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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Immortal Technique- Dominant Species. Ales Zhandunka has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Billy Roberts's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ales Zhandunka!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhandunka takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've been told by Roberts's head coaches at VENDETTA Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zhandunka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
A jab from Roberts misses.
Roberts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roberts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberts.
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Zhandunka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
Roberts looks to throw the jab but Zhandunka is out of range.
Roberts doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Roberts pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka dips to his left and cracks Roberts with an uppercut!
Zhandunka misses with a hook.
Roberts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts lands with a good body shot.
Roberts tries to score with a low kick but Zhandunka moves his leg out of the way.
Roberts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zhandunka misses with a straight right.
Roberts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zhandunka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Roberts lands a really nice looking cross but Zhandunka seems unphased.
Zhandunka takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
Roberts misses with a body shot
and Zhandunka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roberts misses with a looping left.
Zhandunka 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.
Roberts lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zhandunka throws a lazy right hand but Roberts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roberts cracks the inside of Zhandunka's front leg.
Roberts looks to land a right hand but Zhandunka moved out of range.
Zhandunka jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zhandunka wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Zhandunka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberts. Zhandunka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhandunka is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roberts rather than just go for the knockout.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Roberts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roberts throws a hook to the side of Zhandunka's head but Zhandunka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zhandunka throws a big shot that misses.
Zhandunka blocks a jab.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhandunka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Roberts misses.
Roberts throws a jab when Zhandunka was well out of range.
Zhandunka tests Roberts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Zhandunka misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Zhandunka swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Zhandunka walks into a left hand.
Zhandunka lands a jab to Roberts's midsection.
Zhandunka lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts fakes the leg kick and cracks Zhandunka in the body.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Zhandunka checks it.
Zhandunka throws out a loose jab but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhandunka ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Zhandunka misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Roberts dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zhandunka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberts was well out of range. Poor timing from Zhandunka.
Roberts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zhandunka.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Zhandunka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Zhandunka avoids them all with ease.
Zhandunka throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
Zhandunka misses with an uppercut. Roberts saw that one coming.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
Zhandunka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Zhandunka blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberts. Zhandunka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhandunka misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts throws the left hand but Zhandunka avoids the punch easily.
Roberts throws a looping overhand right but Zhandunka ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Roberts misses its intended target.
Roberts cracks Zhandunka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zhandunka ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Roberts throws an off balance right hand
and Zhandunka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zhandunka ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
The fighters circling - Roberts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roberts scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zhandunka looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts 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.
Roberts looks for the body kick but Zhandunka saw that one coming.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zhandunka can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Roberts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zhandunka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roberts misses with a head kick.
Zhandunka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhandunka is looking to clinch.
Zhandunka ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Zhandunka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roberts throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhandunka.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zhandunka circles away quickly and effectively.
Zhandunka misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Roberts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Roberts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zhandunka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zhandunka throws an overhand right that lands on Roberts's shoulder, as Roberts tries to avoid the shot.
Zhandunka staying out of range there.
Roberts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zhandunka throws a lazy right hand but Roberts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roberts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zhandunka's sensitive parts.
Zhandunka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Roberts on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Roberts.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Roberts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Billy Roberts is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberts misses the jab.
Roberts misses with a body shot
and Zhandunka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts misses with a straight left.
Zhandunka's corner calls for a 1-2. Zhandunka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberts moves out of range of the strikes.
Roberts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhandunka manages to avoid it.
Roberts looks to land a right hand but Zhandunka moved out of range.
Zhandunka blocks a jab.
Zhandunka cracks a nice hook into Roberts's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Roberts dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch combination from Zhandunka misses.
Roberts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zhandunka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberts was well out of range. Poor timing from Zhandunka.
Roberts stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhandunka misses with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhandunka 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.
Roberts throws out a leg kick but Zhandunka moves out of range and Roberts only half commits.
Roberts throws a shot from downtown. Zhandunka moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zhandunka. Roberts does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Zhandunka counter with a right hand.
Roberts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zhandunka scores with a jab.
Roberts throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberts throws a lazy right hand but Zhandunka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhandunka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberts takes a swing at Zhandunka's ribcage but misses.
Zhandunka lands a nice shot that snaps Roberts's head back.
Zhandunka throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Roberts stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zhandunka wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Roberts scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roberts throws a jab when Zhandunka was well out of range.
Roberts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice defenses there by Roberts.
Zhandunka misses the jab.
Roberts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhandunka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roberts wants to land a leg kick but Zhandunka is out of range.
Zhandunka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zhandunka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zhandunka throws a right hand that misses
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberts.
Roberts loads up on a big right hand but Zhandunka slips the punch.
Roberts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zhandunka on the side of the head.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Zhandunka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good leg kick by Roberts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhandunka is just out of range.
Zhandunka misses with a hook.
Roberts throws a body punch but Zhandunka moves out of range.
Zhandunka throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhandunka misses with a wild body shot.
Zhandunka blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Roberts clearly takes 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.
Roberts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zhandunka checks it well.
Roberts connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Zhandunka misses.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roberts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberts.
A big left from Zhandunka misses.
Roberts wants to land a leg kick but Zhandunka is out of range.
Zhandunka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roberts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberts. That snapped Zhandunka's head back.
Zhandunka checks a leg kick.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberts defending well as Zhandunka loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
Roberts walks into a stiff left hand from Zhandunka.
Roberts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Roberts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zhandunka throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Zhandunka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberts.
Roberts moves out of range of the strikes.
Zhandunka lands a head shot.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
Roberts misses with a double jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Roberts 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 Zhandunka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zhandunka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zhandunka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zhandunka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roberts.
Roberts throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
Roberts feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zhandunkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roberts bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zhandunka's head.
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
Zhandunka tests Roberts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zhandunka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tried to score with a low kick but Zhandunka checks it.
Roberts defending well as Zhandunka loads up on a big left hand.
Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Zhandunka checks a low kick from Roberts.
Roberts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zhandunka lunges at Roberts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roberts's hand.
Roberts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zhandunka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Zhandunka misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws out a leg kick but Zhandunka moves out of range and Roberts only half commits.
No joy there for Roberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zhandunka walks into a jab.
Zhandunka takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
Roberts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberts misses the jab.
Roberts swings for the body but Zhandunka moves out of range.
Zhandunka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Roberts here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhandunka moves out of range of the body kick from Roberts.
Zhandunka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zhandunka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Roberts had his way with Ales Zhandunka in 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Zhandunka ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Zhandunka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Zhandunka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roberts in his tracks.
Zhandunka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
Zhandunka throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
Zhandunka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zhandunka throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Roberts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberts.
Zhandunka misses the shot to the body.
Zhandunka throws a jab when Roberts was well out of range.
Roberts bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zhandunka's head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Roberts, right into the meat.
Zhandunka throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
Zhandunka blocks a jab.
Zhandunka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zhandunka looks to land a left hand but Roberts moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Roberts.
Zhandunka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zhandunka lands a slapping body shot.
Roberts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhandunka moves in looking to clinch but Roberts pushes him off.
Roberts misses with a looping right.
Roberts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhandunka.
Roberts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zhandunka.
Ales Zhandunka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Roberts paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zhandunka staying out of range there.
Zhandunka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zhandunka swings widly with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a straight right hand.
Zhandunka throws a right and a left that Roberts avoids nicely.
Roberts cracks a nice hook into Zhandunka's ribs.
Roberts with a hook.
Zhandunka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheers as Roberts lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zhandunka doesn't seem phased though.
Roberts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberts was well out of range. Poor timing from Zhandunka.
Roberts slips under a jab.
Roberts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts connects with a body shot.
Roberts throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
Roberts works the jab nicely.
Zhandunka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhandunka manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roberts 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 George Francis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 50:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Roberts!
During a confident post fight interview, Billy Roberts thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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