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STRIKE! 39 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Bryant Smith (ranked 20400 p4p, 20669 weight class) and Medieval Mercenary (ranked 441 p4p, 428 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Television - Marquee Moon. Bryant Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 29 - 2, fighting out of New York, Medieval Mercenary!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Mercenary misses.
Mercenary looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Mercenary takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mercenary drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bryant Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mercenary finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
Smith cracks Mercenary with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Mercenary get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Mercenary looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
 Mercenary is rocked!
 It looks like Medieval Mercenary has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Mercenary is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Mercenary misses the shot to the body.
Mercenary seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith thumps Mercenary with a low kick.
A combination from Mercenary does no damage.
Smith swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mercenary tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Smith scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Mercenary beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Mercenary is looking to chop away at Smith's legs.
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Mercenary.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercenary takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mercenary throws a chopping leg kick but Smith manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mercenary walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Mercenary is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bryant Smith!
After the big win, Bryant Smith made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors FUClothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlton Adesanya (ranked 20822 p4p, 23875 weight class) and Dank Skenojabitch (ranked 389 p4p, 410 weight class). Dank Skenojabitch will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 27 - 39 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Dank Skenojabitch!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skenojabitch throws a big shot that misses.
Adesanya blocks a head kick by Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch scores with a shot to the body.
Adesanya avoids a kick to the body.
Adesanya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Adesanya instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Adesanya.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya slips a straight right by Skenojabitch.
Adesanya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Adesanya rushes Skenojabitch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adesanya breaks from the clinch.
Skenojabitch throws a jab but it's blocked by Adesanya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya moves into the clinch.
Skenojabitch tries to break free but Adesanya pushes him back against the cage.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Dank Skenojabitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skenojabitch. Adesanya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Skenojabitch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Skenojabitch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Adesanya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Skenojabitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Adesanya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Dank Skenojabitch has been cut.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adesanya keeps control of Skenojabitch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adesanya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Adesanya on the inside.
Adesanya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Adesanya has double underhooks.
Skenojabitch misses with a punch to the body.
Skenojabitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Skenojabitch missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Skenojabitch.
Adesanya lands a nice knee to the body.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya moves into range and clinches up with Skenojabitch.
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!
Adesanya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adesanya digs a right hand underneath Skenojabitch's ribcage. Skenojabitch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Skenojabitch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adesanya lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Adesanya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Skenojabitch is trying to break the clinch but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Skenojabitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Adesanya prevents Skenojabitch from breaking the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlton Adesanya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dank Skenojabitch's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Adesanya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skenojabitch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adesanya moves away.
Skenojabitch misses with a kick to the body
and Adesanya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Adesanya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Adesanya has double underhooks.
Skenojabitch letting Adesanya take a breather here.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skenojabitch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Adesanya takes the fight into the clinch.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Adesanya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skenojabitch can do to turn this around?
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Adesanya has double underhooks.
Adesanya manages to break the clinch.
Skenojabitch tries to keep at a distance but Adesanya has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya digs a right hand into Skenojabitch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skenojabitch's gas tank.
Adesanya lands a nice elbow.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Skenojabitch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carlton Adesanya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Adesanya manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Skenojabitch.
Adesanya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adesanya doesn't seem bothered though.
Adesanya takes the fight into the clinch.
Skenojabitch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adesanya landing knees to the head.
Adesanya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skenojabitch tries to break free but Adesanya pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Adesanya - that landed with a thud.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch but Adesanya keeps him there for the moment.
Skenojabitch has had enough of the clinch but Adesanya keeps him there for the moment.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Adesanya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Adesanya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skenojabitch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adesanya.
Skenojabitch working hard to break the clinch.
Adesanya tries to land a knee to the head but Skenojabitch blocks with his arms.
Adesanya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skenojabitchs head.
Skenojabitch is trying to break the clinch but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Adesanya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adesanya rushes Skenojabitch and presses him up against the cage.
Adesanya leaning against his opponent.
Skenojabitch lands a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlton Adesanya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dank Skenojabitch's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Adesanya ducks under a wild hook from Skenojabitch.
Adesanya gets a clinch.
Adesanya prevents Skenojabitch from breaking the clinch.
Skenojabitch wants to break free but Adesanya has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Skenojabitch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adesanya's brow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Adesanya lands with a right to the head.
Adesanya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee calls for Adesanya to work.
Adesanya slows down the pace here.
Skenojabitch is looking to break free of the clinch but Adesanya has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skenojabitch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Skenojabitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya clinches with his opponent.
Skenojabitch wants to get back to striking at distance but Adesanya won't allow it.
Skenojabitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage.
Adesanya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Adesanya lands with a short shot to the head.
Adesanya prevents Skenojabitch from breaking the clinch.
Skenojabitch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adesanya avoids it.
Adesanya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Skenojabitch's efforts to push away.
Dank Skenojabitch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adesanya has Skenojabitch pushed against the cage.
Skenojabitch tries to break free but Adesanya pushes him back against the cage.
Skenojabitch tries to break free but Adesanya pushes him back against the cage.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Skenojabitch wants to break free but Adesanya has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya keeps control of Skenojabitch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Skenojabitch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adesanya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Skenojabitch wants to get back to striking at distance but Adesanya won't allow it.
Adesanya is stalling here.
Adesanya scores with a knee to the head.
Adesanya manages to break the clinch.
Adesanya rushes Skenojabitch and presses him up against the cage.
Adesanya prevents Skenojabitch from breaking the clinch.
Skenojabitch is trying to push Adesanya away but Adesanya has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skenojabitch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Skenojabitch is trying to break the clinch but Adesanya is controlling him.
Adesanya lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skenojabitch trying to land knees to the body.
Carlton Adesanya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Skenojabitch tries to work over Adesanya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Adesanya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Adesanya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlton Adesanya!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Elbow Zombie Chai (ranked 23761 p4p, 2866 weight class) and Petcharon Darawan (ranked 447 p4p, 267 weight class). Petcharon Darawan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Elbow Zombie Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Petcharon Darawan!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darawan rushes Chai and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chai prevents a body shot from Darawan.
Chai lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Petcharon Darawan has been cut.
Chai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darawan avoiding damage as Chai throws knees to the body.
Darawan can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darawan misses with the head strike.
Darawan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chai lands a nice elbow.
Darawan tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Darawan back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai blocks a body shot from Darawan.
Chai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darawan tries a knee to the head but Chai blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darawan.
Chai lands an elbow just above Darawan 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darawan breaks the clinch.
Darawan throws a sloppy head kick and Chai moves out of range easily.
Darawan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chai.
Darawan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chai is looking for a counter combo.
Darawan moves into the clinch.
Chai scores with a hook to the body.
Chai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darawan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Darawan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Chai scores with a hook to the body.
Chai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Petcharon Darawan's cut even more.
Darawan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darawan misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Darawan fails to land.
Our sources have told us that Chai has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Darawan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darawan tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Chai breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai connects with a nice looking jab.
Darawan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Darawan is looking to clinch but Chai is avoiding it.
Chai throws a nice looking combination but Darawan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chai moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDarawan.
Chai throws a shot to the body.
Darawan throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Darawan loads up on a big right hand but Chai slips the punch.
Darawan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chais jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Darawan lands a front kick.
Darawan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chai misses the shot to the body.
Darawan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chai looks to land a combination. Darawan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Darawan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darawan scores with a nice right hand.
Chai moves away from the strike by Darawan.
Nice cross by Chai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Petcharon Darawan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Darawan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Darawans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Chai misses.
Darawan flicks out a counter leg kick but Chai steps away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
Chai swings for the body but Darawan moves out of range.
Chai throws a body punch but Darawan moves out of range.
Chai swats away the attempt to clinch by Darawan.
Darawan drives through and clinches with Chai against the cage.
Darawan prevents a body shot from Chai.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chai.
Darawan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai is working Darawan over against the cage.
Chai lands a good knee to the midsection. Darawan won't want to take too many of those.
Chai trying to land knees to the body.
Darawan dodges an elbow strike from Chai.
Darawan throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai avoiding damage as Darawan throws knees to the body.
Chai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chai lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Petcharon Darawan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Darawan trying to land knees to the body.
Chai lands an elbow just above Darawan 's eye.
Darawan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chai blocks it with crossed arms.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darawan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chai misses with an elbow over the top.
Darawan misses with a body punch.
Darawan working aggressively here.
Chai managing to block the knees to the body from Darawan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darawan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darawan lands a body punch.
Chai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Darawan's defenses.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Petcharon Darawan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elbow Zombie Chai!
Elbow Zombie Chai seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Petcharon Darawan had this to say: 'I have nothing to say.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 20225 p4p, 2937 weight class) and Russell Northrop (ranked 210 p4p, 79 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Russell Northrop!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waldron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Northrop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Waldron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Northrop.
Waldron cracks Northrop with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It looks like Russell Northrop has been cut.
Waldron tries to clinch there but Northrop circles away.
Northrop swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waldron forces Northrop back against the cage and clinches.
Northrop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Northrop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Waldron backwards.
 It looks like Johnny Waldron has been cut.
Waldron blocks a body shot from Northrop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Northrop avoids a wild elbow strike from Waldron.
Waldron tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Waldron creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Northrop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Northrop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Waldron throws an off balance right hand
and Northrop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Northrop misses with a looping right.
Waldron slips under a jab from Northrop.
Waldron throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Northrop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Waldron throws a low kick but it's checked well by Northrop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Northrop throws a lazy right hand but Waldron sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waldron looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Northrop lands a lovely overhand right.
Waldron connects with a looping right hand.
Northrop takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Waldron looks for the body kick but Northrop saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Northrop! But no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Northrop pushes Waldron away with a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Northrop tries to land a front kick but Waldron steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Russell Northrop will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Waldron looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Northrop replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Waldron blocks it well.
Northrop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Northrop ducks under a wild hook from Waldron.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Northrop! But no joy.
Waldron gets a clinch.
Waldron swings wildly with an uppercut but Northrop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waldron tries to land knees in the clinch but Northrop avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waldron.
Northrop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waldron lands a knee to the head.
Northrop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Northrop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waldron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Northrop's defenses.
Northrop misses with a body punch.
Waldron prevents a body shot from Northrop.
Northrop tries to throw a body punch but Waldron avoids it by throwing Northrop back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Northrop breaks from the clinch.
Northrop lands with a thumping leg kick.
Russell Northrop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waldron throws an off balance right hand
and Northrop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Waldron throws a lazy right hand but Northrop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Northrop responds with a good body kick, but Waldron manages to step out the way in time.
Waldron throws an off balance right hand
and Northrop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Waldron throws a shot to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron swings wildly with an uppercut but Northrop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Northrop presses Waldron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Northrop tries to throw a body punch but Waldron avoids it by throwing Northrop back against the cage.
Northrop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnny Waldron's cut is getting worse.
Waldron throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Waldron pushes off an throws an elbow but Northrop leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Waldron throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Northrop.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Northrop manages to break the clinch.
Waldron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Northrop lands a lovely overhand right.
Waldron throws a hook but Northrop blocks it.
It seemed like Northrop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Russell Northrop will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Northrop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waldron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Northrop throws out a counter right but Waldron avoids it with no problem.
Waldron misses with a body punch
and Northrop counters with a solid body kick.
Northrop works the jab nicely.
Russell Northrop is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waldron looks to land a body kick but Northrop moved away.
Northrop doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Waldron closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Northrop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Waldron walks into a jab.
A clash of legs there as Northrop blocks the low kick.
Northrop counters with a body kick.
Waldron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Northrop moves away.
Johnny Waldron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waldron just misses with a punch to the body.
Northrop throws out a powerful jab.
Johnny Waldron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Northrop pushes Waldron away with a front kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waldron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick lands from Northrop.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Waldron throws a lazy body kick
and Northrop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Waldron's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Northrop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Northrop winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Northrop!
An out of breath Russell Northrop thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hog Molly (ranked 1130 p4p, 21521 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 74 p4p, 179 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Hog Molly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Molly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Molly tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Lagardere manages to circle out of the way.
Molly drops his hands momentarily and De Lagardere takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big left from De Lagardere misses.
A cross from De Lagardere lands.
Molly 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.
De Lagardere looks to score with a jab to the body but Molly is just out of range.
Molly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Molly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Lagardere looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Molly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Lagardere paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Molly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Molly tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Lagardere manages to circle out of the way.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Lagardere.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Lagardere. Molly does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Lagardere lands with a good body shot.
Molly looks to clinch
and De Lagardere counters with a nice uppercut.
Molly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Lagardere fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Molly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Molly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Molly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Molly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Lagardere throws a body punch but Molly moves out of range.
De Lagardere fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Molly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere misses with a hook.
De Lagardere throws a lazy uppercut
and Molly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Molly slips under a jab from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere misses with a few strikes there.
Molly has closed the distance and engaged De Lagardere in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lagardere is trying to break the clinch but Molly has him pressed against the cage.
De Lagardere tries to land a knee to the head but Molly blocks with his arms.
De Lagardere is trying to break free.
Molly lands with a right to the head.
I was talking to Molly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Molly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Molly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molly pushes De Lagardere back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Lagardere looks winded!
Molly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Molly on the inside.
Molly scores with a hook to the body.
Molly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Molly.
Molly digs a right hand underneath De Lagardere's ribcage. De Lagardere let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henri De Lagardere dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri De Lagardere'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.
Molly forces De Lagardere back against the cage and clinches.
De Lagardere lands an elbow that stopped Molly in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Hog Molly has been cut.
Molly lands a shot to the body.
De Lagardere struggles to land a body shot inside as Molly controls his hands.
Molly lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Molly.
Molly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Molly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Lagardere takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Molly on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Molly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Molly lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
De Lagardere is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Molly lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
De Lagardere is still on wobbly legs! Can Molly finish him?
A nice right hand lands inside from Molly.
Molly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Molly breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks De Lagardere with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! De Lagardere looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. De Lagardere get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hog Molly!
Hog Molly decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichigho Kurosaki (ranked 23632 p4p, 5066 weight class) and Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 528 p4p, 505 weight class). Elizondo has chosen Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee as his entrance music. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichigho Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 28 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaizka Elizondo!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elizondo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kurosaki throws a head kick but Elizondo moves out of range.
Kurosaki keeps the fight on the outside.
Elizondo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kurosaki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elizondo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Kurosaki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Elizondo throws out a loose jab but Kurosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kurosaki misses its intended target.
Kurosaki scores with a hook.
Kurosaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kurosaki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Elizondo throws a hook but Kurosaki blocks it.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elizondo was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
Elizondo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kurosaki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elizondo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Elizondo avoids a kick to the body.
Elizondo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kurosaki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Elizondo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kurosaki walks into a stiff left hand from Elizondo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo misses with a low kick.
It looked like Kurosaki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Elizondo looks to throw the jab but Kurosaki is out of range.
Kurosaki misses with a looping left.
Kurosaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elizondo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurosaki.
Elizondo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kurosaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kurosaki punishes Elizondo's body with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Kurosaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kurosaki lands with a cross.
A cross from Elizondo lands.
Elizondo misses with a straight left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kurosaki.
Kurosaki avoids the body shot from Elizondo.
Kurosaki throws a head kick that misses.
Elizondo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Elizondo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosaki throws a shot to the body.
Elizondo takes one to the chin there.
Kurosaki misses with a hook. Elizondo ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Elizondo.
Kurosaki throwing a counter right hand but Elizondo manages to avoid it.
Elizondo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Elizondo looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosaki is just out of range.
Elizondo moves out of range of the strikes.
Kurosaki with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Kurosaki scores with a four punch combination!
Elizondo is rocked!
Elizondo walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ichigho Kurosaki!
Ichigho Kurosaki tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Gaizka Elizondo stepped up to the mic, saying 'gonna take some time off '.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Narvaez (ranked 2772 p4p, 2154 weight class) and Hin Areni (ranked 245 p4p, 198 weight class). Narvaez comes to the cage accompanied by Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick. Areni has chosen Hay Qajer - Armenian Heroes song as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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 25 - 13 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Hin Areni!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Areni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Areni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Narvaez.
Narvaez lands with a shot to the body.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.
Narvaez throws a leg kick
letting Areni counter with a right hand.
A leg kick checked by Areni.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Narvaez misses with a left hand
and Areni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Narvaez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez jabs Areni right on the nose. Areni blinks but takes it well.
Areni 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.
Narvaez throws a right and a left that Areni avoids nicely.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Narvaez connects with an inside leg kick.
Areni avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Narvaez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Narvaez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Narvaez is looking to chop away at Areni's legs.
Narvaez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Areni.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Areni.
Carlos Narvaez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Narvaez.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the body
and Areni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Areni avoids the body shot from Narvaez.
Areni avoids the body shot from Narvaez.
Areni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narvaez.
Areni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Narvaez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Areni circles away quickly and effectively.
It seemed like Areni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narvaez misses with a left hand
enabling Areni to counter with a crisp jab.
Areni takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Narvaez dominated that round.
That's time! Narvaez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Narvaez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Narvaez throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Areni to counter with a crisp jab.
Narvaez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Areni can do to turn this around?
Narvaez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Narvaez misses with an uppercut
and Narvaez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Narvaez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Narvaez misses with a double jab
and Areni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Areni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Narvaez misses with a body punch
and Areni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez thows a leg kick but Areni checks it
and Areni counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Narvaez. That's going to slow Areni down.
Areni takes one to the side of the head.
Narvaez looks to land a left hand but Areni moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Areni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Areni slips under a jab from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a leg kick that knocks Areni off balance momentarily.
Narvaez lunges at Areni with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Areni's hand.
Narvaez swings for the body but Areni moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Areni! But no joy.
Narvaez catches Areni with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with an uppercut
and Areni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Areni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Narvaez.
Narvaez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Areni.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Areni was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Areni throws out a counter right but Narvaez avoids it with no problem.
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!
Narvaez misses with an uppercut
and Areni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Areni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Narvaez throws an off balance right hand
enabling Areni to counter with a crisp jab.
Narvaez throws out a leg kick but Areni moves out of range and Narvaez only half commits.
It seemed like Areni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Areni walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Narvaez dominated that second round.
That's time! Narvaez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Narvaez misses with a straight right.
A jab from Narvaez misses.
No joy there for Narvaez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Areni! But no joy.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Areni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hin Areni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Areni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Narvaez misses the body punch
and Narvaez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carlos Narvaez is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez throws a right hand that misses
and Areni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Narvaez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Areni looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Areni's hands.
Areni uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Narvaez.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Narvaez throws a right hand that misses
and Areni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Narvaez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Narvaez lands with a hook. Areni tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A low kick from Narvaez is predictable there
and Areni counters with a nice uppercut.
Narvaez throws a leg kick but Areni sees it coming and moves out of range.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Narvaez.
Areni on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez with the inside leg kick.
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!
Narvaez misses with a straight right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Narvaez.
Carlos Narvaez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Areni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Areni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Narvaez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Areni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Narvaez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hin Areni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narvaez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Narvaez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Narvaez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
After winning the bout, Carlos Narvaez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Clack Clack (ranked 23786 p4p, 23603 weight class) and Bruno Berinjela (ranked 219 p4p, 531 weight class). Berinjela comes into a darkened arena with his song building. “Yoda” by Weird Al kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Clack Clack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Berinjela!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clack lands with a thumping leg kick.
Berinjela is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berinjela is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Berinjela lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been told by Clack's head coaches at Shut Up & Train! that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Clack connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Clack throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berinjela stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berinjela thumps Clack with a low kick.
Berinjela is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Berinjela.
Clack throws a body punch but Berinjela moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Berinjela.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clack swings for the body but Berinjela moves out of range.
Berinjela clinches up with Clack and pushes him back against the cage.
Clack lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Clack.
Berinjela tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clack misses with the head strike.
Berinjela throws an elbow but it misses.
Berinjela lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clack or not.
Berinjela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Berinjela lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clack or not.
Berinjela blocking some punches.
Berinjela creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clack's defenses.
It looks like Clack Clack has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from Berinjela.
Clack is breathing heavily.
Berinjela can't find room to land a body shot as Clack controls the action.
Berinjela tries to throw a body punch but Clack avoids it by throwing Berinjela back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Berinjela scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clack is trying to break free.
Clack is trying to break the clinch but Berinjela is controlling him.
Clack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Berinjela - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clack working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Clack.
Berinjela lands an elbow inside.
Berinjela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Berinjela lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Berinjela.
Berinjela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berinjela working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clack throws a punch but it's blocked by Berinjela.
Berinjela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clack Clack's cut is getting worse.
Clack working aggressively here.
Berinjela lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clack backwards.
Clack is trying to push Berinjela away but Berinjela has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Clack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berinjela lands an elbow inside that Clack shrugs off.
Clack blocks a body shot from Berinjela.
A short right from Berinjela on the inside.
 Clack is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Berinjela.
Oh Clack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Berinjela scores with a nice short uppercut.
Berinjela lands a nice shot to the body.
Berinjela creates a bit of distance and cracks Clack with a big uppercut! Clack goes down! The referee pushes Berinjela away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Clack make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Berinjela takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bruno Berinjela!
Bruno Berinjela 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 bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Pedro Gomez (ranked 3162 p4p, 2412 weight class) and Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 172 p4p, 143 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Hotel California (Spanish Mix). Farrokhzad is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Pedro Gomez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad wants to clinch up but Gomez keeps it at a distance.
Farrokhzad catches Gomez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Farrokhzad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomez swings widly with a right hand
and Farrokhzad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Farrokhzad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomez.
Farrokhzad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gomez.
Nice straight punches there by Gomez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gomez.
Gomez looks to land a left hand but Farrokhzad moved out of range nicely.
Farrokhzad doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Farrokhzad misses with a wild body shot.
Farrokhzad comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Farrokhzad throws an overhand right that lands on Gomez's shoulder, as Gomez tries to avoid the shot.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Farrokhzad.
A swing and a miss from Farrokhzad.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Gomez misses.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Farrokhzad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Farrokhzad clinches up with Gomez and pushes him back against the cage.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez is trying to stall.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Gomez misses its intended target.
Farrokhzad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad has taken the fight to the clinch.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomez.
Gomez scores with a shot to the side of Farrokhzad's head.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad pushes Gomez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrokhzad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Farrokhzad lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gomez.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Farrokhzad is controlling him.
Farrokhzad can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Gomez is trying to force a seperation but Farrokhzad has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Farrokhzad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Farrokhzad working Gomez over with knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a left hand.
Farrokhzad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gomez fails to land.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Farrokhzad can't find room to land a body shot as Gomez controls the action.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Farrokhzad works on Gomez's body with a couple of short punches.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez lands a right hand.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gomez's elbow.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farrokhzad looks to land a right hand but Gomez moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Farrokhzad bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gomez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Farrokhzad misses.
Bardia Farrokhzad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomez is looking to slow Farrokhzad down with leg kicks.
Farrokhzad cracks a nice hook into Gomez's ribs.
Farrokhzad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gomez lands with a nice body kick.
A cross from Farrokhzad lands.
Farrokhzad takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Farrokhzad throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Farrokhzad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Farrokhzad moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomez is trying to break the clinch but Farrokhzad has him pressed against the cage.
Gomez is looking to break free of the clinch but Farrokhzad has double underhooks.
Farrokhzad scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Pedro Gomez has been cut.
Gomez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farrokhzad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Farrokhzad misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Farrokhzad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Farrokhzad throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farrokhzad takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
Farrokhzad thuds his right hand into Gomez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fighters circling - Gomez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomez lands a jab to the head.
Farrokhzad closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Gomez crashing to the mat! Gomez uses the cage to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
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!
Gomez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Farrokhzad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Farrokhzad connects with a looping right hand.
Gomez is rocked!
Gomez walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Gomez is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Bardia Farrokhzad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ibrahim Cuntmara (ranked 816 p4p, 22918 weight class) and Cheyenne Little Dove (ranked 77 p4p, 385 weight class). Cuntmara kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is $$ Hoes mad $$. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ibrahim Cuntmara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cheyenne Little Dove!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuntmara throws a head kick that misses.
Little Dove moves out of range as Cuntmara strikes.
Little Dove slips a straight right by Cuntmara.
Cuntmara misses with a straight left.
Cuntmara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Little Dove cracks Cuntmara with an open hand slap.
Cuntmara throws a head kick but Little Dove moves out of range.
Little Dove has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cuntmara is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Little Dove lands with an overhand left.
Cuntmara keeps the fight on the outside.
Cuntmara looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Little Dove looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuntmara is just out of range.
Little Dove clinches.
Little Dove misses with a hook from the clinch.
Little Dove has a couple of punches blocked by Cuntmara.
Little Dove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little Dove throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cuntmara manages to break the clinch.
Little Dove connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuntmara looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little Dove throws a hook to the side of Cuntmara's head but Cuntmara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuntmara gets tackled into the cage by Little Dove. Little Dove maintains the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Little Dove just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cuntmara's brow.
A short uppercut from Little Dove.
Little Dove misses with a hook from the clinch.
Little Dove swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuntmara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuntmara blocks the elbow strike.
Cuntmara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Little Dove fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cuntmara scores with a hook to the body. Little Dove takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cuntmara works over Little Dove's head and body with a nice combination.
Little Dove ducks under a wild hook from Cuntmara.
Nice body punch from Cuntmara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Little Dove throws a right hand that misses
and Cuntmara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cuntmara takes a swing at Little Dove's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Little Dove crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cuntmara - the referee stops the clock and Little Dove gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cuntmara. Little Dove manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuntmara throws a hook to the side of Little Dove's head but Little Dove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuntmara fails to land with a series of punches.
Cuntmara missing with a left hand there. Little Dove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Little Dove's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cuntmara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Little Dove scrambles back to his feet.
Cuntmara scores with a leg kick.
Cuntmara misses with a hook. Little Dove ducked under it nicely.
Little Dove scores with a jab to the body.
Little Dove misses with a low kick.
Little Dove connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cuntmara. Cuntmara circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Little Dove ducks under a wild hook from Cuntmara.
Cuntmara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cuntmara throws a series of punches but Little Dove avoids them all with ease.
Cuntmara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuntmara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Little Dove counters with an outside leg kick.
Little Dove lands a jab to the head.
Cuntmara misses the shot to the body.
Little Dove fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuntmara manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ibrahim Cuntmara will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Little Dove lands a glancing blow to the side of Cuntmara's head.
Little Dove misses with a body shot.
Little Dove goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Little Dove is looking to clinch but Cuntmara is avoiding it.
Cuntmara misses the jab.
Little Dove checks a low kick from Cuntmara.
A telegraphed right hand from Little Dove misses the target.
Little Dove buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cuntmara misses with a wild body shot.
Ibrahim Cuntmara is winning the standup battle so far.
Little Dove misses with a looping right.
Cuntmara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Little Dove.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuntmara takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cuntmara bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Little Dove's head backwards.
Cuntmara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cuntmara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuntmara shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cuntmara lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little Dove tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little Dove gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cuntmara is trying to force a seperation but Little Dove has the dominant position.
Little Dove working aggressively here.
Cuntmara lands a shot to the body.
Little Dove throws an elbow that misses.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Cuntmara blocks the elbow strike.
Cuntmara prevents a body shot from Little Dove.
A right hook to the body lands for Little Dove.
Little Dove misses with a hook from the clinch.
Little Dove fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Cuntmara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuntmara manages to break the clinch.
Little Dove lunges at Cuntmara with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cuntmara's hand.
Cuntmara jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Little Dove tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuntmara was well out of range. Poor timing from Little Dove.
It looked like Cuntmara wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good shot there by Little Dove.
Little Dove tries to clinch up.
Cuntmara throwing a counter right hand but Little Dove manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Cuntmara.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A swing and a miss from Little Dove.
Cuntmara takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cuntmara slips a straight right by Little Dove.
Little Dove is looking to clinch.
Little Dove pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuntmara throwing a counter right hand but Little Dove manages to avoid it.
Cuntmara looks to score with a jab to the body but Little Dove is just out of range.
Cuntmara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cuntmara misses with a low kick.
Cuntmara wants to slow Little Dove down by chopping away at his legs.
Little Dove scores with a jab. Cuntmara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cheyenne Little Dove showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Little Dove throws a hook to the side of Cuntmara's head but Cuntmara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Little Dove coming out on top.
Cuntmara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Little Dove's sensitive parts.
Cuntmara throws a body shot but no joy.
Little Dove scores with a nice head shot.
Cuntmara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Little Dove avoids the body shot from Cuntmara.
Little Dove looks to land a left hand but Cuntmara moved out of range nicely.
Cuntmara takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab lands there for Cuntmara.
Cuntmara throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuntmara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little Dove.
Little Dove lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuntmara doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Little Dove chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cuntmara can pounce on him.
Cuntmara throws a shot from downtown. Little Dove moves away and avoids it.
Cuntmara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cuntmara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little Dove fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cuntmara is out of range.
A jab from Little Dove misses.
Little Dove changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cuntmara throws a big shot that misses.
Little Dove uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cuntmara.
Little Dove misses with an uppercut. Cuntmara saw that one coming.
Little Dove moves into the clinch successfully.
Little Dove tries to work over Cuntmara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cuntmara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Little Dove throws a head punch that misses.
Cheyenne Little Dove seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Little Dove lands an uppercut.
Cuntmara avoids the elbow strike from Little Dove, against the cage.
Little Dove misses with a short punch on the inside.
Little Dove lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cuntmara backwards.
Little Dove struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuntmara controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little Dove working aggressively here.
Little Dove has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cuntmara dodges an elbow strike from Little Dove.
Cuntmara avoids a wild elbow strike from Little Dove.
Little Dove throws a head punch that misses.
Little Dove can't find room to land a body shot as Cuntmara controls the action.
Little Dove throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Little Dove.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuntmara.
Little Dove can't find room to land a body shot as Cuntmara controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Cuntmara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cuntmara avoids the elbow strike from Little Dove, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuntmara.
Little Dove throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cheyenne Little Dove really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cuntmara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cuntmara misses with a leg kick.
Little Dove misses with a body shot.
It looked like Cuntmara wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cuntmara throws a jab when Little Dove was well out of range.
Little Dove misses with a straight left.
Cuntmara lands with a hook. Little Dove tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cuntmara jabs Little Dove right on the nose. Little Dove blinks but takes it well.
Little Dove moves out of range of the strikes.
Little Dove takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cuntmara throws a jab but it's blocked by Little Dove.
Cuntmara checks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Cuntmara blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little Dove checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cuntmara looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Little Dove misses the shot to the body.
Cuntmara loads up on a big right hand but Little Dove slips the punch.
Cuntmara misses with a low kick.
Cuntmara takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little Dove tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuntmara was well out of range. Poor timing from Little Dove.
Cuntmara tried to counter with a leg kick but Little Dove avoided it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuntmara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Little Dove.
Cuntmara thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cuntmara cracks Little Dove with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Little Dove missing with a left hand there. Cuntmara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Little Dove throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Cuntmara wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Little Dove throws a hook to the side of Cuntmara's head but Cuntmara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cuntmara lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Little Dove scores with a nice strike.
Cuntmara ducks under a wild hook from Little Dove.
Cuntmara lands a nice shot that snaps Little Dove's head back.
Little Dove tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuntmara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Little Dove throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cuntmara.
Cuntmara scores with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Little Dove.
Cuntmara scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Little Dove tries to clinch but Cuntmara moves away
and Cuntmara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Little Dove is rocked!
Little Dove scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Cuntmara catches Little Dove right on the button with a cross.
Little Dove is still on wobbly legs! Can Cuntmara finish him?
Little Dove misses with an uppercut.
Cuntmara takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Little Dove seems to have recovered his senses.
Little Dove misses with an uppercut. Cuntmara saw that one coming.
Little Dove swings for the body but Cuntmara moves out of range.
Little Dove takes a swing at Cuntmara's ribcage but misses.
Little Dove avoids the head kick by Cuntmara.
Ibrahim Cuntmara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Cuntmara misses.
Little Dove staying out of range there.
Little Dove looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cuntmara misses with a wild body shot.
Little Dove misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuntmara.
A punch lands to the side of Cuntmara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuntmara swings for the body but Little Dove moves out of range.
Cuntmara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Little Dove misses.
Cuntmara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Little Dove was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ibrahim Cuntmara had his way with Cheyenne Little Dove in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Cuntmara takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cuntmara scores with a spinning back kick!
Little Dove keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Little Dove looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cuntmara throws a jab but it's blocked by Little Dove.
Cuntmara misses with a straight left.
Little Dove steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cuntmara.
A slow jab from Cuntmara misses its intended target.
Cuntmara walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cuntmara doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Little Dove tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Cuntmara wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cuntmara circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little Dove is looking to clinch but Cuntmara is avoiding it.
Cuntmara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot by Cuntmara.
Little Dove works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Little Dove tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuntmara lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cuntmara throws a leg kick which misses Little Dove's front leg but catches the back leg as Little Dove tries to avoid it.
Cuntmara looks to land a combination but Little Dove avoids it well.
Little Dove misses with an uppercut. Cuntmara saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Cuntmara misses its intended target.
Cuntmara takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Little Dove closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Little Dove lands with a right to the head.
Little Dove pushes off an throws an elbow but Cuntmara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cuntmara is looking to break free of the clinch but Little Dove has double underhooks.
Little Dove misses with some punches.
Little Dove throws an elbow but it misses.
Little Dove lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Little Dove swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Little Dove tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuntmara blocking some punches.
Cuntmara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cuntmara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Little Dove doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Little Dove throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cuntmara breaks from the clinch.
Cuntmara connects with a looping right hand.
Little Dove dips to his left and cracks Cuntmara with an uppercut!
Little Dove lands an overhand right.
Little Dove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cuntmara.
Cuntmara connects with a body shot that sends Little Dove's belly button to the back.
Cuntmara with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cheyenne Little Dove.
I think Little Dove has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 48:47
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 47:48
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ibrahim Cuntmara!
Ibrahim Cuntmara retains his featherweight title!
Ibrahim Cuntmara 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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