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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darren Tolbert (ranked 3079 p4p, 3898 weight class) and Clint Westshade (ranked 233 p4p, 290 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darren Tolbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clint Westshade!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolbert lands a right hook to the body.
Westshade throws a series of punches but Tolbert moves out of range.
Tolbert shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tolbert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Westshade.
Westshade loads up on a big right hand but Tolbert slips the punch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tolbert is defended easily by Westshade.
Westshade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Westshade is looking to clinch but Tolbert is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tolbert lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Westshade's corner calls for a 1-2. Westshade obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
 It looks like Darren Tolbert has been cut.
Tolbert shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westshade avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tolbert.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westshade keeping control of the position.
Tolbert missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tolbert throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tolbert takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tolbert definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Westshade wants to control but Tolbert is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Westshade tries to get to full guard but Tolbert has control of the leg.
That's two 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.
Tolbert missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tolbert is trying to control the action in half guard but Westshade is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Westshade has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tolbert is working away from the top position though.
Westshade avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tolbert.
Tolbert trying to control the action but Westshade is working from the bottom.
Westshade tries to get to full guard but Tolbert has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Westshade wants to control but Tolbert is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert thows a huge punch but Westshade dodges it nicely.
Tolbert seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Darren Tolbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Westshade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolbert misses with a combination
and Westshade counters with a thumping low kick.
Tolbert lands with a nice body punch.
Nice cross by Tolbert.
Westshade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tolbert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Westshade shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tolbert eats them both and turns towards Westshade to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Westshade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tolbert changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Westshade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolbert.
Tolbert misses with a takedown
and Westshade counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Tolbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Westshade throws a head kick but Tolbert moves out of range.
Westshade takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tolbert throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Westshade to counter with a crisp jab.
Westshade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Westshade throws a right and a left that Tolbert avoids nicely.
Tolbert throws a body shot but no joy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Westshade moves forwards but Tolbert connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Westshade lands a lovely overhand right.
Tolbert scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tolbert misses with a body shot.
Westshade scores with a shot to the body.
Tolbert looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A combination from Tolbert does no damage.
A cross from Tolbert lands.
Tolbert swats away the attempt to clinch by Westshade.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert throws out a powerful jab.
Tolbert throws a shot from downtown. Westshade moves away and avoids it.
Tolbert backing away here, and Westshade unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tolbert fails with a takedown attempt.
Tolbert misses with a left hand
and Westshade counters with a good low kick that Tolbert was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolbert misses with an uppercut.
Westshade defending well as Tolbert loads up on a big left hand.
Tolbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westshade feints and then cracks Tolbert's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tolbert down.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Tolbert with that takedown attempt.
Westshade now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Westshade defending well as Tolbert loads up on a big left hand.
Westshade is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tolbert throws an off balance right hand
and Westshade counters with a two punch combo.
Tolbert closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Westshade to the mat! Westshade manages to get full guard.
Tolbert trying to control the position from guard on top but Westshade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tolbert makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Westshade is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Westshade trying to pass the guard but Tolbert defending well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Westshade is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tolbert wants to improve his position but Westshade is controlling well.
Tolbert gets full guard.
Tolbert is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Westshade would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Westshade looking to pass the guard.
Westshade wants to control from the top but Tolbert keeps moving.
Tolbert trying to keep a closed guard but Westshade is proving a slippery customer.
Tolbert wants to hit a sweep here but Westshade passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Tolbert there!
Tolbert working to try and regain half 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 Darren Tolbert will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darren Tolbert's cut.
That's time! Tolbert's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Westshade fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A solid leg kick lands there for Westshade.
Westshade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tolbert lands with a cross.
Tolbert with a lazy takedown attempt
and Westshade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tolbert scores with a hook to the body. Westshade takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Clint Westshade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tolbert fails with the takedown
enabling Westshade to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tolbert has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Westshade finds it's way round the side to connect with Tolbert's head.
Westshade fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tolbert on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolbert swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Westshade counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A combination from Tolbert does no damage.
Westshade throws a one two combo.
Tolbert fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Tolbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good exchange - Westshade coming out on top.
Tolbert throws a jab but it's blocked by Westshade.
Westshade is looking to chop away at Tolbert's legs.
Tolbert misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westshade thuds his right hand into Tolbert's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Westshade cracks Tolbert with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolbert lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Westshade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tolbert shoots in for a takedown but Westshade shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Westshade lands a nice shot to the body.
Tolbert digs a good hook to Westshade's body.
Tolbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tolbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Westshade is just out of range.
Westshade lands a jab to the head.
Tolbert fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert walks into a jab.
Darren Tolbert's cut is getting worse.
Tolbert looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tolbert swings widly with a right hand
and Westshade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Westshade connects with a body shot that sends Tolbert's belly button to the back.
Tolbert lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tolbert throws a lazy right hand but Westshade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Westshade fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clint Westshade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tolbert takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A swing and a miss from Tolbert.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert throws a lazy uppercut
and Westshade counters with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Tolbert misses the target.
Westshade was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Tolbert misses with an uppercut
and Westshade counters with a big head kick but Tolbert shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolbert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Westshade counters with a right hand to the body.
Tolbert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Westshade throws out a counter right but Tolbert avoids it with no problem.
Tolbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tolbert looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Westshade tries to clinch up but Tolbert circles away and keeps his distance.
Westshade throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Westshade lands with a straight right. Tolbert didn't see that one coming.
Westshade blocks a jab.
Westshade now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Westshade throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tolbert.
Westshade is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tolbert loads up on a big right hand but Westshade slips the punch.
A big right from Tolbert misses.
Tolbert lands a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Westshade.
Westshade jabs Tolbert to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westshade wants to control but Tolbert is keeping busy.
Tolbert prevents Westshade from improving his position.
Westshade controlling the position for now.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Westshade does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tolbert missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Westshade is concentrating on defense, preventing Tolbert from advancing position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Westshade scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Westshade.
Westshade thumps Tolbert with a low kick.
Westshade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tolbert tries to keep at a distance but Westshade has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Westshade.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Westshade lands a hook that snaps the head of Tolbert backwards.
Tolbert wants a takedown but no success here.
Westshade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tolbert has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Westshade avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Westshade has Tolbert pressed against the cage, preventing Tolbert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Westshade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolbert is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tolbert tries to circle away but Westshade has him pinned against the cage.
Tolbert blocks a body shot from Westshade.
Westshade working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Westshade stops a takedown attempt from Tolbert.
Tolbert is trying to pull guard but Westshade turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tolbert takes a shot to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Westshade has Tolbert pressed against the cage, preventing Tolbert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tolbert blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Westshade misses with some punches.
Westshade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tolbert.
Tolbert tries to stall but Westshade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Westshade lands with a left to the head.
Westshade scores with a nice hook to the head.
Westshade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Westshade lands a hook that snaps the head of Tolbert backwards.
A short uppercut from Westshade.
Westshade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tolbert wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tolbert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Westshade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolbert stalling.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Westshade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Darren Tolbert's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Westshade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Westshade with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tolbert to score with a decent uppercut.
Tolbert throws a sloppy body shot
and Westshade counters with a series of strikes. Tolbert will be more careful next time no doubt.
Westshade has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Westshade misses with a wild body shot.
Westshade connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tolbert. Tolbert circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Westshade ducks under a wild hook from Tolbert.
Tolbert is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tolbert throws a poor cross that misses
and Westshade counters with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westshade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tolbert misses with a left hand
enabling Westshade to counter with a crisp jab.
Tolbert misses with a left hand
and Westshade counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolbert misses with a looping right.
Westshade now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tolbert rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Westshade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Tolbert misses.
Tolbert misses with an uppercut.
Tolbert throws a shot to the body.
Westshade closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tolbert.
Westshade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Westshade lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Westshade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tolbert backwards.
Westshade breaks from the clinch.
Tolbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westshade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tolbert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tolbert looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tolbert is trying hard to land a takedown here. Westshade sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Westshade rushes Tolbert and presses him up against the cage.
Westshade blocking some punches.
Westshade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Westshade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Westshade working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tolbert wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Westshade fails to land.
Tolbert is trying to pull guard but Westshade has him pressed against the cage.
Westshade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tolbert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tolbert attempts a counter takedown but Westshade avoids it well and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westshade avoids the body shot from Tolbert.
Tolbert misses with a right hand
and Westshade counters with a stiff right hand.
Westshade lands a big head kick that sends Tolbert tumbling to the mat! Westshade takes a step backwards and waves Tolbert back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Tolbert is rocked!
Darren Tolbert's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Westshade slips a jab from Tolbert.
A little jabbing left from Westshade on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oh Tolbert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Westshade scoring well with a low kick there.
Tolbert shoots in looking for a takedown. Westshade tries to sprawl out of it but Tolbert keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Westshade manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tolbert seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Tolbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Westshade lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Westshade connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Tolbert coming out on top.
Tolbert closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tolbert lands in his opponent's guard.
Darren Tolbert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tolbert preventing the sweep.
Westshade managing to control the position.
Tolbert throws a big elbow that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Westshade wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Westshade working a defensive guard here.
Tolbert controlling from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tolbert wants to control from the top but Westshade keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's six 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.
Westshade throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Westshade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tolbert.
Tolbert lands a lovely overhand right.
Tolbert misses with a hook. Westshade ducked under it nicely.
Tolbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westshade was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Tolbert throws a body shot but no joy.
Westshade closes the distance and pushes Tolbert back into the cage.
Tolbert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert throws out a loose jab but Westshade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tolbert misses with a takedown attempt
and Westshade counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab by Westshade.
Tolbert shoots in for a double leg but Westshade sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Westshade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tolbert.
Westshade looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Westshade connects with a single shot there.
Jeez, Darren Tolbert's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tolbert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tolbert takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Westshade moves forwards but Tolbert connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tolbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Tolbert misses.
Tolbert takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Westshade throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westshade tries to clinch but Tolbert is having none of it.
Tolbert throws a right hand that misses
and Westshade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Westshade moves out of range of the strikes.
Tolbert misses with the combination.
Tolbert loads up on a big right hand but Westshade slips the punch.
Westshade throws a right hand that Tolbert ducks under and follows up with a left that Tolbert also avoids with ease.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tolbert takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Darren Tolbert's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Clint Westshade!
Our winner, Clint Westshade, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dan Diego (ranked 3416 p4p, 3343 weight class) and Brody Gibson (ranked 261 p4p, 253 weight class). Dan Diego could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brody Gibson'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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brody Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diego.
A telegraphed right hand from Gibson misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Diego on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gibson fails with the takedown
and Diego counters with a nice body shot.
Gibson misses with a lunging right hand
and Gibson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gibson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gibson misses with a jab to the body
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Gibson.
A quick step to the side and Diego tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson misses with an uppercut
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
 Gibson is rocked!
Gibson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gibson is still on wobbly legs! Can Diego finish him?
Gibson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gibson cracks Diego with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gibson seems to have recovered his senses.
Gibson has his takedown stuffed
and Diego counters with a nice right hand that sends Gibson toppling to the canvas! Gibson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Diego finish him?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gibson misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut there from Gibson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson cracks Diego with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brody Gibson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego tries to sprawl but Gibson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Diego is looking for a sweep. Gibson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diego's coaches at MMAH League and Warrior Nation have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Gibson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Diego!
Gibson with the ground and pound from mount.
Diego is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gibson landing strikes from the mount.
Diego is desperately trying to improve his position but Gibson has a good base and remains in mount.
Diego is working hard here to advance position.
Gibson lands a couple of good shots and Diego has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diego rolls, trying to escape but Gibson keeps control of the position.
Gibson lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Diego hold on?!
Diego is rocked!
Gibson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gibson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Diego is looking for a way out.
Oh Diego is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Gibson cracks Diego with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Diego from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Gibson cracks Diego with a big right hand from the back mount! Diego immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Gibson takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brody Gibson!
Brody Gibson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kotetsu Yama (ranked 1737 p4p, 3199 weight class) and Jay Leaf (ranked 152 p4p, 240 weight class). Jay Leaf has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kotetsu Yama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Leaf!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leaf takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leaf closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yama to the mat! Yama manages to get full guard.
Leaf content to stall in guard here.
Yama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Leaf trying to control the position from guard on top but Yama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leaf drops back looking for a leg! Yama is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yama manages to kick Leaf off! Leaf jumps back into Yama's guard.
Yama keeping moving, preventing Leaf from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leaf is in close to Yama's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yama looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Leaf passes into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leaf connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yama some visible discomfort.
Yama is looking for a sweep.
Yama is not content to let Leaf control the position.
Leaf scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Yama to see if he's OK.
Leaf has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yama tries to bench press Leaf off him but Leaf keeps the position.
Leaf looks up at the clock and then as Yama takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Leaf smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leaf working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leaf trying to control the action but Yama is working from the bottom.
Leaf cracks Yama with a big elbow.
Yama is looking for a sweep.
Yama is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Leaf off and has taken his back!
Yama is looking for the choke from the back position but Leaf is controlling his hands well.
Even with his hooks in, Yama manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Yama is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leaf wants to control his opponent's hands but Yama gets his hands free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leaf is trying to break free.
Leaf trying to control the hands but Yama won't let him.
Leaf felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Yama working for a choke but Leaf is defending well.
Leaf defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Yama is trying to stick to Leaf's back but Leaf is turning into Yama. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Yama's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Leaf.
Yama is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Leaf defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yama keeping full guard, as Leaf tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leaf is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Yama throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yama has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Yama throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yama has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Leaf 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 Yama.
Leaf is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yama is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yama is looking for a sweep.
Leaf working the head and body with strikes.
Leaf is putting a hurting on Yama here, landing some big shots from side control.
Yama is trying to work for a sweep but Leaf has mounted him!
Leaf avoids the attempt from Yama to control.
Leaf looking to control but Yama is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yama is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leaf fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Leaf lands a big elbow.
Yama is working to get back to half guard.
Yama regains half guard.
Yama is trying to maintain the position but Leaf is very close to passing his half guard.
Yama trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Leaf manages to pass to mount!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yama keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yama slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Leaf seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yama does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yama wants to control but Leaf is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Leaf is pressing down on Yama's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yama is holding on for now.
Yama is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Leaf pulls his head out easily.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Yama tries to get to full guard but Leaf has control of the leg.
Leaf controlling the action here.
That's eight 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.
Yama is not content to let Leaf control the position.
Yama tries to roll over but Leaf keeps him under control.
Leaf looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Leaf controlling the action here.
Leaf working over Yama with some ground and pound. Yama looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Leaf in particular looking to stall.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yama is looking to control Leaf's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yama avoid being mounted?
Yama makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yama.
Yama looking to control.
Yama looking for a sweep. Not yet Yama, not yet.
Leaf stays in close to Yama's body and controls the position.
Yama wants to hit a sweep here but Leaf passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Yama there!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leaf landing strikes from the mount and Yama is in trouble!
Leaf looking to finish Yama with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yama!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Leaf dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yama stuffs the takedown.
Leaf bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yama misses the jab.
Leaf drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Yama defends it well.
Yama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leaf.
Yama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Leaf was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leaf looks to score with a jab to the body but Yama is just out of range.
Leaf connects with a jab.
Leaf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheers as Leaf lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yama doesn't seem phased though.
Yama is rocked!
Leaf circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Yama to the canvas! Yama doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Leaf keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Leaf!
Our winner, Jay Leaf, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yin Mao (ranked 1734 p4p, 2141 weight class) and Rogan Josh (ranked 150 p4p, 178 weight class). Mao comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Pass. Josh has chosen Radar Love - Golden Earring as his entrance music. Yin Mao could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rogan Josh'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 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yin Mao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rogan Josh!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mao throws out a loose jab but Josh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Josh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mao darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Josh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mao throws an off balance right hand
and Josh counters with a nice uppercut.
Josh throws a looping overhand right but Mao ducks down to avoid it.
Mao thinks about countering with a head kick.
Rogan Josh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mao moves out of range of the strikes.
Josh misses with an uppercut. Mao saw that one coming.
Josh misses with a hook
letting Mao counter with a right hand.
Mao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Josh.
Josh lunges at Mao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mao's hand.
Mao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Josh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Josh misses
and Josh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Josh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Josh jabs at Mao's body.
Josh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mao counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Mao.
Josh throws a lazy head kick
and Mao counters with a crisp right hand that drops Josh! Mao lets Josh back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Josh is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Mao! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yin Mao!
A victorious Yin Mao thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Rogan Josh was interviewed post fight and said 'If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Phoenix (ranked 823 p4p, 1800 weight class) and Juan Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C (ranked 93 p4p, 193 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gerald Phoenix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks to land a right hand but Phoenix moved out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings widly with a right hand
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range as Phoenix strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Phoenix fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Phoenix takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C tries a head kick but it misses.
Phoenix wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Phoenix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Phoenix definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Phoenix walks into a jab.
Phoenix takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Phoenix keeps control of Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with some punches.
Phoenix missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phoenix misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Phoenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix misses with a punch on the inside.
Phoenix throws a head punch that misses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Phoenix lands with a hook. Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a lazy right hand but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a hook but Phoenix avoids it easily.
Phoenix throws a nice inside leg kick.
Phoenix avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phoenix has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a hook but Phoenix blocks it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C needs to keep his hands up - Phoenix had a free shot at his head there.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a jab when Phoenix was well out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Phoenix - that will leave a mark!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C jabs Phoenix right on the nose. Phoenix blinks but takes it well.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a jab to the body
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phoenix tries to land a front kick but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Phoenix lands with an uppercut that bounces Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C off the cage and back into range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
A decent looking cross lands there for Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix misses with a low kick.
Phoenix connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phoenix with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phoenix misses with a right hand
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Phoenix throws a hook to the side of Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C's head but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C! But no joy.
Phoenix throws a sloppy head kick and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range easily.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a right hand that misses
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a low kick.
Phoenix swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Phoenix takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C missing with a left hand there. Phoenix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks for the body kick but Phoenix saw that one coming.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Phoenix moves out of range of the strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a leg kick that is checked
and Phoenix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Phoenix scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C walks into a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range as Phoenix throws a body kick.
Phoenix throws out a loose jab but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a straight right.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a body punch but Phoenix moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phoenix manages to avoid it.
Phoenix gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Phoenix throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C slips a jab and a cross from Phoenix.
Phoenix misses with a looping left.
Phoenix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A shot to the body from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses
and Phoenix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a looping right.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a wild combination.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C walks into a jab.
Phoenix instigates a clinch.
Phoenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C manages to break the clinch.
Phoenix misses with a body shot
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a nice body shot.
Phoenix swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C cracks a nice hook into Phoenix's ribs.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C slips under a jab.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C cracks Phoenix with a good jab.
Phoenix stuns Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phoenix.
Phoenix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks to score with a jab to the body but Phoenix is just out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Phoenix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C was well out of range. Poor timing from Phoenix.
Phoenix misses with a looping right.
Phoenix tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phoenix misses with the body kick
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks to land a right hand but Phoenix moved out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids the punch easily.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands a really nice looking cross but Phoenix seems unphased.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix with a nice calf kick.
A combination from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C does no damage.
Phoenix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
An attempted straight right counter from Phoenix misses the target.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a jab, cross combination.
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 Gerald Phoenix will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Phoenix scores with a kick to the body.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands an overhand right.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with an uppercut. Phoenix saw that one coming.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws an overhand right that lands on Phoenix's shoulder, as Phoenix tries to avoid the shot.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phoenix swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Phoenix tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Phoenix.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range as Phoenix throws a body kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A leg kick checked by Phoenix.
Phoenix is looking to counter the offense by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C and move into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C's corner calls for a 1-2. Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Phoenix tries a head kick but it misses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands an overhand right.
Phoenix tries to clinch but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids the body shot from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a shot from downtown. Phoenix moves away and avoids it.
Phoenix looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks to land a right hand but Phoenix moved out of range.
Phoenix lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Phoenix misses the target.
A low kick from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses
and Phoenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Phoenix ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix is looking to clinch but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C is avoiding it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phoenix misses the jab.
Phoenix pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a hook.
Phoenix takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phoenix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks right into an uppercut from Phoenix.
Phoenix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix cracks Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C with a good jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands a nice shot to the body.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids a kick to the body.
Phoenix slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Phoenix.
Phoenix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phoenix fails to land with a series of punches.
Gerald Phoenix is winning the standup battle so far.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Phoenix.
Phoenix takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phoenix throws out the jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phoenix shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C eats them both and turns towards Phoenix to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phoenix tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix cracks Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Phoenix connects with a jab.
Phoenix takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a body punch
and Phoenix counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a right hand that misses
and Phoenix counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings away with a body shot that misses
and Phoenix moves into the clinch.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phoenix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C manages to break the clinch.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes one on the button.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C slips a straight right by Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a looping left.
Phoenix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Phoenix misses with a wild combination.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Phoenix is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a double jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Phoenix misses its intended target.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C blocks a head kick by Phoenix.
No joy there for Phoenix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a one-two to the body.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with an uppercut.
Phoenix throws a looping overhand right but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
Phoenix uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C has time to react.
Phoenix throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab from Phoenix.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix slips under a jab.
Phoenix feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a lunging right hand
and Phoenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a head kick but Phoenix moves out of range.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Phoenix misses with a body shot.
Phoenix misses with a combination
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Phoenix throws a hook but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C blocks it.
Nice jab there from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C slips under a jab from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws an overhand right that lands on Phoenix's shoulder, as Phoenix tries to avoid the shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C wants to slow Phoenix down by chopping away at his legs.
Phoenix lands a nice shot that snaps Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C's head back.
Phoenix doesn't manage to clinch there - Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C circles away.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C stalks Phoenix and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Phoenix's face. Phoenix staggers backwards, shaken.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phoenix looks to land a left hand but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moved out of range nicely.
Phoenix closes the distance and clinches.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Phoenix on the inside.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Phoenix misses with some punches.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C wants to break free but Phoenix has control.
Phoenix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C breaks the clinch.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Phoenix appears to be looking for a big counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Phoenix dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice defenses there by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids a punch combination nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses its intended target.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands with a nice body punch.
Phoenix throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C digs a good body shot into Phoenix's ribs.
A jab from Phoenix misses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range of the strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Phoenix's jab looks to have found its range, popping Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C under the eye.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C. That's going to slow Phoenix down.
Phoenix throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses the jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a right hand
and Phoenix counters with a head kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C loads up on a big right hand but Phoenix slips the punch.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C slips a jab from Phoenix.
Phoenix throws an off balance right hand
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a straight right hand.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C lands with a cross.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range as Phoenix strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Phoenix scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Phoenix lands a nice looking body kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C works Phoenix's body with a nice hook.
Phoenix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Phoenix moves out of range of the strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix avoids the body shot from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C cracks Phoenix with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a right hand
and Phoenix counters with a nice uppercut.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C keeps the fight on the outside.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Phoenix shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Phoenix lands a head shot.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters by moving into the clinch.
Phoenix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phoenix misses with a knee to the head.
Phoenix throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phoenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phoenix tries to land knees in the clinch but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C avoids the damage to the body.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Phoenix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phoenix connects with a nice looking jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a lazy uppercut
and Phoenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix slips a jab from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moves out of range as Phoenix strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C! But no joy.
Phoenix misses with a lunging right hand
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C scores with a sloppy right hand. Phoenix should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C. Phoenix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a shot from downtown. Phoenix moves away and avoids it.
Phoenix moves out of range as Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with a body shot.
Phoenix is looking to counter punch.
Phoenix misses with a combination
and Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C counters with a straight right hand.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C swinging wildly here.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Phoenix doesn't manage to clinch there - Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C circles away.
Phoenix ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phoenix throws out a powerful jab.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a hook to the side of Phoenix's head but Phoenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C moved out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C on the side of the head.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phoenix.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phoenix manages to avoid it.
Phoenix checks the leg kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phoenix.
Phoenix throws a nice head kick!
Phoenix looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C looks to land a right hand but Phoenix moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Phoenix misses the target.
Phoenix paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Phoenix slips a jab and a cross from Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix moves out of range of the strikes.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C misses with the combination.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phoenix has time to react.
Phoenix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phoenix misses with a low kick as Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C jumps back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix lands with a hook. Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Phoenix misses the jab.
It seemed like Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Phoenix.
Nice shot by Phoenix.
Gerald Phoenix is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Phoenix finds it's way through Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C's defenses.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C throws the left hand but Phoenix avoids the punch easily.
Phoenix closes the distance and clinches.
Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C is trying to break the clinch but Phoenix is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Manuel Miguel Angel Chavez Sanchez Doritos De La C's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Phoenix misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Phoenix showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Phoenix 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Phoenix!
Gerald Phoenix 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Haakon Cabrera (ranked 1184 p4p, 1245 weight class) and Kittisak Khemkhaeng (ranked 107 p4p, 113 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Haakon Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khemkhaeng wants to clinch up but Cabrera keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Cabrera was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cabrera moves out of range as Khemkhaeng strikes.
Khemkhaeng throws a front kick aimed at Cabrera's knee but Cabrera avoids it well.
Khemkhaeng getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Haakon Cabrera has been cut.
Cabrera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khemkhaeng moves away from the strike by Cabrera.
A little jabbing left from Khemkhaeng on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khemkhaeng fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cabrera is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera misses with a hook. Khemkhaeng ducked under it nicely.
Khemkhaeng misses with a hook
and Cabrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khemkhaeng feints and then cracks Cabrera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cabrera down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng has closed the distance and engaged Cabrera in a clinch.
Khemkhaeng makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cabrera tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cabrera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khemkhaeng backwards.
Khemkhaeng scores with a hook to the body.
Khemkhaeng misses with some punches.
Cabrera wants to take the fight to the mat but Khemkhaeng manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khemkhaeng is leaning against Cabrera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cabrera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khemkhaeng looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khemkhaeng just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cabrera's brow.
Cabrera tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khemkhaeng just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haakon Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khemkhaeng is struggling to control the position.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
We've been hearing reports that Cabrera has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Khemkhaeng.
A right hook to the body lands for Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng lands an elbow inside.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cabrera dodges an elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
Cabrera lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrera prevents a body shot from Khemkhaeng.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabrera.
Cabrera ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cabrera no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cabrera has a closed guard, preventing Khemkhaeng from standing up.
Cabrera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cabrera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khemkhaeng is one step ahead there.
Khemkhaeng decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Khemkhaeng ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng scores with a hook to the body. Cabrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khemkhaeng jabs Cabrera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khemkhaeng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cabrera can pounce on him.
Khemkhaeng misses with an uppercut
and Cabrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khemkhaeng looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khemkhaeng pushes Cabrera up against the cage in a clinch.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khemkhaeng creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cabrera's defenses.
Khemkhaeng is looking to control Cabrera's arms but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khemkhaeng has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng is looking to control Cabrera's arms but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khemkhaeng has his back to the cage.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khemkhaeng gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabrera avoids a wild elbow strike from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cabrera goes for a takedown attempt but Khemkhaeng pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabrera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a takedown but Khemkhaeng manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cabrera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Khemkhaeng throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng takes one to the chin there.
Khemkhaeng showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng tries to counter with a clinch but Cabrera shakes him off and moves away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A right-left combo lands from Cabrera.
Cabrera gets tackled into the cage by Khemkhaeng. Khemkhaeng maintains the clinch.
Cabrera breaks from the clinch.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice shot to the body.
Cabrera throws a low kick but Khemkhaeng avoids it.
Khemkhaeng swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khemkhaeng misses the shot to the body.
Cabrera misses with a hook.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cabrera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khemkhaeng digs a good body shot into Cabrera's ribs.
Cabrera looks to score with a jab to the body but Khemkhaeng is just out of range.
Khemkhaeng let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Khemkhaeng misses with a hook.
Khemkhaeng clinches up against the cage.
Khemkhaeng has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cabrera seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Khemkhaeng can turn it around.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khemkhaeng makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khemkhaeng stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cabrera is looking to break free of the clinch but Khemkhaeng has double underhooks.
Cabrera misses with the head strike.
Cabrera takes an elbow to the temple.
Khemkhaeng doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cabrera lands a shoulder strike.
Khemkhaeng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cabrera as Khemkhaeng tries to tie him up.
Khemkhaeng throws a head punch that misses.
Cabrera jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khemkhaeng walks away with a smile on his face. Cabrera gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khemkhaeng works the jab nicely.
Khemkhaeng clinches with his opponent.
Khemkhaeng lands with a left to the head.
Khemkhaeng blocking some punches.
Khemkhaeng creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cabrera's defenses.
Cabrera can't get the takedown.
Cabrera misses with a punch to the body.
The referee calls for Khemkhaeng to work.
Khemkhaeng is trying to stall.
Khemkhaeng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cabrera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cabrera is keeping busy.
Cabrera fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cabrera takes a shot to the head.
Cabrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khemkhaeng is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cabrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khemkhaeng takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khemkhaeng swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cabrera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cabrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Khemkhaeng is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabrera.
Cabrera appears to be looking for a big counter.
A head kick misses from Cabrera.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khemkhaeng throws a lazy uppercut
and Cabrera counters with a three punch combo that has Khemkhaeng backing up. Khemkhaeng nods at Cabrera to acknowledge the strikes.
Khemkhaeng is looking to clinch but Cabrera is avoiding it.
Cabrera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cabrera throws out a loose jab but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Khemkhaeng saw that one coming.
Khemkhaeng looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabrera is just out of range.
As Khemkhaeng looks to move away, Cabrera throws a big counter combo but Khemkhaeng just gets out of the way.
Khemkhaeng scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cabrera lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cabrera sizes up Khemkhaeng with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kittisak Khemkhaeng dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haakon Cabrera's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Khemkhaeng ducks under a wild hook from Cabrera.
Khemkhaeng throws out a counter right but Cabrera avoids it with no problem.
Khemkhaeng loads up on a big right hand but Cabrera slips the punch.
Cabrera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khemkhaeng doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A bone on bone clash there as Cabrera blocks the leg kick.
Cabrera feinted with a counter takedown.
A right-left combo lands from Khemkhaeng.
Cabrera misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khemkhaeng counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Khemkhaeng digs a right hand into Cabrera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cabrera's gas tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khemkhaeng lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cabrera backwards.
Cabrera tries to work over Khemkhaeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera misses with some punches.
Khemkhaeng tries a body shot but Cabrera blocks it.
Khemkhaeng lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cabrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cabrera tries for a takedown but Khemkhaeng manages to get underhooks.
Cabrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Khemkhaeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khemkhaeng stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Khemkhaeng has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Khemkhaeng - that landed with a thud.
Khemkhaeng is trying to maintain a safe position but Cabrera gets an underhook and turns Khemkhaeng into the cage.
Khemkhaeng is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Khemkhaeng.
Khemkhaeng gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabrera takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cabrera is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khemkhaeng.
Oh Cabrera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khemkhaeng is struggling to control the position.
Cabrera has a couple of punches blocked by Khemkhaeng.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khemkhaeng.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clinched against the cage, Khemkhaeng lands a big elbow that drops Cabrera! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Cabrera is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kittisak Khemkhaeng!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kittisak Khemkhaeng thanked Honest Apparel ($30 SPECIAL ALL T-Shirts!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Happy Hands (ranked 765 p4p, 1715 weight class) and Clarence Boston (ranked 73 p4p, 147 weight class). Hands kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pharoahe Monch- Simon Says. Clarence Boston has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Clarence Boston!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boston misses with a left hand
and Hands counters with a leg kick.
Hands misses with a looping right.
Hands throws a sloppy head kick and Boston moves out of range easily.
Boston moves away from the strike by Hands.
Boston takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hands connects with a high kick.
Boston connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hands's hands.
Boston blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Hands misses.
Clarence Boston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boston with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boston cracks Hands with an open hand slap.
Sloppy strikes from Hands. Those never looked like landing.
A swing and a miss from Boston.
A swing and a miss from Boston.
Hands uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boston.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hands lands a glancing blow to the side of Boston's head.
Hands takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boston swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hands counters with a slapping leg kick.
Boston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boston throws an off balance right hand
and Hands counters with a big head kick but Boston shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Boston.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Hands lands an impressive looking overhand right. Boston doesn't seem phased though.
Hands connects with a body shot that sends Boston's belly button to the back.
Boston takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Hands does no damage.
Nice uppercut lands for Boston. That snapped Hands's head back.
Boston misses with a hook. Hands ducked under it nicely.
Boston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hands moves away.
Boston throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hands counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Happy Hands has been cut.
Boston connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hands. Hands circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hands throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Boston misses
and Hands counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hands misses with a double jab
and Boston counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hands thinking.
Hands definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hands slips under a jab.
Boston misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Hands tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hands lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circling - Boston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice shot by Boston.
Boston throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Hands tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hands misses with the body kick
and Boston counters with a left to the body.
Boston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hands counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hands takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hands misses with a hook. Boston ducked under it nicely.
Hands lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boston lands with a straight right. Hands didn't see that one coming.
Boston looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
Boston ducks under a wild hook from Hands.
A punch lands to the side of Boston 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Boston tries to bum rush Hands with a series of wild strikes but Hands uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hands throws a push kick but Boston slaps the foot to one side.
Boston is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Boston darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hands was well out of range. Poor timing from Boston.
Boston missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws a sloppy head kick and Boston moves out of range easily.
Hands sets himself, and Boston steps forward looking for the clinch! Hands avoids it this time.
Boston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boston tries to counter by closing the distance.
Boston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hands counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boston buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boston misses with a few strikes there.
Hands pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boston looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A low kick lands for Hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boston. Hands does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boston misses with a body shot
and Hands counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boston lands the left hand.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws a head kick that misses.
Hands throws a sloppy head kick and Boston moves out of range easily.
Boston throws out a loose jab but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Boston misses its intended target.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boston.
An attempted straight right counter from Hands misses the target.
Hands dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boston. That did some damage!
Boston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hands throws out a powerful jab.
Hands is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The fighters circling - Boston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boston misses with an uppercut
and Hands counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boston on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Boston looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boston struggles to land a body shot inside as Hands controls his hands.
Boston taking a breather.
Boston jumps guard but Hands turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hands misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hands struggles to land a body shot inside as Boston controls his hands.
Hands pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hands throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hands swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Hands misses its intended target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hands avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boston moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boston scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boston throws a right hand that Hands ducks under and follows up with a left that Hands also avoids with ease.
Boston lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boston looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
 It looks like Clarence Boston has been cut.
Hands lands with a cross.
Hands misses with a two punch combination.
Boston tries to clinch
and Hands counters with a straight right hand.
Hands connects with a single shot there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hands lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boston circles away quickly and effectively.
Despite the aggression on Boston's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Boston tries to clinch up.
Hands pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hands defending well as Boston loads up on a big left hand.
Hands throwing a counter right hand but Boston manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Hands.
Boston is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hands lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Boston.
Boston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hands.
Boston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Hands dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Boston misses with a looping left.
Boston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boston misses with a straight left.
Hands slips a straight right by Boston.
Boston takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hands connects with a solid leg kick.
Hands swings widly with a right hand
and Boston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boston misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Hands misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands throws an off balance right hand
and Boston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boston moves out of range as Hands strikes.
Boston misses with a hook. Hands ducked under it nicely.
Hands throws a head kick that misses
and Boston counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boston swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hands.
Hands with the inside leg kick.
Boston throws a combination that misses
and Hands counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hands slips under a jab from Boston.
An attempted straight right counter from Hands misses the target.
Boston jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Boston.
Boston throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Hands counter with a right hand.
Happy Hands is winning the standup battle so far.
Hands walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Boston takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hands thows a body kick. Boston tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hands lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands moves away from the strike by Boston.
Hands lands a big head kick that sends Boston tumbling to the mat! Hands takes a step backwards and waves Boston back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Boston is rocked!
Boston tries to clinch there but Hands circles away.
Boston is still on wobbly legs! Can Hands finish him?
Hands connects with a solid leg kick.
Hands scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boston misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hands scores with a counter punch that sends Boston to the canvas! Hands smells blood - he's punishing Boston with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Boston has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Hands!
A relieved looking Happy Hands thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sledge Wrou (ranked 674 p4p, 882 weight class) and Ben Passel (ranked 80 p4p, 100 weight class). Ben Passel has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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160
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24
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sledge Wrou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Passel!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrou ducks under a wild hook from Passel.
Wrou throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wrou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Passel.
Jab, jab by Wrou - just one landing.
Passel takes one to the chin there.
Wrou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wrou clobbers Passel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wrou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Passel throws out the jab.
Passel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrou.
And Passel tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wrou thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrou moves out of range as Passel strikes.
Some wild striking there from Wrou.
Passel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wrou on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Passel throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrou throws a body kick that misses
so Passel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wrou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wrou wanted to stand there but Passel had control of the position.
Wrou wants to pass the guard but Passel is keeping the position.
Wrou is looking to stand up but Passel won't let him.
Passel working a defensive guard here.
Wrou wants to stand and escape but instead Passel has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Passel is one step ahead there.
Passel wants to control from the top but Wrou keeps moving.
Passel controlling from the top position.
Wrou tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Passel throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passel tries to free his leg and advance position but Wrou is retaining full guard.
Wrou looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Passel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Passel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Passel trying to control but Wrou is working from the bottom.
Passel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Passel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wrou preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Passel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Passel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Passel wants to control from the top but Wrou keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wrou's head.
Passel trying to control but Wrou is working from the bottom.
Wrou keeping full guard, as Passel tries to pass.
Wrou avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Passel wants to pass the guard but Wrou is keeping the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Wrou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Passel is one step ahead there.
Passel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Passel misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Passel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wrou to see if he's OK.
Passel tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Passel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Passel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wrou tries to buck Passel off but Passel is having none of it.
Wrou is not content to let Passel control the position.
You can see the frustration on Wrou's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Passel swings around for an armbar but Wrou sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Passel's guard.
Wrou preventing the sweep.
Wrou wants to stand and escape but instead Passel has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Wrou 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.
Wrou keeping moving, preventing Passel from controlling successfully.
Wrou is adopting a defensive guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Passel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wrou controlling Passel's posture.
Passel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Passel controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Passel cracks Wrou with a solid left hand.
Passel slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Passel lands a few punches from side control.
Passel is looking to take a break and control but Wrou is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wrou regains half guard, as Passel was trying to land strikes.
Passel 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.
Passel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Passel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Passel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Passel is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wrou sees it coming and defends easily.
Passel is trying to control. Wrou wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Passel trying to mount his opponent but Wrou defends it.
Passel slips a nice elbow through Wrou's hands, connecting with Wrou's forehead.
Passel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wrou's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wrou moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Passel won't allow Wrou to sweep him here.
Passel throws a big elbow that misses.
Passel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Passel throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wrou looking for a sweep. Not yet Wrou, not yet.
Passel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wrou is keeping the position for now.
Passel trying to control the position from guard on top but Wrou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Passel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wrou misses with the combination.
Passel looks to land a left hand but Wrou moved out of range nicely.
Passel slips under a jab from Wrou.
And Passel tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Passel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Passel.
Passel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wrou throws a leg kick that is checked
and Passel counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wrou can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Passel controls the pace.
Passel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Passel sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wrou's guard.
Passel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wrou is staying active underneath Passel, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Passel prevents Wrou from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passel controlling the action here.
Passel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Passel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wrou keeps working.
Passel throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Wrou to regain full guard.
Wrou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Passel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wrou keeping full guard, as Passel tries to pass.
Wrou pulls Passel in to control the position.
Passel advances to half guard.
Passel drops an elbow to the side of Wrou's head.
Passel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Passel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Passel is thwarting Wrou's attempts to control the position.
Wrou is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Passel lands with a punch from half guard.
Ben Passel has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Passel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Passel perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Passel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Passel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Passel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Passel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wrou wants to get back to full guard.
Wrou has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Passel is working away from the top position though.
Passel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wrou does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Passel throwing shots but Wrou is blocking nicely.
Passel is thwarting Wrou's attempts to control the position.
Wrou is not content to let Passel control the position.
Wrou trying to control but Passel postures up.
Wrou is looking for a sweep. Passel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Passel shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wrou napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Passel working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Passel tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wrou parries the strikes from Passel easily there. Passel is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wrou to escape.
Passel looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Passel moves into full mount!
Wrou tries to hold on but Passel postures up.
Passel lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wrou hang on?
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Passel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Passel working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wrou in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Passel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Passel raining down hammerfists from mount.
Passel lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wrou is desperately trying to improve his position but Passel has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wrou is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Passel landing punches.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Passel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Passel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Passel misses with a head shot.
Passel landing strikes, looking to finish!
Passel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wrou is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Passel throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wrou avoids a strike by Passel and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Passel's guard! Fantastic escape!
Passel thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Passel keeping full guard, as Wrou tries to pass.
Passel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wrou won't allow Passel to sweep him here.
Passel keeping moving, preventing Wrou from controlling successfully.
Wrou sitting in guard here, content to control.
Passel thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Wrou wanted to stand there but Passel had control of the position.
Passel wants to sweep here but Wrou controlling him for the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wrou trying to stand up but can't free himself from Passel's guard.
Passel has his foot on Wrou's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wrou works his way back into a safe position though.
Passel looking for a sweep. Not yet Passel, not yet.
Wrou is looking to stand up but Passel won't let him.
Wrou works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wrou wants to stand up but Passel has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Passel is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wrou wants to control but Passel is keeping him busy.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Passel 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! This is the final round!
Passel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrou. Passel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Passel ducks right into an uppercut from Wrou.
Passel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wrou looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Wrou misses.
Wrou throws a leg kick but Passel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wrou lands a glancing blow to the side of Passel's head.
Passel throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
Passel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wrou was well out of range. Poor timing from Passel.
Passel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrou tries to counter by clinching up but Passel breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Passel thuds a left hand into Wrou's body.
Passel lands with a hook. Wrou tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Passel connects with a right hand. Wrou shakes it off.
Wrou scoring well with a low kick there.
Wrou takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrou throws a body punch but Passel moves out of range.
Wrou cracks a nice hook into Passel's ribs.
Wrou will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Passel misses with a body shot.
Wrou misses with an uppercut. Passel saw that one coming.
Passel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wrou defends it well.
Passel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sledge Wrou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Passel slips a straight right by Wrou.
Passel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Passel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wrou was well out of range. Poor timing from Passel.
Passel throws a looping overhand right but Wrou ducks down to avoid it.
Wrou lands a jab to Passel's midsection.
Passel throws a jab when Wrou was well out of range.
Wrou blocks a jab.
Passel throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice jab there from Wrou.
Passel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wrou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Passel tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wrou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Passel.
Wrou wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wrou throws a shot from downtown. Passel moves away and avoids it.
Passel with a hook.
Passel throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
Sledge Wrou is winning the standup battle so far.
Passel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wrou.
Passel misses with an uppercut. Wrou saw that one coming.
As Passel tries to get set, Wrou tries to push him back and clinch up but Passel manages to avoid the attempt.
Wrou stuns Passel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Passel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wrou manages to avoid it.
As Passel tries to get set, Wrou tries to push him back and clinch up but Passel manages to avoid the attempt.
Wrou throws a big shot that misses.
Passel moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Passel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Passel misses with a body shot.
Passel walks into a left hand.
Passel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wrou.
Passel throws out a loose jab but Wrou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wrou moves into range and connects with a jab.
Passel goes for a double leg but Wrou avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wrou continues to drive forward.
Wrou looks to land a left hand but Passel moved out of range nicely.
Passel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wrou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passel manages to avoid it.
Wrou misses with a low kick.
And Passel tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wrou lands the left hand.
Passel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wrou throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wrou.
Wrou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Passel.
Wrou feints and then cracks Passel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Passel down.
Passel checks a leg kick.
Passel slips a jab from Wrou.
Passel digs a good hook to Wrou's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Passel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Passel misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Passel.
Passel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Passel moves out of range as Wrou throws a body kick.
Passel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wrou throws a hook to the side of Passel's head but Passel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Passel misses with a straight left.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wrou pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Passel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Passel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wrou.
Passel misses with a straight right.
Wrou seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Passel throws an overhand right that lands on Wrou's shoulder, as Wrou tries to avoid the shot.
Wrou tries to counter by clinching up but Passel breaks away and moves out of range.
Wrou scores with a jab. Passel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wrou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Passel checks a leg kick nicely.
Passel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Passel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wrou drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Passel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wrou throws out the jab.
Wrou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Passel misses with an uppercut. Wrou saw that one coming.
Wrou wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sledge Wrou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a body punch but Passel moves out of range.
Passel scores with a sloppy right hand. Wrou should have avoided that one.
Wrou misses with a low kick.
Passel lands with a straight right. Wrou didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Passel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Passel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wrou.
Wrou is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Passel feints and as Wrou raises his hands in defense, Passel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Passel looking to sit in guard and control but Wrou gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wrou tries to stand but Passel is controlling from the bottom.
Wrou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Passel wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Passel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Passel keeping moving, preventing Wrou from controlling successfully.
Wrou trying to stand up but can't free himself from Passel's guard.
Wrou is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Passel punching from the bottom - just letting Wrou know he's still in a fight.
Wrou has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Passel is proving hard to escape from.
Wrou wants to pass the guard but Passel is keeping the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ben Passel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's eight 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.
Passel throws a good cross that connects.
A telegraphed right hand from Wrou misses the target.
Wrou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wrou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wrou throws out a loose jab but Passel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wrou connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Passel's hands.
Wrou throws a head kick that half lands.
Passel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wrou throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wrou bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wrou looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Passel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wrou throws out a loose jab but Passel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Passel throws a body punch but Wrou moves out of range.
Wrou tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Passel manages to circle out of the way.
Wrou throws a hook to the side of Passel's head but Passel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Passel takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wrou.
Wrou throws a hook but Passel blocks it.
Passel checks a leg kick.
And Passel tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wrou throws the kick towards the body but Passel avoids it.
Passel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Passel throws a shot to the body.
Wrou throws a jab but it's blocked by Passel.
Wrou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Passel.
Wrou takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sledge Wrou showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Passel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Passel!
Ben Passel thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miles O Brien (ranked 1057 p4p, 722 weight class) and Vic Romano (ranked 123 p4p, 83 weight class). O Brien comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Leaf. Romano has chosen MXC Most Extreme Challenge as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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166
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8 - 4 - 0 |
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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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miles O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vic Romano!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Brien.
A slapping body kick lands there for O Brien.
Romano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Romano misses with a left hand
and O Brien counters with a nice uppercut.
O Brien listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
O Brien cracks Romano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Romano throws the left hand but O Brien avoids the punch easily.
Romano thuds a left hand into O Brien's body.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Romano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Brien bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romano's head.
Romano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Romano is rocked!
We've been told by O Brien's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Romano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
O Brien avoids the body shot from Romano.
O Brien on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Romano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by O Brien.
A punch combination from O Brien misses.
Romano connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Brien bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Romano's head backwards.
O Brien is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
O Brien moves out of range of the strikes.
O Brien misses with a head kick.
Romano avoids the body shot from O Brien.
The fighters circling - Romano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and O Brien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Brien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Brien missing with a left hand there. Romano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romano drives through and clinches with O Brien against the cage.
O Brien avoids the elbow strike from Romano, against the cage.
Romano misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romano moves out of range of the leg kick from O Brien.
O Brien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romano loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
O Brien displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romano throws out the jab.
O Brien throws a hook but Romano blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Romano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Brien 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 Romano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Romano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Romano looks to land a right hand but O Brien moved out of range.
O Brien digs a good hook to Romano's body.
O Brien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Romano lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Romano blocks a head kick by O Brien.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Brien.
Romano lands a jab to O Brien's midsection.
O Brien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Romano connects with a jab.
O Brien is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Romano tries to clinch there but O Brien circles away.
Romano swings for the body but O Brien moves out of range.
Romano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano looks to land a left hand but O Brien moved out of range nicely.
O Brien throws a jab when Romano was well out of range.
O Brien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romano is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Romano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and O Brien counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Romano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Romano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good exchange - Romano coming out on top.
Romano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Brien moves away.
O Brien misses with a hook.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from O Brien.
Romano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Brien lands a right hook to the body.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Romano.
O Brien lands a nice looking body kick.
Romano misses with a hook.
O Brien takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Romano.
Romano throws an overhand right that lands on O Brien's shoulder, as O Brien tries to avoid the shot.
Romano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from O Brien.
O Brien blocks a jab.
Romano throws an overhand right that lands on O Brien's shoulder, as O Brien tries to avoid the shot.
O Brien looks to score with a jab to the body but Romano is just out of range.
O Brien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romano.
Romano slips under a jab from O Brien.
Romano misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A jab from Romano misses.
O Brien appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Romano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
O Brien lands a slapping body shot.
O Brien scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
O Brien staying out of range there.
Romano throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano walks into a straight right hand from O Brien.
Romano rushes O Brien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
O Brien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Brien is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Romano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romano on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
O Brien thuds his right hand into Romano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Romano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Brien. O Brien obviously looking to wear him down.
O Brien lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Romano drops his hands momentarily and O Brien takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Romano is still on wobbly legs! Can O Brien finish him?
Romano lands a nice looking body shot.
O Brien moves out of range as Romano strikes.
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Romano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romano seems to have recovered his senses.
O Brien lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Brien lands a big uppercut and Romano crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Romano looks OK. O Brien waves Romano back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Brien cracks Romano on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Romano falls backwards against the cage. O Brien follows up with more strikes that drop Romano to his knees. O Brien keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Romano! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miles O Brien!
Miles O Brien decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Vic Romano spoke after the fight, saying 'DON'T. GET. ELIMINATEDDD!!!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Tartarus (ranked 172 p4p, 279 weight class) and Zai Zai Cabango (ranked 22 p4p, 37 weight class). Cabango has chosen HonestKey- Who I Am as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160
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165
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uriel Tartarus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zai Zai Cabango!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabango checks a leg kick.
Cabango looks to land a right hand but Tartarus moved out of range.
Tartarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Tartarus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Zai Zai Cabango has been cut.
Cabango ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tartarus moves away.
Cabango just misses with a punch to the body.
Tartarus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tartarus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabango rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tartarus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zai Zai Cabango seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabango looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cabango on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cabango - that will leave a mark!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabango throws a body punch but Tartarus moves out of range.
Cabango looks to land a body kick but Tartarus moved away.
Cabango tries to land a body kick
and Tartarus counters with a nice leg kick.
Cabango misses with an uppercut
and Tartarus counters with an inside leg kick.
Tartarus 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.
Cabango looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tartarus scores with a decent looking hook.
Cabango throws a head kick but Tartarus moves out of range.
Cabango rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tartarus counters with a stiff right hand.
Cabango misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tartarus lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Cabango.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabango scores with a nice body kick.
Tartarus misses with a hook
and Cabango counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tartarus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cabango.
Tartarus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cabango is out of range.
Cabango uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tartarus.
Cabango scores with a nice right hand.
Tartarus misses the jab.
Cabango is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cabango throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabango throws a shot from downtown. Tartarus moves away and avoids it.
Cabango rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Tartarus counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Tartarus.
Tartarus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cabango works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cabango avoids the head kick by Tartarus.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cabango darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tartarus throws a lazy head kick
and Cabango moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus tries to throw a body punch but Cabango avoids it by throwing Tartarus back against the cage.
Cabango tries to pull guard but Tartarus holds him up against the cage and eventually Cabango drops back down to his feet.
Cabango throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stalling in the clinch from Tartarus.
Tartarus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tartarus misses with a punch to the body.
Tartarus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cabango up against the cage.
Tartarus slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cabango throws an elbow but misses.
Tartarus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabango throws an off balance right hand
and Tartarus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cabango throws a shot from downtown. Tartarus moves away and avoids it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Tartarus.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cabango.
It looks like Uriel Tartarus has been cut.
Tartarus loads up on a big right hand but Cabango slips the punch.
Cabango steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tartarus.
Cabango throws a poor cross that misses
and Tartarus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cabango lands a nice shot that snaps Tartarus's head back.
Tartarus lands with a slapping head kick.
That has opened up Zai Zai Cabango's cut even more.
Tartarus moves into range and connects with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cabango.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabango misses with a hook to the body
and Cabango takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Cabango misses
letting Tartarus counter with a right hand.
Cabango scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tartarus doesn't seem bothered though.
Cabango ducks right into an uppercut from Tartarus.
Tartarus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cabango throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tartarus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tartarus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabango misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tartarus.
Tartarus half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cabango misses with a kick to the body.
Cabango misses with a body kick.
Tartarus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cabango misses with a hook
and Tartarus counters with a thumping low kick.
Cabango bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tartarus's head.
Cabango misses with an uppercut
enabling Tartarus to counter with a crisp jab.
The cut above Zai Zai Cabango's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tartarus lands a nice shot that snaps Cabango's head back.
Tartarus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cabango keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tartarus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tartarus throws a head kick but Cabango moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Cabango - just one landing.
Tartarus is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tartarus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tartarus is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cabango looks to throw the jab but Tartarus is out of range.
Cabango works Tartarus's body with a nice hook.
Tartarus misses with a hook
and Cabango counters with a straight right hand.
Tartarus throws a jab when Cabango was well out of range.
Tartarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cabango checks a leg kick.
Cabango tries to counter with a clinch but Tartarus shakes him off and moves away.
Tartarus throws a shot from downtown. Cabango moves away and avoids it.
Cabango steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tartarus.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabango throws a right hand that Tartarus ducks under and follows up with a left that Tartarus also avoids with ease.
Cabango wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big right from Tartarus misses.
Cabango scores with a nice body kick.
Cabango moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cabango misses with a looping left.
Tartarus throws a shot from downtown. Cabango moves away and avoids it.
Tartarus slips under a jab from Cabango.
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 Uriel Tartarus will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tartarus lands a head kick!
Cabango throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jab from Tartarus.
A big left from Tartarus misses.
Cabango steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tartarus.
Tartarus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cabango connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tartarus scrambles back to his feet.
Cabango fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tartarus on the side of the head.
Tartarus moves out of range as Cabango strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tartarus tries to move into range but Cabango moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cabango throws a head kick that misses.
Tartarus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cabango swings widly with a right hand
and Tartarus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Tartarus, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Cabango.
Tartarus thinks about countering with a head kick.
Cabango misses with an uppercut.
Tartarus throws a big counter combination but Cabango scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A combination from Tartarus does no damage.
Cabango misses with a hook to the body
and Tartarus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zai Zai Cabango's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cabango misses with a body kick.
Tartarus went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cabango.
Cabango ducks under a wild hook from Tartarus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus slips under a jab from Cabango.
Cabango tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tartarus is able to avoid easily.
Cabango misses with a left hand
and Tartarus counters with a nice uppercut.
Cabango throws a right hand that misses
and Tartarus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Cabango.
Cabango throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tartarus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cabango just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTartarus.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tartarus moves out of range of the body kick from Cabango.
Tartarus lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cabango lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tartarus is looking to land body kicks.
Cabango moves out of range of the strikes.
Cabango looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tartarus wants to land a leg kick but Cabango is out of range.
Cabango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabango scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cabango connects with a body shot.
Cabango throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A right-left combo lands from Tartarus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabango misses with a head kick.
Tartarus loads up on a big right hand but Cabango slips the punch.
Cabango throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cabango falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Tartarus counter with a right hand.
Tartarus throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Cabango lands a two punch combo.
A head kick misses from Tartarus.
Cabango clobbers Tartarus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cabango misses with an uppercut.
Cabango blocks a low kick nicely.
Tartarus takes one on the button.
Cabango misses with a looping right.
Tartarus throws a counter high kick but Cabango was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tartarus throws a hook but Cabango blocks it.
A nice side step and Cabango releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cabango looks to land a right hand but Tartarus moved out of range.
Cabango misses with a head kick.
Cabango avoids the head kick by Tartarus.
Tartarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tartarus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cabango tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cabango throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Cabango misses
and Tartarus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cabango takes one on the button.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zai Zai Cabango's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Uriel Tartarus!
Uriel Tartarus retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Uriel Tartarus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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