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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Verygood (ranked 813 p4p, 40 weight class) and Michael Paine (ranked 1243 p4p, 65 weight class). Verygood comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Pain. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Verygood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Paine!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verygood misses with a few strikes there.
Paine throws a shot from downtown. Verygood moves away and avoids it.
Paine thuds a left hand into Verygood's body.
Verygood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Paine misses with a few strikes there.
Verygood dodges the punch combination from Paine.
Verygood lands a glancing blow to the side of Paine's head.
Paine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Verygood lands an overhand right.
Paine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verygood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verygood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paine throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Verygood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Paine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verygood counters with a nice uppercut.
Paine looks to land a combination. Verygood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Paine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verygood moves away.
Paine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Verygood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paine tries to keep at a distance but Verygood has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine misses with the head strike.
Paine misses with a punch to the body.
Verygood is working Paine over against the cage.
Verygood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paine scores with a hook to the body.
Paine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verygood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verygood struggles to land a body shot inside as Paine controls his hands.
Verygood can't find room to land a body shot as Paine controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Verygood.
Verygood throws a head punch that misses.
Paine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verygood lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paine.
A right handed body shot lands from Verygood.
Verygood lands a right hand.
Paine blocks an uppercut.
Paine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A nice right hand lands inside from Verygood.
Verygood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paine.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verygood lands a body shot in the clinch.
Paine throws a punch but it's blocked by Verygood.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine pushes Verygood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verygood digs a right hand into Paine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Paine's gas tank.
Verygood scores with a shot to the side of Paine's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paine.
Paine tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
A short right from Verygood on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Verygood.
Verygood is working Paine over against the cage.
Paine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Verygood backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paine.
Verygood scores with a shot to the side of Paine's head.
Verygood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verygood can't find room to land a body shot as Paine controls the action.
Paine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paine blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Verygood.
Paine pushes Verygood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Paine throws a punch but it's blocked by Verygood.
Paine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Verygood.
Paine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verygood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verygood is leaning against Paine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Paine.
Paine blocks a body shot from Verygood.
Paine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Verygood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Verygood's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Paine lands a nice shot to the body.
Verygood has a couple of punches blocked by Paine.
Verygood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Paine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paine misses with a punch on the inside.
Paine can't find room to land a body shot as Verygood controls the action.
Paine prevents a body shot from Verygood.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verygood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paine.
Paine tries a body shot but Verygood blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verygood.
Verygood misses with the head strike.
Verygood misses with a punch on the inside.
Verygood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Verygood backwards.
Verygood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paine backwards.
Verygood throws a punch but it's blocked by Paine.
A short right from Paine on the inside.
Paine misses with a body punch.
Verygood misses with a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Paine blocks a body shot from Verygood.
Paine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Verygood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Paine misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Paine throws a body punch but Verygood moves out of range.
Kurt Verygood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paine cracks Verygood with a right hand to the side of the head.
Verygood moves out of range as Paine strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kurt Verygood will probably get the nod.
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.
A swing and a miss from Verygood.
Paine missing with a left hand there. Verygood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paine throws the left hand but Verygood avoids the punch easily.
Verygood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Paine tries to move into range but Verygood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Verygood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And Verygood counters with a quick kick to the body but Paine blocks it.
Paine throws a hook to the side of Verygood's head but Verygood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paine looks to land a right hand but Verygood moved out of range.
Verygood lands with a shot to the body.
Paine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Verygood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Paine thinking.
Nice defenses there by Verygood.
Verygood misses with an uppercut.
Michael Paine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine cracks a nice hook into Verygood's ribs.
A jab from Paine misses.
Paine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Verygood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verygood jabs Paine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Verygood stuns Paine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood slips under a jab.
Verygood throws an overhand right that lands on Paine's shoulder, as Paine tries to avoid the shot.
Verygood throws a big shot that misses.
Verygood misses with an uppercut. Paine saw that one coming.
Verygood 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.
Verygood lands with a cross.
Verygood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Verygood misses with a hook. Paine ducked under it nicely.
Verygood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paine jabs Verygood right on the nose. Verygood blinks but takes it well.
Paine lands with a hook. Verygood tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Paine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Verygood has time to react.
Paine works Verygood's body with a nice hook.
Verygood ducks under a wild hook from Paine.
Paine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verygood.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verygood walks into a jab.
Paine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paine there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slow jab from Verygood misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verygood is looking to clinch.
Verygood scores with a jab to the body.
Paine moves forwards but Verygood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paine jabs at Verygood's body.
Paine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Paine scores with a jab.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Paine.
Verygood quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Paine misses with a double jab.
Paine throws a right and a left that Verygood avoids nicely.
Verygood swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Verygood.
Verygood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Paine at a distance.
Verygood blocks a jab.
Paine connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Verygood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paine was well out of range. Poor timing from Verygood.
Paine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Paine throws a body punch but Verygood moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paine, pushing him back against the cage.
Verygood throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verygood.
Paine blocks an uppercut.
Verygood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paine misses with some punches.
Paine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verygood lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verygood.
Paine tries to break the clinch but Verygood is controlling the position.
Paine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verygood scores with a one two! Paine had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Paine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Paine throws a hook but Verygood avoids it easily.
Paine swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Verygood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verygood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paine.
Paine lands a nice shot to the body.
Paine throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Verygood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Paine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine slips a jab from Verygood.
Verygood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Paine lands a head shot.
Verygood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verygood tries to land a front kick but Paine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Paine with a nice cross.
Verygood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Verygood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Paine. Paine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Verygood cracks Paine with an open hand slap.
Paine misses with a straight left.
Verygood looks to land a right hand but Paine moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verygood. Paine does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paine throws a lazy right hand but Verygood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Verygood. Those never looked like landing.
A swing and a miss from Paine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kurt Verygood will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Verygood takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Verygood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paine manages to avoid it.
Verygood throws a hook to the side of Paine's head but Paine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Verygood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paine moves away.
Verygood throws a big shot that misses.
Verygood slips a jab from Paine.
A shot to the body from Verygood misses
enabling Paine to counter with a crisp jab.
Verygood moves forwards but Paine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Verygood lands with a cross.
Paine looks to land a left hand but Verygood moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verygood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paine.
Verygood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Verygood misses with a hook. Paine ducked under it nicely.
Paine misses with an uppercut
and Verygood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paine misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood misses with a wild body shot.
Paine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verygood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paine misses with the combination.
Paine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verygood.
Paine throws a lazy right hand but Verygood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verygood.
Paine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Verygood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Verygood lands with a right hand.
Verygood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Verygood can't find room to land a body shot as Paine controls the action.
Good body shot from Verygood.
Paine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verygood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verygood misses with some punches.
Verygood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Verygood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Paines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Verygood misses.
Verygood walks into a jab.
Paine swats away the attempt to clinch by Verygood.
Verygood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Paine has time to react.
Verygood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Paine lands with a cross.
A jab from Verygood finds it's way through Paine's defenses.
A swing and a miss from Paine.
Paine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Paine! But no joy.
Paine 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.
Paine misses with an uppercut. Verygood saw that one coming.
Verygood slips under a jab.
Paine misses the jab.
Verygood wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paine under the eye.
Paine throws a shot from downtown. Verygood moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Paine misses.
Verygood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Verygood throws a shot from downtown. Paine moves away and avoids it.
Paine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Paine duly obliges.
Verygood misses with a right hand
and Paine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paine throws the left hand but Verygood avoids the punch easily.
Verygood clinches.
Paine breaks from the clinch.
Verygood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paine throws the left hand but Verygood avoids the punch easily.
Paine slips a jab from Verygood.
Verygood ducks under a wild hook from Paine.
Paine looks to score with a jab to the body but Verygood is just out of range.
A slow jab from Verygood misses its intended target.
Verygood fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verygood cracks Paine with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Verygood.
Verygood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Verygood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Paine throws out the jab.
Paine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Paine.
Verygood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice body punch from Paine.
Verygood misses with an uppercut.
Verygood cracks Paine with a good jab.
Verygood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Verygood misses with a looping left.
Paine defending well as Verygood loads up on a big left hand.
Paine looks to score with a jab to the body but Verygood is just out of range.
Paine punishes Verygood's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Verygood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Paine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Verygood loads up on a big right hand but Paine slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Michael Paine just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Verygood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Paine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Verygood lands with a shot to the body.
Paine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Verygood looks to throw the jab but Paine is out of range.
Verygood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Verygood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paine slips a jab from Verygood.
Paine throws out a loose jab but Verygood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paine takes one to the side of the head.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Paine.
A jab from Paine does it's job there.
Verygood ducks under a wild hook from Paine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verygood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Verygood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verygood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paine misses with a straight left.
Good standup being displayed there by Verygood as he connects with a hook.
Paine ducks under a wild hook from Verygood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verygood lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood misses with a hook.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Paine.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Verygood misses.
Verygood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Paine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verygood.
Verygood throws a hook but Paine avoids it easily.
Verygood fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Paine.
Paine might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Verygood's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paine under the eye.
Paine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Verygood to score with a decent uppercut.
Paine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verygood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Paine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A left lands for Paine.
Paine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verygood.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verygood blocks a jab.
Verygood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paine.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Verygood does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Verygood misses.
Paine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verygood thuds a left hand into Paine's body.
Verygood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Verygood keeps Paine at a distance using the push kick.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Paine moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Paine was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Paine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Paine misses.
Verygood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paine.
Verygood throws a hook to the side of Paine's head but Paine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paine avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Verygood misses with a lunging right hand
and Paine counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood takes a swing at Paine's ribcage but misses.
Verygood throws an overhand right that lands on Paine's shoulder, as Paine tries to avoid the shot.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Paine.
A jab from Paine misses.
Verygood just misses with a punch to the body.
Paine slips under a jab.
Verygood slips a straight right by Paine.
Paine lands with a cross.
Verygood ducks under a wild hook from Paine.
Paine throws the left hand but Verygood avoids the punch easily.
Paine misses with a hook.
Verygood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Verygood clinches up against the cage.
Verygood misses with the head strike.
Paine blocks a body shot from Verygood.
Verygood lands a nice uppercut.
Paine lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine struggles to land a body shot inside as Verygood controls his hands.
Paine lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Paine fails to land.
Verygood lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paine struggles to land a body shot inside as Verygood controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verygood.
Kurt Verygood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Paine tries to work over Verygood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch lands to the side of Paine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Paine throws a lazy right hand but Verygood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verygood. Paine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Verygood staying out of range there.
Paine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Verygood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paine.
Verygood throws a shot from downtown. Paine moves away and avoids it.
Paine misses with an uppercut. Verygood saw that one coming.
Paine throws a jab when Verygood was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Verygood does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Verygood had his way with Michael Paine in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Paine misses with a looping left.
Paine misses with a looping left.
Verygood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Verygood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paine.
Verygood throwing a counter right hand but Paine manages to avoid it.
Verygood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Paines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Verygood jabs at Paine's body.
Verygood lands a nice looking body shot.
Verygood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Verygood.
Paine missing with a left hand there. Verygood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Verygood there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Paine.
Paine scores with a body shot.
Verygood lands with a straight right. Paine didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Verygood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paine misses with an uppercut. Verygood saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood darts in trying to clinch
and Verygood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Verygood misses with a jab to the body
enabling Paine to counter with a crisp jab.
Verygood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Verygood throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Paine counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Verygood finds it's target.
Verygood misses the body punch
and Paine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Paine.
Verygood is looking to counter the offense by Paine and move into the clinch.
Paine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verygood is looking to clinch but Paine is avoiding it.
Paine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verygood.
Paine throws a shot from downtown. Verygood moves away and avoids it.
Verygood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Verygood avoids the body shot from Paine.
Kurt Verygood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verygood throws a hook but Paine blocks it.
Paine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paine swings for the body but Verygood moves out of range.
Verygood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Paine takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Verygood scores with a nice head shot.
Nice defenses there by Verygood.
Paine misses with a wild body shot.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Good exchange - Verygood coming out on top.
Paine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Verygood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Verygood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paine.
The fighters circling - Verygood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paine looks to land a right hand but Verygood moved out of range.
Michael Paine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Verygood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Verygood. Beautiful body shot.
Paine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verygood moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Verygood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Verygood throws a poor cross that misses
and Paine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Paine misses with a straight right.
Paine avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Paine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verygood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paine.
Verygood scores with a hook.
A cross from Verygood lands.
Paine lands with a nice body punch.
A punch lands to the side of Verygood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Paine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verygood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paine was well out of range. Poor timing from Verygood.
Verygood looks to clinch
and Paine counters with a series of strikes. Verygood will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verygood defending well as Paine loads up on a big left hand.
Verygood lands with a good body shot.
Paine throws a hook but Verygood avoids it easily.
Verygood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paine.
Verygood drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Verygood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paine, pushing him back against the cage.
Paine has had enough of the clinch but Verygood keeps him there for the moment.
Paine misses with a punch on the inside.
Verygood blocking some punches.
Paine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Verygood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Paine.
I think Verygood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 49:47
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kurt Verygood!
Kurt Verygood retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Kurt Verygood made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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