 weight class) and Jacques Turcotte (ranked 36 p4p, 35 weight class). Redcliffe comes to the cage accompanied by Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kwame Redcliffe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turcotte throws a hook but Redcliffe avoids it easily.
As Turcotte backs away, Redcliffe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Redcliffe moves forwards but Turcotte connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Turcotte misses with a hook. Redcliffe ducked under it nicely.
Redcliffe tries to counter by clinching up but Turcotte breaks away and moves out of range.
Turcotte misses with a straight right.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Redcliffe.
Redcliffe scores with a nice strike.
Redcliffe throws a lazy body kick
and Turcotte counters with a one-two to the body.
Redcliffe with a jab.
Turcotte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Redcliffe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turcotte misses with a hook. Redcliffe ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Turcotte checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Redcliffe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turcotte blocks a jab.
Redcliffe drives through and clinches with Turcotte against the cage.
Redcliffe stalling against the cage.
A short right from Turcotte on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with some punches.
A short left from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with some punches.
Redcliffe blocking some punches.
Turcotte misses with a punch on the inside.
Turcotte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe misses with some punches.
Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Redcliffe.
Turcotte defending well as Redcliffe loads up on a big left hand.
Turcotte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Turcotte throws a hook but Redcliffe avoids it easily.
Redcliffe fires out a quick counter leg kick but Turcotte just manages to avoid it.
Turcotte with a jab.
Redcliffe catches Turcotte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Redcliffe misses with a low kick.
Redcliffe defending well as Turcotte loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe misses with a lunging right hand
letting Turcotte counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redcliffe moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte throws a hook but Redcliffe avoids it easily.
Turcotte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Redcliffe throws a low kick, looking for Turcotte's leg but Turcotte calmly moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Turcotte.
A countering left hand to the body from Turcotte misses.
Redcliffe moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte scores with a nice right hand.
Turcotte looks to land a right hand but Redcliffe moved out of range.
Redcliffe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a hook. Redcliffe ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Redcliffe.
Turcotte just misses with a punch to the body.
Turcotte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Redcliffe manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Redcliffe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turcotte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turcotte misses with a body shot.
Turcotte throws the left hand but Redcliffe avoids the punch easily.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Redcliffe counters by moving into the clinch.
Redcliffe stalling.
Redcliffe tries to land knees in the clinch but Turcotte avoids the damage to the body.
Turcotte has a couple of punches blocked by Redcliffe.
Turcotte tries to work over Redcliffe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redcliffe lands with a left to the head.
Redcliffe trying to stall but Turcotte improves his position.
Turcotte has a couple of punches blocked by Redcliffe.
Turcotte misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Redcliffe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Turcotte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redcliffe takes a shot to the head.
Turcotte breaks the clinch.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Redcliffe counters with a nice uppercut.
Redcliffe walks into a stiff left hand from Turcotte.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
Redcliffe tries to work over Turcotte's front leg with a kick but Turcotte checks it.
Jab, jab by Redcliffe - just one landing.
Redcliffe slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Turcotte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Redcliffe with a nice calf kick.
Redcliffe throws a hook but Turcotte blocks it.
Turcotte misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turcotte moves out of range as Redcliffe strikes.
Redcliffe staying out of range there.
That kick from Redcliffe tenderised Turcotte's leg. Turcotte is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Redcliffe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Redcliffe is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turcotte.
The fight stays on the outside here - Redcliffe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte 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.
A jab from Turcotte misses.
Turcotte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Redcliffe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Redcliffe staying out of range there.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Redcliffe moves away.
Redcliffe tries to close the distance and clinch but Turcotte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Turcotte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Redcliffe throws a right hand that misses
and Turcotte counters with a series of strikes. Redcliffe will be more careful next time no doubt.
Turcotte might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Turcotte closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Turcotte fails to land with a series of punches.
Redcliffe staying out of range there.
Redcliffe cracks Turcotte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Redcliffe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
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!
Redcliffe slips under a jab.
Redcliffe scores with a nice head shot.
Turcotte swats away the attempt to clinch by Redcliffe.
Turcotte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Turcotte.
Redcliffe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Redcliffe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Redcliffe throws a big shot that misses.
Turcotte lands a nice looking body shot.
Turcotte ducks under a wild hook from Redcliffe.
A big left from Redcliffe misses.
Decent striking displayed by Turcotte there.
Redcliffe slips under a jab from Turcotte.
Redcliffe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Turcotte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Redcliffe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Redcliffe thumps Turcotte with a low kick.
Redcliffe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Redcliffe tenderised Turcotte's leg. Turcotte is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe slips a jab from Turcotte.
Turcotte moves out of range of the strikes.
Redcliffe misses with an uppercut
letting Turcotte counter with a right hand.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Redcliffe moves out of range.
Turcotte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Redcliffe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redcliffe throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Turcotte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kwame Redcliffe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Redcliffe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turcotte ducks under a wild hook from Redcliffe.
Turcotte throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Redcliffe to counter with a crisp jab.
Redcliffe swings widly with a right hand
letting Turcotte counter with a right hand.
Turcotte misses with a double jab.
Turcotte lands a right hook to the body.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Redcliffe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
A little feinted left hand from Redcliffe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Redcliffe lands with a shot to the body.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Redcliffe saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Redcliffe.
Redcliffe digs a good hook to Turcotte's body.
Redcliffe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Redcliffe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turcotte lands with a right hand.
Turcotte takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Redcliffe lands with an overhand left.
Turcotte misses with a lunging right hand
and Redcliffe counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redcliffe throws a big shot that misses.
Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redcliffe.
Turcotte misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte's jab looks to have found its range, popping Redcliffe under the eye.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Turcotte swinging wildly here.
Turcotte lands a nice shot to the body.
Redcliffe throws a leg kick
and Turcotte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Redcliffe throws a shot from downtown. Turcotte moves away and avoids it.
Redcliffe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Turcotte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turcotte throws an overhand right that lands on Redcliffe's shoulder, as Redcliffe tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turcotte connects with a body shot that sends Redcliffe's belly button to the back.
Redcliffe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turcotte checks it well.
Redcliffe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Turcotte finds it's way round the side to connect with Redcliffe's head.
Turcotte throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Redcliffe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Turcotte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Redcliffe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Redcliffe.
Redcliffe pushes Turcotte up against the cage in a clinch.
Turcotte throws a punch but it's blocked by Redcliffe.
Redcliffe scores with a shoulder strike.
Turcotte swings wildly with an uppercut but Redcliffe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redcliffe lands a nice uppercut.
Redcliffe tries to work over Turcotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turcotte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redcliffe backwards.
Turcotte throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Redcliffes head.
Turcotte tries to break free but Redcliffe pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redcliffe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turcotte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Redcliffe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redcliffe misses with a punch on the inside.
Redcliffe lands a body punch in the clinch.
Redcliffe lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jacques Turcotte has been cut.
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!
Turcotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redcliffe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turcotte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redcliffe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Redcliffe misses with a body punch.
Redcliffe has Turcotte pressed against the cage, preventing Turcotte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Redcliffe blocks a body shot from Turcotte.
Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redcliffe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Turcotte throws a hook but Redcliffe blocks it.
Turcotte fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Redcliffe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turcotte.
As Turcotte backs away, Redcliffe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Turcotte wants to clinch.
Redcliffe misses with an uppercut
and Turcotte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turcotte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Redcliffe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redcliffe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turcotte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turcotte ducks right into an uppercut from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe throws a sloppy head kick and Turcotte moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Turcotte on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Turcotte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Redcliffe misses with a lunging right hand
and Turcotte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Redcliffe throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
Redcliffe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Redcliffe walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turcotte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turcotte.
Turcotte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turcotte. Redcliffe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turcotte lands a jab.
Turcotte lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turcotte looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Redcliffe staying out of range there.
Redcliffe forces Turcotte back against the cage and clinches.
Turcotte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turcotte throws a hook to the side of Redcliffe's head but Redcliffe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turcotte cracks a nice hook into Redcliffe's ribs.
Redcliffe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Redcliffe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Redcliffe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Redcliffe throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
It seemed like Turcotte was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Redcliffe throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
Redcliffe forces Turcotte back against the cage and clinches.
A hook to the body from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe can't find room to land a body shot as Turcotte controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Turcotte as the two fighters clinch.
Kwame Redcliffe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Redcliffe misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe tries to throw a body punch but Turcotte avoids it by throwing Redcliffe back against the cage.
Turcotte is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turcotte.
Turcotte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Turcotte.
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!
Redcliffe missing with knees to the body.
Redcliffe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Turcotte.
Redcliffe prevents a body shot from Turcotte.
Redcliffe lands with a right to the head.
Redcliffe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turcotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redcliffe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redcliffe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe tries to land a knee to the head but Turcotte blocks with his arms.
Turcotte blocks a body shot from Redcliffe.
Turcotte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kwame Redcliffe.
I think Turcotte 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Turcotte!
The defeated Kwame Redcliffe had this to say: 'You're lucky I like your mumma!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wally Kruschev (ranked 78 p4p, 392 weight class) and Jesus Christ Karter (ranked 10 p4p, 61 weight class). Kruschev comes to the cage accompanied by Pissed Off and Mad About it (Texas Hippie Coalition). Wally Kruschev has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Wally Kruschev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesus Christ Karter!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruschev loads up on a big right hand but Karter slips the punch.
Karter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kruschev is looking for a sweep.
Karter working the ground and pound.
Kruschev is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Karter is controlling him well.
Kruschev tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Karter working the ground and pound but Kruschev is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Karter are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter wants to control but Kruschev is keeping him busy.
Karter just content to control the position.
Karter wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kruschev, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev gets back to half guard.
Karter stops Kruschev from getting back to his feet.
Karter working Kruschev over with strikes.
Kruschev gets back to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Karter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kruschev keeping moving, preventing Karter from controlling successfully.
Kruschev looking for a sweep. Not yet Kruschev, not yet.
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.
Kruschev wriggles free and stands up.
Karter throws an overhand right that lands on Kruschev's shoulder, as Kruschev tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Kruschev misses the target.
Wally Kruschev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karter throws a series of punches but Kruschev avoids them all with ease.
Karter lands with a shot to the body.
Kruschev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kruschev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kruschev throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Karter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kruschev.
Some bone on bone action there as Karter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kruschev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Karter instigates a clinch.
Karter tries to throw a body punch but Kruschev avoids it by throwing Karter back against the cage.
Kruschev lands with a right to the head.
Karter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karter can't get the takedown.
Kruschev lands a hook that snaps the head of Karter backwards.
Kruschev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kruschev misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter pulls guard successfully.
Kruschev trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Karter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Karter looking for a guillotine here but Kruschev defends easily.
Kruschev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karter is keeping the position for now.
Karter seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kruschev controlling from the top position.
Kruschev wants to control from the top but Karter keeps moving.
Kruschev is really struggling to control Karter but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Karter connects with an inside leg kick.
Karter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kruschev. Kruschev obviously looking to wear him down.
Karter misses with a leg kick.
Kruschev tries a low kick but Karter avoids it.
Karter connects with a leg kick.
Karter walks into a left hand.
Karter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kruschev.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wally Kruschev will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kruschev stuns Karter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kruschev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Karter.
Good exchange - Karter coming out on top.
Kruschev throws a jab when Karter was well out of range.
Karter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Karter tries to clinch but Kruschev moves out of range.
A big right from Karter misses.
Karter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kruschev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That kick from Karter tenderised Kruschev's leg. Kruschev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Karter takes one to the side of the head.
Karter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
Karter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Karter avoids the body shot from Kruschev.
Kruschev misses with a wild body shot.
Karter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karter misses with a straight right.
Kruschev lands with an overhand left.
Kruschev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kruschev throws a leg kick but Karter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Karter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kruschev feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Karter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kruschev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karter.
Kruschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Karter is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karter staying out of range there.
Wally Kruschev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karter swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Karter tries to land a leg kick but Kruschev saw it coming and moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kruschev misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Kruschev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karter only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Karter just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kruschev.
Karter is looking to chop away at Kruschev's legs.
Kruschev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karter is out of range and Kruschev settles back down.
Karter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Karter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kruschev lands a jab.
Kruschev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wally Kruschev is winning the standup battle so far.
Kruschev blocks a jab.
As Karter backs away, Kruschev returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kruschev misses with a low kick.
Karter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Karter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruschev blocks a jab.
Kruschev misses with a series of wild punches.
Kruschev misses with a hook. Karter ducked under it nicely.
Karter has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kruschev misses with a hook. Karter ducked under it nicely.
Kruschev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Karter moves out of range as Kruschev strikes.
Kruschev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruschev slips a jab from Karter.
Karter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruschev was well out of range. Poor timing from Karter.
It looked like Kruschev was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Karter.
Kruschev misses with a straight right.
Karter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kruschev looks to land a right hand but Karter moved out of range.
Karter lands a jab.
Kruschev throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kruschev has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Karter has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Karter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kruschev's elbow.
Karter tries to pull guard but Kruschev forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Karter pushes Kruschev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karter tries to work over Kruschev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev throws an elbow but it misses.
Karter misses with a punch to the body.
Kruschev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kruschev breaks the clinch.
Kruschev is looking to slow Karter down with leg kicks.
Karter needs to keep his hands up - Kruschev had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Kruschev finds it's way through Karter's defenses.
Karter throws a wild body kick that Kruschev sees coming a mile off.
Kruschev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruschev throws a head kick but Karter moves out of range.
A big left from Karter misses.
Karter takes a swing at Kruschev's ribcage but misses.
Jab by Kruschev.
Sloppy strikes from Kruschev. Those never looked like landing.
Karter misses with a wild body shot.
Kruschev scoring well with a low kick there.
Karter takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karter throws a good cross that connects.
Kruschev gets tackled into the cage by Karter. Karter maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kruschev backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Karter.
Kruschev lands a body shot.
Kruschev misses with the head strike.
Karter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kruschev fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Karter as the two fighters clinch.
Kruschev gets underhooks to prevent Karter's takedown attempt.
Karter struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruschev controls his hands.
A short right from Karter on the inside.
Kruschev lands a right hand.
Kruschev takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruschev misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Karter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Karter.
Kruschev can't find room to land a body shot as Karter controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Karter as the two fighters clinch.
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 Wally Kruschev will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Karter throws a sloppy head kick and Kruschev moves out of range easily.
Kruschev throws a leg kick
letting Karter counter with a right hand.
Karter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karter.
Kruschev wants to land a leg kick but Karter is out of range.
Karter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Karter lands a head shot.
Karter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruschev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karter.
Karter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kruschev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kruschev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kruschev connects with a solid leg kick.
Kruschev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karter's head.
Kruschev defending well as Karter loads up on a big left hand.
Karter throws a hook but Kruschev blocks it.
Karter takes a swing at Kruschev's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy right hand. Karter should have avoided that one.
Karter shoots in and bounces Kruschev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Karter trying to move into half guard but instead Kruschev has managed to sweep!
Kruschev will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Kruschev has passed into half guard!
Karter is staying active underneath Kruschev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kruschev perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Karter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Karter keeping moving, preventing Kruschev from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Karter has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kruschev 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 Karter.
Karter tries to improve position but can't.
Kruschev trying to control the action but Karter is working from the bottom.
Kruschev wants to control for a moment but Karter uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Kruschev wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Karter has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kruschev trying to control the action but Karter is working from the bottom.
Kruschev tries to pass to full mount but Karter defends it.
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.
Karter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kruschev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kruschev's back!
Kruschev wants to get back to his feet.
Karter keeps control of the position as Kruschev tries to break free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruschev covers up after that shot from Karter.
Karter lands shots from the back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kruschev tries to roll but Karter sticks to his back.
Kruschev grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Christ Karter really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Karter checks a low kick from Kruschev.
Karter throws a leg kick but Kruschev checks it.
Kruschev is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kruschev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karter swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Karter throws a big shot that misses.
Karter is looking to chop away at Kruschev's legs.
Karter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Karter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Karter slips under a jab from Kruschev.
Karter throws the kick towards the body but Kruschev avoids it.
Kruschev throws a body punch but Karter moves out of range.
Kruschev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karter.
Karter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kruschev stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karter scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruschev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Karter.
Karter moves out of range as Kruschev strikes.
Kruschev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Karter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kruschev misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruschev is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Karter.
Karter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kruschev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruschev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karter.
Kruschev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kruschev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruschev.
Karter blocks a jab.
Karter ducks under a wild hook from Kruschev.
Kruschev misses with an uppercut. Karter saw that one coming.
Karter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kruschev throws out the jab.
Kruschev has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Karter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Karter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruschev.
Karter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruschev.
Karter with the counter takedown but Kruschev avoids it easily.
Kruschev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karter manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Karter misses its intended target.
Karter swinging wildly here.
Kruschev throws a jab when Karter was well out of range.
Nice shot lands for Kruschev.
Karter looks to land a combination. Kruschev sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter connects with a nice looking jab.
Kruschev throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kruschev throws out a loose jab but Karter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruschev throws a chopping leg kick but Karter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kruschev throws a body shot but no joy.
Kruschev defending well as Karter loads up on a big left hand.
Kruschev throws a solid leg kick but Karter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kruschev.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karter! But no joy.
Kruschev throws a shot to the body.
Karter closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kruschev did well to prevent Karter getting side control.
Karter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kruschev keeps working.
Karter trying to control the pace.
Karter is looking to take a break and control but Kruschev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter wants to free his trapped foot but Kruschev is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kruschev looking for submissions off his back.
Kruschev slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jesus Christ Karter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karter sitting in guard here, content to control.
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.
Karter wants to pass the guard but Kruschev is keeping the position.
Karter postures up in Kruschev's guard and throws a big left but Kruschev blocks it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kruschev looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
A head kick by Kruschev misses
and Karter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruschev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karter in his tracks.
Karter looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruschev is just out of range.
Kruschev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karter was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruschev.
Kruschev avoids the body shot from Karter.
Karter scores with a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Kruschev. No joy for Karter on that attempt.
Karter throws a nice looking combination but Kruschev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruschev lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Christ Karter dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kruschev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karter is out of range and Kruschev settles back down.
Karter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruschev.
Kruschev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kruschev scores with a sloppy right hand. Karter should have avoided that one.
Karter swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Kruschev as he connects with a hook.
Karter cracks Kruschev with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kruschev swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kruschev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kruschev scrambles back to his feet.
Karter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Karter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruschev moves away.
Kruschev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karter can pounce on him.
Karter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kruschev at a distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Kruschev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kruschev blocks the body kick.
Kruschev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Karter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Karter avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev swings for the body but Karter moves out of range.
Kruschev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karter's hands.
Kruschev takes a swing at Karter's ribcage but misses.
Kruschev looks to land a right hand but Karter moved out of range.
Kruschev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karter swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Karter.
Kruschev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kruschev throws a leg kick
and Karter counters with a single leg into guard. Kruschev didn't expect that.
Karter wants to control from the top but Kruschev keeps moving.
Karter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Karter wants to control from the top but Kruschev keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kruschev holds on and takes a little breather.
Kruschev working for a triangle but Karter defends it easily.
Karter won't allow Kruschev to get back to his feet.
Kruschev is pulling down on Karter's head to control his posture.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kruschev throws a hook to the side of Karter's head but Karter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev is looking to score with low kicks.
Kruschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karter moves away.
Kruschev throws a hook to the side of Karter's head but Karter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karter lands a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kruschev lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Karter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Karter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kruschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Karter is just out of range.
Karter throws a head kick that Kruschev semi-blocks.
Kruschev is looking to chop away at Karter's legs.
Karter checks a low kick from Kruschev.
Kruschev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruschev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karter manages to avoid it.
Karter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kruschev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karter scrambles back to his feet.
Karter scores with a takedown into Kruschev's guard.
Kruschev keeping moving, preventing Karter from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev controlling the position.
Kruschev uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jesus Christ Karter.
Well Karter 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 47:48
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 45:50
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Christ Karter!
Jesus Christ Karter is the new lightweight champion!
Jesus Christ Karter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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