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C297: Albatross vs Payer III PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Rivera (ranked 869 p4p, 1557 weight class) and Karel Sup (ranked 100 p4p, 188 weight class). Rivera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is BAD COMPANY. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malcolm Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Karel Sup!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera drops Sup with a beautiful combination! Sup stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rivera is looking for the KO!
 Sup is rocked!
 It looks like Karel Sup has been cut.
Sup on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sup is still on wobbly legs! Can Rivera finish him?
Sup looks winded!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Rivera engages and cracks Sup with a massive lead left hook - Sup tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Rivera is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Malcolm Rivera!
Malcolm Rivera 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 Violent Femme (ranked 148 p4p, 1048 weight class) and Colby Gebhardt (ranked 10 p4p, 84 weight class). Colby Gebhardt acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters 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 32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Violent Femme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Colby Gebhardt!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Femme checks the leg kick.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gebhardt was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Femme slips a jab from Gebhardt.
An attempted straight right counter from Femme misses the target.
Gebhardt slips under a jab from Femme.
Gebhardt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut.
Femme tests Gebhardt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Femme misses with an uppercut
and Gebhardt counters with a nice leg kick.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Gebhardt is out of range.
Nice cross by Femme.
Femme works Gebhardt's body with a nice hook.
Femme cracks a nice hook into Gebhardt's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gebhardt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Femme with a hook.
Femme takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gebhardt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Violent Femme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gebhardt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut. Femme saw that one coming.
Gebhardt throws an overhand right that lands on Femme's shoulder, as Femme tries to avoid the shot.
Femme thuds a left hand into Gebhardt's body.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Femme takes a swing at Gebhardt's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Gebhardt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Femme keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Femme misses with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Femme ducks under a wild hook from Gebhardt.
Femme throws a jab when Gebhardt was well out of range.
Gebhardt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gebhardt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Gebhardt misses with a wild body shot.
Femme takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Femme misses with a hook to the body
and Gebhardt counters with a nice uppercut.
Gebhardt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gebhardt was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Gebhardt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Femme scores with a jab. Gebhardt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme lands with an uppercut that bounces Gebhardt off the cage and back into range.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Gebhardt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gebhardt connects with a body shot.
Femme fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Femme misses with a straight right.
Femme takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gebhardt scores with a jab to the head.
Gebhardt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Gebhardt moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Femme throws out a powerful jab.
Femme scores with a nice strike.
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gebhardt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Femme lands with a cross.
Femme misses the shot to the body.
Femme with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Femme bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Femme throws out a loose jab but Gebhardt uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Femme catches Gebhardt right on the button with a cross.
A big right from Femme misses.
Femme drops his hands momentarily and Gebhardt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Femme connects with a body shot that sends Gebhardt's belly button to the back.
Femme throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Gebhardt moves away from the strike by Femme.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Femme.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Gebhardt is just out of range.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a low kick, right behind Femme 's knee.
Gebhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gebhardt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gebhardt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Femme misses with a looping left.
Femme scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gebhardt throws a big shot that misses.
Gebhardt is looking to slow Femme down with leg kicks.
A big left from Gebhardt misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Femme misses the target.
Femme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt misses with a hook.
Gebhardt moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Femme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Colby Gebhardt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Femme wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Femme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gebhardt.
An attempted straight right counter from Femme misses the target.
Femme misses with a body punch
and Gebhardt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Femme throws a hook but Gebhardt blocks it.
Femme misses with a hook
and Gebhardt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gebhardt moves out of range of the strikes.
Gebhardt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Femme.
Femme throws a hook but Gebhardt avoids it easily.
A left lands for Femme.
Nice shot by Gebhardt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gebhardt misses with a hook. Femme ducked under it nicely.
Gebhardt slips a jab from Femme.
Gebhardt staying out of range there.
It seemed like Gebhardt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gebhardt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Violent Femme dominated that round.
That's time! Femme's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good exchange - Gebhardt coming out on top.
A swing and a miss from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Femme shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gebhardt sprawls well. Gebhardt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Femme gets slowly back to his feet.
Gebhardt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Femme.
Femme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Femme throws a looping overhand right but Gebhardt ducks down to avoid it.
Femme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gebhardt missing with a left hand there. Femme was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Violent Femme is winning the standup battle so far.
Femme fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Femme throws the left hand but Gebhardt avoids the punch easily.
Gebhardt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gebhardt ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Gebhardt misses with a body shot.
Gebhardt lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Gebhardt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gebhardt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gebhardt digs a good body shot into Femme's ribs.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Gebhardt looks to land a right hand but Femme moved out of range.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Gebhardt.
Femme throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
letting Gebhardt counter with a right hand.
Gebhardt stuns Femme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Gebhardt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gebhardt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gebhardt tests Femme's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Femme moves away from the strike by Gebhardt.
Gebhardt connects with a right hand. Femme shakes it off.
Gebhardt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Femme bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gebhardt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Femme looks to land a left hand but Gebhardt moved out of range nicely.
Gebhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Femme throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Femme throws out a powerful jab.
Femme steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gebhardt.
Femme throws a lazy uppercut
and Gebhardt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Femme - just one landing.
Femme stuns Gebhardt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gebhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Femme scores with a hook to the body. Gebhardt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Femme throws a jab when Gebhardt was well out of range.
Femme slips a straight right by Gebhardt.
Femme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gebhardt.
Gebhardt throws a leg kick that misses.
Gebhardt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gebhardt misses with a low kick.
Femme was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gebhardt moves away from the strike by Femme.
Femme staying out of range there.
Femme scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Femme waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gebhardt.
Femme throws a jab when Gebhardt was well out of range.
Femme takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gebhardt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
 Femme is rocked!
Gebhardt throws a lazy right hand but Femme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Gebhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Femme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gebhardt.
Femme misses with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from Gebhardt as Femme shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Violent Femme. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Gebhardt misses with a hook.
Gebhardt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Femme sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Femme swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gebhardt moves away.
A shot to the body from Femme misses
enabling Gebhardt to counter with a crisp jab.
Gebhardt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gebhardt slips a straight right by Femme.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gebhardt was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Gebhardt avoids the body shot from Femme.
Gebhardt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Femme lands.
Femme scores with a decent looking hook.
Gebhardt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A countering left hand to the body from Gebhardt misses.
Femme misses with a hook
and Femme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gebhardt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Femme.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Femme throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Gebhardt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Femme cracks Gebhardt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gebhardt misses with a straight left.
Gebhardt missing with a left hand there. Femme was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Colby Gebhardt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Femme bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Femme slows the pace down.
Gebhardt tries to escape but Femme is in control.
Gebhardt throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Gebhardt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Femme throws the left hand but Gebhardt avoids the punch easily.
Gebhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Femme slips under a jab from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gebhardt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Gebhardt releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gebhardt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gebhardt slips a straight right by Femme.
Gebhardt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Femme blocks a head kick by Gebhardt.
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!
Femme throws a hook to the side of Gebhardt's head but Gebhardt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gebhardt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gebhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Femme throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from Femme misses.
Gebhardt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Femme.
Gebhardt throws a lazy right hand but Femme sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Gebhardt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Gebhardt.
Femme lands a head shot.
Femme misses with a left hand
and Gebhardt counters with a nice uppercut.
Gebhardt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Femme checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Femme misses with an uppercut
and Gebhardt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Femme jabs Gebhardt right on the nose. Gebhardt blinks but takes it well.
Gebhardt defending well as Femme loads up on a big left hand.
Gebhardt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Gebhardt's shoulder, as Gebhardt tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Gebhardt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gebhardt throws out a counter right but Femme avoids it with no problem.
Gebhardt misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Femme connects with a body shot that sends Gebhardt's belly button to the back.
Femme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gebhardt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gebhardt is trying to counter with his kicks.
Femme has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gebhardt finds it's way round the side to connect with Femme's head.
Femme swings widly with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a stiff right hand.
Gebhardt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gebhardt blocking some punches.
Gebhardt tries to throw a body punch but Femme avoids it by throwing Gebhardt back against the cage.
Gebhardt gets through Femme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gebhardt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Femme's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gebhardt struggles to land a body shot inside as Femme controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Femme.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Femme creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Femme blocks an uppercut.
Femme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Femme.
Gebhardt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Femme backwards.
Gebhardt blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gebhardt.
Femme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gebhardt swings wildly with an uppercut but Femme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Femme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gebhardt misses with the head strike.
Gebhardt misses with a body punch.
Femme blocks a body shot from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt cracks Femme with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Femme.
Femme blocks a body shot from Gebhardt.
Femme prevents a body shot from Gebhardt.
Femme takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Femme breaks from the clinch.
Femme misses with an uppercut
enabling Gebhardt to counter with a crisp jab.
Gebhardt looks to land a left hand but Femme moved out of range nicely.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
Gebhardt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gebhardt misses with a hook. Femme ducked under it nicely.
Femme appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Femme. Gebhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Gebhardt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gebhardt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Femme scores with the left hand. Gebhardt knows he should have avoided that one.
Femme slips under a jab.
Femme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big left from Gebhardt misses.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Colby Gebhardt.
I think Gebhardt 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Colby Gebhardt!
Colby Gebhardt 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 Bryce Helix (ranked 522 p4p, 767 weight class) and Eduardo Corassa (ranked 39 p4p, 60 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Helix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 24 - 2, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Corassa!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helix throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Helix takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Helix.
Corassa has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Helix drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Helix throws a looping overhand right but Corassa ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Corassa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Corassa lands a nice shot that snaps Helix's head back.
Helix throws a quick inside leg kick.
Helix throws a lazy uppercut
and Corassa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
 It looks like Bryce Helix has been cut.
Helix misses with a left hand
and Corassa counters with a nice uppercut.
Helix throws a series of punches but Corassa avoids them all with ease.
Helix misses with a leg kick
enabling Corassa to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corassa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bryce Helix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Corassa.
Helix misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corassa.
Helix misses with a lunging right hand
and Corassa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Corassa defending well as Helix loads up on a big left hand.
Helix with a poor takedown
enabling Corassa to counter with a crisp jab.
Helix is rocked!
Helix has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Primal Concrete Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Corassa throws a front kick that sends Helix stumbling back into the cage.
Helix connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Helix misses with a hook
and Corassa counters with a right hand to the body.
Helix cracks Corassa with an open hand slap.
Eduardo Corassa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Helix misses with a left hand
and Corassa counters with a crisp one two that drops Helix! Corassa thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Helix to his feet! Helix is in big trouble!
Oh Helix is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Helix throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Corassa counters with a huge right that knocks Helix out cold! Corassa is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eduardo Corassa!
As Eduardo Corassa got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Actually prepared for this guy.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jakov Pavlek (ranked 111 p4p, 249 weight class) and Akhmed Dudayev (ranked 17 p4p, 33 weight class). Pavlek comes to the cage accompanied by Cool Kids of Death - Czloweik Mucha. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jakov Pavlek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akhmed Dudayev!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dudayev on the side of the head.
Pavlek swings for the body but Dudayev moves out of range.
Dudayev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dudayev misses the shot to the body.
Pavlek staying out of range there.
Pavlek throws a big counter combination but Dudayev scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pavlek throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A little jabbing left from Dudayev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dudayev misses with a two punch combination.
Pavlek looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dudayev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dudayev lands with an overhand left.
A good leg kick by Dudayev.
Pavlek scores with a leg kick.
Dudayev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some bone on bone action there as Pavlek checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dudayev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlek moves into the clinch successfully.
Pavlek misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dudayev breaks from the clinch.
Pavlek looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dudayev with a hook.
Dudayev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dudayev throws a body punch but Pavlek moves out of range.
Dudayev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dudayev throws a jab when Pavlek was well out of range.
Pavlek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pavlek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dudayev manages to avoid it.
Dudayev throws out a loose jab but Pavlek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudayev throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dudayev missing with a left hand there. Pavlek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dudayev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pavlek on the side of the head.
Akhmed Dudayev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlek avoids the body shot from Dudayev.
Pavlek throwing a counter right hand but Dudayev manages to avoid it.
Dudayev connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dudayev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pavlek forces Dudayev back against the cage and clinches.
Dudayev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pavlek throws an overhand right that lands on Dudayev's shoulder, as Dudayev tries to avoid the shot.
Dudayev connects with a body shot that sends Pavlek's belly button to the back.
Dudayev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pavlek counters with a nice leg kick.
Dudayev throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pavlek is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dudayev stuns Pavlek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dudayev lands with a shot to the body.
Pavlek moves into range and clinches up with Dudayev.
Pavlek tries to throw a body punch but Dudayev avoids it by throwing Pavlek back against the cage.
Dudayev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pavlek misses with a body punch.
Pavlek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudayev avoids it.
Pavlek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Pavlek.
Dudayev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dudayev prevents a body shot from Pavlek.
Pavlek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dudayev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dudayev is trying to maintain a safe position but Pavlek gets an underhook and turns Dudayev into the cage.
Pavlek misses with some punches.
Pavlek blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Pavlek on the inside.
Pavlek cracks Dudayev with a nice body shot.
Pavlek tries to work over Dudayev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavlek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dudayevs head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pavlek.
Pavlek throws an elbow but it misses.
Dudayev blocks a body shot from Pavlek.
Dudayev blocks an uppercut.
Pavlek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudayev lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pavlek.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pavlek.
Pavlek misses with some punches.
Pavlek keeps control of Dudayev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dudayev breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Dudayev.
Pavlek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dudayev.
Pavlek tries to clinch up.
Dudayev throws out a counter right but Pavlek avoids it with no problem.
Pavlek closes the distance and pushes Dudayev back into the cage.
Pavlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Dudayev controls his hands.
Pavlek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dudayev's elbow.
Dudayev throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlek.
Pavlek working aggressively here.
Dudayev misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavlek.
Dudayev swings wildly with an uppercut but Pavlek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudayev makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akhmed Dudayev 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.
Dudayev scores with a hook.
Akhmed Dudayev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pavlek throws a leg kick
and Dudayev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dudayev throws a right hand that Pavlek ducks under and follows up with a left that Pavlek also avoids with ease.
Dudayev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dudayev misses with a hook.
Pavlek is looking to counter punch.
Pavlek lands a slapping body shot.
Jab, jab by Pavlek - just one landing.
Dudayev is rocked!
Pavlek fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Dudayev square on the jaw! Damn, Dudayev is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jakov Pavlek!
After winning the bout, Jakov Pavlek thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Cowan (ranked 289 p4p, 198 weight class) and Lindsay Apollo (ranked 21 p4p, 12 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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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 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Cowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Lindsay Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Apollo misses with an uppercut. Cowan saw that one coming.
Apollo avoids the head kick by Cowan.
Apollo misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Cowan is predictable there
and Apollo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cowan misses with a hook. Apollo ducked under it nicely.
Mickey Cowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Apollo slips a jab from Cowan.
Apollo checks a leg kick nicely.
Cowan connects with a leg kick.
Apollo misses the shot to the body.
Cowan loads up on a big right hand but Apollo slips the punch.
Cowan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Apollo has Cowan up against the cage in a clinch.
Cowan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cowan throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Apollo.
Cowan lands with a short shot to the head.
Apollo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Cowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cowan misses with a punch to the body.
Cowan blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan swings wildly with an uppercut but Apollo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowan.
Apollo misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Apollo fails to land.
Cowan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Apollo misses with a punch to the body.
Apollo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Apollo.
Apollo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Apollo lands a shot to the body.
Apollo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Apollo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Apollo throws a shot from downtown. Cowan moves away and avoids it.
Cowan moves out of range of the leg kick from Apollo.
Cowan slips a straight right by Apollo.
Some bone on bone action there as Apollo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Apollo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Apollo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cowan to score with a decent uppercut.
Cowan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
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!
Apollo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cowan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Cowan, right into the meat of the thigh.
Apollo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cowan misses with an uppercut
letting Apollo counter with a right hand.
Apollo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
A big right from Cowan misses.
Cowan throws a leg kick but Apollo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Apollo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cowan manages to avoid it.
Cowan looks to land a right hand but Apollo moved out of range.
Apollo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Cowan ducks under a wild hook from Apollo.
A big right from Cowan misses.
Apollo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Apollo misses its intended target.
Cowan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cowan with a hook.
Apollo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cowan on the side of the head.
Cowan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cowan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Apollo.
Cowan misses with a body shot.
Cowan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cowan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cowan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan lands a leg kick that knocks Apollo off balance momentarily.
Apollo throws a chopping leg kick but Cowan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Apollo looks to land a right hand but Cowan moved out of range.
Cowan swinging wildly here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cowan.
Apollo lands a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cowan 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 Apollo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Apollo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Apollo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cowan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Apollo on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Apollo.
Cowan misses with a series of wild punches.
Cowan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cowan wants to slow Apollo down by chopping away at his legs.
Cowan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Cowan throws a lazy head kick
and Apollo counters with an inside leg kick.
Cowan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Apollo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cowan.
Cowan throws a jab when Apollo was well out of range.
Apollo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cowan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cowan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowan blocking some punches.
Apollo swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowan.
Apollo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cowan.
Cowan lands an uppercut.
Apollo swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apollo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cowan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apollo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Apollo can't find room to land a body shot as Cowan controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Apollo.
Apollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Apollo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lindsay Apollo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Apollo throws a body punch but Cowan moves out of range.
A big left from Apollo misses.
Apollo avoids the body shot from Cowan.
Cowan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Apollo can pounce on him.
Apollo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Apollo scores with a nice body kick.
Apollo misses with a body kick.
Cowan misses with a hook
and Apollo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice cross by Apollo.
Cowan lands with a hook. Apollo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cowan tried to score with a low kick but Apollo checks it.
Apollo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cowan with a body shot.
Cowan moves away from the strike by Apollo.
Cowan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apollo was well out of range. Poor timing from Cowan.
Cowan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Apollo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Apollo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cowan in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cowan ducks right into an uppercut from Apollo.
Apollo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cowan throws a hook but Apollo blocks it.
Cowan throws a jab but it's blocked by Apollo.
Apollo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cowan.
Cowan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Apollo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cowan. Cowan obviously looking to wear him down.
Apollo scores with a punch to the head.
Apollo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cowan.
A nice combination there by Cowan.
A lazy left from Apollo finds it's target.
An inside leg kick from Cowan misses.
Mickey Cowan is winning the standup battle so far.
Apollo lands with a good body shot.
Apollo blocks a head kick by Cowan.
Apollo throws a shot from downtown. Cowan moves away and avoids it.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Cowan blocks a jab.
Cowan throws a low kick, looking for Apollo's leg but Apollo calmly moves out of range.
Cowan throws a series of punches but Apollo avoids them all with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apollo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Apollo takes one to the side of the head.
Cowan lands a high kick!
Apollo blocks a low kick nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Apollo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Apollo.
Cowan throws an off balance right hand
and Apollo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Apollo slips a jab and a cross from Cowan.
Apollo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Apollo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Apollo blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Apollo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Apollo lands with a cross.
Cowan throws a jab but it's blocked by Apollo.
Apollo takes a swing at Cowan's ribcage but misses.
Apollo cracks Cowan with an open hand slap.
Apollo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Apollo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Apollo cracks a nice hook into Cowan's ribs.
Apollo is looking to clinch.
Apollo tries to clinch there but Cowan circles away.
Cowan thuds a left hand into Apollo's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo misses with an uppercut. Cowan saw that one coming.
Apollo loads up on a big right hand but Cowan slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Cowan.
Cowan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cowan scores with a jab.
Cowan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Apollo.
Apollo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cowan finds it's way round the side to connect with Apollo's head.
Cowan looks to land a left hand but Apollo moved out of range nicely.
Cowan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Apollo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Apollo scores with a nice right hand.
Cowan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Apollo is out of range.
A jab from Apollo does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apollo staying out of range there.
Cowan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cowan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cowan looks to throw the jab but Apollo is out of range.
Cowan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Cowan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan jabs Apollo right on the nose. Apollo blinks but takes it well.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Apollo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Apollo checks a low kick from Cowan.
Apollo misses with a body shot.
Apollo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A cross from Cowan lands.
Apollo looks to land a left hand but Cowan moved out of range nicely.
Apollo blocks a leg kick.
Cowan takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo misses with a looping left.
Cowan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cowan throws a good cross that connects.
Apollo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Apollo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apollo throws a body punch but Cowan moves out of range.
Cowan throws a leg kick but Apollo moved away.
Cowan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Apollo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cowan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Apollo on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Cowan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Cowan. That's going to slow Apollo down.
Cowan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Apollo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cowan misses with a straight left.
Cowan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cowan.
Cowan throws a leg kick
and Apollo counters with a straight right hand.
Apollo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Apollo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cowan.
Apollo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Apollo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cowan is able to avoid easily.
Cowan throws a low kick, looking for Apollo's leg but Apollo calmly moves out of range.
Cowan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Apollo counters with a straight right hand.
Apollo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cowan.
Some bone on bone action there as Apollo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A little jabbing left from Apollo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cowan takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cowan.
Apollo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cowan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Apollo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Cowan.
Cowan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Apollo staying out of range there.
Apollo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cowan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apollo slips under a jab from Cowan.
Cowan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Apollo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Apollo defending well as Cowan loads up on a big left hand.
Apollo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cowan with a body shot.
Apollo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cowan swats away the attempt to clinch by Apollo.
A counter left hand to the body from Cowan misses its target.
Cowan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cowan takes a swing at Apollo's ribcage but misses.
Apollo counters with a body kick.
A punch combination from Cowan misses.
Apollo digs a good hook to Cowan's body.
Cowan cracks Apollo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Apollo moves away from the strike by Cowan.
Apollo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cowan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Apollo tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Cowan misses the target.
Apollo throws a leg kick but Cowan checks it.
Apollo digs a good body shot into Cowan's ribs.
Cowan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Apollo finds it's way round the side to connect with Cowan's head.
Cowan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd cheers as Apollo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cowan doesn't seem phased though.
Apollo scores with a hook.
Cowan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Apollo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Apollo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Apollo tries a low kick but Cowan avoids it.
A low kick from Cowan is predictable there
and Apollo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cowan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Apollo.
A swing and a miss from Cowan.
A left lands for Apollo.
Apollo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cowan avoids the body shot from Apollo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan misses with a leg kick
and Apollo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cowan slips a jab from Apollo.
Cowan misses with a looping left.
Apollo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Apollo tries to land a front kick but Cowan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cowan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Apollo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Apollo closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Apollo.
Apollo blocks a body shot from Cowan.
Apollo lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Apollo.
Cowan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Apollo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cowan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Apollo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Apollo.
Cowan tries to throw a body punch but Apollo avoids it by throwing Cowan back against the cage.
Apollo blocking some punches.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan struggles to land a body shot inside as Apollo controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cowan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apollo throws a punch but it's blocked by Cowan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cowan.
Cowan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Apollo or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Apollo.
Apollo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Apollo.
Apollo scores with a shot to the side of Cowan's head.
Apollo presses Cowan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cowan prevents a body shot from Apollo.
A head punch on the inside from Apollo fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan misses with some punches.
Apollo misses with the head strike.
Cowan tries to work over Apollo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cowan misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lindsay Apollo.
I think Apollo 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lindsay Apollo!
During a confident post fight interview, Lindsay Apollo 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Fotos Hasapis (ranked 187 p4p, 199 weight class) and James Spencer (ranked 25 p4p, 29 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fotos Hasapis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hasapis shoots for a double leg takedown but Spencer sprawls well. He's pushed Hasapis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hasapis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Spencer 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.
Hasapis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Spencer is avoiding damage well.
Hasapis lands a few punches from side control.
Spencer taking a bit of punishment here - Hasapis scoring with strikes.
Hasapis has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Spencer!
Hasapis unloads with some shots from mount but Spencer bucks and avoids them well.
Hasapis wants to control the pace but Spencer is squirming around nicely.
Hasapis looking to ground and pound but Spencer is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer can't escape the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Spencer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hasapis wants to control the pace but Spencer is squirming around nicely.
Spencer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hasapis tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hasapis landing strikes from the mount.
Hasapis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Spencer because Hasapis loaded up on that one.
Spencer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hasapis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hasapis tries to control but Spencer wriggling away.
Hasapis content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasapis misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hasapis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Spencer?
Hasapis thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hasapis with a couple of short strikes.
Hasapis thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hasapis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hasapis controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasapis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Spencer is squirming around, avoiding Hasapis's attempts to control the action.
Hasapis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hasapis throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hasapis landing strikes from the mount.
Spencer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hasapis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hasapis punching from mount but Spencer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hasapis looking to secure an arm triangle but Spencer defends it well.
Hasapis 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.
Hasapis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Hasapis unloads with some shots from mount but Spencer bucks and avoids them well.
Hasapis lands a nice shot to the head.
Hasapis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fotos Hasapis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hasapis wants to clinch.
Spencer throws out a counter right but Hasapis avoids it with no problem.
Hasapis with the inside leg kick.
Hasapis throws a head kick that misses
and Spencer counters with a big head kick but Hasapis shrugs it off.
Hasapis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hasapis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Spencer takes one on the button.
Hasapis tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hasapis tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasapis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hasapis throws a head kick that misses.
Spencer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hasapis with a body shot.
Hasapis throws a hook but Spencer blocks it.
Spencer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hasapis with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Hasapis - just one landing.
Hasapis swings widly with a right hand
and Hasapis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Fotos Hasapis has been cut.
Spencer blocks a jab.
Hasapis gets the takedown into side control.
Spencer avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hasapis.
Spencer wants to control but Hasapis postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hasapis wants to get back to full guard.
Hasapis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Spencer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Spencer's back!
Hasapis misses with punches from the back.
Hasapis throwing strikes and Spencer squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
A nice elbow there by Hasapis.
Hasapis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spencer can do to turn this around?
Spencer wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hasapis.
Hasapis has control of Spencer's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Spencer regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is looking to improve his position but Hasapis isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hasapis moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Spencer has worked his arm free - good work by Spencer!
Hasapis throws an elbow but Spencer slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hasapis scoring with punches from side control.
Hasapis lands a nice forearm strike.
The ground and pound from Hasapis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Fotos Hasapis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hasapis trying to control the action but Spencer is working from the bottom.
Spencer is trying to control Hasapis's posture but Hasapis avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hasapis wants to control but Spencer is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fotos Hasapis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fotos Hasapis'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hasapis scores with a leg kick.
Fotos Hasapis is winning the standup battle so far.
Hasapis misses with a body shot
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hasapis misses with a takedown attempt
and Spencer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hasapis moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Spencer just misses with a punch to the body.
Hasapis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Spencer just manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Hasapis. Beautiful body shot.
Hasapis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spencer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spencer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hasapis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Spencer avoids it really well and circles away.
It seemed like Spencer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasapis misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hasapis is defended easily by Spencer.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fotos Hasapis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hasapis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Spencer to the ground. Hasapis is now in Spencer's guard.
Hasapis is looking to work some ground and pound but Spencer has wrist control.
Hasapis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasapis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spencer is controlling Hasapis's posture.
Hasapis trying to control but Spencer is working from the bottom.
Hasapis landing with the ground and pound.
Hasapis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
James Spencer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasapis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Spencer's head.
Hasapis has gone for a leg lock! Spencer slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hasapis's guard.
Hasapis working a defensive guard but Spencer manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hasapis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Spencer's best efforts.
Hasapis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Spencer pulls his head out easily.
Spencer is looking to take a break and control but Hasapis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hasapis is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasapis is working hard here to advance position.
Hasapis actively working from the bottom here.
Spencer prevents Hasapis from improving his position.
Spencer trying to control from half guard but Hasapis is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hasapis is looking to control Spencer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hasapis avoid being mounted?
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 Fotos Hasapis.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hasapis, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fotos Hasapis!
During a confident post fight interview, Fotos Hasapis 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 172 p4p, 302 weight class) and Gabrijel Bozic (ranked 24 p4p, 38 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 47 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabrijel Bozic!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haggar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Haggar controlling the action here.
Bozic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bozic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Haggar controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Haggar there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haggar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Haggar thows a huge punch but Bozic dodges it nicely.
Haggar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bozic defends it well.
Haggar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haggar is trying to control the action in half guard but Bozic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bozic is trying to maintain the position but Haggar is very close to passing his half guard.
Haggar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bozic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Haggar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bozic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Haggar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Haggar wants to pass the guard but Bozic is defending well.
Haggar working the head and body with strikes.
Haggar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bozic is looking for a sweep. Haggar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bozic is in trouble now - Haggar has advanced to mount!
Bozic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Haggar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Haggar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bozic looks a forlorn figure.
Bozic tries to hold on but Haggar pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haggar lands a big elbow.
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!
Bozic wants to control but Haggar is having none of it.
Haggar breaks from Bozic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Haggar 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.
Haggar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Haggar with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haggar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Haggar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Haggar with shots to the head and body - Bozic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bozic is rocked!
Haggar softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Bozic is out cold! Haggar jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Haggar!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Perkele (ranked 141 p4p, 52 weight class) and Javier Arroyo (ranked 20 p4p, 9 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Javier Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arroyo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkele swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Perkele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Perkele misses.
Arroyo swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arroyo. Perkele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arroyo lands a right hook to the body.
Perkele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arroyo counters with a solid body kick.
Arroyo is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
A nice side step and Arroyo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Arroyo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arroyo moves out of range of the body kick.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arroyo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arroyo jabs Perkele to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big right from Perkele misses.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arroyo darts in and clinches Perkele up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
Arroyo counters with a body kick.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Arroyo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
Arroyo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arroyo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Perkele misses with a wild body shot.
Arroyo lands with a shot to the body.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arroyo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele misses with a body shot
enabling Arroyo to counter with a crisp jab.
Perkele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkele swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Arroyo to counter with a crisp jab.
Arroyo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
A little jabbing left from Arroyo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Arroyo counters with an outside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Perkele.
Perkele manages to break the clinch.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arroyo.
Perkele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arroyo.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Arroyo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Arroyo doesn't seem bothered though.
Arroyo ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Arroyo feints a counter leg kick.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Arroyo moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Arroyo.
Arroyo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Perkele. That one must have hurt.
Arroyo takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Perkele on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arroyo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and Arroyo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkele throws a leg kick that is checked
and Arroyo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Arroyo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arroyo ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele throws a looping overhand right but Arroyo ducks down to avoid it.
Perkele throws a right hand that Arroyo ducks under and follows up with a left that Arroyo also avoids with ease.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Arroyo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arroyo.
Perkele is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Arroyo saw that one coming.
Arroyo tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Arroyo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele scores with a nice strike.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Perkele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 telegraphed right hand from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and Arroyo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Arroyo saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Arroyo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perkele checks a leg kick.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Arroyo moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Perkele throws a leg kick that misses.
A shot to the body from Perkele misses
and Arroyo counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Arroyo misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Javier Arroyo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Arroyo counter with a right hand.
Perkele 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.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Arroyo.
Arroyo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Perkele lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and Arroyo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Arroyo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Arroyo throws a big shot that misses.
Arroyo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Perkele.
Perkele misses the body punch
and Arroyo counters with a nice body shot.
Perkele falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Arroyo to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele tried to score with a low kick but Arroyo checks it.
Arroyo lands a front kick.
Arroyo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Perkeles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A head kick from Arroyo lands but Perkele takes it in his stride.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Arroyo counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Arroyo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arroyo takes a swing at Perkele's ribcage but misses.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
Arroyo staying out of range there.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Arroyo to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Perkele.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo checks a low kick from Perkele.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Arroyo counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arroyo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Javier Arroyo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Arroyo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arroyo! But no joy.
Arroyo scores with a hook.
Arroyo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arroyo slips under a jab from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a body punch
and Arroyo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arroyo.
Arroyo avoids the body shot from Perkele.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Arroyo, as that shot connected.
Arroyo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo tries to clinch but Perkele moves out of range.
Arroyo throws a right hand that misses
and Perkele counters with a nice uppercut.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkele throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Perkele thuds his right hand into Arroyo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Perkele misses with a shot to the body
and Arroyo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arroyo! But no joy.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Arroyo counters with a low kick, right behind Perkele 's knee.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Arroyo flicks out a counter leg kick but Perkele steps away.
Perkele's jab looks to have found its range, popping Arroyo under the eye.
Perkele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Arroyo.
Perkele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arroyo misses the shot to the body.
Perkele is looking for a counter combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a body shot
and Arroyo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arroyo is looking to slow Perkele down with leg kicks.
Perkele takes a swing at Arroyo's ribcage but misses.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arroyo.
Arroyo feints a counter leg kick.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkele backing away here, and Arroyo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Arroyo blocks a jab.
Perkele throws the left hand but Arroyo avoids the punch easily.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Arroyo moves away and avoids it.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Arroyo counters with a straight right hand.
Arroyo throws a shot to the body.
Perkele misses with a hook
and Arroyo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Perkele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arroyo was well out of range. Poor timing from Perkele.
Arroyo tries a quick counter leg kick but Perkele is wise to it.
Arroyo throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Arroyo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Perkele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Arroyo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Javier Arroyo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Arroyo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arroyo misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely.
Arroyo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Perkele lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Arroyo throws a chopping leg kick but Perkele manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perkele checks the leg kick.
Perkele appears to be looking for a big counter.
Arroyo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Arroyo looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
Arroyo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perkele, as that shot connected.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Arroyo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Arroyo takes one to the chin there.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Arroyo moves away and avoids it.
A nice side step and Arroyo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arroyo misses with an uppercut. Perkele saw that one coming.
Perkele was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perkele connects with a nice looking jab.
Perkele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arroyo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arroyo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Perkele looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Perkele is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Arroyo throws the left hand but Perkele avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Perkele misses the target.
Perkele takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Arroyo staying out of range there.
Perkele throws a head kick but Arroyo moves out of range.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Arroyo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Perkele throws a jab when Arroyo was well out of range.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Arroyo counters with a good low kick that Perkele was not able to check.
Perkele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Arroyo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perkele looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good leg kick by Arroyo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arroyo misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Arroyo.
Arroyo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perkele throws a jab but it's blocked by Arroyo.
Arroyo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Arroyo counters with a straight right hand.
Arroyo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkele can pounce on him.
Perkele misses with a lunging right hand
and Arroyo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Arroyo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele throws a body punch but Arroyo moves out of range.
Arroyo slips under a jab.
Arroyo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Arroyo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perkele moves away.
Perkele lands with a nice body punch.
Perkele throws a body kick that misses.
Perkele chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Arroyo can pounce on him.
Perkele takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arroyo counters with a nice uppercut.
Arroyo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Perkele misses with a body punch
and Arroyo counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Arroyo counters with a stiff right hand.
Arroyo clobbers Perkele with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Perkele throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
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!
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Arroyo moves out of range easily.
Arroyo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo lands with a good body shot.
Arroyo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Arroyo cracks Perkele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arroyo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Arroyo moves out of range of the strikes.
Arroyo throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Arroyo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arroyo tests Perkele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arroyo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Arroyo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Arroyo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ispa Perkele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Arroyo counters with a low kick, right behind Perkele 's knee.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Arroyo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Arroyo 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Arroyo!
A very excited looking Javier Arroyo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Da Jiang (ranked 9 p4p, 23 weight class) and Johnny Billabong (ranked 1 p4p, 4 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 17 - 1 - 2, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Billabong!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiang takes a swing at Billabong's ribcage but misses.
Jiang digs a good hook to Billabong's body.
Jiang throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Billabong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jiang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Billabong looks to throw the jab but Jiang is out of range.
Billabong checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Billabong.
Jiang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Billabong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
Jiang throws out a loose jab but Billabong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Billabong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Billabong has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Billabong fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Da Jiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Billabong throws a shot from downtown. Jiang moves away and avoids it.
Billabong uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jiang has time to react.
Billabong gets tackled into the cage by Jiang. Jiang maintains the clinch.
Jiang gets underhooks to prevent Billabong's takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang swings wildly with an uppercut but Billabong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang prevents Billabong from breaking the clinch.
A hook to the body from Jiang.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Billabong takes a shot to the head.
Billabong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiang lands with a short shot to the head.
Jiang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Jiang.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Billabong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Billabong tries to throw a body punch but Jiang avoids it by throwing Billabong back against the cage.
Billabong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Billabong takes a shot to the head.
Billabong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Billabong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jiang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Jiang.
Billabong tries to work over Jiang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Billabong is looking to control Jiang's arms but Jiang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Billabong has his back to the cage.
Billabong blocking some punches.
Jiang looking to throw knees to the head but Billabong is blocking nicely.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Billabong avoids it.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Billabong tries for a takedown. No joy.
Billabong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jiang landing knees to the body.
Jiang misses with the head strike.
Billabong lands a nice uppercut.
Billabong breaks the clinch.
Billabong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Jiang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Billabong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Billabong was well out of range. Poor timing from Jiang.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Billabong! But no joy.
Jiang rushes Billabong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Jiang on the inside.
Billabong blocking some punches.
Billabong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Billabong breaks from the clinch.
Billabong just misses with a punch to the body.
Jiang takes a swing at Billabong's ribcage but misses.
Billabong throws out a counter right but Jiang avoids it with no problem.
Billabong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jiang scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Billabong doesn't seem bothered though.
Jiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Billabong manages to avoid it.
Jiang moves away from the strike by Billabong.
Jiang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Billabong moves out of range of the body kick.
Billabong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jiang's corner calls for a 1-2. Jiang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiang moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiang lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jiang works on Billabong's body with a couple of short punches.
Billabong struggles to land a body shot inside as Jiang controls his hands.
Billabong cracks Jiang with a nice body shot.
Jiang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Billabong.
Billabong has had enough of the clinch but Jiang keeps him there for the moment.
Jiang lands an uppercut.
Billabong throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Jiang.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
Billabong avoiding damage as Jiang throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jiang.
Billabong manages to break the clinch.
Da Jiang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Billabong avoids the head kick by Jiang.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jiang walks into a stiff left hand from Billabong.
A head kick from Jiang lands but Billabong takes it in his stride.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Billabong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jiang throws out the jab.
Billabong lands a nice shot to the body.
Jiang misses with an uppercut. Billabong saw that one coming.
Jiang throws a lazy uppercut
letting Billabong counter with a right hand.
Billabong thuds a left hand into Jiang's body.
Jiang throws a body punch but Billabong moves out of range.
Billabong swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Billabong scores with a nice head shot.
Jiang throws an off balance right hand
and Billabong counters with a nice uppercut.
Jiang misses with a body kick.
Billabong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jiang slips under a jab from Billabong.
Jiang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Billabong scores with a nice strike.
Billabong scores with the left hand. Jiang knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Billabong misses with a hook. Jiang ducked under it nicely.
Jiang tries to clinch
and Billabong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jiang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Billabong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jiang throws a shot from downtown. Billabong moves away and avoids it.
Billabong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jiang can pounce on him.
Billabong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jiang swings widly with a right hand
enabling Billabong to counter with a crisp jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jiang.
Jiang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Billabong misses with a wild body shot.
Billabong connects with the punch.
Jiang moves away from the strike by Billabong.
Billabong throws a body punch but Jiang moves out of range.
Billabong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jiang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Billabong blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Billabong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Billabong managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Billabong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Billabong misses with a body shot.
Billabong misses with the combination.
Jiang instigates a clinch.
Billabong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Billabong can't break the clinch.
Billabong pulls guard effortlessly.
Billabong is adopting a defensive guard.
Billabong looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billabong wants to hit a sweep here but Jiang passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Billabong there!
Jiang stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Jiang lands with a nice combination. Billabong backs away looking to recover.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jiang 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 Billabong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Billabong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Billabong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jiang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Billabong.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiang lands a leg kick that knocks Billabong off balance momentarily.
Billabong swings for the body but Jiang moves out of range.
Billabong ducks under a wild hook from Jiang.
Jiang misses with a straight right.
Jiang throws a lazy body kick
and Billabong counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Billabong.
Jiang wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Billabong manages to pass to side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Billabong lands strikes from half guard.
Billabong throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Billabong seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jiang does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Billabong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Jiang throws a body punch but Billabong moves out of range.
Billabong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jiang moves away.
Jiang thuds his right hand into Billabong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Billabong throws a big shot that misses.
Jiang lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jiang moves into range and clinches up with Billabong.
Jiang struggles to land a body shot inside as Billabong controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Jiang.
Billabong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Billabong is looking to break free of the clinch but Jiang has double underhooks.
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Billabong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang lands a left hand.
Billabong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Billabong scores with a shoulder strike.
Billabong managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Billabong can do to turn this around?
Jiang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Billabongs head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Billabong wants to take the fight to the mat but Jiang manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Jiang.
Billabong misses with a body punch.
Billabong jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jiang walks away with a smile on his face. Billabong gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Billabong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jiang with the inside leg kick.
Billabong misses with a body shot.
Jiang with the inside leg kick.
Jiang closes the distance and pushes Billabong back into the cage.
Billabong avoiding damage.
Jiang trying to stall but Billabong improves his position.
Jiang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Billabong is keeping busy.
Maybe Jiang would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Jiang scores with a hook to the body.
Da Jiang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Billabong.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jiang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billabong stalling in the clinch but Jiang improves position.
Jiang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Billabong tries for a takedown. No joy.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Billabong.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Billabong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jiang throws a series of punches but Billabong moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jiang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Billabong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Billabong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jiang is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch but Billabong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jiang closes the distance but Billabong moves to the side
and Billabong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jiang throws a leg kick
and Billabong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Billabong moves out of range as Jiang strikes.
Billabong slips a jab from Jiang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang tries to clinch up.
Jiang tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Billabong is able to avoid easily.
Da Jiang is winning the standup battle so far.
Jiang throws a shot from downtown. Billabong moves away and avoids it.
Jiang connects with a good right hand that stumbles Billabong. Billabong circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jiang tests Billabong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jiang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Billabong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jiang moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Billabong blocks the leg kick.
Billabong appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jiang misses with a low kick.
Billabong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jiang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Billabong.
Jiang scores with a leg kick.
Billabong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
Billabong lands a nice shot to the body.
Jiang throws a body punch but Billabong moves out of range.
A nice side step and Billabong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Jiang misses.
Jiang throws a looping overhand right but Billabong ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Jiang. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jiang.
Jiang misses the shot to the body.
Jiang pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jiang takes one to the side of the head.
Billabong lands with an overhand left.
Jiang avoids the body shot from Billabong.
Billabong cracks Jiang with an open hand slap.
Jiang connects with a body shot that sends Billabong's belly button to the back.
Billabong blocks a low kick nicely.
Jiang misses with a few strikes there.
Billabong scores with a three punch combo!
Jiang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Billabong.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang clearly takes that round.
That's time! Jiang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Billabong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jiang throws a hook but Billabong avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Billabong, as that shot connected.
Billabong misses with a hook.
Jiang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Billabong displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Billabong dives in and scores a takedown into Jiang's guard.
Jiang is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
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!
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Billabong lands a nice shot to the body.
Billabong prevents a body shot from Jiang.
A short right from Jiang.
Billabong tries to work over Jiang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jiang tries to throw a body punch but Billabong avoids it by throwing Jiang back against the cage.
Billabong's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Billabong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jiang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Billabong.
Billabong has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jiang avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jiang scores with a shoulder strike.
Jiang stalling in the clinch.
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Billabong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jiang digs a right hand into Billabong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Billabong's gas tank.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Billabong has hold of one of Jiang's legs. Jiang is fighting the takedown attempt but Billabong gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Billabong throwing strikes from guard but Jiang blocks nicely.
Jiang has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Billabong off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billabong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billabong misses the jab.
Jiang punishes Billabong's body with a nice straight punch.
Billabong digs a good body shot into Jiang's ribs.
Billabong moves out of range as Jiang throws a body kick.
Billabong tests Jiang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jiang loads up on a big right hand but Billabong slips the punch.
Jiang closes the distance and clinches.
Billabong tries for a takedown but Jiang manages to get underhooks.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
Billabong avoiding damage as Jiang throws knees to the body.
Jiang is working Billabong over against the cage.
Jiang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Billabong lands a body punch.
Jiang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Billabong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Billabong is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jiang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jiang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jiang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jiang works on Billabong's body with a couple of short punches.
Jiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jiang unloads a knee to the mid-section. Billabong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short left from Jiang.
Billabong is working for takedown but Jiang is calmly controlling the position for now.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Billabong.
Billabong managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang tries a body shot but Billabong blocks it.
Jiang manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jiang presses Billabong against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billabong struggles to land a body shot inside as Jiang controls his hands.
Jiang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Billabong struggles to land a body shot inside as Jiang controls his hands.
Jiang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jiang can't find room to land a body shot as Billabong controls the action.
Billabong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Billabong breaks the clinch.
Billabong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Billabong lands a lovely overhand right.
Billabong ducks under a wild hook from Jiang.
Jiang scores with a push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Billabong was well out of range. Poor timing from Jiang.
Jiang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Billabong takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang had his way with Johnny Billabong in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Billabong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jiang slips a straight right by Billabong.
Jiang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Billabong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jiang lands a slapping body shot.
Jiang lands with a hook. Billabong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jiang ducks under a wild hook from Billabong.
Billabong scores with a jab.
Billabong bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Billabong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Billabong moves away.
Billabong missing with a left hand there. Jiang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Billabong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
Jiang lands a front kick.
Jiang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Billabong with the counter takedown but Jiang avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang scores with a jab to the head.
Billabong lands a nice hook to Jiang's body. Jiang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Billabong throws a hook but Jiang blocks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Billabong, as that shot connected.
Billabong misses with a wild body shot.
Billabong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Billabong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Billabong lands an overhand right.
Jiang changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jiang throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Billabong misses the jab.
Good shot there by Jiang.
Jiang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jiang cracks Billabong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jiang misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Billabong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billabong avoids a kick to the body.
Jiang misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jiang.
Jiang avoids the body shot from Billabong.
Billabong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnny Billabong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jiang swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jiang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jiang wants to clinch up but Billabong keeps it at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Billabong.
Some bone on bone action there as Billabong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Billabong throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jiang on the side of the head.
Jiang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Billabong circles away quickly and effectively.
Jiang just misses with a punch to the body.
Billabong swats away the attempt to clinch by Jiang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jiang. Billabong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jiang lands a glancing blow to the side of Billabong's head.
Jiang throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Billabong avoids the body shot from Jiang.
Some bone on bone action there as Billabong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Billabong lands a slapping body shot.
Jiang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Billabong throws a hook but Jiang avoids it easily.
Jiang missing with a left hand there. Billabong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jiang connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Jiang. Beautiful body shot.
Jiang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Billabong throws a jab when Jiang was well out of range.
Billabong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jiang jabs Billabong right on the nose. Billabong blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billabong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Billabong just misses with a punch to the body.
Billabong misses with a right hand
and Jiang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jiang with a hook.
Jiang lands a nice hook to Billabong's body. Billabong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jiang slips a straight right by Billabong.
Jiang fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jiang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Billabong momentarily.
Billabong misses with a hook.
Billabong throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jiang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jiang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jiang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Billabong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Billabong throws out a counter right but Jiang avoids it with no problem.
Jiang misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Da Jiang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jiang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 50:46
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Da Jiang!
Da Jiang retains his lightweight title!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Albatross (ranked 40 p4p, 42 weight class) and Finnish Tax Payer (ranked 2 p4p, 3 weight class). Tax Payer is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Konala Cartelli - Mäkikotka. 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 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Albatross!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Finnish Tax Payer!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tax Payer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Albatross.
Albatross throws a counter high kick but Tax Payer was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tax Payer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Albatross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tax Payer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Albatross looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Albatross throws a sloppy body shot
and Tax Payer counters with a stiff right hand.
Albatross cracks Tax Payer with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tax Payer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Albatross thumps Tax Payer with a low kick.
Albatross is looking to score with low kicks.
Tax Payer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tax Payer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Albatross.
Albatross takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Albatross lands with a thumping leg kick.
Albatross steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tax Payer.
A big right from Albatross misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tax Payer cracks Albatross with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jab from Tax Payer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albatross with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tax Payer throws a head kick that Albatross semi-blocks.
Albatross scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Albatross tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tax Payer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Albatross connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tax Payer momentarily.
Tax Payer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Albatross.
Albatross looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tax Payer swings for the body but Albatross moves out of range.
Albatross is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tax Payer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Albatross counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer moves out of range of the strikes.
Tax Payer throws a poor cross that misses
and Albatross counters with a nice right hand that sends Tax Payer toppling to the canvas! Tax Payer scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Albatross finish him?!
Tax Payer is rocked!
Albatross closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Tax Payer out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Albatross!
Johnny Albatross retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Johnny Albatross thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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