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HFC 64:Hassan vs Mogh PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xigua Tou (ranked 5276 p4p, 3129 weight class) and Chris Griffin (ranked 472 p4p, 355 weight class). Tou comes into the arena with Gwen Stacy - Gone Fishing. See You In A Year. blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Xigua Tou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin connects with a high kick.
Jab by Griffin.
Tou shoots in for a takedown but Griffin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Griffin sprawls well. Griffin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tou gets slowly back to his feet.
Griffin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tou.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xigua Tou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Griffin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tou manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tou tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griffin swivels and escapes.
Griffin jabs Tou right on the nose. Tou blinks but takes it well.
Griffin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin managing to control the position.
We've been hearing that Tou 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.
Tou seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tou pushing down on Griffin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tou is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Griffin trying to control from the bottom.
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.
Griffin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Griffin shoots in and bounces Tou off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Griffin stopping the sweep attempt from Tou.
Griffin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Griffin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Griffin won't allow Tou to sweep him here.
Tou is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Griffin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tou is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tou wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
Griffin manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Griffin breaks the clinch.
Tou has his takedown stuffed
and Griffin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
 It looks like Xigua Tou has been cut.
Tou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Griffin as he jumps to the side.
Griffin digs a good hook to Tou's body.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a hook.
Good leg kick by Griffin.
Tou shoots in but no luck this time.
Xigua Tou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Griffin - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tou shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griffin tries to keep at a distance but Tou has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tou tries to pull guard but Griffin holds him up against the cage and eventually Tou drops back down to his feet.
Griffin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Tou uses from the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xigua Tou'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.
Tou fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Griffin throws a big counter head kick but Tou avoids it with no problem.
Griffin moves into the clinch.
Griffin stops a takedown attempt from Tou.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chris Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tou with a lazy takedown attempt
and Griffin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xigua Tou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin with a nice cross.
Griffin scores with a head kick.
Tou sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tou takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a leg kick.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tou is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griffin working over Tou with some ground and pound. Tou looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Griffin tries to stand and escape but Tou is controlling the position.
Tou wants to improve his position but Griffin is controlling well.
Griffin wants to stand up but Tou is controlling the position.
Griffin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin drops an elbow to the side of Tou's head.
Tou is staying active underneath Griffin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Griffin misses with a head shot. Tou uses the momentum to regain guard.
Griffin stands and steps away. Tou gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tou drives through with a takedown into Griffin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tou won't allow Griffin to get back to his feet.
Tou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tou throwing strikes from guard but Griffin blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Griffin is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tou utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tou is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Griffin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tou throws his legs up looking for a submission but Griffin uses it to pass to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Griffin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tou is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tou is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Griffin off and has taken his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tou scores with punches and elbows.
Griffin trying to control but not successfully.
Tou is trying to stick to Griffin's back but Griffin is turning into Tou. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tou's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Griffin.
Griffin stands up and waves to Tou to follow him.
Griffin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tou in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin throws out a powerful jab.
Tou with a poor takedown
and Griffin counters with a nice uppercut.
Tou has his takedown stuffed
and Griffin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Xigua Tou's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin lands a big head kick that sends Tou tumbling to the mat! Griffin takes a step backwards and waves Tou back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Tou is rocked!
A thudding body kick lands there by Griffin!
Oh Tou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griffin connects with a stiff jab that staggers Tou - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Chris Griffin!
Chris Griffin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Severus Segamar (ranked 3893 p4p, 2953 weight class) and Gordon Garcia (ranked 258 p4p, 197 weight class). Gordon Garcia has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Severus Segamar's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Severus Segamar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gordon Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Segamar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Segamar throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Garcia shoots and misses
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Segamar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Segamar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Segamar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Segamar circles away and keeps his distance.
Segamar takes one on the button.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Segamar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Segamar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Segamar keeps the fight on the outside.
Segamar lands a slapping body shot.
Segamar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garcia with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Garcia lands a head shot.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Segamar.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Segamar keeps it at a distance.
Segamar throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It seemed like Garcia was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab from Segamar.
Severus Segamar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Segamar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Segamar is avoiding it.
Segamar swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Segamar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Segamar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Segamar is avoiding it.
Segamar walks into a straight right hand from Garcia.
Segamar looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Garcia defending well as Segamar loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segamar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Segamar throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Garcia steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Segamar.
Segamar looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Segamar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Garcia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garcia manages to break the clinch.
Segamar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Segamar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia has closed the distance and engaged Segamar in a clinch.
Garcia has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Segamar after a bit of a struggle.
Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Segamar.
Segamar misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia defending well as Segamar loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia closes the distance and pushes Segamar back into the cage.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Segamar is trying to break the clinch but Garcia is controlling him.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Segamar is rocked!
Garcia lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Segamar out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Gordon Garcia!
A victorious Gordon Garcia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Allan John Villanil (ranked 2127 p4p, 2812 weight class) and Bruno Dias (ranked 148 p4p, 191 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Allan John Villanil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Dias!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villanil shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dias's guard.
Dias not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Villanil forces his way into half guard.
Dias is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Villanil wants to work for an arm triangle but Dias is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dias is controlling Villanil's trapped leg to prevent Villanil from advancing to side control.
Dias works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dias 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.
Villanil trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dias manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Villanil manages to get himself to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dias's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villanil is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villanil working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dias.
Villanil definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dias throwing strikes but missing.
Dias in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dias throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Villanil works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Villanil controlling the position.
Dias postures up in Villanil's guard and throws a big left but Villanil blocks it.
Dias postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Villanil seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
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.
Dias decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Allan John Villanil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villanil misses with a takedown attempt - Dias sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Villanil fails with a takedown attempt.
Dias throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Villanil goes for a double leg but Dias avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dias continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan John Villanil. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dias misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dias misses with a punch on the inside.
Villanil tries to pull guard but Dias forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Villanil tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Villanil tries to pull guard but Dias holds him up against the cage and eventually Villanil drops back down to his feet.
Dias tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Villanil's elbow.
Dias misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias taking a breather.
Villanil fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dias is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Villanil is keeping busy.
Dias lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Villanil pulls Dias into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dias working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dias throwing strikes from guard but Villanil blocks nicely.
Dias trying to control but Villanil is working from the bottom.
We've been informed that Dias has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Villanil throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dias postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Villanil is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dias, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias is adopting a defensive guard.
Dias trying to keep a closed guard but Villanil is proving a slippery customer.
Dias wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Villanil is now in half guard.
Villanil stops Dias from getting back to his feet.
Dias gets back to full guard.
Villanil won't allow Dias to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villanil drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villanil jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Villanil stopping the sweep attempt from Dias.
Dias has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Villanil thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bruno Dias will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Villanil shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dias pinned against the cage. Dias gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Villanil shoots for a double leg takedown but Dias sprawls well. He's pushed Villanil's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dias dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Villanil. That did some damage!
Dias keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dias let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan John Villanil. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dias fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dias throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dias rushes Villanil and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dias throws a head punch that misses.
Villanil is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dias to keep the fight standing.
Dias is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Villanil tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dias cracks Villanil with a nice body shot.
Villanil is trying to pull guard but Dias has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias tries to work over Villanil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Villanil fails to pull guard.
Villanil is trying to pull guard but Dias has him pressed against the cage.
Dias controlling the action here for a moment.
Dias scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dias tries a body shot but Villanil blocks it.
Villanil is trying to pull guard but Dias turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dias makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Villanil jumps guard but Dias turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Villanil has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dias uses from the top position.
Dias wants to control from the top but Villanil keeps moving.
Dias throwing strikes from guard but Villanil blocks nicely.
Villanil not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Dias throwing strikes but missing.
Dias postures up and lands a big shot to Villanil's brow.
Dias trying to control the position from guard on top but Villanil is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Villanil might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dias tries to free his leg and advance position but Villanil is retaining full guard.
Dias postures up in Villanil's guard and throws a big left but Villanil blocks it.
Dias throws a sloppy strike and Villanil has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Dias is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Villanil!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Allan John Villanil!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Seal (ranked 1390 p4p, 1436 weight class) and Yaroslav Rurik (ranked 101 p4p, 109 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Seal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yaroslav Rurik!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Rurik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.
Seal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rurik swings widly with a right hand
and Seal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rurik throws a low kick, looking for Seal's leg but Seal calmly moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seal checks a leg kick.
Rurik misses with a hook
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Rurik. That snapped Seal's head back.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rurik counters with a thumping low kick.
Rurik lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal moves out of range of the body kick from Rurik.
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Rurik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rurik misses with a body shot.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Rurik counters with a nice kick to the body.
Seal avoids a kick to the body.
Rurik tries a head kick but it misses.
Rurik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rurik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rurik throws a looping overhand right but Seal ducks down to avoid it.
Seal scores with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Seal.
Seal misses with a straight left.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal cracks Rurik with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rurik misses with a double jab.
Seal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rurik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Seal. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rurik takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal lands a jab to Rurik's midsection.
Seal lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Rurik.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal slips a jab from Rurik.
Seal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rurik.
Rurik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rurik scores with a push kick.
Nice shot lands for Seal.
Rurik with the inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Rurik.
A jab from Seal finds it's way through Rurik's defenses.
 Rurik is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seal lands a hook that stumbles Rurik back into the cage. Seal follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Rurik to the canvas! Seal pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Rurik has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Seal!
A victorious Matt Seal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toni Camacho (ranked 1782 p4p, 2854 weight class) and Viktor Dragan (ranked 97 p4p, 142 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Toni Camacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Viktor Dragan!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Dragan misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Camacho misses the target.
Dragan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Camacho just misses with a punch to the body.
Camacho moves out of range of the strikes.
Camacho throws a jab when Dragan was well out of range.
Camacho lands a lovely overhand right.
 It looks like Viktor Dragan has been cut.
Dragan scores with a punch to the head.
Dragan moves out of range as Camacho strikes.
Camacho connects with a body shot that sends Dragan's belly button to the back.
Dragan blocks a jab.
Dragan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Camacho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragan throws out the jab.
Camacho looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice jab there from Camacho.
Camacho changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camacho connects with a body shot.
Camacho lands a nice looking body shot.
Camacho connects with a crisp jab.
Camacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Camacho misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dragan.
Camacho throws the left hand but Dragan avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Camacho misses the target.
It seemed like Dragan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dragan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Camacho.
Dragan lands a jab to the head.
Camacho scores with a three punch combo!
Dragan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Camacho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dragan misses with a looping left.
Dragan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheers as Camacho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dragan doesn't seem phased though.
That has opened up Viktor Dragan's cut even more.
A jab from Camacho misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Camacho throws out a powerful jab.
Camacho lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dragan at a distance.
Camacho misses with a hook.
Camacho misses with a looping right.
Camacho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dragan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho misses the jab.
Camacho throws the left hand but Dragan avoids the punch easily.
Camacho lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Camacho thuds a left hand into Dragan's body.
Camacho scores with a jab to the jaw.
The cut above Viktor Dragan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Camacho comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Camacho connects with a right hand. Dragan shakes it off.
A punch combination from Camacho misses.
Dragan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Toni Camacho has been cut.
Camacho scores with a one two! Dragan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Viktor Dragan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Camacho digs a good hook to Dragan's body.
Dragan looks winded!
Camacho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Viktor Dragan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Toni Camacho!
Toni Camacho spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Viktor Dragan had this to say: 'First of all, thank you so much for coming out today and witness our match. I didn't get the win today, but I will comeback stronger and win my next match.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Macaco (ranked 1942 p4p, 1770 weight class) and Marlon Raynard (ranked 266 p4p, 246 weight class). Macaco's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Can’t Touch This. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Macaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlon Raynard!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raynard closes the distance and pushes Macaco back into the cage.
Macaco has a couple of punches blocked by Raynard.
Macaco lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Raynard - that landed with a thud.
Raynard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raynard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Macaco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raynard's defenses.
It looks like Marlon Raynard has been cut.
Macaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Raynard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macaco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macaco misses with a punch to the body.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard jumps guard but Macaco turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Raynard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Macaco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Raynard doesn't seem phased though.
Macaco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raynard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Macaco catches Raynard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raynard wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raynard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Raynard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick from Macaco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raynard doesn't manage to clinch there - Macaco circles away.
It looked like Macaco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raynard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raynard tries to clinch there but Macaco circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Macaco.
Macaco motions for Raynard to come forward. Macaco throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raynard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raynard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Macaco connects with an inside leg kick.
Macaco misses with an uppercut.
Raynard missing with a left hand there. Macaco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Macaco throwing a counter right hand but Raynard manages to avoid it.
Raynard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macaco.
Macaco appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Raynard checks a leg kick.
Raynard checks a low kick from Macaco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco lands a glancing blow to the side of Raynard's head.
Diego Macaco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raynard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Macaco throws a sloppy head kick and Raynard moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macaco delivers a nice body kick.
Macaco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raynard.
Raynard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Raynard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Macaco is defending well.
Macaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Macaco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raynard jumps guard but Macaco stands there with Raynard around his waist. Raynard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diego Macaco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlon Raynard.
Raynard tries to score a body lock takedown but Macaco shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Raynard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Macaco stops a takedown attempt from Raynard.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Macaco seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Raynard can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Macaco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Macaco throws an elbow but it misses.
Macaco working aggressively here.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco misses with an elbow strike.
Raynard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raynard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raynard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raynard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macaco prevents the takedown attempt.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Raynard prevents a body shot from Macaco.
A right hand to the body from Macaco.
Raynard fails to pull guard.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco lands an elbow just above Raynard 's eye.
Macaco tries to work over Raynard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco lands an elbow that stopped Raynard in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Macaco lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Marlon Raynard's cut even more.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macaco is leaning against Raynard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raynard lands an uppercut.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macaco pushes Raynard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Raynard takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaco works on Raynard's body with a couple of short punches.
Macaco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raynard is trying to break the clinch but Macaco is controlling him.
Raynard prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Macaco lands a hook that snaps the head of Raynard backwards.
The cut above Marlon Raynard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short left from Macaco.
Macaco tries to work over Raynard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Raynard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Raynard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Macaco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Macaco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Raynard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Macaco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Macaco fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Raynard.
Macaco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raynard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Raynard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Macaco counters with a stiff right hand.
Macaco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Macaco throws a leg kick but Raynard checks it.
Raynard rushes Macaco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raynard dodges an elbow strike from Macaco.
Raynard takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaco lands an elbow inside that Raynard shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Macaco.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Macaco.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco lands an elbow just above Raynard 's eye.
Marlon Raynard's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco holds him up against the cage and eventually Raynard drops back down to his feet.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Raynard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
I was talking to Macaco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard avoids a wild elbow strike from Macaco.
Raynard is trying to pull guard but Macaco has him pressed against the cage.
Raynard breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Macaco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick lands for Macaco.
Diego Macaco is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from Macaco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco lands a jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marlon Raynard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diego Macaco!
During a confident post fight interview, Diego Macaco thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Romero (ranked 662 p4p, 1793 weight class) and Dan Diego (ranked 59 p4p, 158 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernesto Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Diego!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero moves into the clinch successfully.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Diego's head.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Romero's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Romero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romero breaks from the clinch.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romero moves in looking to clinch but Diego pushes him off.
Diego appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diego looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Romero has Diego up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero manages to break the clinch.
Romero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diego manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romero rushes Diego and presses him up against the cage.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands an uppercut.
Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Diego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diego! But no joy.
Romero clinches up against the cage.
Romero breaks the clinch.
Romero tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego keeps the fight on the outside.
Diego looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ernesto Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero wants to clinch
and Diego counters with a nice body shot.
Romero moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero wants to clinch.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romero with a body shot.
Romero clinches with his opponent.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego tries to break free but Romero pushes him back against the cage.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Romero is controlling him.
Romero misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero has Diego up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romero.
Romero lands a right hand.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Romero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Romero is looking to clinch but Diego is avoiding it.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romero has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero misses with some punches.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Donk. Romero catches Diego right on the button with a cross.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Diego was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romero darts in trying to clinch
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Romero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Diego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks right into an uppercut from Romero.
Romero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romero wants to clinch.
Romero cracks Diego with a good jab.
Romero looks to clinch
and Diego counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Romero tries to clinch
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diego's hands.
Romero wants to clinch.
Romero moves into range and clinches up with Diego.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero breaks from the clinch.
Diego takes one to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Diego 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego can't break the clinch.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Romero dominated that second round.
That's time! Romero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Romero moves to clinch but Diego breaks away
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romero with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab by Romero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero closes the distance and clinches.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Romero misses with some punches.
Ernesto Romero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diego working hard to break the clinch.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diego blocking some punches.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diego can do to turn this around?
Diego is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romero misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Ernesto Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego is trying to force a seperation but Romero has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Romero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego tries to keep at a distance but Romero has taken the fight into the clinch.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Diego blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
A short uppercut from Romero.
It looks like Dan Diego has been cut.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romero has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Diego has had enough of the clinch but Romero keeps him there for the moment.
Dan Diego has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Romero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Romero, 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Romero!
Our winner, Ernesto Romero, 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 Mark Rapheal (ranked 313 p4p, 773 weight class) and Petr Kuzmitch (ranked 45 p4p, 102 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Rapheal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petr Kuzmitch!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuzmitch throws a body punch but Rapheal moves out of range.
Kuzmitch thumps Rapheal with a low kick.
Kuzmitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rapheal.
Kuzmitch throws a body shot but no joy.
Rapheal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuzmitch counters with a nice uppercut.
Rapheal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuzmitch takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rapheal scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kuzmitch doesn't seem bothered though.
Rapheal ducks under a wild hook from Kuzmitch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmitch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rapheal misses with a hook.
Kuzmitch is looking for the big counter here.
Rapheal takes a swing at Kuzmitch's ribcage but misses.
Rapheal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kuzmitch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rapheal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuzmitch! But no joy.
Kuzmitch misses with a body shot.
Kuzmitch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rapheal moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmitch connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuzmitch misses with a wild body shot.
Kuzmitch blocks a jab.
Kuzmitch was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rapheal misses with a hook to the body
and Kuzmitch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kuzmitch misses with a looping left.
Rapheal takes a swing at Kuzmitch's ribcage but misses.
Rapheal digs a good hook to Kuzmitch's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuzmitch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rapheal was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rapheal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuzmitch moves away.
Kuzmitch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kuzmitch misses with a body shot.
Rapheal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuzmitch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuzmitch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kuzmitch slips under a jab from Rapheal.
Rapheal misses with a right hand
enabling Kuzmitch to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal misses with a hook to the body
and Kuzmitch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuzmitch misses with a low kick.
Kuzmitch slips a jab from Rapheal.
Kuzmitch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kuzmitch connects with a nice looking jab.
Kuzmitch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Rapheal was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kuzmitch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rapheal throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuzmitch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Kuzmitch throws a jab when Rapheal was well out of range.
Rapheal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petr Kuzmitch dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kuzmitch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuzmitch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Petr Kuzmitch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kuzmitch scores with a jab to the head.
Kuzmitch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kuzmitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuzmitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some bone on bone action there as Rapheal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rapheal swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kuzmitch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmitch misses with a shot to the body
and Rapheal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kuzmitch thinking.
Kuzmitch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rapheal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kuzmitch loads up on a big right hand but Rapheal slips the punch.
As Kuzmitch tries to get set, Rapheal tries to push him back and clinch up but Kuzmitch manages to avoid the attempt.
Kuzmitch throws out a loose jab but Rapheal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuzmitch lands a jab to the head.
Kuzmitch throws out a loose jab but Rapheal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rapheal is looking to counter the offense by Kuzmitch and move into the clinch.
Rapheal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Kuzmitch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kuzmitch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kuzmitch scores with a jab to the head.
Kuzmitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rapheal.
Kuzmitch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rapheal misses with a body shot.
Kuzmitch has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kuzmitch on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuzmitch tries to land a leg kick but Rapheal saw it coming and moves away.
Rapheal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuzmitch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal lands a jab to the nose.
Kuzmitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rapheal was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuzmitch.
Kuzmitch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rapheal misses with a looping left.
Kuzmitch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Rapheal misses.
Rapheal throws out a loose jab but Kuzmitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuzmitch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rapheal to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Rapheal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rapheal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmitch ducks under a wild hook from Rapheal.
Rapheal misses the jab.
Kuzmitch lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuzmitch misses with a series of wild punches.
We've been told by Rapheal's head coaches at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kuzmitch misses with a low kick.
Rapheal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rapheal punishes Kuzmitch's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Kuzmitch throws a poor cross that misses
letting Rapheal counter with a right hand.
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 Mark Rapheal 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.
Kuzmitch lands a jab to Rapheal's midsection.
Kuzmitch throws out a loose jab but Rapheal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rapheal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kuzmitch cracks Rapheal with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rapheal ducks under a wild hook from Kuzmitch.
Rapheal tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuzmitch manages to circle out of the way.
Kuzmitch misses with a hook
letting Rapheal counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rapheal is looking to counter punch.
Rapheal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmitch digs a good body shot into Rapheal's ribs.
Kuzmitch throws a big shot that misses.
Rapheal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rapheal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kuzmitch is rocked!
Kuzmitch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rapheal manages to avoid it.
Kuzmitch scores with a jab to the body.
Kuzmitch throws out a loose jab but Rapheal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rapheal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuzmitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmitch avoids the body shot from Rapheal.
Kuzmitch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kuzmitch throws a hook to the side of Rapheal's head but Rapheal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuzmitch blocks a jab.
Nice body punch from Kuzmitch.
A big left from Rapheal misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuzmitch throws a body punch but Rapheal moves out of range.
Rapheal tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuzmitch manages to circle out of the way.
Rapheal misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal throws a right hand that misses
enabling Kuzmitch to counter with a crisp jab.
Rapheal misses with a left hand
and Rapheal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rapheal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rapheal misses with a straight left.
Kuzmitch throws a lazy uppercut
and Rapheal counters by moving into the clinch.
Kuzmitch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rapheal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rapheal pushes Kuzmitch back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kuzmitch dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rapheal lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmitch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuzmitch.
Rapheal blocks an uppercut.
Rapheal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rapheal lands an uppercut.
Rapheal scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Rapheal.
Rapheal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuzmitch controls his hands.
Rapheal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuzmitch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuzmitch misses with a leg kick
and Rapheal counters with a stiff right hand.
Rapheal swings for the body but Kuzmitch moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Mark Rapheal did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Rapheal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rapheal throws a body shot but no joy.
Rapheal misses with a hook to the body
letting Kuzmitch counter with a right hand.
Kuzmitch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rapheal connects with a body shot.
Kuzmitch scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal misses with a body shot.
Rapheal lands the left hand.
Rapheal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kuzmitch counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmitch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rapheal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rapheal avoids the body shot from Kuzmitch.
An attempted straight right counter from Rapheal misses the target.
Rapheal dodges the punch combination from Kuzmitch.
Kuzmitch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rapheal.
Kuzmitch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rapheal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rapheal misses.
Kuzmitch flicks out a counter leg kick but Rapheal steps away.
Kuzmitch attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kuzmitch misses with a wild body shot.
Rapheal throwing a counter right hand but Kuzmitch manages to avoid it.
Rapheal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kuzmitch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rapheal counters with a straight right hand.
Kuzmitch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kuzmitch throws a body shot but no joy.
Rapheal swings widly with a right hand
and Kuzmitch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rapheal throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kuzmitch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kuzmitch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rapheal avoids the body shot from Kuzmitch.
Rapheal misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuzmitch counters with a stiff right hand.
Rapheal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rapheal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kuzmitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal lands a jab to Kuzmitch's midsection.
Rapheal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuzmitch manages to avoid it.
Kuzmitch just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kuzmitch.
A slow jab from Rapheal misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Kuzmitch misses.
Rapheal is looking to counter the offense by Kuzmitch and move into the clinch.
Rapheal moves out of range of the body kick.
Rapheal's corner calls for a 1-2. Rapheal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Petr Kuzmitch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kuzmitch lands a jab to the head.
Rapheal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuzmitch.
Kuzmitch shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rapheal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kuzmitch counters with a nice leg kick.
Rapheal slips a jab and a cross from Kuzmitch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Rapheal.
Rapheal's corner calls for a 1-2. Rapheal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kuzmitch is still on wobbly legs! Can Rapheal finish him?
Kuzmitch moves away from the strike by Rapheal.
Kuzmitch tries a quick counter leg kick but Rapheal is wise to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmitch throws out a leg kick but Rapheal moves out of range and Kuzmitch only half commits.
Kuzmitch seems to have recovered his senses.
Kuzmitch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rapheal checks it well.
Rapheal wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kuzmitch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kuzmitch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rapheal.
Kuzmitch throws a big shot that misses.
Kuzmitch misses the body punch
and Rapheal counters by moving into the clinch.
Kuzmitch breaks from the clinch.
Kuzmitch swings for the body but Rapheal moves out of range.
Rapheal is looking to counter the offense by Kuzmitch and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal misses the shot to the body.
Kuzmitch jabs at Rapheal's body.
Kuzmitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rapheal.
Kuzmitch misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Kuzmitch. That snapped Rapheal's head back.
Kuzmitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rapheal was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuzmitch.
An attempted straight right counter from Rapheal misses the target.
Rapheal throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuzmitch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmitch takes one to the chin there.
Rapheal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kuzmitch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuzmitch misses with a low kick.
Rapheal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuzmitch manages to avoid it.
Kuzmitch misses with an uppercut. Rapheal saw that one coming.
Rapheal with a jab.
Kuzmitch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal misses with a hook
and Kuzmitch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kuzmitch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot by Rapheal.
Kuzmitch staying out of range there.
Rapheal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuzmitch.
Rapheal tries to counter by clinching up but Kuzmitch breaks away and moves out of range.
Kuzmitch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rapheal connects with a single shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Petr Kuzmitch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kuzmitch 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 47:48
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 47:48
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Petr Kuzmitch!
Petr Kuzmitch is the new welterweight champion!
Petr Kuzmitch thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Smooth (ranked 2457 p4p, 1079 weight class) and Methodios McIntyre (ranked 290 p4p, 121 weight class). McIntyre has chosen Gallantry as his entrance music. 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Smooth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Methodios McIntyre!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McIntyre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smooth fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging McIntyre to the ground. Smooth is now in McIntyre's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McIntyre is trying to keep Smooth in close.
McIntyre working for a triangle but Smooth defends it easily.
Smooth will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McIntyre can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Smooth controls the pace.
McIntyre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McIntyre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
McIntyre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smooth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Smooth manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre has his foot on Smooth's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Smooth works his way back into a safe position though.
McIntyre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Smooth trying to control but McIntyre is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Smooth is aware though and is defending well.
Smooth advances to half guard.
McIntyre is trying to maintain the position but Smooth is very close to passing his half guard.
McIntyre is looking to improve his position.
Smooth is trying to control. McIntyre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McIntyre actively working from the bottom here.
McIntyre is looking for a sweep. Smooth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McIntyre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McIntyre is in trouble now - Smooth has advanced to mount!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smooth scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McIntyre?
Smooth putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McIntyre is in all sorts of trouble here.
McIntyre felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smooth raining down hammerfists from mount.
Smooth landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smooth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smooth punishing his opponent with strikes.
McIntyre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smooth landing punches.
McIntyre is rocked!
McIntyre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McIntyre is still in real trouble! Can Smooth finish him?
Smooth looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has McIntyre covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Smooth!
During a confident post fight interview, Tim Smooth thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abdi Hassan (ranked 1291 p4p, 512 weight class) and Worf Mogh (ranked 91 p4p, 36 weight class). Mogh is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gimme The Loot. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abdi Hassan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Worf Mogh!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan wants to land a leg kick but Mogh is out of range.
Mogh moves away from the strike by Hassan.
Mogh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hassan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mogh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hassan lands a jab to the head.
Mogh moves out of range as Hassan strikes.
Hassan throws out a powerful jab.
Hassan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hassan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mogh.
Mogh scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hassan in his tracks.
Hassan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mogh.
Hassan throws a poor cross that misses
and Mogh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Abdi Hassan has been cut.
Hassan lands a right hook to the body.
Hassan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mogh.
Abdi Hassan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hassan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hassan works the jab nicely.
Mogh defending well as Hassan loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan looks for a takedown but Mogh sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Mogh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mogh.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Mogh's head but Mogh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mogh avoids the body shot from Hassan.
Worf Mogh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hassan throws a shot to the body.
Mogh checks a leg kick.
Mogh misses with an uppercut.
Mogh thuds his right hand into Hassan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hassan misses with a hook
and Mogh counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Hassan misses its intended target.
Mogh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hassan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mogh is just out of range.
Hassan connects with a nice looking jab.
Mogh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hassan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mogh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mogh throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hassan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mogh. Hassan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hassan throwing a counter right hand but Mogh manages to avoid it.
Hassan throws a hook but Mogh blocks it.
Mogh jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Mogh's head back.
Mogh lands a slapping body shot.
Mogh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mogh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hassan.
Hassan walks into a stiff left hand from Mogh.
Hassan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mogh swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hassan.
Mogh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hassan.
Mogh moves out of range as Hassan strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hassan is defended easily by Mogh.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdi Hassan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Mogh's shoulder, as Mogh tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Mogh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hassan staying out of range there.
Mogh ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Mogh slips under a jab from Hassan.
Mogh misses with a straight left.
Hassan loads up on a big right hand but Mogh slips the punch.
Hassan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mogh is trying to get back to full guard.
Hassan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mogh preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mogh trying to get back to full guard but Hassan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Hassan wants to take Mogh's back but he can't do it this time.
Hassan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mogh manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hassan working away.
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 Abdi Hassan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Abdi Hassan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mogh.
Hassan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mogh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mogh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hassan cracks Mogh with an open hand slap.
Mogh walks into a jab.
Hassan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mogh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hassan.
Hassan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Abdi Hassan is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Hassan misses its intended target.
Mogh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hassan was well out of range. Poor timing from Mogh.
Mogh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hassan is looking to counter punch.
A low kick from Hassan is predictable there
and Mogh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hassan's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mogh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hassan is trying to control the position but Mogh postures up.
Mogh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mogh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hassan controls Mogh momentarily but Mogh frees himself.
Mogh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mogh looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mogh got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hassan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mogh has managed to get both his arms back between Hassan's legs - danger averted.
Mogh lands a couple of digs.
Hassan keeping moving, preventing Mogh from controlling successfully.
Hassan is trying to keep Mogh in close.
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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mogh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hassan trying to keep a closed guard but Mogh is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mogh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mogh is working Hassan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mogh wants to control from the top but Hassan keeps moving.
Mogh is working Hassan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hassan working for a triangle but Mogh defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mogh chips away with some ground and pound.
Mogh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hassan looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Mogh has picked Hassan up and slammed him! Hassan can't keep hold of the triangle and Mogh manages to pass to side control!
Hassan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mogh scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hassan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mogh throws a strike but Hassan manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Mogh tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Abdi Hassan!
Abdi Hassan retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Abdi Hassan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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