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C338: Cheese vs Green III PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Menes Kai (ranked 1681 p4p, 1808 weight class) and Sebastion Lynar (ranked 167 p4p, 181 weight class). Kai kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Astronaut - Jin. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Menes Kai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastion Lynar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kai misses with an uppercut.
Despite the aggression on Lynar's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kai scores with a body shot.
Kai misses with an uppercut
and Lynar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ludus Magnus in the buildup to the fight.
Lynar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lynar fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kai sprawls well initially but Lynar persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kai kicks off Lynar and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kai lands with a shot to the body.
Lynar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lynar just misses with a punch to the body.
Kai misses with a head kick.
Kai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lynar was well out of range. Poor timing from Kai.
Lynar changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kai looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai is pushing Lynar's head away, looking to escape. Lynar manages to hold on to the position though.
Lynar tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kai's legs.
Kai tries to escape but Lynar is in control.
Lynar is looking to take a break and control but Kai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kai is pushing Lynar's head away, looking to escape. Lynar manages to hold on to the position though.
Lynar happy to just control the position for now.
Kai is not content to let Lynar control the position.
Kai is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Lynar asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lynar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kai keeps working.
Kai stops Lynar from passing to mount.
Kai wants to get back to his feet.
Lynar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lynar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lynar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kai has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kai wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Lynar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lynar.
Kai connects with a body shot that sends Lynar's belly button to the back.
Kai misses with a straight left.
A jab from Kai does it's job there.
Kai throws a series of punches but Lynar moves out of range.
Menes Kai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Kai misses the target.
Kai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Menes Kai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kai throws a body shot but no joy.
Lynar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lynar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
Kai lands a head kick. Lynar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kai lands a nice looking body shot.
Lynar fails to land the takedown.
Kai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kai lands a jab to Lynar's midsection.
Lynar slips a straight right by Kai.
Kai swings for the body but Lynar moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Menes Kai dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kai connects with a body shot that sends Lynar's belly button to the back.
Lynar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Menes Kai is winning the standup battle so far.
Kai fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lynar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kai is looking to wear down Lynar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kai lands a head kick!
Lynar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kai stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kai wants it to stay on the feet.
Kai lands the left hand.
Lynar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kai misses with a shot to the body
and Lynar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lynar moves away.
Lynar throws a counter combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lynar fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lynar has his takedown stuffed
and Kai counters with a nice uppercut.
Menes Kai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebastion Lynar.
Kai scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kai scores with the left hand. Lynar knows he should have avoided that one.
Kai swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lynar counters with a left and a right that stings Kai.
Lynar has his takedown stuffed
enabling Kai to counter with a crisp jab.
Kai swings for the body but Lynar moves out of range.
Donk. Kai catches Lynar right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kai throws a hook but Lynar blocks it.
Lynar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kai.
Lynar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lynar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lynar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kai throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Lynar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kai misses with an uppercut
and Lynar counters with a nice uppercut.
Kai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lynar! But no joy.
Lynar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lynar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Kai on his heels. He'll look to pass Kai's guard now, I'm sure.
Kai uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Kai throws a sloppy head kick and Lynar moves out of range easily.
Lynar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lynar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lynar wants to counter with a clinch but Kai pushes him away.
Kai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lynar manages to avoid it.
Kai sets himself, and Lynar steps forward looking for the clinch! Kai avoids it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kai just misses with a punch to the body.
Lynar fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kai misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lynar counters with a nice uppercut.
Lynar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kai but Kai pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kai just misses with a punch to the body.
Kai scores with a shot to the body.
Lynar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kai.
Lynar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kai avoids it really well and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Menes Kai dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kai. Lynar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lynar wants to counter with a clinch but Kai pushes him away.
Kai looks to land a combination. Lynar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lynar avoids the body shot from Kai.
Lynar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lynar ducks under a wild hook from Kai.
Kai displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lynar.
Kai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Lynar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kai takes a swing at Lynar's ribcage but misses.
Lynar wants to counter the offense by Kai and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kai throws a body shot but no joy.
Lynar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai lands with a straight right. Lynar didn't see that one coming.
Kai takes a swing at Lynar's ribcage but misses.
Kai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kai misses with a lunging right hand
and Lynar counters with a straight right hand.
Kai swings for the body but Lynar moves out of range.
Kai throws a body punch but Lynar moves out of range.
Lynar's corner calls for a 1-2. Lynar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lynar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kai misses with a body punch
letting Lynar counter with a right hand.
Lynar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kai's waist but Kai gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lynar off to one side.
Kai works Lynar's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kai scores with a one two! Lynar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kai looks to score with a jab to the body but Lynar is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lynar! But no joy.
Lynar gets the takedown into side control.
Kai pushes Lynar away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lynar gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lynar wants to control but Kai is keeping him busy.
Lynar prevents Kai from escaping the position.
Lynar is looking to take a break and control but Kai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kai is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kai has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lynar just content to control the position.
Kai explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Kai stuffs the takedown.
Menes Kai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebastion Lynar.
A shot to the body from Kai misses
enabling Lynar to counter with a crisp jab.
Kai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lynar at a distance.
Kai misses with a looping left.
Lynar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lynar ducks under a wild hook from Kai.
Lynar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lynar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kai scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kai misses.
Kai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lynar momentarily.
Kai cracks Lynar with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lynar shoots in but Kai avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kai throws a jab when Lynar was well out of range.
Kai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sebastion Lynar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menes Kai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Menes Kai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Menes Kai!
Our winner, Menes Kai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Sanguinetti (ranked 1286 p4p, 1967 weight class) and Kareem Johnson (ranked 168 p4p, 252 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Sanguinetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kareem Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson rushes Sanguinetti and presses him up against the cage.
Sanguinetti tries for a takedown. No joy.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Sanguinetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanguinetti controls his hands.
Johnson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanguinetti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanguinetti throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Sanguinetti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a counter combo.
Sanguinetti wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Sanguinetti throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Sanguinetti shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orlando Sanguinetti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanguinetti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Sanguinetti lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Sanguinetti moves out of range easily.
Kareem Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanguinetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Orlando Sanguinetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanguinetti clinches with his opponent.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Sanguinetti avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Sanguinetti prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Sanguinetti is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson cracks Sanguinetti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
 It looks like Orlando Sanguinetti has been cut.
Sanguinetti takes one to the side of the head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Sanguinetti controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Sanguinetti controls the action.
Sanguinetti jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Johnson walks away with a smile on his face. Sanguinetti gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sanguinetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanguinetti is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson tries a body shot but Sanguinetti blocks it.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sanguinetti went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sanguinetti shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanguinetti tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanguinetti's knee momentarily.
Johnson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanguinetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanguinetti lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanguinetti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanguinetti has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Johnson after a bit of a struggle.
Johnson tries a body shot but Sanguinetti blocks it.
I was talking to Sanguinetti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Sanguinetti drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sanguinetti wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Sanguinetti tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguinetti's elbow.
Sanguinetti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Sanguinetti's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanguinetti dives in for a single leg takedown but Johnson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Johnson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Johnson prevents Sanguinetti from breaking the clinch.
Sanguinetti is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanguinetti backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanguinetti.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Sanguinetti's ribcage. Sanguinetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson pushes Sanguinetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanguinetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanguinetti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson throws a head kick but Sanguinetti moves out of range.
Sanguinetti tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanguinetti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanguinetti blocks the body kick.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanguinetti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Some wild striking there from Sanguinetti.
Sanguinetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanguinetti dives in for a single leg takedown but Johnson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orlando Sanguinetti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson works Sanguinetti's body with a nice hook.
Sanguinetti shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanguinetti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanguinetti tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
Kareem Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanguinetti moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Sanguinetti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanguinetti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanguinetti with a poor takedown
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson throws a head kick but Sanguinetti moves out of range.
Sanguinetti is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson is trying to counter with his kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Sanguinetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanguinetti fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanguinetti.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanguinetti fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanguinetti looks to clinch
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanguinetti shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanguinetti gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanguinetti tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Sanguinetti shoots in.
And Johnson responds with a good body kick, but Sanguinetti manages to step out the way in time.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanguinetti's elbow.
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!
Johnson breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Orlando Sanguinetti's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sanguinetti if he has to take too many more of those.
Sanguinetti misses with the combination.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanguinetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanguinetti.
Sanguinetti moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJohnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanguinetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Sanguinetti takes one to the chin there.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanguinetti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanguinetti throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sanguinetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sanguinetti tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orlando Sanguinetti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanguinetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanguinetti misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Sanguinetti.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson works on Sanguinetti's body with a couple of short punches.
Kareem Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanguinetti tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Sanguinetti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Sanguinetti attempts a counter takedown but Johnson avoids it well and moves away.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanguinetti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sanguinetti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanguinetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
No luck for Sanguinetti with that takedown attempt.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanguinetti.
Sanguinetti misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanguinetti.
A clash of legs there as Sanguinetti blocks the low kick.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson jabs Sanguinetti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson thuds his right hand into Sanguinetti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Orlando Sanguinetti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanguinetti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Orlando Sanguinetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanguinetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kareem Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kareem Johnson!
Kareem Johnson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Panfilo Acerbi (ranked 1423 p4p, 1720 weight class) and Grigori Golov (ranked 144 p4p, 172 weight class). Acerbi comes to the cage accompanied by Boom Boom Boom Boom - Venga Boys. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Panfilo Acerbi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grigori Golov!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acerbi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Golov throws a lazy right hand but Acerbi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Acerbi misses.
Golov feints the counter takedown.
Golov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Acerbi fails to land with a series of punches.
Golov lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Acerbi.
Acerbi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Acerbi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Acerbi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Golov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Acerbi is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A jab from Acerbi does it's job there.
Acerbi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Golov punishes Acerbi's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Acerbi throws out the jab.
Acerbi lands a really nice looking cross but Golov seems unphased.
Panfilo Acerbi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Golov scores with a jab.
Panfilo Acerbi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acerbi misses with a body shot.
Golov looks to score with a jab to the body but Acerbi is just out of range.
Golov lands a nice shot to the body.
Acerbi throws a sloppy head kick and Golov moves out of range easily.
Acerbi misses with a head kick.
Acerbi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Golov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Acerbi dips to his left and cracks Golov with an uppercut!
Acerbi misses with a low kick.
Acerbi thows a leg kick but Golov checks it
and Golov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Golov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Golov avoids the body shot from Acerbi.
Acerbi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Acerbi throws a sloppy body shot
and Golov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Acerbi.
Golov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Acerbi in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Acerbi.
Acerbi slips a jab from Golov.
Acerbi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Acerbi walks into a straight right hand from Golov.
Acerbi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Acerbi throws a body shot but no joy.
Acerbi looks to land a combination but Golov avoids it well.
Acerbi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Golov scores with a jab. Acerbi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Acerbi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Golov lands a right hook to the body.
Golov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Acerbi manages to avoid it.
Golov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Acerbi tries a head kick but it misses.
Golov connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Acerbi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Acerbi. Golov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golov swings for the body but Acerbi moves out of range.
Golov connects with a looping right hand.
Acerbi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Golov.
Acerbi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Golov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Acerbi counters with an outside leg kick.
Acerbi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Acerbi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Acerbi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Golov counters with a left to the body.
Golov swinging wildly here.
Acerbi connects with a right hand. Golov shakes it off.
Acerbi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Golov throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acerbi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Golov jabs Acerbi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Golov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Acerbi tries a low kick but Golov avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acerbi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Acerbi throws the left hand but Golov avoids the punch easily.
Golov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Acerbi defends it well.
Acerbi lands a high kick!
Golov just misses with a punch to the body.
Acerbi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Golov.
Acerbi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Acerbi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Golov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Golov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Acerbi.
Golov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Acerbi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Acerbi throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Acerbi misses.
Acerbi misses with a jab to the body
and Golov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Golov needs to keep his hands up - Acerbi had a free shot at his head there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Grigori Golov will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Acerbi throws a leg kick but Golov checks it.
Acerbi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Acerbi blocks a jab.
Acerbi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Golov just manages to avoid it.
Golov connects with a single shot there.
Acerbi misses with a low kick as Golov jumps back.
Acerbi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Golov throws an off balance right hand
and Acerbi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Golov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Acerbi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golov.
That kick from Acerbi tenderised Golov's leg. Golov is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Acerbi throws a leg kick that is checked
so Golov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Golov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Acerbi working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Golov has passed into half guard!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acerbi desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acerbi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Acerbi is trying to maintain the position but Golov is very close to passing his half guard.
Acerbi wants to control but Golov passes into side.
Golov trying to control the position but Acerbi is working away.
Acerbi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
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.
Acerbi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Golov is thwarting Acerbi's attempts to control the position.
Acerbi taking some punishment here, with Golov in his half guard.
Acerbi wants to improve his position but Golov is controlling well.
Acerbi manages to get to full guard.
Golov looking to improve position, pressing down on Acerbi's thigh with his hand. Acerbi seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Golov paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Golov's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Acerbi picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Panfilo Acerbi!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Unang Zemin (ranked 893 p4p, 839 weight class) and Tekashi Six Nine (ranked 66 p4p, 60 weight class). Zemin comes into the arena with 부모님 은혜 blaring out of the sound system. Six Nine has chosen KIKA - Tekashi 6ix9ine as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Unang Zemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tekashi Six Nine !
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zemin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Six Nine counters with a leg kick.
Zemin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Six Nine makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zemin clobbers Six Nine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zemin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Six Nine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zemin throws an overhand right that lands on Six Nine 's shoulder, as Six Nine tries to avoid the shot.
Zemin misses with a looping left.
Six Nine ducks under a wild hook from Zemin.
Zemin misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Six Nine to counter with a crisp jab.
Zemin throws the left hand but Six Nine avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zemin misses with a looping right.
Six Nine has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Zemin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zemin swings widly with a right hand
and Six Nine counters with a nice uppercut.
Six Nine slips under a jab.
Zemin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai\'s Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Six Nine throws a lazy right hand but Zemin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zemin throws a lazy uppercut
and Six Nine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Six Nine slips under a jab from Zemin.
Zemin looks to land a right hand but Six Nine moved out of range.
Six Nine ducks under a wild hook from Zemin.
Zemin throws an overhand right that lands on Six Nine 's shoulder, as Six Nine tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Zemin misses.
Six Nine slips under a jab.
Six Nine is looking to clinch but Zemin is avoiding it.
Zemin throws an off balance right hand
and Six Nine counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Six Nine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zemin misses with a looping left.
Six Nine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Zemin moves out of range of the body kick from Six Nine .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zemin misses with an uppercut
and Six Nine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zemin tries to clinch up but Six Nine circles away and keeps his distance.
Zemin misses with a hook.
Zemin misses with a hook
and Six Nine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zemin checks a low kick from Six Nine .
Six Nine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zemin. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Zemin misses its intended target.
Zemin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Six Nine counters with a body kick that stops Zemin in his tracks momentarily.
Zemin misses with a looping left.
Zemin throws an off balance right hand
and Six Nine counters with a nice uppercut.
Zemin misses with a double jab
and Six Nine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zemin fails to land with a series of punches.
Zemin misses with an uppercut. Six Nine saw that one coming.
Six Nine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zemin.
Six Nine misses with a body kick.
Zemin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Six Nine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zemin scores with a nice head shot.
Zemin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Six Nine .
Zemin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Six Nine .
Zemin throws a jab when Six Nine was well out of range.
Six Nine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Six Nine lands a leg kick that knocks Zemin off balance momentarily.
Six Nine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zemin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Zemin misses with a body shot
and Six Nine finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zemin throws out the jab.
Unang Zemin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Six Nine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zemin.
A big right from Zemin misses.
Six Nine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Six Nine scores with a shot to the body.
Zemin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Six Nine to counter with a crisp jab.
Zemin throws an off balance right hand
and Six Nine counters with a one-two to the body.
Six Nine throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Zemin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zemin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
 It looks like Tekashi Six Nine has been cut.
Six Nine throws a poor cross that misses
and Zemin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zemin throws a hook but Six Nine blocks it.
Six Nine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Zemin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Six Nine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zemin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tekashi Six Nine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tekashi Six Nine 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Six Nine defending well as Zemin loads up on a big left hand.
Six Nine is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zemin with a body shot.
Zemin dips to his left and cracks Six Nine with an uppercut!
Six Nine lands a slapping body shot.
A combination from Zemin does no damage.
Six Nine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zemin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Six Nine .
Zemin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Six Nine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Zemin.
Six Nine defending well as Zemin loads up on a big left hand.
Six Nine is looking for the big counter here.
Zemin throws a poor cross that misses
and Six Nine counters with a head kick. That will keep Zemin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Six Nine .
Zemin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Six Nine .
Zemin clinches up against the cage.
Zemin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Six Nine avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Six Nine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Six Nine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Six Nine lands an elbow just above Zemin 's eye.
Six Nine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zemin's elbow.
Zemin has a couple of punches blocked by Six Nine .
Zemin has Six Nine pressed against the cage, preventing Six Nine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Six Nine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zemin or not.
Six Nine lands a nice uppercut.
Six Nine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zemin's elbow.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Six Nine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zemin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Six Nine pushes Zemin up against the cage in a clinch.
Six Nine managing to block the knees to the body from Zemin.
Six Nine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zemin prevents a body shot from Six Nine .
Zemin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Six Nine blocks it with crossed arms.
Six Nine lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zemin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Six Nine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Six Nine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zemin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zemin misses with the head strike.
Six Nine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Six Nine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Six Nine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zemin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Six Nine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Six Nine keeps the fight on the outside.
Zemin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zemin misses with a lunging right hand
and Six Nine counters with a nice uppercut.
Zemin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Zemin throws a shot from downtown. Six Nine moves away and avoids it.
Six Nine throws a body kick that misses.
Zemin throws a lazy uppercut
and Six Nine counters with a solid body kick.
Zemin looks to score with a jab to the body but Six Nine is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine moves out of range as Zemin throws a body kick.
Six Nine defending well as Zemin loads up on a big left hand.
Six Nine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Zemin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Six Nine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Six Nine lands a nice looking body kick.
Zemin connects with a single shot there.
Zemin connects with a single shot there.
Six Nine is looking to clinch.
Zemin tries to keep at a distance but Six Nine has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zemin looking to slow down the pace here.
Six Nine tries a body shot but Zemin blocks it.
Six Nine blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six Nine can't find room to land a body shot as Zemin controls the action.
Six Nine lands a damaging elbow.
Six Nine struggles to land a body shot inside as Zemin controls his hands.
Zemin misses with some punches.
Zemin has a couple of punches blocked by Six Nine .
Six Nine lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Six Nine on the inside.
Six Nine blocks an uppercut.
Six Nine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Six Nine connects with a crisp jab.
Zemin misses with a lunging right hand
and Six Nine counters with a stiff right hand.
Zemin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Six Nine .
Six Nine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zemin throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Six Nine to counter with a crisp jab.
Six Nine lands a right hook to the body.
Six Nine cracks a nice hook into Zemin's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Zemin misses the target.
Zemin backing away here, and Six Nine unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tekashi Six Nine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tekashi Six Nine 's cut.
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!
Zemin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Six Nine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Six Nine slips under a jab from Zemin.
Zemin misses with a shot to the body
and Six Nine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zemin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Six Nine counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Zemin misses the target.
Zemin misses with a right hand
and Six Nine counters with an outside leg kick.
Zemin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zemin misses with a left hand
and Six Nine counters with a body kick that stops Zemin in his tracks momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Zemin misses the target.
Six Nine raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Six Nine lands a body shot.
Zemin throws a head kick that misses
letting Six Nine counter with a right hand.
Zemin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Six Nine counters with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Six Nine avoids the head kick by Zemin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Zemin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zemin.
Zemin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Six Nine counters with a leg kick.
Zemin throws an off balance right hand
and Six Nine counters with a low kick, right behind Zemin 's knee.
Zemin throws an off balance right hand
enabling Six Nine to counter with a crisp jab.
Zemin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left lands for Six Nine .
Zemin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zemin misses with a combination
and Six Nine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Six Nine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Six Nine moves out of range as Zemin strikes.
A jab from Zemin misses.
Six Nine flicks out a counter leg kick but Zemin steps away.
Zemin misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Six Nine - just one landing.
Six Nine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zemin cracks Six Nine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Six Nine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zemin momentarily.
Zemin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zemin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Zemin throws a hook but Six Nine avoids it easily.
Six Nine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zemin throwing a counter right hand but Six Nine manages to avoid it.
Six Nine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zemin misses with a hook. Six Nine ducked under it nicely.
Six Nine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zemin throws a lazy uppercut
and Six Nine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Six Nine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Six Nine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zemin. Six Nine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tekashi Six Nine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Six Nine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zemin.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Six Nine in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Six Nine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zemin.
Six Nine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Zemin swings widly with a right hand
and Six Nine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Six Nine moves out of range as Zemin strikes.
Zemin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zemin throws a jab when Six Nine was well out of range.
Zemin missing with a left hand there. Six Nine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zemin misses with an uppercut
and Six Nine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zemin throws a hook but Six Nine avoids it easily.
Zemin backing away here, and Six Nine unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Zemin lands with a cross.
Six Nine tries to clinch but Zemin moves out of range.
Six Nine throws an overhand right that lands on Zemin's shoulder, as Zemin tries to avoid the shot.
Zemin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zemin swings widly with a right hand
and Six Nine counters with a straight right hand.
Zemin misses with a left hand
and Six Nine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Zemin.
Zemin misses with a looping left.
Six Nine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zemin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Six Nine counters with a straight right hand.
Six Nine jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Unang Zemin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Six Nine misses with a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tekashi Six Nine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Six Nine 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tekashi Six Nine !
After winning the bout, Tekashi Six Nine thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kwame Redcliffe (ranked 407 p4p, 393 weight class) and Irong Kasamsun (ranked 50 p4p, 49 weight class). Irong Kasamsun has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 29 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kwame Redcliffe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Irong Kasamsun!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redcliffe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab by Kasamsun.
Redcliffe digs a good hook to Kasamsun's body.
Kasamsun moves out of range as Redcliffe throws a body kick.
Kasamsun scores with a jab.
Redcliffe slips under a jab.
Kasamsun connects with a nice looking jab.
Redcliffe lands with a shot to the body.
Redcliffe needs to keep his hands up - Kasamsun had a free shot at his head there.
Kasamsun falls off balance throwing a combination
and Redcliffe counters with a head kick.
Irong Kasamsun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redcliffe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kasamsun.
Kasamsun changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big left from Kasamsun misses.
Kasamsun cracks Redcliffe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kasamsun darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Redcliffe tries to get to full guard but Kasamsun has control of the leg.
Kasamsun controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasamsun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Redcliffe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kasamsun not doing much here.
Let's hope that Kasamsun has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Redcliffe wants to improve his position but Kasamsun is controlling well.
Kasamsun is keen to just control but Redcliffe is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Redcliffe is looking to control Kasamsun's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Redcliffe avoid being mounted?
Kasamsun prevents Redcliffe from improving his position.
Kasamsun content to control rather than advance.
Redcliffe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kasamsun is working away from the top position though.
Kasamsun slips a nice elbow through Redcliffe's hands, connecting with Redcliffe's forehead.
Redcliffe is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kasamsun missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kasamsun is trying to control the action in half guard but Redcliffe is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kasamsun is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Redcliffe has a hand on Kasamsun's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Kasamsun takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Redcliffe is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun tries to push Redcliffe's head away but Redcliffe is holding on tight.
Kasamsun looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kasamsun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Redcliffe is looking to improve his position but Kasamsun isn't that keen on the idea.
Redcliffe taking shots to the head.
Kasamsun has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kasamsun dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Kasamsun connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kasamsun lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Redcliffe is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kasamsun lands a couple of good shots and Redcliffe has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Kasamsun has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Redcliffe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Redcliffe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redcliffe trying to control but not successfully.
Redcliffe breaks Kasamsun's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Redcliffe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kasamsun looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Redcliffe tries to free his leg and advance position but Kasamsun is retaining full guard.
Redcliffe stays in close to Kasamsun's body and controls the position.
Redcliffe wants to pass the guard but Kasamsun is keeping the position.
Kasamsun controls Redcliffe momentarily but Redcliffe frees himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Irong Kasamsun dominated that round.
That's time! Redcliffe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kasamsun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redcliffe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Redcliffe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kasamsun prevents a body shot from Redcliffe.
Kasamsun lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Redcliffe wants to get back to full guard.
Redcliffe controlling the position well.
Kasamsun slows the pace down in half guard.
Kasamsun working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redcliffe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kasamsun working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Redcliffe won't allow Kasamsun to pass to mount.
Kasamsun trying to control from half guard but Redcliffe is working away.
Kasamsun wants to pass the guard but Redcliffe is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redcliffe is looking to improve his position.
Redcliffe taking some punishment here, with Kasamsun in his half guard.
Redcliffe is not content to let Kasamsun control the position.
Kasamsun perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Redcliffe wants to improve his position but Kasamsun is controlling well.
Redcliffe won't allow Kasamsun to pass to mount.
Kasamsun sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Redcliffe is looking to control Kasamsun's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Redcliffe avoid being mounted?
Redcliffe wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kasamsun sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Redcliffe wants to control but Kasamsun is keeping busy.
Kasamsun is controlling the pace.
Redcliffe won't allow Kasamsun to pass to mount.
Redcliffe has hold of Kasamsun's hands but Kasamsun slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kasamsun working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Redcliffe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kasamsun is working away from the top position though.
Kasamsun trying to control the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kasamsun connects with a nice short shot to Redcliffe's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe wants to improve his position but Kasamsun is controlling well.
Irong Kasamsun has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kasamsun slows the pace down in half guard.
Kasamsun is keen to just control but Redcliffe is a slippery customer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Kasamsun is trying to control. Redcliffe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kasamsun looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Redcliffe tries to get to full guard but Kasamsun has control of the leg.
Kasamsun is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kasamsun working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Redcliffe trying to control here.
Kasamsun trying to mount his opponent but Redcliffe defends it.
Kasamsun performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kasamsun slips a nice elbow through Redcliffe's hands, connecting with Redcliffe's forehead.
Redcliffe is staying active underneath Kasamsun, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Redcliffe tries to roll over but Kasamsun keeps him under control.
Redcliffe is working hard here to advance position.
Kasamsun takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kasamsun wants to lay and pray for a moment but Redcliffe keeps working.
Well, if Kasamsun is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza Yum. Can't wait.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Irong Kasamsun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kasamsun drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kwame Redcliffe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Redcliffe is trying to improve his position.
Kasamsun looks up at the clock and then as Redcliffe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kasamsun smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kasamsun cracks Redcliffe with a big right hand but Redcliffe just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kasamsun working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kasamsun is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Redcliffe will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kasamsun working the ground and pound from side control.
Redcliffe takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redcliffe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Redcliffe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Kasamsun keeping hold of Redcliffe's head, controlling as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redcliffe wants to control but Kasamsun is keeping him busy.
Kasamsun is pressing down on Redcliffe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Redcliffe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kasamsun is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Redcliffe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Redcliffe trying to control but Kasamsun is working from the bottom.
Kasamsun is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe is trying to get back to full guard.
Kasamsun takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kasamsun lands a nice short elbow.
Kasamsun lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kasamsun wants to lay and pray for a moment but Redcliffe keeps working.
Kasamsun is thwarting Redcliffe's attempts to control the position.
Redcliffe tries to roll over but Kasamsun keeps him under control.
Redcliffe moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun wants to control from the top but Redcliffe keeps moving.
Kasamsun preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kasamsun accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kasamsun working some strikes from top position.
Kasamsun not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kasamsun sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Redcliffe's guard.
Kasamsun working the head and body with strikes.
Kasamsun has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kasamsun perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Redcliffe is staying active underneath Kasamsun, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Redcliffe is trying to get back to full guard.
Kasamsun tries to pass the half guard into mount. Redcliffe knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kasamsun is continuing to stall.
Redcliffe tries to get to full guard but Kasamsun has control of the leg.
Kasamsun is trying to control. Redcliffe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Redcliffe wants to control but Kasamsun is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kasamsun performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kasamsun is looking to take a break and control but Redcliffe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Irong Kasamsun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kasamsun winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Irong Kasamsun!
Irong Kasamsun managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Stoner's Killer Apparel, into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad (ranked 190 p4p, 663 weight class) and Lewis Pendragon (ranked 24 p4p, 70 weight class). Ferkingstad comes to the cage accompanied by Try That In A Small Town. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lewis Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pendragon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pendragon lands a jab.
Pendragon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ferkingstad dodges the punch combination from Pendragon.
Ferkingstad takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pendragon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pendragon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pendragon misses the jab.
Ferkingstad misses with a right hand
and Pendragon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pendragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon letting Ferkingstad take a breather here.
Ferkingstad digs a right hand into Pendragon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pendragon's gas tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferkingstad breaks from the clinch.
Pendragon walks into a jab.
Pendragon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ferkingstad throws a lazy right hand but Pendragon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pendragon misses the body punch
and Ferkingstad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pendragon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad connects with a solid leg kick.
Ferkingstad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pendragon only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pendragon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ferkingstad appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ferkingstad misses with a hook.
Pendragon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pendragon slips under a jab.
Ferkingstad takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Pendragon.
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!
Pendragon throws a jab when Ferkingstad was well out of range.
Ferkingstad defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
Pendragon digs a good hook to Ferkingstad's body.
Pendragon misses with a double jab.
Ferkingstad looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the liver by Ferkingstad. Beautiful body shot.
Pendragon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pendragon scores with a push kick.
Pendragon misses with a wild combination.
Pendragon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pendragon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Pendragon blocks the low kick.
Pendragon has closed the distance and engaged Ferkingstad in a clinch.
Pendragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pendragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pendragon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ferkingstad scores with a shoulder strike.
Ferkingstad breaks the clinch.
Ferkingstad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pendragon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A low kick from Pendragon is predictable there
and Ferkingstad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pendragon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ferkingstad counters with a nice body shot.
Pendragon walks into a straight right hand from Ferkingstad.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferkingstad misses with a low kick.
Pendragon throws a right hand that misses
and Ferkingstad counters with a three punch combo that has Pendragon backing up. Pendragon nods at Ferkingstad to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon digs a good hook to Ferkingstad's body.
Pendragon throws a front kick aimed at Ferkingstad's knee but Ferkingstad avoids it well.
Ferkingstad throws a low kick but Pendragon avoids it.
Pendragon avoids the head kick by Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pendragon pushes Ferkingstad up against the cage in a clinch.
Ferkingstad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ferkingstad gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pendragon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pendragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pendragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon misses with a body punch.
Pendragon misses with the head strike.
Pendragon lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Pendragon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pendragon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pendragon missing with a left hand there. Ferkingstad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ferkingstad takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ferkingstad misses with a wild body shot.
Lewis Pendragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Pendragon.
Ferkingstad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pendragon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ferkingstad takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ferkingstad tries to land a front kick but Pendragon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pendragon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ferkingstad bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pendragon's head backwards.
Pendragon lands with a cross.
Pendragon misses with a straight left.
Ferkingstad looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon misses with a straight left.
It looked like Ferkingstad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pendragon moves away from the strike by Ferkingstad.
Pendragon lands a jab to Ferkingstad's midsection.
Pendragon misses with a two punch combination.
Pendragon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pendragon checks a low kick from Ferkingstad.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Ferkingstad is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Ferkingstad misses the target.
Pendragon thows a leg kick but Ferkingstad checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ferkingstad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ferkingstad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Pendragon tries to score with a low kick but Ferkingstad moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Ferkingstad misses.
Pendragon lands a nice looking body shot.
Pendragon lands with a cross.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ferkingstad misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferkingstad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pendragon.
Ferkingstad connects with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Pendragon.
Pendragon tests Ferkingstad's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pendragon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pendragon lands a jab.
Ferkingstad misses with a hook
and Pendragon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ferkingstad moves away.
Pendragon throws a hook but Ferkingstad blocks it.
Pendragon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pendragon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferkingstad.
Pendragon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ferkingstad tests Pendragon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ferkingstad drops Pendragon with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Pendragon looks back up at him and smiles so Ferkingstad waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Lewis Pendragon has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferkingstad takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ferkingstad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Ferkingstad shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ferkingstad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pendragon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pendragon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pendragon tries to land a leg kick but Ferkingstad saw it coming and moves away.
Pendragon slips under a jab.
Ferkingstad 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.
Pendragon throws a nice looking combination but Ferkingstad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ferkingstad scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ferkingstad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pendragon.
Ferkingstad sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pendragon misses with a hook. Ferkingstad ducked under it nicely.
Ferkingstad has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pendragon finds it's way round the side to connect with Ferkingstad's head.
Ferkingstad misses with a straight right.
Pendragon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ferkingstad.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Pendragon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lewis Pendragon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick from Pendragon lands but Ferkingstad takes it in his stride.
Ferkingstad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ferkingstad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pendragon throws an off balance right hand
and Ferkingstad counters with a nice leg kick.
Lewis Pendragon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pendragon cracks a nice hook into Ferkingstad's ribs.
Pendragon fakes the leg kick and cracks Ferkingstad in the body.
Ferkingstad looks to land a right hand but Pendragon moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pendragon tries to clinch
and Ferkingstad counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ferkingstad scores with a jab.
Pendragon scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferkingstad misses with a right hand
and Pendragon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferkingstad takes one to the side of the head.
Pendragon slips under a jab from Ferkingstad.
A swing and a miss from Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pendragon.
Ferkingstad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pendragon.
Pendragon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pendragon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That kick from Pendragon tenderised Ferkingstad's leg. Ferkingstad is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ferkingstad throws a leg kick but Pendragon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pendragon is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ferkingstad doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pendragon tries to clinch there but Ferkingstad circles away.
Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Ferkingstad is just out of range.
Ferkingstad misses with an uppercut.
Ferkingstad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Ferkingstad is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferkingstad misses with a hook
and Pendragon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pendragon throws a looping overhand right but Ferkingstad ducks down to avoid it.
Ferkingstad throws a body shot but no joy.
Pendragon misses with a wild combination.
Pendragon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad throws a big shot that misses.
Ferkingstad swats away the attempt to clinch by Pendragon.
Pendragon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lewis Pendragon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pendragon misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Ferkingstad tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ferkingstad on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pendragon. Pendragon obviously looking to wear him down.
Pendragon lands with an overhand left.
Pendragon throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ferkingstad counters with a good low kick that Pendragon was not able to check.
Pendragon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ferkingstad is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slow jab from Ferkingstad misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ferkingstad throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pendragon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pendragon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pendragon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pendragon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ferkingstad.
Pendragon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferkingstad was well out of range. Poor timing from Pendragon.
Ferkingstad throwing a counter right hand but Pendragon manages to avoid it.
Pendragon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferkingstad scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pendragon scores with a spinning back kick!
Ferkingstad defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
Ferkingstad throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lewis Pendragon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pendragon 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lewis Pendragon!
After the big win, Lewis Pendragon made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors © Trap House and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Savisto (ranked 163 p4p, 154 weight class) and Clarence Hoost (ranked 22 p4p, 21 weight class). Clarence Hoost has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lasse Savisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clarence Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Savisto misses.
Hoost is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Savisto with a body shot.
Savisto fails with a takedown attempt.
Hoost moves away from the strike by Savisto.
Savisto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Savisto shoots and misses
and Hoost counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Savisto closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Savisto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoost is not content to let Savisto control the position.
Savisto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hoost is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savisto in side control, throwing shots but Hoost defends.
Hoost seems a little lost for a moment, as Savisto dominates the positioning.
Hoost is not content to let Savisto control the position.
Savisto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hoost is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hoost managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Savisto.
Hoost avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Savisto.
The ground and pound from Savisto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Hoost is trying to control Savisto's posture but Savisto avoids it.
Hoost dodges the ground and pound from Savisto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savisto working the head with strikes.
It looks like Clarence Hoost has been cut.
Savisto with the ground and pound but Hoost regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Savisto working the head and body with strikes.
Savisto is working for a submission of some sort.
Savisto 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.
Savisto is trying to control the action in half guard but Hoost is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Savisto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Savisto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hoost can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savisto is keen to just control but Hoost is a slippery customer.
Savisto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hoost really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Savisto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hoost has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Savisto is working away from the top position though.
Savisto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Savisto is keen to just control but Hoost is a slippery customer.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Savisto connects with a nice short shot to Hoost's temple.
Savisto is trying to control the action in half guard but Hoost is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Savisto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Savisto.
The cut above Clarence Hoost's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hoost trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savisto looks to land a strike but Hoost avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Savisto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hoost keeping moving, preventing Savisto from controlling successfully.
Savisto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hoost works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Savisto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoost is keeping the position for now.
Savisto trying to control but Hoost is working from the bottom.
Savisto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Savisto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hoost swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Savisto throws a big right hand that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Savisto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clarence Hoost's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hoost takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Savisto shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hoost's guard.
Savisto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Savisto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savisto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Savisto throws an elbow that misses. Hoost uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Savisto's guard. Nice move by Hoost!
Savisto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoost preventing the sweep.
Hoost got a little sloppy there for a moment and Savisto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hoost has managed to get both his arms back between Savisto's legs - danger averted.
Savisto wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savisto looking for a guillotine here but Hoost defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savisto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hoost can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Savisto looking for a guillotine here but Hoost defends easily.
Hoost trying to control the position from guard on top but Savisto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hoost must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Savisto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Savisto is on top in guard.
Savisto throws a strike but Hoost rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Savisto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Savisto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hoost can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hoost avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Savisto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoost can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savisto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hoost's guard.
Savisto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Savisto wants to control from the top but Hoost keeps moving.
Savisto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savisto trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoost is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Savisto postures up in Hoost's guard and throws a big left but Hoost blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Savisto wants to pass the guard but Hoost is keeping the position.
Hoost keeping moving, preventing Savisto from controlling successfully.
Savisto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savisto throws a big right hand that misses.
Hoost is pulling down on Savisto's head. It's preventing any offense from Savisto, at least for the moment.
Savisto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hoost works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Savisto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hoost utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Savisto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clarence Hoost's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Savisto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoost tries a quick counter leg kick but Savisto is wise to it.
Clarence Hoost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lasse Savisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savisto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Savisto backing away here, and Hoost unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Savisto misses with a double jab
and Hoost counters with a nice low kick that buckles Savisto's knee momentarily.
Savisto misses with a straight right.
Hoost feints a counter leg kick.
Savisto lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savisto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hoost stuffs the takedown attempt from Savisto. Savisto gets slowly back to his feet.
Hoost is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Savisto misses the jab.
Clarence Hoost is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savisto cracks Hoost with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hoost stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hoost wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Savisto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoost ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hoost replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Savisto blocks it well.
Hoost takes a jab right on the kisser.
Savisto cracks Hoost with a good jab.
Hoost staying out of range there.
Hoost tries a quick counter leg kick but Savisto is wise to it.
Hoost moves out of range as Savisto strikes.
Savisto scores with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Savisto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savisto.
Savisto throws a lazy right hand but Hoost sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savisto digs a good body shot into Hoost's ribs.
Savisto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hoost on the side of the head.
Clarence Hoost's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hoost bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoost swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horrible takedown attempt by Savisto or perhaps it was just good defense by Hoost, which made it look bad.
Hoost throws a counter combo.
Savisto thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hoost! But no joy.
Lasse Savisto is winning the standup battle so far.
Savisto with a hook.
Savisto misses with a straight left.
Hoost follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Savisto misses with a wild body shot.
Savisto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savisto misses with an uppercut. Hoost saw that one coming.
Savisto is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Savisto throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoost.
Savisto misses with a body shot.
Hoost follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Savisto misses with a hook.
Hoost is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Savisto with a body shot.
Savisto throws a hook but Hoost avoids it easily.
Hoost shapes to counter with a head kick.
Savisto with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hoost counters with a nice uppercut.
Savisto shoots for a double leg takedown but Hoost sprawls well. He's pushed Savisto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Savisto misses with a right hand
and Hoost counters with a crisp right hand that drops Savisto! Hoost lets Savisto back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
 Savisto is rocked!
It looks like Lasse Savisto has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Savisto misses with a right hand
and Hoost counters with an inside leg kick.
Savisto shoots in for a takedown but Hoost shows good takedown defense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savisto looks to throw the jab but Hoost is out of range.
Savisto backing away here, and Hoost unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Savisto looks to throw the jab but Hoost is out of range.
Hoost moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Hoost as Savisto shoots in.
A big right from Savisto misses.
A swing and a miss from Savisto.
Savisto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hoost as he jumps to the side.
Hoost steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Savisto misses with a lunging right hand
and Hoost counters with a nice right hand that sends Savisto toppling to the canvas! Savisto scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hoost finish him?!
Oh Savisto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Savisto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hoost counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Clarence Hoost!
Clarence Hoost thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Roberto (ranked 108 p4p, 218 weight class) and Magnificent Chulalongkorn (ranked 10 p4p, 27 weight class). Roberto comes into the arena with Samba de Roda blaring out of the sound system. Paulo Roberto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Magnificent Chulalongkorn's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Roberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnificent Chulalongkorn!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Chulalongkorn in a clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto won't allow it.
A short right from Roberto.
A head punch on the inside from Chulalongkorn fails to land.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chulalongkorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chulalongkorn scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto won't allow it.
Chulalongkorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chulalongkorn cracks Roberto with a nice body shot.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Chulalongkorn tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chulalongkorn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnificent Chulalongkorn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Chulalongkorn throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Chulalongkorn digs a right hand into Roberto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roberto's gas tank.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chulalongkorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto pushes Chulalongkorn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
Chulalongkorn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roberto smiles and moves away.
Roberto has Chulalongkorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Chulalongkorn lands a right hand.
Chulalongkorn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Chulalongkorn manages to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Chulalongkorn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roberto smiles and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto tries to clinch but Chulalongkorn is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Chulalongkorn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A combination from Chulalongkorn does no damage.
Chulalongkorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chulalongkorn throws a series of punches but Roberto moves out of range.
Chulalongkorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Roberto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chulalongkorn throws a head punch that misses.
Chulalongkorn avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertos head.
A left hand lands to the body for Chulalongkorn.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chulalongkorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chulalongkorn blocks an uppercut.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Chulalongkorn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Chulalongkorn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands an elbow just above Chulalongkorn 's eye.
Chulalongkorn misses with the head strike.
Chulalongkorn misses with a punch on the inside.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
Chulalongkorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chulalongkorn is trying to pull guard but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chulalongkorn.
Chulalongkorn misses with a body punch.
Roberto pushes Chulalongkorn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Chulalongkorn misses with some punches.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
A short left from Chulalongkorn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chulalongkorn tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.
Chulalongkorn swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto scores a nice knee to the body.
Chulalongkorn looks winded!
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto lands an elbow that stopped Chulalongkorn in his tracks for a moment.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Chulalongkorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Roberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto scores a nice knee to the body.
Chulalongkorn is trying to pull guard but Roberto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto holds him up against the cage and eventually Chulalongkorn drops back down to his feet.
Chulalongkorn has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chulalongkorn pushes Roberto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chulalongkorn misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Roberto.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Roberto - that landed with a thud.
Roberto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chulalongkorn's defenses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Chulalongkorn throws a right hand that Roberto ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberto also avoids with ease.
Roberto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Roberto tries to clinch up.
Roberto tries to clinch but Chulalongkorn is having none of it.
Magnificent Chulalongkorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberto instigates a clinch.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chulalongkorn managing to block the knees to the body from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Chulalongkorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Chulalongkorn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chulalongkorn jumps guard.
Roberto has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chulalongkorn is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chulalongkorn is working an open guard so Roberto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto connects with the punch.
Chulalongkorn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chulalongkorn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chulalongkorn struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chulalongkorn lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
 Chulalongkorn is rocked!
Chulalongkorn gets control of Roberto's arms and successfully pulls guard. Chulalongkorn will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Chulalongkorn is still in real trouble! Can Roberto finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chulalongkorn looking for a guillotine here but Roberto defends easily.
Chulalongkorn seems to have recovered his senses.
Roberto gets to his feet - Chulalongkorn follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chulalongkorn misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Chulalongkorn.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chulalongkorn.
Chulalongkorn takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chulalongkorn.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn is breathing heavily.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Chulalongkorn.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Magnificent Chulalongkorn has been cut.
Roberto's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulalongkorn tries to throw a body punch but Roberto avoids it by throwing Chulalongkorn back against the cage.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Chulalongkorn blocks with his arms.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chulalongkorn has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Roberto uses from the top position.
Roberto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chulalongkorn, up you get!
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Chulalongkorn circles away.
Chulalongkorn gets tackled into the cage by Roberto. Roberto maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
A body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto crunches a lovely knee into Chulalongkorn's ribcage.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roberto lands a shot to the body.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Roberto missing with knees to the body.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Chulalongkorn to his knees! Roberto keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Da Jiang (ranked 110 p4p, 155 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 13 p4p, 18 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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155
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162
17 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jiang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nurmagomedov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nurmagomedov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiang finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nurmagomedov scores with a body shot.
Nurmagomedov closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jiang quickly recovers to half guard.
Nurmagomedov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jiang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov trying to mount his opponent but Jiang defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nurmagomedov is keen to just control but Jiang is a slippery customer.
Nurmagomedov misses with a head shot. Jiang uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jiang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nurmagomedov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nurmagomedov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jiang swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nurmagomedov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nurmagomedov is in close to Jiang's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nurmagomedov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nurmagomedov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jiang keeping moving, preventing Nurmagomedov from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jiang misses with a low kick.
Jiang throws a jab when Nurmagomedov was well out of range.
Jiang throws out a loose jab but Nurmagomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nurmagomedov scores with a jab.
Nurmagomedov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jiang takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nurmagomedov misses with an uppercut
and Jiang counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov shoots for a double leg takedown but Jiang sprawls well. He's pushed Nurmagomedov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jiang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov misses the jab.
Jiang on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiang throws a leg kick which misses Nurmagomedov's front leg but catches the back leg as Nurmagomedov tries to avoid it.
Nurmagomedov keeps the fight on the outside.
Nurmagomedov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nurmagomedov clobbers Jiang with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nurmagomedov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
It looks like Khabib Nurmagomedov has been cut.
Jiang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nurmagomedov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jiang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jiang slaps away a takedown attempt from Nurmagomedov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Jiang takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Khabib Nurmagomedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khabib Nurmagomedov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jiang lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jiang moves out of range of the strikes.
Jiang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nurmagomedov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nurmagomedov throws out a loose jab but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Jiang misses the target.
Jiang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nurmagomedov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Nurmagomedov backs away, Jiang returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jiang slips a jab from Nurmagomedov.
Jiang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nurmagomedov! But no joy.
Jiang keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov throws a looping overhand right but Jiang ducks down to avoid it.
Nurmagomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Jiang. That snapped Nurmagomedov's head back.
Khabib Nurmagomedov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurmagomedov works Jiang's body with a nice hook.
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!
Jiang misses with a lunging right hand
and Nurmagomedov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jiang's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov stops Jiang from standing up.
Nurmagomedov tries to free his leg and advance position but Jiang is retaining full guard.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nurmagomedov throws a big right hand that misses.
Jiang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jiang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jiang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nurmagomedov.
Jiang gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang misses with the head strike.
Nurmagomedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jiang's elbow.
Nurmagomedov manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Khabib Nurmagomedov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nurmagomedov looking to control.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a triangle but Jiang pushes his legs off easily.
Our spies down at at Casa Steel inform us that Nurmagomedov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Nurmagomedov looking to control.
Nurmagomedov working a defensive guard but Jiang passes into half guard.
It looks like Jiang is going to stand back up.
Nurmagomedov wants to get back to full guard but Jiang has mounted him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Jiang throws out a loose jab but Nurmagomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nurmagomedov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jiang is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nurmagomedov asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nurmagomedov taking a breather here.
Jiang prevents Nurmagomedov from improving position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov wants to control but Jiang is keeping him busy.
Nurmagomedov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jiang wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Nurmagomedov looking to control but instead Jiang has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Jiang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov winds up and cracks Jiang with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Khabib Nurmagomedov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Khabib Nurmagomedov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jiang needs to keep his hands up - Nurmagomedov had a free shot at his head there.
Nurmagomedov lands with a good body shot.
Jiang rushes Nurmagomedov and presses him up against the cage.
Jiang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nurmagomedov is defending well for now.
Jiang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nurmagomedov is keeping busy.
Jiang misses with the head strike.
Jiang throws a head punch that misses.
Nurmagomedov turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Nurmagomedov wants to control but Jiang is keeping him busy.
Nurmagomedov fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the action but Jiang is working from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov looking to control but instead Jiang has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nurmagomedov content to control rather than advance.
Nurmagomedov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jiang defending well though.
Jiang kicks off Nurmagomedov and gets to his feet.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Nurmagomedov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nurmagomedov.
Jiang walks into a straight right hand from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nurmagomedov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jiang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jiang looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurmagomedov is just out of range.
Nurmagomedov changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big right from Nurmagomedov misses.
Sloppy strikes from Jiang. Those never looked like landing.
Nurmagomedov lands with a straight right. Jiang didn't see that one coming.
Nurmagomedov throws a hook but Jiang blocks it.
A left lands for Jiang.
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!
Nurmagomedov tries to move into range but Jiang moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nurmagomedov swings widly with a right hand
and Jiang counters with a good low kick that Nurmagomedov was not able to check.
Jiang walks into a straight right hand from Nurmagomedov.
Jiang moves away from the strike by Nurmagomedov.
Da Jiang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov gets tackled into the cage by Jiang. Jiang maintains the clinch.
A short left from Jiang.
Nurmagomedov tries to pull guard but Jiang forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nurmagomedov prevents a body shot from Jiang.
Jiang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nurmagomedov tries to pull guard but Jiang won't allow it.
Jiang landing knees to the body.
Jiang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nurmagomedov is defending well for now.
Nurmagomedov has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Jiang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nurmagomedov blocks an uppercut.
Nurmagomedov misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jiang takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jiang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jiang tries to land knees in the clinch but Nurmagomedov avoids the damage to the body.
Jiang lands a nice shot to the body.
Nurmagomedov managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nurmagomedov tries to pull guard but Jiang holds him up against the cage and eventually Nurmagomedov drops back down to his feet.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
A short body shot lands from Jiang as the two fighters clinch.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jiang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jiang throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Da Jiang showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nurmagomedov 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Khabib Nurmagomedov!
In his post fight interview, Khabib Nurmagomedov gave a big smile as he said 'Give me Cheese cake or Bloodarse'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Eric Cheese (ranked 7 p4p, 31 weight class) and Lester Green (ranked 2 p4p, 3 weight class). Cheese comes to the cage accompanied by The Midnight NAMBLA. Green has chosen This Is Beetle as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Eric Cheese!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Lester Green!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green loads up on a big right hand but Cheese slips the punch.
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheese was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Cheese feints and then cracks Green's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Green down.
Cheese connects with a right hand. Green shakes it off.
Green misses the jab.
Cheese works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Green blocks a jab.
Cheese throws a head kick but Green moves out of range.
Cheese looks to land a body kick but Green moved away.
Cheese chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cheese scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Cheese.
Cheese throws a body punch but Green moves out of range.
Cheese throws a leg kick
letting Green counter with a right hand.
Cheese misses with a low kick as Green jumps back.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Green circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Green! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green scores with the left hand. Cheese knows he should have avoided that one.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Green.
We've been told by Cheese's head coaches at Tosen's Home for Lost Boys that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Green looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
Cheese misses with a right hand
and Cheese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Charles Eric Cheese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese throws a lazy body kick
and Green connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Green takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good work by Green as he checks the leg kick.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese misses the shot to the body.
Cheese scoring well with a low kick there.
Green throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Green moves out of range as Cheese throws a body kick.
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Green releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Green has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Green there as he acknowledges the shot.
Green throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
Cheese scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Green.
Cheese throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cheese connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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 slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
Cheese stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Green blocks the low kick.
Green feints a counter leg kick.
A big left from Cheese misses.
Green feints a counter leg kick.
Cheese misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Green has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cheese works Green's body with a nice hook.
Cheese lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Cheese.
Green walks into a straight right hand from Cheese.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
Cheese connects with a solid leg kick.
Green lands with a shot to the body.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Green with a hook.
Green blocks a leg kick.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Cheese moves away and avoids it.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws an off balance right hand
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheese moves out of range of the leg kick from Green.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Green throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese throws the left hand but Green avoids the punch easily.
Green blocks a low kick nicely.
Cheese throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Green counters with a stiff right hand.
Cheese is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big right from Green misses.
Cheese pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cheese checks a leg kick.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cheese throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Green doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cheese goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cheese moves away.
Cheese misses with a low kick.
Green looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cheese's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Green connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cheese scrambles back to his feet.
Cheese misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Green uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Green fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cheese on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Cheese.
Nice defenses there by Cheese.
Green looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely.
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
Cheese checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cheese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cheese throws a front kick aimed at Green's knee but Green avoids it well.
It seemed like Green was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cheese throws a body punch but Green moves out of range.
Cheese scores with a crisp jab that stopped Green in his tracks.
Green defending well as Cheese loads up on a big left hand.
Green will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Green moves out of range of the body kick from Cheese.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Green staying out of range there.
Green slips a straight right by Cheese.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheese feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Eric Cheese dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cheese connects with a body shot.
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green tries a head kick but it misses.
Green wants to slow Cheese down by chopping away at his legs.
Cheese throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cheese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Green misses with a straight left.
Green throws a chopping leg kick but Cheese manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab from Cheese finds it's way through Green's defenses.
Cheese lands a lovely overhand right.
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cheese.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
Cheese scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Green throws a hook but Cheese avoids it easily.
Green throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese misses with a low kick.
Green moves away from the strike by Cheese.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese checks a leg kick nicely.
Green throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cheese counters with an inside leg kick.
Green gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cheese.
Green throws a leg kick but Cheese moved away.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Green misses with a looping right.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Green might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cheese has got the better of the exchanges.
Cheese digs a good hook to Green's body.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Cheese really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Green throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That kick from Cheese tenderised Green's leg. Green is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Cheese.
A clash of legs there as Cheese blocks the low kick.
Cheese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Green can do to turn this around?
Cheese takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cheese misses with a straight left.
Green let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cheese throws a jab but it's blocked by Green.
A shot to the liver by Green. Beautiful body shot.
Charles Eric Cheese is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cheese.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Green scores with a nice head shot.
Green's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Green slips under a jab from Cheese.
Cheese jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cheese wants to clinch.
Cheese lands a head shot.
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Cheese.
Green takes a swing at Cheese's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Cheese.
Cheese connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cheese, as that shot connected.
Green throws a hook to the side of Cheese's head but Cheese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good shot there by Cheese.
Green scores with a leg kick.
Green lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheese lands an overhand right.
Cheese is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cheese swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Green ducks right into an uppercut from Cheese.
Cheese misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Green misses the target.
Cheese misses with a lunging right hand
and Green counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese misses with a kick to the body.
Green fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cheese checks it well.
Cheese takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Green misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese connects with a crisp jab.
Cheese moves out of range as Green strikes.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Green throws a leg kick that misses.
Green uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
A swing and a miss from Green.
Green scores with a decent looking hook.
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheese was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Green looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
Cheese listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
Cheese slips under a jab.
Cheese misses with a left hand
and Green counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Green uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese throws a half hearted mid kick.
Green swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
Cheese slips a jab from Green.
Green misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
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 Charles Eric Cheese will probably get the nod.
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.
Cheese connects with a leg kick.
Green thows a body kick. Cheese tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cheese throws the kick towards the body but Green avoids it.
Green walks into a straight right hand from Cheese.
Cheese cracks Green with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Green.
Green thows a leg kick but Cheese checks it
and Cheese counters with a nice leg kick.
Cheese scores with a jab. Green acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Green throws an off balance right hand
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Green throws a chopping leg kick but Cheese manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cheese checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Green connects with an inside leg kick.
Cheese connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Green's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese misses with a left hand
and Green counters with a thumping low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Green. That's going to slow Cheese down.
Green throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green misses with a hook.
Green has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cheese finds it's way round the side to connect with Green's head.
Cheese misses with a straight right.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Cheese misses with a combination
and Green counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cheese digs a good hook to Green's body.
Green slips a straight right by Cheese.
Green tries to land a leg kick but Cheese saw it coming and moves away.
Cheese lands a nice shot that snaps Green's head back.
Cheese misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice uppercut there from Green.
Cheese fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Green is out of range.
Cheese misses with a jab to the body
and Green counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Green steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese with the inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cheese.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Green swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheese misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Green throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Green has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cheese slips a jab from Green.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Cheese does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green takes a swing at Cheese's ribcage but misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Green lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cheese has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cheese and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
Green fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cheese checks it well.
Cheese finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cheese throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Green sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cheese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Green makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Green wants to land a leg kick but Cheese is out of range.
Cheese lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cheese swings widly with a right hand
and Green cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a wild body kick that Green sees coming a mile off.
Green misses with a low kick.
Cheese throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cheese.
A swing and a miss from Cheese.
A low kick lands for Cheese.
Cheese misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
Green missing with a left hand there. Cheese was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Green.
Cheese lands a leg kick that knocks Green off balance momentarily.
Green moves away from the strike by Cheese.
Cheese misses with a leg kick.
Cheese throws a hook but Green blocks it.
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
Cheese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Green counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Cheese misses.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green checks the leg kick nicely there.
Green cracks Cheese with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cheese bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Green tries to keep at a distance but Cheese has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Cheese.
Cheese works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cheese struggles to land a body shot inside as Green controls his hands.
Cheese works on Green's body with a couple of short punches.
Cheese gets through Green's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cheese - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cheese tries to throw a body punch but Green avoids it by throwing Cheese back against the cage.
Green scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Green.
Cheese misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Cheese on the inside.
Cheese swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Eric Cheese clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Green moves away from the strike by Cheese.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cheese gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Green counters with a nice uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Green blocks the low kick.
Green throws a head kick that misses.
Green is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Green misses with a right hand
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
Cheese moves into the clinch successfully.
A short uppercut from Green.
Cheese misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese cracks Green with a nice body shot.
Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green cracks Cheese with a good jab.
Cheese fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Green.
Cheese thuds his right hand into Green's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Cheese throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Green misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
A slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
Cheese is looking to land body kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cheese. That's going to slow Green down.
A leg kick checked by Green.
Cheese throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Green counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Green looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese lands a leg kick that knocks Green off balance momentarily.
Green throws a body kick that misses.
Cheese takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body punch from Cheese.
Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Green moves away.
Cheese gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Green counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Cheese moves out of range as Green strikes.
Cheese slips a jab from Green.
Cheese with the inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Cheese.
Green looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Green throws a hook but Cheese blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Cheese as he connects with a hook.
Cheese keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
Green takes a swing at Cheese's ribcage but misses.
Cheese misses with a hook
and Green counters with a nice uppercut.
Cheese tests Green's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Cheese does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
Green feints a counter leg kick.
Green misses with a body kick.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Cheese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green with the inside leg kick.
Cheese misses with a leg kick.
Cheese dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Green. That did some damage!
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Green throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cheese throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Green misses with a straight left.
A big left from Green misses.
Cheese clobbers Green with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cheese misses with a hook to the body
and Green counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cheese misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Green misses the jab.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Green slips under a jab.
Green misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Cheese motions for Green to come forward. Cheese throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Cheese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cheese tries to clinch but Green moves out of range.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Green steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cheese. That one must have hurt.
Cheese uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cheese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
As Green backs away, Cheese returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cheese looks to throw the jab but Green is out of range.
Green on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheese swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Charles Eric Cheese will probably get the nod.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheese was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Cheese throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Green misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
Cheese 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.
Cheese uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Green.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Cheese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
Green tries to land a leg kick but Cheese saw it coming and moves away.
Cheese fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Green has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Green throws a leg kick that misses.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cheese lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green misses with a looping right.
Cheese wants to slow Green down by chopping away at his legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Green! But no joy.
Cheese ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
Green throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cheese moves out of range as Green strikes.
Cheese wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cheese finds it's way through Green's defenses.
Green slips under a jab.
Cheese motions for Green to come forward. Cheese throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cheese lands with a cross.
Cheese bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Green.
Cheese blocks a jab.
Cheese throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Green misses with a low kick.
Green throws a sloppy head kick and Cheese moves out of range easily.
Cheese changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Cheese.
Cheese connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lester Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
A big left from Cheese misses.
Green on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Green takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green slips under a jab from Cheese.
Cheese avoids a kick to the body.
Cheese went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cheese checks a low kick from Green.
A little feinted left hand from Cheese on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Green misses with a straight left.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Green takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Green takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Green.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cheese. That's going to slow Green down.
Green misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cheese checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cheese with a nice cross.
Green avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Cheese does it's job there.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green missing with a left hand there. Cheese was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cheese half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cheese lunges at Green with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Green's hand.
Green takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Green with a nice cross.
Cheese lands with a nice body punch.
Cheese lands a head shot.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Green.
Cheese keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Green takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese clinches.
Cheese is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lands an uppercut.
Cheese breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheese connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Green.
Green jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cheese with a jab.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
Green with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cheese slips a jab from Green.
Cheese fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Green on the side of the head.
Cheese slips under a jab.
Green throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Green keeps the fight on the outside.
Green swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese scores with the left hand. Green knows he should have avoided that one.
Charles Eric Cheese is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheese tests Green's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Eric Cheese showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cheese has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 50:45
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Eric Cheese!
Charles Eric Cheese retains his bantamweight title!
Charles Eric Cheese seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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