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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Lee (ranked 1455 p4p, 1533 weight class) and Zakir Jumayev (ranked 175 p4p, 183 weight class). Jumayev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Side to Side kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zakir Jumayev!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee digs a good body shot into Jumayev's ribs.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Jumayev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Jumayev is just out of range.
Lee scores with the left hand. Jumayev knows he should have avoided that one.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee lands a jab-cross combination.
Jumayev takes one on the button.
Jumayev 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.
Jumayev takes one to the chin there.
Lee swings for the body but Jumayev moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jumayev! But no joy.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jumayev.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jumayev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jumayev.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Jumayev moved away.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jumayev throws a body shot but no joy.
Jumayev throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jumayev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Casa Steel in the buildup to the fight.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Jumayev moves away and avoids it.
Jumayev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Jumayev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jumayev checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jumayev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
It seemed like Jumayev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jumayev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jumayev's head.
Nice uppercut there from Lee.
Lee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jumayev checks the leg kick.
Jumayev misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee throws a body punch but Jumayev moves out of range.
Jumayev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lee.
Jumayev misses with an uppercut
and Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Lee moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jumayev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Lee lands a high kick!
Lee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jumayev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Jumayev misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
A leg kick checked by Jumayev.
Lee throws a leg kick but Jumayev sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jumayev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lee lands an overhand right.
Lee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Lee.
Lee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Jumayev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jumayev throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jumayev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lee has time to react.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Jumayev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jumayev slips a straight right by Lee.
A big left from Lee misses.
Lee jabs at Jumayev's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Lee dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lee swings widly with a right hand
and Jumayev counters with a left to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Jumayev saw that one coming.
Lee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jumayev if he has to take too many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee misses with a hook.
Jumayev appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lee throws a jab when Jumayev was well out of range.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jumayev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jumayev! But no joy.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jumayev.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Jumayev seems unphased.
Lee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jumayev misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Jumayev ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Jumayev throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Jimmy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee throws a head kick that misses
letting Jumayev counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Jumayev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jumayev drops his hands momentarily and Lee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jumayev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jumayev can do to turn this around?
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Jumayev's leg but Jumayev calmly moves out of range.
Jumayev is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Jumayev is out of range.
Jumayev let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lee connects with a single shot there.
Lee scores with a decent looking hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jumayev ducks right into an uppercut from Lee.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Jumayev defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Jumayev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Jumayev takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee lands a head kick. Jumayev smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jumayev throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Jumayev staying out of range there.
It seemed like Jumayev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jumayev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee misses with a hook.
Lee backing away here, and Jumayev unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice cross by Lee.
Lee with a hook.
Lee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jumayev slips a jab from Lee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee misses with a looping left.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jumayev at a distance.
Jumayev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Lee moves out of range as Jumayev strikes.
Jumayev looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee throws the left hand but Jumayev avoids the punch easily.
Jumayev defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Despite the aggression on Jumayev's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lee thuds a left hand into Jumayev's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Lee dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jumayev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zakir Jumayev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jumayev moves away.
Lee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lee jabs Jumayev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee misses with a hook
and Jumayev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jumayev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jumayev looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lee with a nice calf kick.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jumayev has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Jumayev moved out of range nicely.
Jumayev let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lee wants to slow Jumayev down by chopping away at his legs.
Jumayev drops his hands momentarily and Lee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jumayev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jumayev lands a body shot.
Lee scores with a decent looking hook.
Jumayev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jumayev misses with a combination
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Jumayev moves away and avoids it.
Jimmy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jumayev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Jumayev takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee throws a nice outside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jumayev.
Nice body punch from Lee.
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!
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jumayev moves away.
Lee swings for the body but Jumayev moves out of range.
Jumayev avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee feints and then cracks Jumayev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jumayev down.
Jumayev misses with a hook.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Jumayev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jumayev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jumayev drops his hands momentarily and Lee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jumayev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee throws a jab when Jumayev was well out of range.
Jumayev now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Jumayev takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Lee misses its target.
Lee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Jumayev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jumayev now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jumayev misses with a looping left.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jumayev.
Jumayev checks a low kick from Lee.
Jumayev moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Jumayev flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee swings for the body but Jumayev moves out of range.
Lee connects with the punch.
Jumayev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Lee!
Jimmy Lee opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luka Sorenson (ranked 760 p4p, 933 weight class) and Rich Mahogany (ranked 99 p4p, 121 weight class). Mahogany comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luka Sorenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rich Mahogany!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahogany throws a head kick but Sorenson moves out of range.
Mahogany looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sorenson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mahogany.
Sorenson has closed the distance and engaged Mahogany in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mahogany throws an elbow but misses.
Mahogany misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahogany goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sorenson prevents it.
Luka Sorenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rich Mahogany.
Mahogany slows down the pace here.
Sorenson tries a body shot but Mahogany blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Sorenson fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sorenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sorenson lands a shot to the body.
Sorenson lands a shoulder strike.
Mahogany takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sorenson.
Sorenson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorenson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sorenson digs a right hand underneath Mahogany's ribcage. Mahogany let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Sorenson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sorenson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Sorenson.
A right handed body shot lands from Sorenson.
Sorenson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sorenson gets through Mahogany's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahogany is looking to break free of the clinch but Sorenson has double underhooks.
Sorenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sorenson effectively controlling the action here.
Sorenson tries to throw a body punch but Mahogany avoids it by throwing Sorenson back against the cage.
Sorenson has a couple of punches blocked by Mahogany.
Mahogany avoids a wild elbow strike from Sorenson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson has Mahogany pressed against the cage, preventing Mahogany from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sorenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sorenson lands a right hand.
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!
Mahogany's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sorenson pushes off an throws an elbow but Mahogany leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mahogany tries to pull guard but Sorenson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sorenson is pressed up against the cage. Mahogany has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sorenson down to the mat. Sorenson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mahogany lands with a right hand.
Mahogany throws a head kick that misses.
Sorenson feints and then cracks Mahogany's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mahogany down.
Sorenson lands a two punch combo.
Mahogany shoots for a double leg takedown but Sorenson sprawls well. He's pushed Mahogany's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mahogany gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sorenson.
Sorenson scoring well with a low kick there.
Mahogany throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sorenson gets a clinch.
Sorenson lands a hook that snaps the head of Mahogany backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Sorenson fails to land.
Sorenson lands an elbow inside that Mahogany shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson misses with the head strike.
Sorenson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahogany has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sorenson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mahogany blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahogany jumps guard but Sorenson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mahogany ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mahogany no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sorenson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sorenson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sorenson has Mahogany up against the cage in a clinch.
Mahogany pulls Sorenson into guard.
Sorenson gets to his feet. Mahogany looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sorenson misses with a wild body shot.
Sorenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahogany.
Mahogany shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sorenson as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson scores with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Mahogany.
Sorenson misses with a wild body shot.
Mahogany tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sorenson thuds his shin into the meat of Mahogany's side.
A good leg kick by Sorenson.
Sorenson scores with a jab to the body.
Sorenson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mahogany shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mahogany looks winded!
Sorenson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Luka Sorenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mahogany misses with a few strikes there.
Mahogany gets tackled into the cage by Sorenson. Sorenson maintains the clinch.
Mahogany takes a shot to the head.
Sorenson lands an elbow that stopped Mahogany in his tracks for a moment.
Sorenson scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahogany tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sorenson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sorenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sorenson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mahogany backwards.
Mahogany tries to circle away but Sorenson has him pinned against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Sorenson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sorenson instigates a clinch.
Mahogany tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sorenson smiles and moves away.
Sorenson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mahogany.
Mahogany on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mahogany tries a head kick but it misses.
Sorenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sorenson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sorenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sorenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorenson is working Mahogany over against the cage.
Sorenson lands with a left to the head.
Sorenson lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahogany is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorenson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sorenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahogany.
Sorenson scores with a hook to the body.
Sorenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sorenson lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorenson taking a breather.
Sorenson misses with some punches.
Sorenson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sorenson gets through Mahogany's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahogany avoiding damage as Sorenson throws knees to the body.
Sorenson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mahogany backwards.
A right hand to the body from Sorenson.
Sorenson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sorenson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahogany can do to turn this around?
Mahogany blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Sorenson to work.
Sorenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sorenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sorenson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahogany tries to pull guard but Sorenson won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorenson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sorenson lands with a left to the head.
Mahogany tries to pull guard but Sorenson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Luka Sorenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rich Mahogany.
Sorenson misses with some punches.
Sorenson gets through Mahogany's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sorenson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorenson throws a head punch that misses.
Sorenson lands a shoulder strike.
Mahogany jumps guard but Sorenson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sorenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahogany is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Sorenson.
Mahogany managing to block the knees to the body from Sorenson.
Mahogany fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sorenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorenson scores with a shot to the side of Mahogany's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahogany wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sorenson has him pressed against the cage.
Mahogany blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sorenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sorenson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sorenson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sorenson misses with the head strike.
Sorenson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short right from Sorenson.
Sorenson lands a hook that snaps the head of Mahogany backwards.
Sorenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahogany is looking to break free of the clinch but Sorenson has double underhooks.
Good body shot from Sorenson.
Mahogany being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sorenson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sorenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahogany uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mahogany.
Sorenson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sorenson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorenson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
 Mahogany is rocked!
Sorenson misses with some punches.
Mahogany is still on wobbly legs! Can Sorenson finish him?
Mahogany blocks a body shot from Sorenson.
Mahogany seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sorenson.
Sorenson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mahogany up against the cage.
Mahogany tries to circle away but Sorenson has him pinned against the cage.
Sorenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mahogany drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sorenson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Sorenson 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. This is the final round!
A left and a right from Sorenson both land. Nice combination.
Sorenson forces Mahogany back against the cage and clinches.
Mahogany blocks an uppercut.
Sorenson working aggressively here.
Sorenson gets through Mahogany's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sorenson.
Sorenson tries to work over Mahogany's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sorenson throws a head punch that misses.
Sorenson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorenson is trying to maintain a safe position but Mahogany gets an underhook and turns Sorenson into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahogany is looking to take this one to the mat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorenson.
A short body shot lands from Sorenson as the two fighters clinch.
Sorenson lands with a left to the head.
Mahogany takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Sorenson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahogany's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Mahogany scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahogany wants to take the fight to the mat but Sorenson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sorenson slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorenson.
Sorenson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mahoganys head.
A shot in the inside from Sorenson.
A short right from Sorenson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahogany.
Sorenson tries a body shot but Mahogany blocks it.
Sorenson working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sorenson.
Sorenson lands with a light punch inside.
Luka Sorenson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sorenson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sorenson.
Sorenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahogany uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rich Mahogany has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahogany blocks an uppercut.
Sorenson misses with the head strike.
Mahogany fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luka Sorenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rich Mahogany.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sorenson misses with some punches.
Mahogany blocks an uppercut.
Sorenson lands a nice uppercut.
Sorenson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sorenson lands with a left to the head.
Mahogany wants to break free but Sorenson has control.
Sorenson lands a big right hand that drops Mahogany! The killer instinct kicks in and Sorenson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sorenson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Sorenson!
Luka Sorenson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Rich Mahogany stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations Pice O'Xit. You were a hell of an opponent. I will go home and take solace in my many leatherbound volumes.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Nyla (ranked 1314 p4p, 1208 weight class) and Lyman Hicks (ranked 111 p4p, 105 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hicks's choice of entrance music: The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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35
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153
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Nyla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Lyman Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nyla looks to throw the jab but Hicks is out of range.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Hicks moved out of range nicely.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
We've been told by Nyla's head coaches at Crapollas Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nyla misses with a straight right.
Nyla lands a nice looking body shot.
Nyla misses the jab.
Hicks unleashes a big counter combination but Nyla bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Hicks moved out of range nicely.
Hicks works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hicks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hicks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nyla.
A nice side step and Hicks releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hicks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hicks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Nyla throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nyla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hicks blocks a jab.
Hicks slips a jab from Nyla.
Nyla misses with a lunging right hand
and Hicks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nyla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hicks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Hicks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hicks tries to counter with a clinch but Nyla shakes him off and moves away.
Nyla has closed the distance and engaged Hicks in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks has Nyla pressed against the cage.
Hicks tries to score a body lock takedown but Nyla shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nyla digs a right hand into Hicks's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hicks's gas tank.
Hicks misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Hicks.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Nyla fails to land.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
Hicks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nyla is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hicks's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nyla has a couple of punches blocked by Hicks.
Nice body punch from Nyla.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla tries to work over Hicks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nyla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nyla controlling the action here for a moment.
Hicks scores with a hook to the body.
Hicks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nyla throws a punch but it's blocked by Hicks.
Nyla taking a breather.
Nyla working aggressively here.
Nyla pushes Hicks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nyla softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nyla swings wildly with an uppercut but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hicks.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nyla misses with a body punch.
Nyla just leaning against Hicks, taking a breather.
Nyla swings wildly with an uppercut but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Nyla avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Hicks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nyla struggles to land a body shot inside as Hicks controls his hands.
Hicks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hicks stalling against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sammy Nyla dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A right-left combo lands from Hicks.
Lyman Hicks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the liver by Nyla. Beautiful body shot.
Hicks takes one on the button.
Nyla throws a poor cross that misses
and Hicks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hicks.
Nyla misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks throws a nice looking combination but Nyla bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla throws an off balance right hand
and Hicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left and a right from Hicks both land. Nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla misses with an uppercut.
Nyla misses with a left hand
and Hicks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nyla throws a body shot but no joy.
Hicks lands a nice shot that snaps Nyla's head back.
Nyla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Despite the aggression on Hicks's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nyla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hicks has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nyla bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hicks's head backwards.
Nyla throws a jab but it's blocked by Hicks.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. Hicks moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
Hicks appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Hicks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nyla backs up against the cage.
Hicks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nyla.
Hicks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nyla.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyla cracks Hicks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lyman Hicks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hicks lands a jab to the nose.
Hicks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nyla misses with an uppercut
and Hicks counters with a right hand to the body.
Nyla misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hicks counter with a right hand.
Hicks throws a hook to the side of Nyla's head but Nyla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla throws a poor cross that misses
and Hicks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
As Nyla backs off Hicks throws a huge counter combo but Nyla manages to avoid it all.
Hicks moves away from the strike by Nyla.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Hicks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nyla has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hicks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hicks fails to land with a series of punches.
Nyla is looking to counter punch.
Nyla showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks lands a jab to the head.
Hicks closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nyla looks to throw the jab but Hicks is out of range.
Hicks lands a jab to the nose.
Nyla slips under a jab from Hicks.
Hicks misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Nyla wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nyla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hicks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Hicks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hicks scores with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Hicks throws a jab but it's blocked by Nyla.
Nyla lands a jab to Hicks's midsection.
Hicks has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nyla rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hicks counters with a straight right hand.
Nyla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nyla swings widly with a right hand
and Hicks counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Nyla!
Nyla struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks is looking to take a break and control but Nyla is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hicks misses with a two punch combination.
Nyla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big left from Hicks misses.
Hicks fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hicks slips under a jab from Nyla.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. Hicks moves away and avoids it.
Hicks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nyla lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nyla fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hicks, pushing him back against the cage.
Nyla swings wildly with an uppercut but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sammy Nyla has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nyla controlling the action here for a moment.
Hicks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hicks misses with a body punch.
Nyla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nyla stops a takedown attempt from Hicks.
A left hand lands to the body for Nyla.
Nyla manages to break the clinch.
Hicks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hicks duly obliges.
Nice defenses there by Hicks.
No joy there for Hicks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nyla connects with a looping right hand.
Nyla lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hicks is rocked!
Nyla thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyla lands with a straight right. Hicks didn't see that one coming.
Hicks is still on wobbly legs! Can Nyla finish him?
Hicks drops his hands momentarily. Nyla doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Hicks staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Hicks doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sammy Nyla!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilfred Ainsworth (ranked 526 p4p, 501 weight class) and Kyle Schneider (ranked 69 p4p, 65 weight class). Ainsworth comes to the cage accompanied by Fred Neil - Everybody's Talkin'. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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38
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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 33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilfred Ainsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Schneider!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ainsworth misses with a low kick.
Schneider cracks Ainsworth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ainsworth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Schneider.
Ainsworth misses with a hook.
Schneider swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ainsworth on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ainsworth thows a leg kick but Schneider checks it
so Schneider counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ainsworth manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Ainsworth has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schneider jabs Ainsworth to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schneider connects with a jab.
Ainsworth misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Schneider counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ainsworth won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Ainsworth's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ainsworth tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Ainsworth is desperately trying to improve his position but Schneider has a good base and remains in mount.
Schneider lands a big shot there that rocks Ainsworth but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ainsworth wants to hold on but Schneider pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainsworth is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Schneider lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ainsworth wants to control but Schneider is having none of it.
Schneider with the ground and pound from mount.
Ainsworth tries to hold on but Schneider pushes him away.
Schneider with good strikes from the mount here!
Ainsworth tries to hold on but Schneider postures up.
Ainsworth is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schneider looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schneider has hold of Ainsworth's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ainsworth manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Schneider landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ainsworth wants to control but Schneider is having none of it.
Schneider prevents Ainsworth from getting the reversal.
Schneider lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ainsworth wants to control but Schneider is having none of it.
Schneider lands a big shot there that rocks Ainsworth but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ainsworth takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ainsworth working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth wants to hold on but Schneider pushes him away.
Schneider scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ainsworth?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ainsworth in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Schneider lands a couple of good shots and Ainsworth has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Schneider connects with a big shot to the side of Ainsworth's head.
 Ainsworth is rocked!
Schneider connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Ainsworth to escape the position.
Oh Ainsworth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ainsworth is taking damage to the body and head.
Schneider is trying to stick to Ainsworth's back but Ainsworth is turning into Schneider. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Schneider's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ainsworth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ainsworth is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ainsworth seems to have got his legs back now.
Schneider is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Schneider looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schneider seems to be working for a kimura but Ainsworth defends the submission attempt.
Schneider lands with a punch from half guard.
Schneider is thwarting Ainsworth's attempts to control the position.
Ainsworth manages to get to full guard.
Ainsworth keeping moving, preventing Schneider from controlling successfully.
Ainsworth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ainsworth keeping moving, preventing Schneider from controlling successfully.
Ainsworth pulls Schneider in to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Schneider dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Schneider lands with a cross.
Ainsworth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Schneider. Schneider circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Schneider shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ainsworth as he avoids it easily.
Schneider has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ainsworth scores with a shot to the body.
Schneider slips under a jab.
Ainsworth throws out a leg kick but Schneider moves out of range and Ainsworth only half commits.
Schneider moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schneider scores with a three punch combo!
Ainsworth slips a jab from Schneider.
Nice cross by Schneider.
Schneider lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schneider checks a low kick from Ainsworth.
Schneider wants to counter with a clinch but Ainsworth pushes him away.
Schneider wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ainsworth throws the left hand but Schneider avoids the punch easily.
Schneider fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ainsworth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ainsworth throws a body punch but Schneider moves out of range.
Schneider connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainsworth takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ainsworth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ainsworth throws a leg kick that is checked
and Schneider counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ainsworth regains full guard. Nicely done.
Schneider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ainsworth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ainsworth is really struggling to control Schneider but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Ainsworth has momentary wrist control but Schneider slips an elbow through the middle.
Schneider lands a couple of elbows.
Schneider trying to control but Ainsworth is working from the bottom.
Schneider postures up.
Kyle Schneider has got the better of the ground game so far.
Schneider lands a couple of elbows.
Schneider with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schneider with a nice head shot there.
Ainsworth is pulling down on Schneider's head to control his posture.
Ainsworth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ainsworth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Schneider is working Ainsworth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Schneider working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Schneider pushing down on Ainsworth's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ainsworth punching from the bottom.
Ainsworth avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Schneider.
Schneider scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ainsworth on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Schneider throwing shots but Ainsworth is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schneider seems to be looking for submissions.
Schneider scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Schneider landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ainsworth wants to control but Schneider is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Schneider with the ground and pound but Ainsworth uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Schneider scoring with some ground and pound.
Ainsworth working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schneider.
Ainsworth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schneider's guard.
Schneider looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Schneider is on top in guard.
Schneider throws a big right hand that misses.
Ainsworth is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth trying to control the position.
Ainsworth has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Schneider forces his way into half guard.
Schneider looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ainsworth with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ainsworth manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ainsworth is pulling down on Schneider's head to control his posture.
Schneider stands up over Ainsworth, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Schneider scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Schneider showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Schneider bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ainsworth's head.
Kyle Schneider is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ainsworth thows a leg kick but Schneider checks it
and Schneider counters with a single leg into guard. Ainsworth didn't expect that.
Ainsworth working a defensive guard here.
Schneider's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ainsworth wants to sweep here but Schneider controlling him for the moment.
Ainsworth had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Schneider defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schneider won't allow Ainsworth to sweep him here.
Schneider content to stall in guard here.
Ainsworth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schneider is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainsworth can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schneider controls the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wilfred Ainsworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ainsworth misses with a shot to the body
and Schneider counters with a takedown into side control.
Schneider controls the position from side control.
Ainsworth trying to control but Schneider flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth just trying to survive but Schneider is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Ainsworth is really stuck here.
Ainsworth trying to control the hands but Schneider breaks the grip.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Ainsworth rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Schneider controlling the action here.
Schneider is continuing to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schneider is thwarting Ainsworth's attempts to control the position.
Schneider trying to control the pace.
Schneider passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ainsworth tries to reverse the position but Schneider maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ainsworth tries to hold on but Schneider pushes him away.
Schneider takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ainsworth tries to hold on but Schneider pushes him away.
Ainsworth tries to reverse the position but Schneider maintains control.
Schneider controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Schneider has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Wilfred Ainsworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Schneider.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Schneider comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schneider 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Schneider!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lima (ranked 1326 p4p, 1331 weight class) and Dmitry Boytsov (ranked 166 p4p, 167 weight class). Boytsov has chosen AMAZING as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricardo Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 23 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Boytsov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boytsov clinches.
Lima gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Boytsov regains guard.
Boytsov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lima got a little sloppy there for a moment and Boytsov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lima has managed to get both his arms back between Boytsov's legs - danger averted.
Boytsov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lima passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boytsov is looking for a sweep.
Lima is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Boytsov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lima wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boytsov keeps working.
Boytsov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lima wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boytsov regains half guard.
Boytsov is trying to get back to full guard.
Lima is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boytsov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Boytsov.
Boytsov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lima gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lima controlling from the top position.
Lima throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boytsov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boytsov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lima actively working from the bottom here.
Lima manages to get to full guard.
Lima is looking for a triangle but Boytsov pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boytsov wants to control from the top but Lima keeps moving.
Lima is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Boytsov defends well.
Boytsov looking to sit in guard and control but Lima gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Boytsov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boytsov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lima avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lima controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lima stands up over Boytsov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Boytsov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lima can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Boytsov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boytsov keeping moving, preventing Lima from controlling successfully.
Lima avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Boytsov being controlled here, momentarily.
Boytsov keeping moving, preventing Lima from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lima is working Boytsov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lima avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Boytsov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lima sitting in guard here, content to control.
Boytsov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lima working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boytsov's head.
Boytsov keeping moving, preventing Lima from controlling successfully.
Boytsov has his foot on Lima's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lima works his way back into a safe position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Lima dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lima decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lima is looking for a kimura but Boytsov is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lima to get the leverage.
Boytsov tries to roll over but Lima keeps him under control.
Lima is trying to control. Boytsov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ricardo Lima overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boytsov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Boytsov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lima drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lima jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lima is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lima is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boytsov wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Lima is now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boytsov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boytsov is staying active underneath Lima, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lima is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boytsov sees it coming and defends easily.
Boytsov is not content to let Lima control the position.
Boytsov is looking to improve his position.
Boytsov trying to hold on to Lima's head to control him but Lima postures up.
Lima thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boytsov's head.
Lima is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boytsov defends it well.
Boytsov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima controlling the action here.
Lima is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boytsov sees it coming and defends easily.
Lima not doing much here.
Boytsov trying to control but Lima postures up.
Boytsov works his way to full guard. Good work.
Boytsov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lima puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lima working Boytsov over with strikes.
Lima controlling the action here.
Boytsov actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boytsov is looking for a sweep. Lima is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lima with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lima trying to mount his opponent but Boytsov defends it.
Boytsov is trying to control but can't.
Boytsov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boytsov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boytsov is breathing heavily.
Lima throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lima is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
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.
Boytsov tries to roll over but Lima keeps him under control.
Boytsov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Boytsov is defending against the submission attempts here by Lima.
Lima keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Boytsov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boytsov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lima perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Lima dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Lima shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Boytsov manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Boytsov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lima can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Boytsov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boytsov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lima defends well.
Lima controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lima chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lima's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lima looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lima scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boytsov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lima trying to control the position from guard on top but Boytsov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boytsov working for submissions but it's allowed Lima to get to half guard.
Boytsov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lima trying to control the pace.
Lima is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Boytsov is just riding it out for now. Lima eventually gives up the hold.
Lima looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Boytsov looking for submissions off his back.
Lima is controlling the pace.
Boytsov is defending against the submission attempts here by Lima.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boytsov wants to get back to full guard.
Lima is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Boytsov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boytsov has a hand on Lima's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Lima takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boytsov is squirming around, avoiding Lima's attempts to control the action.
Lima is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Boytsov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Lima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boytsov can do to turn this around?
Boytsov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lima is landing with some decent strikes but Boytsov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lima wants to control the pace but Boytsov is squirming around nicely.
Boytsov is trying desperately to improve position.
Lima scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Boytsov?
Boytsov wants to hold on but Lima pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima controlling the position easily from mount.
Lima pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Boytsov can't escape the position.
Boytsov keeps trying to improve his position.
Lima landing punches.
Boytsov is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lima looking to control but Boytsov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boytsov tries to hold on but Lima postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boytsov tries to reverse the position but Lima maintains control.
Dmitry Boytsov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lima looking to control but Boytsov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Lima showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lima, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Lima!
Ricardo Lima seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Dmitry Boytsov was interviewed post fight and said 'I don't care'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Draught (ranked 1123 p4p, 1174 weight class) and Roman Dinu (ranked 133 p4p, 143 weight class). Draught comes to the cage accompanied by New Authentic - Nightfall. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Excellent boxer
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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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlton Draught!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Dinu!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinu lands a nice looking body shot.
Dinu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
 It looks like Carlton Draught has been cut.
Draught slips under a jab from Dinu.
It looked like Draught wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dinu digs a good hook to Draught's body.
Dinu fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Draught was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dinu.
Dinu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draught moves away.
Draught appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dinu throws a body punch but Draught moves out of range.
Dinu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dinu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Draught wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dinu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draught, pushing him back against the cage.
Dinu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Draught backwards.
Draught has Dinu pressed against the cage, preventing Dinu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dinu swings wildly with an uppercut but Draught uses good head movement 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!
Draught is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dinu is defending well.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinu.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dinu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Draught's brow.
Dinu misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dinu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Draught counters with a left to the body.
Dinu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Draught looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice uppercut there from Dinu.
Dinu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Draught swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dinu misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Draught counter with a right hand.
Draught displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dinu throws out the jab.
Dinu is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draught rather than just go for the knockout.
Dinu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Draught counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dinu thinking.
Dinu clinches up with Draught and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinu.
Dinu misses with a body punch.
Dinu throws an elbow that misses.
Draught misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dinu misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draught.
Draught is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dinu is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draught throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Draught lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dinu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draught's elbow.
Draught drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dinu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlton Draught. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dinu gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Draught.
Draught turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Draught manages to end up in side control.
Draught trying to control the action but Dinu is working from the bottom.
Draught prevents Dinu from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draught tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Draught misses with the ground and pound.
Dinu prevents Draught from improving position.
Draught wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dinu keeps working.
Draught throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dinu is trying to get back to his feet.
Draught working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
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.
Draught goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Dinu rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Draught's guard! Nice work there by Dinu!
Draught wants to sweep but no luck.
Dinu trying to control but Draught is working from the bottom.
Draught wants to sweep here but Dinu controlling him for the moment.
Dinu wants to stand but Draught is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dinu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Draught has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dinu has managed to get both his arms back between Draught's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Dinu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlton Draught's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Dinu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Draught is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dinu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Draught tries to score a body lock takedown but Dinu shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Draught throws a head punch that misses.
Dinu has had enough of the clinch but Draught keeps him there for the moment.
Dinu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Draught seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dinu can turn it around.
Dinu misses with a punch to the body.
Dinu lands a nice uppercut.
Dinu is trying to break the clinch but Draught has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Draught.
Draught is working for takedown but Dinu is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlton Draught. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dinu taking a breather.
Draught is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dinu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draught tries for a takedown but Dinu manages to get underhooks.
Dinu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Draughts head.
Dinu throws an elbow that misses.
Draught works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into 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!
Dinu is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draught trying to move into half guard but instead Dinu has managed to sweep!
Draught wants to sweep here but Dinu controlling him for the moment.
Dinu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dinu stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dinu moves into range and clinches up with Draught.
Dinu lands an uppercut.
Dinu can't find room to land a body shot as Draught controls the action.
Draught tries a body shot but Dinu blocks it.
Draught pushes off an throws an elbow but Dinu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Draught blocking some punches.
Draught is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dinu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draught slips under a jab from Dinu.
Draught looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dinu misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinu misses with a lunging right hand
and Draught counters with a nice leg kick.
Dinu throws a right and a left that Draught avoids nicely.
Draught swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dinu lands with a hook. Draught tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Carlton Draught's cut is getting worse.
Dinu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Roman Dinu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dinu lands a body shot.
Dinu swings for the body but Draught moves out of range.
Draught fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dinu just manages to avoid it.
Dinu misses with a wild body shot.
Draught on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dinu. Dinu obviously looking to wear him down.
Dinu jabs Draught to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dinu misses with a jab to the body
and Draught counters with a low kick, right behind Dinu 's knee.
Draught fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dinu misses with an uppercut
and Draught counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinu throws a sloppy body shot
and Draught counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dinu throws a right hand that misses
and Draught counters with a nice uppercut.
Dinu misses the shot to the body.
Dinu scoring well with a low kick there.
Draught showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dinu.
Draught is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dinu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Draught doesn't seem bothered though.
Dinu connects with a nice looking jab.
Draught avoids the body shot from Dinu.
Draught swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dinu swings for the body but Draught moves out of range.
As Dinu backs away, Draught returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Draught drives through and clinches with Dinu against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Dinu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draught is trying to drag Dinu to the mat but Dinu just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dinu lands with a light punch inside.
Dinu misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Dinu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dinu is trying to force a seperation but Draught has the dominant position.
Draught wants a takedown.
Dinu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dinu throws an off balance right hand
and Draught counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dinu misses with a body shot.
Dinu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dinu throws a body shot but no joy.
Draught throwing a counter right hand but Dinu manages to avoid it.
Dinu throws a hook but Draught avoids it easily.
Dinu misses the shot to the body.
Draught tried to counter with a leg kick but Dinu avoided it.
Draught wants to clinch up but Dinu keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Dinu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlton Draught's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A shot to the liver by Dinu. Beautiful body shot.
Dinu punishes Draught's body with a nice straight punch.
Dinu takes a swing at Draught's ribcage but misses.
Dinu throws a nice looking combination but Draught bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dinu lands with a right to the head.
Dinu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Draught avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinu.
Dinu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dinu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draught walks into a jab.
Carlton Draught's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Draught takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dinu wants to land a leg kick but Draught is out of range.
Draught appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dinu jabs at Draught's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Draught is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dinu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roman Dinu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dinu takes the fight into the clinch.
Dinu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dinu lands with a right hand.
Dinu just misses with a punch to the body.
Dinu jabs Draught to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Carlton Draught has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dinu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Draught stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dinu misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Draught misses the target.
Draught gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dinu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinu scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dinu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draught.
Dinu has closed the distance and engaged Draught in a clinch.
Draught pushes off an throws an elbow but Dinu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dinu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Draught is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dinu is defending well.
Dinu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dinu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draught moves away.
Dinu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Draught uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dinu.
And Draught counters with a quick kick to the body but Dinu blocks it.
Draught looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dinu clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinu is trying to maintain a safe position but Draught gets an underhook and turns Dinu into the cage.
Dinu has Draught pressed against the cage.
Dinu struggles to land a body shot inside as Draught controls his hands.
Dinu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Draught has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Dinu.
Jeez, Carlton Draught's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Dinu is stalling here.
Dinu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Draught drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlton Draught. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draught is working for takedown but Dinu is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dinu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draught on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dinu lands with a good body shot.
Dinu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Draught in his tracks.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carlton Draught's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roman Dinu!
A victorious Roman Dinu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sisu Ilmarinen (ranked 643 p4p, 497 weight class) and Peter Beardsley (ranked 38 p4p, 32 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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29 - 18 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sisu Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Beardsley!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilmarinen throws a body punch but Beardsley moves out of range.
Sisu Ilmarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ilmarinen loads up on a big right hand but Beardsley slips the punch.
Beardsley tries to counter with a clinch but Ilmarinen shakes him off and moves away.
Ilmarinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beardsley moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Ilmarinen misses the target.
Ilmarinen loads up on a big right hand but Beardsley slips the punch.
Beardsley misses with a body shot.
Beardsley staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Ilmarinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ilmarinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ilmarinen misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from Beardsley 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.
Ilmarinen cracks Beardsley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beardsley defending well as Ilmarinen loads up on a big left hand.
Beardsley wants to counter with a clinch but Ilmarinen pushes him away.
Ilmarinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beardsley tries to clinch there but Ilmarinen circles away.
Beardsley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen missing with a left hand there. Beardsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ilmarinen throws the left hand but Beardsley avoids the punch easily.
Beardsley ducks under a wild hook from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ilmarinen throws a looping overhand right but Beardsley ducks down to avoid it.
Beardsley misses with a straight left.
Ilmarinen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Beardsley's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ilmarinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
 It looks like Peter Beardsley has been cut.
Beardsley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ilmarinen backs up against the cage.
It looks like Sisu Ilmarinen has been cut.
Ilmarinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beardsley.
A little jabbing left from Beardsley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beardsley has Ilmarinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Ilmarinen lands a body punch.
Beardsley avoids the elbow strike from Ilmarinen, against the cage.
Beardsley blocking some punches.
Ilmarinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beardsley throws a punch but it's blocked by Ilmarinen.
Beardsley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beardsley tries to pull guard but Ilmarinen holds him up against the cage and eventually Beardsley drops back down to his feet.
Ilmarinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ilmarinen lands a shot to the body.
Beardsley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ilmarinen has Beardsley pressed against the cage, preventing Beardsley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ilmarinen pushes off an throws an elbow but Beardsley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beardsley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beardsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beardsley tries a body shot but Ilmarinen blocks it.
Ilmarinen lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ilmarinen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beardsley's brow.
Beardsley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ilmarinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Beardsley backwards.
Ilmarinen lands a left hand.
Beardsley looks winded!
Ilmarinen scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beardsley blocks an elbow strike from Ilmarinen.
Beardsley avoids the elbow strike from Ilmarinen, against the cage.
Ilmarinen scores with a hook to the body.
Ilmarinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ilmarinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ilmarinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beardsley has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ilmarinen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Beardsley can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Ilmarinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ilmarinen lands a body punch.
Ilmarinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ilmarinen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beardsley's brow.
A short uppercut from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ilmarinen lands with a right 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!
A short left from Ilmarinen.
Beardsley digs a right hand underneath Ilmarinen's ribcage. Ilmarinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ilmarinen lands an elbow that stopped Beardsley in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ilmarinen throws an elbow but misses.
Ilmarinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Ilmarinen works on Beardsley's body with a couple of short punches.
Ilmarinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ilmarinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen digs a right hand into Beardsley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beardsley's gas tank.
A short right from Ilmarinen on the inside.
Ilmarinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Beardsley backwards.
Beardsley avoids the elbow strike from Ilmarinen, against the cage.
Ilmarinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beardsley's elbow.
Ilmarinen cracks Beardsley with a nice body shot.
Beardsley avoids a wild elbow strike from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beardsley blocks an elbow strike from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen misses with an elbow strike.
Ilmarinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ilmarinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ilmarinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ilmarinen lands an uppercut.
Ilmarinen throws an elbow that misses.
Ilmarinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ilmarinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ilmarinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Beardsley is rocked!
Ilmarinen works on Beardsley's body with a couple of short punches.
Ilmarinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beardsley is still on wobbly legs! Can Ilmarinen finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ilmarinen.
A short uppercut from Ilmarinen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sisu Ilmarinen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ilmarinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beardsley seems to have recovered his senses.
Ilmarinen closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Beardsley! Ilmarinen dives in looking to finish! Beardsley is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sisu Ilmarinen!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brody Parks (ranked 244 p4p, 297 weight class) and Nick Jackson (ranked 21 p4p, 28 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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brody Parks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a body punch but Parks moves out of range.
Jackson throws a leg kick but Parks checks it.
Jackson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Parks.
A nice leg kick from Jackson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jackson throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackson swings for the body but Parks moves out of range.
Parks misses with a hook.
Parks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Parks.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Parks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson tries to work over Parks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Parks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Parks shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jackson defends it nicely.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Parks.
Jackson lands with a straight right. Parks didn't see that one coming.
Jackson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Parks manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jackson's best efforts.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
Jackson throwing shots but Parks is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Jackson there.
Jackson is looking to advance position but Parks won't allow it.
Parks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is nestled in close to Parks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jackson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parks is doing well to control the position and prevent Jackson from advancing to side control.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Jackson winds up and cracks Parks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks wants to get back to his feet.
Parks tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Parks is trying to stand up here but Jackson is controlling him well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jackson working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Parks tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jackson is thwarting Parks's attempts to control the position.
Jackson wants to pass to mount but Parks is defending the position.
Jackson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Parks makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Parks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jackson connects with a couple of short punches.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jackson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parks wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
Parks wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson postures up in Parks's guard and throws a big left but Parks blocks it.
Parks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses. Parks uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jackson's guard. Nice move by Parks!
Jackson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Parks is aware though and is defending well.
Parks will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parks is looking to stand up but Jackson won't let him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Jackson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Jackson scores with a takedown into Parks's guard.
Jackson landing some decent shots from guard.
Jackson throws a big right hand that misses.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but Parks blocks nicely.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but Parks blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson throws a big elbow that misses.
Jackson won't allow Parks to get back to his feet.
Parks is trying to keep Jackson in close.
Jackson throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jackson won't allow Parks to get back to his feet.
Parks wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Jackson is now in half guard.
Parks is looking to improve his position.
Parks trying to control from the bottom.
Jackson thows a huge punch but Parks dodges it nicely.
Parks has hold of Jackson's hands but Jackson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Parks tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parks taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks is trying to stand up here but Jackson is controlling him well.
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. Jackson connects with a nice short shot to Parks's temple.
Jackson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Parks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jackson is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Parks tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Parks taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Parks taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Jackson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parks wants to get back to his feet.
Parks is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson slips a nice elbow through Parks's hands, connecting with Parks's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jackson with the ground and pound from mount.
Parks is trying desperately to improve position.
Jackson lands a big elbow.
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Parks is rocked!
Parks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jackson landing shots from mount.
Oh Parks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parks slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Parks seems to have got his legs back now.
Parks trying to control but Jackson postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jackson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parks regains full guard. Nicely done.
Parks 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.
Nick Jackson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jackson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Parks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Jackson.
Jackson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Parks to the ground. Jackson is now in Parks's guard.
Parks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jackson with a nice head shot there.
Jackson postures up and lands a big shot to Parks's brow.
Parks trying to keep a closed guard but Jackson is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Parks is on top in guard.
Jackson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Parks defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Parks passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to get back to full guard.
Jackson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jackson.
Jackson has his foot on Parks's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Parks works his way back into a safe position though.
Jackson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parks wants to stand and escape but instead Jackson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Parks is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jackson is controlling him.
Parks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson chips away with some ground and pound.
Parks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson pushing down on Parks's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Parks is pressing down on Jackson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Brody Parks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Parks controlling the position.
Parks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jackson prevents Parks from getting back to his feet.
Parks wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
Jackson prevents Parks from getting back to his feet.
Nick Jackson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Parks working a defensive guard here.
Jackson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Parks's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jackson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Parks scrambles back to his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Parks as he connects with a hook.
Nick Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big right from Parks misses.
Parks misses with a wild body shot.
Parks looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks scores with a three punch combo!
Jackson instigates a clinch.
Jackson tries to work over Parks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Jackson as the two fighters clinch.
Jackson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Parks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parks's efforts to push away.
Parks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parks working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson blocks a body shot from Parks.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jackson 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Jackson!
An out of breath Nick Jackson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 328 p4p, 243 weight class) and Ken Vrjalya (ranked 45 p4p, 35 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ken Vrjalya!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Ken Vrjalya has been cut.
Hanma jabs Vrjalya to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hanma misses with the combination.
Hanma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanma stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hanma throws a right hand that misses
and Vrjalya counters with a shoot takedown. Hanma fights it but they end up in guard.
Vrjalya wants to pass the guard but Hanma is keeping the position.
Hanma can't keep his opponent in guard - Vrjalya advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanma is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanma is trying to maintain the position but Vrjalya is very close to passing his half guard.
Vrjalya has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Hanma defend it? Vrjalya steps over the head and cranks it - Hanma is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Vrjalya!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ken Vrjalya!
Ken Vrjalya managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fantasy Threads, into his post fight interview.
Baki Hanma spoke after the fight, saying 'Bruh'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Tetrev (ranked 23 p4p, 73 weight class) and Mordor Mettovaara (ranked 4 p4p, 10 weight class). Mordor Mettovaara will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomas Tetrev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordor Mettovaara!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mettovaara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mettovaara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tetrev.
Mettovaara throws a head kick that misses.
Tetrev throws a jab but it's blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tetrev finds it's way round the side to connect with Mettovaara's head.
The crowd cheers as Tetrev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mettovaara doesn't seem phased though.
Tetrev misses with a body shot.
Mettovaara moves out of range as Tetrev strikes.
Tetrev drives through and clinches with Mettovaara against the cage.
Mettovaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tetrev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mettovaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tetrev is pushing Mettovaara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mettovaara tries to work over Tetrev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tetrev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tetrev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tetrev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mettovaara as Tetrev tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mettovaara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mettovaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mettovaara can't find room to land a body shot as Tetrev controls the action.
Tetrev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mettovaara being controlled against the cage.
Mettovaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
Mettovaara working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
I was talking to Tetrev's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Tetrev pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tetrev just leaning against Mettovaara, taking a breather.
Mettovaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev swings wildly with an uppercut but Mettovaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mettovaara scores with a shoulder strike.
Tetrev throws a punch but it's blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
Tetrev misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Mettovaara - that landed with a thud.
Mettovaara misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mettovaara.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tetrev just leaning against Mettovaara, taking a breather.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Tetrev digs a right hand underneath Mettovaara's ribcage. Mettovaara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tetrev.
Mettovaara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mettovaara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mettovaara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
Tetrev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara has a couple of punches blocked by Tetrev.
Mettovaara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tetrev lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mettovaara fails to land.
Tetrev blocking some punches.
Mettovaara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mettovaara misses with a body punch.
Tetrev misses with the head strike.
Tetrev taking a breather.
Tetrev blocking some punches.
Tetrev lands with a light punch inside.
Tetrev lands a right hand.
Tetrev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tetrev blocks a body shot from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tetrev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mettovaara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tetrev scores with a shoulder strike.
Tetrev scores with a shoulder strike.
Tetrev misses with a punch on the inside.
Tetrev taking a breather.
Tetrev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mettovaara backwards.
Tetrev gets through Mettovaara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tetrev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tetrev is stalling here.
Tetrev wants to stall.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tetrev.
Mettovaara pushes Tetrev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tetrev scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tetrev.
Mettovaara misses with some punches.
Mettovaara lands a left hand.
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 Tomas Tetrev 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.
Mettovaara throws a leg kick but Tetrev moved away.
It looked like Tetrev was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara connects with an inside leg kick.
Tetrev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mettovaara manages to avoid it.
A big right from Tetrev misses.
Mettovaara throws a low kick, looking for Tetrev's leg but Tetrev calmly moves out of range.
Tetrev swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tetrev takes a swing at Mettovaara's ribcage but misses.
Mettovaara throws a head kick but Tetrev moves out of range.
Mettovaara slips a straight right by Tetrev.
Tetrev missing with a left hand there. Mettovaara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tetrev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mettovaara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mettovaara swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That kick from Mettovaara tenderised Tetrev's leg. Tetrev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mettovaara misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tetrev throws the left hand but Mettovaara avoids the punch easily.
Tetrev has managed to clinch.
Mettovaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tetrev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tetrev.
Tetrev takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mettovaara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mettovaara blocks an uppercut.
Tetrev misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tetrev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mettovaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Mettovaara.
Tetrev blocks a body shot from Mettovaara.
Tetrev blocking some punches.
Tetrev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mettovaara backwards.
Mettovaara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tetrev backwards.
Mettovaara has a couple of punches blocked by Tetrev.
Tetrev misses with a punch on the inside.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Mettovaara blocks an uppercut.
Tetrev misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mettovaara fails to land.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev throws a punch but it's blocked by Mettovaara.
Tetrev is working Mettovaara over against the cage.
Tetrev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tetrev taking a breather.
Tetrev throws a punch but it's blocked by Mettovaara.
Stalling in the clinch from Tetrev.
Mettovaara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tetrev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mettovaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mettovaara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Tetrev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomas Tetrev has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Tetrev fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Mettovaara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara swings wildly with an uppercut but Tetrev uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara gets through Tetrev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tetrev pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tetrev swings wildly with an uppercut but Mettovaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara misses with some punches.
Mettovaara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tetrev.
Tetrev lands an uppercut.
Mettovaara struggles to land a body shot inside as Tetrev controls his hands.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Tetrev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mettovaara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mettovaara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mettovaara digs a right hand into Tetrev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tetrev's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara tries to throw a body punch but Tetrev avoids it by throwing Mettovaara back against the cage.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tetrev backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mettovaara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tetrev trying to stall but Mettovaara improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Mettovaara scores with a nice short uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
Mettovaara misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara working aggressively here.
Mettovaara throws a punch but it's blocked by Tetrev.
Mettovaara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tetrev working aggressively here.
Tetrev blocks an uppercut.
Mettovaara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tetrev is trying to maintain a safe position but Mettovaara gets an underhook and turns Tetrev into the cage.
Tetrev wants to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mordor Mettovaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mettovaara throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tetrev lunges at Mettovaara with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mettovaara's hand.
The fighters circling - Mettovaara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mettovaara throws a head kick but Tetrev moves out of range.
Tetrev misses with a looping left.
Tetrev swings for the body but Mettovaara moves out of range.
Mettovaara flicks out a counter leg kick but Tetrev steps away.
Tetrev connects with a single shot there.
Mettovaara throws a nice head kick!
Tetrev throws a body shot but no joy.
Tetrev backing away here, and Mettovaara unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mettovaara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tetrev throws out a loose jab but Mettovaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tetrev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mettovaara.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Mettovaara.
Tetrev swings for the body but Mettovaara moves out of range.
Mettovaara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mettovaara ducks under a wild hook from Tetrev.
Mettovaara with the inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tetrev 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mettovaara moves away from the strike by Tetrev.
Mettovaara wants to slow Tetrev down by chopping away at his legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Tetrev misses the target.
Tetrev jabs Mettovaara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Tetrev misses the target.
Mettovaara tries a quick counter leg kick but Tetrev is wise to it.
Tetrev looks to score with a jab to the body but Mettovaara is just out of range.
Mettovaara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mettovaara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tetrev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tetrev blocks a head kick by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara throws a looping overhand right but Tetrev ducks down to avoid it.
Tetrev misses with a body shot.
Tetrev throws the left hand but Mettovaara avoids the punch easily.
Tetrev doesn't manage to clinch there - Mettovaara circles away.
Mettovaara cracks Tetrev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tetrev misses with a straight right.
Tetrev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tetrev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mettovaara throws an overhand right that lands on Tetrev's shoulder, as Tetrev tries to avoid the shot.
Tomas Tetrev is winning the standup battle so far.
Tetrev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev dives in and grabs Mettovaara's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mettovaara pushes down on Tetrev's head and hops out.
Tetrev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tetrev moves into the clinch successfully.
Mettovaara blocking some punches.
Tetrev throws a head punch that misses.
Tetrev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mettovaara backwards.
Mettovaara misses with the head strike.
Mettovaara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tetrev lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mettovaara.
Tetrev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mettovaara pushes Tetrev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tetrev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mettovaara throws a head punch that misses.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara tries a body shot but Tetrev blocks it.
Tetrev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mettovaara backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mettovaara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tetrev.
Mettovaara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mettovaara throws a head punch that misses.
Tetrev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tetrev.
Mettovaara lands with a right to the head.
Mettovaara misses with a punch on the inside.
Mettovaara lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tetrev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tetrev wants to stall.
Good body shot from Mettovaara.
Tetrev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara swings wildly with an uppercut but Tetrev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mettovaara has a couple of punches blocked by Tetrev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mettovaara.
A shot in the inside from Mettovaara.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tetrev backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mettovaara misses with a body punch.
Mettovaara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tetrev misses with some punches.
Tetrev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Mettovaara.
Tetrev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mettovaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Mettovaara.
A hook to the body from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mettovaara lands with a right to the head.
Mettovaara lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mordor Mettovaara really 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.
A slow jab from Mettovaara misses its intended target.
Mettovaara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tetrev's sensitive parts.
Mettovaara connects with a solid leg kick.
Mettovaara lands with a kick to the temple. Tetrev shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A big right from Tetrev misses.
Mettovaara throws an overhand right that lands on Tetrev's shoulder, as Tetrev tries to avoid the shot.
Tetrev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mettovaara was well out of range. Poor timing from Tetrev.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Mettovaara.
Mettovaara scores with a jab to the body.
Tetrev fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tetrev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tetrev checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mettovaara misses with a low kick.
Tetrev is looking to counter punch.
Mettovaara will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mettovaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Tetrev tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tetrev, as that shot connected.
Tetrev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mettovaara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mettovaara throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mordor Mettovaara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mettovaara pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tetrev is out of range and Mettovaara settles back down.
Mettovaara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tetrev slips under a jab from Mettovaara.
Mettovaara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tetrev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tetrev throws the left hand but Mettovaara avoids the punch easily.
Mettovaara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tetrev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tetrev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tetrev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mettovaara moves out of range as Tetrev strikes.
Tetrev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mettovaara.
Tetrev misses the shot to the body.
Mettovaara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tetrev.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mettovaara, as that shot connected.
Mettovaara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mettovaara paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mettovaara.
A bone on bone clash there as Tetrev blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Tetrev misses the target.
Mettovaara cracks Tetrev with a good jab.
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!
Mettovaara's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tetrev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mettovaara scrambles back to his feet.
Mettovaara tries a head kick but it misses.
Tetrev drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tetrev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tetrev postures up in Mettovaara's guard and throws a big left but Mettovaara blocks it.
Tetrev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tetrev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tetrev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mettovaara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tetrev.
Tetrev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mettovaara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tetrev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tetrev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mettovaara looking for a sweep. Not yet Mettovaara, not yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tetrev throws a big shot that misses.
Mettovaara swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tetrev counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mettovaara is leaning against Tetrev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mettovaara misses with some punches.
Mettovaara working aggressively here.
Mettovaara has a couple of punches blocked by Tetrev.
Tetrev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mettovaara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mettovaara tries to work over Tetrev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
Tetrev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tetrev has a couple of punches blocked by Mettovaara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mettovaara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tetrev backwards.
Tetrev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mettovaara lands a nice uppercut.
Tetrev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tetrev takes a shot to the head.
Tetrev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tetrev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Tetrev misses with some punches.
Mettovaara lands a shoulder strike.
Tetrev leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Mettovaara.
Tetrev is rocked!
Mettovaara dips a shoulder and cracks Tetrev with a mighty uppercut! Tetrev falls back against the cage and Mettovaara unloads with a barrage of strikes! Tetrev is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Mettovaara screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mordor Mettovaara!
Mordor Mettovaara is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Mordor Mettovaara 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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