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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hole (ranked 532 p4p, 78 weight class) and Shawn Antoski (ranked 350 p4p, 50 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Antoski!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hole misses with a body shot.
Antoski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hole misses the shot to the body.
Antoski blocks a head kick by Hole.
Hole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Antoski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harry Hole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antoski misses with a left hand
and Hole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Antoski throws out a powerful jab.
Antoski throws a body punch but Hole moves out of range.
Antoski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hole misses with a straight left.
Hole misses the shot to the body.
Hole throws a hook but Antoski avoids it easily.
Antoski lands with a right hand.
Antoski thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hole if he has to take too many more of those.
Hole throws a looping overhand right but Antoski ducks down to avoid it.
Hole moves away from the strike by Antoski.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hole misses with a looping right.
Antoski lands a jab to the nose.
Hole walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Hole misses
and Antoski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hole looks to land a body kick but Antoski moved away.
Hole slips under a jab.
Antoski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hole.
Antoski avoids a kick to the body.
Hole misses with a body shot.
Antoski cracks Hole with a right hand to the side of the head.
Antoski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Antoski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Antoski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Antoski lands with a nice body punch.
Hole seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hole moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Antoski throws an off balance right hand
and Antoski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hole misses with a low kick.
Hole takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Antoski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antoski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hole scores with a hook to the body. Antoski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Antoski lands with a nice body punch.
Hole misses with a body kick.
Antoski looks to land a right hand but Hole moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole throws a body shot but no joy.
Antoski takes a swing at Hole's ribcage but misses.
Hole lands a nice shot to the body.
Antoski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hole connects with a single shot there.
Antoski tries to land a front kick but Hole steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Antoski digs a good hook to Hole's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Antoski crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hole - the referee stops the clock and Antoski gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hole. Antoski manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Antoski misses with a body shot
and Antoski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Antoski moves away.
Hole scores with a nice head shot.
Hole throws a big shot that misses.
Antoski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hole throws a sloppy head kick and Antoski moves out of range easily.
Antoski blocks a jab.
Antoski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice uppercut lands for Hole. That snapped Antoski's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antoski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antoski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hole looks to throw the jab but Antoski is out of range.
Antoski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hole's head.
Antoski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hole waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Antoski.
Antoski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hole with a body shot.
Hole takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hole misses with a right hand
and Antoski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hole looks to land a right hand but Antoski moved out of range.
Antoski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hole takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Antoski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hole.
Hole throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hole lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antoski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hole.
Hole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Antoski was well out of range. Poor timing from Hole.
Antoski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hole is looking to land body kicks.
Antoski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antoski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Antoski.
Antoski lands a nice hook to Hole's body. Hole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hole moves out of range of the body kick from Antoski.
Hole throws a nice inside leg kick.
Antoski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Antoski misses with a wild body shot.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Antoski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Antoski misses with a looping left.
Hole misses with an uppercut
and Antoski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hole misses with a jab to the body
and Antoski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Antoski scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Antoski throws a jab when Hole was well out of range.
Hole is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Antoski slips under a jab from Hole.
Antoski feints a counter leg kick.
Antoski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Antoski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Antoski moves out of range as Hole strikes.
Antoski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hole misses the shot to the body.
Antoski misses with a right hand
and Hole counters with a leg kick.
Antoski takes a swing at Hole's ribcage but misses.
Donk. Hole catches Antoski right on the button with a cross.
Antoski misses the jab.
Hole on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hole explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Antoski cracks Hole with a right hand to the side of the head.
Antoski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hole looks to land a right hand but Antoski moved out of range.
Hole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Antoski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antoski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hole moves away.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hole might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Antoski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antoski misses with a low kick as Hole jumps back.
Antoski throws a body shot but no joy.
Hole slips a straight right by Antoski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hole bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Antoski's head.
Hole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Antoski scores with a head kick.
Hole waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Antoski.
Hole feints and then cracks Antoski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Antoski down.
Antoski looks to land a left hand but Hole moved out of range nicely.
Hole checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hole. Antoski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antoski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hole is able to avoid easily.
Antoski lands a right hook to the body.
Hole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Antoski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hole slips under a jab from Antoski.
Shawn Antoski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hole is looking to slow Antoski down with leg kicks.
Hole throws a body shot but no joy.
Antoski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hole.
Hole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Antoski checks it well.
Hole avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hole scores with a punch to the head.
Hole lands with a straight right. Antoski didn't see that one coming.
Hole connects with a jab.
Antoski throws a sloppy head kick and Hole moves out of range easily.
Hole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antoski misses with an uppercut.
Antoski throws a body shot but no joy.
Antoski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Antoski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hole can pounce on him.
Antoski wants to land a leg kick but Hole is out of range.
Antoski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Antoski responds with a good body kick, but Hole manages to step out the way in time.
Antoski slips a jab from Hole.
Antoski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hole throws a low kick, looking for Antoski's leg but Antoski calmly moves out of range.
Antoski slips under a jab from Hole.
Antoski misses with a body kick.
Antoski swings widly with a right hand
and Hole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antoski throws an off balance right hand
and Hole counters with a good, hard body kick but Antoski shrugs it off.
Hole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Antoskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hole scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hole connects with a solid leg kick.
Hole throws a hook but Antoski avoids it easily.
Antoski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Antoski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Antoski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hole moves away.
Antoski defending well as Hole loads up on a big left hand.
Hole moves away from the strike by Antoski.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Antoski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hole.
Antoski takes a swing at Hole's ribcage but misses.
Hole dodges the punch combination from Antoski.
Hole throwing a counter right hand but Antoski manages to avoid it.
Antoski tries to bum rush Hole with a series of wild strikes but Hole uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hole 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.
Hole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab by Hole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hole on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Antoski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hole misses with a left hand
and Antoski counters with a body kick that stops Hole in his tracks momentarily.
Antoski ducks under a wild hook from Hole.
Hole stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Antoski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hole slips a straight right by Antoski.
Antoski misses with a looping left.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hole.
Hole connects with a leg kick. Antoski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hole wants to slow Antoski down by chopping away at his legs.
Hole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Antoski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hole takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hole misses with a low kick.
Hole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antoski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Antoski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hole takes a step back to recover.
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 Harry Hole 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. And we move into the final round!
Hole walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hole takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Antoski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hole.
Antoski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hole throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hole walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hole looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hole cracks Antoski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Antoski throws a head kick that misses.
Hole tests Antoski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hole thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Antoski if he has to take too many more of those.
Antoski misses with a low kick.
Antoski wants to slow Hole down by chopping away at his legs.
Antoski on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Antoski does it's job there.
Antoski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hole tried to counter with a leg kick but Antoski avoided it.
Hole looks to throw the jab but Antoski is out of range.
Hole backing away here, and Antoski unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antoski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hole.
Hole walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Antoski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Antoski slips under a jab from Hole.
Antoski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Antoski throws a jab but it's blocked by Hole.
Hole misses the jab.
Hole throws a shot from downtown. Antoski moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Antoski misses.
Hole throws a looping overhand right but Antoski ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Antoski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Antoski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hole is able to avoid easily.
Hole misses with a hook
letting Antoski counter with a right hand.
Hole throws out a leg kick but Antoski moves out of range and Hole only half commits.
Antoski has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hole.
Antoski misses with an uppercut.
Antoski misses with a jab to the body
and Hole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Antoski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hole.
Antoski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hole misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antoski misses with a hook. Hole ducked under it nicely.
Hole fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Antoski on the side of the head.
Antoski looks for the body kick but Hole saw that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hole.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antoski moves out of range of the strikes.
Antoski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hole lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hole misses with a looping right.
Antoski throws a body shot but no joy.
Antoski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Antoski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hole lands a glancing blow to the side of Antoski's head.
Antoski moves away from the strike by Hole.
Antoski replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hole blocks it well.
Antoski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Antoski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Antoski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hole throws a wild body kick that Antoski sees coming a mile off.
Hole avoids the head kick by Antoski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole scores with a spinning back kick!
Antoski throws a leg kick but Hole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hole lands a jab to the nose.
Jab, jab by Antoski - just one landing.
Antoski loads up on a big right hand but Hole slips the punch.
Antoski looks to throw the jab but Hole is out of range.
Hole misses with a body kick.
Hole fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Antoski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hole sizes up Antoski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Antoski counters with a two punch combo.
Hole slips a jab from Antoski.
A jab from Hole misses.
Antoski throws a hook but Hole blocks it.
Hole misses the shot to the body.
Antoski scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hole connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Antoski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole slips under a jab from Antoski.
Antoski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hole throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Antoski looks for the body kick but Hole saw that one coming.
Antoski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antoski just misses with a punch to the body.
Antoski takes a swing at Hole's ribcage but misses.
Antoski is looking to score with low kicks.
Antoski misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Hole catches Antoski right on the button with a cross.
Hole lands a nice looking body shot.
Antoski misses with a head kick.
Antoski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hole digs a good body shot into Antoski's ribs.
Hole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Antoski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoski staying out of range there.
Hole lands a jab to Antoski's midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Harry Hole.
I think Hole 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Harry Hole!
Harry Hole spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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