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C342: Martin vs Petrov II PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slugger Dunes (ranked 2633 p4p, 1964 weight class) and Alexander Kuznetsov (ranked 295 p4p, 220 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dunes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The World's Greatest. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 26 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slugger Dunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch.
Dunes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Savage Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kuznetsov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dunes digs a good hook to Kuznetsov's body.
Kuznetsov defending well as Dunes loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuznetsov misses the target.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.
Kuznetsov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Dunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov blocks a leg kick.
Dunes scores with a punch to the head.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up but Dunes circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Dunes misses the target.
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Dunes on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuznetsov lands an elbow inside that Dunes shrugs off.
Kuznetsov misses with some punches.
Dunes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Dunes.
Dunes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch but Dunes is avoiding it.
Dunes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dunes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov moves to clinch but Dunes breaks away
and Dunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dunes throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dunes.
A nice leg kick from Dunes, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Dunes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dunes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kuznetsov under the eye.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Dunes circles away.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch but Dunes slips to the side
and Dunes counters with a right hand to the body.
Dunes scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kuznetsov at a distance.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunes.
Kuznetsov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kuznetsov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dunes throws a hook but Kuznetsov blocks it.
Nice shot by Dunes.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch but Dunes slips to the side
and Dunes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Kuznetsov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuznetsov counters with a stiff right hand.
Dunes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dunes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kuznetsov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dunes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Dunes lands a nice looking body shot.
Dunes throws a push kick but Kuznetsov slaps the foot to one side.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Dunes moves out of range.
Dunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping left.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Dunes circles away.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch up but Dunes keeps it at a distance.
Dunes throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunes throws a body shot but no joy.
Dunes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kuznetsov moves in looking to clinch but Dunes pushes him off.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov pushes Dunes up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov clinches up against the cage.
Kuznetsov trying to land knees to the body.
Dunes lands a shot to the body.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kuznetsov has managed to clinch.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with an uppercut but Dunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow strike.
Kuznetsov is trying to maintain a safe position but Dunes gets an underhook and turns Kuznetsov into the cage.
Dunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body punch from Dunes.
Dunes throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up but Dunes circles away and keeps his distance.
Dunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuznetsov moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Slugger Dunes dominated that round.
That's time! Dunes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dunes.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Dunes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dunes misses with a jab to the body
and Kuznetsov counters by clinching up.
Dunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuznetsov controls his hands.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Dunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab by Dunes.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunes.
The fighters circling - Dunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dunes circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.
Slugger Dunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuznetsov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Dunes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kuznetsov blocks a jab.
Dunes scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunes scores with a decent looking hook.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kuznetsov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dunes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetsov.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunes misses with a looping left.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Dunes moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Dunes. Beautiful body shot.
Dunes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kuznetsov misses with a double jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dunes. That's going to slow Kuznetsov down.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunes. Kuznetsov does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunes cracks Kuznetsov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Dunes throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov walks into a stiff left hand from Dunes.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dunes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Dunes.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Dunes misses.
Dunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuznetsov.
Dunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kuznetsov can do to turn this around?
Kuznetsov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Dunes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Dunes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dunes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dunes swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuznetsov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes throws an overhand right that lands on Kuznetsov's shoulder, as Kuznetsov tries to avoid the shot.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch up but Dunes keeps it at a distance.
Kuznetsov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Dunes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
Dunes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuznetsov is just out of range.
Kuznetsov tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Dunes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kuznetsov 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.
Kuznetsov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunes thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch
and Dunes counters with a right hand to the body.
Dunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Dunes tries to land a leg kick but Kuznetsov saw it coming and moves away.
Alexander Kuznetsov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Dunes moves out of range.
Dunes scores with a nice head shot.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Dunes is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dunes is looking to counter with a body kick.
Dunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Dunes.
Dunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.
Kuznetsov drives through and clinches with Dunes against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunes manages to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov lands with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Dunes circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Slugger Dunes dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch.
Dunes misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Dunes finds it's target.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch but Dunes is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Dunes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
Kuznetsov blocks an uppercut.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow strike.
Kuznetsov is looking to control Dunes's arms but Dunes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuznetsov has his back to the cage.
Kuznetsov blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kuznetsov landing knees to the head.
 It looks like Slugger Dunes has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunes tries a body shot but Kuznetsov blocks it.
Dunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dunes's face.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Kuznetsov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dunes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kuznetsov can turn it around.
Kuznetsov scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kuznetsov throws an elbow but misses.
Kuznetsov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuznetsov throws an elbow but it misses.
Kuznetsov lands with a right to the head.
Kuznetsov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dunes has a couple of punches blocked by Kuznetsov.
Dunes working aggressively here.
Kuznetsov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunes lands an uppercut.
Dunes lands a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dunes loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetsov slips the punch.
Dunes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Dunes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kuznetsov fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Dunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up
and Kuznetsov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunes misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov closes the distance and pushes Dunes back into the cage.
Dunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov has closed the distance and engaged Dunes in a clinch.
Dunes misses with some punches.
Dunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuznetsov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunes blocks it with crossed arms.
Come on Kuznetsov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kuznetsov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dunes blocks it with crossed arms.
Dunes lands a nice uppercut.
Dunes avoids the elbow strike from Kuznetsov, against the cage.
Kuznetsov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuznetsov moves in looking to clinch but Dunes pushes him off.
Kuznetsov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Dunes circles away.
Kuznetsov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuznetsov.
Slugger Dunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kuznetsov fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Dunes misses
and Kuznetsov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kuznetsov blocking some punches.
Dunes blocking some punches.
Kuznetsov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dunes is defending well for now.
Dunes avoiding damage as Kuznetsov throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuznetsov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Still in the clinch, Dunes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kuznetsov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov has a couple of punches blocked by Dunes.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but Dunes blocks with his arms.
Kuznetsov throws an elbow but it misses.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuznetsov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alexander Kuznetsov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Slugger Dunes.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dunes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slugger Dunes!
In his post fight interview, Slugger Dunes started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rampage Lokka (ranked 1493 p4p, 1933 weight class) and Godefroy Courtial (ranked 157 p4p, 198 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rampage Lokka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 3, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courtial throws a head kick but Lokka moves out of range.
Lokka swings for the body but Courtial moves out of range.
Courtial throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Courtial backs away, Lokka returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rampage Lokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lokka blocks a leg kick.
Courtial uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lokka.
Lokka has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gumburcules Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Courtial slips under a jab.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lokka manages to avoid it.
Lokka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lokka.
Lokka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Courtial moves away.
Lokka looks to throw the jab but Courtial is out of range.
Courtial thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lokka cracks a nice hook into Courtial's ribs.
Courtial moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Courtial misses.
Courtial swings for the body but Lokka moves out of range.
Courtial moves out of range of the strikes.
Lokka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lokka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lokka throws a body shot but no joy.
Lokka backing away here, and Courtial unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lokka cracks Courtial with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Courtial fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Courtial displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lokka throws out the jab.
Courtial scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Courtial cracks Lokka with an open hand slap.
Nice shot lands for Lokka.
Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lokka.
Courtial has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Courtial is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lokka rather than just go for the knockout.
Courtial misses with a body kick.
Courtial connects with a solid leg kick.
Lokka thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Courtial on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lokka tries to clinch but Courtial moves away
and Courtial counters with a nice uppercut.
Courtial lands a nice shot to the body.
Lokka tests Courtial's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lokka throws out a loose jab but Courtial uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lokka lands with an overhand left.
Lokka misses with a hook
and Courtial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Courtial's corner calls for a 1-2. Courtial obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lokka moves away.
Lokka throws a low kick, looking for Courtial's leg but Courtial calmly moves out of range.
Lokka throws a sloppy body shot
and Courtial counters with a stiff right hand.
Courtial throws a lazy right hand but Lokka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial jabs Lokka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokka throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Lokka slips a straight right by Courtial.
Courtial rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lokka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Courtial defending well as Lokka loads up on a big left hand.
Lokka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Courtial looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Courtial moves away from the strike by Lokka.
Courtial appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Courtial swinging wildly here.
Lokka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Courtial manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Courtial on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Courtial punishes Lokka's body with a nice straight punch.
Courtial moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Courtial lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lokka throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Lokka cracks Courtial with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Lokka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lokka throws the left hand but Courtial avoids the punch easily.
Lokka throws a lazy uppercut
and Courtial counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Courtial.
Lokka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lokka cracks Courtial with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
 It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Courtial misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Courtial! But no joy.
Courtial lands a jab to the head.
Lokka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lokka misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
Courtial's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lokka under the eye.
Lokka scores with a nice head shot.
Lokka ducks under a wild hook from Courtial.
Lokka avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Lokka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Courtial takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Lokka.
Courtial slips a straight right by Lokka.
Courtial defending well as Lokka loads up on a big left hand.
Lokka jabs at Courtial's body.
Courtial works Lokka'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!
Courtial throws a hook to the side of Lokka's head but Lokka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lokka scores with a nice strike.
Lokka tries a low kick but Courtial avoids it.
Lokka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Courtial dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lokka throws a low kick but Courtial moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokka throws a jab but it's blocked by Courtial.
Jab by Courtial.
Courtial throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lokka.
Courtial misses with a double jab.
Courtial rushes Lokka and presses him up against the cage.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Lokka controls the action.
Lokka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Courtial blocking some punches.
Lokka misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lokka.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lokka misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Courtial creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courtial.
Lokka takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Courtial scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Courtial.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lokka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Courtial blocks a body shot from Lokka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Godefroy Courtial will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lokka throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
A big right from Lokka misses.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Courtial swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Lokka loads up on a big right hand but Courtial slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Courtial.
Courtial turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Lokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lokka misses with a looping left.
Courtial misses with a hook. Lokka ducked under it nicely.
Lokka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lokka feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Lokka.
Courtial defending well as Lokka loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Courtial takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Courtial wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Courtial scores with a decent looking hook.
Courtial walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lokka connects with a solid leg kick.
Lokka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Courtial changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Courtial loads up on a big right hand but Lokka slips the punch.
Courtial swings for the body but Lokka moves out of range.
Courtial's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lokka connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Courtial scrambles back to his feet.
Lokka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Courtial fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the liver by Lokka. Beautiful body shot.
Courtial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lokka slips under a jab from Courtial.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Courtial takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lokka misses with a wild body shot.
Courtial moves away from the strike by Lokka.
Lokka checks a leg kick nicely.
Lokka looks to land a right hand but Courtial moved out of range.
Courtial digs a good hook to Lokka's body.
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!
Courtial has managed to clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Courtial.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
Courtial working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lokka fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courtial.
Lokka can't find room to land a body shot as Courtial controls the action.
Lokka throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
Good body shot from Courtial.
Courtial lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lokka.
A short right from Courtial.
Courtial escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lokka throws a low kick but Courtial moves out of range easily.
Lokka with a nice calf kick.
Lokka blocks a leg kick.
Lokka throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Courtial on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lokka was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Courtial lands a jab.
Lokka throws a low kick but Courtial avoids it.
Courtial throws a leg kick which misses Lokka's front leg but catches the back leg as Lokka tries to avoid it.
Lokka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lokka misses with a straight right.
Lokka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial connects with a body shot.
Lokka needs to keep his hands up - Courtial had a free shot at his head there.
Courtial connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lokka's hands.
Courtial takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lokka throws a hook but Courtial avoids it easily.
Courtial thuds a left hand into Lokka's body.
Lokka misses with an uppercut.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
Courtial misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lokka.
Courtial uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lokka.
Lokka throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Courtial gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lokka.
A little feinted left hand from Lokka on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Courtial throws a sloppy head kick and Lokka moves out of range easily.
Courtial moves out of range of the leg kick from Lokka.
Courtial throws a body punch but Lokka moves out of range.
Courtial looks to land a left hand but Lokka moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lokka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Courtial scores with a four punch combination!
Lokka just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Courtial clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Lokka on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
Courtial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lokka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lokka can't find room to land a body shot as Courtial controls the action.
Lokka throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lokka.
Lokka misses with a punch on the inside.
Lokka misses with some punches.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lokka lands with a short shot to the head.
Lokka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Courtial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial blocking some punches.
Lokka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lokka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Godefroy Courtial showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Courtial drops his hands momentarily and Lokka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lokka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Courtial to score with a decent uppercut.
Lokka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lokka slips under a jab from Courtial.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lokka thumps Courtial with a low kick.
Courtial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lokka misses with a body shot.
Courtial lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lokka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lokka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Courtial moves out of range as Lokka strikes.
It seemed like Courtial was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lokka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Courtial lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lokka circles away quickly and effectively.
Courtial tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Courtial lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lokka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Courtial takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Courtial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokka lands a shot to the body.
Lokka blocks an uppercut.
Courtial escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Courtial.
A big left from Courtial misses.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lokka was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Nice straight punches there by Lokka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lokka.
Courtial takes one to the side of the head.
Lokka throws a hook to the side of Courtial's head but Courtial sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Courtial cracks Lokka with an open hand slap.
Courtial slips a straight right by Lokka.
Courtial swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lokka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Lokka throws a looping overhand right but Courtial ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Courtial coming out on top.
Lokka tries to clinch but Courtial is having none of it.
Lokka avoids the head kick by Courtial.
Nice jab there from Lokka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokka blocks a leg kick.
Courtial scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses.
Lokka darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Courtial moves out of range as Lokka strikes.
Lokka backing away here, and Courtial unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Courtial bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Courtial lands with a good body shot.
Courtial misses with an uppercut. Lokka saw that one coming.
Lokka lands a body shot.
Courtial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lokka.
Lokka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Courtial misses.
Courtial slips under a jab.
Lokka throws a big shot that misses.
Lokka lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Lokka.
Nice defenses there by Courtial.
Lokka tries to move into range but Courtial moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lokka staying out of range there.
Godefroy Courtial is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Courtial throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lokka moves away.
Courtial pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Courtial slips under a jab.
Lokka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Courtial checks a low kick from Lokka.
Lokka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Courtial. That's going to slow Lokka down.
Lokka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Courtial finds it's way round the side to connect with Lokka's head.
Courtial uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lokka.
A nice side step and Courtial releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lokka just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Courtial misses its intended target.
Courtial drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lokka throws a shot from downtown. Courtial moves away and avoids it.
Lokka misses the shot to the body.
Courtial moves out of range as Lokka strikes.
Courtial throws a sloppy head kick and Lokka moves out of range easily.
Lokka misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lokka throws out the jab.
Courtial let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice jab there from Lokka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Courtial - just one landing.
Lokka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No joy there for Courtial, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lokka throwing a counter right hand but Courtial manages to avoid it.
Courtial fails to land with a series of punches.
Lokka swings for the body but Courtial moves out of range.
Courtial moves away from the strike by Lokka.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lokka was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Lokka loads up on a big right hand but Courtial slips the punch.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
Lokka looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.
Lokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Lokka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lokka.
Courtial checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters circling - Courtial throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rampage Lokka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lokka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Courtial was well out of range. Poor timing from Lokka.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Godefroy Courtial.
Well Courtial 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Godefroy Courtial!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rukter Demenok (ranked 1134 p4p, 1032 weight class) and Marek Cervenka (ranked 121 p4p, 112 weight class). Demenok comes to the cage accompanied by The Moby Dick Speech. Rukter Demenok has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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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 31 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rukter Demenok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marek Cervenka!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Demenok.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Demenok throws a low kick but Cervenka moves out of range easily.
Cervenka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cervenka lands a jab to the nose.
Cervenka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Demenok has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Thib's Sweat Shoppe in the buildup to the fight.
Cervenka throws a lazy right hand but Demenok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marek Cervenka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Demenok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cervenka throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for Demenok. That snapped Cervenka's head back.
Demenok blocks a jab.
Demenok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Demenok does it's job there.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Cervenka finds it's way through Demenok's defenses.
Demenok missing with a left hand there. Cervenka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Demenok slips a straight right by Cervenka.
Cervenka misses with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demenok throws a nice outside leg kick.
That kick from Demenok tenderised Cervenka's leg. Cervenka is trying to keep his angry face on.
Demenok lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Demenok walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cervenka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Demenok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cervenka.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cervenka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Demenok under the eye.
Demenok misses with a low kick.
Cervenka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cervenka scores with a decent looking hook.
Demenok is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cervenka.
Demenok scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Demenok drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Demenok tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cervenka was well out of range. Poor timing from Demenok.
Demenok slips a straight right by Cervenka.
A clash of legs there as Cervenka blocks the low kick.
Demenok moves out of range of the strikes.
Cervenka throws a hook but Demenok blocks it.
Demenok throws a leg kick which misses Cervenka's front leg but catches the back leg as Cervenka tries to avoid it.
Demenok defending well as Cervenka loads up on a big left hand.
Cervenka lands a body shot.
Demenok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demenok works Cervenka's body with a nice hook.
Demenok scores with a nice right hand.
Cervenka misses the shot to the body.
Cervenka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Demenok.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cervenka.
Cervenka throws a poor cross that misses
and Demenok counters with a solid body kick.
Cervenka 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.
Cervenka looks to land a left hand but Demenok moved out of range nicely.
Cervenka fails to land with a series of punches.
Demenok lands a head kick. Cervenka smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cervenka misses with a wild body shot.
Demenok lands a head shot.
Demenok loads up on a big right hand but Cervenka slips the punch.
A big left from Cervenka misses.
Cervenka scores with a shot to the body.
Cervenka throws a looping overhand right but Demenok ducks down to avoid it.
Demenok blocks a jab.
Demenok looks to score with a jab to the body but Cervenka is just out of range.
Demenok just misses with a punch to the body.
Demenok throws an overhand right that lands on Cervenka's shoulder, as Cervenka tries to avoid the shot.
Demenok misses the shot to the body.
Demenok throws a hook but Cervenka avoids it easily.
Cervenka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cervenka dips to his left and cracks Demenok with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demenok lands with a nice body kick.
Cervenka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Demenok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cervenka.
Cervenka lands a nice shot to the body.
Cervenka misses with a straight right.
A counter left hand to the body from Demenok misses its target.
Demenok tried to score with a low kick but Cervenka checks it.
Cervenka is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Demenok had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Demenok blocks a jab.
Demenok slips under a jab from Cervenka.
A counter left hand to the body from Demenok misses its target.
Cervenka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Demenok on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cervenka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Demenok sizes up Cervenka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cervenka loads up on a big right hand but Demenok slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Cervenka.
Demenok tries a low kick but Cervenka avoids it.
Cervenka tests Demenok's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Demenok misses.
Cervenka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demenok throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cervenka's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Cervenka blocks the leg kick.
Cervenka misses with an uppercut. Demenok saw that one coming.
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cervenka moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cervenka! But no joy.
Demenok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cervenka throws out the jab.
Cervenka checks a leg kick.
Cervenka misses the jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cervenka crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Demenok - the referee stops the clock and Cervenka gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Demenok. Cervenka manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Demenok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cervenka's sensitive parts.
Cervenka lands with a good body shot.
Cervenka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Demenok misses with a looping left.
Demenok misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demenok misses with a head kick.
Demenok looks to land a left hand but Cervenka moved out of range nicely.
Demenok moves away from the strike by Cervenka.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cervenka connects with a right hand. Demenok shakes it off.
Demenok avoids the body shot from Cervenka.
Demenok throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cervenka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demenok.
Demenok swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Demenok takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marek Cervenka will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Demenok throws a leg kick but Cervenka moved away.
A little jabbing left from Cervenka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Demenok rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cervenka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cervenka cracks a nice hook into Demenok's ribs.
Demenok connects with a right hand. Cervenka shakes it off.
Demenok defending well as Cervenka loads up on a big left hand.
Demenok is looking to counter with a body kick.
Rukter Demenok is winning the standup battle so far.
Cervenka misses the jab.
Demenok with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Demenok misses with a body punch
enabling Cervenka to counter with a crisp jab.
Demenok slips a straight right by Cervenka.
Demenok throws a looping overhand right but Cervenka ducks down to avoid it.
Cervenka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good exchange - Cervenka coming out on top.
Demenok throws a big shot that misses.
Cervenka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cervenka throws a lazy right hand but Demenok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cervenka.
Cervenka blocks a leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cervenka 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demenok. Cervenka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Demenok slips a jab and a cross from Cervenka.
Demenok staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cervenka throws a hook but Demenok blocks it.
Cervenka moves out of range as Demenok throws a body kick.
Demenok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cervenka.
Cervenka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cervenka throws a jab but it's blocked by Demenok.
Cervenka lands a jab.
Cervenka drops his hands momentarily and Demenok takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Demenok throws a wild body kick that Cervenka sees coming a mile off.
Cervenka misses with a left hand
and Demenok connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cervenka ducks under a wild hook from Demenok.
Demenok defending well as Cervenka loads up on a big left hand.
Cervenka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Demenok with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cervenka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Demenok misses with a straight left.
Demenok avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Demenok connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demenok misses with a left hand
letting Cervenka counter with a right hand.
Demenok throws out a leg kick but Cervenka moves out of range and Demenok only half commits.
Demenok goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cervenka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Cervenka blocks the leg kick.
Demenok throws a push kick but Cervenka slaps the foot to one side.
Cervenka throws an overhand right that lands on Demenok's shoulder, as Demenok tries to avoid the shot.
Cervenka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Demenok on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A slow jab from Cervenka misses its intended target.
A jab from Cervenka finds it's way through Demenok's defenses.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cervenka.
Cervenka misses with a straight left.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Demenok. Cervenka shrugs it off though.
Demenok looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cervenka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cervenka throws a lazy right hand but Demenok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Demenok throws a sloppy head kick and Cervenka moves out of range easily.
Demenok scores with a nice body kick.
Cervenka misses with a hook. Demenok ducked under it nicely.
Cervenka loads up on a big right hand but Demenok slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka throws out a loose jab but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Demenok.
Cervenka misses with a body shot.
Demenok attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cervenka avoids the head kick by Demenok.
Cervenka throws a chopping leg kick but Demenok manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Demenok shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cervenka scores with a sloppy right hand. Demenok should have avoided that one.
Cervenka throws out a loose jab but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok scores with a sloppy right hand. Cervenka should have avoided that one.
Demenok takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Demenok throws a body punch but Cervenka moves out of range.
Demenok throws a body kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demenok. Cervenka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cervenka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Demenok takes a swing at Cervenka's ribcage but misses.
Cervenka misses with a hook. Demenok ducked under it nicely.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cervenka lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka slips under a jab.
Cervenka blocks the body kick.
Cervenka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Demenok pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cervenka thuds a left hand into Demenok's body.
Demenok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cervenka.
Cervenka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Demenok throws a sloppy head kick and Cervenka moves out of range easily.
Cervenka with a jab.
Cervenka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Demenok swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cervenka.
Demenok throws a shot to the body.
Cervenka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cervenka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Demenok.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cervenka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cervenka misses with a hook. Demenok ducked under it nicely.
Demenok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cervenka.
Cervenka takes a jab right on the kisser.
A shot to the liver by Cervenka. Beautiful body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marek Cervenka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cervenka moves away.
Demenok uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cervenka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A countering left hand to the body from Cervenka misses.
Demenok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cervenka throws a jab but it's blocked by Demenok.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cervenka.
Cervenka throws a right hand that Demenok ducks under and follows up with a left that Demenok also avoids with ease.
Demenok tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cervenka is able to avoid easily.
Cervenka misses with a straight right.
Cervenka throws a series of punches but Demenok moves out of range.
Demenok misses with a straight right.
Demenok slips under a jab.
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cervenka moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cervenka with a jab.
Cervenka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demenok.
Demenok scores with a punch to the head.
Cervenka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A cross from Demenok lands.
Demenok scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Demenok
and Cervenka counters with a straight right hand.
Cervenka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big right from Cervenka misses.
The fighters circling - Demenok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cervenka connects with a nice looking jab.
Demenok looks to land a body kick but Cervenka moved away.
Cervenka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demenok.
Demenok appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cervenka misses with a looping left.
Demenok connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Demenok misses.
Cervenka throws an off balance right hand
and Demenok counters with a good low kick that Cervenka was not able to check.
Cervenka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cervenka lands with a cross.
Demenok lands with an uppercut that bounces Cervenka off the cage and back into range.
The fighters circling - Cervenka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
Cervenka misses with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Cervenka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Demenok doesn't seem phased though.
Cervenka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Demenok.
Cervenka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka works the jab nicely.
Cervenka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Demenok lands a leg kick that knocks Cervenka off balance momentarily.
Cervenka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Demenok throws a lazy uppercut
letting Cervenka counter with a right hand.
Cervenka throws a good cross that connects.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cervenka.
Demenok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cervenka.
Nice shot lands for Demenok.
Cervenka slips under a jab.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Cervenka.
Cervenka misses with a straight right.
Cervenka lands with a shot to the body.
Demenok throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Demenok misses the body punch
and Cervenka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Demenok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demenok misses with an attempted mid kick.
Demenok throws a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demenok bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cervenka takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Demenok thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cervenka if he has to take too many more of those.
Cervenka feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Demenoks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Demenok moves away from the strike by Cervenka.
Demenok on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rukter Demenok has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cervenka slips a jab and a cross from Demenok.
Demenok uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Demenok looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Demenok misses with a hook.
Cervenka lunges at Demenok with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Demenok's hand.
A jab lands there for Cervenka.
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!
Demenok takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Demenok throws a body punch but Cervenka moves out of range.
Demenok throws the kick towards the body but Cervenka avoids it.
Cervenka misses with a straight left.
Demenok slips a jab from Cervenka.
Cervenka avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cervenka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Demenok.
Cervenka lands with an uppercut that bounces Demenok off the cage and back into range.
Cervenka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cervenka jabs at Demenok's body.
Cervenka 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.
Demenok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cervenka moves out of range of the strikes.
Demenok throws a half hearted mid kick.
Demenok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Demenok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cervenka.
Nice jab there from Cervenka.
Good shot there by Cervenka.
Cervenka missing with a left hand there. Demenok was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demenok is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Demenok.
Demenok misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Cervenka misses.
Marek Cervenka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cervenka jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cervenka 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.
A little feinted left hand from Demenok on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marek Cervenka.
Well Cervenka 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 30:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marek Cervenka!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor White (ranked 1275 p4p, 1268 weight class) and The Jurassic Predator X (ranked 146 p4p, 145 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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13 - 12 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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 27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Jurassic Predator X!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Predator X slips a jab from White.
White checks the leg kick nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Predator X.
White was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Predator X on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like The Jurassic Predator X has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that White has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
White misses with a body punch
and Predator X counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White connects with a right hand. Predator X shakes it off.
White misses the jab.
White shoots for a takedown but Predator X saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
White loads up on a big right hand but Predator X slips the punch.
Predator X throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Thor White has been cut.
Predator X takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Predator X moves forwards but White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Predator X scores with a nice head shot.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Predator X looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Predator X counters with an inside leg kick.
Predator X lands with a cross.
White dives in for a single leg takedown but Predator X sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Predator X goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. White no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.
White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Predator X gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Predator X stopping the sweep attempt from White.
White is looking for a triangle here but Predator X uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
White is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Predator X is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Predator X is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Predator X lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.
White dodges the punch combination from Predator X.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White misses with a hook. Predator X ducked under it nicely.
A left lands for White.
Predator X uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
A solid leg kick lands there for Predator X.
White closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Predator X quickly recovers to half guard.
White wants to pass the guard but Predator X is defending well.
Predator X wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Predator X is trying to escape back to his feet but White uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Predator X sneaks out the side door and pushes White away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
White avoids the body shot from Predator X.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Predator X doesn't seem bothered though.
Predator X throws a big shot that misses.
White lands a jab to the head.
Predator X slips under a jab from White.
Predator X throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Jurassic Predator X is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White with a jab.
Predator X scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White throws a body punch but Predator X moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from White.
Predator X looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Predator X.
Predator X steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
White misses with a right hand
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Predator X lands with a nice combination. White backs away looking to recover.
Thor White's cut is getting worse.
Predator X tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Predator X.
White throws out a powerful jab.
Predator X throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Predator X throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - White lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Predator X wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Predator X throws a right and a left that both miss.
White seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
White is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Predator X counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Predator X displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
The Jurassic Predator X dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
White misses with a hook. Predator X ducked under it nicely.
White chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Predator X can pounce on him.
Predator X scores with a leg kick.
Predator X scores with a decent looking hook.
Predator X throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
Predator X misses with a head kick.
Predator X moves out of range as White strikes.
Predator X uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
It seemed like Predator X was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Predator X works White's body with a nice hook.
Excellent takedown into side control there by White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White tries to move to mount but Predator X blocks the move with his legs.
White goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Predator X has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for White but great work by Predator X.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Predator X has control of an arm but White manages to advance to Predator X's back!
Predator X has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Predator X defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Predator X is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if White gets his way!
Predator X is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Predator X manages to stand up with White still on his back. Eventually White drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a body shot.
Predator X swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Predator X uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White blocks a jab.
White throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Predator X's waist but Predator X gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing White off to one side.
Sloppy strikes from Predator X. Those never looked like landing.
Predator X staying out of range there.
Predator X looks for the body kick but White saw that one coming.
Predator X dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
White throws a good cross that connects.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
White with a hook.
White moves out of range as Predator X throws a body kick.
The Jurassic Predator X is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White slips a jab from Predator X.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Predator X bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Predator X takes one on the button.
Predator X throws a head kick that misses.
Jab from White.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Predator X counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
White misses with a body shot.
Predator X takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Predator X lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Predator X connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Predator X lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Predator X jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Predator X lands with a nice body punch.
Predator X tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White dives in and grabs Predator X's left leg, looking for a takedown. Predator X pushes down on White's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thor White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice combination there by Predator X.
Predator X steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Predator X works White's body with a nice hook.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Predator X.
White throws a hook but Predator X blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Predator X on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Jurassic Predator X seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White lands with a right hand.
Predator X takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Predator X connects with a leg kick.
Predator X misses with a few strikes there.
White ducks under a wild hook from Predator X.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Predator X scores with a hook to the body. White takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Predator X lands a nice shot that snaps White's head back.
White drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oooooh!!! Predator X has knocked White down with a huge combo! Predator X steps away and waves a wobbly White back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
 White is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
The Jurassic Predator X showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Predator X tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Predator X.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Predator X takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White scores with a nice right hand.
Predator X throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
Predator X delivers a nice body kick.
White throws a hook but Predator X avoids it easily.
Predator X digs a good hook to White's body.
White cracks Predator X with an open hand slap.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Predator X counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Predator X counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooh!!! Predator X has knocked White down with a huge combo! Predator X steps away and waves a wobbly White back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thor White's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Predator X engages and cracks White with a massive lead left hook - White tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Predator X is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). The Jurassic Predator X!
Our winner, The Jurassic Predator X, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Irong Kasamsun (ranked 271 p4p, 235 weight class) and Da Jiang (ranked 31 p4p, 26 weight class). 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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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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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 39 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Irong Kasamsun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasamsun with a hook.
Jiang is looking to score with low kicks.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kasamsun.
Jiang takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kasamsun connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kasamsun lands with a good body shot.
Kasamsun throws a looping overhand right but Jiang ducks down to avoid it.
Kasamsun shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jiang as he jumps to the side.
Kasamsun 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.
A swing and a miss from Kasamsun.
Jiang tries to clinch but Kasamsun is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Jiang.
Jiang digs a good body shot into Kasamsun's ribs.
Kasamsun scores with a nice strike.
Jiang tries to sprawl but Kasamsun drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kasamsun stops Jiang from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasamsun trying to control from half guard but Jiang is working away.
Kasamsun is stalling here. Jiang is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kasamsun seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jiang has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jiang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kasamsun. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jiang decides to stand back up.
Kasamsun misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jiang! But no joy.
Jiang clobbers Kasamsun with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Irong Kasamsun has been cut.
Kasamsun with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Jiang.
Kasamsun looks to score with a jab to the body but Jiang is just out of range.
Kasamsun keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Kasamsun misses.
Jiang moves forwards but Kasamsun connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun misses with a lunging right hand
and Jiang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasamsun throws a shot from downtown. Jiang moves away and avoids it.
Irong Kasamsun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jiang misses with a straight right.
Kasamsun throwing a counter right hand but Jiang manages to avoid it.
Kasamsun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kasamsun looks to land a left hand but Jiang moved out of range nicely.
Jiang has Kasamsun up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Jiang on the inside.
Jiang scores a nice knee to the body.
Jiang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jiang blocks a body shot from Kasamsun.
Jiang scores with a hook to the body.
Kasamsun stalling the fight.
Kasamsun is stalling here.
Jiang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kasamsun.
Jiang tries to work over Kasamsun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiang lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kasamsun fails to land.
Jiang is struggling to control the position.
Jiang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kasamsun tries to throw a body punch but Jiang avoids it by throwing Kasamsun back against the cage.
Jiang is working Kasamsun over against the cage.
Kasamsun is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jiang pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kasamsun misses with a body punch.
Jiang blocks a body shot from Kasamsun.
Jiang stops a takedown attempt from Kasamsun.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Irong Kasamsun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kasamsun has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jiang after a bit of a struggle.
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jiang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kasamsun backwards.
Kasamsun stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jiang pushes Kasamsun back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jiang lands with a light punch inside.
Kasamsun has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jiang avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jiang scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiang misses with a body punch.
Kasamsun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jiang prevents a body shot from Kasamsun.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kasamsun.
Kasamsun wants to take the fight to the mat but Jiang manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kasamsun lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jiang displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kasamsun up against the cage.
Kasamsun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jiang stops a takedown attempt from Kasamsun.
Kasamsun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jiang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kasamsun backwards.
Jiang has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kasamsun seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jiang can turn it around.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kasamsun has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jiang after a bit of a struggle.
Kasamsun looking to slow down the pace here.
Jiang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Da Jiang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Irong Kasamsun's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jiang connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Jiang misses the target.
Kasamsun tries to clinch but Jiang is having none of it.
Kasamsun lands a jab to Jiang's midsection.
Kasamsun looks to land a right hand but Jiang moved out of range.
Jiang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jiang looks to throw the jab but Kasamsun is out of range.
Kasamsun has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jiang.
Jiang ducks under a wild hook from Kasamsun.
Nice defenses there by Kasamsun.
Kasamsun swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kasamsun swings widly with a right hand
and Jiang counters with a big right hand! Oh Kasamsun is in trouble here! Jiang follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Da Jiang!
After winning the bout, Da Jiang 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Gunnarsson (ranked 253 p4p, 418 weight class) and Artemis Entreri (ranked 34 p4p, 52 weight class). Gunnarsson comes to the cage accompanied by Björk - Army Of Me. 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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14 - 7 - 0 |
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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 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artemis Entreri!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Entreri slips a jab from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Entreri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Entreri throws a lazy uppercut
and Gunnarsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Entreri thinking.
Gunnarsson looks to throw the jab but Entreri is out of range.
Entreri misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Entreri.
Entreri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gunnarsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson ducks under a wild hook from Entreri.
Gunnarsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunnarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunnarsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Entreri was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunnarsson.
Entreri swings widly with a right hand
and Gunnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gunnarsson avoids the body shot from Entreri.
Gunnarsson lands with a nice body punch.
Gunnarsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson lands with a kick to the temple. Entreri shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Artemis Entreri has been cut.
A big left from Entreri misses.
Gunnarsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gunnarsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Entreri.
Gunnarsson with a nice cross.
Gunnarsson lands with a nice body kick.
Gunnarsson drops his hands momentarily and Entreri takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gunnarsson misses with a straight left.
Gunnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Entreri stuns Gunnarsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gunnarsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gunnarsson lands a big head kick that sends Entreri to the canvas! Gunnarsson follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Gunnarsson!
After winning the bout, Gunnar Gunnarsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Artemis Entreri spoke after the fight, saying 'Nice shot man, we'll roll it back some time.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haw Thorn (ranked 179 p4p, 209 weight class) and Ghost Chai (ranked 26 p4p, 32 weight class). Thorn comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Haw Thorn 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 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haw Thorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ghost Chai!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Haw Thorn has been cut.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Thorn moves out of range of the body kick from Chai.
Chai lands a big head kick that sends Thorn tumbling to the mat! Chai takes a step backwards and waves Thorn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Chai scores with a shot to the body.
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai swats away the attempt to clinch by Thorn.
Thorn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chai misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thorn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Chai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chai throws a hook but Thorn avoids it easily.
A big right from Chai misses.
Chai looks for the body kick but Thorn saw that one coming.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Thorn moved out of range.
Thorn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chai swings for the body but Thorn moves out of range.
Thorn thinks about countering with a body kick.
Chai throws a shot from downtown. Thorn moves away and avoids it.
Chai swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thorn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai dips to his left and cracks Thorn with an uppercut!
Thorn moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai connects with a body shot.
Chai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thorn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chai's head backwards.
It looks like Ghost Chai has been cut.
Thorn checks the leg kick.
Thorn throws a big counter combination but Chai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Thorn slips under a jab.
A left and a right from Chai both land. Nice combination.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorn.
Thorn throws a big counter combination but Chai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A lazy left from Chai finds it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai connects with a looping right hand.
Thorn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
Chai scores with a body shot.
Chai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thorn tries to move into range but Chai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A shot to the liver by Chai. Beautiful body shot.
Thorn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chai throws a shot from downtown. Thorn moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chai.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai throws the left hand but Thorn avoids the punch easily.
It appears Thorn was looking to counter with a kick there.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai misses with a two punch combination.
Thorn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thorn wants to clinch up but Chai keeps it at a distance.
Thorn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chai. That did some damage!
Chai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Chai misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ghost Chai dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chai loads up on a big right hand but Thorn slips the punch.
Chai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thorn on the side of the head.
Chai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thorn.
A left and a right from Chai both land. Nice combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai lands an overhand right.
Chai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Chai.
Chai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Thorn might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Thorn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chai to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Chai.
Thorn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thorn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorn misses with the combination.
Chai lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn scores with a body shot.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
It appears Thorn was looking to counter with a kick there.
An inside leg kick lands from Chai.
Thorn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chai. Thorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorn throws a counter high kick but Chai was just alert enough to avoid it.
Ghost Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorn swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Chai lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thorn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thorn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thorn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chai throws a leg kick which misses Thorn's front leg but catches the back leg as Thorn tries to avoid it.
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chai.
An attempted straight right counter from Thorn misses the target.
A jab from Thorn misses.
Good leg kick by Chai.
Thorn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chai.
Thorn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Thorn counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheers as Chai lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thorn doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses the shot to the body.
Chai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thorn instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Chai blocks a body shot from Thorn.
Thorn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thorn misses with a punch to the body.
Chai throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorn.
Thorn manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ghost Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Chai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Haw Thorn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai thows a leg kick but Thorn checks it
and Thorn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thorn blocks a head kick by Chai.
Chai avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Chai.
Thorn misses with a hook.
Chai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That kick from Chai tenderised Thorn's leg. Thorn is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai keeps Thorn at a distance using the push kick.
Thorn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Chai feints and then cracks Thorn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thorn down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn drops his hands momentarily and Chai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thorn walks into a jab.
Chai looks for the body kick but Thorn saw that one coming.
Thorn appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Chai moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Thorn counters with a crisp right that sends Chai to the canvas! Thorn follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haw Thorn!
Haw Thorn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erasmo Vale Queiroz (ranked 117 p4p, 228 weight class) and Julius Lew (ranked 12 p4p, 29 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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28
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25 - 10 - 0 |
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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 25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Erasmo Vale Queiroz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Lew!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vale Queiroz lands a nice looking body kick.
Vale Queiroz is looking to clinch but Lew is avoiding it.
Vale Queiroz fakes the leg kick and cracks Lew in the body.
Vale Queiroz lands with an overhand left.
Lew moves out of range as Vale Queiroz strikes.
Lew 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.
It looks like Erasmo Vale Queiroz has been cut.
Vale Queiroz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vale Queiroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vale Queiroz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lew's hands.
Vale Queiroz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vale Queiroz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Erasmo Vale Queiroz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vale Queiroz moves into range and clinches up with Lew.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vale Queiroz.
Lew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Vale Queiroz - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vale Queiroz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lew is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vale Queiroz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lew controls his hands.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vale Queiroz lands a hook that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
Vale Queiroz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz can't find room to land a body shot as Lew controls the action.
Lew tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz digs a right hand underneath Lew's ribcage. Lew let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lew tries a knee to the head but Vale Queiroz blocks it.
Lew misses with a body punch.
Vale Queiroz lands with a right to the head.
Vale Queiroz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Vale Queiroz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vale Queiroz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vale Queiroz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vale Queiroz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz misses with a body punch.
A short left from Vale Queiroz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vale Queiroz.
Lew tries to work over Vale Queiroz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vale Queiroz working aggressively here.
Vale Queiroz blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vale Queiroz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a punch on the inside.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
Lew has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vale Queiroz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lew can turn it around.
Lew working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
Vale Queiroz misses with the head strike.
Vale Queiroz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lew controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vale Queiroz.
Lew lands an uppercut.
Lew misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vale Queiroz.
Lew tries a body shot but Vale Queiroz blocks it.
Vale Queiroz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vale Queiroz blocking some punches.
Vale Queiroz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vale Queiroz tries to work over Lew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vale Queiroz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vale Queiroz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lew scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vale Queiroz misses with a punch on the inside.
Lew lands an uppercut.
Lew misses with a knee strike.
Vale Queiroz misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vale Queiroz.
Lew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz tries to throw a body punch but Lew avoids it by throwing Vale Queiroz back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lew pushes Vale Queiroz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vale Queiroz wants to clinch up but Lew keeps it at a distance.
Vale Queiroz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vale Queiroz misses with a kick to the body.
Lew feints a counter leg kick.
Lew lands a glancing blow to the side of Vale Queiroz's head.
Vale Queiroz throws a head kick that Lew semi-blocks.
Vale Queiroz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vale Queiroz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lew looks to throw the jab but Vale Queiroz is out of range.
Vale Queiroz throws a good cross that connects.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vale Queiroz.
A head kick misses from Vale Queiroz.
Lew on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lew doesn't manage to clinch there - Vale Queiroz circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lew checks a low kick from Vale Queiroz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vale Queiroz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lew misses with a head kick.
Vale Queiroz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lew doesn't manage to clinch there - Vale Queiroz circles away.
Vale Queiroz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vale Queiroz stuns Lew with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vale Queiroz.
Lew gets tackled into the cage by Vale Queiroz. Vale Queiroz maintains the clinch.
Vale Queiroz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vale Queiroz backwards.
Vale Queiroz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lew throws a punch but it's blocked by Vale Queiroz.
Vale Queiroz lands with a light punch inside.
Vale Queiroz gets through Lew's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vale Queiroz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Vale Queiroz - that landed with a thud.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Erasmo Vale Queiroz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erasmo Vale Queiroz'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.
Vale Queiroz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lew scores with a hook to the body. Vale Queiroz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lew scores with a three punch combo!
Lew cracks Vale Queiroz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vale Queiroz misses with a low kick as Lew jumps back.
Lew looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lew dodges the punch combination from Vale Queiroz.
Lew scores with a jab. Vale Queiroz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vale Queiroz is rocked!
Erasmo Vale Queiroz's cut is getting worse.
Vale Queiroz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lew counters with a huge left! Vale Queiroz is in big trouble! He's backing up but Lew isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Vale Queiroz from any more damage. A dominating finish by Lew!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Lew!
A very excited looking Julius Lew made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bimbo Slaissi (ranked 26 p4p, 108 weight class) and Masa Saitoh (ranked 5 p4p, 18 weight class). 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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21 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bimbo Slaissi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Saitoh!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saitoh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slaissi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Saitoh throws a shot from downtown. Slaissi moves away and avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Slaissi. That's going to slow Saitoh down.
Nice body punch from Slaissi.
Slaissi just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Saitoh! But no joy.
Slaissi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saitoh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slaissi.
Slaissi misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Slaissi's head coaches at MMA Training and Sparring Buddies that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Saitoh jabs Slaissi right on the nose. Slaissi blinks but takes it well.
Slaissi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saitoh's sensitive parts.
Saitoh blocks the body kick.
Saitoh walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Slaissi throws a leg kick but Saitoh checks it.
Nice defenses there by Saitoh.
Saitoh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
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!
Slaissi throws a body punch but Saitoh moves out of range.
Slaissi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Slaissi connects with a body shot that sends Saitoh's belly button to the back.
Saitoh throws a body shot but no joy.
Saitoh digs a good body shot into Slaissi's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaissi throws a leg kick
so Saitoh counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Slaissi has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Saitoh off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bimbo Slaissi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saitoh cracks a nice hook into Slaissi's ribs.
Saitoh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slaissi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slaissi throws a push kick but Saitoh slaps the foot to one side.
Slaissi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saitoh misses with an uppercut. Slaissi saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slaissi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saitoh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slaissi is looking to wear down Saitoh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Saitoh slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Slaissi misses its intended target.
Saitoh lands a nice hook to Slaissi's body. Slaissi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saitoh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Saitoh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saitoh.
Saitoh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slaissi throws a body shot but no joy.
Saitoh misses with a wild body shot.
Saitoh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Slaissi throws a right hand that misses
and Saitoh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Saitoh has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Slaissi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saitoh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Slaissi defends it well.
Slaissi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Saitoh moves out of range of the strikes.
Saitoh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Slaissi cracks Saitoh with an open hand slap.
It looks like Masa Saitoh has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Slaissi.
Slaissi looks to land a combination but Saitoh avoids it well.
Slaissi blocks a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Saitoh.
Slaissi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saitoh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Slaissi misses with a leg kick
and Saitoh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh misses the shot to the body.
Slaissi misses with a low kick as Saitoh jumps back.
Saitoh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Slaissi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slaissi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Slaissi thows a leg kick but Saitoh checks it
and Saitoh counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slaissi won't be happy with that.
Saitoh trying to control the position but Slaissi is working away.
Saitoh fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Saitoh creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Saitoh is working Slaissi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Slaissi trying to remain calm as Saitoh controls from the top position.
Slaissi can't do much from the bottom here.
Saitoh scores with punches from side control.
Slaissi tries to improve position but can't.
Slaissi keeping his opponent close.
Saitoh lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Slaissi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Slaissi's face as Saitoh controls the position.
Saitoh in side control lands a decent elbow.
Saitoh 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 Slaissi's shoulder. That is not cool.
Saitoh working away.
Slaissi tries to escape but Saitoh is in control.
Saitoh working the head and body with strikes.
Slaissi is not content to let Saitoh control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Saitoh working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Slaissi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Saitoh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masa Saitoh's cut.
That's time! Slaissi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Slaissi throws a looping overhand right but Saitoh ducks down to avoid it.
Saitoh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Saitoh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saitoh looks to score with a jab to the body but Slaissi is just out of range.
Slaissi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saitoh throws a hook but Slaissi blocks it.
Slaissi looks to land a right hand but Saitoh moved out of range.
Saitoh lands a nice shot that snaps Slaissi's head back.
Slaissi throws a shot from downtown. Saitoh moves away and avoids it.
Slaissi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saitoh.
Saitoh drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Slaissi keeping moving, preventing Saitoh from controlling successfully.
Saitoh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saitoh seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Saitoh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Slaissi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saitoh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaissi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Saitoh wants to sweep here but Slaissi controlling him for the moment.
Masa Saitoh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saitoh has control of Slaissi's left arm, preventing Slaissi from doing any damage.
Saitoh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Saitoh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slaissi is one step ahead there.
Slaissi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Slaissi gets to his feet - Saitoh follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Saitoh punishes Slaissi's body with a nice straight punch.
Saitoh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Slaissi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saitoh momentarily.
Slaissi throws a jab when Saitoh was well out of range.
Saitoh doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Slaissi looks to land a left hand but Saitoh moved out of range nicely.
Slaissi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masa Saitoh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Slaissi lands a jab to the head.
Slaissi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saitoh.
A little jabbing left from Saitoh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saitoh throws a body punch but Slaissi moves out of range.
Saitoh takes a swing at Slaissi's ribcage but misses.
Slaissi ducks under a wild hook from Saitoh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slaissi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Slaissi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Slaissi.
Slaissi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh scores with a shot to the body.
Slaissi moves out of range as Saitoh strikes.
Slaissi throws the kick towards the body but Saitoh avoids it.
Saitoh slips a jab from Slaissi.
Saitoh checks a leg kick.
Slaissi moves out of range as Saitoh strikes.
It looked like Slaissi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saitoh loads up on a big right hand but Slaissi slips the punch.
Slaissi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saitoh scores with a jab to the head.
Saitoh cracks Slaissi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A nice leg kick from Slaissi, right into the meat of the thigh.
Slaissi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saitoh.
Slaissi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Slaissi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slaissi misses with a leg kick
and Saitoh counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saitoh misses with a hook.
It looked like Slaissi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saitoh scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slaissi doesn't seem bothered though.
Slaissi tries to score with a low kick but Saitoh moves his leg out of the way.
Saitoh throws a hook but Slaissi blocks it.
Saitoh misses with a body shot.
Slaissi throws a low kick but Saitoh avoids it.
A big right from Saitoh misses.
Slaissi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saitoh.
Slaissi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saitoh tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Slaissi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saitoh checks it well.
Saitoh throws out a counter right but Slaissi avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Saitoh misses its intended target.
Slaissi connects with the punch.
Slaissi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saitoh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Masa Saitoh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Masa Saitoh's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Saitoh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Masa Saitoh is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Slaissi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saitoh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slaissi.
Slaissi sizes up Saitoh with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Slaissi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
An inside leg kick from Slaissi misses.
Slaissi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slaissi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Slaissi misses.
A lazy body kick from Slaissi
and Saitoh counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Saitoh postures up.
Saitoh looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Saitoh is continuing to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaissi is looking to stand up but Saitoh isn't so interested in that idea.
Saitoh stopping the sweep attempt from Slaissi.
Saitoh slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Saitoh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slaissi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Saitoh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Slaissi has his hands on Saitoh's head, controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Saitoh.
Bimbo Slaissi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slaissi looks to score with a jab to the body but Saitoh is just out of range.
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.
A big right from Saitoh misses.
Slaissi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Saitoh misses with an uppercut. Slaissi saw that one coming.
Saitoh cracks Slaissi with a good jab.
Saitoh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Saitoh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Slaissi on the side of the head.
Saitoh swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Slaissi.
Slaissi misses with an uppercut.
Saitoh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Slaissi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saitoh throws out a counter right but Slaissi avoids it with no problem.
Saitoh misses with a hook. Slaissi ducked under it nicely.
Slaissi lands a jab to Saitoh's midsection.
Saitoh defending well as Slaissi loads up on a big left hand.
Slaissi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saitoh.
Saitoh scores with a hook to the body. Slaissi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi misses with a wild body shot.
Saitoh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Slaissi avoids the body shot from Saitoh.
Slaissi throws a lazy right hand but Saitoh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saitoh lands a jab to Slaissi's midsection.
Saitoh lands with a nice body punch.
Saitoh scores with a hook to the body. Slaissi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saitoh throws a hook but Slaissi avoids it easily.
Saitoh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Slaissi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Saitoh is out of range.
Saitoh misses with a hook
and Slaissi counters with a straight right hand.
Slaissi misses with a hook
and Saitoh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Saitoh misses with a hook to the body
and Slaissi counters with a nice leg kick.
Slaissi moves away from the strike by Saitoh.
Saitoh misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi throws a poor cross that misses
and Saitoh counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slaissi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Saitoh counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Slaissi thinking.
Saitoh lands a jab to the nose.
Slaissi throws out a leg kick but Saitoh moves out of range and Slaissi only half commits.
Saitoh throws out a counter right but Slaissi avoids it with no problem.
Saitoh throws out a loose jab but Slaissi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slaissi 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.
A big left from Slaissi misses.
Slaissi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saitoh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saitoh. Slaissi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slaissi thuds his shin into the meat of Saitoh's side.
Saitoh throws out a loose jab but Slaissi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slaissi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Saitoh throws out a counter right but Slaissi avoids it with no problem.
Slaissi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Slaissi misses with a kick to the body.
Bimbo Slaissi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Slaissi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saitoh moves away.
A nice side step and Saitoh releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masa Saitoh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Saitoh 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 Cecil Peabody 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... Masa Saitoh!
An out of breath Masa Saitoh thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 10 p4p, 17 weight class) and Ivan Petrov (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class). Petrov has chosen Черная Волга as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Petrov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Martin half committed to a counter leg kick.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin throws a push kick but Petrov slaps the foot to one side.
Martin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Martin wants to slow Petrov down by chopping away at his legs.
Petrov throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrov cracks Martin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petrov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Petrov misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Petrov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Petrov pushes Martin away with a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Petrov misses the target.
That kick from Petrov tenderised Martin's leg. Martin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Petrov counters with a nice uppercut.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Petrov lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Petrov misses.
It looked like Martin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martin throws an overhand right that lands on Petrov's shoulder, as Petrov tries to avoid the shot.
Martin moves out of range as Petrov strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin ducks right into an uppercut from Petrov.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Martin is out of range.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Petrov.
Martin misses the jab.
Martin throws a wild body kick that Petrov sees coming a mile off.
A nice side step and Petrov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Martin wants to clinch up but Petrov keeps it at a distance.
Petrov is trying to counter with his kicks.
Petrov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Martin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Martin throws a sloppy body shot
and Petrov counters with a straight right hand.
Martin throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin scoring well with a low kick there.
Martin throws a series of punches but Petrov avoids them all with ease.
Petrov was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Martin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Petrov misses with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Petrov. Martin shrugs it off though.
Martin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrov.
Martin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick from Petrov.
Petrov checks a low kick from Martin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Petrov's head but Petrov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petrov is trying to counter with his kicks.
Martin throws a poor cross that misses
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Martin slips a jab from Petrov.
Nice defenses there by Petrov.
Petrov feints a counter leg kick.
Petrov scores with a leg kick.
Martin throws an off balance right hand
and Petrov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Petrov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Petrov tried to score with a low kick but Martin checks it.
A quick step to the side and Martin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Petrov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Petrov swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Martin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Petrov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin throws a body kick that misses
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin scores with a jab to the jaw.
A lazy body kick from Petrov
and Martin counters with a nice body kick.
Petrov throws a sloppy body shot
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin throws a sloppy body shot
and Petrov counters with a low kick, right behind Martin 's knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Martin - that will leave a mark!
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Petrov steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Petrov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin scores with a push kick.
Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Petrov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Petrov slips under a jab from Martin.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Martin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Petrov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Petrov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martin is looking to slow Petrov down with leg kicks.
Martin motions for Petrov to come forward. Martin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Martin scores with a leg kick.
Martin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Petrov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petrov tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Petrov is leaning against Martin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Petrov.
Martin prevents a body shot from Petrov.
A nice left hand lands by Petrov.
Petrov lands an uppercut.
Martin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrov avoids the damage to the body.
Petrov throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Martin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Martin moved out of range.
Petrov connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings widly with a right hand
and Petrov counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Petrov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Petrov checks a leg kick.
Martin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
Petrov scores with a hook to the body.
Petrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin works on Petrov's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martin.
Martin is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Petrov's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Petrov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petrov cracks Martin with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Petrov.
Petrov presses Martin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Petrov lands a shot to the body.
Petrov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Petrov is working Martin over against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ivan Petrov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Petrov lands a lovely overhand right.
Martin slips a jab from Petrov.
Martin misses with a straight right.
Petrov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Martin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Petrov. That one must have hurt.
Ivan Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Petrov.
Petrov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov slips a straight right by Martin.
Petrov lands a jab to the nose.
Petrov throws the kick towards the body but Martin avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petrov flicks out a counter leg kick but Martin steps away.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martin moves into the clinch successfully.
Petrov cracks Martin with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petrov lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Petrov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petrov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petrov misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Petrov.
Petrov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrov controls his hands.
A short left from Petrov.
Ivan Petrov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin stalling in the clinch but Petrov improves position.
Petrov lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Petrov.
A shot in the inside from Petrov.
Martin prevents a body shot from Petrov.
Petrov lands an uppercut.
Petrov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Martin tries to tie him up.
Petrov tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petrov's brow.
Martin takes a shot to the head.
Petrov lands a shot to the body.
Petrov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Petrov tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Petrov back against the cage.
Petrov tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Petrov.
Petrov tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Petrov back against the cage.
Petrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petrov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin prevents a body shot from Petrov.
The referee calls for Martin to work.
Martin blocking some punches.
A short right from Petrov on the inside.
Petrov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Petrov - that landed with a thud.
Petrov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martin is rocked!
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Martin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martin.
Petrov struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Petrov lands a nice shot to the body.
Martin seems to have got his legs back now.
Petrov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Martin with a big uppercut! Martin tries to clinch up but Petrov pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Martin to the mat! Martin covers up and Petrov unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Petrov!
Ivan Petrov is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Ivan Petrov 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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