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BANZAI COMBAT 89 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keegan Good (ranked 24832 p4p, 4982 weight class) and Spas Ganikov (ranked 542 p4p, 484 weight class). Spas Ganikov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keegan Good!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spas Ganikov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ganikov.
Ganikov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Good defends it well.
Ganikov moves into range and clinches up with Good.
Good swings wildly with an uppercut but Ganikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ganikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ganikov tries to counter by closing the distance.
Good tries to work over Ganikov's front leg with a kick but Ganikov checks it.
Ganikov misses with a takedown attempt - Good sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Good throws a right and a left that Ganikov avoids nicely.
Ganikov lands a two punch combo.
 It looks like Keegan Good has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good tries to clinch up but Ganikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Ganikov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Good.
Ganikov misses with a head kick.
Good tries to clinch up but Ganikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Ganikov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ganikov counters with a shoot takedown. Good fights it but they end up in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganikov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ganikov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Good's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ganikov is looking for a kimura but Good is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ganikov to get the leverage.
Ganikov postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Good to stand up.
Good tries to bum rush Ganikov with a series of wild strikes but Ganikov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ganikov moves into the clinch successfully.
Good being controlled against the cage.
Ganikov has Good pressed against the cage, preventing Good from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ganikov prevents the takedown attempt.
Good tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Good's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ganikov prevents Good from breaking the clinch.
Ganikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ganikov thuds a left hand into Good's body.
Good blocks the body kick.
Good dives in for a single leg takedown but Ganikov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ganikov tries to counter with a clinch but Good shakes him off and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keegan Good. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good is breathing heavily.
Ganikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ganikov manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Good on his heels. He'll look to pass Good's guard now, I'm sure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ganikov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Good might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ganikov gets to his feet. Good looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganikov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ganikov looking to score a takedown here. Good is defending well but Ganikov drives through and ends up in Good's guard.
Ganikov is standing up over Good. Good looks to escape but Ganikov dives into side control.
Good trying to remain calm as Ganikov controls from the top position.
Ganikov stands up and beckons Good to his feet.
Ganikov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganikov is nestled in close to Good, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ganikov passes into side control, despite Good's attempt to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganikov moves into full mount!
Ganikov with a couple of short strikes.
Good on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Good tries to get out of the position.
Ganikov controlling his opponent.
Ganikov is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Good can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ganikov controlling from the full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spas Ganikov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keegan Good'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.
Good takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
No joy there for Ganikov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ganikov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Good sprawls well initially but Ganikov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ganikov gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Ganikov drives through and clinches with Good against the cage.
Good tries to pull guard but Ganikov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ganikov decides to pull guard.
Ganikov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganikov wants to sweep here but Good controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganikov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Good is aware though and is defending well.
Ganikov is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Good frees his head nicely. Oh but Ganikov has switched to an armbar! Good is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Spas Ganikov!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adan Hunt (ranked 5289 p4p, 5157 weight class) and Boo Boo (ranked 495 p4p, 488 weight class). Adan Hunt had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 267.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adan Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boo Boo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Boo circles away.
Boo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunt circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunt fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hunt, as that shot connected.
Hunt tries to clinch but Boo moves out of range.
Hunt rushes Boo and presses him up against the cage.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Boo working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt lands a shot to the body.
Boo has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Boo can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
Boo digs a right hand into Hunt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hunt's gas tank.
Hunt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hunt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boo throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Boo.
Boo lands a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Boo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boo's elbow.
Boo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hunt blocks a body shot from Boo.
Hunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Boo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt stalling in the clinch but Boo improves position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Boo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Boo.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boo scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boo lands a body shot.
Boo is working Hunt over against the cage.
Boo is pushing Hunt up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Boo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hunts head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boo lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Boo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boo works on Hunt's body with a couple of short punches.
Boo lands an uppercut.
Hunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hunt takes a shot to the head.
Boo pushes Hunt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Boo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Boo.
Boo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boo throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt tries to clinch up
and Boo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boo throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Boo works Hunt's body with a nice hook.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boo.
Boo cracks Hunt with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hunt looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Boo finish him?
It looks like Adan Hunt has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Boo misses.
Boo forces Hunt back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Boo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Boo lands with a left to the head.
Boo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boo stalling against the cage.
Boo avoiding damage.
Boo receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Boo is working Hunt over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boo.
Boo stalling the fight.
Boo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Still in the clinch, Boo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boo lands a nice uppercut.
Boo gets through Hunt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boo slows down the pace here.
Boo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Boo Boo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adan Hunt's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Boo throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Boo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hunt forces Boo back against the cage and clinches.
Hunt is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Boo to keep the fight standing.
Boo pushes Hunt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Boo.
Boo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
Boo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boo cracks Hunt with a nice body shot.
Boo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boo.
Boo lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Boo.
Come on Boo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Boo Boo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hunt blocks a body shot from Boo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boo lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Boo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boo.
 Hunt is rocked!
Boo breaks from the clinch.
Oh Hunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hunt seems to have got his legs back now.
Boo Boo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boo Throws a clean left jab. Boo Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Hunt's chin! Hunt crumbles to the ground and Boo follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Boo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Boo Boo!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso Melendez (ranked 5295 p4p, 3460 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 241 p4p, 198 weight class). The key to victory for Alfonso Melendez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfonso Melendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Melendez did well to prevent Smith getting side control.
Melendez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Melendez is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). James Smith!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Nagy (ranked 4773 p4p, 3807 weight class) and Alexander Romanov (ranked 475 p4p, 401 weight class). Alexander Romanov has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Nagy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick lands for Nagy.
Romanov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nagy.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nagy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nagy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Romanov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nagy somewhat.
Romanov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagy.
Nagy is looking to counter the offense by Romanov and move into the clinch.
Nagy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Romanov.
Nagy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Romanov avoids the body shot from Nagy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nagy throws a quick counter head kick but Romanov was just out of range.
Romanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Romanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romanov wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagy shoots in and drives through. Romanov sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Nagy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romanov.
Romanov lands a glancing blow to the side of Nagy's head.
Romanov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nagy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nagy looking for a takedown.
Nagy connects with a knee to the head.
Nagy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nagy lands a knee to the body.
Romanov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nagy tries to work over Romanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nagy lands an elbow inside.
Nagy wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romanov.
Romanov tries to break free but Nagy pushes him back against the cage.
Nagy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Romanov up against the cage.
Nagy keeps control of Romanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nagy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Romanov walks away with a smile on his face. Nagy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagy closes the distance and clinches up with Romanov, looking for a takedown. Nagy pushes Romanov against the cage but Romanov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Romanov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Romanov wants it to stay on the feet.
Romanov is looking for the big counter here.
Nagy is breathing heavily.
Nagy dodges the punch combination from Romanov.
Romanov throws a combination that misses
and Nagy counters with a three punch combo that has Romanov backing up. Romanov nods at Nagy to acknowledge the strikes.
No luck for Nagy with that takedown attempt.
Romanov throws a right and a left that Nagy avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Romanov as he connects with a hook.
Romanov lands with a nice body punch.
Nagy moves into the clinch.
Nagy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Nagy won't allow it.
Romanov wants to break free but Nagy has control.
We've been informed that Romanov has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Romanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Nagy has double underhooks.
Romanov digs a right hand underneath Nagy's ribcage. Nagy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Romanov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nagy has Romanov pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Romanov manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short body shot lands from Romanov as the two fighters clinch.
Romanov is trying to break free.
Romanov wants to break free but Nagy has control.
Romanov can't break the clinch.
Romanov is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working hard to break the clinch.
Romanov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nagy has Romanov pressed against the cage, preventing Romanov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Romanov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nagy trying to control the position but instead, Romanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nagy into the cage.
Nagy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Romanov's efforts to push away.
Romanov working hard to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nagy obliges.
Nagy breaks from the clinch.
Nagy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romanov punishes Nagy's body with a nice straight punch.
Romanov misses with a few strikes there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Romanov dominated that round.
That's time! Nagy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Romanov tries to clinch up.
Nagy fails to land with a series of punches.
Romanov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nagy dives in and grabs Romanov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Romanov pushes down on Nagy's head and hops out.
Nagy shoots for a double leg takedown but Romanov sprawls well. He's pushed Nagy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Romanov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romanov looks to land a combination but Nagy avoids it well.
Romanov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Romanov.
Nagy is rocked!
Romanov Throws a clean left jab. Romanov Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Nagy's chin! Nagy crumbles to the ground and Romanov follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Romanov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Romanov!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Escobar (ranked 3714 p4p, 3253 weight class) and Zaire Ingram (ranked 446 p4p, 399 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyrus Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zaire Ingram!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ingram tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Ingram.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Ingram circles away.
Ingram throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
 It looks like Zaire Ingram has been cut.
Escobar with a nice cross.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ingram lands a shot to the body.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ingram working aggressively here.
Escobar manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Cyrus Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar jabs Ingram to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ingram swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escobar clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Ingram misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ingram controls the action.
Ingram can't break the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ingram can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Ingram misses with a body punch.
Ingram softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escobar throws an elbow but misses.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ingram misses with a body punch.
Escobar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ingram blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ingram is working Escobar over against the cage.
Ingram is looking to break free of the clinch but Escobar has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ingram wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Ingram has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ingram's efforts to push away.
Ingram wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Escobar has him pressed against the cage.
Ingram misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ingram lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingram.
Escobar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar gets through Ingram's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobar is trying to pull guard but Ingram turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingram lands with a right to the head.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ingram blocks it.
Escobar has Ingram pressed against the cage, preventing Ingram from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Ingram blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar lands with a short shot to the head.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingram.
Ingram tries to break free but Escobar pushes him back against the cage.
We've been informed that Ingram has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ingram misses with the head strike.
Ingram is trying to break the clinch but Escobar has him pressed against the cage.
Ingram digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Ingram struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Ingram tries to circle away but Escobar has him pinned against the cage.
Ingram wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Escobar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Ingram working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar.
Ingram looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Escobar looking to throw knees to the head but Ingram is blocking nicely.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar looks to clinch
and Ingram counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus Escobar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaire Ingram's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Escobar has Ingram up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ingram blocks it.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ingram tries to circle away but Escobar has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingram blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ingram.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram is working Escobar over against the cage.
Ingram blocking some punches.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Ingram.
Ingram working hard to break the clinch.
Ingram tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ingram.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Ingram wants to break free but Escobar has control.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Escobar.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ingram controls the action.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch but Escobar keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram is trying to break free.
Ingram tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Ingram is breathing heavily.
Escobar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Escobar as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Ingram blocking some punches.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Escobar.
Escobar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ingrams head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingram's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ingram.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar lands with a light punch inside.
 Ingram is rocked!
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
Ingram is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
Escobar lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ingram to his knees! Escobar keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cyrus Escobar!
Cyrus Escobar thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saita Paita (ranked 24853 p4p, 3043 weight class) and Leroy Dukes (ranked 531 p4p, 341 weight class). Saita Paita has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Saita Paita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leroy Dukes!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paita closes the distance and clinches up with Dukes, looking for a takedown. Paita pushes Dukes against the cage but Dukes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dukes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paita slips a straight right by Dukes.
Paita moves out of range of the strikes.
Paita looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Paita bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dukes's head.
Dukes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dukes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paita avoids a punch combination nicely.
Paita uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dukes.
Paita shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dukes as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paita was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dukes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Paita. Paita circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Paita throws a nice looking combination but Dukes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paita slips a jab from Dukes.
Dukes lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukes looks to throw a body kick
and Paita counters with a two punch combo.
Dukes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dukes looks to land a right hand but Paita moved out of range.
Paita avoids the body shot from Dukes.
Paita was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dukes takes one to the chin there.
Paita throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dukes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Paita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dukes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Paita shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saita Paita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paita fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dukes avoids it really well and circles away.
Dukes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Paita defends it well.
Dukes throws a hook but Paita blocks it.
A quick step to the side and Paita tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dukes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dukes throws a wild body kick that Paita sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Paita was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dukes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paita scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Dukes misses.
Dukes throws out a loose jab but Paita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paita dodges the punch combination from Dukes.
Dukes throws out a loose jab but Paita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dukes misses with a straight left.
It looked like Paita was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Leroy Dukes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dukes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dukes misses with a wild body shot.
Paita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dukes misses with a hook.
Dukes with a jab.
Dukes scores with a three punch combo!
Paita lands with a cross.
Dukes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paita connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paita is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paita shoots in for a takedown but Dukes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Paita.
Paita uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dukes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paita scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Leroy Dukes has been cut.
Dukes throws a lazy right hand but Paita sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Paita.
Dukes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dukes throws a jab but it's blocked by Paita.
A left lands for Paita.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dukes misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paita throws a head kick that misses.
Dukes misses with a series of wild punches.
Dukes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paita circles away quickly and effectively.
Dukes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dukes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Paita on the side of the head.
Dukes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dukes looks winded!
Nice defenses there by Paita.
Paita with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dukes misses with a left hand
letting Paita counter with a right hand.
Dukes tries to bum rush Paita with a series of wild strikes but Paita uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paita lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Paita fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dukes on the side of the head.
Paita with a nice cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Leroy Dukes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leroy Dukes's cut.
That's time! Paita's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dukes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dukes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paita moves away.
Dukes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dukes throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Paita counter with a right hand.
Dukes misses with an uppercut
and Paita counters with a crisp one two that drops Dukes! Paita thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Dukes to his feet! Dukes is in big trouble!
Dukes is rocked!
Dukes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paita counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Dukes badly! He tries to strike back but Paita puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Dukes out cold! Oh man, Dukes will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Saita Paita!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Samson (ranked 4676 p4p, 3141 weight class) and Marcoh Haas (ranked 470 p4p, 351 weight class). Samson comes to the cage accompanied by Face The Pain- STEMM. Haas has chosen Pulse and Anxiety as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jack Samson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jack Samson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcoh Haas!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Samson throws the left hand but Haas avoids the punch easily.
Samson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Samson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Marcoh Haas has been cut.
Marcoh Haas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Samson's hands.
Sloppy strikes from Haas. Those never looked like landing.
Samson misses with a straight right.
Haas unleashes a big counter combination but Samson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haas.
Samson shoots and misses
and Haas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Haas lands with a right hand.
Samson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haas lands with a straight right. Samson didn't see that one coming.
Haas scores with a punch to the head.
Haas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Samson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Samson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Haas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Samson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Haas takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Samson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Haas's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samson scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ground and pound from Samson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Haas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Samson 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.
Samson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haas is letting Samson control him for a moment.
Samson working the head with strikes.
Haas managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Samson.
Samson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Haas is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Samson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Haas is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Haas can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson wants to control but Haas is keeping him busy.
Samson in side control, throwing shots but Haas defends.
Haas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Haas tests Samson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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.
Haas connects with a nice looking jab.
Samson pushes Haas up against the cage in a clinch.
Haas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samson wants to take the fight to the mat but Haas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Haas blocks an uppercut.
Samson has clasped his hands together around Haas's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Samson in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haas dodges the ground and pound from Samson.
Samson looks up at the clock and then as Haas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Samson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Haas is rocked!
An elbow from Samson crashes against the mat.
Haas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Haas is still in real trouble! Can Samson finish him?
Haas on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jack Samson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcoh Haas's cut.
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.
Haas throws a jab but it's blocked by Samson.
Samson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Haas.
A punch combination from Haas misses.
Haas gets tackled into the cage by Samson. Samson maintains the clinch.
Haas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Samson has a couple of punches blocked by Haas.
Haas can't find room to land a body shot as Samson controls the action.
Haas is leaning against Samson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Samson lands with a right to the head.
Samson throws a punch but it's blocked by Haas.
Samson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Samson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Samson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Samson throwing strikes from guard but Haas blocks nicely.
Samson works over Haas with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haas has momentary wrist control but Samson slips an elbow through the middle.
Haas wants to stand and escape but Samson is having none of it.
Samson postures up in Haas's guard and throws a big left but Haas blocks it.
Haas has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Banzai Combat Academy LA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Samson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Samson lands a couple of elbows.
Samson gets to his feet and stands over Haas, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Haas felt that one! Samson unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Haas from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Samson!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jack Samson made sure he mentioned BANZAI NUTRITION, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Marcoh Haas spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm sorry to all my fans. I promise to go back to Prehevil and fight some of the gods some more to improve myself. Mark my words, I'm coming back stronger than ever.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Errol Jitani (ranked 3402 p4p, 3314 weight class) and Lyle Rock (ranked 416 p4p, 405 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Errol Jitani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyle Rock!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jitani connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rock momentarily.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jitani throws a right and a left that Rock avoids nicely.
Rock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jitani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jitani clobbers Rock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jitani swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jitani swings for the body but Rock moves out of range.
Rock moves away from the strike by Jitani.
We've been informed that Rock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock has managed to clinch.
Rock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jitani in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jitani is trying to break free.
Jitani is trying to push Rock away but Rock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jitani is trying to break the clinch but Rock is controlling him.
Jitani wants to break free but Rock has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitani is trying to force a seperation but Rock has the dominant position.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Rock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Errol Jitani has been cut.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Jitani wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
Jitani takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jitani is breathing heavily.
Rock lands an elbow just above Jitani 's eye.
Jitani takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Rock lands an elbow that stopped Jitani in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rock obliges.
Rock lands a good knee to the midsection. Jitani won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Rock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock crunches a lovely knee into Jitani's ribcage.
Jitani can't break the clinch.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock lands a damaging elbow.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jitani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Rock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Jitani shrugs off.
Jitani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock working Jitani over with knees to the body.
Jitani takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rock landing knees to the body.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jitani takes an elbow to the temple.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jitani lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Rock.
A frustrated look appears on Jitani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Jitani takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rock lands a damaging elbow.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Errol Jitani's cut is getting worse.
Jitani takes an elbow to the temple.
Rock leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jitani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jitani looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jitani tries to keep at a distance but Rock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock keeps control of Jitani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rock lands a nice knee to the body.
Jitani takes an elbow to the temple.
Jitani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock lands a nice elbow.
Rock with a knee to the head.
Errol Jitani's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jitani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rock crunches a lovely knee into Jitani's ribcage.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jitani takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jitani wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
Rock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jitani's face.
Jeez, Errol Jitani's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rock lands an elbow just above Jitani 's eye.
Rock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rock lands an elbow just above Jitani 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Errol Jitani's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyle Rock!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eishuu Retsu (ranked 3018 p4p, 2712 weight class) and Jarrah Hooper (ranked 381 p4p, 348 weight class). Jarrah Hooper has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eishuu Retsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarrah Hooper!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Retsu misses.
Hooper throws out a counter right but Retsu avoids it with no problem.
Retsu walks into a straight right hand from Hooper.
Retsu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Retsu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Eishuu Retsu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Retsu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hooper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Retsu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hooper punishes Retsu's body with a nice straight punch.
Hooper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Retsu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Retsu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Retsu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Jarrah Hooper has been cut.
Retsu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hooper throws a shot to the body.
Retsu misses with a head kick.
Retsu motions for Hooper to come forward. Retsu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Retsu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Retsu tries to land a leg kick but Hooper saw it coming and moves away.
Despite the aggression on Hooper's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hooper throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Retsu tumbling to the canvas!
Retsu is rocked!
It looks like Eishuu Retsu has been cut.
Hooper distracts Retsu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oh Retsu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hooper is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hooper arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Retsu's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jarrah Hooper!
A less than humble Jarrah Hooper misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bones Jones (ranked 2948 p4p, 2514 weight class) and Valto Joki (ranked 369 p4p, 332 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with My Hallelujah blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bones Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valto Joki!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries for a takedown but Joki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Joki as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Joki, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bones Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Joki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Joki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Joki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Joki throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Joki has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Nice takedown defense from Joki. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Joki 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.
Joki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joki throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Joki throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Joki. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones tries for a takedown but Joki circles away easily
and Joki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
enabling Joki to counter with a crisp jab.
Joki thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fighters circling - Joki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones is looking for a counter combo.
Jones dives in and grabs Joki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Joki pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Bones Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Joki.
Joki looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Joki's waist but Joki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Joki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joki misses the jab.
Joki looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
enabling Joki to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Joki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joki sends Jones crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Joki is motioning to the referee to let Jones up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Jones is rocked!
Valto Joki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Joki misses the jab.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Joki is trying to improve his position.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Joki rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jones's guard! Nice work there by Joki!
Jones being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joki slips nicely into half guard.
Joki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones is staying active underneath Joki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Joki might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jones haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Joki is pressing down on Jones's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jones is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is not content to let Joki control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valto Joki dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joki.
Jones tried to counter with a leg kick but Joki avoided it.
Jones tries for a takedown but Joki circles away easily
and Joki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Joki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joki stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Joki wants it to stay on the feet.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bones Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Joki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones goes for a double leg but Joki avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Joki continues to drive forward.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Joki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Joki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Joki defends well and Jones ends up having to push Joki into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Joki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Joki gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Joki has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joki lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
Jones tries for a takedown but Joki circles away easily
letting Joki counter with a right hand.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
and Joki counters with a huge left! Jones is in big trouble! He's backing up but Joki isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jones from any more damage. A dominating finish by Joki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valto Joki!
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