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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Boyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karva Jorgos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyce comes to the cage accompanied by Cockney Rejects - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles. Jorgos has chosen Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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180 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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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
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Boyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karva Jorgos!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorgos closes the distance and clinches up with Boyce, looking for a takedown. Jorgos pushes Boyce against the cage but Boyce circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jorgos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Karva Jorgos has been cut.
Boyce jabs Jorgos right on the nose. Jorgos blinks but takes it well.
Boyce connects with a high kick.
A shot to the liver by Boyce. Beautiful body shot.
Jorgos wants to clinch up but Boyce keeps it at a distance.
Boyce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boyce connects with a right hand. Jorgos shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyce lands a jab to the nose.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jorgos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jorgos is rocked!
Boyce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jorgos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jorgos is still on wobbly legs! Can Boyce finish him?
Jorgos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Boyce is fending him off so far but Jorgos persists. Nope, Boyce circles away and we're back to standing.
Jorgos seems to have recovered his senses.
Jab from Boyce.
Jorgos throws a body punch but Boyce moves out of range.
Jorgos misses with a right hand
and Boyce counters with a head kick that drops Jorgos to the mat! Jorgos scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Boyce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jorgos walks into a stiff left hand from Boyce.
Jorgos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boyce.
Boyce works Jorgos's body with a nice hook.
Boyce looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgos fails to land the takedown.
Tommy Boyce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karva Jorgos.
Boyce lands a jab to Jorgos's midsection.
Boyce scores with a jab.
Boyce blocks a low kick nicely.
Boyce lands with a nice body punch.
Boyce with a jab.
Boyce stalks Jorgos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jorgos's face. Jorgos staggers backwards, shaken.
Jorgos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jorgos throws a lazy right hand but Boyce sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jorgos throws a series of punches but Boyce moves out of range.
Boyce shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jorgos looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Boyce stands up and beckons Jorgos to join him on the feet.
Boyce scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorgos misses with a looping left.
Boyce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jorgos.
Boyce is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Boyce blocks a low kick nicely.
Jorgos slaps away a takedown attempt from Boyce, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boyce ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boyce blocks a jab.
Boyce misses with a body shot.
A nice combination there by Boyce.
Jorgos misses with a hook. Boyce ducked under it nicely.
Jorgos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Boyce swivels and escapes.
Boyce throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Boyce scores with a jab to the head.
Jorgos fails with the takedown
and Boyce counters with a nice leg kick.
Jorgos tries to sprawl but Boyce drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Boyce decides to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce moves out of range as Jorgos strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Boyce as Jorgos shoots in.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boyce. That's going to slow Jorgos down.
Boyce wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Boyce shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jorgos pinned against the cage. Jorgos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boyce digs a good hook to Jorgos's body.
Jorgos misses with a leg kick.
Boyce blocks a head kick by Jorgos.
Boyce connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jorgos clinches.
Boyce is pushing Jorgos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jorgos tries to land knees in the clinch but Boyce avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce slows down the pace here.
Boyce seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Jorgos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Boyce is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyce manages to break the clinch.
Jorgos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boyce moves away.
Boyce scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jorgos in his tracks.
Boyce lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jorgos tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boyce ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jorgos scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorgos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Boyce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karva Jorgos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Boyce lands with a right hand.
Boyce lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Boyce.
Jorgos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Boyce defends it nicely.
A left lands for Boyce.
Jorgos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boyce looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boyce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boyce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jorgos.
Jorgos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boyce scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That has opened up Karva Jorgos's cut even more.
Jorgos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boyce connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Boyce takes one on the button.
Jorgos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jorgos gets caught napping as Boyce dives in and scores a takedown. Jorgos manages to retain guard.
Boyce gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jorgos is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgos shoots in for a takedown but Boyce shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Boyce jabs Jorgos right on the nose. Jorgos blinks but takes it well.
Boyce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jorgos can do to turn this around?
That kick from Boyce tenderised Jorgos's leg. Jorgos is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice combination there by Boyce.
Boyce feints and as Jorgos raises his hands in defense, Boyce changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Boyce engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jorgos working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Boyce has passed into half guard!
Boyce wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jorgos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Boyce pulls his head out easily.
Jorgos wants to control but Boyce is keeping busy.
Jorgos moves into full guard.
Boyce wants to pass the guard but Jorgos is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Boyce is stalling in the full guard.
Jorgos is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Boyce rolls with it to try and escape but Jorgos cranks on the arm and Boyce is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Karva Jorgos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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