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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Disco Sandcastle (ranked 3225 p4p, 4997 weight class) and Peter Aerts (ranked 363 p4p, 477 weight class). Disco Sandcastle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Peter Aerts's chin.
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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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Disco Sandcastle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Aerts!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandcastle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sandcastle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aerts.
Aerts swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sandcastle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aerts connects with a jab.
Aerts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aerts misses with an uppercut.
Aerts lands a head shot.
Aerts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sandcastle throws out the jab.
Aerts looks to score with a jab to the body but Sandcastle is just out of range.
Sandcastle appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jab by Sandcastle.
Aerts throws a jab when Sandcastle was well out of range.
Sandcastle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aerts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sandcastle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sandcastle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been told by Sandcastle's head coaches at Dangerous Fight Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Aerts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sandcastle is looking for a counter combo.
Aerts lands a right hook to the body.
Aerts ducks under a wild hook from Sandcastle.
Sandcastle drops his hands momentarily and Aerts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sandcastle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sandcastle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sandcastle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aerts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aerts misses with an uppercut.
Sandcastle loads up on a big right hand but Aerts slips the punch.
Aerts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aerts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sandcastle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aerts.
A jab from Aerts does it's job there.
Sandcastle moves forwards but Aerts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sandcastle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aerts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Aerts on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice cross by Aerts.
Aerts ducks under a wild hook from Sandcastle.
Aerts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sandcastle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sandcastle lands a left and a right that send Aerts crashing to the mat, dazed. Sandcastle thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Aerts is rocked!
Sandcastle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aerts.
Despite the aggression on Aerts's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Aerts is still on wobbly legs! Can Sandcastle finish him?
Sandcastle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aerts throws a shot from downtown. Sandcastle moves away and avoids it.
Sandcastle throws a nice looking combination but Aerts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aerts ducks into an uppercut from Sandcastle and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Disco Sandcastle!
Disco Sandcastle managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Dangerous Nutrition, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walter Hartwell White (ranked 3663 p4p, 4019 weight class) and Antonio Reyes (ranked 365 p4p, 392 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 Blue Belt
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Walter Hartwell White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartwell White lands a nice shot to the body.
Reyes takes one to the chin there.
Good standup being displayed there by Hartwell White as he connects with a hook.
Hartwell White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Nice body punch from Hartwell White.
Hartwell White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Nice takedown defense from Hartwell White. No joy for Reyes on that attempt.
Reyes needs to keep his hands up - Hartwell White had a free shot at his head there.
Reyes lands with a nice body punch.
Reyes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Reyes 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hartwell White jabs at Reyes's body.
Reyes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hartwell White.
Hartwell White jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hartwell White misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Hartwell White's head coaches at Outlier Martial Arts NY that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hartwell White lands a head shot.
Hartwell White lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reyes is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Hartwell White.
Reyes is still on wobbly legs! Can Hartwell White finish him?
Hartwell White cracks Reyes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reyes throws a big shot that misses.
Reyes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hartwell White's waist but Hartwell White gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reyes off to one side.
Reyes takes one to the side of the head.
Hartwell White throws a good cross that connects.
Reyes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hartwell White tests Reyes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reyes looks to clinch
and Hartwell White counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hartwell White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hartwell White lands a lovely overhand right.
Reyes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hartwell White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Reyes throws a right and a left that Hartwell White avoids nicely.
Reyes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes seems to have recovered his senses.
Hartwell White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hartwell White to score with a decent uppercut.
Hartwell White is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Reyes throws a hook to the side of Hartwell White's head but Hartwell White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Hartwell White misses the target.
Hartwell White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reyes has time to react.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A shot to the liver by Reyes. Beautiful body shot.
Reyes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hartwell White throws out the jab.
Reyes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Antonio Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reyes.
Reyes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walter Hartwell White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Hartwell White - just one landing.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
Hartwell White connects with a body shot.
Reyes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hartwell White.
Hartwell White lands with a nice body punch.
Hartwell White lunges at Reyes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Reyes's hand.
Hartwell White bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reyes's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartwell White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hartwell White jabs at Reyes's body.
Reyes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hartwell White is trying to defend but Reyes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Reyes looks winded!
Hartwell White is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hartwell White is refusing to be controlled, as Reyes sits in half guard.
Reyes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Reyes seems content to control.
Reyes wants to stand up but Hartwell White has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Hartwell White has his hands clasped together around Reyes's back. He's all about the action.
Reyes throwing shots but Hartwell White is blocking nicely.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hartwell White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walter Hartwell White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Reyes.
Reyes throws a nice looking combination but Hartwell White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hartwell White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Hartwell White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hartwell White slaps away a takedown attempt from Reyes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hartwell White digs a good hook to Reyes's body.
Reyes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartwell White lands with a cross.
Reyes tries to clinch but Hartwell White moves out of range.
Reyes misses with a shot to the body
and Hartwell White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hartwell White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reyes.
It looked like Hartwell White wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reyes misses with a body shot.
Reyes throws a body punch but Hartwell White moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hartwell White misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hartwell White scores with a jab. Reyes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reyes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hartwell White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hartwell White lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hartwell White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes drops his hands momentarily and Hartwell White takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hartwell White drops Reyes with a naaaaasty hook - Reyes is in real trouble here! Hartwell White dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Hartwell White!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riptide Young Stallion (ranked 3508 p4p, 4726 weight class) and Danu Jaya (ranked 386 p4p, 464 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Danu Jaya enters the cage!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riptide Young Stallion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danu Jaya!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaya shoots and misses
and Young Stallion counters with a stiff right hand.
Jaya moves to clinch but Young Stallion breaks away
and Young Stallion counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Young Stallion wants to pass the guard but Jaya is defending well.
Jaya is looking for a sweep. Young Stallion is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Young Stallion is working for a kimura but Jaya is defending it quite comfortably.
Jaya moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young Stallion is fighting to break Jaya's control of his arms but Jaya is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young Stallion stopping the sweep attempt from Jaya.
Jaya trying to keep a closed guard but Young Stallion is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaya is looking to sweep but instead, Young Stallion has passed into half guard.
Jaya throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Jaya gets back to full guard.
Young Stallion stands and throws Jaya's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jaya is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaya struggling a bit here.
Young Stallion trying to control the position but Jaya is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaya is trying to control Young Stallion's posture but Young Stallion avoids it.
Jaya tries to buck Young Stallion off but Young Stallion is having none of it.
Young Stallion working away.
Young Stallion has control of an arm but Jaya manages to advance to Young Stallion's back!
You can see the frustration on Young Stallion's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Jaya tries to get the hooks in deep but Young Stallion pushed the leg off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaya looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Young Stallion is controlling Jaya 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jaya tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Young Stallion trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaya throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jaya wants to improve his position but instead Young Stallion has moved into half guard.
Young Stallion looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaya wants to control but Young Stallion is keeping busy.
Jaya might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Young Stallion haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Young Stallion seems to be looking for submissions.
Jaya has one foot on Young Stallion's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young Stallion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaya.
Jaya tries to land a body kick
and Young Stallion counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jaya is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jaya scores with a takedown into Young Stallion's guard.
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 Riptide Young Stallion will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jaya feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Young Stallion keeping moving, preventing Jaya from controlling successfully.
Jaya wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Young Stallion's closed guard. He's half up but Young Stallion has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Young Stallion pivots and extends the arm, Jaya falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Young Stallion! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Riptide Young Stallion!
Riptide Young Stallion 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Rivers (ranked 5302 p4p, 3111 weight class) and Benjamin Walton (ranked 487 p4p, 352 weight class). Rivers's entrance music is Gojira - Sphinx. A fine choice. Benjamin Walton has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Walton!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walton on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walton lands with a straight right. Rivers didn't see that one coming.
 It looks like Sean Rivers has been cut.
Walton throws a head kick that Rivers semi-blocks.
Rivers slips a straight right by Walton.
Rivers throwing a counter right hand but Walton manages to avoid it.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Walton.
Walton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rivers.
Walton misses the body punch
and Rivers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
 It looks like Benjamin Walton has been cut.
Walton blocks a jab.
Rivers has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rivers misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Walton to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walton swings widly with a right hand
and Rivers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benjamin Walton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
An attempted straight right counter from Rivers misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Rivers fires out a quick counter leg kick but Walton just manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Rivers.
Rivers scores with a nice right hand.
Rivers cracks Walton with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Walton tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Rivers pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Walton is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Rivers!
An out of breath Sean Rivers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greight Ness (ranked 2462 p4p, 2751 weight class) and Callum McCewen (ranked 290 p4p, 314 weight class). McCewen has chosen Highway to Hell - AC/DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Greight Ness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Callum McCewen!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCewen throws a poor cross that misses
and Ness counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by McCewen.
McCewen throws a hook but Ness blocks it.
McCewen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McCewen misses with a shot to the body
and Ness counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ness looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCewen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCewen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCewen misses with a kick to the body
and Ness counters with a straight right hand.
McCewen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCewen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ness.
Ness swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCewen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ness swings for the body but McCewen moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on McCewen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
An inside leg kick lands from McCewen.
Ness throws out a loose jab but McCewen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Callum McCewen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCewen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCewen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ness is out of range and McCewen settles back down.
McCewen lands a glancing blow to the side of Ness's head.
Ness stuns McCewen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCewen.
McCewen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCewen tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
A shot to the body from McCewen misses
and Ness counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ness tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McCewen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ness momentarily.
Ness chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McCewen can pounce on him.
Ness tries to keep at a distance but McCewen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ness misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCewen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've been informed that McCewen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice left hand lands by McCewen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands with a short shot to the head.
Ness lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCewen.
Ness misses with some punches.
McCewen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCewen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ness misses with some punches.
Ness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ness takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ness on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McCewen. McCewen obviously looking to wear him down.
Ness throws a jab when McCewen was well out of range.
McCewen moves away from the strike by Ness.
McCewen misses the body punch
and Ness counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCewen misses with a leg kick
and Ness counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McCewen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Ness takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
McCewen throws a front kick that sends Ness stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen looks to score with a jab to the body but Ness is just out of range.
McCewen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ness bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCewen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCewen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ness rather than just go for the knockout.
McCewen throws a body punch but Ness moves out of range.
McCewen avoids the body shot from Ness.
McCewen connects with a leg kick.
Ness misses with a looping left.
Ness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCewen tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Ness loads up on a big right hand but McCewen slips the punch.
Ness comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McCewen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Ness misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCewen lands a front kick.
Ness takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McCewen misses with a wild body shot.
Ness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab by Ness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCewen misses with a wild body shot.
McCewen throws an overhand right that lands on Ness's shoulder, as Ness tries to avoid the shot.
Ness was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ness throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCewen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ness slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Ness tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCewen lands a body shot.
McCewen defending well as Ness loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from McCewen misses the target.
Ness was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ness defending well as McCewen loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Callum McCewen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McCewen swings for the body but Ness moves out of range.
Ness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCewen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McCewen looks to throw the jab but Ness is out of range.
McCewen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ness moves away.
Ness lands a slapping body shot.
McCewen walks into a straight right hand from Ness.
Ness showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCewen.
McCewen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ness counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCewen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Ness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCewen.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for McCewen. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
McCewen misses with a series of wild punches.
A little feinted left hand from Ness on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McCewen lands with a straight right. Ness didn't see that one coming.
Ness doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCewen misses the shot to the body.
Ness slips a straight right by McCewen.
McCewen throws a lazy uppercut
and Ness counters with a nice uppercut.
McCewen throws a low kick but Ness moves out of range easily.
Ness is looking to counter punch.
Ness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCewen manages to avoid it.
McCewen misses with a low kick.
Ness throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ness slips a jab from McCewen.
Ness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Ness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Left hook, right uppercut from McCewen.
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!
McCewen lands with a hook. Ness tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McCewen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ness under the eye.
McCewen misses with a right hand
and McCewen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Ness.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ness checks a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Ness misses its target.
McCewen loads up on a big right hand but Ness slips the punch.
Ness scores with a hook.
Ness lands a body shot.
McCewen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from McCewen misses its intended target.
Ness connects with a single shot there.
Callum McCewen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCewen misses the shot to the body.
Ness appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McCewen scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen throws a hook but Ness blocks it.
Ness appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McCewen connects with a high kick.
McCewen loads up on a big right hand but Ness slips the punch.
McCewen is looking to land body kicks.
McCewen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ness back to the cage. McCewen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McCewen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ness keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCewen throws a body punch but Ness moves out of range.
McCewen misses with an uppercut. Ness saw that one coming.
Ness is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McCewen throws out a leg kick but Ness moves out of range and McCewen only half commits.
A little feinted left hand from Ness on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ness connects with the punch.
Ness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCewen throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCewen looks to land a right hand but Ness moved out of range.
McCewen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Ness throwing a counter right hand but McCewen manages to avoid it.
McCewen tries to bum rush Ness with a series of wild strikes but Ness uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from McCewen.
McCewen throws a chopping leg kick but Ness manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ness throwing a counter right hand but McCewen manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from McCewen.
McCewen misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCewen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ness.
Ness was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ness slips a jab and a cross from McCewen.
A little feinted left hand from Ness on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCewen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCewen jabs Ness right on the nose. Ness blinks but takes it well.
McCewen slips under a jab from Ness.
Ness misses with a body shot.
Ness throws a body punch but McCewen moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Callum McCewen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ness bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McCewen's head backwards.
Greight Ness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCewen misses the shot to the body.
McCewen swings for the body but Ness moves out of range.
McCewen misses with a body shot.
Ness takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCewen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ness needs to keep his hands up - McCewen had a free shot at his head there.
Ness scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ness connects with the punch.
McCewen tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCewen throws a hook but Ness blocks it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McCewen - that will leave a mark!
McCewen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCewen lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCewen misses with a body shot.
Ness throws the left hand but McCewen avoids the punch easily.
McCewen misses with a looping left.
Ness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ness scores with a jab to the body.
McCewen throws a lazy uppercut
and McCewen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCewen connects with a body shot that sends Ness's belly button to the back.
McCewen throws out a powerful jab.
McCewen throws an overhand right that lands on Ness's shoulder, as Ness tries to avoid the shot.
McCewen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ness.
McCewen misses with a straight right.
It looked like Ness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCewen lands a slapping body shot.
McCewen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ness moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Ness misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCewen throws a right hand that misses
enabling Ness to counter with a crisp jab.
McCewen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ness jabs McCewen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McCewen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
McCewen misses with a hook. Ness ducked under it nicely.
Ness appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McCewen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McCewen rushes Ness and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ness scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Ness.
Ness misses with a body punch.
McCewen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ness.
McCewen throws a head punch that misses.
Ness misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ness misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCewen.
Ness breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCewen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ness misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McCewen counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCewen dips to his left and cracks Ness with an uppercut!
Ness misses with a body shot.
McCewen misses with a left hand
and Ness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCewen misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from McCewen misses its intended target.
McCewen scores with a jab. Ness acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Callum McCewen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ness looks to land a right hand but McCewen moved out of range.
McCewen throws a jab when Ness was well out of range.
McCewen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McCewen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCewen scores with a jab to the body.
Ness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCewen loads up on a big right hand but Ness slips the punch.
Ness is looking to counter punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCewen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McCewen wants to slow Ness down by chopping away at his legs.
It looked like Ness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ness has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McCewen finds it's way round the side to connect with Ness's head.
McCewen slips a jab from Ness.
Ness thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ness swats away the attempt to clinch by McCewen.
A big right from Ness misses.
Crunch! McCewen slams his shin into Ness's torso.
Ness lands with a nice body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Callum McCewen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McCewen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Callum McCewen!
Callum McCewen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Aprile (ranked 2798 p4p, 3133 weight class) and Franz Nicholas (ranked 352 p4p, 398 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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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richie Aprile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franz Nicholas!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicholas slips under a jab from Aprile.
A big left from Nicholas misses.
Aprile looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aprile misses with a straight right.
Aprile keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nicholas.
Nicholas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aprile.
Aprile throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nicholas misses with a left hand
enabling Aprile to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicholas scores with a shot to the body.
Nicholas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aprile counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aprile uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nicholas has time to react.
Nicholas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aprile appears to be looking for a big counter.
Aprile walks into a stiff left hand from Nicholas.
Aprile moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Nicholas goes down! Can Aprile finish him!?
Nicholas is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aprile postures up.
Nicholas is still in real trouble! Can Aprile finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aprile stands up from Nicholas's guard - Aprile perhaps looking for a knockout.
Crack! Aprile connects with the perfect overhand right and Nicholas falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Aprile!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richie Aprile!
After winning the bout, Richie Aprile 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Van Soest (ranked 3411 p4p, 2341 weight class) and Vino Kourov (ranked 265 p4p, 199 weight class). Van Soest comes to the cage accompanied by Philipee Rochard - The World (Frequencerz Remix). Kourov has chosen COME ON as his entrance music. Kelly Van Soest could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vino Kourov's chin.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelly Van Soest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vino Kourov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Soest scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kourov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Soest was well out of range. Poor timing from Kourov.
Van Soest attempts a counter takedown but Kourov avoids it well and moves away.
Van Soest ducks under a wild hook from Kourov.
Kourov drives through and clinches with Van Soest against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Van Soest.
Kourov misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Kourov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kourov.
Van Soest escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kourov wants to clinch.
Van Soest tries to counter with a takedown but Kourov is quick to defend against it.
Kourov misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Soest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kourov throws a right hand that misses
and Van Soest counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Soest showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Van Soest has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Soest scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kourov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Van Soest is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Van Soest stops Kourov from standing up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Van Soest feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kourovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Van Soest closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kourov did well to prevent Van Soest getting side control.
Van Soest throwing shots but Kourov is blocking nicely.
Van Soest thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kourov is trying to stand back up but Van Soest is controlling him
Van Soest missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kourov looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest tries to pass to full mount but Kourov defends it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Van Soest throws a strike but Kourov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Van Soest postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kourov wants to stand and escape but Van Soest is having none of it.
Kourov keeping full guard, as Van Soest tries to pass.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Kourov. Those never looked like landing.
Van Soest appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kourov throws a right and a left that Van Soest avoids nicely.
Vino Kourov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Soest fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest dives in and scores a takedown into Kourov's guard.
Van Soest loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Van Soest trying to control but Kourov is working from the bottom.
Van Soest loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Van Soest 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.
Van Soest is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Van Soest keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kourov's head.
Van Soest chips away with some ground and pound.
Van Soest is looking to work some ground and pound but Kourov has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kelly Van Soest 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.
Van Soest with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Some wild striking there from Kourov.
Kourov doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Soest circles away.
Van Soest just misses with a punch to the body.
Kourov tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Soest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kourov is looking to clinch but Van Soest is avoiding it.
Kourov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van Soest in his tracks.
Kourov misses with a hook.
Van Soest lands a really nice looking cross but Kourov seems unphased.
Kourov tries to clinch but Van Soest is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kourov moves to clinch but Van Soest breaks away
so Van Soest counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kourov wants to get back to his feet but Van Soest is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Van Soest keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kourov's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Soest throwing strikes from guard but Kourov blocks nicely.
Van Soest throwing strikes from guard but Kourov blocks nicely.
Van Soest throwing strikes from guard but Kourov blocks nicely.
Van Soest slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kourov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Van Soest tries to free his leg and advance position but Kourov is retaining full guard.
Van Soest distracts Kourov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Van Soest won't allow Kourov to get back to his feet.
Van Soest scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Van Soest scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kourov is rocked!
Van Soest scoring with some ground and pound.
Kourov is still in real trouble! Can Van Soest finish him?
Van Soest stops Kourov from standing up.
Van Soest connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Soest's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Van Soest showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Van Soest prevents Kourov from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest working some strikes from top position.
Van Soest landing some decent shots from guard.
Kourov can't keep his opponent in guard - Van Soest advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Van Soest sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kourov defending well though.
Van Soest looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kourov wants to get back to his feet.
Van Soest is nestled in close to Kourov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Van Soest working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Van Soest sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Van Soest lands a big elbow - Kourov is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Van Soest!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelly Van Soest!
Kelly Van Soest thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Vino Kourov spoke after the fight, saying 'there's vomit on his sweat ! mom's spaghetti's !'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Cammula (ranked 1108 p4p, 1517 weight class) and Tommy Draconis (ranked 142 p4p, 191 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Enrico Cammula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Draconis!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draconis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Draconis is trying to control. Cammula wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Draconis has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at New York Public Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Cammula avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Draconis.
Draconis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cammula is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cammula has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Draconis is working away from the top position though.
Cammula is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cammula wants to control but Draconis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cammula moves into full guard.
Cammula wants to sweep but no luck.
Draconis wants to pass the guard but Cammula is keeping the position.
Cammula is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cammula looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Draconis puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Draconis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cammula with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
It looks like Enrico Cammula has been cut.
Draconis is thwarting Cammula's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draconis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Draconis lands a nice short elbow.
Enrico Cammula's cut is getting worse.
Draconis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cammula does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cammula blocking the ground and pound attempt from Draconis.
Draconis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cammula is looking to improve his position.
Draconis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jeez, Enrico Cammula's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Enrico Cammula's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tommy Draconis!
Tommy Draconis thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Holmes (ranked 901 p4p, 973 weight class) and Teddy Dalrymple (ranked 123 p4p, 131 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Teddy Dalrymple!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch but Dalrymple swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dalrymple feints a counter leg kick.
Dalrymple scores with a nice right hand.
Dalrymple checks a leg kick nicely.
Holmes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dalrymple misses with a left hand
and Holmes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dalrymple blocks a head kick by Holmes.
Dalrymple swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes tries to work over Dalrymple's front leg with a kick but Dalrymple checks it.
Dalrymple looks to land a combination but Holmes avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalrymple looks to land a combination but Holmes avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dalrymple. Holmes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holmes clinches up with Dalrymple and pushes him back against the cage.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Dalrymple blocks it.
Holmes crunches a lovely knee into Dalrymple's ribcage.
Dalrymple tries to circle away but Holmes has him pinned against the cage.
Holmes lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dalrymple's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dalrymple walks away with a smile on his face. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Dalrymple on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalrymple lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dalrymple rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes dips to his left and cracks Dalrymple with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holmes throws a low kick but Dalrymple moves out of range easily.
Dalrymple throws a lazy body kick
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donk. Holmes catches Dalrymple right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Teddy Dalrymple has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Dalrymple was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Holmes thuds his right hand into Dalrymple's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dalrymple is rocked!
Holmes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dalrymple. That did some damage!
Holmes drops Dalrymple with a beautiful combination! Dalrymple stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Holmes is looking for the KO!
Dalrymple is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
Holmes lands a leg kick that knocks Dalrymple off balance momentarily.
Holmes rushes Dalrymple and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dalrymple seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes misses with a punch on the inside.
Dalrymple tries to break free but Holmes pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dalrymple manages to break the clinch.
Holmes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dalrymple swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Dalrymple throws a hook but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes jumps guard but Dalrymple stands there with Holmes around his waist. Holmes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dalrymple with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dalrymple blocks it with crossed arms.
Dalrymple wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Dalrymple pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Holmes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Teddy Dalrymple's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Holmes thuds a left hand into Dalrymple's body.
Dalrymple drops his hands momentarily and Holmes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Holmes doesn't manage to clinch there - Dalrymple circles away.
Dalrymple fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by Dalrymple. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dalrymple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalrymple misses with a series of wild punches.
Holmes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dalrymple manages to circle out of the way.
Dalrymple tries to bum rush Holmes with a series of wild strikes but Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holmes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dalrymple.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes moves out of range of the body kick from Dalrymple.
A jab from Dalrymple misses.
Dalrymple throws a shot from downtown. Holmes moves away and avoids it.
Holmes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dalrymple throws a jab but it's blocked by Holmes.
Holmes moves out of range of the strikes.
Dalrymple throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Holmes moves into the clinch.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Dalrymple blocks with his arms.
Dalrymple's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holmes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Michael Holmes is winning the standup battle so far.
Dalrymple with a hook.
Good exchange - Dalrymple coming out on top.
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!
Dalrymple misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Holmes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalrymple connects with a right hand. Holmes shakes it off.
Dalrymple throws a poor cross that misses
and Holmes counters with a stiff right hand.
Holmes moves away from the strike by Dalrymple.
Dalrymple throws the left hand but Holmes avoids the punch easily.
That kick from Holmes tenderised Dalrymple's leg. Dalrymple is trying to keep his angry face on.
Holmes swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Dalrymple was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalrymple misses with a hook.
Holmes attempts a counter takedown but Dalrymple avoids it well and moves away.
Holmes closes the distance and clinches.
Dalrymple blocking some punches.
Dalrymple breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dalrymple loads up on a big right hand but Holmes slips the punch.
Holmes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dalrymple manages to circle out of the way.
Holmes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holmes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dalrymple scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes misses with a series of wild punches.
Dalrymple throws a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Teddy Dalrymple will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Teddy Dalrymple's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Holmes takes one on the button.
Holmes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dalrymple can do to turn this around?
Dalrymple throws a shot from downtown. Holmes moves away and avoids it.
Holmes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dalrymple misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalrymple takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dalrymple avoids the body shot from Holmes.
Dalrymple looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dalrymple breaks from the clinch.
Holmes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dalrymple working hard to break the clinch.
Dalrymple tries to break the clinch but Holmes is controlling the position.
Dalrymple breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Holmes misses
letting Dalrymple counter with a right hand.
Holmes scores with a punch to the head.
Dalrymple throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to work over Dalrymple's front leg with a kick but Dalrymple checks it.
Dalrymple looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Holmes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from Holmes does it's job there.
Holmes with a nice calf kick.
Holmes cracks Dalrymple with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dalrymple, pushing him back against the cage.
Holmes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dalrymple to keep the fight standing.
Dalrymple's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes cracks Dalrymple with a good jab.
Holmes has closed the distance and engaged Dalrymple in a clinch.
Holmes has a couple of punches blocked by Dalrymple.
Holmes keeps control of Dalrymple as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Dalrymple fails to land.
Dalrymple is trying to break the clinch but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Dalrymple breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Holmes.
Dalrymple throws out a counter right but Holmes avoids it with no problem.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes checks a leg kick.
Holmes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Holmes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dalrymple connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dalrymple tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holmes is able to avoid easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dalrymple throws a series of punches but Holmes avoids them all with ease.
Holmes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dalrymple was well out of range. Poor timing from Holmes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Holmes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Holmes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Holmes!
Michael Holmes 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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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgars Al Dariush (ranked 96 p4p, 513 weight class) and Duncan Farquharson (ranked 16 p4p, 72 weight class). The key to victory for Edgars Al Dariush has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgars Al Dariush!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Farquharson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Al Dariush fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Farquharson checks it well.
Farquharson with the counter takedown but Al Dariush avoids it easily.
Farquharson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Farquharson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Al Dariush defends it well.
Al Dariush throws a jab but it's blocked by Farquharson.
Farquharson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Farquharson slips a straight right by Al Dariush.
Farquharson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush takes a swing at Farquharson's ribcage but misses.
Farquharson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Dariush.
A jab from Al Dariush misses.
Farquharson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A big right from Al Dariush misses.
Farquharson with the counter takedown but Al Dariush avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Farquharson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Al Dariush chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Al Dariush misses with a straight right.
Farquharson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Al Dariush defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Dariush.
Farquharson feints the counter takedown.
Al Dariush lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Farquharson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Farquharson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Al Dariush lands a head shot.
Al Dariush just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Farquharson doesn't seem bothered though.
Farquharson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farquharson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Al Dariush looks to land a right hand but Farquharson moved out of range.
Al Dariush connects with a solid leg kick.
Al Dariush is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Farquharson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Farquharson avoids the body shot from Al Dariush.
Farquharson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Al Dariush scores with a sloppy right hand. Farquharson should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Farquharson feints the counter takedown.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick
and Farquharson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Farquharson.
Farquharson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Al Dariush looking for a guillotine here but Farquharson defends easily.
Al Dariush looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Farquharson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Al Dariush works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edgars Al Dariush dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Al Dariush feints and then cracks Farquharson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Farquharson down.
Al Dariush slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Al Dariush ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farquharson moves away.
And Farquharson tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Dariush pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Farquharson avoids the body shot from Al Dariush.
Farquharson feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Dariush connects with a leg kick.
Al Dariush rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Farquharson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush is not content to let Farquharson control the position.
Farquharson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Al Dariush avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Farquharson.
Farquharson wants to pass to mount but Al Dariush is defending the position.
Farquharson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farquharson wants to free his trapped foot but Al Dariush is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Al Dariush keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Al Dariush is controlling Farquharson's trapped leg to prevent Farquharson from advancing to side control.
Farquharson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Al Dariush does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush has hold of Farquharson's hands but Farquharson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Farquharson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Al Dariush keeps working.
Farquharson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Farquharson lands with a punch from half guard.
Al Dariush looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Al Dariush on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Farquharson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Farquharson is pressing down on Al Dariush's thigh, looking to free his foot. Al Dariush is holding on for now.
Farquharson trying to control the action but Al Dariush is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson wants to free his trapped foot but Al Dariush is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Farquharson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Al Dariush keeps working.
Farquharson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Farquharson moves nicely into side control.
Al Dariush takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Farquharson scores with punches from side control.
Farquharson is putting a hurting on Al Dariush here, landing some big shots from side control.
Farquharson advances to full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson wants to control the pace but Al Dariush is squirming around nicely.
Farquharson avoids the attempt from Al Dariush to control.
Farquharson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Farquharson controlling from mount.
Farquharson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Farquharson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Farquharson looking to control but Al Dariush is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Farquharson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Farquharson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Al Dariush throws the left hand but Farquharson avoids the punch easily.
Farquharson with the counter takedown but Al Dariush avoids it easily.
Farquharson drops his hands momentarily and Al Dariush takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Al Dariush connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Dariush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farquharson moves out of range as Al Dariush strikes.
Farquharson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick that is checked
so Farquharson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Al Dariush seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson trying to control but Al Dariush is working from the bottom.
Farquharson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Al Dariush works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Farquharson chips away with some ground and pound.
Farquharson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Farquharson with a nice head shot there.
Al Dariush keeping moving, preventing Farquharson from controlling successfully.
Farquharson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Farquharson tries to free his leg and advance position but Al Dariush is retaining full guard.
Farquharson wants to control from the top but Al Dariush keeps moving.
Al Dariush is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Farquharson frees his head nicely. Oh but Al Dariush has switched to an armbar! Farquharson is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Edgars Al Dariush!
Edgars Al Dariush retains his light heavyweight title!
Edgars Al Dariush 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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