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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Charyak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Ryback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Good wrestling
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Charyak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Ryback!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryback throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Charyak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ryback throws a combination. Charyak tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Charyak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryback circles away quickly and effectively.
Good shot there by Charyak.
Charyak tries to clinch there but Ryback circles away.
Charyak with a hook.
Ryback throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
Charyak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ryback misses with a two punch combination.
Charyak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charyak scores with a hook to the body. Ryback takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Charyak throws a right and a left that Ryback avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ryback, as that shot connected.
Charyak scoring well with a low kick there.
Charyak misses with a shot to the body
and Ryback cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ryback changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryback throws a poor cross that misses
and Charyak counters with a stiff right hand.
Charyak tries to clinch there but Ryback circles away.
Charyak is looking to clinch.
Ryback misses with a left hand
and Charyak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ryback misses with a hook
and Charyak counters with a thumping low kick.
Ryback wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charyak throws a hook but Ryback blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryback moves out of range as Charyak strikes.
Ryback misses with a jab to the body
and Charyak counters with a straight right hand.
Charyak tries to clinch up
and Ryback counters with a straight right hand.
Ryback throws a poor cross that misses
and Charyak counters with a stiff right hand.
Charyak will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice straight punches there by Charyak. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Charyak.
Ryback throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Charyak takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Charyak closes the distance but Ryback moves to the side
and Ryback counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryback throws a jab when Charyak was well out of range.
Charyak lands with a kick to the temple. Ryback shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ryback throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Charyak counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Charyak looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charyak tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Ryback to counter with a crisp jab.
Ryback throws a right hand that misses
and Charyak counters with a two punch combo.
Ryback misses with a hook
and Charyak makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ryback really felt that one!
Ryback takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Charyak throws a front kick that sends Ryback stumbling back into the cage.
Brad Charyak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryback looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charyak is looking to clinch but Ryback is avoiding it.
Charyak tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ryback counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Charyak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryback.
Charyak looks to score with a jab to the body but Ryback is just out of range.
Charyak stuns Ryback with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Charyak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ryback has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Charyak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ryback throws a poor cross that misses
and Charyak counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ryback is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charyak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ryback has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Charyak lands a leg kick that knocks Ryback off balance momentarily.
Charyak works over Ryback's head and body with a nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Charyak dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Charyak. That's going to slow Ryback down.
It looks like Casey Ryback has been cut.
Charyak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Charyak lands a leg kick that knocks Ryback off balance momentarily.
Charyak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ryback's sensitive parts.
Charyak throws a series of punches but Ryback avoids them all with ease.
Charyak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ryback swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Charyak lands a high kick!
Charyak is looking to clinch.
Ryback is breathing heavily.
Ryback misses with a hook
and Charyak counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ryback's knee momentarily.
Charyak throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Charyak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charyak tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charyak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Charyak misses with a body shot.
Charyak doesn't manage to clinch there - Ryback circles away.
Ryback on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Ryback.
Charyak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Charyak rushes Ryback and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Charyak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryback's elbow.
Charyak lands a body punch.
Ryback throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Charyak as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charyak with a knee to the head.
Charyak has Ryback pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryback on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryback's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Charyak lands a knee to the head.
Charyak content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ryback stalling in the clinch but Charyak improves position.
Charyak lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ryback is looking to break free of the clinch but Charyak has double underhooks.
Charyak scores with a shoulder strike.
Charyak stalling the fight.
Charyak cracks Ryback with a nice body shot.
Charyak jumps guard but Ryback stands there with Charyak around his waist. Charyak gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ryback is trying to break the clinch but Charyak has him pressed against the cage.
Charyak leaning his opponent against the cage.
Charyak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ryback blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charyak scores a nice knee to the body.
Charyak lands a left hand.
Charyak digs a right hand underneath Ryback's ribcage. Ryback let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Charyak lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charyak gets control of Ryback's arms and successfully pulls guard. Charyak will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Charyak 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.
Ryback wants to control from the top but Charyak keeps moving.
Charyak tries to strike from the bottom.
Charyak trying to control the position.
Ryback stopping the sweep attempt from Charyak.
Ryback wants to control from the top but Charyak keeps moving.
Charyak has his foot on Ryback's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ryback works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four 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.
Ryback controlling from the top position.
Ryback stopping the sweep attempt from Charyak.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Casey Ryback wasn't active enough on the ground.
Charyak misses with a body kick.
Ryback shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryback throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ryback throws a big shot that misses.
Ryback throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Charyak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Charyak dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Casey Ryback's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Charyak tries to clinch
and Ryback counters with a nice leg kick.
Ryback misses with an uppercut
and Charyak makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Charyak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryback.
Brad Charyak is winning the standup battle so far.
Ryback misses with a hook
and Charyak counters with a good low kick that Ryback was not able to check.
Charyak pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ryback is out of range and Charyak settles back down.
Charyak throws a body punch but Ryback moves out of range.
Ryback takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charyak throws a good cross that connects.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charyak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charyak throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryback swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charyak lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryback throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
A big left from Charyak misses.
Charyak moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Charyak misses with a head kick.
Ryback keeps the fight on the outside.
Charyak misses with the combination.
Charyak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ryback misses with a hook
and Charyak counters by moving into the clinch.
Charyak digs a right hand into Ryback's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ryback's gas tank.
A right handed body shot lands from Charyak.
Ryback takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Charyak is leaning against Ryback and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Charyak is leaning against Ryback and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Charyak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Charyak cracks Ryback with a nice body shot.
Charyak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Charyak lands a body shot.
Charyak lands a body shot.
Ryback blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Charyak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ryback backwards.
Charyak lands an uppercut.
Charyak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Brad Charyak has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Charyak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Charyak looking for a takedown.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Charyak.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Charyak.
Charyak tries to stall but Ryback uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Charyak.
Charyak leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Charyak obliges.
Charyak lands with a right to the head.
Charyak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ryback escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charyak moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ryback misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Charyak counters with a one-two to the body.
Ryback fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charyak manages to avoid it.
Charyak throws a sloppy head kick and Ryback moves out of range easily.
Charyak throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ryback's head.
Charyak has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback misses with a right hand
and Charyak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Charyak lands a head kick. Ryback smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ryback moves out of range of the body kick from Charyak.
Charyak sizes up Ryback with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Charyak throws a shot from downtown. Ryback moves away and avoids it.
Ryback swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Charyak counters with a low kick, right behind Ryback 's knee.
Charyak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ryback manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Charyak clinches up with Ryback and pushes him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charyak works on Ryback's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charyak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ryback backwards.
Charyak digs a right hand underneath Ryback's ribcage. Ryback let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Charyak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryback can do to turn this around?
Charyak lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Charyak clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Ryback'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.
Charyak with a jab.
Charyak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Charyak, right into the meat.
Charyak is looking to clinch.
Ryback swings away with a body shot that misses
and Charyak counters with a one-two to the body.
Charyak lands with a hook. Ryback tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Charyak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ryback finds it's way round the side to connect with Charyak's head.
Charyak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ryback is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Charyak misses with a low kick as Ryback jumps back.
Ryback showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charyak.
A head kick misses from Charyak.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charyak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Charyak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charyak lands a right hook to the body.
Charyak tries to clinch but Ryback is having none of it.
Charyak tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ryback counters with a right hand to the body.
Charyak swings widly with a right hand
and Charyak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ryback missing with a left hand there. Charyak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charyak tries a head kick but it misses.
Charyak is looking to clinch but Ryback is avoiding it.
Charyak closes the distance and pushes Ryback back into the cage.
Charyak lands a knee to the body.
Charyak blocks an elbow strike.
Charyak lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ryback.
Charyak lands a left hand.
Charyak ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Charyak no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryback won't allow Charyak to sweep him here.
Ryback looking to sit in guard and control but Charyak gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Charyak stands and throws Ryback's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Charyak is looking to take a break and control but Ryback is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Ryback's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ryback tries to buck Charyak off but Charyak is having none of it.
Charyak working the head with strikes.
Charyak landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
An elbow from Charyak crashes against the mat.
Ryback gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ryback is desperately trying to improve his position but Charyak has a good base and remains in mount.
Charyak lands a nice shot to the head.
Ryback is looking to improve his position but Charyak isn't that keen on the idea.
Charyak takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback is squirming around, avoiding Charyak's attempts to control the action.
Charyak dominating with strikes here.
Charyak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ryback tries to hold on but Charyak postures up.
Charyak has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ryback's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charyak looking to finish Ryback with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ryback!
Ryback really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryback is squirming around, avoiding Charyak's attempts to control the action.
Ryback tries to hold on but Charyak pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Charyak had his way with Casey Ryback in that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Ryback's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ryback ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charyak moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Charyak - that will leave a mark!
Ryback on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ryback misses with a jab to the body
and Charyak makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Charyak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Ryback.
Charyak tries to clinch but Ryback moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Ryback 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ryback takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryback throws a lazy uppercut
and Charyak counters by moving into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ryback is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryback tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charyak's elbow.
Ryback working aggressively here.
Ryback can't break the clinch.
Charyak has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Ryback clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Charyak struggling to land strikes to the head as Ryback covers up.
I would not like to be Ryback right now.
Charyak lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Charyak scores with punches and elbows.
Charyak controls the position.
Ryback turns into Charyak and is now in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charyak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charyak trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ryback looking to pass the guard.
Charyak keeping moving, preventing Ryback from controlling successfully.
Charyak 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Charyak is on top in guard.
Brad Charyak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ryback is trying to keep Charyak in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charyak tries to free his leg and advance position but Ryback is retaining full guard.
Charyak wants to control from the top but Ryback keeps moving.
Ryback looking for a sweep. Not yet Ryback, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Charyak being controlled here momentarily.
Ryback lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Charyak!
Charyak can't escape the position.
Ryback with good strikes from the mount here!
Ryback controlling the position easily from mount.
Charyak tries to hold on but Ryback pushes him away.
Charyak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback trying to control but Charyak is having none of it.
Charyak working to try and regain half guard.
Charyak holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ryback tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ryback content just to control the position here.
Charyak is trying to escape the mount.
Casey Ryback has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Charyak showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charyak has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:43
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:43
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Charyak!
Brad Charyak retains his light heavyweight title!
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