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OFK 437 - PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyman Hicks (ranked 697 p4p, 1217 weight class) and Rogerio Yamamoto (ranked 73 p4p, 133 weight class). Hicks comes to the cage accompanied by The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today. 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 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyman Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogerio Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.
Hicks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hicks throws an off balance right hand
and Yamamoto counters with a low kick, right behind Hicks 's knee.
Hicks keeps the fight on the outside.
Hicks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Hicks misses with a body shot.
Yamamoto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hicks swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Hicks throws a body punch but Yamamoto moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Hicks.
Lyman Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hicks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hicks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Yamamoto misses.
Yamamoto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hicks scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks is looking to wear down Yamamoto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.
Yamamoto wants to slow Hicks down by chopping away at his legs.
Hicks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yamamoto wants to clinch but Hicks slips to the side
enabling Hicks to counter with a crisp jab.
Hicks seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
Hicks backing away here, and Yamamoto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The fighters circling - Hicks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamamoto slips a jab from Hicks.
Yamamoto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamamoto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yamamoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hicks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamamoto manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hicks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hicks throws a hook but Yamamoto blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Hicks as he connects with a hook.
Hicks throws a right and a left that Yamamoto avoids nicely.
Hicks lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamamoto throws a leg kick
and Hicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yamamoto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Hicks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamamoto instigates a clinch.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hicks is trying to break the clinch but Yamamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Hicks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yamamoto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hicks breaks the clinch.
Yamamoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hicks.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Hicks keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto closes the distance and pushes Hicks back into the cage.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamamoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hicks looking to stall.
Hicks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yamamoto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hicks breaks from the clinch.
Yamamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamamoto staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hicks throws a body punch but Yamamoto moves out of range.
No joy there for Hicks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamamoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yamamoto moves into the clinch.
Yamamoto tries to work over Hicks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hicks breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Hicks catches Yamamoto right on the button with a cross.
Hicks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hicks scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hicks misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamamoto counters with an inside leg kick.
Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hicks.
Hicks misses with an uppercut. Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Hicks tries to bum rush Yamamoto with a series of wild strikes but Yamamoto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hicks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hicks.
Yamamoto blocks a head kick by Hicks.
Hicks throws a jab but it's blocked by Yamamoto.
Hicks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yamamoto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A solid body kick from Yamamoto.
Hicks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hicks throws a body shot but no joy.
Hicks backing away here, and Yamamoto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yamamoto defending well as Hicks loads up on a big left hand.
Hicks lands a jab to the head.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch but Hicks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks misses with a straight left.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
Yamamoto flicks out a counter leg kick but Hicks steps away.
Yamamoto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hicks misses with a combination
and Yamamoto counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks with a hook.
Hicks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamamoto can do to turn this around?
Hicks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hicks misses with a series of wild punches.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Yamamoto moved out of range nicely.
Hicks motions for Yamamoto to come forward. Hicks throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yamamoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hicks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hicks connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yamamoto. Yamamoto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yamamoto throws a head kick but Hicks moves out of range.
Hicks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yamamoto appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yamamoto throws a head kick that misses.
Hicks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yamamoto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamamoto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Hicks misses
and Yamamoto counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamoto throws a leg kick which misses Hicks's front leg but catches the back leg as Hicks tries to avoid it.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Yamamoto moved out of range nicely.
Hicks misses with a double jab.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hicks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hicks throws a head kick that misses
and Yamamoto counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Yamamoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Hicks keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamamoto wants to clinch up but Hicks keeps it at a distance.
Yamamoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Hicks circles away.
Yamamoto walks into a jab.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hicks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yamamoto counters with a nice leg kick.
Hicks throws a head kick that misses.
Hicks throws a body punch but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto tries to clinch there but Hicks circles away.
Hicks's corner calls for a 1-2. Hicks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hicks throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamamoto counters with an outside leg kick.
Hicks 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.
Yamamoto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hicks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hicks stalks Yamamoto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yamamoto's face. Yamamoto staggers backwards, shaken.
Hicks swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hicks, pushing him back against the cage.
Hicks blocks an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Hicks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow strike.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside.
Hicks has Yamamoto pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamamoto presses Hicks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yamamoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamamoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Yamamoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hicks's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yamamoto as Hicks tries to tie him up.
Hicks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamamoto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yamamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hicks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A quick step to the side and Hicks tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yamamoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hicks.
Hicks digs a good hook to Yamamoto's body.
Yamamoto dodges the punch combination from Hicks.
A shot to the body from Hicks misses
and Yamamoto counters with a body kick that stops Hicks in his tracks momentarily.
Yamamoto clinches.
Yamamoto can't find room to land a body shot as Hicks controls the action.
Yamamoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hicks tries a body shot but Yamamoto blocks it.
Hicks taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow over the top.
Hicks blocks a body shot from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hicks drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yamamoto throws an elbow but misses.
Yamamoto misses with an elbow strike.
Hicks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Hicks misses its intended target.
Yamamoto follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Yamamoto tries to work over Hicks's front leg with a kick but Hicks checks it.
Yamamoto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamamoto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hicks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yamamoto counters with an inside leg kick.
Yamamoto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hicks fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yamamoto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Decent striking displayed by Hicks there.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yamamoto throws a fast counter high kick but Hicks manages to duck under it in time.
Hicks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yamamoto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hicks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hicks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hicks throws a right hand that Yamamoto ducks under and follows up with a left that Yamamoto also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamoto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hicks keeps the fight on the outside.
Yamamoto throws a leg kick
and Hicks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hicks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yamamoto.
Hicks backing away here, and Yamamoto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hicks looks to throw the jab but Yamamoto is out of range.
A head kick misses from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch.
Hicks is looking for a counter combo.
Yamamoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hicks's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yamamoto prevents the takedown attempt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hicks's brow.
Hicks blocks the elbow strike.
Yamamoto pushes off an throws an elbow but Hicks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yamamoto lands an elbow inside that Hicks shrugs off.
Hicks prevents a body shot from Yamamoto.
Hicks looking to slow down the pace here.
Yamamoto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yamamoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yamamoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hicks's brow.
Hicks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hicks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hicks breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hicks misses with an uppercut. Yamamoto saw that one coming.
Yamamoto is looking to clinch.
Hicks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hicks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hicks moves out of range of the body kick from Yamamoto.
Hicks misses with a shot to the body
and Yamamoto counters with a thumping low kick.
Lyman Hicks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hicks looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yamamoto motions for Hicks to come forward. Yamamoto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hicks lunges at Yamamoto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yamamoto's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamamoto gets a clinch.
Hicks blocks an elbow strike from Yamamoto.
Rogerio Yamamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yamamoto lands an elbow that stopped Hicks in his tracks for a moment.
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 Lyman Hicks.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hicks, 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 Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyman Hicks!
Lyman Hicks managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, 30th Century Beer Store, into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Goodman (ranked 2195 p4p, 2910 weight class) and Marwin Mueller (ranked 249 p4p, 331 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marwin Mueller!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mueller scores with a hook to the body. Goodman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Goodman doesn't manage to clinch there - Mueller circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goodman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mueller thuds a left hand into Goodman's body.
Marwin Mueller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mueller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mueller controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Goodman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mueller throws an elbow that misses. Goodman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mueller's guard. Nice move by Goodman!
Mueller has a closed guard, preventing Goodman from standing up.
Mueller wants to sweep here but Goodman controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman is fighting to break Mueller's control of his arms but Mueller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Goodman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mueller's guard.
Goodman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mueller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Goodman trying to control the position from guard on top but Mueller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goodman won't allow Mueller to sweep him here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Mueller controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mueller dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Goodman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mueller clinches with his opponent.
Goodman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goodman throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Mueller.
Goodman lands a nice uppercut.
Goodman breaks the clinch.
Mueller connects with a nice looking jab.
Goodman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Goodman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mueller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mueller cracks a nice hook into Goodman's ribs.
Mueller moves into the clinch.
Mueller content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Goodman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goodman pushes Mueller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mueller holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mueller pushes Goodman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goodman throws a punch but it's blocked by Mueller.
Goodman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mueller struggles to land a body shot inside as Goodman controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mueller digs a right hand into Goodman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goodman's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Goodman tries a body shot but Mueller blocks it.
Goodman scores with a shot to the side of Mueller's head.
A short uppercut from Mueller.
Goodman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mueller wants a takedown but no success here.
Mueller's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mueller stalling against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Goodman has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Mueller lands with a right to the head.
Mueller has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Goodman clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Goodman looking very determined here, making life difficult for Mueller.
Mueller lands punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marwin Mueller dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Mueller gets a clinch.
Mueller avoids a wild elbow strike from Goodman.
Goodman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mueller lands with a short shot to the head.
Mueller has a couple of punches blocked by Goodman.
Goodman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goodman lands with a right to the head.
Goodman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mueller has him pressed against the cage.
Mueller is looking to take this one to the mat.
Goodman lands with a left to the head.
Mueller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goodman or not.
Mueller stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mueller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mueller.
Mueller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Goodman wants to get back to striking at distance but Mueller won't allow it.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Mueller.
Mueller takes an elbow to the forehead.
 It looks like Marwin Mueller has been cut.
Mueller lands a right hand.
Mueller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Mueller on the inside.
Mueller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mueller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mueller has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Goodman seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mueller can turn it around.
Goodman is trying to push Mueller away but Mueller has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mueller lands a nice uppercut.
Mueller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mueller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goodman stalling in the clinch but Mueller improves position.
Mueller blocking some punches.
Mueller lands an uppercut.
Goodman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mueller as Goodman tries to tie him up.
Mueller can't find room to land a body shot as Goodman controls the action.
Mueller lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mueller lands a hook that snaps the head of Goodman backwards.
A shot in the inside from Mueller.
Goodman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mueller lands a left hand.
Goodman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mueller.
Mueller stalling.
A short right from Mueller on the inside.
Goodman manages to break the clinch.
Goodman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Goodman tries to clinch up.
Mueller lands a nice looking body shot.
Goodman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Goodman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller works Goodman's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mueller swats away the attempt to clinch by Goodman.
Mueller scores with a shot to the body.
Saul Goodman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mueller scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mueller cracks Goodman with a big elbow.
Goodman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mueller working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
 Goodman is rocked!
Goodman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Oh Goodman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goodman prevents Mueller from moving into mount.
Mueller working the head with strikes.
Mueller scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Goodman to see if he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big shot lands for Mueller! That's hurt Goodman! Will he recover? Mueller fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marwin Mueller!
Marwin Mueller decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 1889 p4p, 2193 weight class) and Zekariays Solomon (ranked 262 p4p, 289 weight class). Benedetti comes into the arena with Atrevete te blaring out of the sound system. Solomon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mato-Caen Lets Dance ( ft Bowie ). 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zekariays Solomon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Solomon ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Solomon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Solomon throws a leg kick which misses Benedetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Benedetti tries to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Solomon, as that shot connected.
Solomon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids the head kick by Solomon.
Solomon slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Solomon misses with a head kick.
Benedetti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Solomon defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Solomon misses.
Solomon checks a leg kick.
Solomon tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Solomon lands a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Benedetti misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Solomon 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.
Zekariays Solomon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solomon slips a jab from Benedetti.
Solomon has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Solomon feints and as Benedetti raises his hands in defense, Solomon changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Solomon throws a strike but Benedetti rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Solomon working for a triangle but Benedetti defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon is pulling down on Benedetti's head. It's preventing any offense from Benedetti, at least for the moment.
Solomon is trying to keep Benedetti in close.
Solomon looking for subs off his back but Benedetti has passed one foot through into half guard.
Benedetti prevents Solomon from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Solomon wants to control but Benedetti is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Solomon tries to roll over but Benedetti keeps him under control.
Solomon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti content to stall in guard here.
Solomon looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Benedetti puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Solomon is looking to improve his position.
Solomon moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Solomon working a defensive guard here.
Solomon looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Solomon is looking to stand up but Benedetti isn't so interested in that idea.
Solomon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Solomon fails to land with a series of punches.
Solomon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Donk. Solomon catches Benedetti right on the button with a cross.
Good leg kick by Benedetti.
Solomon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Solomon circles away quickly and effectively.
Solomon lands a jab.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Solomon blocks a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Solomon cracks Benedetti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zekariays Solomon will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Solomon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Benedetti did well to prevent Solomon getting side control.
Benedetti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Solomon.
Benedetti regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Solomon.
Benedetti keeping moving, preventing Solomon from controlling successfully.
Solomon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Solomon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Solomon tries to free his leg and advance position but Benedetti is retaining full guard.
Solomon being controlled here momentarily.
Benedetti being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Solomon throwing strikes from guard but Benedetti blocks nicely.
Solomon throws a big elbow that misses.
Solomon controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A right-left combo lands from Benedetti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solomon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Solomon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Claudio Benedetti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Solomon slips the punch.
Solomon misses with a series of wild punches.
Solomon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Benedetti.
Solomon clinches.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Solomon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Solomon can't get the takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Solomon.
Benedetti 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.
Solomon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Solomon is working for takedown but Benedetti is calmly controlling the position for now.
Claudio Benedetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zekariays Solomon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon blocking some punches.
Solomon gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Solomon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Benedetti sees it coming and defends easily.
Solomon is keen to just control but Benedetti is a slippery customer.
Benedetti trying to control from the bottom.
Solomon is nestled in close to Benedetti, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Solomon is looking to take a break and control but Benedetti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Solomon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Solomon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti is looking to improve his position.
Still in half guard, Solomon seems content to control.
Solomon seems to be looking for submissions.
Solomon trying to control the action but Benedetti is working from the bottom.
Zekariays Solomon has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Solomon lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zekariays Solomon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Solomon does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Solomon does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Solomon with a jab.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Solomon is out of range.
Solomon lands with a shot to the body.
Claudio Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedetti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Zekariays Solomon has been cut.
Solomon with a nice calf kick.
Solomon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Solomon blocks a jab.
Solomon moves into the clinch.
Solomon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Benedetti gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Solomon can't get the takedown.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Solomon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solomon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Solomon.
Solomon wants to take the fight to the mat but Benedetti manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Claudio Benedetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zekariays Solomon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Benedetti is trying to keep an underhook but Solomon manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Solomon in particular looking to stall.
Solomon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Solomon working the head and body with strikes.
Benedetti wants to improve his position but Solomon is controlling well.
Solomon is looking to advance position but Benedetti won't allow it.
Solomon looks to land a strike but Benedetti avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Benedetti utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Solomon throws a big elbow that misses.
Solomon stands and throws Benedetti's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Claudio Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solomon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Solomon 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 Benedetti's shoulder. That is not cool.
Solomon creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Solomon is looking to take a break and control but Benedetti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Benedetti is trying to control Solomon's posture but Solomon avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Benedetti some visible discomfort.
Solomon goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Benedetti rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Solomon's guard! Nice work there by Benedetti!
Solomon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Benedetti's guard.
Solomon wants to control from the top but Benedetti keeps moving.
Solomon working some strikes from top position.
Solomon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benedetti's head.
Benedetti keeping moving, preventing Solomon from controlling successfully.
Solomon is working Benedetti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zekariays Solomon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Solomon wants to control from the top but Benedetti keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Solomon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benedetti's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zekariays Solomon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Solomon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zekariays Solomon!
In his post fight interview, Zekariays Solomon started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Claudio Benedetti was interviewed post fight and said '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mitsu Misawa (ranked 2413 p4p, 2966 weight class) and Sergey Bakarow (ranked 339 p4p, 396 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitsu Misawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergey Bakarow!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misawa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bakarow closes the distance and pushes Misawa back into the cage.
Bakarow manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Misawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bakarow blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Bakarow 's eye.
Bakarow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misawa scores with a hook to the body.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bakarow blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa lands with a right to the head.
Misawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misawa tries to throw a body punch but Bakarow avoids it by throwing Misawa back against the cage.
Bakarow manages to break the clinch.
Misawa rushes Bakarow and presses him up against the cage.
Bakarow avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Bakarow's coach down at Elite Combat Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bakarow's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakarow's defenses.
Bakarow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Misawa up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow is trying to force a seperation but Misawa has the dominant position.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Mitsu Misawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misawa tries to bum rush Bakarow with a series of wild strikes but Bakarow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bakarow replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Misawa blocks it well.
Misawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bakarow manages to break the clinch.
Bakarow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Misawa closes the distance and clinches.
Misawa lands a body punch.
Bakarow breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Misawa. Those never looked like landing.
Misawa misses with a low kick.
Bakarow misses with a low kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bakarow.
Bakarow shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Misawa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Misawa throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misawa misses with a series of wild punches.
Bakarow swats away the attempt to clinch by Misawa.
A nice leg kick lands there from Misawa.
Misawa has Bakarow up against the cage in a clinch.
Bakarow blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa blocks the elbow strike.
Bakarow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misawa blocks a body shot from Bakarow.
Bakarow misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakarow or not.
I was talking to Misawa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Bakarow shrugs off.
Bakarow prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa misses with a punch to the body.
Bakarow blocks the elbow strike.
Bakarow misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakarow or not.
Misawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bakarow backwards.
Misawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bakarow's elbow.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Bakarow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misawa scores with a hook to the body.
Bakarow tries to throw a body punch but Misawa avoids it by throwing Bakarow back against the cage.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Misawa.
Bakarow breaks the clinch.
Bakarow gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Misawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakarow moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakarow stalling in the clinch but Misawa improves position.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakarow's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakarow prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Bakarow is looking to control Misawa's arms but Misawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bakarow has his back to the cage.
Bakarow wants to break free but Misawa has control.
Bakarow misses with a knee strike.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Bakarow looking to stall.
Misawa misses with a body punch.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa can't find room to land a body shot as Bakarow controls the action.
Misawa scores with a shoulder strike.
Bakarow wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Misawa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mitsu Misawa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bakarow gets a clinch.
Bakarow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa darts in and clinches Bakarow up against the cage.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
Bakarow is looking to control Misawa's arms but Misawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bakarow has his back to the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Misawa cracks Bakarow with a nice body shot.
Bakarow blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
Misawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakarow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mitsu Misawa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Misawa closes the distance and pushes Bakarow back into the cage.
Misawa lands a body shot.
Misawa being controlled against the cage.
Bakarow avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Bakarow wants to get back to striking at distance but Misawa won't allow it.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Bakarow avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Misawa prevents a takedown attempt there.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bakarow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa lands a left and a right that send Bakarow crashing to the mat, dazed. Misawa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Bakarow is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakarow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakarow is still on wobbly legs! Can Misawa finish him?
Bakarow looks up at the clock. Bad move! Misawa lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bakarow. Misawa pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsu Misawa!
A very excited looking Mitsu Misawa 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Destin Craven (ranked 975 p4p, 795 weight class) and Abel Hug (ranked 110 p4p, 86 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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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 30 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Destin Craven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abel Hug!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craven shoots in looking for a takedown. Hug tries to sprawl out of it but Craven keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hug manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hug tries to clinch up.
Hug tries to clinch but Craven moves out of range.
Craven looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body kick from Hug.
Hug connects with a leg kick.
Hug clinches up with Craven and pushes him back against the cage.
Hug blocks an uppercut.
Craven tries to break the clinch but Hug is controlling the position.
Hug misses with a punch to the body.
Hug lands with a light punch inside.
Craven throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craven drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hug pulls his leg out and moves away.
Craven connects with a jab.
A slow jab from Craven misses its intended target.
Hug throws a counter combo.
A punch lands to the side of Hug 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hug tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hug catches Craven with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've been hearing reports that Craven has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Craven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hug moves away.
Craven tries for a takedown but Hug circles away easily
and Hug counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Destin Craven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Craven lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hug tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hug connects with a good right hand that stumbles Craven. Craven circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Craven ducks right into an uppercut from Hug.
A nice leg kick from Hug, right into the meat of the thigh.
Craven ducks under a wild hook from Hug.
Hug punishes Craven's body with a nice straight punch.
Destin Craven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Hug throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick from Hug misses.
Craven misses with a takedown
and Hug counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Craven thinking.
Craven avoids the head kick by Hug.
Craven pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hug moves out of range as Craven strikes.
Hug gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hug takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Craven misses with a hook to the body
and Hug connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Craven throws a head kick but Hug moves out of range.
Hug throws a big counter head kick but Craven avoids it with no problem.
Craven throws a nice looking combination but Hug bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hug feints a counter leg kick.
Hug misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Craven.
Hug connects with a looping right hand.
Hug keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Craven.
It seemed like Hug was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hug lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hug ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Hug was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Craven's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hug connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Craven scrambles back to his feet.
Hug dips to his left and cracks Craven with an uppercut!
Hug attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hug lands a jab to the head.
Hug lands a body shot.
Hug tests Craven's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Craven throws a lazy uppercut
and Hug counters with a stiff right hand.
Craven is rocked!
Craven falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hug counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Craven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Craven misses its intended target.
Hug misses with a low kick as Craven jumps back.
Craven seems to have got his legs back now.
Craven drives through with a takedown into guard.
Craven won't allow Hug to sweep him here.
Craven is fighting to break Hug's control of his arms but Hug is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hug looking for a sweep. Not yet Hug, not yet.
Craven throws a strike but Hug rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Craven working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hug doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hug manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Craven being controlled here, momentarily.
Hug's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Craven wants to stand but Hug is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hug slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Craven had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hug defends it easily.
Hug controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Craven wants to sweep but no luck.
Craven is working hard here to advance position.
Craven can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hug controls the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Hug dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hug goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Craven steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hug. That one must have hurt.
Craven shoots for a takedown but Hug saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Craven swats away the attempt to clinch by Hug.
Hug gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Craven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Craven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Craven has had enough of the clinch but Hug keeps him there for the moment.
Craven wants to break free but Hug has control.
Hug dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hug lands a left hand.
Hug lands a nice shot to the body.
Hug lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hug blocking some punches.
Craven wants to stall.
Hug holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hug lands a body shot in the clinch.
Craven tries to score a body lock takedown but Hug shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Craven lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hug fails to land.
Hug lands a right hand that snaps the head of Craven backwards.
Craven prevents a body shot from Hug.
Hug misses with a punch to the body.
Craven wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Destin Craven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Hug - that landed with a thud.
Craven changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hug fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Craven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Craven drops his hands momentarily and Hug takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Destin Craven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Craven misses with a double jab.
Hug scores with a nice right hand.
Hug throws a low kick but it's checked well by Craven.
Hug closes the distance and pushes Craven back into the cage.
Hug lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hug misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hug.
Hug lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Craven has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hug is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hug creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Craven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hug's elbow.
Hug scores with a shoulder strike.
Hug presses Craven against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hug prevents the takedown attempt.
Hug lands an uppercut.
Craven lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Hug as the two fighters clinch.
Craven has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hug clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Hug wants to control his opponent's hands but Craven gets his hands free.
Hug turns into Craven and is now in his guard.
Hug content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Craven tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hug not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hug is continuing to stall.
Hug tries to free his leg and advance position but Craven is retaining full guard.
Hug slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hug has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Craven has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hug can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hug is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Craven looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hug controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hug got a little sloppy there for a moment and Craven has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hug has managed to get both his arms back between Craven's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Hug showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hug bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Craven or perhaps it was just good defense by Hug, which made it look bad.
Craven changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hug tries to avoid it but Craven manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hug to the ground. Hug escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Craven keeps the fight on the outside.
Hug wants to land a leg kick but Craven is out of range.
Craven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Craven.
Hug fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Craven fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Destin Craven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Craven throws a head kick but Hug moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hug turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Craven is predictable there
letting Hug counter with a right hand.
Hug chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Craven throws a looping overhand right but Hug ducks down to avoid it.
Abel Hug seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hug lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Craven takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hug thumps Craven with a low kick.
Craven tries a head kick but it misses.
Hug lands a really nice looking cross but Craven seems unphased.
Craven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hug.
Hug closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Craven tries a head kick but it misses.
Hug wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hug gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hug wants to get back to his feet but Craven is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hug lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hug looking to pass the guard.
Hug sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven keeping full guard, as Hug tries to pass.
Hug stays in close to Craven's body and controls the position.
Hug got a little sloppy there for a moment and Craven has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hug has managed to get both his arms back between Craven's legs - danger averted.
Hug is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hug stands and throws Craven's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Craven is trying to get back to half guard.
Abel Hug 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.
Hug slows the pace down.
Craven manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Craven is trying to get back to full guard.
Craven is trying to stand back up but Hug is controlling him
Hug performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Let's hope that Hug has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Abel Hug has got the better of the ground game so far.
More stalling from Hug.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Craven is looking for a sweep. Hug is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hug slows the pace down in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Craven tries to roll over but Hug keeps him under control.
Destin Craven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Craven trying to hold on to Hug's head to control him but Hug postures up.
Hug content to control rather than advance.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Hug rushes Craven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Abel Hug seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hug avoids the elbow strike from Craven, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abel Hug comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hug 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abel Hug!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hobo Garrincha (ranked 124 p4p, 405 weight class) and Pee Wee Sasaki (ranked 14 p4p, 43 weight class). Garrincha comes to the cage accompanied by Молодые ветра. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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32
147
27 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hobo Garrincha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pee Wee Sasaki!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Garrincha is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Garrincha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garrincha just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrincha throws a series of punches but Sasaki moves out of range.
Garrincha defending well as Sasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Garrincha throwing a counter right hand but Sasaki manages to avoid it.
Sasaki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garrincha is able to avoid easily.
Garrincha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Sasaki wants to slow Garrincha down by chopping away at his legs.
A slow jab from Sasaki misses its intended target.
Sasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sasaki 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.
Garrincha checks a leg kick nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Garrincha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sasaki looks to land a right hand but Garrincha moved out of range.
Garrincha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garrincha slips under a jab.
Sasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Garrincha swings for the body but Sasaki moves out of range.
Garrincha checks a leg kick.
Sasaki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garrincha misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Garrincha.
Sasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garrincha.
Garrincha connects with a looping right hand.
Garrincha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garrincha misses with a hook.
Garrincha connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garrincha just misses with a punch to the body.
Sasaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garrincha.
Sasaki throws a front kick aimed at Garrincha's knee but Garrincha avoids it well.
Garrincha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garrincha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sasaki throws out a powerful jab.
Garrincha lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasaki is looking to slow Garrincha down with leg kicks.
Sasaki is looking to slow Garrincha down with leg kicks.
Sasaki misses with a right hand
and Sasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sasaki.
Sasaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garrincha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garrincha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garrincha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sasaki moves away.
Garrincha cracks Sasaki with an open hand slap.
Sasaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrincha throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki throws the left hand but Garrincha avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Garrincha wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garrincha misses with an uppercut. Sasaki saw that one coming.
Garrincha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrincha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sasaki.
Sasaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrincha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sasaki.
Garrincha defending well as Sasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Garrincha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garrincha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sasaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garrincha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sasaki flicks out a counter leg kick but Garrincha steps away.
Garrincha tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki throws a hook to the side of Garrincha's head but Garrincha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A quick step to the side and Garrincha tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garrincha misses with a wild body shot.
Sasaki misses with a left hand
and Garrincha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sasaki tries to land a leg kick but Garrincha saw it coming and moves away.
Garrincha on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garrincha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrincha looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A slow jab from Sasaki misses its intended target.
Garrincha tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sasaki throws a leg kick but Garrincha checks it.
Garrincha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garrincha ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Sasaki.
Sasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Sasaki throws a lazy right hand but Garrincha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garrincha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrincha throws a hook but Sasaki avoids it easily.
Pee Wee Sasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garrincha misses with a looping left.
Sasaki throws a big shot that misses.
Sasaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sasaki ducks under a wild hook from Garrincha.
Sasaki misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki tries to score with a low kick but Garrincha moves his leg out of the way.
Sasaki scores with the left hand. Garrincha knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Garrincha.
Sasaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garrincha throws a big shot that misses.
Sasaki's corner calls for a 1-2. Sasaki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sasaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrincha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrincha misses the jab.
Sasaki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab, jab by Sasaki - just one landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pee Wee Sasaki will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Garrincha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garrincha bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sasaki's head.
Garrincha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrincha paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sasaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garrincha.
Sasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garrincha.
Garrincha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sasaki.
Garrincha misses with a hook.
Garrincha throws a looping overhand right but Sasaki ducks down to avoid it.
Garrincha 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.
Sasaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garrincha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sasaki.
Sasaki looks to land a left hand but Garrincha moved out of range nicely.
Sasaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sasaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garrincha's sensitive parts.
Sasaki throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garrincha misses with a body shot.
Sasaki misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrincha slips under a jab.
Sasaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sasaki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garrincha counters with a nice uppercut.
Garrincha looks to land a right hand but Sasaki moved out of range.
Garrincha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasaki manages to avoid it.
Sasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sasaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sasaki tried to score with a low kick but Garrincha checks it.
A good leg kick by Sasaki.
Sasaki lands a head kick. Garrincha smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pee Wee Sasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sasaki throws a leg kick but Garrincha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garrincha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sasaki feints and then cracks Garrincha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garrincha down.
Garrincha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sasaki misses with an uppercut. Garrincha saw that one coming.
Garrincha misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki misses with a head kick.
Garrincha lands a really nice looking cross but Sasaki seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Sasaki misses.
Garrincha checks a leg kick.
Sasaki cracks a nice hook into Garrincha's ribs.
Sasaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sasaki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garrincha blocks a head kick by Sasaki.
Garrincha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sasaki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garrincha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garrincha slips under a jab from Sasaki.
Garrincha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garrincha scores with a hook to the body. Sasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice uppercut there from Garrincha.
Sasaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garrincha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garrincha avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garrincha misses with a hook.
Garrincha digs a good body shot into Sasaki's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrincha misses the target.
Sasaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sasaki looks to land a right hand but Garrincha moved out of range.
Garrincha takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garrincha takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sasaki cracks Garrincha with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garrincha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick from Sasaki misses.
Garrincha throws a body punch but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki throws out a counter right but Garrincha avoids it with no problem.
Sasaki missing with a left hand there. Garrincha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sasaki scores with a sloppy right hand. Garrincha should have avoided that one.
Sasaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garrincha avoids the body shot from Sasaki.
Garrincha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrincha misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garrincha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garrincha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sasaki throws the left hand but Garrincha avoids the punch easily.
Garrincha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Garrincha blocks the low kick.
Garrincha misses the shot to the body.
Sasaki let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big left from Garrincha misses.
Garrincha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sasaki can pounce on him.
Sasaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garrincha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sasaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garrincha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garrincha throws a big shot that misses.
Sasaki cracks a nice hook into Garrincha's ribs.
The fighters circling - Sasaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sasaki misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasaki misses the target.
Garrincha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sasaki.
Sasaki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrincha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garrincha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrincha works Sasaki's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pee Wee Sasaki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrincha. Sasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sasaki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrincha manages to avoid it.
Sasaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garrincha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sasaki scores with a jab. Garrincha acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sasaki drops his hands momentarily and Garrincha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sasaki with a nice calf kick.
Garrincha loads up on a big right hand but Sasaki slips the punch.
Sasaki is looking to slow Garrincha down with leg kicks.
Sasaki misses with a left hand
and Garrincha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Garrincha.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrincha scores with a hook to the body. Sasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sasaki throws a chopping leg kick but Garrincha manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sasaki. Garrincha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sasaki throws a leg kick but Garrincha moved away.
Sasaki with the inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Sasaki.
Sasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Garrincha moves out of range easily.
Sasaki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sasaki misses the shot to the body.
Garrincha catches Sasaki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki throws a leg kick
and Garrincha counters with a nice body shot.
Sasaki misses with a straight right.
Sasaki throws the left hand but Garrincha avoids the punch easily.
Sasaki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sasaki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garrincha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sasaki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sasaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sasaki tries to clinch but Garrincha moves out of range.
Sasaki clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrincha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garrincha working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrincha stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Sasaki.
A short right from Garrincha on the inside.
Nice body punch from Garrincha.
Sasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrincha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrincha struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasaki controls his hands.
Sasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Garrincha.
Sasaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sasaki misses with an elbow over the top.
Sasaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garrincha misses with a punch on the inside.
Sasaki scores with a shoulder strike.
Garrincha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garrincha misses with a punch to the body.
Garrincha blocks an uppercut.
Garrincha takes a shot to the head.
Garrincha gets through Sasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sasaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Garrincha.
Garrincha misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha has a couple of punches blocked by Sasaki.
Garrincha misses with the head strike.
Sasaki scores with a shoulder strike.
Sasaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sasaki lands a nice uppercut.
Sasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Garrincha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Garrincha struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasaki controls his hands.
Garrincha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sasaki fails to land.
Garrincha tries to throw a body punch but Sasaki avoids it by throwing Garrincha back against the cage.
Garrincha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garrincha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sasaki misses with a body punch.
Sasaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garrincha breaks from the clinch.
Garrincha with a nice cross.
Sasaki swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garrincha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Sasaki avoids the body shot from Garrincha.
Sasaki misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki tries to score with a low kick but Garrincha moves his leg out of the way.
Sasaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garrincha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sasaki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sasaki wants to clinch.
Garrincha ducks under a wild hook from Sasaki.
A jab from Garrincha misses.
Garrincha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrincha avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garrincha slips a jab from Sasaki.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sasaki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garrincha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garrincha shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice defenses there by Sasaki.
Sasaki thumps Garrincha with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Hobo Garrincha did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Garrincha ducks under a wild hook from Sasaki.
Sasaki looks to throw the jab but Garrincha is out of range.
Garrincha swings widly with a right hand
and Sasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garrincha jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Garrincha misses.
Sasaki tries a quick counter leg kick but Garrincha is wise to it.
Garrincha throws a lazy right hand but Sasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sasaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Sasaki finds it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sasaki.
A slow jab from Sasaki misses its intended target.
Garrincha is looking to counter punch.
Sasaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garrincha scores with a hook to the body. Sasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sasaki throws the left hand but Garrincha avoids the punch easily.
Sasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrincha.
Sasaki throws a big shot that misses.
Sasaki misses with a straight right.
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!
Garrincha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki throws a poor cross that misses
letting Garrincha counter with a right hand.
Sasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garrincha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garrincha scores with a nice head shot.
Garrincha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garrincha slips under a jab.
Garrincha lands the left hand.
Sasaki is rocked!
BOOM! Garrincha lands a beautiful left hook that drops Sasaki. Sasaki tries to recover but Garrincha is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Sasaki lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hobo Garrincha!
Hobo Garrincha retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Hobo Garrincha thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Pee Wee Sasaki spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the gym...'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mate Orsic (ranked 350 p4p, 316 weight class) and Miroslav Drozd (ranked 44 p4p, 41 weight class). Orsic comes to the cage accompanied by KRS One - Rappaz R. N. Dainja. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mate Orsic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Drozd!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orsic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orsic misses with a body shot.
Orsic misses the jab.
A big left from Orsic misses.
It seemed like Drozd was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Orsic misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Drozd there.
Donk. Drozd catches Orsic right on the button with a cross.
Orsic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drozd was well out of range. Poor timing from Orsic.
Orsic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drozd.
Orsic attempts a counter takedown but Drozd avoids it well and moves away.
Orsic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drozd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Orsic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orsic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Drozd back to the cage. Orsic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Orsic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drozd throws out the jab.
Drozd misses with a wild body shot.
Orsic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drozd connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Orsic scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Orsic shoots in for a takedown but Drozd shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Drozd looks to land a right hand but Orsic moved out of range.
Orsic moves forwards but Drozd connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Drozd connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drozd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orsic manages to avoid it.
Drozd tries to bum rush Orsic with a series of wild strikes but Orsic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A counter left hand to the body from Orsic misses its target.
Drozd jabs Orsic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Orsic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Orsic blocks a jab.
Drozd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Orsic is looking to wear down Drozd with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Drozd displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Orsic.
Orsic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orsic walks into a stiff left hand from Drozd.
Drozd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drozd thuds his right hand into Orsic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Drozd has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Orsic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Drozd looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orsic postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Drozd tries to escape but Orsic is in control.
Orsic in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd wants to get back to his feet.
Orsic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Drozd knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Drozd is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Drozd sneaks out the side door and pushes Orsic away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Orsic just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Orsic both land. Nice combination.
Orsic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drozd to score with a decent uppercut.
Drozd pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Orsic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mate Orsic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsic throws a shot from downtown. Drozd moves away and avoids it.
Drozd throws a head kick but Orsic moves out of range.
Drozd lands with a hook. Orsic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drozd misses with a lunging right hand
and Orsic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Drozd attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Drozd misses with a looping left.
Orsic throwing a counter right hand but Drozd manages to avoid it.
Orsic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drozd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orsic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Drozd was covering up waiting for the punch and Orsic finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Orsic is looking to work some ground and pound but Drozd has wrist control.
Orsic won't allow Drozd to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orsic works over Drozd with some ground and pound from guard.
Orsic wants to control from the top but Drozd keeps moving.
Orsic won't allow Drozd to get back to his feet.
Orsic cracks Drozd with a solid left hand.
Drozd is looking to stand up but Orsic isn't so interested in that idea.
Drozd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Orsic distracts Drozd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Orsic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
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!
Orsic trying to control the position from guard on top but Drozd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drozd is looking to stand up but Orsic isn't so interested in that idea.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Miroslav Drozd will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Drozd lands with a shot to the body.
Drozd scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drozd works Orsic's body with a nice hook.
Orsic ducks under a wild hook from Drozd.
Orsic shoots in and bounces Drozd off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Orsic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Orsic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mate Orsic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drozd wants to stand and escape but Orsic is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orsic is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Orsic trying to control but Drozd is working from the bottom.
Drozd has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Orsic off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Orsic scores with a three punch combo!
Miroslav Drozd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Orsic with a hook.
Orsic gets a double leg takedown into Drozd's guard.
Drozd wants to get back to his feet but Orsic is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Orsic is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Drozd is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Drozd has escaped and now he's on top!
Drozd must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orsic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Drozd doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Drozd manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Orsic, up you get!
A punch lands to the side of Drozd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Drozd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Orsic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drozd moves away.
Drozd throws a hook but Orsic blocks it.
Orsic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Miroslav Drozd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Orsic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Drozd is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Orsic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Drozd's head.
Orsic trying to control but Drozd is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsic wants to pass the guard but Drozd is keeping the position.
Orsic trying to control but Drozd is working from the bottom.
Drozd is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Orsic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Orsic throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orsic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drozd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drozd wants to stand up but Orsic is controlling him.
That's four 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.
Orsic works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Drozd is trying to stand.
Orsic is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Orsic working Drozd over with strikes.
Drozd pushes Orsic off and gets back to his feet.
Orsic throws a series of punches but Drozd avoids them all with ease.
Drozd lands with a right hand.
Mate Orsic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drozd lands with a kick to the temple. Orsic shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Drozd throws out a loose jab but Orsic uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mate Orsic will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Drozd staying out of range there.
Jab from Orsic.
Drozd swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Orsic.
Drozd throws a nice looking combination but Orsic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Orsic scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Orsic trying to control the action but Drozd is working from the bottom.
Drozd looks like he's trying to stand up.
Orsic is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drozd is defending against the submission attempts here by Orsic.
Drozd is trying to stand back up but Orsic is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drozd is not content to let Orsic control the position.
Drozd is trying to stand.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Orsic connects with a nice short shot to Drozd's temple.
Orsic is working for a submission of some sort.
Drozd is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Drozd kicks Orsic off and gets back to his feet.
Drozd scores with a jab to the head.
Orsic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drozd.
Orsic blocks a jab.
Orsic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drozd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orsic throws a jab when Drozd was well out of range.
Orsic is looking to clinch.
Orsic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Drozd swivels and escapes.
Orsic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drozd.
Orsic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orsic moves out of range of the strikes.
As Drozd looks to move away, Orsic throws a big counter combo but Drozd just gets out of the way.
Drozd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drozd connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drozd scores with a jab.
Drozd throws a jab when Orsic was well out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Orsic misses its target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Drozd misses.
Orsic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orsic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Orsic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drozd moves into range and connects with a jab.
Orsic slips under a jab from Drozd.
Drozd loads up on a big right hand but Orsic slips the punch.
Drozd looks to throw the jab but Orsic is out of range.
Orsic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miroslav Drozd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orsic needs to keep his hands up - Drozd had a free shot at his head there.
Drozd throws a shot from downtown. Orsic moves away and avoids it.
Drozd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Drozd coming out on top.
Drozd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Drozd bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Orsic's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drozd connects with a body shot that sends Orsic's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Drozd coming out on top.
Orsic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drozd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drozd's corner calls for a 1-2. Drozd obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Orsic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Orsic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drozd.
Orsic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drozd.
Orsic tries to counter with a takedown but Drozd is quick to defend against it.
Drozd moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Orsic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Orsic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Drozd misses.
Drozd slips under a jab.
Drozd throws a body punch but Orsic moves out of range.
It looked like Orsic was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Drozd scores with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miroslav Drozd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Drozd has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miroslav Drozd!
A very excited looking Miroslav Drozd 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Hakansson (ranked 1385 p4p, 1368 weight class) and Itziar Belmond (ranked 196 p4p, 193 weight class). Jack Hakansson 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Hakansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itziar Belmond!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakansson misses with a takedown attempt
and Belmond moves into the clinch.
Belmond tries a body shot but Hakansson blocks it.
Hakansson blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Belmond on the inside.
Hakansson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Belmond is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hakansson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Belmond is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Hakansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hakansson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hakansson is looking for a takedown.
Belmond lands an elbow just above Hakansson 's eye.
Hakansson lands a takedown into guard.
Belmond is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hakansson trying to control but Belmond is working from the bottom.
Belmond trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakansson postures up.
Hakansson is fighting to break Belmond's control of his arms but Belmond is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hakansson trying to control but Belmond is working from the bottom.
Belmond has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Belmond stuffs the takedown.
Hakansson looks for a takedown but Belmond sprawls well.
It seemed like Belmond was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hakansson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hakansson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Belmond counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Belmond lands a nice uppercut.
Belmond lands with a right to the head.
Hakansson wants to take the fight to the mat but Belmond manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Belmond lands an elbow just above Hakansson 's eye.
A short right from Belmond on the inside.
Hakansson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Belmond after a bit of a struggle.
Hakansson wants a takedown.
Belmond lands an elbow inside.
Belmond lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmond gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hakansson is working for takedown but Belmond is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hakansson wants a takedown but no success here.
Belmond lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hakansson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Belmond after a bit of a struggle.
Belmond lands an elbow just above Hakansson 's eye.
Belmond lands a nice elbow.
Belmond lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hakansson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hakansson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Belmond gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Belmond lands with a left to the head.
Belmond gets underhooks to prevent Hakansson's takedown attempt.
Hakansson tries to score a body lock takedown but Belmond shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakansson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belmond is looking for a sweep. Hakansson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hakansson is looking to take a break and control but Belmond is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hakansson prevents Belmond from standing back up.
Belmond is trying is best to control the position here.
Belmond tries to get to full guard but Hakansson has control of the leg.
Belmond controlling the position for now.
Belmond makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belmond.
Belmond is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itziar Belmond dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hakansson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Belmond counter with a right hand.
Belmond has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Hakansson misses.
Belmond flicks out a counter leg kick but Hakansson steps away.
Hakansson goes for a double leg but Belmond avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Belmond continues to drive forward.
Hakansson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Belmond avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Hakansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belmond lands with a right to the head.
Belmond gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hakansson.
Hakansson tries for a takedown but Belmond manages to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hakansson dodges an elbow strike from Belmond.
Hakansson has picked Belmond up - he's going for a ride! Hakansson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hakansson is trying to control. Belmond wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Belmond is looking for a sweep. Hakansson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakansson is working for a kimura here but Belmond manages to reverse the position and he's now in Hakansson's guard.
Belmond not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hakansson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Belmond doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Belmond manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Belmond trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Belmond has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hakansson is proving hard to escape from.
Belmond 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakansson has his foot on Belmond's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Belmond works his way back into a safe position though.
Belmond would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hakansson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Belmond can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Belmond trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Belmond postures up.
Hakansson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Belmond controls the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Belmond swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hakansson.
Belmond swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmond throws an overhand right that lands on Hakansson's shoulder, as Hakansson tries to avoid the shot.
Hakansson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hakansson closes the distance and clinches up with Belmond, looking for a takedown. Hakansson pushes Belmond against the cage but Belmond circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Belmond unleashes a big counter combination but Hakansson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice cross by Belmond.
Hakansson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hakansson fails with the takedown
and Belmond counters with a nice uppercut.
Belmond throws a front kick that sends Hakansson stumbling back into the cage.
Hakansson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Belmond counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice uppercut lands for Belmond. That snapped Hakansson's head back.
Belmond scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Belmond throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakansson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Belmond but Belmond pushes him off and we're back to square one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hakansson misses with a two punch combination.
Belmond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belmond throws a jab but it's blocked by Hakansson.
Hakansson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Belmond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Belmond misses with a hook. Hakansson ducked under it nicely.
Hakansson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Belmond.
Hakansson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Belmond manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Belmond is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itziar Belmond showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Belmond scoring well with a low kick there.
Belmond has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Belmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hakansson.
Hakansson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Belmond sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hakansson somewhat.
Hakansson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hakansson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Hakansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hakansson misses the shot to the body.
Belmond chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jack Hakansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmond scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakansson with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Belmond counter with a right hand.
Hakansson shoots for a double leg takedown but Belmond sprawls well. He's pushed Hakansson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belmond dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Belmond throws a leg kick which misses Hakansson's front leg but catches the back leg as Hakansson tries to avoid it.
A lazy left from Belmond finds it's target.
Hakansson throws a lazy uppercut
and Hakansson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Belmond scores with a nice right hand.
Hakansson shoots in but no luck this time.
A big right from Belmond misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hakansson.
Belmond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Itziar Belmond is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakansson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Belmond pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Belmond stops a takedown attempt from Hakansson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Belmond.
Belmond softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belmond.
A bit of stalling here from Belmond.
Belmond doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hakansson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Belmond lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hakansson backwards.
A short body shot lands from Belmond as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmond gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hakansson.
Belmond lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Belmond can't find room to land a body shot as Hakansson controls the action.
Belmond is pressed up against the cage. Hakansson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Belmond down to the mat. Belmond avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Belmond stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Belmond, as that shot connected.
Itziar Belmond is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belmond lands a lovely overhand right.
Hakansson shoots in looking for a takedown. Belmond tries to sprawl out of it but Hakansson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Belmond manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmond connects with a solid leg kick.
Hakansson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Belmond counters with a good low kick that Hakansson was not able to check.
Belmond leaves Hakansson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hakansson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Belmond counters with a straight right hand.
Belmond stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Belmond wants it to stay on the feet.
Belmond lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmond scores with a nice head shot.
Jack Hakansson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belmond stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Itziar Belmond comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Belmond winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itziar Belmond!
After winning the bout, Itziar Belmond 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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