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MMA War Games: Week 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Sheeks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine has chosen I Buy the Drugs as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dick Valentine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Sheeks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine is looking to chop away at Sheeks's legs.
Sheeks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheeks takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Sheeks throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentine.
Valentine scores with a spinning back kick!
Sheeks shoots in and drives through. Valentine sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine instigates a clinch.
Sheeks tries to circle away but Valentine has him pinned against the cage.
Valentine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sheeks avoids a wild elbow strike from Valentine.
Sheeks can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine lands an elbow just above Sheeks 's eye.
Sheeks takes an elbow to the temple.
Valentine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valentine dodges an elbow strike from Sheeks.
Nice elbow from Valentine.
Sheeks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Valentine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sheeks's defenses.
Sheeks is looking to break free of the clinch but Valentine has double underhooks.
Valentine has Sheeks pressed against the cage, preventing Sheeks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valentine throws an elbow but misses.
Valentine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sheeks tries to circle away but Valentine has him pinned against the cage.
Sheeks dodges an elbow strike from Valentine.
Sheeks drops down looking for an ankle pick but Valentine pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Sheeks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sheeks misses with a hook. Valentine ducked under it nicely.
Valentine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Valentine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sheeks is fending him off so far but Valentine persists. Nope, Sheeks circles away and we're back to standing.
Valentine throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sheeks.
A left lands for Valentine.
Sheeks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valentine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sheeks is able to avoid easily.
Valentine throws a front kick that sends Sheeks stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine moves out of range as Sheeks strikes.
Valentine throws a head kick that misses.
Valentine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sheeks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Valentine lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sheeks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sheeks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Valentine throws out a leg kick but Sheeks moves out of range and Valentine only half commits.
Valentine misses with a takedown attempt - Sheeks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Sheeks moves out of range easily.
Sheeks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valentine.
Sheeks shoots and misses
and Sheeks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valentine sizes up Sheeks with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valentine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sheeks pinned against the cage. Sheeks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Valentine dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sheeks fails with the takedown
and Valentine counters with a low kick, right behind Sheeks 's knee.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Sheeks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Sheeks.
Sheeks moves out of range of the leg kick from Valentine.
Sheeks is looking to wear down Valentine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine is looking to clinch but Sheeks is avoiding it.
Nice defenses there by Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheeks with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Valentine misses with a head kick.
Valentine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine moves out of range as Sheeks strikes.
Valentine 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.
Sheeks throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Valentine counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sheeks misses with a jab to the body
and Valentine counters by moving into the clinch.
Sheeks has Valentine pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Valentine manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Sheeks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine misses with an elbow strike.
Valentine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Valentine lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valentine throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valentine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sheeks's brow.
Valentine lands an elbow that stopped Sheeks in his tracks for a moment.
Valentine pushes off an throws an elbow but Sheeks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sheeks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valentine has him pressed against the cage.
Valentine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sheeks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Valentine fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Valentine motions for Sheeks to come forward. Valentine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheeks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Valentine throws out a leg kick but Sheeks moves out of range and Valentine only half commits.
Sheeks gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Valentine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sheeks's knee momentarily.
Valentine lands a lovely overhand right.
Valentine motions for Sheeks to come forward. Valentine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sheeks takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Sheeks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sheeks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sheeks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valentine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sheeks momentarily.
Valentine wants to clinch up but Sheeks keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sheeks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Valentine holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Valentine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sheeks takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valentine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sheeks's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valentine throws an elbow but misses.
Valentine throws an elbow that misses.
Valentine prevents Sheeks from breaking the clinch.
Valentine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Valentine lands an elbow inside that Sheeks shrugs off.
Sheeks is looking to break free of the clinch but Valentine has double underhooks.
Valentine pushes off an throws an elbow but Sheeks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sheeks blocks the elbow strike.
Sheeks goes for a takedown attempt but Valentine pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sheeks throws the left hand but Valentine avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheeks checks a leg kick.
Sheeks shoots in for a takedown but Valentine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sheeks gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sheeks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Valentine controls the pace.
Valentine postures up.
Valentine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheeks keeping moving, preventing Valentine from controlling successfully.
Valentine controlling from the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dick Valentine.
Valentine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sheeks takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine shoots in and drives through. Sheeks sprawls well.
Sheeks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Eddie Sheeks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Sheeks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sheeks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sheeks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheeks prevents Valentine from improving his position.
Sheeks throws a strike but Valentine avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sheeks looking to pass the guard.
Sheeks stopping the sweep attempt from Valentine.
Sheeks thows a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Valentine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Valentine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Valentine!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Shumacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gilbert Shumacher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 New York, Tony Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilbert Shumacher!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Wright as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Gilbert Shumacher has been cut.
Shumacher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shumacher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wright swings for the body but Shumacher moves out of range.
Wright comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wright with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shumacher was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shumacher manages to avoid it.
Shumacher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright throws a series of punches but Shumacher moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Wright.
Shumacher avoids the body shot from Wright.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright throws a shot from downtown. Shumacher moves away and avoids it.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shumacher manages to avoid it.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shumacher manages to avoid it.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.
Shumacher looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shumacher throws out a leg kick but Wright moves out of range and Shumacher only half commits.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shumacher moves away.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wright misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shumacher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shumacher looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Shumacher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shumacher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wright avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Wright holds on and takes a little breather.
Shumacher throwing strikes but missing.
Shumacher is looking to advance position but Wright has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Shumacher tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shumacher slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Shumacher is looking to improve his position.
Shumacher wants to get back to full guard but Wright has passed into side control.
Shumacher is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shumacher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wright. What's that going to do exactly?
Shumacher is trying to escape the mount.
Wright sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gilbert Shumacher's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shumacher moves away.
Wright looks to score with a jab to the body but Shumacher is just out of range.
Shumacher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wright digs a good body shot into Shumacher's ribs.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright works Shumacher's body with a nice hook.
Wright lands a left and a right that send Shumacher crashing to the mat, dazed. Wright thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Shumacher is rocked!
Tony Wright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wright circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Shumacher tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Wright wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tony Wright!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Llewellyn Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Linnear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Harrigan dies tonight.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Llewellyn Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicholas Linnear!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linnear moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A combination from Linnear does no damage.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Linnear.
Linnear misses with a series of wild punches.
Linnear with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Linnear.
Linnear throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linnear misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy left from Linnear finds it's target.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Thomas fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Llewellyn Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Linnear lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Linnear throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
Linnear tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Linnear lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Linnear fails to land with a series of punches.
Linnear scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Thomas is defended easily by Linnear.
Thomas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Linnear defends it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Linnear throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Linnear throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
Thomas tries to clinch but Linnear is having none of it.
Linnear thuds a left hand into Thomas's body.
Linnear swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Linnear keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice uppercut lands for Linnear. That snapped Thomas's head back.
Linnear bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linnear lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thomas backs up against the cage.
Linnear lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thomas is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Linnear! Thomas is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholas Linnear!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trippy Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles E Boles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trippy Berserk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles E Boles!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Charles E Boles has been cut.
Boles throws a hook to the side of Berserk's head but Berserk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Berserk misses with a straight left.
Berserk throws a series of punches but Boles avoids them all with ease.
Boles slips a jab and a cross from Berserk.
Boles throws a big shot that misses.
Boles throws out a leg kick but Berserk moves out of range and Boles only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Berserk blocks the low kick.
Berserk misses with an uppercut.
Boles scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Berserk pushes Boles away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Boles gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
You can see the frustration on Berserk's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Berserk manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Berserk trying to control the action but Boles is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boles wants to get back to his feet.
Boles kicks Berserk off and gets back to his feet.
Boles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A clash of legs there as Berserk blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Berserk misses the target.
Berserk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trippy Berserk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berserk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boles lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Trippy Berserk has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boles throws a body punch but Berserk moves out of range.
Boles lands an overhand right.
Berserk throws a series of punches but Boles avoids them all with ease.
Boles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Berserk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boles moves away.
Boles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boles controlling the action here.
Boles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boles is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserk on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Berserk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boles wants to take a breather but Berserk is having none of it.
Boles is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Boles stops Berserk from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Boles there.
Boles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boles misses with a head shot. Berserk uses the momentum to regain guard.
Berserk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boles throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Boles can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Berserk trying to strike off his back.
Boles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boles throws a big right hand that misses.
Boles slips nicely into half guard.
Boles thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Berserk's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Berserk misses with a straight left.
Boles misses with a hook. Berserk ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles E Boles dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Berserk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Berserk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boles.
Berserk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boles's hands.
Berserk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boles.
Berserk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boles.
Boles throws a big shot that misses.
Berserk lands with a right hand.
Berserk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boles throws a front kick aimed at Berserk's knee but Berserk avoids it well.
Boles gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boles.
Berserk lands a body shot.
Berserk throws a head punch that misses.
Berserk swings wildly with an uppercut but Boles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boles misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk digs a right hand into Boles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boles's gas tank.
Boles is breathing heavily.
Boles scores with a shot to the side of Berserk's head.
Boles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boles is working Berserk over against the cage.
Berserk is working Boles over against the cage.
Berserk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That has opened up Charles E Boles's cut even more.
Berserk throws a one two combo.
Berserk is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A jab from Berserk does it's job there.
Boles is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berserk cracks Boles with an uppercut from hell and Boles crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Berserk's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Boles is still in real trouble! Can Berserk finish him?
The cut above Charles E Boles's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Berserk would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Boles seems to have recovered his senses.
Boles keeping moving, preventing Berserk from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk wanted to stand there but Boles had control of the position.
Boles scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Boles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boles lands a body shot.
Boles misses with a takedown attempt - Berserk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Berserk checks a low kick from Boles.
Berserk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Berserk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Boles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Berserk lands a left and a right that sends Boles crashing to the canvas! Berserk dives into mount looking to finish!
Charles E Boles's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Charles E Boles's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trippy Berserk!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Reacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tucker Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas has chosen I'd Love To Knock The Hell Out Of You, Hank Williams Jr. as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Reacher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tucker Thomas!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reacher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Reacher tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Reacher tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Reacher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thomas as he avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thomas.
Reacher shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomas defends it nicely.
Reacher keeps Thomas at a distance using the push kick.
Thomas connects with a right hand. Reacher shakes it off.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Reacher moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Reacher.
Thomas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reacher on the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reacher fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Reacher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reacher throws a combination that misses
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Reacher ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Reacher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thomas's waist but Thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reacher off to one side.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
Nice uppercut there from Thomas.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Thomas.
Thomas works Reacher's body with a nice hook.
Thomas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tucker Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Reacher should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas connects with a body shot.
Reacher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thomas lands with a cross.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Reacher is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a nice shot that snaps Reacher's head back.
Reacher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice cross by Thomas.
Reacher is rocked!
Thomas cracks a nice hook into Reacher's ribs.
Oh Reacher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Reacher. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Reacher drops his hands momentarily. Thomas doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Reacher staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Reacher doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tucker Thomas!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Harrigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Humperdink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Harrigan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Harrigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitch Humperdink!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Humperdink misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheers as Harrigan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Humperdink doesn't seem phased though.
Harrigan throws a jab when Humperdink was well out of range.
Harrigan connects with a right hand. Humperdink shakes it off.
Humperdink looks for a takedown but Harrigan sprawls well.
Humperdink is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harrigan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Humperdink misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harrigan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Humperdink.
Mike Harrigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harrigan loads up on a big right hand but Humperdink slips the punch.
Humperdink lands the left hand.
Harrigan lands an overhand right.
Harrigan throws a hook but Humperdink avoids it easily.
Humperdink slips a jab from Harrigan.
Mike Harrigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrigan misses the jab.
Humperdink tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Humperdink digs a good body shot into Harrigan's ribs.
The fighters circling - Harrigan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrigan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harrigan takes a swing at Humperdink's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Humperdink. Beautiful body shot.
A slow jab from Harrigan misses its intended target.
Harrigan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harrigan wants it to stay on the feet.
Mike Harrigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch Humperdink.
Humperdink dives in and grabs Harrigan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harrigan pushes down on Humperdink's head and hops out.
Humperdink closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harrigan circles away.
Harrigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Humperdink moves away.
Harrigan scores with the left hand. Humperdink knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrigan throws an overhand right that lands on Humperdink's shoulder, as Humperdink tries to avoid the shot.
Humperdink slips under a jab.
Humperdink is looking to land body kicks.
Harrigan throws a looping overhand right but Humperdink ducks down to avoid it.
A combination from Harrigan does no damage.
Humperdink wants to slow Harrigan down by chopping away at his legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harrigan.
Humperdink tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harrigan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Humperdink somewhat.
Humperdink scores with a shot to the body.
Harrigan misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humperdink goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harrigan misses with a jab to the body
letting Humperdink counter with a right hand.
Humperdink throws a right and a left that Harrigan avoids nicely.
Harrigan lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Humperdink. Harrigan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Humperdink.
A jab from Harrigan finds it's way through Humperdink's defenses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harrigan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Humperdink ducks under a wild hook from Harrigan.
Humperdink throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harrigan counters with a straight right hand.
Humperdink scores with a three punch combo!
Humperdink takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Humperdink lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Harrigan misses.
Humperdink fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrigan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harrigan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Humperdink has time to react.
Humperdink looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harrigan is fending him off so far but Humperdink persists. Nope, Harrigan circles away and we're back to standing.
Humperdink tries to score with a low kick but Harrigan moves his leg out of the way.
Harrigan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harrigan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Harrigan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Humperdink darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harrigan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Humperdink doesn't seem bothered though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Humperdink wants to land a leg kick but Harrigan is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Harrigan dominated that round.
That's time! Harrigan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harrigan lands a jab to the head.
Harrigan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Humperdink manages to avoid it.
Humperdink misses with a wild body shot.
Humperdink is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harrigan rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Harrigan does it's job there.
Harrigan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Humperdink.
Harrigan stuffs the takedown.
Humperdink throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Humperdink will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Donk. Harrigan catches Humperdink right on the button with a cross.
Humperdink gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harrigan.
Humperdink avoids the body shot from Harrigan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harrigan. Humperdink does a little dance to reset his feet.
Humperdink looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humperdink looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mike Harrigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch Humperdink.
Humperdink bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mitch Humperdink is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrigan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Humperdink.
Harrigan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Humperdink.
Harrigan connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Harrigan misses.
Harrigan misses with a straight left.
Mike Harrigan is winning the standup battle so far.
Humperdink gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harrigan misses with an uppercut. Humperdink saw that one coming.
Humperdink misses with a double jab
and Harrigan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Harrigan.
Humperdink defending well as Harrigan loads up on a big left hand.
Humperdink defending well as Harrigan loads up on a big left hand.
Harrigan loads up on a big right hand but Humperdink slips the punch.
Harrigan dodges the punch combination from Humperdink.
Harrigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Harrigan.
Humperdink keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Humperdink ducks under a wild hook from Harrigan.
Harrigan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Humperdink is defended easily by Harrigan.
Humperdink throws a half hearted mid kick.
Humperdink displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrigan throws out the jab.
Humperdink fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harrigan connects with a right hand. Humperdink shakes it off.
Harrigan dips to his left and cracks Humperdink with an uppercut!
Humperdink avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrigan scores with a decent looking hook.
Humperdink looks to land a combination but Harrigan avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humperdink cracks Harrigan with a good jab.
Harrigan missing with a left hand there. Humperdink was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Humperdink misses with a jab to the body
and Harrigan counters with a straight right hand.
Harrigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Humperdink moves away.
Harrigan misses with a shot to the body
and Humperdink counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Humperdink misses with a shot to the body
and Harrigan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Humperdink tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrigan swivels and escapes.
Harrigan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harrigan scores with the left hand. Humperdink knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Harrigan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Harrigan scores with a sloppy right hand. Humperdink should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Harrigan - just one landing.
Humperdink avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrigan misses with a straight right.
Harrigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Humperdink moves away.
Harrigan swats away the attempt to clinch by Humperdink.
Harrigan catches Humperdink with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harrigan misses the jab.
Humperdink ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Harrigan misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrigan misses the target.
Humperdink misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrigan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humperdink moves out of range of the strikes.
Humperdink has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Humperdink ducks under a wild hook from Harrigan.
Harrigan throws a lazy right hand but Humperdink sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Harrigan does it's job there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Humperdink. That's going to slow Harrigan down.
Humperdink tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrigan was well out of range. Poor timing from Humperdink.
Harrigan just misses with a punch to the body.
Humperdink moves out of range of the strikes.
Humperdink tries to clinch but Harrigan moves out of range.
Harrigan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Humperdink can do to turn this around?
Humperdink staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Harrigan.
Humperdink misses with a shot to the body
and Harrigan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humperdink ducks under a wild hook from Harrigan.
Humperdink has closed the distance and engaged Harrigan in a clinch.
Harrigan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harrigan misses with a punch to the body.
Humperdink struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrigan controls his hands.
Harrigan digs a right hand underneath Humperdink's ribcage. Humperdink let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harrigan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Humperdink.
Humperdink goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Humperdink is trying desperately to land a takedown but Harrigan is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Humperdink.
Harrigan works on Humperdink's body with a couple of short punches.
Harrigan lands with a left to the head.
Harrigan pushes Humperdink back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Humperdink tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrigan avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humperdink lands a body shot.
Harrigan lands with a light punch inside.
Harrigan stalls.
Humperdink tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrigan's elbow.
Harrigan is working Humperdink over against the cage.
Harrigan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrigan breaks the clinch.
Harrigan looks to land a left hand but Humperdink moved out of range nicely.
Harrigan misses with an uppercut. Humperdink saw that one coming.
Humperdink walks into a straight right hand from Harrigan.
Humperdink staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humperdink throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harrigan slips a jab and a cross from Humperdink.
Harrigan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Humperdink swinging wildly here.
Harrigan dodges the punch combination from Humperdink.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Humperdink.
Nice defenses there by Humperdink.
Humperdink swinging wildly here.
Mitch Humperdink has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Humperdink throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harrigan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Harrigan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harrigan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Harrigan!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kendall Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Concrete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kendall Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Concrete!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Concrete checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Concrete shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas punishes Concrete's body with a nice straight punch.
Clint Concrete seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Concrete looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Thomas lunges at Concrete with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Concrete's hand.
Concrete takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice jab there from Thomas.
Thomas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas lands an uppercut.
Thomas lands with a right to the head.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Concrete jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Concrete gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Concrete misses with a hook to the body
and Thomas counters with a two punch combo.
Concrete misses with a takedown
and Thomas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kendall Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clint Concrete.
Thomas lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Concrete tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Concrete working hard to break the clinch.
Thomas lands a nice shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Concrete's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Concrete is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Concrete's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Concrete takes a shot to the head.
Thomas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Thomas.
Concrete jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thomas walks away with a smile on his face. Concrete gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Concrete.
A punch lands to the side of Concrete 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kendall Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Concrete misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch.
Thomas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Concrete backwards.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas pushes Concrete back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Thomas - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Concrete has had enough of the clinch but Thomas keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Concrete backwards.
Thomas lands a body punch.
A short right from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Concrete's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thomas.
Thomas keeps control of Concrete as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas lands with a light punch inside.
Concrete is rocked!
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Concrete is still on wobbly legs! Can Thomas finish him?
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Concrete uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Concrete blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Concrete blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Concrete seems to have recovered his senses.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Concrete.
A right hand to the body from Thomas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thomas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Concrete backwards.
Thomas presses Concrete against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Concrete to his knees! Thomas keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kendall Thomas!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randle McMurphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Thomas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
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210 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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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 New York, Randle McMurphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas throws a head kick but McMurphy moves out of range.
Thomas rushes McMurphy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Thomas manages to end up in side control.
You can see the frustration on McMurphy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Thomas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
McMurphy can't do much from the bottom here.
Thomas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. McMurphy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas wants to lay and pray for a moment but McMurphy keeps working.
Thomas working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
McMurphy parries the strikes from Thomas easily there. Thomas is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable McMurphy to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Randle McMurphy has been cut.
McMurphy tries to clinch up
and McMurphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McMurphy misses with a low kick as Thomas jumps back.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas darts in and clinches McMurphy up against the cage.
Thomas missing with knees to the body.
Thomas pulls guard.
Thomas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McMurphy controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Thomas wants to sweep but no luck.
Thomas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McMurphy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McMurphy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
McMurphy trying to control the position but Thomas is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thomas throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Thomas wants to control but McMurphy postures up.
McMurphy wants to control but Thomas is keeping him busy.
Thomas is trying to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McMurphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McMurphy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McMurphy showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Thomas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randle McMurphy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Thomas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thomas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Thomas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Thomas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thomas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Thomas trying to keep a closed guard but McMurphy is proving a slippery customer.
Thomas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McMurphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thomas is keeping the position for now.
Thomas wants to hit a switch here but McMurphy passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Thomas there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to improve his position but instead McMurphy has taken his back!
McMurphy trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
McMurphy is hanging on to Thomas's back as he tries to escape.
McMurphy wants to control but Thomas is keeping busy.
Thomas breaks McMurphy's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
McMurphy wants to sweep here but Thomas controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McMurphy moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but McMurphy slips the punch.
McMurphy fails with the takedown
and Thomas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Thomas.
McMurphy jumps guard but Thomas stands there with McMurphy around his waist. McMurphy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thomas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McMurphy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thomas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thomas lands a damaging elbow.
Thomas fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike.
Thomas decides to pull guard.
Thomas has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. McMurphy is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Thomas.
Thomas looks to move to half guard but instead McMurphy has passed into mount! Damn!
McMurphy controlling the position easily from mount.
McMurphy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thomas is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McMurphy prevents Thomas from getting the reversal.
McMurphy looking to control but Thomas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thomas blocking the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thomas is controlling an arm, preventing McMurphy from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
McMurphy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ricky Thomas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Randle McMurphy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Jab from Thomas.
A bone on bone clash there as Thomas blocks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Thomas blocks the low kick.
McMurphy tries for a takedown but Thomas circles away easily
and Thomas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
McMurphy shoots and misses
and Thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thomas tries to bum rush McMurphy with a series of wild strikes but McMurphy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McMurphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas wants to clinch up but McMurphy keeps it at a distance.
McMurphy blocks the body kick.
McMurphy misses with a takedown
and Thomas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randle McMurphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurphy tries to stall but Thomas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McMurphy is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
McMurphy fails to pull guard.
McMurphy tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas drags the fight down to the ground.
McMurphy pushes down on Thomas's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Thomas tries to get to full guard but McMurphy has control of the leg.
Thomas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McMurphy.
Thomas is refusing to be controlled, as McMurphy sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thomas tries to get to full guard but McMurphy has control of the leg.
Thomas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Thomas.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McMurphy wants to clinch
and Thomas moves into the clinch.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McMurphy walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a series of punches but McMurphy avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMurphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thomas.
Thomas checks a low kick from McMurphy.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMurphy tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McMurphy swinging wildly here.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McMurphy.
Randle McMurphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thomas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McMurphy throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Thomas pushes McMurphy up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas manages to break the clinch.
Thomas throws a hook but McMurphy avoids it easily.
McMurphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Randle McMurphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McMurphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMurphy slips a jab and a cross from Thomas.
Thomas connects with a good right hand that stumbles McMurphy. McMurphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
McMurphy tries to break free but Thomas pushes him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Thomas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thomas 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Thomas!
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