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BANZAI COMBAT 109 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hecalzag (ranked 3524 p4p, 4157 weight class) and Siddhartha Pati (ranked 431 p4p, 471 weight class). Mike Hecalzag could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Siddhartha Pati's chin.
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Hecalzag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siddhartha Pati!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hecalzag throws a nice looking combination but Pati bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hecalzag explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hecalzag misses with a combination
and Pati counters with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Hecalzag.
Pati throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hecalzag has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pati.
Hecalzag definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hecalzag throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mike Hecalzag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pati takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hecalzag blocks a head kick by Pati.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hecalzag lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hecalzag.
Pati moves out of range as Hecalzag throws a body kick.
Pati buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pati scores with a hook to the body. Hecalzag takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A low kick from Hecalzag misses
and Pati counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pati misses with the combination.
Hecalzag is looking for a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hecalzag tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hecalzag swings for the body but Pati moves out of range.
Hecalzag throws a right and a left that both miss.
Siddhartha Pati is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pati fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hecalzag has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pati throws a leg kick which misses Hecalzag's front leg but catches the back leg as Hecalzag tries to avoid it.
Hecalzag throws a body kick that misses
and Pati counters with a thumping low kick.
Pati takes a swing at Hecalzag's ribcage but misses.
Pati fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hecalzag checks it well.
Hecalzag pushes Pati away with a front kick.
Nice cross by Pati.
Hecalzag wants to clinch up but Pati keeps it at a distance.
Hecalzag misses with a two punch combination.
Pati slips a jab and a cross from Hecalzag.
Hecalzag throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pati avoids the body shot from Hecalzag.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pati moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hecalzag throws a lazy right hand but Pati sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pati let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pati tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hecalzag throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pati counters with a good low kick that Hecalzag was not able to check.
Hecalzag gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pati counters with a thumping low kick.
Hecalzag throws a right hand that Pati ducks under and follows up with a left that Pati also avoids with ease.
Pati moves out of range of the body kick.
Pati fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hecalzag lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pati circles away quickly and effectively.
A lazy left from Hecalzag finds it's target.
Pati has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Hecalzag rushes Pati and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pati manages to break the clinch.
Hecalzag is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pati changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Pati.
Hecalzag falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pati counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecalzag throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pati was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A telegraphed right hand from Pati misses the target.
Hecalzag takes one on the button.
Pati stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hecalzag goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pati is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hecalzag throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pati counters with a low kick, right behind Hecalzag 's knee.
Pati throws a right hand that Hecalzag ducks under and follows up with a left that Hecalzag also avoids with ease.
Hecalzag on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pati. Pati obviously looking to wear him down.
Pati lands a leg kick that knocks Hecalzag off balance momentarily.
That kick from Pati tenderised Hecalzag's leg. Hecalzag is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pati misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hecalzag tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pati gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hecalzag tries a low kick but Pati avoids it.
Hecalzag throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pati moves out of range of the body kick from Hecalzag.
Pati showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hecalzag.
A lazy body kick from Hecalzag
and Pati counters with a thumping low kick.
Pati with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hecalzag uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pati has time to react.
Pati pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hecalzag misses with a combination
and Pati counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pati throws a body shot but no joy.
Hecalzag misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pati appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hecalzag throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pati moves out of range of the body kick.
Pati stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pati wants it to stay on the feet.
Pati appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pati fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hecalzag.
Hecalzag on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pati. Pati obviously looking to wear him down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Siddhartha Pati dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pati fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hecalzag.
Hecalzag takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A good leg kick by Pati.
Hecalzag throws a push kick but Pati slaps the foot to one side.
Hecalzag throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hecalzag is looking to clinch.
A nice side step and Pati releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hecalzag misses with an uppercut.
Hecalzag takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hecalzag misses with a series of wild punches.
Pati looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Pati misses.
Hecalzag shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pati eats them both and turns towards Hecalzag to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pati is looking to slow Hecalzag down with leg kicks.
Hecalzag looks to throw a body kick
and Pati counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pati thumps Hecalzag with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pati scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hecalzag looks to land a body kick but Pati moved away.
Hecalzag darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hecalzag working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pati manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hecalzag sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pati's guard.
Hecalzag throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hecalzag throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hecalzag thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pati blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hecalzag.
Hecalzag stands up out of the half guard.
Pati misses with a shot to the body
and Hecalzag counters with a three punch combo that has Pati backing up. Pati nods at Hecalzag to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pati lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pati fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hecalzag.
Mike Hecalzag is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Hecalzag misses.
Pati flicks out a counter leg kick but Hecalzag steps away.
Hecalzag throws a right hand that Pati ducks under and follows up with a left that Pati also avoids with ease.
Pati tries a quick counter leg kick but Hecalzag is wise to it.
Pati tries a head kick but it misses.
Pati dodges the punch combination from Hecalzag.
Hecalzag tries to land a front kick but Pati steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hecalzag throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Hecalzag misses.
Pati tries a quick counter leg kick but Hecalzag is wise to it.
Pati scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hecalzag lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pati circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hecalzag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And Pati responds with a good body kick, but Hecalzag manages to step out the way in time.
Pati buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hecalzag.
Pati misses with a straight left.
Hecalzag throws a nice looking combination but Pati bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pati staying out of range there.
Pati bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hecalzag misses with a two punch combination.
Pati lands a leg kick that knocks Hecalzag off balance momentarily.
Hecalzag throws a series of punches but Pati moves out of range.
Pati displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hecalzag.
Pati is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hecalzag with a body shot.
Hecalzag avoids the head kick by Pati.
Pati dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hecalzag. That did some damage!
Hecalzag misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pati. That's going to slow Hecalzag down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hecalzag's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hecalzag duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hecalzag takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hecalzag tries to land a body kick
and Pati counters with a straight right hand.
Hecalzag misses with a head kick.
Hecalzag throws a wild body kick that Pati sees coming a mile off.
Sloppy strikes from Hecalzag. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Hecalzag misses.
Pati only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pati keeps the fight on the outside.
Pati moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pati misses with a few strikes there.
Hecalzag throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hecalzag misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pati counters with a head kick.
Hecalzag avoids the body shot from Pati.
Pati tries to land a front kick but Hecalzag steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pati blocks a head kick by Hecalzag.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pati takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
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 Mike Hecalzag will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hecalzag misses with a body kick.
Pati ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pati scores with a jab to the head.
Pati scoring well with a low kick there.
Pati connects with a solid leg kick.
Hecalzag throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hecalzag misses with a body kick.
Pati connects with an inside leg kick.
Hecalzag misses with a double jab
and Pati counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hecalzag misses with a combination
and Pati counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pati keeps Hecalzag at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hecalzag fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pati looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pati lands with a straight right. Hecalzag didn't see that one coming.
 Hecalzag is rocked!
Hecalzag throws a lazy body kick
and Pati counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh Hecalzag is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hecalzag on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pati ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Hecalzag's jaw. Hecalzag's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Pati does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Siddhartha Pati!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Santos (ranked 3622 p4p, 3141 weight class) and Gento Watkins (ranked 399 p4p, 358 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giovanni Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gento Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watkins sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Santos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Watkins darts in trying to clinch
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Watkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Watkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos closes the distance and pushes Watkins back into the cage.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watkins looks winded!
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Watkins is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos crunches a lovely knee into Watkins's ribcage.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos pushes Watkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Watkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Watkins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Watkins with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Watkins eats them both and turns towards Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Santos has managed to clinch.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Watkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Watkins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Santos thows a body kick. Watkins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Santos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gento Watkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Santos.
Santos working Watkins over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos moves into range and clinches up with Watkins.
Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Santos.
Santos with a nice calf kick.
Santos has managed to clinch.
Watkins takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos crunches a lovely knee into Watkins's ribcage.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Watkins won't want to take too many of those.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Watkins won't want to take too many of those.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Watkins or not.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos digs a right hand into Watkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Watkins's gas tank.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Watkins in his tracks for a moment.
Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos clinches up with Watkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos has managed to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanni Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos jerks Watkins's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Watkins drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Santos goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Santos because Watkins was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Giovanni Santos!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eishuu Retsu (ranked 3796 p4p, 3487 weight class) and Jujitsu John (ranked 452 p4p, 425 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eishuu Retsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jujitsu John!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retsu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract John.
Retsu lands with a slapping head kick.
Retsu misses with a two punch combination.
John fails with a takedown attempt.
Retsu throws a head kick that misses.
Retsu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
John shoots in for a takedown but Retsu shows good takedown defense.
John takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Retsu misses with a jab to the body
and John counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Retsu, who protects the arm well.
Retsu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Retsu is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Retsu is pushing John's head away, looking to escape. John manages to hold on to the position though.
Retsu is trying to get back to half guard.
John thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Retsu gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Retsu is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of John's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take John's back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Retsu.
John trying to control the hands but Retsu breaks the grip.
John defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Retsu's arms.
Retsu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for John on the ground.
John preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Retsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retsu throws strikes from the back but John rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by John.
Retsu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as John works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
John preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Retsu content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because John has locked up a guillotine! John's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Retsu is holding on here and John must be using up a lot of energy. Retsu has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! John gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jujitsu John!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Robinson (ranked 3300 p4p, 3321 weight class) and Kai Chen (ranked 278 p4p, 280 weight class). Kai Chen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jamie Robinson's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamie Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Chen!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Robinson.
Robinson throws an off balance right hand
and Chen counters with a nice body shot.
Chen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robinson misses with a straight left.
Chen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Robinson misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Chen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Robinson rather than just go for the knockout.
Robinson misses with a straight left.
Chen connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Robinson.
A jab from Robinson does it's job there.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Robinson's head coaches at Banzai Combat Academy LA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Robinson walks into a straight right hand from Chen.
Robinson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chen circles away quickly and effectively.
Good leg kick by Chen.
Robinson throws a jab when Chen was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Robinson. Those never looked like landing.
Robinson takes one on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robinson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Chen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Robinson is out of range.
Robinson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chen pulls guard effortlessly.
Robinson trying to control but Chen is working from the bottom.
Chen trying to control the position here.
Chen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Robinson defends it easily.
Chen keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
Robinson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen being controlled here, momentarily.
Robinson drops back looking for a leg! Chen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Chen manages to kick Robinson off! Robinson jumps back into Chen's guard.
Robinson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Robinson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Robinson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Chen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chen keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
Chen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Chen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robinson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robinson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chen lands a slapping body shot.
Chen throws a shot to the body.
Robinson just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Chen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Robinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Chen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Robinson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kai Chen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chen thows a leg kick but Robinson checks it
and Robinson counters with a one-two to the body.
Chen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Robinson checks it well.
Robinson looks to land a right hand but Chen moved out of range.
Chen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Robinson defends it well.
Robinson misses with a two punch combination.
Chen looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.
Robinson moves forwards but Chen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chen feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Robinson sprawling to the canvas! Robinson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Chen finish him?!
Robinson is rocked!
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!
Chen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Robinson. That did some damage!
Oh Robinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robinson.
Robinson swings widly with a right hand
and Chen counters with a nice right hand that sends Robinson toppling to the canvas! Robinson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Chen finish him?!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
And Chen tries to counter it with a takedown but Robinson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A swing and a miss from Robinson.
Chen takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Robinson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Robinson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chen.
Robinson misses with a right hand
letting Chen counter with a right hand.
Chen lands a head shot.
Chen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robinson swings widly with a right hand
and Chen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kai Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Robinson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chen avoids the body shot from Robinson.
BAM! Chen delivers a spinning backfist that drops Robinson like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kai Chen!
Kai Chen 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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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Quarto (ranked 3624 p4p, 2521 weight class) and Andreas Burns (ranked 390 p4p, 305 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Quarto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Burns!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quarto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burns walks into a left hand.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Quarto is just out of range.
Quarto looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range.
Quarto 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.
Quarto moves out of range as Burns strikes.
A swing and a miss from Quarto.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quarto moves away.
Quarto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tea Time Takedowns in the buildup to the fight.
Burns gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quarto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Quarto misses with a right hand
and Burns counters with a left to the body.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quarto lands a big head kick that sends Burns tumbling to the mat! Quarto takes a step backwards and waves Burns back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Burns is rocked!
 It looks like Andreas Burns has been cut.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burns lands a jab to Quarto's midsection.
Quarto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Quarto is looking to land body kicks.
Quarto misses with an uppercut
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Quarto connects with a body shot.
Quarto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Quarto throws a big shot that misses.
Burns on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quarto. Quarto obviously looking to wear him down.
Quarto slips a jab from Burns.
Quarto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Quarto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burns scores with a one two! Quarto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Quarto slips under a jab.
Burns scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quarto doesn't seem bothered though.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Quarto.
Burns throws a series of punches but Quarto moves out of range.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Quarto misses.
Burns appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quarto throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.
Quarto misses the shot to the body.
Burns moves out of range of the strikes.
Quarto throws a poor cross that misses
and Burns counters with a left to the body.
Quarto's corner calls for a 1-2. Quarto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Quarto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burns lands a body shot.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quarto at a distance.
Quarto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quarto slips a jab from Burns.
Quarto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Burns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quarto was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Quarto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Burns pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Quarto back to the cage. Burns follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Burns lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quarto throws a head kick but Burns moves out of range.
Pedro Quarto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quarto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns.
Burns cracks Quarto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Burns lands with a shot to the body.
Burns scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burns misses with a two punch combination.
Quarto looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
Quarto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quarto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burns throws an overhand right that lands on Quarto's shoulder, as Quarto tries to avoid the shot.
Quarto misses with an uppercut.
Burns throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quarto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quarto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quarto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns stuns Quarto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Quarto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burns circles away quickly and effectively.
Burns looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Burns shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Quarto eats them both and turns towards Burns to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Quarto slips under a jab from Burns.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Quarto saw that one coming.
Quarto throws a right hand that misses
and Quarto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Quarto. Those never looked like landing.
Quarto misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns lands a head shot.
Quarto is rocked!
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quarto is breathing heavily.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quarto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Burns does it's job there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andreas Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andreas Burns's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Burns drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Quarto right on the button. Quarto goes down! Burns follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Burns gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Burns!
Andreas Burns decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Muntun Potentat (ranked 2890 p4p, 2385 weight class) and Henry Galvan (ranked 327 p4p, 273 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Muntun Potentat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Galvan!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galvan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Galvan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Potentat to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Galvan keeping moving, preventing Potentat from controlling successfully.
Potentat definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Galvan keeping full guard, as Potentat tries to pass.
Galvan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Galvan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Potentat. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Potentat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galvan wants to sweep but no luck.
Potentat throwing strikes but missing.
Potentat stands and throws Galvan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Galvan defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvan is looking for a sweep.
Potentat is looking to take a break and control but Galvan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Potentat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Potentat throws a strike aimed at the side of Galvan's head but Galvan avoids it well.
Galvan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Potentat trying to control the action but Galvan is working from the bottom.
Galvan felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Potentat throws a strike aimed at the side of Galvan's head but Galvan avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potentat misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Galvan defending against the ground and pound.
Potentat throws an elbow but Galvan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Potentat in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Potentat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Potentat has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Potentat is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Galvan has escaped the position, nice work there.
Potentat working the ground and pound.
Potentat trying to control the position but Galvan is working away.
Potentat tries for a kimura but Galvan is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potentat thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Potentat misses with the ground and pound.
Galvan tries to buck Potentat off but Potentat is having none of it.
Potentat wants to control but Galvan is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Galvan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Potentat misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Galvan is trying to improve his position.
Potentat is trying to get an arm triangle but Galvan is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potentat working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Galvan manages to get back to half guard.
Galvan is refusing to be controlled, as Potentat sits in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Galvan pushes Potentat off looking to stand but Potentat dives back in and keeps control.
Potentat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Potentat is nestled in close to Galvan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Muntun Potentat dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Potentat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Potentat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Galvan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potentat was well out of range. Poor timing from Galvan.
Potentat's corner calls for a 1-2. Potentat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Galvan is rocked!
Muntun Potentat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potentat throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Galvan misses the target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Potentat is defended easily by Galvan.
Galvan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Galvan is still on wobbly legs! Can Potentat finish him?
Galvan scores with a nice strike.
Galvan seems to have recovered his senses.
Potentat moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck for Potentat with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potentat connects with the punch.
Galvan misses with an uppercut.
Potentat looks to land a right hand but Galvan moved out of range.
Potentat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Galvan but Galvan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muntun Potentat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Potentat misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A little jabbing left from Galvan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Galvan needs to keep his hands up - Potentat had a free shot at his head there.
Potentat is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Galvan can do to turn this around?
Galvan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Galvan digs a good body shot into Potentat's ribs.
Potentat cracks Galvan with an open hand slap.
Potentat uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Galvan has time to react.
No joy there for Potentat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice side step and Galvan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potentat has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Potentat there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Potentat lunges at Galvan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Galvan's hand.
Galvan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Potentat. Potentat circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Galvan misses with a hook. Potentat ducked under it nicely.
As Galvan looks to move away, Potentat throws a big counter combo but Galvan just gets out of the way.
Potentat lunges at Galvan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Galvan's hand.
Galvan throws a hook but Potentat avoids it easily.
Potentat is looking to clinch.
Galvan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Potentat.
Potentat misses with an uppercut. Galvan saw that one coming.
Potentat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Galvan moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Galvan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Potentat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potentat misses with a left hand
and Galvan counters with a nice uppercut.
Galvan connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galvan throws a monster overhand right that drops Potentat! Galvan follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Galvan!
Henry Galvan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Wrestler Wayfare for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Dukes (ranked 2646 p4p, 2887 weight class) and Reid Erickson (ranked 306 p4p, 329 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leroy Dukes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reid Erickson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erickson moves out of range as Dukes strikes.
Erickson cracks Dukes with an open hand slap.
Dukes blocks a jab.
Erickson throws out a loose jab but Dukes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A combination from Dukes does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Erickson! But no joy.
Dukes moves to clinch but Erickson breaks away
and Erickson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dukes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Erickson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dukes.
Dukes scores with a jab to the head.
Dukes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dukes misses the jab.
Dukes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Erickson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dukes throws a right hand that Erickson ducks under and follows up with a left that Erickson also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Erickson throws an overhand right that lands on Dukes's shoulder, as Dukes tries to avoid the shot.
Dukes darts in trying to clinch
and Dukes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukes tries to close the distance and clinch but Erickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dukes misses with an uppercut
and Erickson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dukes tries to clinch up but Erickson circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Erickson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dukes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Erickson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Erickson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dukes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Erickson throws out the jab.
Erickson looks to throw the jab but Dukes is out of range.
Dukes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dukes tries to clinch up but Erickson circles away and keeps his distance.
Dukes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Erickson counters with a nice right hand that sends Dukes toppling to the canvas! Dukes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Erickson finish him?!
Dukes is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erickson throws a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Dukes catches Erickson right on the button with a cross.
Nice body punch from Dukes.
Erickson misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erickson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Erickson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dukes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Erickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Erickson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Erickson throws the left hand but Dukes avoids the punch easily.
Dukes misses with a hook
and Erickson counters with a nice right hand that sends Dukes toppling to the canvas! Dukes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Erickson finish him?!
Oh Dukes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
 It looks like Leroy Dukes has been cut.
Erickson misses with a lunging right hand
and Dukes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dukes seems to have got his legs back now.
Erickson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dukes to score with a decent uppercut.
Dukes lands an overhand right.
Dukes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leroy Dukes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dukes looks to throw the jab but Erickson is out of range.
A big right from Dukes misses.
Erickson throws a jab but it's blocked by Dukes.
Dukes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dukes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Erickson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dukes missing with a left hand there. Erickson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dukes tries to clinch but Erickson is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukes misses with a wild body shot.
Erickson slips under a jab.
Dukes lands a body shot.
Dukes misses with a left hand
and Erickson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dukes tries to clinch there but Erickson circles away.
Dukes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dukes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Erickson keeps the fight on the outside.
Dukes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Erickson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dukes throws a jab but it's blocked by Erickson.
Dukes has closed the distance and engaged Erickson in a clinch.
Dukes manages to break the clinch.
Erickson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dukes slips under a jab.
Dukes throws a big counter combination but Erickson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erickson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dukes.
Erickson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dukes throws the kick towards the body but Erickson avoids it.
Dukes tries to clinch up.
Erickson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dukes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Dukes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Erickson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Erickson lands a body shot.
Erickson looks to throw the jab but Dukes is out of range.
Erickson misses with an uppercut. Dukes saw that one coming.
Dukes looks to throw the jab but Erickson is out of range.
Dukes darts in trying to clinch
and Erickson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Erickson keeps the fight on the outside.
Dukes misses with a right hand
and Erickson counters with a nice right hand that sends Dukes toppling to the canvas! Dukes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Erickson finish him?!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reid Erickson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Dukes's cut.
That's time! Dukes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Erickson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dukes throws a good cross that connects.
Dukes misses with a jab to the body
and Erickson counters with a huge left! Dukes is in big trouble! He's backing up but Erickson isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dukes from any more damage. A dominating finish by Erickson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reid Erickson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthias Schmitt (ranked 2678 p4p, 3281 weight class) and Eddie Alvarez (ranked 307 p4p, 366 weight class). Eddie Alvarez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthias Schmitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schmitt wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Schmitt.
Schmitt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Schmitt misses.
A jab from Schmitt misses.
Schmitt misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmitt throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez throws out a counter right but Schmitt avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Schmitt finds it's way through Alvarez's defenses.
Schmitt throws a head kick that misses
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schmitt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alvarez's head.
Schmitt is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Schmitt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alvarez up against the cage.
Schmitt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Schmitt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alvarez up against the cage.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schmitt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schmitt as Alvarez tries to tie him up.
Schmitt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stalling in the clinch from Alvarez.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schmitt'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.
Schmitt throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Schmitt tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Schmitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Schmitt can't find room to land a body shot as Alvarez controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Schmitt lands an uppercut.
Schmitt slows down the pace here.
Schmitt missing with knees to the body.
Schmitt working aggressively here.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Schmitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvarez's elbow.
Alvarez wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmitt prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Schmitt blocking some punches.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Schmitt seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alvarez can turn it around.
Schmitt prevents Alvarez from breaking the clinch.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Schmitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schmitt lands a right hand.
Alvarez stalls.
Stalling in the clinch from Alvarez.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schmitt lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
A short right from Schmitt on the inside.
Schmitt lands an uppercut.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matthias Schmitt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Schmitt lands a nice shot that snaps Alvarez's head back.
Schmitt looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Schmitt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schmitt effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schmitt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Schmitt drives through and clinches with Alvarez against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schmitt.
Matthias Schmitt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schmitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvarez's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmitt avoiding damage.
Schmitt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Schmitt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alvarez avoids it.
Alvarez can't break the clinch.
Schmitt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schmitt tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Alvarez looking to stall.
Schmitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schmitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alvarez or not.
Schmitt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Schmitt stalling against the cage.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Schmitt fails to land.
Schmitt is pushing Alvarez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Schmitt misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matthias Schmitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmitt tries to clinch up.
Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schmitt.
Alvarez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schmitt moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Schmitt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Alvarez tries to land a leg kick but Schmitt saw it coming and moves away.
Schmitt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Schmitt blocks it well.
Schmitt throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schmitt 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.
Alvarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Schmitt is just out of range.
Schmitt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Schmitt wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Schmitt tries a head kick but it misses.
Schmitt misses with a body shot.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Schmitt slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Schmitt wants to slow Alvarez down by chopping away at his legs.
Schmitt misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Schmitt does it's job there.
Schmitt tries to clinch
and Schmitt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schmitt.
Schmitt throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Schmitt misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez is looking for the big counter here.
Alvarez lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schmitt darts in and clinches Alvarez up against the cage.
Schmitt swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alvarez tries to stall but Schmitt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schmitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez slowing the pace effectively.
Schmitt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matthias Schmitt 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. This is the final round!
Alvarez connects with a jab.
Alvarez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schmitt finds it's way round the side to connect with Alvarez's head.
Eddie Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Schmitt takes the fight into the clinch.
Alvarez can't break the clinch.
Schmitt misses with the head strike.
Schmitt throws a head punch that misses.
Schmitt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alvarez up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alvarez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez is trying to break the clinch but Schmitt is controlling him.
Schmitt tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Schmitt lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmitt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schmitt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Schmitt has Alvarez pressed against the cage.
Schmitt scores with a hook to the body.
Schmitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schmitt stalls.
Schmitt is working Alvarez over against the cage.
Schmitt missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Schmitt is keeping busy.
Schmitt misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmitt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alvarez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Matthias Schmitt has been cut.
Schmitt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alvarez avoids it.
Schmitt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alvarez managing to block the knees to the body from Schmitt.
Alvarez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Schmitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the side of Schmitt's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schmitt leaning against his opponent.
Schmitt keeps control of Alvarez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alvarez tries to stall but Schmitt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmitt missing with knees to the body.
Schmitt trying to land knees to the body.
Schmitt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Schmitt lands with a left to the head.
Schmitt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schmitt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Schmitt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schmitt lands with a short shot to the head.
Alvarez breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Schmitt.
Schmitt throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Schmitt moved out of range nicely.
Schmitt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmitt misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a left to the body.
Schmitt misses with a body punch
and Alvarez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez jabs at Schmitt's body.
Schmitt misses with a two punch combination.
Schmitt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez counters with a nice uppercut.
Schmitt is rocked!
Schmitt is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Alvarez doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Schmitt crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Schmitt's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eddie Alvarez!
Eddie Alvarez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Obah Bafote (ranked 2299 p4p, 1840 weight class) and Lyle Rock (ranked 306 p4p, 242 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Obah Bafote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyle Rock!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bafote bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rock's head backwards.
Rock tries to clinch up but Bafote circles away and keeps his distance.
Bafote seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bafote has closed the distance and engaged Rock in a clinch.
Bafote lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Lyle Rock has been cut.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bafote.
Rock takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rock.
Bafote throws an elbow but it misses.
Rock dodges an elbow strike from Bafote.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bafote.
Bafote throws an elbow but it misses.
Bafote takes an elbow to the temple.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Bafote takes an elbow to the temple.
We've been informed that Rock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Rock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bafote in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bafote lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bafote lands a nice elbow.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike.
Bafote lands an elbow inside.
Rock lands an elbow just above Bafote 's eye.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Bafote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bafote throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Bafote.
Bafote avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Rock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Bafote misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bafote working aggressively here.
Bafote blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock throws an elbow but it misses.
Bafote avoids the elbow strike from Rock, against the cage.
Rock crunches a lovely knee into Bafote's ribcage.
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!
Bafote pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bafote takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bafote pushes off an throws an elbow but Rock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike.
Bafote misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bafote.
Bafote is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rock is keeping busy.
Bafote dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Bafote misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bafote throws an elbow that misses.
Rock blocks an elbow strike.
Bafote takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bafote avoids it.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rock takes an elbow to the temple.
Bafote landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bafote takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Bafote avoids the damage to the body.
Bafote tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Bafote lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bafote lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock avoids a wild elbow strike from Bafote.
Rock blocks a body shot from Bafote.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Bafote avoids the damage to the body.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bafote avoiding damage.
Rock stalls.
Bafote lands an elbow inside that Rock shrugs off.
Rock lands a good knee to the midsection. Bafote won't want to take too many of those.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bafote avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bafote.
Bafote misses with some punches.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Bafote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rock blocks an elbow strike from Bafote.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bafote avoids it.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bafote lands with a light punch inside.
Rock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bafote misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Bafote throws an elbow but it misses.
Rock avoids the elbow strike from Bafote, against the cage.
Rock lands an elbow inside.
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rock lands an elbow just above Bafote 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rock.
Rock misses with a knee to the head.
Bafote takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bafote creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bafote pushes off an throws an elbow but Rock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bafote lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bafote throws a head punch that misses.
Bafote avoids the elbow strike from Rock, against the cage.
Rock lands a damaging elbow.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Bafote shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyle Rock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyle Rock's cut.
That's time! Bafote's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bafote moves into the clinch.
Bafote swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bafote goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bafote lands a damaging elbow.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Bafote blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bafote throws an elbow that misses.
Rock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rock tries a knee to the head but Bafote blocks it.
Rock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bafote's defenses.
Bafote looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bafote creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bafote lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rock throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bafote avoids it.
A body shot lands from Bafote.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Bafote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bafote.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Bafote avoids the damage to the body.
Bafote misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rock.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bafote's brow.
Bafote throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rock throws an elbow but misses.
Bafote scores with a shoulder strike.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bafote misses with an elbow strike.
Bafote throws a head punch that misses.
Rock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bafote swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bafote takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bafote just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rock's brow.
Rock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bafote on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bafote avoids a wild elbow strike from Rock.
Bafote tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bafote comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rock throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bafote throws an elbow but misses.
Lyle Rock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bafote misses with a punch on the inside.
Bafote avoids the elbow strike from Rock, against the cage.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Bafote throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bafote lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bafote blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Bafote throws an elbow that misses.
Rock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rock misses with a knee strike.
Rock blocks the elbow strike.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock lands an elbow just above Bafote 's eye.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rock avoids the elbow strike from Bafote, against the cage.
Rock lands an elbow that stopped Bafote in his tracks for a moment.
A hook to the body from Bafote.
Rock is breathing heavily.
Bafote throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bafote.
Bafote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rock avoids it.
Bafote blocks the elbow strike.
Bafote blocks an elbow strike.
Bafote misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Rock.
Bafote blocks the elbow strike.
Bafote misses with some punches.
Rock blocks the elbow strike.
Bafote pushes Rock back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bafote lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Bafote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bafote's brow.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bafote gets through Rock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock lands an elbow inside that Bafote shrugs off.
Bafote lands an elbow inside that Rock shrugs off.
Rock avoids a wild elbow strike from Bafote.
Rock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
Bafote throws an elbow but it misses.
Rock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bafote lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rock is rocked!
Bafote lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rock is still on wobbly legs! Can Bafote finish him?
Bafote tries a knee to the head but Rock blocks it.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bafote.
Rock seems to have recovered his senses.
Bafote fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rock avoids a wild elbow strike from Bafote.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bafote just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rock's brow.
Rock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rock throws an elbow that misses.
Bafote cracks Rock with a nice body shot.
Bafote throws an elbow that misses.
Bafote lands a good knee to the midsection. Rock won't want to take too many of those.
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 Obah Bafote will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lyle Rock's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bafote moves into the clinch.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Bafote avoids the damage to the body.
Bafote dodges an elbow strike from Rock.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Bafote leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bafote lands an uppercut.
Rock misses with an elbow over the top.
Bafote lands a nice shot to the body.
Bafote lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rock.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bafote just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rock's brow.
Bafote using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bafote gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bafote on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bafote managing to block the knees to the body from Rock.
A short body shot lands from Bafote as the two fighters clinch.
Rock misses with an elbow strike.
Bafote jerks Rock's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Rock drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bafote goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bafote because Rock was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Obah Bafote!
Obah Bafote decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Decebal Cretu (ranked 1471 p4p, 806 weight class) and Hrvoje Vinkovic (ranked 154 p4p, 93 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Hrvoje Vinkovic enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Decebal Cretu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Vinkovic!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinkovic misses with a hook
and Cretu counters with a straight right hand.
Vinkovic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cretu circles away.
Vinkovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cretu.
Cretu throws a series of punches but Vinkovic moves out of range.
Vinkovic with the counter takedown but Cretu avoids it easily.
Cretu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vinkovic.
Cretu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vinkovic.
Nice sprawl there from Cretu as Vinkovic shoots in.
Cretu misses with a two punch combination.
Cretu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vinkovic!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vinkovic is trying to control Cretu's posture but Cretu avoids it.
Vinkovic is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinkovic is trying to control Cretu's posture but Cretu avoids it.
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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Vinkovic is looking for a sweep.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Vinkovic looks for a takedown but Cretu sprawls well.
Decebal Cretu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hrvoje Vinkovic.
Vinkovic takes one to the side of the head.
Vinkovic throws a hook to the side of Cretu's head but Cretu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vinkovic gets a clinch.
Cretu struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinkovic controls his hands.
Cretu presses Vinkovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cretu lands with a short shot to the head.
Cretu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cretu.
Cretu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cretu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cretu tries a body shot but Vinkovic blocks it.
Cretu gets underhooks to prevent Vinkovic's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cretu breaks from the clinch.
Cretu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vinkovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cretu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vinkovic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cretu!
A jab lands there for Cretu.
Vinkovic misses with a straight left.
Cretu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cretu stuns Vinkovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cretu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vinkovic.
Nice takedown defense from Cretu. No joy for Vinkovic on that attempt.
Cretu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vinkovic is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Vinkovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vinkovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cretu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cretu blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Cretu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinkovic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cretu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cretu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cretu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinkovic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cretu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cretu throws a shot to the body.
Cretu misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Vinkovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Decent striking displayed by Cretu there.
Cretu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vinkovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Cretu digs a good body shot into Vinkovic's ribs.
Cretu lands a left and a right that send Vinkovic crashing to the mat, dazed. Cretu thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Vinkovic is rocked!
Cretu moves in close and cracks Vinkovic with a massive right hand! Vinkovic, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Cretu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Decebal Cretu!
Decebal Cretu is the new lightweight champion!
A victorious Decebal Cretu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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