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SYN 1120 Pushkin vs. Ryan PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Heismann Haa (ranked 1230 p4p, 1226 weight class) and Vishis Vourture (ranked 93 p4p, 92 weight class). Haa comes to the cage accompanied by Her kommer Heismann Hå. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heismann Haa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vishis Vourture!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vourture throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haa wants to slow Vourture down by chopping away at his legs.
Haa is looking to chop away at Vourture's legs.
Vourture slips under a jab.
Haa lands with a shot to the body.
Haa keeps Vourture at a distance using the push kick.
Haa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vourture appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Haa misses with a body kick.
Haa lands a nice shot that snaps Vourture's head back.
Vourture stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vourture throws a low kick but Haa avoids it.
Vourture lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Haa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Heismann Haa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haa scores with a jab. Vourture acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vourture.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vourture throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haa. Vourture does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vourture was well out of range. Poor timing from Haa.
Vourture looks for the body kick but Haa saw that one coming.
Haa throws a poor cross that misses
and Vourture counters with a right hand to the body.
Vourture slips under a jab.
Vourture with the inside leg kick.
Vourture instigates a clinch.
Vourture misses with a body punch.
Haa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vourture's elbow.
Vourture manages to break the clinch.
Haa throws a front kick aimed at Vourture's knee but Vourture avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haa. That's going to slow Vourture down.
Vourture fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haa, pushing him back against the cage.
Vourture with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Vourture.
Vourture can't find room to land a body shot as Haa controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right handed body shot lands from Vourture.
Vourture will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haa up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vourture blocks a body shot from Haa.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vourture blocks a body shot from Haa.
Vourture lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haa takes a shot to the head.
Haa tries a body shot but Vourture blocks it.
Vourture using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vourture avoiding damage.
Vourture misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haa.
Vourture breaks from the clinch.
Haa throws the kick towards the body but Vourture avoids it.
Vourture ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haa moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haa connects with an inside leg kick.
Vourture moves in looking to clinch but Haa pushes him off.
Vourture forces Haa back against the cage and clinches.
Haa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haa tries to throw a body punch but Vourture avoids it by throwing Haa back against the cage.
Haa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vourture missing with knees to the body.
Vourture lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haa struggles to land a body shot inside as Vourture controls his hands.
Vourture lands a knee to the head.
Vourture slows down the pace here.
Haa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Haa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haa lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Haa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vourture tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vourture creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vourture is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haa is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vourture obliges.
Haa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vourture.
Vourture prevents a body shot from Haa.
A short right from Haa.
Vourture trying to land knees to the body.
Vourture using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haa is working Vourture over against the cage.
Vourture prevents a body shot from Haa.
Vourture tries to land knees in the clinch but Haa avoids the damage to the body.
Vourture misses with a knee to the head.
Haa swings wildly with an uppercut but Vourture uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vishis Vourture will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Haa throws a leg kick but Vourture moved away.
Haa scores with a jab to the body.
Haa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vourture throws a right and a left that Haa avoids nicely.
Haa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vourture if he has to take too many more of those.
Vishis Vourture is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haa misses with a looping right.
Vourture tries to clinch but Haa is having none of it.
Vourture takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vourture doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vourture throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vourture tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haa dips to his left and cracks Vourture with an uppercut!
Haa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vourture swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vourture stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haa throws a lazy body kick
and Vourture counters with a stiff right hand.
Vourture tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vourture takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vourture takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Haa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Haa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vourture.
Haa slips under a jab.
Vourture checks a leg kick.
Haa lands a glancing blow to the side of Vourture's head.
Vourture gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vourture scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vourture pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Vourture.
Vourture with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vishis Vourture seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haa misses with a punch to the body.
Haa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Haa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vourture misses with a body punch.
Vourture breaks the clinch.
Vourture misses with a body shot.
Haa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vourture counters with a low kick, right behind Haa 's knee.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Haa.
Haa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Haa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Haa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vourture doesn't seem bothered though.
Haa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vourtures jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Haa keeps Vourture at a distance using the push kick.
Haa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Heismann Haa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vourture gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haa tries to throw a body punch but Vourture avoids it by throwing Haa back against the cage.
Haa looking to stall.
Vourture with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haa tries to throw a body punch but Vourture avoids it by throwing Haa back against the cage.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vourture lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vourture scores with a shot to the side of Haa's head.
Vourture blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vourture prevents a body shot from Haa.
Vourture's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Haa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haa tries to work over Vourture's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Vourture.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haa avoids it.
Vourture blocking some punches.
Vourture blocks an uppercut.
Vourture misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Haa.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vourture with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Haa fails to land.
The referee is keeping an eye on Haa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Haa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vourture backwards.
Haa misses with the head strike.
A short right from Vourture on the inside.
Haa leaning against his opponent.
Haa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vourture is breathing heavily.
Haa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vourture utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Haa tries to work over Vourture's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haa struggles to land a body shot inside as Vourture controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Heismann Haa dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Haa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vourture moves out of range of the body kick from Haa.
Vourture throws a counter combo.
Vourture drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Haa takes a swing at Vourture's ribcage but misses.
Vourture keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vourture gets a clinch.
Vourture working Haa over with knees to the body.
Haa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haa misses with a punch to the body.
Vourture connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haa's face.
Vourture lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haa is trying to stall.
Haa gets through Vourture's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vourture cracks Haa with a nice body shot.
Vourture breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haa misses with a shot to the body
and Vourture counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vourture tries to clinch but Haa moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Haa.
Vourture takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vourture clinches up against the cage.
Haa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vourture working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vourture lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vourture lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haa digs a right hand into Vourture's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vourture's gas tank.
Vourture lands an elbow that stopped Haa in his tracks for a moment.
Vourture misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haa.
Haa blocks a body shot from Vourture.
Vourture tries to work over Haa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vourture is working Haa over against the cage.
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Haa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vourture lands with a left to the head.
Vourture scores with a shoulder strike.
Vourture working Haa over with knees to the body.
Vourture misses with a body punch.
Vourture lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vourture tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haa avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vourture takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vourture.
Vourture controlling the action here for a moment.
Haa misses with some punches.
Vourture with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haa tries to throw a body punch but Vourture avoids it by throwing Haa back against the cage.
Haa misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Vourture.
Haa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haa can't find room to land a body shot as Vourture controls the action.
Haa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vourture with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vourture swings wildly with an uppercut but Haa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vourture manages to break the clinch.
Haa wants to slow Vourture down by chopping away at his legs.
Vourture is looking for the big counter here.
Vourture has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vourture creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haa's defenses.
Haa swings wildly with an uppercut but Vourture uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haa misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Vourture.
 It looks like Heismann Haa has been cut.
Haa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vourture scores a nice knee to the body.
Vourture working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vourture connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haa's face.
 Haa is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Haa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vourture looking to throw knees to the head but Haa is blocking nicely.
Vourture looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vourture lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vourture lands a big knee to the head and Haa goes down! Vourture pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vishis Vourture!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Drozd (ranked 298 p4p, 464 weight class) and Magnus Larsen (ranked 37 p4p, 56 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Drozd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 3, fighting out of London, Magnus Larsen!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Larsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drozd loads up on a big right hand but Larsen slips the punch.
Drozd throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Larsen misses.
Drozd tries to clinch but Larsen is having none of it.
Drozd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larsen.
Larsen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Larsen throws a shot from downtown. Drozd moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Larsen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Larsen jabs Drozd right on the nose. Drozd blinks but takes it well.
Drozd moves out of range as Larsen strikes.
Miroslav Drozd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drozd lands a really nice looking cross but Larsen seems unphased.
Drozd checks the leg kick.
Larsen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drozd throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
Drozd misses with a wild body shot.
Drozd misses with an uppercut.
Larsen walks into a straight right hand from Drozd.
Drozd wants to clinch up but Larsen keeps it at a distance.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Drozd avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drozd.
Drozd getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Larsen checks a low kick from Drozd.
Drozd takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Larsen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Drozd finds it's way round the side to connect with Larsen's head.
Drozd connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Larsen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drozd.
Drozd throws a big shot that misses.
Larsen 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.
Larsen lands with a straight right. Drozd didn't see that one coming.
Drozd throws a low kick but it's checked well by Larsen.
Larsen misses with a body kick.
Larsen misses with the combination.
Drozd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larsen throws a series of punches but Drozd avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Larsen.
Drozd checks a low kick from Larsen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsen feints and then cracks Drozd's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drozd down.
Drozd moves out of range as Larsen throws a body kick.
Larsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drozd.
Drozd misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Larsen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Drozd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Larsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drozd gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drozd.
Larsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Larsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsen misses with some punches.
Drozd pressing his opponent against the cage.
Larsen blocks a body shot from Drozd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drozd swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drozd digs a right hand underneath Larsen's ribcage. Larsen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from Larsen.
Drozd slowing the pace effectively.
Drozd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drozd trying to land knees to the body.
Larsen blocking some punches.
Drozd working aggressively here.
Larsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drozd taking a breather.
I was talking to Drozd's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Larsen lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drozd misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Drozd.
Larsen throws a punch but it's blocked by Drozd.
Drozd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drozd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larsen tries to throw a body punch but Drozd avoids it by throwing Larsen back against the cage.
Larsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drozd is trying to stall.
Drozd leaning against his opponent.
Drozd lands a shot to the body.
Drozd misses with a punch to the body.
Drozd is stalling here.
Drozd stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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 Miroslav Drozd will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Larsen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drozd.
Larsen tests Drozd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drozd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Larsen scores with a nice strike.
A combination from Larsen does no damage.
Larsen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Drozd slips under a jab from Larsen.
Drozd takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drozd looks to land a body kick but Larsen moved away.
Drozd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsen moves away.
Larsen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drozd throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
Larsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drozd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Larsen. Larsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Drozd 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Larsen connects with a single shot there.
Drozd misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of Drozd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Drozd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drozd.
Drozd is stalling here.
Drozd misses with a punch on the inside.
Drozd throws a punch but it's blocked by Larsen.
Still in the clinch, Drozd scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsen.
The referee calls for Drozd to work.
Drozd tries to throw a body punch but Larsen avoids it by throwing Drozd back against the cage.
Larsen tries to work over Drozd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd taking a breather.
Larsen has a couple of punches blocked by Drozd.
Larsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drozd is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Larsen lands a nice shot to the body.
Larsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drozd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larsen is defending well for now.
Larsen prevents a body shot from Drozd.
Drozd works on Larsen's body with a couple of short punches.
Larsen blocks an uppercut.
Larsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larsen misses with the head strike.
Miroslav Drozd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drozd is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Larsen tries to work over Drozd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Drozd connects with a jab.
Larsen moves out of range of the strikes.
Larsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Drozd is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Larsen.
Drozd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Larsen scores with a push kick.
Drozd with a jab.
Larsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drozd.
Larsen slips a jab and a cross from Drozd.
Larsen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drozd scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drozd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Larsen slips a straight right by Drozd.
Drozd blocks a head kick by Larsen.
A head kick misses from Larsen.
Larsen scores with a one two! Drozd had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Larsen feints a jab promting Drozd to slip. Larsen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Drozd slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Drozd misses the target.
Larsen throws a push kick but Drozd slaps the foot to one side.
Drozd lands a lovely overhand right.
Larsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As Larsen looks to move away, Drozd throws a big counter combo but Larsen just gets out of the way.
Larsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drozd's head.
Larsen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Larsen lunges at Drozd with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drozd's hand.
Larsen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drozd loads up on a big right hand but Larsen slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Drozd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Magnus Larsen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Drozd misses with a straight right.
Drozd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drozd.
Larsen misses with a hook.
Drozd swinging wildly here.
Drozd missing with a left hand there. Larsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Larsen misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Larsen.
Larsen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Larsen throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsen misses with a wild body shot.
Larsen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A swing and a miss from Larsen.
Drozd takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Larsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen throws a shot from downtown. Drozd moves away and avoids it.
Larsen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drozd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larsen.
Drozd throws a big counter combination but Larsen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Larsen defending well as Drozd loads up on a big left hand.
Larsen throws a sloppy head kick and Drozd moves out of range easily.
Drozd avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Drozd looks to land a combination but Larsen avoids it well.
Larsen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Larsen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drozd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drozd tries to land a leg kick but Larsen saw it coming and moves away.
Drozd moves out of range of the strikes.
Drozd slips a jab from Larsen.
Drozd slips a straight right by Larsen.
Drozd is looking to counter the offense by Larsen and move into the clinch.
Drozd has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Larsen.
Donk. Larsen catches Drozd right on the button with a cross.
Larsen moves out of range as Drozd strikes.
A swing and a miss from Drozd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsen manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsen scores with a leg kick.
Drozd tries to land a body kick
and Larsen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Drozd really felt that one!
Larsen scores with a jab to the body.
Drozd looks to throw the jab but Larsen is out of range.
Drozd connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Larsen momentarily.
Larsen moves out of range as Drozd strikes.
Larsen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Larsen.
Larsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drozd.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
Drozd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Larsen moves out of range as Drozd strikes.
Larsen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Drozd has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen misses with a punch to the body.
Drozd misses with a body punch.
Drozd controlling the action here for a moment.
Drozd is trying to stall.
Drozd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drozd is trying to stall.
Drozd stalls.
Drozd leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Miroslav Drozd.
Larsen lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Larsen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body punch from Larsen.
Drozd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larsen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drozd 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.
Drozd shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Larsen eats them both and turns towards Drozd to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Drozd fails to land with a series of punches.
Larsen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Drozd misses with a left hand
and Larsen counters with a body kick that stops Drozd in his tracks momentarily.
Larsen lands a nice shot that snaps Drozd's head back.
Larsen stuns Drozd with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Drozd missing with a left hand there. Larsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Drozd backs off Larsen throws a huge counter combo but Drozd manages to avoid it all.
Drozd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larsen.
Larsen misses with a straight left.
Magnus Larsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drozd throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magnus Larsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Larsen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magnus Larsen!
After winning the bout, Magnus Larsen 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Kulma Rauta (ranked 434 p4p, 326 weight class) and Light Uhp (ranked 50 p4p, 34 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Light Uhp was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kulma Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Light Uhp!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uhp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rauta.
Uhp misses with a jab to the body
and Rauta counters with a straight right hand.
Rauta throws a poor cross that misses
and Uhp cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Kulma Rauta has been cut.
Uhp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rauta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rauta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Uhp throws a sloppy head kick and Rauta moves out of range easily.
Uhp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uhp scores with a jab to the head.
Uhp throws a hook but Rauta blocks it.
Uhp connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rauta. Rauta circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rauta throws a head kick but Uhp moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uhp rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rauta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Uhp scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rauta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uhp misses with a left hand
and Rauta counters with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Uhp.
Rauta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Uhp has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rauta.
Rauta misses with a wild body shot.
Uhp with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rauta to score with a decent uppercut.
Rauta lands a leg kick that knocks Uhp off balance momentarily.
Light Uhp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Uhp.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rauta darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Uhp swings widly with a right hand
and Uhp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Uhp moves forwards but Rauta connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rauta connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uhp throws a series of punches but Rauta avoids them all with ease.
Uhp swings for the body but Rauta moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rauta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uhp throws out a loose jab but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta lands a front kick.
Uhp misses with a low kick.
Rauta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Uhp.
Rauta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rauta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Uhp has time to react.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rauta, as that shot connected.
Uhp misses with a hook to the body
and Rauta counters with a straight right hand.
Rauta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rauta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Uhp throws a body shot but no joy.
It looks like Rauta has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Uhp misses with a hook.
Uhp takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A telegraphed right hand from Rauta misses the target.
Uhp slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rauta.
Uhp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rauta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rauta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rauta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Uhp.
Rauta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Uhp.
Uhp misses with a body shot.
Uhp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rauta was well out of range. Poor timing from Uhp.
Rauta was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rauta tries to land a leg kick but Uhp saw it coming and moves away.
Rauta's jab looks to have found its range, popping Uhp under the eye.
Rauta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rauta thuds his right hand into Uhp's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rauta tries to land a front kick but Uhp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Uhp swings for the body but Rauta moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uhp slips under a jab.
Rauta lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uhp throws a jab but it's blocked by Rauta.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uhp. Rauta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rauta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Uhp if he has to take too many more of those.
Rauta lands a nice shot that snaps Uhp's head back.
Uhp cracks Rauta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Uhp misses with a straight left.
Rauta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Uhp misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Rauta to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uhp looks to land a left hand but Rauta moved out of range nicely.
Rauta looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rauta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Uhp.
A bone on bone clash there as Uhp blocks the leg kick.
Uhp throws a hook but Rauta blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kulma Rauta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rauta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rauta avoids the body shot from Uhp.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Uhp. Rauta shrugs it off though.
Uhp's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rauta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Uhp misses with a hook.
Rauta motions for Uhp to come forward. Rauta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rauta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Rauta.
Rauta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rauta 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.
Uhp takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uhp throws a head kick but Rauta moves out of range.
Uhp throws a body punch but Rauta moves out of range.
Uhp lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kulma Rauta is winning the standup battle so far.
Uhp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rauta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Uhp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta misses with a body kick.
Rauta lands a nice shot that snaps Uhp's head back.
Rauta throws an off balance right hand
and Uhp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Uhp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rauta.
Uhp loads up on a big right hand but Rauta slips the punch.
Nice jab there from Uhp.
A jab from Uhp does it's job there.
Uhp loads up on a big right hand but Rauta slips the punch.
Rauta cracks Uhp with a right hand to the side of the head.
That kick from Rauta tenderised Uhp's leg. Uhp is trying to keep his angry face on.
Uhp missing with a left hand there. Rauta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Uhp misses with a straight left.
Uhp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uhp on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Uhp looks to score with a jab to the body but Rauta is just out of range.
Rauta slips under a jab.
Uhp tries to land a body kick
and Rauta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Uhp misses with a looping left.
Rauta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Uhp looks to score with a jab to the body but Rauta is just out of range.
Rauta tried to counter with a leg kick but Uhp avoided it.
Uhp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rauta.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Uhp.
A little feinted left hand from Rauta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Uhp blocks a low kick nicely.
Rauta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rauta scores with a sloppy right hand. Uhp should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Uhp.
Uhp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rauta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uhp lands a jab to the nose.
Uhp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rauta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Uhp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rauta.
A slow jab from Uhp misses its intended target.
That kick from Rauta tenderised Uhp's leg. Uhp is trying to keep his angry face on.
Uhp has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Uhp shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Uhp checks the leg kick.
Uhp throws a jab but it's blocked by Rauta.
And Rauta counters with a quick kick to the body but Uhp blocks it.
Rauta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rauta throws a body kick that misses
and Uhp cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uhp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rauta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rauta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Uhp.
Rauta tries to score with a low kick but Uhp moves his leg out of the way.
Rauta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Uhp.
Uhp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta misses the shot to the body.
Uhp looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Uhp tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rauta feints and then cracks Uhp's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Uhp down.
Uhp throws a looping overhand right but Rauta ducks down to avoid it.
Uhp lands a right hook to the body.
Rauta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rauta's corner calls for a 1-2. Rauta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rauta. That's going to slow Uhp down.
Uhp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Uhp throws a sloppy head kick and Rauta moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Rauta.
Uhp takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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 Kulma Rauta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Uhp connects with a body shot that sends Rauta's belly button to the back.
Uhp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rauta was well out of range. Poor timing from Uhp.
It appears Rauta was looking to counter with a kick there.
Rauta misses with a body punch
enabling Uhp to counter with a crisp jab.
Uhp checks a leg kick nicely.
Uhp swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rauta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Uhp.
Uhp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uhp moves out of range as Rauta strikes.
Uhp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Uhp misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Uhp counters with a straight right hand.
Uhp lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Uhp.
Uhp throws a poor cross that misses
and Rauta counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rauta pushes Uhp away with a front kick.
Uhp takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A telegraphed right hand from Rauta misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uhp takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rauta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rauta scoring well with a low kick there.
Rauta throws a low kick, looking for Uhp's leg but Uhp calmly moves out of range.
Rauta looks to land a right hand but Uhp moved out of range.
Rauta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uhp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uhp scores with a punch to the head.
Uhp slips under a jab from Rauta.
Uhp cracks Rauta with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Uhp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rauta.
Uhp throws a jab when Rauta was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Rauta as he connects with a hook.
Rauta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uhp clobbers Rauta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rauta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uhp throws a shot from downtown. Rauta moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Rauta. That snapped Uhp's head back.
Uhp works the jab nicely.
Uhp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Uhp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Uhp is looking to chop away at Rauta's legs.
Rauta swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rauta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Uhp throws an off balance right hand
and Rauta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rauta lands a big head kick that sends Uhp tumbling to the mat! Rauta takes a step backwards and waves Uhp back to his feet - he wants the finish!
 Uhp is rocked!
 It looks like Light Uhp has been cut.
A lazy body kick from Uhp
and Rauta counters with an outside leg kick.
Uhp is still on wobbly legs! Can Rauta finish him?
Rauta throws a lazy right hand but Uhp sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uhp throws a body shot but no joy.
Uhp seems to have recovered his senses.
Rauta throws a push kick but Uhp slaps the foot to one side.
Uhp throws out a counter right but Rauta avoids it with no problem.
Rauta drops Uhp with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Uhp looks back up at him and smiles so Rauta waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Uhp looks to land a left hand but Rauta moved out of range nicely.
Uhp connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rauta. Rauta circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rauta feints and then cracks Uhp's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Uhp down.
Rauta throws a front kick that sends Uhp stumbling back into the cage.
Rauta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Uhp misses the shot to the body.
Uhp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rauta.
Rauta tries to work over Uhp's front leg with a kick but Uhp checks it.
Uhp misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uhp misses with a lunging right hand
and Rauta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rauta with the inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Rauta misses.
Uhp chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rauta can pounce on him.
Uhp misses with an uppercut.
Rauta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rauta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uhp.
Rauta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Uhp can do to turn this around?
Uhp cracks a nice hook into Rauta's ribs.
Rauta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Uhp in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uhp. Rauta does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uhp throws an off balance right hand
and Rauta counters with a nice uppercut.
Uhp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rauta.
Light Uhp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rauta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kulma Rauta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rauta 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kulma Rauta!
Kulma Rauta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Light Uhp stepped up to the mic, saying 'My manager should be fired sending me to fight with such low energy!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abel Hug (ranked 279 p4p, 753 weight class) and Bethania Valverde (ranked 29 p4p, 73 weight class). Valverde is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by LLAMAME YA. Bethania Valverde acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abel Hug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valverde lands a nice hook to Hug's body. Hug takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hug stuns Valverde with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big right from Valverde misses.
Hug tries to move into range but Valverde moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hug misses the body punch
and Valverde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Valverde blocks a low kick nicely.
Valverde lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hug backs up against the cage.
Valverde lands with a slapping head kick.
Valverde's corner calls for a 1-2. Valverde obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hug lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Hug. Those never looked like landing.
Valverde now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Valverde scores with a hook to the body. Hug takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hug cracks a nice hook into Valverde's ribs.
Hug lands a jab to the nose.
No joy there for Valverde, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hug misses with a hook to the body
and Valverde makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hug really felt that one!
Valverde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hug.
Hug has been working on his boxing with his coaches at New York Public Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nice cross by Hug.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hug throws out a loose jab but Valverde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valverde lands with a nice combination. Hug backs away looking to recover.
Valverde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hug doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Valverde looks to land a right hand but Hug moved out of range.
Valverde jabs Hug right on the nose. Hug blinks but takes it well.
Valverde lands a high kick!
Valverde scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses
and Hug counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Valverde misses its intended target.
Hug misses with an uppercut
letting Valverde counter with a right hand.
Valverde ducks right into an uppercut from Hug.
Hug misses with a hook
and Valverde counters with a right hand to the body.
Hug tries to move into range but Valverde moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Valverde has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hug connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hug misses with a straight right.
Valverde throws out a counter right but Hug avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Hug misses its intended target.
Hug throws a right hand that Valverde ducks under and follows up with a left that Valverde also avoids with ease.
Hug fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Valverde checks it well.
Hug throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hug misses the jab.
Hug misses with a shot to the body
enabling Valverde to counter with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Valverde.
Valverde on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Valverde bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hug's head.
Valverde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hug manages to avoid it.
Valverde throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hug.
An attempted straight right counter from Hug misses the target.
Valverde throws the left hand but Hug avoids the punch easily.
Hug pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valverde lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hug sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hug misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hug takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Valverde slips under a jab from Hug.
Valverde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Valverde swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hug counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valverde lands a head shot.
Hug swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hug blocks a head kick by Valverde.
Valverde misses with a right hand
and Hug counters with a thumping low kick.
Valverde throws a body punch but Hug moves out of range.
Valverde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valverde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hug.
Valverde throws an overhand right that lands on Hug's shoulder, as Hug tries to avoid the shot.
Hug throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hug slips a jab from Valverde.
Hug lands a leg kick that knocks Valverde off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hug connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hug swings for the body but Valverde moves out of range.
Hug looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hug takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Valverde throws a nice looking combination but Hug bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valverde misses with a body shot.
Hug displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valverde throws out the jab.
Valverde connects with a high kick.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valverde slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hug swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Valverde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Valverde throws a hook but Hug avoids it easily.
Hug wants to slow Valverde down by chopping away at his legs.
Hug throws a jab but it's blocked by Valverde.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bethania Valverde dominated that round.
That's time! Hug's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Valverde connects with a single shot there.
Valverde throws a head kick that Hug semi-blocks.
Hug misses with an uppercut. Valverde saw that one coming.
Valverde takes one to the chin there.
Valverde throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valverde lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Valverde does it's job there.
Hug bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Valverde's head.
Hug keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valverde.
Hug swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valverde loads up on a big right hand but Hug slips the punch.
Valverde doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hug defending well as Valverde loads up on a big left hand.
Hug moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hug is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valverde.
Hug ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
It looked like Hug was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Valverde.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde throws a sloppy head kick and Hug moves out of range easily.
Hug lands with a right hand.
Hug thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hug scores with a crisp jab that stopped Valverde in his tracks.
Hug throws a hook but Valverde blocks it.
Hug ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Valverde throws a poor cross that misses
and Hug counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hug misses with a double jab.
Valverde checks a low kick from Hug.
Valverde misses with an uppercut.
Hug appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hug avoids the body shot from Valverde.
Hug has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valverde finds it's way round the side to connect with Hug's head.
Hug misses with an uppercut.
Hug throws a low kick but Valverde avoids it.
Hug connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hug swinging wildly here.
Hug looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valverde throws a looping overhand right but Hug ducks down to avoid it.
Valverde misses the jab.
Hug was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bethania Valverde seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valverde lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Valverde misses.
Valverde walks into a stiff left hand from Hug.
Valverde throws a good cross that connects.
Hug slips under a jab from Valverde.
Hug looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Valverde might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hug lands a nice shot to the body.
Hug misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Valverde as he connects with a hook.
Hug takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hug misses with a body shot
and Valverde counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Valverde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hug slips a jab from Valverde.
Hug needs to keep his hands up - Valverde had a free shot at his head there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hug.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
Valverde throws a hook but Hug avoids it easily.
Hug takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Valverde will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valverde misses the shot to the body.
Hug looks to score with a jab to the body but Valverde is just out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A swing and a miss from Hug.
Valverde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A solid body kick from Valverde.
Hug ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hug throws a big shot that misses.
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!
Valverde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hug walks into a jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hug might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hug is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valverde.
Valverde has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hug swinging wildly here.
A nice side step and Valverde releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Valverde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hug lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hug uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
Valverde throws a sloppy head kick and Hug moves out of range easily.
Valverde misses with a head kick.
Valverde loads up on a big right hand but Hug slips the punch.
A punch combination from Hug misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valverde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bethania Valverde will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Valverde cracks Hug with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Valverde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hug.
Hug was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good exchange - Valverde coming out on top.
Valverde tries to land a body kick
and Hug counters with a leg kick.
Hug connects with a body shot.
Valverde misses with an uppercut.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hug misses with the combination.
Valverde misses with a straight right.
Hug scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valverde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hug throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Valverde misses with a hook to the body
enabling Hug to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valverde throws the left hand but Hug avoids the punch easily.
Valverde takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Valverde moves out of range as Hug strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Hug, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valverde lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hug fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Valverde looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hug lands a nice shot that snaps Valverde's head back.
Valverde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hug.
Hug has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valverde finds it's way round the side to connect with Hug's head.
Hug jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Valverde slips a jab and a cross from Hug.
Valverde needs to keep his hands up - Hug had a free shot at his head there.
Bethania Valverde is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses.
Hug misses with a right hand
and Valverde counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valverde throws a shot from downtown. Hug moves away and avoids it.
Hug was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valverde moves out of range as Hug strikes.
Valverde misses with a kick to the body.
Abel Hug has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hug throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valverde lands a really nice looking cross but Hug seems unphased.
Valverde throws a head kick but Hug moves out of range.
Hug just misses with a punch to the body.
Hug scores with a jab to the body.
Hug throws a right hand that misses
and Valverde counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hug thinking.
Hug falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valverde counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice cross by Valverde.
Valverde looks to land a right hand but Hug moved out of range.
Valverde getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hug thuds a left hand into Valverde's body.
Valverde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hug.
Hug swings away with a body shot that misses
and Valverde connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hug on the side of the head.
Hug doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hug throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Valverde comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valverde throws a hook to the side of Hug's head but Hug sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hug fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Valverde scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hug falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valverde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hug swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valverde let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hug misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valverde fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hug throws an overhand right that lands on Valverde's shoulder, as Valverde tries to avoid the shot.
Valverde throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hug stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valverde throws a nice head kick!
Hug throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Valverde to counter with a crisp jab.
Valverde misses with an uppercut.
Hug takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hug swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hug drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hug misses with a body shot.
A head kick from Valverde lands but Hug takes it in his stride.
Valverde connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hug closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hug throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hug ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Hug throwing a counter right hand but Valverde manages to avoid it.
Valverde connects with the punch.
Hug scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bethania Valverde comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Valverde has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bethania Valverde!
After winning the bout, Bethania Valverde 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keywon Reeves (ranked 212 p4p, 197 weight class) and Last Nightmare (ranked 32 p4p, 30 weight class). Reeves comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Hood - We Ball. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keywon Reeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Last Nightmare!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Reeves slips a jab from Nightmare.
Reeves staying out of range there.
Reeves appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nightmare connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nightmare rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reeves counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nightmare lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nightmare throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nightmare lands a head shot.
Nightmare tries to clinch
and Reeves counters with a stiff right hand.
Reeves avoids the body shot from Nightmare.
Nightmare moves into range and clinches up with Reeves.
Reeves lands a left hand.
Reeves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nightmare can't find room to land a body shot as Reeves controls the action.
Nightmare misses with some punches.
Reeves misses with a punch to the body.
Nightmare working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nightmare lands a body punch.
Reeves lands with a short shot to the head.
Reeves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nightmare tries to land knees in the clinch but Reeves avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nightmare.
Nightmare has a couple of punches blocked by Reeves.
Nice body punch from Nightmare.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nightmare.
Nightmare trying to land knees to the body.
Reeves blocks an uppercut.
Nightmare putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reeves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nightmare misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nightmare.
Reeves is breathing heavily.
Nightmare is leaning against Reeves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nightmare working Reeves over with knees to the body.
Nightmare landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Nightmare.
Reeves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reeves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nightmare lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Nightmare.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nightmare.
Nightmare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nightmare tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reeves's elbow.
Knees to the body from Nightmare.
Nightmare digs a right hand into Reeves's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reeves's gas tank.
A short right from Nightmare on the inside.
Nightmare lands with a right to the head.
Nightmare lands a knee to the head.
Nightmare scores a nice knee to the body.
Nightmare lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nightmare creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nightmare working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reeves prevents a body shot from Nightmare.
Nightmare lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nightmare is working Reeves over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Nightmare.
Reeves is rocked!
A body shot lands from Nightmare.
Oh Reeves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nightmare lands a big right hand that drops Reeves! The killer instinct kicks in and Nightmare finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Nightmare!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Last Nightmare!
Last Nightmare 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Macaco (ranked 223 p4p, 281 weight class) and Mark Rapheal (ranked 32 p4p, 41 weight class). Macaco's entrance music is Can’t Touch This. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Macaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Rapheal!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Macaco misses.
Nice uppercut there from Macaco.
Rapheal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Macaco.
An inside leg kick lands from Macaco.
Rapheal throws a lazy uppercut
and Macaco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rapheal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Macaco moves away.
A slow jab from Macaco misses its intended target.
Macaco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rapheal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal throws a shot to the body.
Rapheal throws a lazy uppercut
and Macaco counters with a low kick, right behind Rapheal 's knee.
Macaco drives through and clinches with Rapheal against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Macaco.
Rapheal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rapheal tries to throw a body punch but Macaco avoids it by throwing Rapheal back against the cage.
Macaco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macaco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macaco has a couple of punches blocked by Rapheal.
Macaco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Macaco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rapheal misses with the head strike.
Macaco lands a body shot.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
Macaco lands an elbow that stopped Rapheal in his tracks for a moment.
Macaco lands an elbow inside that Rapheal shrugs off.
Rapheal throws a punch but it's blocked by Macaco.
Macaco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rapheal.
Macaco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Macaco lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rapheal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rapheal misses with a body punch.
Rapheal throws a head punch that misses.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Rapheal misses with a punch to the body.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Macaco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macaco scores with a hook to the body.
Macaco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rapheal looks winded!
Rapheal blocks an elbow strike from Macaco.
Rapheal throws a punch but it's blocked by Macaco.
Macaco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rapheal's defenses.
Macaco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rapheal misses with a body punch.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
Rapheal tries a body shot but Macaco blocks it.
Macaco lands a shoulder strike.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
Rapheal dodges an elbow strike from Macaco.
Macaco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Macaco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Macaco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macaco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Macaco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macaco tries to throw a body punch but Rapheal avoids it by throwing Macaco back against the cage.
Macaco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rapheal working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rapheal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rapheal prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rapheal misses with the head strike.
Rapheal tries to throw a body punch but Macaco avoids it by throwing Rapheal back against the cage.
Macaco lands an elbow that stopped Rapheal in his tracks for a moment.
Rapheal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rapheal cracks Macaco with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macaco.
A head punch on the inside from Macaco fails to land.
Rapheal misses with a punch to the body.
Rapheal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Macaco.
Macaco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rapheal avoids a wild elbow strike from Macaco.
Rapheal lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Macaco lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Mark Rapheal has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rapheal misses with the head strike.
Rapheal takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Macaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rapheal presses Macaco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rapheal misses with a body punch.
Rapheal misses with some punches.
Rapheal blocks the elbow strike.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rapheal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Rapheal fails to land.
Rapheal misses with the head strike.
Rapheal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macaco misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Macaco.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Macaco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macaco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rapheal blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Rapheal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Macaco misses with a wild combination.
Macaco throws a looping overhand right but Rapheal ducks down to avoid it.
Macaco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rapheal can do to turn this around?
Rapheal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Macaco.
Macaco throws a nice inside leg kick.
Macaco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rapheal checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Rapheal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Macaco.
Rapheal punishes Macaco's body with a nice straight punch.
We've been told by Macaco's head coaches at Dorito Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rapheal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaco misses with a left hand
and Rapheal counters with a stiff right hand.
Diego Macaco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macaco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Macaco throws a body kick that misses.
A slow jab from Rapheal misses its intended target.
As Rapheal backs away, Macaco returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Macaco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Macaco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Macaco circles away from the clinch attempt
and Macaco counters with a series of strikes. Rapheal will be more careful next time no doubt.
Macaco misses with a hook. Rapheal ducked under it nicely.
Rapheal swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal scores with a shot to the body.
Macaco instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rapheal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rapheal working aggressively here.
Macaco lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rapheal.
Rapheal blocking some punches.
Rapheal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Macaco backwards.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macaco is working Rapheal over against the cage.
Macaco struggles to land a body shot inside as Rapheal controls his hands.
Macaco misses with a punch to the body.
Rapheal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macacos head.
Macaco presses Rapheal against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rapheal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macaco blocking some punches.
Rapheal avoids the elbow strike from Macaco, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Macaco.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macaco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Macaco lands with a short shot to the head.
Macaco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rapheal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rapheal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rapheal misses with some punches.
Macaco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rapheal's elbow.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
Rapheal misses with a punch on the inside.
Rapheal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rapheal working aggressively here.
Rapheal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Macaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macaco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rapheal's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Macaco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Macaco lands an elbow that stopped Rapheal in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Rapheal - that landed with a thud.
Macaco lands a hook that snaps the head of Rapheal backwards.
Macaco lands a nice elbow.
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!
Macaco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rapheal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaco throws an elbow that misses.
Rapheal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Macaco backwards.
Macaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rapheal lands with a right to the head.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco keeps control of Rapheal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Macaco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rapheal scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Macaco.
Macaco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Macaco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Macaco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rapheal.
Macaco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rapheal prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Rapheal.
Rapheal letting Macaco take a breather here.
Macaco throws a head punch that misses.
Macaco can't find room to land a body shot as Rapheal controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Rapheal's cut.
That's time! Macaco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Macaco fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rapheal on the side of the head.
Rapheal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Macaco.
Diego Macaco is winning the standup battle so far.
Rapheal throws a right hand that misses
and Macaco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rapheal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Macaco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rapheal follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Macaco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rapheal! But no joy.
A low kick from Macaco misses
and Rapheal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick from Macaco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Macaco looks to throw the jab but Rapheal is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaco misses with a hook.
Macaco throws a leg kick that is checked
and Macaco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rapheal ducks under a wild hook from Macaco.
Macaco lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Macaco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rapheal.
Macaco connects with a solid leg kick.
Macaco connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice cross by Macaco.
Macaco throws the kick towards the body but Rapheal avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal missing with a left hand there. Macaco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Macaco moves into the clinch.
Macaco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Macaco misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rapheal working aggressively here.
Macaco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rapheal lands a nice uppercut.
Rapheal scores with a shot to the side of Macaco's head.
Nice body punch from Macaco - that landed with a thud.
Rapheal misses with some punches.
Macaco tries a body shot but Rapheal blocks it.
Macaco tries a body shot but Rapheal blocks it.
Rapheal working aggressively here.
Macaco throws a punch but it's blocked by Rapheal.
Macaco lands with a left to the head.
Rapheal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Macaco backwards.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Rapheal.
Diego Macaco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal blocks the elbow strike.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rapheal blocks a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rapheal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rapheal misses with a body punch.
Macaco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Macaco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rapheal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rapheal takes an elbow to the forehead.
Macaco lands with a right to the head.
Rapheal blocking some punches.
Macaco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rapheal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Macaco is trying to maintain a safe position but Rapheal gets an underhook and turns Macaco into the cage.
Macaco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Rapheal fails to land.
Macaco lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macaco scores with a shot to the side of Rapheal's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Macaco.
Rapheal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macaco blocking some punches.
Rapheal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Rapheal - that landed with a thud.
Macaco tries a body shot but Rapheal blocks it.
Rapheal blocks an elbow strike.
Rapheal blocks a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Macaco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rapheal prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco tries a body shot but Rapheal blocks it.
Macaco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rapheal's elbow.
Macaco works on Rapheal's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macaco.
Macaco scores with a shoulder strike.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Macaco fails to land.
Macaco prevents a body shot from Rapheal.
Rapheal manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Rapheal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Macaco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Macaco, as that shot connected.
Rapheal checks a low kick from Macaco.
Rapheal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Macaco momentarily.
Macaco tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rapheal counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapheal tries to land a front kick but Macaco steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Macaco is looking to counter with head kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Macaco. Rapheal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rapheal misses with a right hand
and Macaco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rapheal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Macaco.
Macaco turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rapheal misses with a looping left.
Rapheal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Macaco throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Rapheal to counter with a crisp jab.
Rapheal throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Macaco counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch lands to the side of Rapheal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Good shot there by Rapheal.
A slapping leg kick lands for Macaco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Macaco lands.
The fighters circling - Macaco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Rapheal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
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!
Macaco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab from Macaco.
Macaco throws a nice looking combination but Rapheal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rapheal jabs Macaco right on the nose. Macaco blinks but takes it well.
Rapheal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Macaco tries to work over Rapheal's front leg with a kick but Rapheal checks it.
Macaco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rapheal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macaco lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rapheal will feel that in the morning.
Macaco misses with a leg kick.
Rapheal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Macaco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rapheal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Macaco sets himself, and Rapheal steps forward looking for the clinch! Macaco avoids it this time.
Macaco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rapheal doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rapheal.
Macaco fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rapheal.
Macaco connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Macaco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macaco.
Rapheal throws a body kick that misses
and Macaco counters with a low kick, right behind Rapheal 's knee.
A big left from Macaco misses.
Rapheal lands a nice shot to the body.
Macaco lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rapheal lands a nice looking body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Macaco staying out of range there.
Macaco wants to clinch
and Rapheal counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco had his way with Mark Rapheal in that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Rapheal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Macaco moves out of range of the strikes.
Macaco lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mark Rapheal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rapheal ducks under a wild hook from Macaco.
Rapheal is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Macaco with a body shot.
Rapheal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rapheal throws a lazy uppercut
and Macaco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Macaco misses.
Nice shot lands for Macaco.
Macaco wants to slow Rapheal down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Macaco throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rapheal wants to counter the offense by Macaco and move into the clinch position.
Rapheal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Macaco digs a good hook to Rapheal's body.
Macaco misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rapheal keeps the fight on the outside.
Rapheal wants to counter the offense by Macaco and move into the clinch position.
Macaco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rapheal.
Rapheal connects with the punch.
Macaco throws an overhand right that lands on Rapheal's shoulder, as Rapheal tries to avoid the shot.
Rapheal follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Rapheal works the jab nicely.
Macaco moves into range and connects with a jab.
Macaco thumps Rapheal with a low kick.
Rapheal misses with a leg kick
and Macaco counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rapheal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco drives through and clinches with Rapheal against the cage.
Rapheal scores with a hook to the body.
Macaco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Macaco blocks a body shot from Rapheal.
Macaco tries to throw a body punch but Rapheal avoids it by throwing Macaco back against the cage.
Rapheal throws a head punch that misses.
Rapheal lands with a good tight uppercut to the 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!
Rapheal blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macaco.
Macaco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rapheals head.
Macaco blocks an uppercut.
Rapheal lands with a right to the head.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rapheal tries to work over Macaco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco blocking some punches.
Rapheal can't find room to land a body shot as Macaco controls the action.
Macaco throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal working aggressively here.
Rapheal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Macaco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rapheal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Macaco.
Rapheal is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Macaco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rapheal takes an elbow to the temple.
Rapheal takes a shot to the head.
Macaco tries to throw a body punch but Rapheal avoids it by throwing Macaco back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macaco throws an elbow but misses.
Macaco can't find room to land a body shot as Rapheal controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Macaco.
A short right from Macaco on the inside.
Macaco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Macaco - that landed with a thud.
Macaco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rapheal is rocked!
Rapheal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rapheal is still on wobbly legs! Can Macaco finish him?
Macaco takes a shot to the head.
Rapheal seems to have recovered his senses.
Rapheal lands a left hand.
Macaco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rapheal's elbow.
Diego Macaco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapheal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Macaco throws an elbow but it misses.
Macaco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Macaco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rapheal backwards.
Rapheal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco lands a damaging elbow.
Rapheal throws a head punch that misses.
Rapheal struggles to land a body shot inside as Macaco controls his hands.
Rapheal misses with a punch on the inside.
Macaco can't find room to land a body shot as Rapheal controls the action.
Nice elbow from Macaco.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rapheal blocks a body shot from Macaco.
Rapheal throws a punch but it's blocked by Macaco.
Macaco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Macaco misses with an elbow over the top.
Rapheal lands a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Macaco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Macaco 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Macaco!
A very excited looking Diego Macaco rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hoodoo Brown (ranked 124 p4p, 287 weight class) and Pornthonglek Sitsongrit (ranked 13 p4p, 30 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hoodoo Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pornthonglek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown feinted with a counter takedown.
Brown moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Brown attempts a counter takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it well and moves away.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
Brown appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
We've been hearing reports that Brown has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Brown changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thows a leg kick but Brown checks it
and Brown counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Brown postures up in Sitsongrit's guard and throws a big left but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sitsongrit pulls Brown in close to prevent any damage.
Brown 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.
Brown slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sitsongrit is looking to reverse the position.
Brown looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sitsongrit is avoiding damage well.
Sitsongrit takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sitsongrit is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Brown has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sitsongrit avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Brown.
Brown goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sitsongrit rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Brown's guard! Nice work there by Sitsongrit!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit wanted to stand there but Brown had control of the position.
Brown looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sitsongrit trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brown's guard.
Brown controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit wants to stand but Brown has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Brown pulls Sitsongrit in close to prevent any damage.
Brown is working an open guard so Sitsongrit takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls and moves away.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
Brown feinted with a counter takedown.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls and moves away.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown feinted with a counter takedown.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Brown is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Brown feinted with a counter takedown.
Sitsongrit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown tries to counter with a takedown but Sitsongrit is quick to defend against it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pornthonglek Sitsongrit dominated that 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.
A low kick from Sitsongrit misses
and Brown counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sitsongrit makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sitsongrit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
Brown half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Brown drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls and moves away.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown attempts a counter takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it well and moves away.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Brown changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sitsongrit fakes the leg kick and cracks Brown in the body.
Sitsongrit swings widly with a right hand
and Brown counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brown.
Hoodoo Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sitsongrit is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brown postures up in Sitsongrit's guard and throws a big left but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sitsongrit swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brown passes into half guard.
Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Brown thows a huge punch but Sitsongrit dodges it nicely.
Brown throws a strike but Sitsongrit avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position.
Brown postures up in Sitsongrit's guard and throws a big left but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brown is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sitsongrit wants to stand up but Brown is controlling him.
Brown looking to pass the guard.
Sitsongrit pulls Brown in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown throws a big right hand that misses.
Brown throws a strike but Sitsongrit rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brown wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sitsongrit wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Brown's closed guard. He's half up but Brown has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Brown pivots and extends the arm, Sitsongrit falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Brown! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hoodoo Brown!
A relieved looking Hoodoo Brown thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Hernandez (ranked 90 p4p, 158 weight class) and Peter Gretel (ranked 7 p4p, 11 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hernandez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Journey - Only The Young. 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 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 21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Hernandez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Gretel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez lands the left hand.
Hernandez slips under a jab.
A jab from Gretel misses.
Hernandez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gretel sprawls well initially but Hernandez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hernandez wants to control but Gretel is keeping him busy.
Gretel tries to roll over but Hernandez keeps him under control.
Gretel trying to control from the bottom.
Hernandez seems to be working for a kimura but Gretel defends the submission attempt.
Gretel wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hernandez controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hernandez working over Gretel with some ground and pound. Gretel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gretel is trying to maintain the position but Hernandez is very close to passing his half guard.
Gretel is refusing to be controlled, as Hernandez sits in half guard.
Hernandez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gretel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hernandez is working away from the top position though.
Hernandez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hernandez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gretel trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hernandez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hernandez throwing shots but Gretel is blocking nicely.
Hernandez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gretel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hernandez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gretel has his hands clasped together around Hernandez's back. He's all about the action.
Hernandez is trying to work for a kimura but Gretel is defending well.
Hernandez stalling.
Gretel is positioning himself well to prevent Hernandez advancing to mount.
Gretel has hold of Hernandez's hands but Hernandez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is trying to control. Gretel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gretel trying to hold on to Hernandez's head to control him but Hernandez postures up.
Hernandez working over Gretel with some ground and pound. Gretel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hernandez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hernandez wants to take a breather but Gretel is having none of it.
Gretel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gretel manages to get to full guard.
Hernandez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hernandez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a big right hand that misses.
Gretel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hernandez wants to control from the top but Gretel keeps moving.
Gretel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hernandez manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gretel trying to control but Hernandez is working from the bottom.
Hernandez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hernandez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hernandez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gretel is aware though and is defending well.
Hernandez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez dominated that round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hernandez throws a lazy uppercut
and Hernandez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gretel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range and Gretel settles back down.
Gretel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hernandez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gretel.
Hernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gretel is fending him off so far but Hernandez persists. Nope, Gretel circles away and we're back to standing.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Gretel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hernandez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hernandez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gretel misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez throws a hook to the side of Gretel's head but Gretel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Gretel.
Hernandez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice defenses there by Hernandez.
Hernandez attempts a counter takedown but Gretel avoids it well and moves away.
Hernandez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gretel swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Hernandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt
and Gretel counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gretel is staying active underneath Hernandez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gretel wants to control but Hernandez is keeping busy.
Hernandez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gretel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hernandez is thwarting Gretel's attempts to control the position.
Hernandez winds up and cracks Gretel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Hernandez there.
Hernandez is trying to control. Gretel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gretel is pressing down on Hernandez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Gretel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hernandez throwing strikes from guard but Gretel blocks nicely.
Gretel has Hernandez pulled in close to control his posture.
Hernandez trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
Hernandez works over Gretel with some ground and pound from guard.
Gretel wants to sweep but no luck.
Gretel keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gretel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hernandez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gretel keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.
Hernandez 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.
Gretel trying to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Gretel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hernandez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gretel's head.
Hernandez won't allow Gretel to sweep him here.
Hernandez trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez stands up over Gretel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hernandez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hernandez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hernandez is pushing down on Gretel's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gretel is fighting to maintain full guard but Hernandez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hernandez is keen to just control but Gretel is a slippery customer.
Gretel regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hernandez.
Gretel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hernandez pushes down on Gretel's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hernandez prevents Gretel from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gretel is looking to escape.
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 Frank Hernandez 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.
Hernandez cracks Gretel with a good jab.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Gretel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gretel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gretel misses the jab.
Gretel jabs at Hernandez's body.
Sloppy strikes from Gretel. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez darts in looking for a takedown but Gretel gets double underhooks and turns Hernandez into the cage.
Hernandez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hernandez wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gretel is on top in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hernandez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hernandez controlling Gretel's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Frank Hernandez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hernandez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hernandez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gretel passes into half guard.
Hernandez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hernandez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gretel sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gretel trying to control from half guard but Hernandez is working away.
Gretel is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hernandez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hernandez is pulling down on Gretel's head. It's preventing any offense from Gretel, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gretel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hernandez wants to control but Gretel postures up.
Gretel controls the position.
Hernandez tries to improve position but can't.
Hernandez is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez sneaks back into half guard.
Well, if Gretel is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight� I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza� Yum. Can't wait.
Hernandez tries to get to full guard but Gretel has control of the leg.
Gretel works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hernandez gets back to half guard.
Hernandez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Gretel really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gretel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Gretel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gretel looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hernandez. Gretel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Gretel.
Hernandez looking to score a takedown here. Gretel is defending well but Hernandez drives through and ends up in Gretel's guard.
Gretel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hernandez trying to control but Gretel is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez distracts Gretel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hernandez cracks Gretel with a solid left hand.
Hernandez preventing the sweep.
Gretel wants to improve his position but instead Hernandez has moved into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez drops an elbow to the side of Gretel's head.
Gretel is looking for a sweep. Hernandez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hernandez lands strikes from half guard.
Gretel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hernandez.
Gretel is refusing to be controlled, as Hernandez sits in half guard.
Gretel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hernandez.
Gretel is doing well to control the position and prevent Hernandez from advancing to side control.
Gretel is looking for a sweep. Hernandez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gretel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hernandez postures up and lands a big shot to Gretel's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez landing some decent shots from guard.
Hernandez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gretel is on top in guard.
Gretel stopping the sweep attempt from Hernandez.
Hernandez working a defensive guard here.
Gretel stopping the sweep attempt from Hernandez.
Hernandez working a defensive guard here.
Hernandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gretel is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gretel wants to pass the guard but Hernandez is keeping the position.
Hernandez looking for subs off his back but Gretel has passed one foot through into half guard.
Gretel wants to take a breather but Hernandez is having none of it.
Hernandez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gretel controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hernandez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gretel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gretel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hernandez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gretel gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gretel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gretel is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gretel won't allow Hernandez to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez had his way with Peter Gretel in that round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Gretel. No joy for Hernandez on that attempt.
Gretel throws a shot from downtown. Hernandez moves away and avoids it.
Gretel throws the left hand but Hernandez avoids the punch easily.
Gretel misses with a wild body shot.
Gretel throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Peter Gretel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hernandez working Gretel over with strikes.
Hernandez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gretel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hernandez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but Gretel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hernandez working the head and body with strikes.
Gretel trying to hold on to Hernandez's head to control him but Hernandez postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hernandez connects with a nice short shot to Gretel's temple.
Hernandez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gretel is looking to improve his position.
Hernandez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gretel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hernandez is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gretel is refusing to be controlled, as Hernandez sits in half guard.
Peter Gretel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez wants to pass to mount but Gretel is defending the position.
Hernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but Gretel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gretel controlling the position for now.
Hernandez prevents Gretel from improving his position.
Hernandez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gretel pushes Hernandez off looking to stand but Hernandez dives back in and keeps control.
Gretel is controlling Hernandez's trapped leg to prevent Hernandez from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gretel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hernandez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Hernandez.
Hernandez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gretel tries to get to full guard but Hernandez has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hernandez lands a nice short elbow.
Hernandez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gretel is concentrating on defense, preventing Hernandez from advancing position.
Hernandez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hernandez uses his free foot to push down on Gretel's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gretel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hernandez looking to finish Gretel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gretel!
Gretel is bucking up trying to escape but Hernandez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hernandez working the ground and pound effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gretel is desperately trying to improve his position but Hernandez has a good base and remains in mount.
Hernandez tries to control but Gretel wriggling away.
Hernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gretel hang on?
Gretel wants to hold on but Hernandez pushes him away.
Hernandez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gretel is surviving well by controlling Hernandez's body position as best he can.
Hernandez wants to control the pace but Gretel is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hernandez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 49:46
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Hernandez!
Frank Hernandez is the new bantamweight champion!
Frank Hernandez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 112 p4p, 76 weight class) and David Choke (ranked 16 p4p, 12 weight class). 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 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, David Choke!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choke fails with a takedown attempt.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Choke with the counter takedown but Harris avoids it easily.
Choke misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Choke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Choke is out of range.
And Choke tries to counter it with a takedown but Harris pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Choke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Raven Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Choke.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harris sprawls well. Harris wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Choke gets slowly back to his feet.
Choke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Choke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Choke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Choke feints the counter takedown.
Choke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Choke doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Harris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Choke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harris circles away.
Good work by Choke as he checks the leg kick.
A jab from Harris misses.
Choke changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Choke misses with a takedown
and Harris counters with a solid body kick.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Choke changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Harris tries to land a body kick
so Choke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.
Choke passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harris regains half guard.
Choke is working for a kimura but Harris is defending it quite comfortably.
Choke misses with a head shot. Harris uses the momentum to regain guard.
Choke won't allow Harris to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choke is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.
Choke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Choke drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Harris dives on top into guard.
Choke is looking for a triangle here but Harris uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Harris is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Choke is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Choke manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Choke under the eye.
Choke blocks a jab.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Choke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Choke gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris swinging wildly here.
A good leg kick by Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Choke counters with a shoot takedown. Harris fights it but they end up in guard.
Harris controlling the position.
Choke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Choke throws a big elbow that misses.
Choke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Choke.
Harris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Choke manages to get himself to full guard.
Choke wants to hit a sweep here but Harris passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Choke there!
Choke is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choke is looking to get to half guard.
Harris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harris blocks Choke's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Harris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Choke is looking to escape.
Choke is trying to escape the mount.
Harris tries to control but Choke wriggling away.
Choke tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Choke can do to turn this around?
Harris controlling the position easily from mount.
Choke can't escape the position.
Choke keeps trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris content just to control the position here.
Choke working to try and regain half guard.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Choke tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Choke flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Choke saw that one coming.
Choke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Choke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choke shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choke shoots in looking for a takedown. Harris tries to sprawl out of it but Choke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choke fails with the takedown.
Raven Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Choke.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choke with the counter takedown but Harris avoids it easily.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Choke tries to counter it with a takedown but Harris pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Choke moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Raven Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Choke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Choke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Choke darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Choke is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Choke prevents Harris from improving his position.
Choke is trying to work for a kimura but Harris is defending well.
Harris is controlling Choke's trapped leg to prevent Choke from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Choke.
Harris gets back to full guard.
Harris trying to control the position here.
Choke throws an elbow that misses. Harris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Choke's guard. Nice move by Harris!
Harris preventing the sweep.
Choke has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harris can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Choke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choke had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harris defends it easily.
Harris passes Choke's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Choke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Harris seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Choke actively working from the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Choke wants to get back to full guard but Harris has mounted him!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harris lands a slapping body shot.
Harris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Choke needs to keep his hands up - Harris had a free shot at his head there.
Harris tries a low kick but Choke avoids it.
Choke drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Harris defends it well.
Harris swings for the body but Choke moves out of range.
Choke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Harris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Choke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Choke shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Choke off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Harris finds it's target.
Raven Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses the jab.
Choke closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harris regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harris controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Choke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.
Choke sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Harris's guard.
Choke is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Choke working Harris over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choke is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Harris has managed to free his arm - good work.
Choke is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Harris defends it well.
Harris is concentrating on defense, preventing Choke from advancing position.
Choke is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Harris defends it well.
Choke wants to work for an arm triangle but Harris is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harris has his hands clasped together around Choke's back. He's all about the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is pressing down on Choke's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Harris controls Choke momentarily but Choke frees himself.
Choke is looking to advance position but Harris has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Choke regains half guard.
Choke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Choke punching from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choke tries to get to full guard but Harris has control of the leg.
Choke is looking to get back to full guard here but Harris has managed to pass to side control instead.
Choke looks to move to half guard but instead Harris has passed into mount! Damn!
Harris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Choke is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Choke is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris had his way with David Choke in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A jab from Harris does it's job there.
Harris swings for the body but Choke moves out of range.
Choke feints the counter takedown.
Harris tries to work over Choke's front leg with a kick but Choke checks it.
Choke staying out of range there.
Good leg kick by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Choke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Choke wants to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch position.
Choke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Choke's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a leg kick but Choke sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Harris misses.
Choke moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Choke's front leg but catches the back leg as Choke tries to avoid it.
Harris stuffs the takedown attempt from Choke. Choke gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Harris as Choke shoots in.
Choke looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Harris keeping hold of Choke's head, controlling as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choke is working for a kimura but Harris is defending it quite comfortably.
Harris is defending against the submission attempts here by Choke.
Harris won't allow Choke to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is controlling Choke's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Harris moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Harris is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Choke won't allow Harris to sweep him here.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Choke.
Harris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Choke throws an elbow that misses. Harris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Choke's guard. Nice move by Harris!
Choke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Choke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harris is aware though and is defending well.
Raven Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Choke is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harris defends well.
Harris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
David Choke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Choke is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raven Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:45
Judge George Francis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raven Harris!
Raven Harris decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Pushkin (ranked 20 p4p, 57 weight class) and Gord Ryan (ranked 3 p4p, 9 weight class). Ryan has chosen Rusty Cage as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Pushkin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gord Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushkin misses with a takedown attempt
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pushkin closes the distance and clinches up with Ryan, looking for a takedown. Pushkin pushes Ryan against the cage but Ryan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ryan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pushkin with a body shot.
Pushkin shoots and misses
and Ryan counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksandr Pushkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pushkin tries to clinch up but Ryan circles away and keeps his distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Ryan misses.
Ryan misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pushkin shoots for a double leg takedown but Ryan sprawls well. He's pushed Pushkin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pushkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ryan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ryan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pushkin.
As Ryan tries to get set, Pushkin tries to push him back and clinch up but Ryan manages to avoid the attempt.
Ryan lands a slapping body shot.
Pushkin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pushkin dives in and grabs Ryan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ryan pushes down on Pushkin's head and hops out.
A countering left hand to the body from Ryan misses.
Pushkin has his takedown stuffed
and Ryan counters with a left to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan swings for the body but Pushkin moves out of range.
Pushkin fails with a takedown attempt.
Pushkin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ryan throws a sloppy body shot
and Pushkin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin trying to control the position from guard on top but Ryan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ryan has his hands on Pushkin's head, controlling the position.
Pushkin is pushing down on Ryan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ryan is fighting to maintain full guard but Pushkin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pushkin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pushkin wants to pass to mount but Ryan is defending the position.
Ryan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pushkin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pushkin is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pushkin trying to pass the guard but Ryan defending well.
Pushkin stalling.
Pushkin trying to control from half guard but Ryan is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pushkin is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pushkin is working for a submission of some sort.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gord Ryan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pushkin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pushkin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ryan tries to avoid it but Pushkin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ryan to the ground. Ryan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.
Pushkin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pushkin stalling.
Pushkin works his way into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pushkin is looking to take a break and control but Ryan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushkin moves into full mount!
Ryan prevents Pushkin from taking his back.
Pushkin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pushkin is working for a guillotine from mount but Ryan frees his head quite easily.
Pushkin working for a guillotine from mount but Ryan is in no mood to give up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin content just to control the position here.
Pushkin is looking to take Ryan's back but instead Ryan gets back to half guard. Nice work.
Pushkin trying to control the action but Ryan is working from the bottom.
Pushkin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ryan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pushkin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin lands a nice shot to the head.
Pushkin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ryan is looking to escape.
Pushkin goes for an armbar but Ryan turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Ryan.
Ryan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pushkin is looking for a triangle but Ryan pushes his legs off easily.
Pushkin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pushkin working a defensive guard here.
Pushkin being controlled here, momentarily.
Pushkin trying to control the position.
Pushkin keeping full guard, as Ryan tries to pass.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pushkin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ryan is one step ahead there.
Pushkin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ryan defends well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Pushkin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Pushkin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ryan counters with a crisp right hand that drops Pushkin! Ryan lets Pushkin back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Pushkin is rocked!
Pushkin misses with a takedown attempt
and Ryan rattles Pushkin with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Pushkin tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Ryan dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Pushkin stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gord Ryan!
Gord Ryan is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Gord Ryan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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