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UCF 15: PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Bautin (ranked 2623 p4p, 24895 weight class) and Ugly Dan (ranked 309 p4p, 560 weight class). Ugly Dan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergei Bautin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ugly Dan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dan.
Bautin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bautin keeps the fight on the outside.
Dan thows a body kick. Bautin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bautin throws a right hand that misses
and Dan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dan throws a head kick that misses.
Bautin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dan.
Dan wants to land a leg kick but Bautin is out of range.
Dan dodges the punch combination from Bautin.
Dan throws a leg kick that misses.
Bautin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bautin misses the target.
Dan staying out of range there.
Dan tries to clinch up.
Bautin checks the leg kick.
Bautin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bautin throws a poor cross that misses
and Dan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan can't find room to land a body shot as Bautin controls the action.
Bautin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dan tries a body shot but Bautin blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dan.
Bautin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bautin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bautin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dans head.
Bautin misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dan fails to land.
Dan blocking some punches.
Dan misses with some punches.
Bautin throws a head punch that misses.
Dan has a couple of punches blocked by Bautin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bautin.
Dan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bautin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bautin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bautin.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Bautin.
A head punch on the inside from Dan fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautin throws a head punch that misses.
Bautin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Dan misses with a punch on the inside.
Bautin lands with a light punch inside.
Bautin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bautin looks to land a left hand but Dan moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Bautin misses.
Dan lands a leg kick that knocks Bautin off balance momentarily.
Dan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bautin.
Dan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bautin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bautin throws a lazy uppercut
and Dan counters with an inside leg kick.
Dan throws a head kick but Bautin moves out of range.
Bautin swinging wildly here.
Dan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bautin is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautin misses with a body shot.
Dan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bautin misses with a body punch
and Bautin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sergei Bautin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
 It looks like Sergei Bautin has been cut.
Bautin throws a jab but it's blocked by Dan.
Dan tries a head kick but it misses.
Bautin throws a poor cross that misses
and Dan counters with a nice body kick.
Dan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautin.
Dan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bautin throws a hook but Dan blocks it.
Bautin lands with a good body shot.
Dan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bautin throws out the jab.
Dan is looking to chop away at Bautin's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bautin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dan.
Dan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautin lunges at Dan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dan's hand.
Dan with the inside leg kick.
Bautin scores with a hook.
Bautin scores with a one two! Dan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Bautin misses the target.
Dan slips under a jab from Bautin.
Dan throws a front kick aimed at Bautin's knee but Bautin avoids it well.
Bautin swinging wildly here.
Donk. Bautin catches Dan right on the button with a cross.
A punch lands to the side of Dan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bautin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dan counters with a low kick, right behind Bautin 's knee.
Dan tries a low kick but Bautin avoids it.
Bautin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sergei Bautin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sergei Bautin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dan ducks under a wild hook from Bautin.
Dan is looking to clinch but Bautin is avoiding it.
Bautin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bautin checks the leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Bautin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dan drops his hands momentarily and Bautin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bautin checks a leg kick nicely.
Bautin checks a low kick from Dan.
Bautin throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Bautin misses the target.
Dan raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bautin checks it well.
Dan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautin checks a leg kick nicely.
Bautin scores with a jab. Dan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dan throws a leg kick
and Bautin counters with a nice uppercut.
Sergei Bautin is winning the standup battle so far.
Dan moves out of range of the strikes.
Bautin lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bautin misses with an uppercut
and Dan counters with a low kick, right behind Bautin 's knee.
Dan ducks under a wild hook from Bautin.
Dan slips a jab from Bautin.
Dan thinks about the counter body kick.
Bautin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dan throws out the jab.
A low kick from Dan misses
and Bautin counters with a nice uppercut.
Dan throws a head kick that misses.
Bautin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dan eats them both and turns towards Bautin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
 Dan is rocked!
Dan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bautin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bautin throws a big shot that misses.
Dan throws a solid leg kick but Bautin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dan.
Bautin misses with a hook. Dan ducked under it nicely.
Dan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A left lands for Bautin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan tries a head kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dan.
Bautin connects with a right hand. Dan shakes it off.
Dan tries to clinch up.
Bautin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dan can do to turn this around?
Dan misses the jab.
It looked like Bautin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dan throws a leg kick which misses Bautin's front leg but catches the back leg as Bautin tries to avoid it.
Bautin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dan. That one must have hurt.
Dan thows a leg kick but Bautin checks it
and Bautin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bautin avoids the head kick by Dan.
Bautin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bautin looks to throw the jab but Dan is out of range.
Bautin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dan swings wildly with an uppercut but Bautin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bautin blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautin working aggressively here.
Dan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bautin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bautin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bautin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bautin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dan is breathing heavily.
Bautin prevents a body shot from Dan.
Dan working aggressively here.
Dan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bautin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dan.
Bautin can't find room to land a body shot as Dan controls the action.
Bautin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Bautin fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dan.
Bautin lands a shoulder strike.
Bautin scores with a shoulder strike.
Bautin lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautin blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautin throws a head punch that misses.
Dan tries a body shot but Bautin blocks it.
Bautin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dan misses with some punches.
Bautin lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bautin.
Bautin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dan tries to work over Bautin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bautin.
Bautin lands a shoulder strike.
Bautin can't find room to land a body shot as Dan controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bautin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dan is still on wobbly legs! Can Bautin finish him?
Bautin successfully pulls guard.
Dan seems to have recovered his senses.
Dan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bautin is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Dan has his hands clasped together but Bautin extends and breaks Dan's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Bautin.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sergei Bautin!
During a confident post fight interview, Sergei Bautin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between MF Jones (ranked 2563 p4p, 2953 weight class) and Brody MacDonald (ranked 291 p4p, 331 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, MF Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brody MacDonald!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
MacDonald rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacDonald bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jones's head backwards.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
 It looks like Brody MacDonald has been cut.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and MacDonald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like MF Jones has been cut.
Jones cracks MacDonald with a right hand to the side of the head.
MacDonald missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Jones thuds his shin into the meat of MacDonald's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones cracks MacDonald with an open hand slap.
MacDonald walks into a jab.
Jones circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops MacDonald to the canvas! MacDonald doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Jones keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). MF Jones!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Addiel Frometa (ranked 3208 p4p, 3123 weight class) and Ivarsson Trippin (ranked 227 p4p, 218 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Addiel Frometa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivarsson Trippin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trippin ducks under a wild hook from Frometa.
Trippin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Frometa misses with a right hand
and Trippin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Frometa's knee momentarily.
Frometa just misses with a punch to the body.
Trippin is trying to counter with his kicks.
Trippin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Trippin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Frometa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trippin pushes Frometa away with a front kick.
Frometa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Trippin counters with a thumping low kick.
Trippin lands a leg kick that knocks Frometa off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trippin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frometa.
Frometa backing away here, and Trippin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Frometa lands a right hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trippin.
A nice leg kick from Trippin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Frometa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trippin with a nice calf kick.
Trippin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Frometa. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frometa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Trippin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trippin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Frometa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trippin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Frometa throws a jab when Trippin was well out of range.
Trippin throws a big counter head kick but Frometa avoids it with no problem.
Frometa lands with a good body shot.
Frometa sizes up Trippin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Frometa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trippin thinks about the counter body kick.
Frometa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trippin moves out of range of the strikes.
Trippin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trippin misses with a looping right.
A solid body kick from Trippin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trippin scores with a jab to the head.
Trippin lands a leg kick that knocks Frometa off balance momentarily.
Trippin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Frometa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Trippin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trippin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Frometa doesn't seem bothered though.
Trippin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Frometa connects with a single shot there.
Frometa misses with a wild body shot.
Frometa misses the shot to the body.
Frometa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Trippin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Trippin is looking to slow Frometa down with leg kicks.
Frometa throws a jab when Trippin was well out of range.
Frometa scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Frometa.
Trippin lands a jab to the nose.
Frometa throws a jab but it's blocked by Trippin.
Trippin lands with a slapping head kick.
 Frometa is rocked!
Trippin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Frometa to score with a decent uppercut.
Oh Frometa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trippin drops Frometa with a big left hand! Frometa is injured, injured bad! Trippin jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivarsson Trippin!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sagat Petchyindee (ranked 2063 p4p, 4455 weight class) and Kyoshi Sun (ranked 244 p4p, 447 weight class). Petchyindee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wai khru ram muay. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sagat Petchyindee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyoshi Sun!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sun jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big right from Sun misses.
Petchyindee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petchyindee is looking to chop away at Sun's legs.
Petchyindee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sun.
Sun just misses with a punch to the body.
Sun fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Petchyindee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sun bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sun just misses with a punch to the body.
Petchyindee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sun getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Petchyindee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sun just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sun gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sun misses with a body punch.
Sun lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sun avoiding damage as Petchyindee throws knees to the body.
Sun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
Sun avoids a wild elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
Petchyindee blocking some punches.
Sun takes an elbow to the temple.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sun swings wildly with an uppercut but Petchyindee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Petchyindee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Petchyindee pushes off an throws an elbow but Sun leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Petchyindee looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petchyindee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Petchyindee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sun blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petchyindee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sun.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sun avoids it.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it misses.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sun lands a hook that snaps the head of Petchyindee backwards.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sun blocks an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Sun.
Sun is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Petchyindee is keeping busy.
Sun has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Petchyindee seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sun can turn it around.
Sun works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sun misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sun on the inside.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Petchyindee tries to land knees in the clinch but Sun avoids the damage to the body.
Petchyindee trying to land knees to the body.
Sun lands with a light punch inside.
Petchyindee lands an elbow that stopped Sun in his tracks for a moment.
Petchyindee blocks a body shot from Sun.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sun throws a punch but it's blocked by Petchyindee.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sun.
Petchyindee pushes off an throws an elbow but Sun leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sun lands with a left to the head.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petchyindee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Sun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petchyindee's elbow.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow over the top.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Petchyindee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee is keeping an eye on Petchyindee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it misses.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it misses.
Sun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sun avoiding damage as Petchyindee throws knees to the body.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Petchyindee is struggling to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kyoshi Sun will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Petchyindee staying out of range there.
Petchyindee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sun pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petchyindee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Sun's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Petchyindee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sun.
Petchyindee 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.
Sun scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Petchyindee misses with a low kick.
Sun dips to his left and cracks Petchyindee with an uppercut!
Petchyindee scoring well with a low kick there.
Sun scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Petchyindee doesn't seem bothered though.
Kyoshi Sun seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sun with a nice cross.
Sun looks to land a right hand but Petchyindee moved out of range.
Kyoshi Sun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sun throws a nice looking combination but Petchyindee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petchyindee seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Petchyindee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petchyindee clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Petchyindee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sun.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow over the top.
Petchyindee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sun.
Petchyindee prevents a body shot from Sun.
Sun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sun blocks an elbow strike.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Petchyindee lands an elbow just above Sun 's eye.
Petchyindee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A body shot lands from Sun.
Petchyindee throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sun managing to block the knees to the body from Petchyindee.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Petchyindee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sun throws a punch but it's blocked by Petchyindee.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Petchyindee throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sun.
Petchyindee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Petchyindee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sun avoids a wild elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Petchyindee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sun is defending well for now.
Petchyindee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sun works on Petchyindee's body with a couple of short punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
Sun misses with the head strike.
Sun is looking to control Petchyindee's arms but Petchyindee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sun has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sun misses with a punch on the inside.
Sun misses with a body punch.
Petchyindee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sun misses with some punches.
Petchyindee tries to stall but Sun uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Petchyindee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sun stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sun avoids it.
Sun can't find room to land a body shot as Petchyindee controls the action.
Sun misses with a body punch.
Petchyindee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sun dodges an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Petchyindee lands an elbow that stopped Sun in his tracks for a moment.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Sun tries to throw a body punch but Petchyindee avoids it by throwing Sun back against the cage.
Sun throws a head punch that misses.
Petchyindee is trying to stall.
Petchyindee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sun.
Sun can't find room to land a body shot as Petchyindee controls the action.
Sun tries a body shot but Petchyindee blocks it.
Sun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
Sun misses with the head strike.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sagat Petchyindee will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sun swings for the body but Petchyindee moves out of range.
Petchyindee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petchyindee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sagat Petchyindee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sun has a couple of punches blocked by Petchyindee.
Sun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sun tries a body shot but Petchyindee blocks it.
Sun misses with a punch on the inside.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sun lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petchyindee lands an elbow just above Sun 's eye.
Sun lands a body punch.
Sun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Petchyindee lands an elbow inside that Sun shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sun blocks an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
A short right from Sun.
Sun dodges an elbow strike from Petchyindee.
Sun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sun blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petchyindee.
Petchyindee trying to control the position but instead, Sun has worked for underhooks and has pushed Petchyindee into the cage.
Petchyindee is looking to control Sun's arms but Sun gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petchyindee has his back to the cage.
Maybe Petchyindee would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Sun scores with a shoulder strike.
Sun misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee is keeping an eye on Petchyindee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sun lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petchyindee backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Sun.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
Sun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Petchyindee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Petchyindee throws an elbow but misses.
Sun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petchyindee is looking to control Sun's arms but Sun gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petchyindee has his back to the cage.
Sun presses Petchyindee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sun throws a head punch that misses.
Sun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petchyindee's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sun blocks an elbow strike.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sun lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
Petchyindee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sun can't find room to land a body shot as Petchyindee controls the action.
Petchyindee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sun avoids it.
Sun lands with a left to the head.
Sun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Petchyindee trying to stall but Sun improves his position.
Sun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petchyindee stalling against the cage.
Petchyindee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petchyindee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petchyindee trying to stall but Sun improves his position.
Good body shot from Sun.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun scores with a hook to the body.
Sun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Sun.
Sun working aggressively here.
Sun misses with the head strike.
Sun avoids the elbow strike from Petchyindee, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sun avoiding damage as Petchyindee throws knees to the body.
Sun blocks the elbow strike.
Petchyindee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petchyindee misses with an elbow strike.
Petchyindee throws an elbow that misses.
Sun can't find room to land a body shot as Petchyindee controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petchyindee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sun's brow.
Sun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sun works on Petchyindee's body with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyoshi Sun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sun 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyoshi Sun!
The defeated Sagat Petchyindee had this to say: 'I'll come back stronger!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garuda Kaji (ranked 1991 p4p, 2713 weight class) and Vihtori Tuomaala (ranked 233 p4p, 312 weight class). Kaji's entrance music is Young Eagle's Song (Yokaren's Song). A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Garuda Kaji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vihtori Tuomaala!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuomaala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaji misses with a body shot.
Tuomaala buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tuomaala throws a leg kick but Kaji moved away.
Tuomaala connects with a solid leg kick.
Kaji lands with a nice body punch.
Kaji scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kaji lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tuomaala takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tuomaala looks to land a combination. Kaji sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaji takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tuomaala has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kaji looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuomaala is just out of range.
Tuomaala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaji throws out the jab.
Tuomaala blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaji. Tuomaala does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been told by Kaji's head coaches at Kitano Fight Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tuomaala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kaji throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tuomaala on the side of the head.
Tuomaala misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tuomaala.
Kaji looks to land a left hand but Tuomaala moved out of range nicely.
Kaji blocks a low kick nicely.
Tuomaala lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tuomaala tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaji loads up on a big right hand but Tuomaala slips the punch.
Tuomaala drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tuomaala finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tuomaala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tuomaala takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tuomaala will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tuomaala walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kaji checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tuomaala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kaji.
Kaji fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tuomaala looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kaji listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Kaji blocks the leg kick.
Kaji is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tuomaala looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaji uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tuomaala has time to react.
Kaji lands a lovely overhand right.
Tuomaala is rocked!
Kaji misses with an uppercut.
Tuomaala is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaji finish him?
Tuomaala throws out a leg kick but Kaji moves out of range and Tuomaala only half commits.
Tuomaala seems to have recovered his senses.
Kaji lands a body shot.
Tuomaala throws a leg kick but Kaji checks it.
Tuomaala fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaji manages to avoid it.
Tuomaala throws a front kick aimed at Kaji's knee but Kaji avoids it well.
Kaji lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kaji throws a hook to the side of Tuomaala's head but Tuomaala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tuomaala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kaji cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tuomaala fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kaji.
Tuomaala misses with a right hand
and Kaji counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kaji is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kaji misses the shot to the body.
Kaji misses with an uppercut.
Tuomaala throws a head kick but Kaji moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Tuomaala slams his shin into Kaji's torso.
Tuomaala lands a head kick!
A jab from Kaji does it's job there.
Tuomaala 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.
Tuomaala fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kaji.
Tuomaala takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kaji fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tuomaala manages to avoid it.
Tuomaala motions for Kaji to come forward. Tuomaala throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kaji throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tuomaala stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tuomaala pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kaji keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kaji moves out of range of the body kick.
Kaji throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kaji ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tuomaala moves away.
Tuomaala throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kaji counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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!
Kaji moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kaji tests Tuomaala's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tuomaala misses with a lunging right hand
and Kaji counters with a nice body shot.
Kaji is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Kaji as he connects with a hook.
Kaji drops Tuomaala with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Tuomaala! Kaji dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garuda Kaji!
Garuda Kaji decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philip Roth (ranked 1650 p4p, 3626 weight class) and Jayilton Almeda (ranked 203 p4p, 430 weight class). Almeda is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Anota AĂ - MC Lipi. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Philip Roth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jayilton Almeda!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roth.
Almeda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Almeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roth.
Roth shoots in for a double leg but Almeda sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roth fails to land the takedown.
Almeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roth.
Almeda misses with a body shot.
Roth slips a jab from Almeda.
It looked like Roth wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roth lands a two punch combo.
Roth drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Roth shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almeda defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Philip Roth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeda circles away from the clinch attempt
and Almeda counters with a left to the body.
Roth misses with a takedown
and Almeda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth blocks a head kick by Almeda.
Almeda comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roth moves away.
Roth has a takedown stuffed.
A head kick from Almeda lands but Roth takes it in his stride.
Roth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almeda.
A little feinted left hand from Roth on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Almeda sprawls well initially but Roth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Roth tries to pass to full mount but Almeda defends it.
Almeda holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Almeda is staying active underneath Roth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Almeda is controlling Roth's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeda makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Almeda.
Almeda tries to strike from the bottom.
Roth stopping the sweep attempt from Almeda.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeda looking to control.
Almeda is striking but Roth is not phased and passes to half guard.
Almeda wants to control the action here but instead Roth manages to pass to full mount!
Almeda is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth controlling from the full mount.
Almeda has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Almeda wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! Roth has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! Almeda taps furiously! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Philip Roth!
Jayilton Almeda was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you to my opponent for taking the fight, all the fans, my coaches, my sponsors Savage Fightwear and Furnace Performance.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Kubota (ranked 1016 p4p, 1627 weight class) and Frankz Muller (ranked 108 p4p, 177 weight class). Kubota comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet Ballet OST - Barrel. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Kubota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frankz Muller!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Muller. Kubota does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kubota throwing a counter right hand but Muller manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Kubota lands an impressive looking overhand right. Muller doesn't seem phased though.
Muller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kubota.
Muller throws an overhand right that lands on Kubota's shoulder, as Kubota tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Muller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Muller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kubota.
Kubota fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Muller misses with a looping right.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kubota jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Muller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Muller looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Muller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kubota misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muller.
Kubota moves out of range as Muller strikes.
Muller scores with a sloppy right hand. Kubota should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kubota scores with a nice right hand.
Kubota clobbers Muller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Muller takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've been told by Kubota's head coaches at Kitano Fight Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kubota bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller misses with a looping right.
A big left from Muller misses.
Kubota clobbers Muller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kubota paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Muller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kubota thuds a left hand into Muller's body.
Muller swings widly with a right hand
letting Kubota counter with a right hand.
Muller is rocked!
Kubota fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Muller is still on wobbly legs! Can Kubota finish him?
Kubota drops Muller with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Muller! Kubota dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Kubota!
A victorious Takeshi Kubota thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Frankz Muller spoke after the fight, saying 'Sorry to all, I'll back more strong'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 466 p4p, 1071 weight class) and Jean Phillipe LaFleur (ranked 59 p4p, 133 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Phillipe LaFleur!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma throws the left hand but LaFleur avoids the punch easily.
A countering left hand to the body from LaFleur misses.
Hanma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hanma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanma scores with a sloppy right hand. LaFleur should have avoided that one.
It looks like Jean Phillipe LaFleur has been cut.
Hanma throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck LaFleur on the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanma.
Hanma connects with the punch.
Hanma misses with a looping right.
Hanma cracks LaFleur with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! LaFleur looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hanma finish him?
LaFleur is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
LaFleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanma.
LaFleur takes a swing at Hanma's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Hanma tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanma comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hanma lands a big uppercut and LaFleur crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but LaFleur looks OK. Hanma waves LaFleur back to his feet!
LaFleur is still on wobbly legs! Can Hanma finish him?
Hanma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
LaFleur throws a body shot but no joy.
LaFleur seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hanma is looking to land body kicks.
LaFleur let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
LaFleur is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hanma rather than just go for the knockout.
LaFleur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
LaFleur looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Some bone on bone action there as LaFleur checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hanma fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt LaFleur.
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hanma.
LaFleur misses the shot to the body.
LaFleur listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hanma lands a jab to LaFleur's midsection.
Hanma takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hanma takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hanma scores with a hook.
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!
LaFleur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hanma sends LaFleur crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hanma is motioning to the referee to let LaFleur up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Hanma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with LaFleur, pushing him back against the cage.
Hanma lands a right hand.
LaFleur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanma is stalling here.
LaFleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hanma cracks LaFleur with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hanma has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning LaFleur to stand back up!
Hanma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LaFleur slips a jab from Hanma.
Hanma looks to land a body kick but LaFleur moved away.
A nice side step and LaFleur releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
LaFleur doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hanma scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hanma misses with an uppercut.
LaFleur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
LaFleur throws a body punch but Hanma moves out of range.
Hanma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
LaFleur misses with a body shot
and Hanma counters with a stiff right hand.
LaFleur tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
LaFleur avoids the head kick by Hanma.
Hanma moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jab from Hanma.
LaFleur on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanma tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanma.
Hanma is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
LaFleur takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hanma throws a jab but it's blocked by LaFleur.
LaFleur let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hanma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanma throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck LaFleur on the side of the head.
Hanma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
LaFleur looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanma is just out of range.
Hanma throws a hook to the side of LaFleur's head but LaFleur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanma tries to work over LaFleur's front leg with a kick but LaFleur checks it.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanma throws a hook to the side of LaFleur's head but LaFleur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanma throws a leg kick which misses LaFleur's front leg but catches the back leg as LaFleur tries to avoid it.
Hanma feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits LaFleurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baki Hanma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Phillipe LaFleur's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hanma misses with an uppercut.
Hanma throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
LaFleur now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hanma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hanma misses with a two punch combination.
Hanma scores with a hook to the body. LaFleur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
LaFleur moves forwards but Hanma connects with a nice, crisp jab.
LaFleur takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice cross by Hanma.
Hanma closes the distance and clinches.
Hanma lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hanma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
LaFleur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanma leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hanma fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaFleur breaks the clinch.
Hanma fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanma cracks LaFleur with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! LaFleur looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hanma finish him?
Hanma fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that LaFleur can do to turn this around?
Hanma throws a jab but it's blocked by LaFleur.
LaFleur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
You can see that LaFleur has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hanma feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends LaFleur sprawling to the canvas! LaFleur rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Hanma finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Hanma.
LaFleur takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hanma throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
LaFleur is breathing heavily.
LaFleur misses with a wild body shot.
LaFleur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. LaFleur is looking to close the distance but Hanma sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! LaFleur crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope LaFleur is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Baki Hanma!
A relieved looking Baki Hanma thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Trei Bishop (ranked 1408 p4p, 383 weight class) and Tolgot Tochukwu (ranked 120 p4p, 34 weight class). Bishop comes into the arena with Mos Def - Auditorium blaring out of the sound system. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Tolgot Tochukwu told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trei Bishop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tolgot Tochukwu!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop gets a takedown into half guard.
Tochukwu tries to get to full guard but Bishop has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tochukwu makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tochukwu.
Tochukwu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bishop's guard.
Bishop keeping full guard, as Tochukwu tries to pass.
Bishop looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tochukwu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop is looking for a sweep. Tochukwu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Tochukwu escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Tochukwu!
Tochukwu controls the position.
Bishop tries to buck Tochukwu off but Tochukwu is having none of it.
Tochukwu just content to control the position.
Tochukwu gets to mount! Bishop was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bishop is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tochukwu takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Bishop's coaches at Kitano Fight Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Tochukwu is riding his opponent, not letting Bishop buck him off.
Bishop rolls, trying to escape but Tochukwu keeps control of the position.
Tochukwu is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bishop tries to escape the position.
Tochukwu trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Bishop doesn't escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tolgot Tochukwu dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bishop darts in and clinches Tochukwu up against the cage.
Bishop gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop thows a huge punch but Tochukwu dodges it nicely.
Tochukwu actively working from the bottom here.
Tochukwu makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tochukwu.
Tochukwu is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bishop throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Tochukwu's body to avoid the submission. Tochukwu has instead reached around Bishop's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Tochukwu arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tolgot Tochukwu!
Tolgot Tochukwu is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Tolgot Tochukwu thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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