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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Castle Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitros Iakovakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iakovakis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Auschwitz - Francesco Guccini. . Dimitros Iakovakis has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Castle Irons's chin.
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168 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Castle Irons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dimitros Iakovakis!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iakovakis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Irons circles away quickly and effectively.
Irons avoids the body shot from Iakovakis.
Iakovakis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ironss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Iakovakis slips a jab from Irons.
Dimitros Iakovakis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irons tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Iakovakis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Irons thows a body shot but no joy.
Irons clinches up with Iakovakis and pushes him back against the cage.
Irons makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Irons lands a nice knee to the body.
Irons lands an elbow just above Iakovakis 's eye.
Irons lands with a right to the head.
Iakovakis takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irons pushes Iakovakis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Irons - that landed with a thud.
Irons has Iakovakis pressed against the cage, preventing Iakovakis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Irons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irons landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Irons.
Iakovakis looks gassed!
Irons digs a right hand into Iakovakis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iakovakis's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Irons.
Irons lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Iakovakis or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Irons.
Irons throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Come on Irons - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Irons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Iakovakis.
Iakovakis 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.
Irons punishes Iakovakis's body with a nice straight punch.
Irons jabs Iakovakis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Irons throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Irons dips to his left and cracks Iakovakis with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons connects with a nice looking jab.
Irons lands a nice shot that snaps Iakovakis's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Irons. Those never looked like landing.
Irons throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Iakovakis.
Irons misses with a hook. Iakovakis ducked under it nicely.
Irons misses with a wild body shot.
Irons darts in and clinches Iakovakis up against the cage.
Irons breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Iakovakis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irons.
Irons throws a jab but it's blocked by Iakovakis.
Iakovakis misses with a straight left.
Irons bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Iakovakis.
Irons scores with a leg kick.
Irons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Iakovakis missing with a left hand there. Irons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Iakovakis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Iakovakis moves away from the strike by Irons.
Iakovakis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Irons moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Irons.
Irons lands a nice elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Irons.
Irons misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irons is struggling to control the position.
Irons lands with a left to the head.
Irons lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Irons lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Irons pushes Iakovakis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Iakovakis's elbow.
Iakovakis managing to block the knees to the body from Irons.
Irons struggles to land a body shot inside as Iakovakis controls his hands.
Iakovakis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Irons lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Iakovakis.
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!
Irons stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Irons is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Irons.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Iakovakis working hard to break the clinch.
Irons unloads a knee to the mid-section. Iakovakis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irons misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castle Irons dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Iakovakis just misses with a punch to the body.
Iakovakis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irons.
Irons slips a straight right by Iakovakis.
Irons slips a straight right by Iakovakis.
Iakovakis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Iakovakis misses the jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Iakovakis.
Iakovakis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Irons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Iakovakis can do to turn this around?
Horrible takedown by Iakovakis or perhaps it was just good defense by Irons which made him look bad.
Iakovakis misses with a hook.
Iakovakis throws a combination. Irons tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Irons lands with a nice body kick.
Irons scores with a three punch combo!
The fighters circling - Irons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Irons misses with a looping right.
Iakovakis is breathing heavily.
Iakovakis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons scores with a push kick.
A shot to the liver by Irons. Beautiful body shot.
Castle Irons is winning the standup battle so far.
Iakovakis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Irons. Beautiful body shot.
Irons closes the distance and pushes Iakovakis back into the cage.
Irons landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irons controlling the action here for a moment.
Irons lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iakovakis backwards.
Irons landing knees to the head.
Irons pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irons tries to work over Iakovakis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Irons works on Iakovakis's body with a couple of short punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Irons.
Irons lands a body shot.
Irons landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irons landing knees to the body.
Irons lands a hook that snaps the head of Iakovakis backwards.
Irons lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Irons lands an elbow inside.
Iakovakis takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons lands a body punch in the clinch.
Irons lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Iakovakis or not.
Irons using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Irons lands a nice shot to the body.
Irons scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Irons.
Irons lands with a light punch inside.
Irons lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Iakovakis or not.
Irons lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Irons.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irons lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons lands a nice knee to the body.
Irons works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irons.
Irons connects with a knee to the head.
Irons lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Irons scores with a shoulder strike.
Iakovakis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Irons holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Irons.
Irons lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castle Irons dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Iakovakis slips under a jab from Irons.
Irons misses with a looping right.
Iakovakis throws out a powerful jab.
Iakovakis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Iakovakis thows a body shot but no joy.
Irons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Iakovakis was well out of range. Poor timing from Irons.
Irons takes a swing at Iakovakis's ribcage but misses.
Iakovakis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Irons throws a head kick that half lands.
Irons swings for the body but Iakovakis moves out of range.
Iakovakis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A jab from Iakovakis finds it's way through Irons's defenses.
Iakovakis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Iakovakis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Irons's half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Iakovakis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Iakovakis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons is looking to control Iakovakis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Irons avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Irons tries to get to full guard but Iakovakis has control of the leg.
Iakovakis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Irons defends it well.
Irons is concentrating on defense, preventing Iakovakis from advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iakovakis is looking to take a break and control but Irons is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Irons gets full guard.
Iakovakis being controlled here momentarily.
Iakovakis wants to pass the guard but Irons is keeping the position.
Iakovakis is looking to advance position but Irons has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Irons is landing with some decent strikes but Iakovakis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Irons unloading with bombs!
Iakovakis is rocked!
Irons putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Iakovakis is still in real trouble! Can Irons finish him?
Irons lands a big elbow - Iakovakis is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Iakovakis is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Castle Irons!
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