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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mr Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zophiel Furfur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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158 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Mr Green!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zophiel Furfur!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Green misses.
Green misses with a body shot.
Green avoids the head kick by Furfur.
Furfur slaps away a takedown attempt from Green, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Green bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Furfur's head backwards.
Furfur takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Green misses with a series of wild punches.
Furfur misses with a wild body shot.
Furfur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Green shoots in but Furfur avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Furfur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Green cracks Furfur with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Green takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur throws the kick towards the body but Green avoids it.
Green shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Furfur sprawls well. Furfur wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Green gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Furfur lands an overhand right.
Furfur misses with an attempted mid kick.
Green slips a jab from Furfur.
Green blocks a head kick by Furfur.
Zophiel Furfur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Furfur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Furfur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Furfur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Green lands with a right hand.
Furfur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furfur misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Green misses.
Furfur throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Green swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Furfur makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Green really felt that one!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Green checks a leg kick.
Green looks to land a left hand but Furfur moved out of range nicely.
Green misses with a hook. Furfur ducked under it nicely.
Furfur throws a low kick but Green moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green throws a nice looking combination but Furfur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Green swings for the body but Furfur moves out of range.
Furfur tried to score with a low kick but Green checks it.
Green lands a nice shot that snaps Furfur's head back.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Furfur's shoulder, as Furfur tries to avoid the shot.
Furfur throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Furfur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Furfur comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big left from Green misses.
Furfur swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Green goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Furfur fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Green is out of range.
Green swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Furfur throws out the jab.
Green throws a good cross that connects.
Furfur slips under a jab.
Green throws a nice looking combination but Furfur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Furfur throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Furfur connects with a solid leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Green. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Green. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Green.
Furfur is looking to score with low kicks.
Furfur pushes Green away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Furfur thows a body shot but no joy.
Green looks to land a combination but Furfur avoids it well.
Furfur wants to clinch
and Green counters with a stiff right hand.
Furfur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Green is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Furfur tries a head kick but it misses.
Green bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Furfur's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Green connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Furfur scrambles back to his feet.
Green closes this distance looking for a takedown but Furfur circles away.
Furfur takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice body punch from Furfur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zophiel Furfur will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Furfur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
Furfur fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Green has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Green is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Green moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Green throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Furfur is looking to score with low kicks.
Furfur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Furfur connects with a leg kick. Green looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Furfur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Furfur is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Green rather than just go for the knockout.
Furfur slips under a jab from Green.
A slapping leg kick lands for Furfur.
Furfur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Green. That did some damage!
Green lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Green connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Furfur momentarily.
Green misses the jab.
A jab from Furfur does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Furfur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Green.
Green moves forwards but Furfur connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Mr Green has been cut.
Green takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Green avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Furfur throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Furfur throws a low kick but Green avoids it.
Furfur wants to clinch.
Green lands a jab.
Green buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Green misses with a hook. Furfur ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur scores with a push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Green with a hook.
Green throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Green shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Furfur tries a head kick but it misses.
Green moves out of range of the body kick.
Green misses with an uppercut
and Furfur counters with a good low kick that Green was not able to check.
Furfur's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Green connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Furfur scrambles back to his feet.
Furfur misses with a low kick.
Furfur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Furfur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Green throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green looking to score a takedown here. Furfur is defending well but Green drives through and ends up in Furfur's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Furfur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Green is one step ahead there.
Furfur keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Furfur wants to get back to his feet but Green is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Furfur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Furfur keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Green postures up in Furfur's guard and throws a big left but Furfur blocks it.
Green wants to pass the guard but Furfur is keeping the position.
Furfur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Green. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Green postures up in Furfur's guard and throws a big left but Furfur blocks it.
Green postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Green stopping the sweep attempt from Furfur.
Green in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Green accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Green is fighting to break Furfur's control of his arms but Furfur is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green throws an elbow that misses. Furfur uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Green's guard. Nice move by Furfur!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zophiel Furfur will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mr Green's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sloppy strikes from Green. Those never looked like landing.
Zophiel Furfur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Furfur.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Furfur.
Furfur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Green misses with an uppercut. Furfur saw that one coming.
Furfur is looking to slow Green down with leg kicks.
Furfur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Furfur throws a series of punches but Green avoids them all with ease.
Furfur misses with a wild body shot.
Furfur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Furfur shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Furfur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Green misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Green lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Furfur has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Furfur and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Furfur moves out of range as Green strikes.
Furfur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Green can pounce on him.
Furfur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Furfur moves out of range of the leg kick from Green.
Green throws a right and a left that Furfur avoids nicely.
Furfur delivers a nice body kick.
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Green is predictable there
and Furfur counters with a nice body shot.
Green keeps the fight on the outside.
Some bone on bone action there as Furfur checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Furfur connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Green scrambles back to his feet.
Green on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Furfur. Furfur obviously looking to wear him down.
Green shoots in but Furfur avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Green will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Furfur's shoulder, as Furfur tries to avoid the shot.
Green shoots for a takedown but Furfur saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Green looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green misses with a two punch combination.
Green scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Furfur is looking to escape.
Furfur pushes Green off and gets back to his feet.
Furfur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Furfur slaps away a takedown attempt from Green, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Furfur thuds his shin into the meat of Green's side.
Furfur takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses.
Furfur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Furfur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Furfur throws a wild body kick that Green sees coming a mile off.
Furfur takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses.
Green lands the left hand.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Furfur.
Furfur misses with a head kick.
Furfur jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Furfur connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Green's hands.
Furfur works the jab nicely.
Green does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Green lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Furfur circles away quickly and effectively.
Furfur throws a leg kick
and Green counters with a one-two to the body.
Furfur jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Green shoots in but no luck this time.
Furfur looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
Green misses with a jab to the body
and Furfur counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch lands to the side of Furfur 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Furfur feints and then cracks Green's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Green down.
Furfur throws a body punch but Green moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zophiel Furfur really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Green's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Furfur scores with a kick to the midsection.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Green lands a really nice looking cross but Furfur seems unphased.
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
Furfur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Furfur wants to slow Green down by chopping away at his legs.
Furfur cracks the inside of Green's front leg.
Furfur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Furfur thows a left - swing and a miss!
Furfur misses with a looping left.
Green is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Furfur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Green's calf.
Furfur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Green.
Green throws a front kick aimed at Furfur's knee but Furfur avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Furfur getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Green checks the leg kick nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Green.
Green misses the jab.
Furfur looks to land a body kick but Green moved away.
Green throws a series of punches but Furfur moves out of range.
Green 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.
Green slips under a jab.
Furfur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Green steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Furfur. That one must have hurt.
Green lands with a right hand.
Green misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Furfur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green looks to land a left hand but Furfur moved out of range nicely.
Furfur tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Green is able to avoid easily.
Furfur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Green moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Green avoids the head kick by Furfur.
Green walks forward, straight into a front kick from Furfur.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green misses with a hook. Furfur ducked under it nicely.
Green throws a poor cross that misses
and Furfur counters with a head kick. That will keep Green thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Green scores with a one two! Furfur had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Furfur.
Green has a takedown stuffed.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Furfur lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur feints and then cracks Green's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Green down.
Furfur looks to land a body kick but Green moved away.
Furfur displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Green.
Furfur misses with a looping right.
Furfur doesn't manage to clinch there - Green circles away.
Furfur connects with a single shot there.
Green misses with the combination.
Furfur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Furfur moves out of range of the strikes.
Furfur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green misses with a body shot.
Green throws a jab but it's blocked by Furfur.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Green, right into the meat.
Furfur wants to clinch.
Jab from Green.
Furfur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Green lands with a good body shot.
Furfur throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Green looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Green. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Green throws a hook but Furfur avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zophiel Furfur dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Mr Green's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Green swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Furfur lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Green has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Green and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Green fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Furfur is out of range.
Green misses with an uppercut
and Furfur counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Green is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and moves out of range.
Green moves out of range as Furfur throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Furfur.
Furfur takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Green scores with a body shot.
Furfur walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Green checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Furfur looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
Green swings widly with a right hand
and Furfur counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Green.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Green takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Furfur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Green throws out the jab.
Green scores with a nice right hand.
Furfur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Green misses the jab.
Furfur takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Furfur checks a low kick from Green.
Green looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Furfur.
Furfur throws a big shot that misses.
Furfur throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Green paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Furfur lets loose with a powerful body kick. Green will feel that in the morning.
Green scores with the left hand. Furfur knows he should have avoided that one.
Furfur takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mr Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Furfur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Green misses.
Furfur connects with a nice looking jab.
Green shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Furfur as he avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Furfur napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Green lands a decent elbow from side control.
Furfur holds on to Green's head and controls the position momentarily.
Green is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Furfur is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Furfur knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Furfur's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Furfur parries the strikes from Green easily there. Green is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Furfur to escape.
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.
Furfur tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Green wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Furfur has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Green but great work by Furfur.
Green tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Green gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Green is looking for a sweep. Furfur is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Green looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Green showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Furfur has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:49
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 47:49
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zophiel Furfur!
Zophiel Furfur is the new lightweight champion!
Zophiel Furfur decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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