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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javon Jefferson (ranked 2015 p4p, 3468 weight class) and Trouble Some (ranked 244 p4p, 384 weight class). Jefferson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Zoey Dollaz - It's Ok (feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie). Javon Jefferson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Javon Jefferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trouble Some!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jefferson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jefferson blocks a head kick by Some.
Jefferson feints a jab promting Some to slip. Jefferson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Some slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
 Some is rocked!
Some clinches up against the cage.
Some manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Some pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jefferson, pushing him back against the cage.
Some pressing his opponent against the cage.
Some breaks the clinch.
Some lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick by Some misses
enabling Jefferson to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some slips under a jab from Jefferson.
Some closes the distance and clinches.
Jefferson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jefferson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jefferson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jefferson takes a shot to the head.
Jefferson is trying to push Some away but Some has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jefferson is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Some.
Some lands a left hand.
Jefferson tries to circle away but Some has him pinned against the cage.
Some prevents Jefferson from breaking the clinch.
Jefferson can't break the clinch.
Jefferson is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson tries to break the clinch but Some is controlling the position.
Some escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Some gets a clinch.
Jefferson breaks from the clinch.
We've been told by Jefferson's head coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jefferson scores with a shot to the body.
Some closes the distance and clinches.
Some swings wildly with an uppercut but Jefferson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Javon Jefferson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jefferson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Some's head.
Jefferson throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson lands a big uppercut and Some crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Some looks OK. Jefferson waves Some back to his feet!
Some is still on wobbly legs! Can Jefferson finish him?
Jefferson is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Some flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Some is out cold! Jefferson holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Javon Jefferson!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between No Losses (ranked 3039 p4p, 2630 weight class) and Giang Hao (ranked 158 p4p, 144 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, No Losses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giang Hao!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Losses misses the shot to the body.
Losses rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Losses misses.
Losses scores with a jab to the head.
Losses ducks under a wild hook from Hao.
Hao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Losses misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Hao was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
No Losses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Losses.
Hao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Losses misses with a straight right.
Losses misses with a lunging right hand
and Hao counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hao connects with a right hand. Losses shakes it off.
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!
Hao slips under a jab from Losses.
Losses throws a low kick, looking for Hao's leg but Hao calmly moves out of range.
Losses connects with a body shot that sends Hao's belly button to the back.
Losses misses the shot to the body.
Losses scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Hao misses.
Losses lands a jab.
Hao moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao throws the left hand but Losses avoids the punch easily.
Losses misses with a looping right.
Losses displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hao throws out the jab.
Hao closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Losses moves into range and connects with a jab.
Losses throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hao is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Losses with a body shot.
Losses throws an off balance right hand
and Hao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Losses throws a poor cross that misses
and Hao counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Losses misses with a right hand
and Hao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Losses throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Losses looks to throw the jab but Hao is out of range.
Losses throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Losses avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hao misses the shot to the body.
Hao avoids the body shot from Losses.
Losses uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hao.
Hao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Losses.
Hao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Losses was well out of range. Poor timing from Hao.
Hao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Losses.
Hao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hao just misses with a punch to the body.
Losses lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Losses is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hao lands a nice shot to the body.
Hao throws a right hand that Losses ducks under and follows up with a left that Losses also avoids with ease.
Losses connects with a body shot that sends Hao's belly button to the back.
Losses tests Hao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Losses finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Losses looks to throw the jab but Hao is out of range.
Losses throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Losses has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hao. Losses does a little dance to reset his feet.
Losses misses with a double jab.
Hao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Losses's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hao throws a hook but Losses blocks it.
Losses misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Losses!
Hao's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hao's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hao feints a jab promting Losses to slip. Hao then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Losses slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hao looks to score with a jab to the body but Losses is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Losses. Those never looked like landing.
Hao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hao feints a jab promting Losses to slip. Hao then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Losses slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Losses seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Losses tries to move into range but Hao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Losses fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Losses misses with a hook. Hao ducked under it nicely.
Losses slips a straight right by Hao.
Hao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Losses.
Hao scores with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Losses misses the target.
A jab from Losses does it's job there.
Losses walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Losses throws a low kick but Hao avoids it.
Losses thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hao. Losses does a little dance to reset his feet.
Losses has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Losses there as he acknowledges the shot.
Losses throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Losses looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Losses drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Losses lands a slapping body shot.
Hao throws a series of strikes that have Losses backpedaling.
Losses misses with a looping left.
Hao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hao scores with a three punch combo!
Losses keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Losses as he connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Losses throws a right and a left that Hao avoids nicely.
Hao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Losses moves away.
Hao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Losses.
Losses throws a hook but Hao avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Giang Hao will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hao throws a body punch but Losses moves out of range.
Hao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Losses is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hao.
Losses fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hao manages to avoid it.
Hao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hao ducks under a wild hook from Losses.
Losses wants to slow Hao down by chopping away at his legs.
Hao scores with a jab to the jaw.
Losses keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hao misses the shot to the body.
Hao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Losses lands with a cross.
Hao cracks a nice hook into Losses's ribs.
Hao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Losses misses with a wild combination.
Losses misses the jab.
Hao ducks under a wild hook from Losses.
It seemed like Hao was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Losses rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hao counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Losses throws an off balance right hand
and Hao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Losses takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Losses looks to land a left hand but Hao moved out of range nicely.
Hao lands with a hook. Losses tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Losses misses with a wild body shot.
Hao throws a body punch but Losses moves out of range.
Hao looks to land a combination but Losses avoids it well.
Hao looks to score with a jab to the body but Losses is just out of range.
Hao misses with a straight left.
Losses takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Losses lands a nice hook to Hao's body. Hao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Losses might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hao cracks a nice hook into Losses's ribs.
Hao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Losses misses with a few strikes there.
Losses misses with a body shot.
Hao throws a hook to the side of Losses's head but Losses sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hao throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Losses keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Losses throws a poor cross that misses
and Hao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Losses on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hao misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Losses misses its target.
Losses throws a series of punches but Hao avoids them all with ease.
Hao's corner calls for a 1-2. Hao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hao swinging wildly here.
Hao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Losses is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hao.
Hao unleashes a big counter combination but Losses bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Losses throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hao blocks a jab.
Hao has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Hao finds it's way through Losses's defenses.
Losses misses with a body shot.
Hao looks to score with a jab to the body but Losses is just out of range.
Losses finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Losses throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hao.
Losses throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Losses throws a lazy right hand but Hao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Losses takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Losses throws a big shot that misses.
Losses throws a leg kick but Hao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hao throws a jab but it's blocked by Losses.
Hao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Losses moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hao scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Losses misses with a hook. Hao ducked under it nicely.
Hao takes a swing at Losses's ribcage but misses.
Losses throws a big shot that misses.
Hao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Losses.
Losses blocks a jab.
Losses gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hao.
Losses throws a right and a left that Hao avoids nicely.
Hao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Losses.
Hao slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hao misses with a hook.
Losses throws a body punch but Hao moves out of range.
Hao swings for the body but Losses moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hao slips a straight right by Losses.
Losses moves out of range of the strikes.
Losses just misses with a punch to the body.
Hao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hao misses with a looping left.
Losses throws a lazy right hand but Hao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hao! But no joy.
Losses slips under a jab from Hao.
Losses's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Losses scrambles back to his feet.
Hao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Losses in his tracks.
Losses throws a right and a left that Hao avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Losses throws an off balance right hand
and Losses takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hao moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Losses misses its intended target.
Losses lands with an uppercut that bounces Hao off the cage and back into range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giang Hao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Losses misses with an uppercut
and Hao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No Losses has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hao misses the shot to the body.
Losses throws a right and a left that both miss.
Losses swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hao takes a swing at Losses's ribcage but misses.
Hao throws a good cross that connects.
Losses ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hao moves away.
Losses looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Giang Hao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hao misses with a wild body shot.
Hao throws a shot from downtown. Losses moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Losses wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hao misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hao slips a jab from Losses.
Losses throws a leg kick
and Hao counters with a nice uppercut.
Hao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hao takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!
Hao blocks a jab.
Hao throws a lazy right hand but Losses sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Losses misses with a two punch combination.
Hao lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Hao. Those never looked like landing.
Losses slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Losses in his tracks.
Hao misses with a wild body shot.
Losses misses with a low kick.
Losses misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Hao.
Hao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Losses's head.
A punch lands to the side of Losses 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hao looks to land a combination but Losses avoids it well.
Hao misses the shot to the body.
Hao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Losses swings widly with a right hand
letting Hao counter with a right hand.
Losses misses with a lunging right hand
and Hao counters with a left and a right that stings Losses.
A swing and a miss from Losses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Losses cracks Hao with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Losses defending well as Hao loads up on a big left hand.
Losses lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hao circles away quickly and effectively.
Hao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Losses slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Losses throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hao throws a good cross that connects.
Losses throws a shot from downtown. Hao moves away and avoids it.
Hao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Losses.
Hao cracks Losses with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Losses wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Losses's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hao under the eye.
Hao moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Losses throws a hook to the side of Hao's head but Hao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Losses throws a lazy uppercut
and Hao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Losses misses with a looping left.
Hao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hao misses with a series of wild punches.
Hao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Losses misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Losses misses the target.
Danga de danga de dang - Hao scores with a four punch combination!
Hao slips a jab from Losses.
A jab from Losses misses.
Losses misses with an uppercut
and Hao counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Losses finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hao appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Losses fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hao manages to avoid it.
Losses throws a body punch but Hao moves out of range.
Hao misses with a hook. Losses ducked under it nicely.
Losses throws a poor cross that misses
and Hao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Losses throws a lazy right hand but Hao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Losses misses with a low kick.
Hao lands a two punch combo.
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!
Losses takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hao displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Losses lands with a nice body punch.
Hao scores with a nice strike.
Hao lands the left hand.
Losses uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hao.
Losses swings widly with a right hand
and Hao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hao cracks Losses with an open hand slap.
Hao moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Losses misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Hao on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Losses was well out of range. Poor timing from Hao.
An attempted straight right counter from Losses misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Hao. Beautiful body shot.
Giang Hao is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Losses throws a jab but it's blocked by Hao.
Hao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hao avoids the body shot from Losses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giang Hao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hao has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giang Hao!
A less than humble Giang Hao misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Old Grappling (ranked 2385 p4p, 1636 weight class) and Ardbeg Islay (ranked 279 p4p, 208 weight class). Grappling comes to the cage accompanied by After Dark - Old Grappling. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Old Grappling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ardbeg Islay!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Grappling enables Islay to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Grappling manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Islay is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Grappling controlling Islay's posture.
Grappling has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Islay can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Islay looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Islay trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Grappling manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Islay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grappling's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Islay sitting in guard here, content to control.
Grappling working for submissions but it's allowed Islay to get to half guard.
Grappling tries to roll over but Islay keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grappling trying to hold on to Islay's head to control him but Islay postures up.
Islay working the head and body with strikes.
Grappling trying to control but Islay postures up.
Grappling punching from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Islay controlling the pace.
Grappling is doing well to control the position and prevent Islay from advancing to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grappling gets back to full guard.
Islay keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grappling's head.
Islay wants to control from the top but Grappling keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Islay is stalling in the full guard.
Grappling wants to sweep here but Islay controlling him for the moment.
Islay really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grappling. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Islay tries to free his leg and advance position but Grappling is retaining full guard.
Grappling keeping moving, preventing Islay from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Islay looking to sit in guard and control but Grappling gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Grappling preventing the sweep.
Grappling throws a strike but Islay rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grappling trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Islay working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Islay got a little sloppy there for a moment and Grappling has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Islay has managed to get both his arms back between Grappling's legs - danger averted.
Grappling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Islay trying to control but Grappling is working from the bottom.
Islay slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grappling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Islay trying to control but Grappling is working from the bottom.
Grappling trying to strike off his back.
Grappling has his foot on Islay's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Islay works his way back into a safe position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Islay trying to control but Grappling is working from the bottom.
Islay stays in close to Grappling's body and controls the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ardbeg Islay dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Islay stuffs the takedown attempt from Grappling. Grappling gets slowly back to his feet.
Islay now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grappling throws the left hand but Islay avoids the punch easily.
Nice body punch from Islay.
Islay scores with a sloppy right hand. Grappling should have avoided that one.
Grappling just misses with a punch to the body.
Grappling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Islay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grappling was well out of range. Poor timing from Islay.
Islay scores with a sloppy right hand. Grappling should have avoided that one.
Old Grappling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grappling misses with a hook. Islay ducked under it nicely.
Islay throws a right and a left that Grappling avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grappling misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grappling moves into the clinch.
Grappling throws a punch but it's blocked by Islay.
Grappling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Islay misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grappling drops down looking for an ankle pick but Islay pulls his leg out and moves away.
Islay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Islay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grappling.
Grappling throws a looping overhand right but Islay ducks down to avoid it.
Islay doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Islay throws a series of punches but Grappling moves out of range.
Grappling tries for a takedown but Islay circles away easily
and Islay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Old Grappling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Islay swings for the body but Grappling moves out of range.
Grappling drops down looking for a counter takedown but Islay sprawls and moves away.
Grappling looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Islay swinging wildly here.
Grappling misses with a hook to the body
and Islay counters with a stiff right hand.
Grappling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grappling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Islay as he connects with a hook.
Grappling bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Islay's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grappling lands a head shot.
Grappling scores with a jab to the jaw.
Islay ducks under a wild hook from Grappling.
Grappling lands with a good body shot.
Islay shoots in looking for a takedown but Grappling manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Islay's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Grappling appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Grappling misses with a body shot.
Islay takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Islay throws a body shot but no joy.
Islay misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Islay does it's job there.
Grappling misses the shot to the body.
Grappling throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Islay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grappling.
Islay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grappling shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Islay sprawls well. Islay wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grappling gets slowly back to his feet.
Grappling throws a nice looking combination but Islay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Islay takes one to the side of the head.
Islay has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grappling staying out of range there.
Islay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grappling.
Ardbeg Islay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Grappling misses.
Grappling on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grappling tries for a takedown but Islay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Islay dodges the punch combination from Grappling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grappling rushes Islay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Islay can't find room to land a body shot as Grappling controls the action.
Grappling blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grappling tries a body shot but Islay blocks it.
Grappling struggles to land a body shot inside as Islay controls his hands.
Grappling scores with a nice hook to the head.
Islay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Grappling struggles to land a body shot inside as Islay controls his hands.
Islay tries to throw a body punch but Grappling avoids it by throwing Islay back against the cage.
Islay blocking some punches.
Islay pushes Grappling back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Islay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Old Grappling will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Islay lands with a good body shot.
Islay gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grappling.
Grappling clinches.
Islay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grappling changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Islay fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Islay lands a lovely overhand right.
Grappling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grappling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grappling swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Islay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Islay throws a series of punches but Grappling avoids them all with ease.
Grappling misses with a takedown
and Islay counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Grappling misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Grappling there.
Islay throws a body punch but Grappling moves out of range.
Ardbeg Islay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grappling misses with a left hand
and Islay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grappling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice side step and Islay releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grappling. Islay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Islay takes a swing at Grappling's ribcage but misses.
Grappling half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Islay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grappling throws a looping overhand right but Islay ducks down to avoid it.
Islay looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grappling misses with a hook. Islay ducked under it nicely.
Islay takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grappling fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Old Grappling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Islay is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Grappling fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grappling shoots and misses
and Islay counters with a stiff right hand.
Grappling tries to clinch but Islay is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Islay blocks a jab.
Islay throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Islay lands.
Islay punishes Grappling's body with a nice straight punch.
Islay clobbers Grappling with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Islay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grappling showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Islay.
Grappling tries to clinch up.
Grappling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grappling avoids the body shot from Islay.
Islay pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Grappling back to the cage. Islay follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Islay lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grappling backs up against the cage.
Grappling throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Grappling.
Islay leaves Grappling with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Islay throws out a counter right but Grappling avoids it with no problem.
Islay staying out of range there.
Islay swings for the body but Grappling moves out of range.
Grappling swings for the body but Islay moves out of range.
Grappling tries to close the distance and clinch but Islay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Islay does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Islay. Grappling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grappling looks to score with a jab to the body but Islay is just out of range.
Islay takes a swing at Grappling's ribcage but misses.
Grappling half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Islay is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grappling rather than just go for the knockout.
Islay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Islay misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grappling looks to score with a jab to the body but Islay is just out of range.
Grappling takes a swing at Islay's ribcage but misses.
Islay looks to land a combination but Grappling avoids it well.
Grappling has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Islay finds it's way round the side to connect with Grappling's head.
Islay misses the jab.
Grappling listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Islay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grappling connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Islay scrambles back to his feet.
Grappling misses with a takedown
and Islay makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grappling scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
No joy there for Islay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Islay.
Islay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grappling misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ardbeg Islay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Islay 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ardbeg Islay!
Old Grappling was interviewed post fight and said 'I didn't expect this result!
Congratulations to my opponent.
I will train and come back stronger!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Grant (ranked 1872 p4p, 2621 weight class) and George West (ranked 234 p4p, 303 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't It Funny. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185
6 - 1 - 0 |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackson Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George West!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
West looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grant has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grant moves away from the strike by West.
Grant is looking for a counter combo.
West throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
West has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant works the jab nicely.
West misses with a left hand
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
West fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grant on the side of the head.
West tries for a takedown but Grant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West throws a predictable looking body shot
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
West misses with a jab, cross combination.
West takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from West.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
West throws a series of punches but Grant avoids them all with ease.
Grant checks a leg kick.
West misses the shot to the body.
West misses with a wild combination.
West thuds his right hand into Grant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
West walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A shot to the body from West misses
and Grant counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps West thinking.
Grant plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has West pinned against the cage. West gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
West misses with an attempted mid kick.
West throws an off balance right hand
and Grant counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant slips under a jab from West.
West misses with a straight left.
West throws a predictable looking body shot
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
West looks to throw the jab but Grant is out of range.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West.
Grant slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice jab there from West.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West misses the jab.
Grant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grant is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
West throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
West loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West misses with a straight left.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant counters with an inside leg kick.
West loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
West missing with a left hand there. Grant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from West misses.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Grant on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West misses with the combination.
Grant was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grant.
Grant staying out of range there.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Grant checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West throws a wild body kick that Grant sees coming a mile off.
Grant was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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 Jackson Grant will probably get the nod.
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.
West misses with a hook to the body
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
Grant was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from West.
An attempted straight right counter from Grant misses the target.
West misses with a hook
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant avoids the body shot from West.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
West throws the kick towards the body but Grant avoids it.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
Grant slips under a jab.
George West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by West!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
An attempted straight right counter from Grant misses the target.
West throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grant.
West swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grant moves out of range as West strikes.
Grant is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a hook
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
West lands a nice hook to Grant's body. Grant takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grant staying out of range there.
It looked like Grant was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from West.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
George West seems to be getting the better of the standup.
West throws a leg kick but Grant sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West misses with a looping left.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
West tries a head kick but it misses.
West connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grant momentarily.
West throws an off balance right hand
and Grant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West 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.
Grant looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
West misses with a left hand
and Grant counters with a stiff right hand.
West lands with a right hand.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West throws a low kick, looking for Grant's leg but Grant calmly moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as West throws out the jab.
West lands with a nice body punch.
West throws a hook to the side of Grant's head but Grant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant thows a left - swing and a miss!
West looks to land a left hand but Grant moved out of range nicely.
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
West lunges at Grant with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grant's hand.
West looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
West attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grant drops his hands momentarily and West takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
West moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
Grant is looking to counter punch.
Grant ducks right into an uppercut from West.
West wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grant misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
West throws a sloppy body shot
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grant moves away from the strike by West.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
West is looking to slow Grant down with leg kicks.
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
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!
West scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West throws a body shot but no joy.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
West misses the body punch
and Grant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West is rocked!
West looks to throw a body kick
and Grant counters with a big right hand! Oh West is in trouble here! Grant follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Grant!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Beltran (ranked 1184 p4p, 3076 weight class) and Kamari Daugherty (ranked 73 p4p, 159 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Daugherty's choice of entrance music: Loading. Mike Beltran could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kamari Daugherty's chin.
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285
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Beltran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamari Daugherty!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran misses with a lunging right hand
and Daugherty counters with a straight right hand.
Beltran misses with a body shot.
A big left from Beltran misses.
Beltran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Daugherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Beltran connects with a good right hand that stumbles Daugherty. Daugherty circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beltran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daugherty moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daugherty! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beltran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daugherty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beltran throws a body punch but Daugherty moves out of range.
Daugherty throws out a counter right but Beltran avoids it with no problem.
Daugherty connects with a jab.
Beltran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daugherty has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beltran misses with a hook
and Daugherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daugherty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beltran.
Beltran definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Beltran loads up on a big right hand but Daugherty slips the punch.
Daugherty only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mike Beltran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beltran throws a body punch but Daugherty moves out of range.
Daugherty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beltran throws a jab when Daugherty was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daugherty! But no joy.
Beltran fails to land with a series of punches.
Beltran throws a body punch but Daugherty moves out of range.
Beltran scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beltran swings away with a body shot that misses
and Daugherty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beltran connects with a right hand. Daugherty shakes it off.
Daugherty loads up on a big right hand but Beltran slips the punch.
Beltran misses with a jab to the body
and Daugherty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Daugherty avoids the body shot from Beltran.
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!
Beltran throws a lazy uppercut
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Beltran ducks under a wild hook from Daugherty.
Daugherty moves forwards but Beltran connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beltran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Daugherty releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Beltran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Daugherty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beltran misses with a hook
and Daugherty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran fails to land with a series of punches.
Beltran swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beltran misses the shot to the body.
Daugherty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beltran misses with a right hand
and Daugherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beltran throws a body punch but Daugherty moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Beltran misses
letting Daugherty counter with a right hand.
Beltran ducks under a wild hook from Daugherty.
Beltran throws an off balance right hand
enabling Daugherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Beltran stuns Daugherty with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beltran misses with an uppercut
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Daugherty throws a hook but Beltran avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beltran throws a poor cross that misses
and Daugherty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Daugherty misses with a looping right.
Beltran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daugherty.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beltran's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Daugherty connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beltran scrambles back to his feet.
Beltran misses with a double jab.
Daugherty misses with the combination.
Beltran was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beltran looks to score with a jab to the body but Daugherty is just out of range.
Beltran throws a right hand that misses
letting Daugherty counter with a right hand.
Beltran throws a right hand that misses
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Daugherty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamari Daugherty dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Daugherty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beltran.
Beltran swings for the body but Daugherty moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daugherty! But no joy.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Beltran might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Beltran throws an off balance right hand
and Daugherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beltran throws a right and a left that Daugherty avoids nicely.
Beltran misses with a wild body shot.
Beltran swings for the body but Daugherty moves out of range.
It seemed like Daugherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Good exchange - Beltran coming out on top.
Daugherty might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Beltran misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beltran throws an off balance right hand
and Daugherty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beltran thinking.
A left and a right from Beltran both land. Nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltran misses with a jab to the body
enabling Daugherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Beltran connects with a jab.
Beltran throws an off balance right hand
and Daugherty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daugherty throws a poor cross that misses
and Daugherty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beltran throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daugherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beltran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daugherty lands a right hook to the body.
Beltran misses with a combination
and Daugherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daugherty slips a jab and a cross from Beltran.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daugherty! But no joy.
Daugherty moves out of range as Beltran strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty defending well as Beltran loads up on a big left hand.
Beltran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Daugherty misses with an uppercut.
Beltran throws a body punch but Daugherty moves out of range.
Beltran misses with a shot to the body
and Daugherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Daugherty looks to throw the jab but Beltran is out of range.
Daugherty lands an overhand right.
Daugherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beltran misses with a body shot
and Daugherty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daugherty slips under a jab from Beltran.
Beltran misses with an uppercut
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty throws a looping overhand right but Beltran ducks down to avoid it.
Beltran lands a nice shot to the body.
Daugherty moves out of range of the strikes.
Beltran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Daugherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Beltran misses with a straight right.
Beltran looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Beltran misses with an uppercut
enabling Daugherty to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beltran. Daugherty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daugherty scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beltran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Daughertys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Beltran misses with an uppercut. Daugherty saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beltran.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Daugherty, as that shot connected.
Daugherty avoids the body shot from Beltran.
Beltran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Daugherty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Beltran there.
Daugherty throws a jab when Beltran was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Beltran.
Beltran throws a right hand that misses
and Beltran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Daugherty avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beltran fails to land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kamari Daugherty will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Daugherty scores with a nice strike.
Beltran throws a looping overhand right but Daugherty ducks down to avoid it.
Daugherty throws a fast counter high kick but Beltran manages to duck under it in time.
Beltran misses the body punch
and Daugherty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beltran throws the left hand but Daugherty avoids the punch easily.
Daugherty avoids the body shot from Beltran.
Beltran scores with a sloppy right hand. Daugherty should have avoided that one.
Kamari Daugherty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beltran throws a jab but it's blocked by Daugherty.
Beltran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daugherty circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daugherty avoids the body shot from Beltran.
Good standup being displayed there by Beltran as he connects with a hook.
Beltran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Daugherty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Daugherty.
Beltran throws a shot from downtown. Daugherty moves away and avoids it.
Daugherty throws a hook but Beltran blocks it.
Beltran is looking to counter punch.
Beltran misses with a hook.
Daugherty tries a head kick but it misses.
Beltran missing with a left hand there. Daugherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daugherty was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Beltran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beltran blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Beltran misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Beltran misses the target.
Daugherty is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daugherty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beltran.
Beltran was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Beltran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Daugherty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beltran misses with a hook.
It seemed like Daugherty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Daugherty avoids the body shot from Beltran.
Beltran scores with a hook.
Beltran throws a lazy right hand but Daugherty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beltran throws a lazy uppercut
and Daugherty counters with a straight right hand.
Daugherty lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beltran throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick from Daugherty misses.
Daugherty thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran throws a looping overhand right but Daugherty ducks down to avoid it.
Beltran throws an overhand right that lands on Daugherty's shoulder, as Daugherty tries to avoid the shot.
Beltran misses with a hook to the body
and Daugherty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beltran ducks under a wild hook from Daugherty.
Beltran misses with a left hand
and Daugherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beltran misses the body punch
and Daugherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beltran misses with a hook
and Daugherty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beltran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daugherty.
Daugherty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beltran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Beltran misses the target.
Daugherty is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Beltran with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beltran throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Daugherty to counter with a crisp jab.
Daugherty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beltran ducks under a wild hook from Daugherty.
A jab lands there for Daugherty.
Beltran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beltran misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Daugherty misses.
Beltran digs a good hook to Daugherty's body.
Daugherty thuds a left hand into Beltran's body.
Mike Beltran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kamari Daugherty is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Daugherty moves away from the strike by Beltran.
Daugherty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kamari Daugherty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daugherty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamari Daugherty!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arsi Kuja (ranked 1146 p4p, 1172 weight class) and Jeffery Onana (ranked 145 p4p, 151 weight class). Jeffery Onana will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arsi Kuja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeffery Onana!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Onana as he checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Onana.
Onana misses with a hook. Kuja ducked under it nicely.
Onana throws an off balance right hand
and Kuja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuja throws a right hand that misses
and Onana counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kuja swats away the attempt to clinch by Onana.
Kuja pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuja pushes Onana up against the cage in a clinch.
Onana lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kuja backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kuja fails to land.
Kuja is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kuja blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Onana.
Kuja working aggressively here.
A short right from Onana on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Onana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuja struggles to land a body shot inside as Onana controls his hands.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kuja - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from Onana - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Kuja fails to land.
Kuja working aggressively here.
Onana lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Onana misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Kuja.
Kuja scores with a shoulder strike.
Onana misses with a punch to the body.
Kuja stalling in the clinch but Onana improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Onana.
Onana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuja lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuja struggles to land a body shot inside as Onana controls his hands.
Kuja softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Onana swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Onana takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Onana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Onana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuja trying to control the position but instead, Onana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kuja into the cage.
Onana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Onana has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kuja seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Onana can turn it around.
Kuja lands with a short shot to the head.
Onana lands a hook that snaps the head of Kuja backwards.
Kuja gets through Onana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kuja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kuja misses with some punches.
Kuja breaks the clinch.
Onana feints a jab promting Kuja to slip. Onana then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kuja slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
 It looks like Arsi Kuja has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuja throws a sloppy head kick
and Onana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Onana. Kuja shrugs it off though.
The fighters circling - Kuja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuja swats away the attempt to clinch by Onana.
Kuja throws a quick counter kick to the body but Onana avoids it.
Onana feints and then cracks Kuja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kuja down.
Kuja throws an off balance right hand
and Onana counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuja throws a hook but Onana avoids it easily.
Kuja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kuja is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Onana's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuja 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.
Onana cracks Kuja with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Kuja tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Onana pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Kuja is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffery Onana!
Jeffery Onana decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cero Dohbopavich (ranked 2036 p4p, 2614 weight class) and Adan Rollins (ranked 248 p4p, 302 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Adan Rollins was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cero Dohbopavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adan Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins misses with a looping left.
Dohbopavich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dohbopavich slips under a jab.
Dohbopavich tries to counter with a takedown but Rollins is quick to defend against it.
Rollins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rollins misses the body punch
and Dohbopavich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dohbopavich stopping the sweep attempt from Rollins.
Rollins is still trying to improve position.
Dohbopavich trying to control the position from guard on top but Rollins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dohbopavich landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Dohbopavich is pushing down on Rollins's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rollins is fighting to maintain full guard but Dohbopavich has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dohbopavich lands with a punch from half guard.
Dohbopavich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dohbopavich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rollins wants to get back to full guard.
Rollins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rollins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dohbopavich is one step ahead there.
Dohbopavich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rollins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dohbopavich is one step ahead there.
Dohbopavich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dohbopavich stopping the sweep attempt from Rollins.
Dohbopavich scoring with some ground and pound.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dohbopavich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rollins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dohbopavich's guard.
Dohbopavich pushes Rollins off and gets back to his feet.
Rollins lunges at Dohbopavich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dohbopavich's hand.
Dohbopavich looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rollins lands a jab to the head.
Dohbopavich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rollins takes a swing at Dohbopavich's ribcage but misses.
Dohbopavich drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rollins sprawls and moves away.
Rollins throws a right hand that misses
and Dohbopavich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rollins's guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dohbopavich cracks Rollins with a solid left hand.
Dohbopavich wants to control from the top but Rollins keeps moving.
Rollins wants to sweep but no luck.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rollins is on top in guard.
Rollins wants to pass the guard but Dohbopavich is keeping the position.
Dohbopavich is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rollins passes Dohbopavich's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rollins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rollins stops Dohbopavich from getting back to his feet.
Dohbopavich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dohbopavich tries to get out of the position.
Dohbopavich makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Dohbopavich slips a jab from Rollins.
Rollins misses with a lunging right hand
and Dohbopavich counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rollins taking some punishment here, with Dohbopavich in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dohbopavich working over Rollins with some ground and pound. Rollins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dohbopavich is trying to control. Rollins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dohbopavich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rollins strikes from the bottom but Dohbopavich uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Dohbopavich working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Dohbopavich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rollins sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Rollins wants to improve his position but Dohbopavich is controlling well.
Dohbopavich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dohbopavich scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rollins moves into full guard.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Dohbopavich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rollins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dohbopavich won't allow Rollins to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cero Dohbopavich dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rollins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dohbopavich.
Dohbopavich takes one on the button.
Nice body punch from Rollins.
Dohbopavich walks into a stiff left hand from Rollins.
Rollins tests Dohbopavich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rollins digs a good hook to Dohbopavich's body.
A jab from Rollins does it's job there.
Rollins drops Dohbopavich with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Dohbopavich! Rollins dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adan Rollins!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pate Boxeri (ranked 637 p4p, 25024 weight class) and Lieutenant Data (ranked 74 p4p, 505 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pate Boxeri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lieutenant Data!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Data misses with a two punch combination.
Data misses with a wild combination.
Data throws a combination that misses
and Boxeri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've been told by Boxeri's head coaches at Räkälä that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Data throws a right hand that Boxeri ducks under and follows up with a left that Boxeri also avoids with ease.
Boxeri tries to clinch there but Data circles away.
Boxeri throws a jab when Data was well out of range.
Boxeri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Data.
Data swinging wildly here.
Data tries to bum rush Boxeri with a series of wild strikes but Boxeri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boxeri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Data.
Boxeri connects with a single shot there.
Data looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Data ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Data tries to bum rush Boxeri with a series of wild strikes but Boxeri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Data takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
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!
Data will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Data throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boxeri listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Data throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boxeri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Data throws a hook but Boxeri avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Data throws an off balance right hand
and Boxeri counters with a right hand to the body.
Data jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boxeri wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lieutenant Data seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Data fails to land with a series of punches.
Data misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boxeri works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Data on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Data avoids the body shot from Boxeri.
Boxeri tests Data's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Data misses with a jab, cross combination.
Data showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boxeri.
Boxeri scores with a body shot.
Data throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boxeri is looking to counter the offense by Data and move into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boxeri.
Data throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxeri counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Data thinking.
Boxeri clinches up with Data and pushes him back against the cage.
Boxeri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Data backwards.
Data takes a shot to the head.
Data is rocked!
Data misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Data is still on wobbly legs! Can Boxeri finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Data lands with a right to the head.
Boxeri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Data backwards.
Come on Boxeri - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Boxeri tries a body shot but Data blocks it.
Data seems to have recovered his senses.
Data scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Data is trying to force a seperation but Boxeri has the dominant position.
Data breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Data lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Pate Boxeri has been cut.
Boxeri is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Data keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boxeri.
Data ducks under a wild hook from Boxeri.
Sloppy strikes from Data. Those never looked like landing.
Boxeri connects with a body shot that sends Data's belly button to the back.
Data throws a right and a left that Boxeri avoids nicely.
Data gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Data swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Boxeri counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boxeri.
Boxeri leaning against his opponent.
Nice body punch from Boxeri - that landed with a thud.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Data as Boxeri tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxeri lands a shoulder strike.
Data misses with a body punch.
Data lands a right hand.
Data lands with a right to the head.
Data breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Boxeri. That snapped Data's head back.
Data misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Data misses with a two punch combination.
Boxeri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Data.
Nice shot by Boxeri.
Data rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boxeri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Data moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxeri moves into the clinch.
Boxeri tries a body shot but Data blocks it.
Data letting Boxeri take a breather here.
Boxeri lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boxeri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Data's elbow.
Data looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boxeri lands with a left to the head.
Boxeri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxeri stalling in the clinch.
Data blocking some punches.
Data tries to circle away but Boxeri has him pinned against the cage.
Boxeri leaning his opponent against the cage.
Data is trying to break the clinch but Boxeri is controlling him.
Boxeri prevents a body shot from Data.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxeri scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Boxeri.
Boxeri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Data blocks a body shot from Boxeri.
Data scores with a shot to the side of Boxeri's head.
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 Pate Boxeri will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pate Boxeri's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Boxeri connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Data's hands.
Data throws an overhand right that lands on Boxeri's shoulder, as Boxeri tries to avoid the shot.
Boxeri scores with a shot to the body.
Boxeri misses the shot to the body.
Good exchange - Boxeri coming out on top.
Data rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boxeri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Data misses with a double jab.
Data misses with a few strikes there.
Data swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Data misses.
A shot to the liver by Boxeri. Beautiful body shot.
Data throws a lazy right hand but Boxeri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lieutenant Data seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Data lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Boxeri backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Data misses with a double jab.
Boxeri clinches up with Data and pushes him back against the cage.
Boxeri controlling the action here for a moment.
Pate Boxeri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boxeri working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boxeri scores with a shot to the side of Data's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxeri leaning against his opponent.
Boxeri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boxeri.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Data.
Boxeri throws a head punch that misses.
Data breaks from the clinch.
Data drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Data tries to bum rush Boxeri with a series of wild strikes but Boxeri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boxeri lands a right hook to the body.
Data throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boxeri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boxeri lands with a good body shot.
Boxeri dodges the punch combination from Data.
Boxeri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Data is breathing heavily.
Boxeri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Data's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Boxeri. Beautiful body shot.
Boxeri's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Boxeri duly obliges.
A left lands for Boxeri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Data throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxeri counters with a right hand to the body.
Boxeri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Data.
Boxeri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Data.
Data gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Data has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Data works on Boxeri's body with a couple of short punches.
Data breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Data, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Data looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Data on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boxeri drives through and clinches with Data against the cage.
Data fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boxeri lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boxeri's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxeri working aggressively here.
Boxeri is working Data over against the cage.
Boxeri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boxeri working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boxeri throws a big uppercut that drops Data! More strikes from Boxeri and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Data lies dazed against the cage as Boxeri celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pate Boxeri!
Pate Boxeri thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Onyx Outlaw (ranked 952 p4p, 1667 weight class) and Lars Elofsson (ranked 58 p4p, 99 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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290
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Onyx Outlaw!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lars Elofsson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Outlaw slips a straight right by Elofsson.
Elofsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Outlaw throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Outlaw scores with a sloppy right hand. Elofsson should have avoided that one.
 It looks like Lars Elofsson has been cut.
Elofsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Outlaw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Elofsson avoids the body shot from Outlaw.
Elofsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Outlaw.
Elofsson staying out of range there.
Onyx Outlaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Outlaw misses with an uppercut.
Elofsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Outlaw drives through and clinches with Elofsson against the cage.
Outlaw definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Outlaw throws a head punch that misses.
Outlaw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Outlaw scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Outlaw working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Elofsson.
Elofsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Outlaw fails to land.
Elofsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Elofsson digs a right hand into Outlaw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Outlaw's gas tank.
Outlaw is breathing heavily.
A short left from Elofsson.
Elofsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Outlaws head.
A short right from Elofsson on the inside.
A body shot lands from Elofsson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elofsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Elofsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Elofsson lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Elofsson.
Elofsson cracks Outlaw with a nice body shot.
Elofsson lands with a left to the head.
Elofsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Outlaws head.
Elofsson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Elofsson stalling against the cage.
Elofsson digs a right hand underneath Outlaw's ribcage. Outlaw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Elofsson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Outlaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Elofsson scores with a hook to the body.
Elofsson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Elofsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Elofsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Elofsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Elofsson lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elofsson tries a body shot but Outlaw blocks it.
Elofsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Outlaw backwards.
Elofsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Elofsson lands a body punch.
Elofsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Elofsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Elofsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Elofsson lands a body punch.
Elofsson leaning against his opponent.
Elofsson scores with a shot to the side of Outlaw's head.
Elofsson digs a right hand into Outlaw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Outlaw's gas tank.
Elofsson lands a shot to the body.
Elofsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Elofsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Outlaw backwards.
Elofsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Elofsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
 Outlaw is rocked!
Elofsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Elofsson.
Elofsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Outlaw is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hand to the body from Elofsson.
Elofsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Outlaw seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elofsson drops Outlaw onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Outlaw is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Elofsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Outlaw.
A hook to the body from Elofsson.
Elofsson taking a breather.
Outlaw struggles to land a body shot inside as Elofsson controls his hands.
Elofsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Elofsson looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Elofsson.
Good body shot from Elofsson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Elofsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Elofsson gets through Outlaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elofsson creates a bit of distance and unloads a huge uppercut that knocks Outlaw out cold! The ref dives in to break up the two fighters! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lars Elofsson!
Lars Elofsson is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikodem Kowalczyk (ranked 540 p4p, 1237 weight class) and Small Fry (ranked 73 p4p, 165 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195
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185
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikodem Kowalczyk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Small Fry!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fry.
Kowalczyk swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kowalczyk thinking.
Fry misses the jab.
Kowalczyk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Nikodem Kowalczyk has been cut.
Fry moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fry.
Kowalczyk throws a jab but it's blocked by Fry.
Kowalczyk throws a looping overhand right but Fry ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kowalczyk. Fry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalczyk throws a hook but Fry avoids it easily.
Kowalczyk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fry counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fry slips under a jab.
Fry only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk lands a right hook to the body.
Fry scores with a body shot.
Fry scores with a hook to the body. Kowalczyk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kowalczyk throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Fry.
Fry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kowalczyk was well out of range. Poor timing from Fry.
Fry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fry now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kowalczyk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kowalczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fry staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kowalczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fry moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk tests Fry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kowalczyk rather than just go for the knockout.
Kowalczyk misses the shot to the body.
Kowalczyk misses with a looping right.
Kowalczyk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fry lands a leg kick that knocks Kowalczyk off balance momentarily.
Fry scores with a hook to the body. Kowalczyk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fry slips a jab from Kowalczyk.
Fry throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nikodem Kowalczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kowalczyk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fry was well out of range. Poor timing from Kowalczyk.
Fry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kowalczyk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kowalczyk clinches up with Fry and pushes him back against the cage.
Fry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kowalczyks head.
Kowalczyk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kowalczyk misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fry's elbow.
Kowalczyk can't find room to land a body shot as Fry controls the action.
Kowalczyk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fry backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kowalczyk fails to land.
Fry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalczyk lands with a left to the head.
Kowalczyk pulls guard successfully.
Kowalczyk is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kowalczyk looking for a sweep. Not yet Kowalczyk, not yet.
Kowalczyk is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kowalczyk lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Kowalczyk looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kowalczyk throws a big elbow that misses.
Fry keeping full guard, as Kowalczyk tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Small Fry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nikodem Kowalczyk's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kowalczyk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kowalczyk lands with a light punch inside.
Fry wants to break free but Kowalczyk has control.
Fry misses with some punches.
Kowalczyk misses with some punches.
Fry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kowalczyk backwards.
Kowalczyk has a couple of punches blocked by Fry.
Fry can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalczyk controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kowalczyk.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kowalczyk.
A head punch on the inside from Fry fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kowalczyk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kowalczyk tries to throw a body punch but Fry avoids it by throwing Kowalczyk back against the cage.
Kowalczyk has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fry tries to work over Kowalczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalczyk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kowalczyk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fry is trying to stall.
Fry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kowalczyk backwards.
Kowalczyk tries to throw a body punch but Fry avoids it by throwing Kowalczyk back against the cage.
Kowalczyk throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalczyk pushes Fry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kowalczyk struggles to land a body shot inside as Fry controls his hands.
Nikodem Kowalczyk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kowalczyk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fry tries to work over Kowalczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
Fry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fry swings wildly with an uppercut but Kowalczyk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fry misses with some punches.
A short right from Fry.
Fry takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Kowalczyk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kowalczyk lands a body shot.
Kowalczyk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fry is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Kowalczyk fails to land.
Kowalczyk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fry is still on wobbly legs! Can Kowalczyk finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Kowalczyk fails to land.
Kowalczyk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fry or not.
Kowalczyk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kowalczyk throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by Fry.
Kowalczyk working aggressively here.
Kowalczyk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fry blocks an uppercut.
Kowalczyk presses Fry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
Kowalczyk working aggressively here.
Kowalczyk misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kowalczyk fails to land.
Fry blocks an uppercut.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
Kowalczyk throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalczyk scores with a hook to the body.
Kowalczyk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kowalczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by Fry.
Fry seems to have recovered his senses.
Kowalczyk can't find room to land a body shot as Fry controls the action.
Fry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kowalczyk tries to throw a body punch but Fry avoids it by throwing Kowalczyk back against the cage.
Kowalczyk lands a right hand.
Fry looking to slow down the pace here.
Kowalczyk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fry can do to turn this around?
A short left from Fry.
Fry lands with a left to the head.
Kowalczyk throws a head punch that misses.
Fry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk throws a monster overhand right that drops Fry! Kowalczyk follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikodem Kowalczyk!
Nikodem Kowalczyk retains his middleweight title!
Nikodem Kowalczyk decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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pop
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