Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: CWC Fight Night 7
Date: Nov 02, 2022

175 cm
44 yrs
158 lbs

150 cm
40 yrs
145 lbs

Charles

Dhelan

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 11, 2022

#R1#
Charles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Morad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morad finds it's way round the side to connect with Charles's head.
Charles takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Morad misses the target.
Morad pivots, looking for a leg kick but Charles is out of range and Morad settles back down.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles with a nice cross.
Morad looks to land a right hand but Charles moved out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Morad has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Charles tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morad lands with a right hand.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Morad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Charles is out of range.
Good shot there by Morad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Charles blocks the leg kick.
Morad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice sprawl there from Morad as Charles shoots in.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.#TD2#
Charles gets the takedown into side control.
Charles trying to control the position but Morad is working away. #T1##SUB2#
Charles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morad knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Charles has knee on belly momentarily but Morad bucks him off and regains half guard.
Morad tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Morad keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
My spies in Kamp Krusty inform me that Charles has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.#SUB2#
Charles is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game. #SUB2#
Charles wants to work for an arm triangle but Morad is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morad trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up. #SUB2#
Morad is defending against the submission attempts here by Charles. #T3#
Morad slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morad pulls Charles in close to his closed guard and prevents Charles from doing any damage or advancing position.
Morad keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.
Morad trying to control the position. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morad misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Morad throws a big shot that misses.
Charles shoots in but Morad avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Charles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morad swivels and escapes.
Morad connects with a body shot.
Morad turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morad swinging wildly here.
Charles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morad avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morad misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Erran Morad dominated 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.#R2#
Morad lands a right hook to the body.
Charles moves away from the strike by Morad.
Morad tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Charles is able to avoid easily.
Morad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charles goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morad slips a jab from Charles.
Morad fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#TD2#
Charles closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Charles lands in his opponent's guard.

Morad uses the cage to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morad misses with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Morad there.
Morad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morad sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Erran Morad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T1#
Charles has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Charles there as he acknowledges the shot.
Charles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morad lands with a right hand.
Morad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mike Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morad misses with a hook.
Charles is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Charles moves out of range as Morad strikes.
Charles moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morad. That's going to slow Charles down.
Morad missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morad.
Charles looks for a takedown but Morad sprawls well.
Morad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morad defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Charles.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Morad lands a right hook to the body.
Morad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#T2#
A low kick from Morad misses #TD2#
and Charles counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morad controlling Charles's posture.
Morad can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Charles controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
Morad wants to hit a sweep here but Charles passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morad there!
Charles avoids the attempt from Morad to control.#T3#
Morad keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Charles wants to control the pace but Morad is squirming around nicely.
Morad is trying to escape the mount but Charles keeps good control and instead manages to take Morad's back.
Morad wants to control his opponent's hands but Charles gets his hands free.
Morad is defending well here and trying to improve his position. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Charles not allowing Morad to control his hands.
Charles is looking to control Morad but Morad is wriggling around and keeping busy. #SUB2#
Charles is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Morad defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined. #SUB2#
Charles is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Morad is defending well though. Charles let's go of the attempt for now.#SUB2#
Charles looking for the choke from the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Erran Morad dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Morad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morad throws a body shot but no joy.
Morad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Charles drops his hands momentarily and Morad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morad with a hook.
Charles ducks right into an uppercut from Morad.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Charles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Charles throws a lazy right hand but Morad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Charles blocks a jab.
Morad stuffs the takedown attempt from Charles. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
Charles fails to land the takedown.
Charles shoots in and drives through. Morad sprawls well.
Erran Morad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Morad throws a leg kick which misses Charles's front leg but catches the back leg as Charles tries to avoid it.
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!
Morad throws out a loose jab but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erran Morad is winning the standup battle so far.
Morad throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot. #T1#
Charles slips under a jab.
Morad connects with a looping right hand.
A jab lands there for Morad.
Nice body punch from Morad.
Morad throws a hook to the side of Charles's head but Charles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morad scores with a crisp jab that stopped Charles in his tracks.
Morad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Charles is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Morad lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Charles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight. #ROC#Charles is rocked!
Morad lands with a right hand.
Charles is still on wobbly legs! Can Morad finish him?
Morad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Morad drops Charles with a huge uppercut! Charles drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Morad is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erran Morad!
After the fight, Erran Morad was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 05, 2022

#R1#
Salter shoots and misses
and Charles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charles circles away.
Salter has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Salter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Charles as Salter shoots in.#TD2#
Charles decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Charles sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Salter is in trouble now - Charles has advanced to mount! #SUB2#
Charles jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Salter manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Salter is being controlled here.
My spies in Kamp Krusty inform me that Charles has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!#T1#
Salter is trying to control Charles's posture but Charles avoids it. #SUB2#
Charles tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Charles has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Salter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#SUB2#
Charles tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Charles has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Salter is trying to control Charles's posture but Charles avoids it. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.#SUB2#
Charles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Salter knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB2#
Charles looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Salter sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.#SUB2#
Charles is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Salter is just riding it out for now. Charles eventually gives up the hold. #SUB#
Salter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T3#
Salter is looking to control Charles's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Salter avoid being mounted?
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Charles wants to free his trapped foot but Salter is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Charles passes the guard and advances to mount!
Salter is desperately trying to get back to half guard. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Salter has given up his back here. Will Charles look for the submission or keep pounding away? #SUB2#
Salter defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Charles's arms. #SUB2#
Charles sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Salter taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Sam Salter stepped up to the mic, saying 'I think it may be time to hang up the gloves. Its been fun at times but Im over this time to go kill myself and family chris benoit style.'.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 21, 2022

#R1#
Charles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kingston sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kingston throws a leg kick but Charles sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Charles.
Charles throws a big counter combination but Kingston scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kingston throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.
Charles gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kingston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kingston throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Kingston is quick to defend against it.
Charles has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kingston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kingston.
Charles 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mike Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Kingston misses the target.
Charles was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kingston misses with a straight right.
Kingston is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Charles on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kingston. Kingston obviously looking to wear him down. #T1#
A low kick from Kingston is predictable there #TD#
and Charles counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Charles is looking to advance position but Kingston won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingston trying to control here.
Kingston is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kingston is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Charles trying to pass the guard but Kingston defending well.
Charles prevents Kingston from improving his position.#SUB#
Kingston is defending against the submission attempts here by Charles. #T2##SUB#
Charles is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kingston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Charles prevents Kingston from improving his position.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kingston does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Charles passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kingston tries to reverse the position but Charles maintains control.#T3#
Kingston tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away. #SUB#
Charles jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Kingston is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Kingston and Charles has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Kingston is trying to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Charles goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kingston rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Charles's guard! Nice work there by Kingston!
Charles keeping moving, preventing Kingston from controlling successfully. #T4#
Kingston controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#SUB#
Charles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kingston gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kingston pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.
Kingston forces his way into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles is looking to control Kingston's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charles avoid being mounted?
Kingston content to control rather than advance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alzarri Kingston dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Kingston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kingston connects with the punch.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick lands for Kingston.
Charles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kingston defends well and Charles ends up having to push Kingston into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kingston lands a right hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles wants a takedown.
Charles wants to break free but Kingston has control.
Kingston has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kingston misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#BC2#
Kingston breaks from the clinch.
Kingston throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kingston. That's going to slow Charles down.
Charles fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
Charles with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kingston counters with a nice uppercut. #TD#
Charles looking to score a takedown here. Kingston is defending well but Charles drives through and ends up in Kingston's guard.
Kingston has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kingston is continuing to stall.
Kingston wants to sweep here but Charles controlling him for the moment. #T2#
Kingston is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kingston looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Kingston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kingston swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Charles shoots and misses
and Charles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T3#
Kingston loads up on a big right hand but Charles slips the punch.
Kingston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kingston but Kingston pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alzarri Kingston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kingston misses with a straight left.
Charles has his takedown stuffed
and Kingston counters with an outside leg kick.
Charles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Charles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kingston throws out a counter right but Charles avoids it with no problem.
Kingston connects with a good right hand that stumbles Charles. Charles circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kingston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Charles.
Charles tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Charles shoots in for a takedown but Kingston shows good takedown defense. #T4#
Kingston throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kingston dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Charles. That did some damage!
Kingston lands with a shot to the body.
Kingston connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Charles on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A good leg kick by Kingston.
Kingston scores with a sloppy right hand. Charles should have avoided that one.
Kingston scores with a crisp jab that stopped Charles in his tracks.
Kingston fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kingston throws a shot to the body.
Kingston looks to land a right hand but Charles moved out of range.
Kingston scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alzarri Kingston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
Kingston connects with a good right hand that stumbles Charles. Charles circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kingston throws a front kick that sends Charles stumbling back into the cage.
Charles's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kingston connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Charles scrambles back to his feet.
Charles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kingston feints a counter leg kick.
Kingston missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kingston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston misses with a wild body shot.
Charles tries for a takedown but Kingston sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston with the inside leg kick.
Charles misses with a right hand
and Kingston counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kingston stuns Charles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Charles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kingston is fending him off so far but Charles persists. Nope, Kingston circles away and we're back to standing.
Kingston stuns Charles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.#T1#
Kingston scores with a sloppy right hand. Charles should have avoided that one.
Alzarri Kingston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Charles has his takedown stuffed
and Kingston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#ROC2#Charles is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kingston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Charles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mike Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kingston cracks Charles on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Charles falls backwards against the cage. Kingston follows up with more strikes that drop Charles to his knees. Kingston keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Charles! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alzarri Kingston!
After winning the bout, Alzarri Kingston thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: TWGC 31 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1
Date: Sep 13, 2020

175 cm
35 yrs
158 lbs

166 cm
32 yrs
151 lbs

Charles

Pavlov

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 8 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 19 losses; Matvey Pavlov!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Pavlov shoots in for a double leg but Charles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Charles has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme Black House in the buildup to the fight.
Pavlov fails to land the takedown.#TD2#
Pavlov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Charles tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pavlov is in Charles's guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Charles (0) vs (2) Pavlov
Pavlov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Pavlov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pavlov content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1#
Pavlov preventing the sweep.
Pavlov wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Pavlov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pavlov slips nicely into half guard.
Charles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charles is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.#T2#
Pavlov content to control rather than advance.
Pavlov prevents Charles from improving his position.
Pavlov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Let's hope that Pavlov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.#T3#
It looks like Pavlov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Pavlov.
Charles is positioning himself well to prevent Pavlov advancing to mount.
Pavlov controlling the pace.
Pavlov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Charles is looking to control Pavlov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charles avoid being mounted?#T4#
Pavlov perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pavlov trying to mount his opponent but Charles defends it.
Charles is looking to improve his position.
Well, if Pavlov is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Pavlov is continuing to stall.
Charles wants to control but Pavlov is keeping busy and won't allow it. #T5#
Pavlov stalling.
Pavlov is trying to control the action in half guard but Charles is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pavlov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pavlov works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (5) Pavlov
Pavlov controlling from mount. #T6#
Pavlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Charles is looking to escape.
Pavlov content just to control the position here.
Charles is working to get back to half guard.
Pavlov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Charles can't escape the position. #T7#
Pavlov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Charles wants to hold on but Pavlov pushes him away.
Pavlov wants to take his opponent's back but Charles doesn't allow it.
Charles keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #T8#
Pavlov wants to control the pace but Charles is squirming around nicely.
Charles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pavlov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pavlov looking to control but Charles is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pavlov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Charles prevents Pavlov from taking his back.#T9#
Charles can't escape the position.
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pavlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Charles is looking to escape.
Pavlov content just to control the position here. #T10#
Charles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pavlov controlling the pace for now.
Yet more stalling tactics from Pavlov.
Pavlov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pavlov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pavlov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pavlov content just to control the position here. #T11#
Charles is squirming around, avoiding Pavlov's attempts to control the action.
Pavlov wants to take Charles's back here but Charles is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Pavlov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Charles is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pavlov forces the positional change into back control.
Score +3 for taking back: Charles (0) vs (8) Pavlov
Pavlov controls the position.#T12#
Charles tries to escape the position.
Pavlov really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Charles.
Pavlov controlling well, preventing Charles from escaping the position. #T13#
Charles is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Pavlov.
Pavlov trying to control.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial. #T14#
Charles is in bad spot here.
Pavlov trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Charles doesn't escape.
The adventures of Pavlov the control monster continue. Boring.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavlov wins on points by 8 to 0.
Matvey Pavlov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: TWGC 31 (145lbs, D1): Sydney Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Sep 04, 2020

160 cm
22 yrs
134 lbs

175 cm
35 yrs
158 lbs

Anatta

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 9 losses; Shanti Anatta! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 8 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Anatta defends it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anatta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Anatta enables Charles to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Anatta manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Anatta (0) vs (2) Charles
Anatta wants to sweep here but Charles controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anatta is keeping the position for now.
Anatta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Charles is one step ahead there. #T1#
Anatta wants to hit a sweep here but Charles passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Anatta there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Anatta (0) vs (5) Charles
Anatta is looking to get to half guard.
Charles fails to take his opponent's back. #T2#
Charles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anatta is trying desperately to improve position.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully. #T3#
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Anatta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard. #T4#
Anatta is working hard here to advance position.
Charles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Charles prevents Anatta from getting the reversal.
Anatta tries to improve his position but instead Charles has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Anatta (0) vs (8) Charles
Charles biding his time, controlling Anatta.
Anatta is in bad spot here. #T5#
Charles is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Charles avoiding Anatta 's attempts to control his hands.
Charles controls the position.
Charles trying to control momentarily. #SUB2#
Charles has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Anatta is defending well but eventually Charles manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Anatta has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: CACC 99
Date: Jun 13, 2020

175 cm
34 yrs
158 lbs

178 cm
39 yrs
150 lbs

Charles

Michael

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 7 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 7 losses; Balbus Michael!

The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Michael wants to clinch.
Charles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Michael pinned against the ropes. Michael gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Michael tries to counter by closing the distance.
Michael is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#T1##CL2#
Michael clinches up with Charles and pushes him back against the ropes.
Michael tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Charles just stands there and leans against the ropes.#TD#
Charles pulls Michael into guard.
Charles has Michael pulled in close to control his posture.
Michael wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Michael wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T2#
Michael looking to pass the guard.
Charles trying to control the position.
Michael is pushing down on Charles's leg trying to pass to half guard. Charles is fighting to maintain full guard but Michael has managed to sneak the leg through.
Well, if Michael is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Michael trying to pass the guard but Charles defending well. #T3#
Michael is trying to control the action in half guard but Charles is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Charles is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Gorilla Kingz MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Michael works his foot free and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (3) Michael
Michael fails to move to back control.
Charles has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Michael's lack of action. #T4#
Michael slows the pace down in half guard.
Charles wants to control but Michael is keeping busy.
Charles is staying active underneath Michael, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Charles controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Michael is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T5#
Michael passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Charles!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (6) Michael
Michael trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Michael wants to take his opponent's back but Charles doesn't allow it. #T6#
Michael controlling from the full mount.
Michael tries to control but Charles wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Charles tries to lock up and control but Michael gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Charles has given up his back here. Will Michael look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Score +3 for taking back: Charles (0) vs (9) Michael
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Michael's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke. #SUB2#
Michael is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Charles knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Charles for a finish. #T7#
Charles looking to control the position.
Charles tries to escape the position.
A lull in the action here. #T8#
Michael might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Charles haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Michael gets his hands free as Charles looks to control. #SUB2#
Michael working for the choke.
Michael tries to keep control of the position but Charles is staying busy.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Charles tries to roll but Michael sticks to his back. #T9#
Charles is keeping busy.
Michael is hanging on to Charles's back as he tries to escape.
Michael tries to keep control of the position but Charles is staying busy.#SUB2#
Michael has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Charles prevents Michael from getting a body triangle.#T10#
Charles can't escape the position.
Michael trying to control momentarily.
Michael is trying to control but Charles is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Charles bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (2) vs (9) Michael
Charles controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T11#
Michael looking to control.
Charles trying to control but Michael is working from the bottom. #T12#
Charles is stalling in the full guard.
Michael is adopting a defensive guard.#T13#
Michael looking to control but Charles passes into half guard.
Michael is refusing to be controlled, as Charles sits in half guard. #T14##SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura here.
Charles trying to control the action but Michael is working from the bottom.
Michael has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Charles is working away from the top position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Michael is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Charles is staying active.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael wins on points by 9 to 2.
A very excited looking Balbus Michael rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: CACC 92
Date: May 23, 2020

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mike Charles (ranked 1663 p4p, 197 weight class) and Miguel Machin (ranked 3650 p4p, 356 weight class). Charles comes to the ring accompanied by Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine. Machin has chosen Pandora's Music Box as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

175 cm
34 yrs
158 lbs

170 cm
36 yrs
150 lbs

Charles

Machin

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 7 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 11 losses; Miguel Machin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Machin.
Machin closes the distance and clinches up with Charles, looking for a takedown. Machin pushes Charles against the ropes but Charles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Machin misses with a takedown attempt - Charles sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Machin.

Charles gets the takedown into side control.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Charles (4) vs (0) Machin
Machin is trying to work for a sweep but Charles has mounted him!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Charles (6) vs (0) Machin
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully.
Machin prevents Charles from taking his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Charles controlling from mount.
Charles prevents Machin from getting the reversal.

Machin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Charles.
Charles wants to control the pace but Machin is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machin tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away.
Charles content just to control the position here.
Machin tries to lock up and control but Charles gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Charles looking to control but Machin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Machin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Machin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Charles.
Machin tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away.
Charles controlling his opponent.
Machin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Machin prevents Charles from taking his back.
Machin tries to hold on but Charles postures up.
Charles controlling from the full mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Machin is looking to get to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Charles avoids the attempt from Machin to control.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully.
Machin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Still in half guard, Charles seems content to control.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Machin trying to control from the bottom.
Charles content to control rather than advance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Machin trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up.
Machin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Charles haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Machin tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Charles perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Charles passes to full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (9) vs (0) Machin
Charles controlling from the full mount.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Machin is desperately trying to improve his position but Charles has a good base and remains in mount.
Charles can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Machin is looking to escape.
Machin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Charles goes for an armbar but Machin turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Machin.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (9) vs (2) Machin

Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Machin defends it easily.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Machin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Machin from controlling successfully.
Charles is pulling down on Machin's head to control his posture.
Machin pushes down on Charles's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles is looking to control Machin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charles avoid being mounted?
Machin works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (9) vs (5) Machin
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Charles is squirming around, avoiding Machin's attempts to control the action.
Machin pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Charles is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Charles regains half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Machin tries to free his leg and advance position but Charles is retaining full guard.
Machin trying to move into half guard but instead Charles has managed to sweep!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (11) vs (5) Machin
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles takes the fight on points by 11 to 5.
After winning the bout, Mike Charles thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: CACC 82
Date: May 02, 2020

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mike Charles (ranked 1595 p4p, 185 weight class) and Dado Mata (ranked 1084 p4p, 129 weight class). Charles comes to the ring accompanied by Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine. Mata is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 和楽器バンド / 千本桜. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

175 cm
33 yrs
158 lbs

172 cm
43 yrs
145 lbs

Charles

Mata

Mata closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Charles quickly recovers to half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Charles (0) vs (2) Mata
Mata is trying to control. Charles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Charles is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mata jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (5) Mata
Charles's coaches at Gorilla Kingz MMA have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Charles is trying to control Mata's posture but Mata avoids it.
Mata is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mata tries to move to mount but Charles blocks the move with his legs.
Charles is trying to work for a sweep but Mata has mounted him!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Charles (0) vs (7) Mata
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles tries to lock up and control but Mata gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mata takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Charles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mata tries to control but Charles wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mata avoids the attempt from Charles to control.
Charles is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Mata can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Charles is looking to escape.
Charles tries to hold on but Mata pushes him away.
Mata looking to control but Charles is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Charles is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mata can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Charles is looking to escape.

Mata looking for a guillotine from mount but Charles is having none of it.
Charles tries to reverse the position but Mata maintains control.
Mata looking to control but Charles is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Charles tries to hold on but Mata postures up.
Mata moves to take his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Charles (0) vs (10) Mata
Charles trying to control the position but Mata manages to sink in the hooks.

Mata is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Charles wants to escape the position.

Charles is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Mata gets his way!

Mata is cranking Charles's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Charles! He's tightened the choke and Charles is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dado Mata!
Dado Mata thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: TWGC 29 (170lbs, D1): Hilo Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Apr 17, 2020

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Ibbe Ribbler (ranked 1310 p4p, 35 weight class) and Mike Charles (ranked 1543 p4p, 178 weight class). Ribbler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bad Religion - Infected. Charles has chosen Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine as his entrance music. Ibbe Ribbler is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

180 cm
30 yrs
165 lbs

175 cm
33 yrs
158 lbs

Ribbler

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 3 losses; Ibbe Ribbler! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 5 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Charles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ribbler feinted with a counter takedown.

Ribbler has managed to clinch.
Ribbler is trying to drag Charles to the mat but Charles just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Charles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ribbler prevents the takedown attempt.
Ibbe Ribbler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Charles decides to pull guard.
Charles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ribbler slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler preventing the sweep.
Ribbler stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Charles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ribbler won't allow Charles to sweep him here.
Ribbler controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ribbler is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Fenrir MMA that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler stopping the sweep attempt from Charles.
Ribbler showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Charles trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ribbler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.
Charles controls Ribbler momentarily but Ribbler frees himself.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ribbler's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ribbler (0) vs (2) Charles
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charles wants to pass the guard but Ribbler is keeping the position.
Charles looking to sit in guard and control but Ribbler gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ribbler (2) vs (2) Charles
Ribbler preventing the sweep.
Ribbler slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Ribbler is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Charles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Charles working a defensive guard but Ribbler manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Ribbler (5) vs (2) Charles
Charles felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Charles is looking for a sweep.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler taking a breather here.
Charles wants to control but Ribbler postures up.
Ribbler is staying tight to Charles's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Charles manages to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to control here.
Ribbler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ribbler seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Charles for as long as he can get away with.
Charles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ribbler is working away from the top position though.
Charles wants to control but Ribbler passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Ribbler (8) vs (2) Charles

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ribbler wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ribbler advances nicely into full mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Ribbler (10) vs (2) Charles
Charles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Charles is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Charles is still trying to improve position.
Ribbler controlling the pace for now.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Charles can't escape the position.
Ribbler moves to the back position.
Score +3 for taking back: Ribbler (13) vs (2) Charles
Ribbler really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Charles.

Ribbler is looking for the choke from the back position but Charles is controlling his hands well.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to escape but Ribbler has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Ribbler has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Charles's body.
You can see the frustration on Charles's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Ribbler is not going to allow Charles to sit and survive in this position.
Ribbler just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Charles right now.

Ribbler working for a choke but Charles is defending well.
Charles can't escape the position.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Ribbler.
Charles trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ribbler has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Charles's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ribbler takes the fight on points by 13 to 2.
During a confident post fight interview, Ibbe Ribbler thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 10, 2020

#R1#
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Ulatov on that attempt.
Charles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ulatov throws a shot from downtown. Charles moves away and avoids it.
Ulatov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charles paws at him with a jab and circles away.#CL#
Ulatov takes the fight into the clinch.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles is pushing Ulatov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ulatov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatov has Charles pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Charles manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergei Ulatov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charles.
Charles pushes Ulatov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T1#
Charles displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ulatov up against the cage.
Charles goes for a takedown attempt but Ulatov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ulatov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ulatov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Charles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice side step and Charles releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.#TD#
Ulatov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Charles to the ground. Ulatov is now in Charles's guard.#SUB#
Ulatov has gone for a leg lock! Charles slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ulatov's guard.#REVB#
Ulatov is trying to control the position from the bottom. #T2#
Charles advances position into side control!#SUB2#
Charles looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #SUB2#
Charles wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ulatov, who protects the arm well.
Ulatov is looking for a sweep.
Ulatov seems a little lost for a moment, as Charles dominates the positioning.#SUB2#
Charles tries for a kimura but Ulatov is defending well. #SUB2#
Charles working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T3#
Ulatov is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Ulatov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Charles moves into full mount!
Charles is landing with some decent strikes but Ulatov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.#SUB2#
Charles is working for a guillotine from mount but Ulatov frees his head quite easily.
Ulatov is desperately trying to get back to half guard. #T4#
Charles working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ulatov is trying to escape the mount.
Ulatov tries to lock up and control but Charles gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Charles lands a heavy elbow.
Ulatov gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Charles seems to be working for a kimura but Ulatov defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Ulatov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ulatov tries to roll over but Charles keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Ulatov looks to clinch
and Charles counters with a straight right hand.
Ulatov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Charles avoids it really well and circles away.
Charles is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Charles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ulatov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ulatov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ulatov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatov fails with the takedown.
Charles looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergei Ulatov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ulatov moves to clinch but Charles breaks away
and Charles counters with a right hand to the body. #T1##TD#
Charles gets caught napping as Ulatov dives in and scores a takedown. Charles manages to retain guard.
Charles looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ulatov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. #SUB#
Ulatov is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Charles as he works his way to full guard.
Ulatov trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Charles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Charles is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Ulatov tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg. #T2#
Charles is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ulatov!
Charles scoring with strikes but Ulatov is staying in there.
Charles working Ulatov over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here. #ROC2#
Ulatov is rocked!
Ulatov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh Ulatov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ulatov seems to have got his legs back now.#SUB2#
Charles looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.#SUB2#
Charles has hold of Ulatov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ulatov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger. #T3##SUB2#
Charles working for a submission but Ulatov is keeping him at bay.
Ulatov is working to get back to half guard.
Ulatov wants to control but Charles is having none of it.
Charles is looking to work his way around to Ulatov's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Ulatov is looking to get to half guard.
Ulatov regains half guard.#T4#
Ulatov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Charles is working away from the top position though.
Charles missing with the ground and pound from half guard. #SUB#
Ulatov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Charles tries to pass to full mount but Ulatov defends it.
Charles wants to control but Ulatov is keeping him busy. #SUB2#
Charles is working for a kimura but Ulatov is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Ulatov misses with a takedown attempt
and Charles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CL2#
Charles forces Ulatov back against the cage and clinches.#TD#
Ulatov works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ulatov trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB2#
Charles is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ulatov defends well.
Ulatov passes Charles's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatov is just content to waste time from the top position. Charles takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. #SUB#
Ulatov postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Charles is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ulatov, into his guard. #REVB#
Charles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T1##SUB#
Ulatov is looking for a triangle but Charles pushes his legs off easily.
Ulatov tries to strike from the bottom.
Ulatov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Charles slips nicely into half guard.#SUB2#
Ulatov is defending against the submission attempts here by Charles.
Charles controlling the pace. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Charles throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. #SUB2#
Charles is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ulatov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ulatov manages to get to full guard.
Charles passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ulatov can't do much from the bottom here.
Ulatov looks to move to half guard but instead Charles has passed into mount! Damn!#T3##SUB2#
Charles with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ulatov is desperately trying to improve his position but Charles has a good base and remains in mount.
Ulatov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#SUB#
Ulatov looking for submissions off his back.
Charles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Charles tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ulatov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #T4#
Ulatov trying to control but Charles postures up.
Ulatov is looking for a sweep. Charles is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Charles trying to mount his opponent but Ulatov defends it.
Mike Charles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ulatov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Charles is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ulatov!
Sergei Ulatov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ulatov regains half guard.
Charles keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Charles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Charles has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Charles!
Mike Charles looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'NEXT!!!'.

Event: PL MMA 25 Kai vs Gaston
Date: Mar 29, 2020

#R1#
The fighters circling - Hirigushi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Charles cracks Hirigushi with an open hand slap.
Hirigushi misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Hirigushi. Those never looked like landing.
Charles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Charles throws a hook but Hirigushi avoids it easily.
Mike Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles connects with a single shot there.
Charles lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hirigushi ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
Hirigushi throwing a counter right hand but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles throws out a powerful jab.
Charles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hirigushi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Charles feints a jab promting Hirigushi to slip. Charles then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hirigushi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.#T1#
Charles lands a right hook to the body.
Charles wants to slow Hirigushi down by chopping away at his legs.
Charles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hirigushi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charles moves away.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
Charles throws a leg kick
and Hirigushi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Charles connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Charles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hirigushi scores with a three punch combo!
Charles tries to bum rush Hirigushi with a series of wild strikes but Hirigushi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hirigushi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Charles.#T2#
Hirigushi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Charles throws a leg kick
letting Hirigushi counter with a right hand.
Hirigushi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hirigushi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles.
A right-left combo lands from Hirigushi.
Hirigushi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Charles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Charles loads up on a big right hand but Hirigushi slips the punch.
Charles avoids the body shot from Hirigushi.
Charles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hirigushi throws a big counter combination but Charles scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Charles throws a leg kick but Hirigushi checks it.
A shot to the liver by Charles. Beautiful body shot.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hirigushi throws out the jab. #T3#
Charles takes a swing at Hirigushi's ribcage but misses.
Charles uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hirigushi has time to react.
Charles throws a front kick aimed at Hirigushi's knee but Hirigushi avoids it well.
Hirigushi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Charles lands with a straight right. Hirigushi didn't see that one coming.
Charles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Charles scores with the left hand. Hirigushi knows he should have avoided that one.
Hirigushi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Charles.
Hirigushi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hirigushi lands a nice hook to Charles's body. Charles takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Some wild striking there from Hirigushi.
Hirigushi ducks right into an uppercut from Charles. #T4#
Hirigushi jabs Charles right on the nose. Charles blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Hirigushi misses.
Hirigushi avoids the head kick by Charles.
Charles shoots for a takedown but Hirigushi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Charles attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Charles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hirigushi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hirigushi throwing a counter right hand but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
Hirigushi connects with a right hand. Charles shakes it off.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Charles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Charles is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hirigushi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hirigushi was well out of range. Poor timing from Charles.
Charles jabs Hirigushi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Charles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated 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.
#R2#
Hirigushi checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little feinted left hand from Hirigushi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hirigushi thuds his right hand into Charles's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hirigushi throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease.
Good leg kick by Charles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Charles thuds a left hand into Hirigushi's body.
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hirigushi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hirigushi. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Charles misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hirigushi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hirigushi checks a low kick from Charles.
Kendo Hirigushi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charles 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.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#T1#
A looping hook to the body misses from Hirigushi. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Charles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Charles misses with a low kick as Hirigushi jumps back.
Charles displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Charles misses with an attempted mid kick.
A right-left combo lands from Charles.
Charles scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hirigushi drops his hands momentarily and Charles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Charles shoots in for a takedown but Hirigushi shows good takedown defense.
Charles throws a nice looking combination but Hirigushi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hirigushi throws a nice looking combination but Charles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Charles 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!
Hirigushi misses with a wild combination. #T2#
Hirigushi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Charles misses with the combination.
Charles throws a push kick but Hirigushi slaps the foot to one side.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Hirigushi throwing a counter right hand but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles scores with a nice right hand.
Charles misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Hirigushi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hirigushi takes one to the side of the head.
Hirigushi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hirigushi is looking to counter punch.#T3#
Charles fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hirigushi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Charles throws a hook but Hirigushi blocks it.
Hirigushi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Hirigushi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hirigushi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Charles throws a leg kick but Hirigushi checks it.
Hirigushi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Charles with a nice cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hirigushi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Charles throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hirigushi throws a looping overhand right but Charles ducks down to avoid it.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Hirigushi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Charles moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kendo Hirigushi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles lands with a hook. Hirigushi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Charles scores with a nice head shot.#T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A bone on bone clash there as Hirigushi blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Hirigushi misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Hirigushi. Those never looked like landing.
Hirigushi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Charles.
Charles misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot by Hirigushi.
Charles throws a leg kick but Hirigushi sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Hirigushi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Charles throws a hook but Hirigushi avoids it easily.
Hirigushi went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Charles throws a half hearted mid kick.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Hirigushi.
Mike Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Charles swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Charles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Charles throws a body punch but Hirigushi moves out of range.
Charles throws a low kick but Hirigushi moves out of range easily.
Hirigushi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charles.
Charles misses with a left hand
and Hirigushi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hirigushi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Charles.
Hirigushi throwing a counter right hand but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Charles throws a leg kick
letting Hirigushi counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Hirigushi counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Hirigushi misses.
Charles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It looked like Hirigushi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#T1#
Hirigushi digs a good body shot into Charles's ribs.
Charles throws a low kick but Hirigushi moves out of range easily.
Charles misses the body punch #KD#
and Hirigushi counters with a crisp one two that drops Charles! Hirigushi thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Charles to his feet! Charles is in big trouble!#ROC#
Charles is rocked!
Charles leaves his chin hanging out and Hirigushi seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Charles crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kendo Hirigushi!
Kendo Hirigushi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: PL MMA 19 The Crab vs Huchkov
Date: Mar 06, 2020

#R1#
Alkash throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Alkash takes a jab right on the kisser.
Charles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice defenses there by Alkash.
Alkash throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Charles throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Charles is looking to slow Alkash down with leg kicks.
Charles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alkash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alkash misses with a left hand #TD#
and Charles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles won't allow Alkash to sweep him here.
Charles trying to control but Alkash is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Alkash has his foot on Charles's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Charles works his way back into a safe position though.
Alkash is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles cracks Alkash with a solid left hand.#T1#
Alkash trying to control the position.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Alkash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charles lands a couple of digs.#SUB2#
Alkash is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Charles defends well.
Alkash looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB2#
Charles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Alkash has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charles has managed to get both his arms back between Alkash's legs - danger averted.#T2#
Charles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alkash swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Charles cracks Alkash with a solid left hand.
Alkash trying to keep a closed guard but Charles is proving a slippery customer.
Alkash is trying to hold Charles in close to prevent damage but Charles has managed to pass into half guard.
Alkash felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Charles is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Alkash tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away.
Alkash keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Charles avoids the attempt from Alkash to control.
Alkash sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.#T3#
Alkash tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Alkash on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Charles looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Alkash tries to kick Charles off but Charles keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. #SUB#
Charles is working for a submission of some sort.
Alkash blocking the ground and pound attempt from Charles.
Charles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Charles is keen to just control but Alkash is a slippery customer.#T4#
Alkash pushes Charles off looking to stand but Charles dives back in and keeps control.
Alkash is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charles's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charles's back!
Charles wants to escape the position. #SUB2#
Charles defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Alkash wants to control the position but Charles frees himself and scrambles - Alkash manages to regain control in side control. #SU2#
Alkash decides to stand back up. Alkash steps back and let's Charles get back to his feet.
Charles will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away. #TD#
Charles shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alkash napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alkash struggling a bit here.
Charles wants to control but Alkash is keeping him busy.
Alkash is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Alkash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alkash throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.#TD#
Alkash gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.#SUB2#
Alkash has his foot on Charles's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Charles works his way back into a safe position though.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Alkash trying to control the position here. #SUB2#
Charles has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Alkash to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Charles is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Alkash pulls down on the head and he's put Charles to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dvornoy Alkash!

Event: B.A.P 2: Jackson vs Underwood
Date: Feb 15, 2020

#R1##TD#
Charles shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lynn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lynn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Charles trying to advance position but Lynn counters by regaining guard.
Charles forces his way into half guard.
Lynn is looking to control Charles's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lynn avoid being mounted?#SUB#
Charles is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lynn sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura here.
Lynn is staying active underneath Charles, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T1##SUB#
Charles wants to work for an arm triangle but Lynn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Charles lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles is trying to control. Lynn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lynn is looking for a sweep. Charles is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lynn manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lynn is adopting a defensive guard.
Charles not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lynn pulls Charles in to control the position. #T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Charles chips away with some ground and pound.
Charles passes into half guard.
Charles is trying to control the action in half guard but Lynn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lynn controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Lynn trying to control here.
Charles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Charles works his way into side control. #SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lynn has escaped the position, nice work there. #SUB#
Charles working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T3#
Lynn is looking for a sweep.
Charles working away.
Lynn tries to improve position but can't.
Lynn taking punishment in the form of punches.
Charles is looking to take a break and control but Lynn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lynn is trying to control Charles's posture but Charles avoids it.
Charles is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Lynn's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lynn managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Charles. #T4#
An elbow from Charles crashes against the mat.
Charles in side control, throwing shots but Lynn defends.
Charles landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Charles trying to control the position but Lynn is working away. #SUB#
Charles tries for a kimura but Lynn is defending well.
Lynn manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Charles thows a huge punch but Lynn dodges it nicely.
Lynn is trying to maintain the position but Charles is very close to passing his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lynn controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2##TD2#
Lynn scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Charles gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lynn in particular looking to stall.
Charles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Charles makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charles.#SUB#
Lynn is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Charles has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Lynn is looking to defend but Charles has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Lynn! Charles pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Lynn taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'NEXT!!!'.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 20, 2020

#R1#
Charles lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Charles. Beautiful body shot.
Al Boleahi with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab. #TD2#
Al Boleahi dives in and scores a takedown into Charles's guard.#SUB#
Charles has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Al Boleahi should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Charles has tightened it up now! Al Boleahi should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'NEXT!!!'.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 08, 2020

#R1##TD#
Ulatov gets a double leg takedown into Charles's guard.
Ulatov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ulatov wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #SUB2#
Charles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ulatov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ulatov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ulatov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nice strikes from Ulatov there.
Charles tries to roll over but Ulatov keeps him under control.
Charles on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Ulatov seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Charles is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sergei Ulatov!
An out of breath Sergei Ulatov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: BCS 12
Date: Dec 21, 2019

#R1#
Charles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Greene defends it nicely.#CL#
Greene gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Greene definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Greene lands with a light punch inside.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Greene.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Greene misses with a punch to the body.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Greene - that landed with a thud.
Charles blocks a body shot from Greene.
Charles blocks a body shot from Greene.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T1#
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles working aggressively here.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Greene controls his hands.
Greene works on Charles's body with a couple of short punches.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Charles.
Charles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles lands a shoulder strike.
Greene throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Greene.
A nice right hand lands inside from Charles.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Greene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greene blocks a body shot from Charles.
Greene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Charles has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Charles blocks an uppercut. #T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greene blocks an uppercut.
Greene working aggressively here.
Charles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greene's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Greene scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Greene misses with a punch to the body.
Greene lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Charles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC2#
Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Greene is just out of range.#CL#
Greene rushes Charles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Greene fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage.
Greene blocks a body shot from Charles.
Charles lands with a right to the head.
Charles takes a shot to the head. #T3#
Charles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Greene controls the action.
Charles throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles misses with a body punch.
Charles lands a body punch.
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles. #BC2#
Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charles fails with the takedown.
Greene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot. #CL#
Greene drives through and clinches with Charles against the cage.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles lands a body shot.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T4#
Greene tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Greene misses with a body punch.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greene lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles pushes Greene back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles blocking some punches.
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Greene blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Greene.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Charles.
Charles tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Charles 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.
#R2##CL#
Greene has taken the fight to the clinch.
Charles misses with a body punch.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
Greene scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Greene - that landed with a thud.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greene can't find room to land a body shot as Charles controls the action.
Charles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Greene.
Greene working aggressively here.
Greene working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene scores with a nice hook to the head.
Charles cracks Greene with a nice body shot.
Charles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greene's elbow.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greene lands a hook that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs. #T1#
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
Greene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greene misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Charles.
Charles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Greene tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Greene cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Greene controls the action.
Charles lands a left hand.
Greene throws a punch but it's blocked by Charles.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.
Mike Charles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Charles.
Charles is working Greene over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
A head punch on the inside from Greene fails to land.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by Greene.
Charles misses with a body punch.
Greene's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Charles prevents a body shot from Greene.
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
A nice left hand lands by Greene.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene has a couple of punches blocked by Charles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Greene.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Greene fails to land.
Greene scores with a nice hook to the head.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs. #T3#
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
Still in the clinch, Charles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Charles digs a right hand into Greene's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Greene's gas tank.
Greene blocks a body shot from Charles. #BC2#
Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greene fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Greene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Greene throws a push kick but Charles slaps the foot to one side.
A countering left hand to the body from Charles misses.#CL#
Greene has managed to clinch.
Charles lands a body shot.
Charles prevents a body shot from Greene.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greene working aggressively here.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Greene controls his hands.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
Charles tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
Greene lands with a left to the head. #T4#
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Greene has a couple of punches blocked by Charles.
A left hand lands to the body for Greene.
Greene can't find room to land a body shot as Charles controls the action.
Greene lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greene lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Charles tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Greene scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Greene gets through Charles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Greene blocking some punches. #BC2#
Charles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulie Greene dominated that second 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!
#R3#
Charles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Greene connects with a crisp jab.
Charles digs a good body shot into Greene's ribs.
Greene takes a shot right to the bread basket.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Greene works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Greene tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Greene misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage.
Charles tries to work over Greene's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage. #T1#
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Greene avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Greene misses with a punch to the body.
Charles prevents a body shot from Greene.
Greene blocking some punches.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Charles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles tries a body shot but Greene blocks it.
Charles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Greene blocking some punches.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
Greene blocks a body shot from Charles.
Charles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greene's elbow.
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T2#
Greene tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Greene tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC2#
Charles manages to break the clinch. #CL#
Greene has closed the distance and engaged Charles in a clinch.
Greene fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greene's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greene swings away with an uppercut that misses. #BC2#
Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles.
Charles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Greene was well out of range. Poor timing from Charles.#CL#
Greene closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Charles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Charles misses with some punches.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greenes head.
Greene tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Greene back against the cage. #T3#
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Charles on the inside.
Greene lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Greene lands a nice uppercut.
Greene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Greene prevents a body shot from Charles.
Greene digs a right hand underneath Charles's ribcage. Charles let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Greene swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Greene fails to land.
Greene lands a left hand. #T4#
Greene blocks an uppercut.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow. #BC2#
Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charles cracks Greene with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Paulie Greene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#CL#
Greene gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left hand lands to the body for Greene.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.
Charles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Greene lands a body shot.
Greene blocks an uppercut.
Greene scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Greene creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greene lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Greene fails to land.

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 Paulie Greene.
I think Greene 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulie Greene!

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 19, 2019

#R1#
Charles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
and Charles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yanagamichi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yanagamichi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yanagamichi tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakuma Yanagamichi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yanagamichi with a poor takedown
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Yanagamichi misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Yanagamichi is breathing heavily.
Charles stuns Yanagamichi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yanagamichi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yanagamichi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Charles connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yanagamichi. Yanagamichi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Charles throws a series of strikes that have Yanagamichi backpedaling.
Yanagamichi drops his hands momentarily and Charles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. #ROC2#
Yanagamichi is rocked!
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
and Charles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yanagamichi thinking.
Oh Yanagamichi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Charles lands a jab to Yanagamichi's midsection.
Charles connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yanagamichi. Yanagamichi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yanagamichi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yanagamichi tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a straight right hand.#T1#
Charles cracks Yanagamichi's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Yanagamichi slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Charles can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 23, 2019

#R1#
Charles digs a good body shot into Yanagamichi's ribs.
Yanagamichi shoots in and drives through. Charles sprawls well.
Charles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yanagamichi misses with a takedown
and Charles counters with a left to the body.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sakuma Yanagamichi.
Charles slaps away a takedown attempt from Yanagamichi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yanagamichi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Charles works Yanagamichi's body with a nice hook.
Yanagamichi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Charles works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Charles connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Charles throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Charles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Charles.
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Sakuma Yanagamichi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Charles there.
Charles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yanagamichi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles is looking to counter punch.
Yanagamichi looks winded!#T1#
Nice body punch from Charles.
Charles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yanagamichi under the eye.#TD2#
Yanagamichi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Charles's guard.
Charles is pulling down on Yanagamichi's head. It's preventing any offense from Yanagamichi, at least for the moment.
Yanagamichi cracks Charles with a solid left hand.
Charles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yanagamichi's guard. #REVR#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Yanagamichi throws his legs up looking for a submission but Charles uses it to pass to side control.
Yanagamichi tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Charles presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! #T2#
Charles tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yanagamichi is looking to improve his position but Charles isn't that keen on the idea.
Charles content just to control the position here.
Yanagamichi is desperately trying to improve his position but Charles has a good base and remains in mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yanagamichi can do anything to dispel that myth.#T3#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Charles controlling his opponent.
Yanagamichi tries to get back to half guard but can't. #T4#
Charles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yanagamichi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Charles takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yanagamichi is looking to get to half guard.
Charles takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Yanagamichi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Charles.
Yanagamichi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Charles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yanagamichi doesn't seem bothered though.
Yanagamichi with a poor takedown
and Charles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yanagamichi darts in looking for a takedown but Charles gets double underhooks and turns Yanagamichi into the cage.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sakuma Yanagamichi.
Charles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Charles.
Charles goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Yanagamichi shoots in for a double leg but Charles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Charles digs a good hook to Yanagamichi's body.
Charles connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles throws a shot to the body.
Charles bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yanagamichi's head.
Charles scores with a push kick.
Charles is looking to wear down Yanagamichi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yanagamichi has his takedown stuffed
and Charles counters with a three punch combo that has Yanagamichi backing up. Yanagamichi nods at Charles to acknowledge the strikes.
Yanagamichi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yanagamichi is breathing heavily.
Charles thumps Yanagamichi with a low kick.
Charles throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Charles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T1#
Charles scores with a spinning back kick!
Yanagamichi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Charles lands with a kick to the temple. Yanagamichi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yanagamichi tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a body kick.
Charles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Charles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yanagamichi's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Charles. That's going to slow Yanagamichi down.
Yanagamichi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Charles counters with an outside leg kick.
Charles lands with a straight right. Yanagamichi didn't see that one coming.
Yanagamichi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles scores with a nice body kick.
Charles throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Charles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Charles.
Charles cracks Yanagamichi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yanagamichi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Charles can pounce on him.
Yanagamichi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Charles.#T2#
Yanagamichi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice body punch from Charles.
Charles connects with an inside leg kick.
Yanagamichi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Charles.
Yanagamichi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Charles takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Charles lands a nice looking body shot.
Yanagamichi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charles counters with a nice body shot.
Charles punishes Yanagamichi's body with a nice straight punch.
Charles delivers a nice body kick.
Yanagamichi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charles scoring well with a low kick there.
Yanagamichi shoots for a double leg takedown but Charles sprawls well. He's pushed Yanagamichi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A quick step to the side and Charles tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yanagamichi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Charles lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Charles throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yanagamichi.
Charles 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.
Charles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Charles tests Yanagamichi's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T3#
Yanagamichi walks into a jab.
Charles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Charles connects with a body shot.
Charles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yanagamichi under the eye.
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Charles takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Charles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yanagamichi can do to turn this around?
Charles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Charles lands with a kick to the ribs.
Charles works Yanagamichi's body with a nice hook.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yanagamichi or perhaps it was just good defense by Charles, which made it look bad.
Charles plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanagamichi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yanagamichi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charles circles away.
A good leg kick by Charles.
Yanagamichi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Charles scores with a nice strike.#T4#
Charles connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Charles scores with a hook to the body. Yanagamichi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Charles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yanagamichi 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.
Charles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yanagamichi's sensitive parts.
Charles scores with a jab to the body.
Yanagamichi walks into a stiff left hand from Charles.
Yanagamichi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Charles cracks Yanagamichi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Charles throws a head kick that half lands.
Yanagamichi takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab lands there for Charles.
Yanagamichi goes for a double leg but Charles avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Charles continues to drive forward.
Mike Charles is winning the standup battle so far.
Yanagamichi has his takedown stuffed
and Charles counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yanagamichi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Charles - just one landing.
Charles scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Charles scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sakuma Yanagamichi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yanagamichi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yanagamichi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yanagamichi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Charles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Yanagamichi on that attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Charles.
Yanagamichi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yanagamichi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Charles counters with an inside leg kick.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sakuma Yanagamichi.
Yanagamichi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yanagamichi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Charles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yanagamichi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yanagamichi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yanagamichi tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a left to the body.
Yanagamichi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Charles. Yanagamichi shrugs it off though.
A good leg kick by Charles.
Charles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yanagamichi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.#T1#
Charles scores with a decent looking hook.
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.
Charles lands a lovely overhand right.
Charles lunges at Yanagamichi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yanagamichi's hand.
Yanagamichi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Charles dips to his left and cracks Yanagamichi with an uppercut!
Yanagamichi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Charles lands with a good body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Charles, right into the meat.
Charles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles lands a jab to the nose.
Yanagamichi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Charles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Yanagamichi on that attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Charles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Charles cracks the inside of Yanagamichi's front leg.
Mike Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yanagamichi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Charles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Charles, right into the meat. #T2#
Yanagamichi walks into a stiff left hand from Charles.
Charles lands a nice hook to Yanagamichi's body. Yanagamichi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yanagamichi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yanagamichi fails with the takedown
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
Yanagamichi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yanagamichi misses with a takedown
and Charles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Charles lands a body shot.
Yanagamichi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Charles to score with a decent uppercut.
Yanagamichi shoots and misses
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Charles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yanagamichi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Charles lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Charles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Charles lands a front kick.
Yanagamichi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crunch! Charles slams his shin into Yanagamichi's torso.
Yanagamichi has his takedown stuffed
and Yanagamichi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T3#
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Charles, right into the meat.
Yanagamichi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Charles fakes the leg kick and cracks Yanagamichi in the body.
Yanagamichi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Charles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That kick from Charles tenderised Yanagamichi's leg. Yanagamichi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mike Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yanagamichi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles cracks Yanagamichi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Charles lands a nice looking body shot.
Charles connects with a crisp jab.
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Charles, right into the meat.
Charles connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yanagamichi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T4#
Charles scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A solid leg kick lands there for Charles.
Yanagamichi fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Charles with a hook.
Charles lands a jab to Yanagamichi's midsection.
Charles lands with a good body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Charles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Charles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yanagamichi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Charles throws a shot to the body.
Yanagamichi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sakuma Yanagamichi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yanagamichi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charles 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:25
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:25
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Charles!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Charles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: TWGC 26 (155lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Oct 17, 2019

Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mike Charles (ranked 2639 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Lassiter (ranked 3339 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes into the arena with Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

175 cm
31 yrs
158 lbs

165 cm
31 yrs
143 lbs

Charles

Lassiter

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 4 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 1 losses; Carlton Lassiter!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lassiter tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.

Lassiter has Charles up against the cage in a clinch.

Lassiter turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Charles (0) vs (4) Lassiter
Lassiter controls the position from side control.
Lassiter trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lassiter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Charles knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles is trying to improve his position.

Lassiter thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Charles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Charles gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lassiter is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Lassiter is working for a submission of some sort.
Charles gets full guard.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Lassiter from controlling successfully.
Lassiter advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (7) Lassiter

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lassiter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Charles knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Charles manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (2) vs (7) Lassiter
Lassiter wants to get back to full guard but Charles has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (5) vs (7) Lassiter
Lassiter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Charles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Charles is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lassiter!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (8) vs (7) Lassiter
Lassiter is looking to get to half guard.

Charles working for a guillotine from mount but Lassiter is in no mood to give up.
Charles seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Lassiter is holding on tight.
Charles wants to control the pace but Lassiter is squirming around nicely.
Lassiter tries to improve his position but instead Charles has taken his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Charles (11) vs (7) Lassiter

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Lassiter preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Charles.
Charles struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lassiter can't escape the position.
Lassiter trying to control but not successfully.

Charles tightening his grip on Lassiter, looking for the choke.
Lassiter tries to escape the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Charles is trying to stick to Lassiter's back but Lassiter is turning into Charles. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Charles's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Lassiter.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (11) vs (9) Lassiter
Lassiter tries to free his leg and advance position but Charles is retaining full guard.
Lassiter stopping the sweep attempt from Charles.
Lassiter works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Charles manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lassiter passes into half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter is pressing down on Charles's thigh, looking to free his foot. Charles is holding on for now.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Lassiter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lassiter is trying to control. Charles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lassiter tries to pass to full mount but Charles defends it.
Charles is trying to control but can't.
Lassiter works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (11) vs (12) Lassiter

Lassiter working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Lassiter goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Charles has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Lassiter but great work by Charles.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Charles (15) vs (12) Lassiter
Lassiter wants to control but Charles postures up.
Lassiter is not content to let Charles control the position.
Lassiter manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (15) vs (14) Lassiter

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.

Lassiter is working for a submission of some sort.
Well, if Lassiter is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lassiter wants to pass the guard but Charles is defending well.
Lassiter wants to take a breather but Charles is having none of it.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Lassiter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Charles is just riding it out for now. Lassiter eventually gives up the hold.
Charles tries to roll over but Lassiter keeps him under control.
Lassiter is trying to control the action in half guard but Charles is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Lassiter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Lassiter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Lassiter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lassiter moves into full mount! Charles won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (15) vs (17) Lassiter

Lassiter jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Charles is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Charles and Lassiter has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Charles gets back to half guard.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Lassiter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Lassiter is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Charles has managed to free his arm - good work.

Lassiter is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Charles defends it well.
Charles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Lassiter is trying to control. Charles wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Charles moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lassiter trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lassiter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lassiter slips nicely into half guard.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Lassiter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Charles gets back to full guard.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Lassiter from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lassiter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lassiter wins on points by 17 to 15.
During a confident post fight interview, Carlton Lassiter thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 06, 2019

#R1#
Morningstar throws a combination that misses #TD#
and Charles counters with a takedown into side control.
Charles advances to full mount.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully. #SUB#
Charles has control of Morningstar's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Morningstar regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Charles moves to take his opponent's back. #T1#
Charles controls the position.#SUB#
Charles is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Morningstar is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Charles!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Charles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: TWGC 25 (170lbs, D1): London Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Jul 26, 2019

Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mike Charles (ranked 2428 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Gracie (ranked 108 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles's entrance music is Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine. A fine choice. Gracie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jiu Jitsu: Vai Finaliza!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

175 cm
30 yrs
158 lbs

180 cm
36 yrs
169 lbs

Charles

Gracie

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Ramon Gracie!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Charles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Charles persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.

Gracie drives through and clinches with Charles against the cage.
Charles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracie is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gracie lands a takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Charles (0) vs (2) Gracie
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Charles's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Charles is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Charles wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Charles is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Charles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Charles defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Charles sees it coming and defends easily.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie is pressing down on Charles's thigh, looking to free his foot. Charles is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie controlling the action here.
Gracie passes to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (5) Gracie
Gracie advances to mount.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Charles (0) vs (7) Gracie

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Charles regains half guard.
Gracie trying to advance position but Charles counters by regaining guard.
Charles wants to hit a switch here but Gracie passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Charles there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (0) vs (10) Gracie
Charles wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Charles (0) vs (13) Gracie

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Charles turns into Gracie and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (2) vs (13) Gracie

Gracie looking for subs off his back but Charles has passed one foot through into half guard.
Charles trying to control from Gracie's half guard. Gracie has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gracie controlling the position.
Charles trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Charles puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Charles trying to control from Gracie's half guard. Gracie has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Charles trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie trying to control the position here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Charles has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (5) vs (13) Gracie
Gracie is looking for a sweep.

Charles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gracie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Charles works to advance to full mount. Gracie defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Charles (7) vs (13) Gracie

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Charles swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Gracie is now in Charles's guard. A big mistake from Charles there, giving up the dominant position!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (7) vs (15) Gracie
Gracie won't allow Charles to sweep him here.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Charles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (9) vs (15) Gracie
Charles passes Gracie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie is looking to get back to full guard here but Charles has managed to pass to side control instead.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (12) vs (15) Gracie
Gracie tries to improve position but can't.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (12) vs (17) Gracie
Charles wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Charles is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie trying to control from Charles's half guard. Charles has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Gracie pushing down on Charles's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Charles gets full guard.
Gracie passes into half guard.
Charles moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Charles looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.

Charles is looking for a triangle here but Gracie uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (12) vs (20) Gracie

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
Charles prevents Gracie from improving position.
Charles gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is stalling here. Charles is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Gracie seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Charles has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Charles (16) vs (20) Gracie
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
Charles trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gracie wins on points by 20 to 16.
In his post fight interview, Ramon Gracie started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 16, 2019

#R1#
Charles avoids the head kick by Ammond.
A bone on bone clash there as Charles blocks the leg kick. #TD#
Ammond darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.#ES2#
Charles has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Ammond is on him like a limpet, forcing Charles back against the cage.
Ammond is looking to take this one to the mat.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Charles.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ammond's brow.
A short left from Charles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles misses with a knee to the head.
Ammond drops down looking for an ankle pick but Charles pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ammond misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Charles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ammond tries to work over Charles's front leg with a kick but Charles checks it. #T1#
Charles cracks a nice hook into Ammond's ribs.
Charles fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ammond on the side of the head.
Ammond takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ammond is looking to land body kicks.
Ammond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ammond throws a leg kick but Charles checks it.
Ammond throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Ammond missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ammond tried to score with a low kick but Charles checks it.
Ammond throws a push kick but Charles slaps the foot to one side.
Ammond throws a solid leg kick but Charles takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ammond.
Charles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Charles connects with a right hand. Ammond shakes it off.
Ammond moves out of range of the body kick.#T2#
Charles scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ammond throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.#TD#
Ammond shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Charles manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.#ES2#
Charles has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Ammond is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Charles is leaning against Ammond and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Charles scores with a knee to the head.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ammond wants to take the fight to the mat but Charles manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wale Ammond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ammond tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles working Ammond over with knees to the body.
Charles trying to land knees to the body. #T3#
A short uppercut from Charles.
Charles misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Ammond avoids the damage to the body. #TD#
Ammond is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Charles can't fight it off and eventually Ammond manages to take the fight to the floor. Charles looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ammond stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB#
Ammond drops back, looking for a kneebar! Charles looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Charles looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Charles! #REVB#
Ammond trying to remain calm as Charles controls from the top position.#T4#
Charles's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Charles is continuing to stall.
Ammond wants to control but Charles postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
That's time! Ammond's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Charles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ammond at a distance.
Ammond tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ammond throws a lazy head kick
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Charles takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ammond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ammond throws out a loose jab but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ammond lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Charles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ammond looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Charles bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ammond's head backwards.#TD#
Ammond closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Charles's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles controlling Ammond's posture.
Mike Charles has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ammond looking to sit in guard and control but Charles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB##T1#
Charles looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Charles passes into half guard.
Charles wants to advance to full mount but Ammond doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ammond is trying to keep Charles in close.
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
More stalling from Charles.#SUB#
Charles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ammond has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charles has managed to get both his arms back between Ammond's legs - danger averted.
Ammond looking for a sweep. Not yet Ammond, not yet.
Charles is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Let's hope that Charles has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.#T3##REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Charles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Charles lunges at Ammond with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ammond's hand.
Charles checks a leg kick nicely.
Charles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ammond connects with an inside leg kick.#T4#
Charles connects with a solid leg kick.
Ammond staying out of range there.
Ammond shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Charles as he jumps to the side.
Charles looks to throw the jab but Ammond is out of range.
Ammond tries to land a body kick
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Charles. That snapped Ammond's head back.
Whack! Charles lands a heavy head kick that drops Ammond. The ref tackles Charles to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ammond was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Wale Ammond stepped up to the mic, saying 'Credit be to Allah. Pit Bull Development sells the best prodcucts! I am ready to go a few more rounds.'.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 12, 2019

#R1#
Stark misses with an uppercut.
Charles lands with a shot to the body. #TD#
Charles shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Stark tries to kick Charles off but Charles keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. #SUB#
Charles is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Stark doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Charles.
Still in half guard, Charles seems content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles tries to pass to full mount but Stark defends it.
Stark scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Charles manages to mount him! #T1#
Charles controlling from mount.
Charles dominating with strikes here.
Stark really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Charles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Charles scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stark is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stark is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Charles is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stark can't stay in a position like this for much longer. #SU#
Charles is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Stark throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease. #CL#
Charles clinches up against the cage.
Charles lands a nice uppercut.
Charles fails to pull guard.
Stark looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Charles tries to score a body lock takedown but Stark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from Charles on the inside. #T2#
Stark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stark has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Charles tries to pull guard but Stark won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. 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.#TD#
Charles is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Stark can't fight it off and eventually Charles manages to take the fight to the floor. Stark looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #SU#
Charles stands and steps away. Stark gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Stark rushes in with a sloppy looking punch #TD#
and Charles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Stark is wriggling around but Charles manages to pass to half guard.
Charles takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Charles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #T3#
Charles working Stark over with strikes. #SU#
Charles decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
A combination from Stark does no damage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Charles!
Stark throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
No joy there for Stark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stark, as that shot connected. #TD#
Charles bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles working the ground and pound.
Charles creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position. #SU#
Charles decides to stand back up. Charles steps back and let's Stark get back to his feet.
Steven Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches. #CL#
Charles pushes Stark up against the cage in a clinch.#T4#
Stark tries to circle away but Charles has him pinned against the cage.#TD#
Charles ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Charles no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. #SUB#
Charles looking for a triangle here. Stark is fighting it but it looks tight! Charles pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Stark is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: Pride FC 10
Date: Apr 13, 2019

#R1#
Charles thows a leg kick but Cooke checks it
and Cooke counters with an inside leg kick.
Cooke moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles misses with a jab to the body
and Cooke counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Charles thinking.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
Charles avoids the head kick by Cooke.
Charles gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cooke counters with a good low kick that Charles was not able to check.
Samuel Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Charles tries to keep at a distance but Cooke has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Charles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#BC#
Cooke breaks from the clinch.
Cooke tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Cooke misses with a looping right.
Cooke lands a head kick. Charles smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Charles moved away.#T1#
Charles throws a head kick but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke throws a head kick that half lands.
Samuel Cooke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles slips under a jab.
Charles tries to clinch there but Cooke circles away.
Cooke definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch but Charles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cooke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Charles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cooke sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charles shoots in but Cooke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Samuel Cooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Cooke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Charles.
Charles blocks the body kick. #T2#
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Charles looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#TD2#
Charles ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Charles no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Cooke from controlling successfully.
Cooke slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Cooke wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T3#
Charles is pulling down on Cooke's head to control his posture. #SU#
Cooke gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Charles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cooke defends well and Charles ends up having to push Cooke into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cooke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooke.
Cooke tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jab by Cooke.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cooke sprawls well. Cooke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.#T4##CL#
Cooke drives through and clinches with Charles against the cage.
Charles avoiding damage.
Charles is trying to break the clinch but Cooke has him pressed against the cage.
Cooke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooke lands an elbow just above Charles 's eye.
Charles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cooke has him pressed against the cage.
Charles tries to circle away but Cooke has him pinned against the cage.
Charles tries to pull guard but Cooke won't allow it. #TD2#
Charles has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Cooke is trying to keep an underhook but Charles manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Charles seems content to control.
Cooke moves into full guard.
Charles preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Cooke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooke takes a swing at Charles's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Charles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Charles with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cooke counters with a stiff right hand.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Cooke scores with a decent looking hook.
A clash of legs there as Charles blocks the low kick.
Cooke looks for the body kick but Charles saw that one coming.
Cooke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Cooke there.
Cooke throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Charles throws a fast counter high kick but Cooke manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Charles can do to turn this around?
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooke throws a lazy right hand but Charles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T1#
Cooke explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cooke misses with a body kick.
Charles takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Charles swinging wildly here.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cooke sprawls well. Cooke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
Samuel Cooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Cooke lands a leg kick that knocks Charles off balance momentarily.
Cooke connects with a single shot there.
Charles moves away from the strike by Cooke.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here. #T2#
Charles shoots in for a takedown but Cooke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cooke swings and misses with a shot to the body#CL2#
and Charles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Charles is looking to control Cooke's arms but Cooke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Charles has his back to the cage.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
Cooke trying to land knees to the body.
Cooke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Charles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#BC2#
Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charles shoots in but Cooke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Charles misses with a takedown
and Cooke counters with a solid body kick.
Cooke misses with a head kick.
Charles steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cooke.#T3#
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Charles.
Charles keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Charles shoots and misses
and Cooke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Charles checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Charles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cooke defends well and Charles ends up having to push Cooke into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cooke lands a jab to the nose.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Cooke lands a nice looking body shot.
Cooke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Charles dives in for a single leg takedown but Cooke sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Samuel Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
Charles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cooke bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Charles's head.
Cooke scores with a sloppy right hand. Charles should have avoided that one. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Charles tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooke cracks the inside of Charles's front leg.
Nice takedown defense from Cooke. No joy for Charles on that attempt.
Cooke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cooke throws a jab when Charles was well out of range.
Cooke is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Charles. That did some damage!
Charles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
Cooke throws a head kick but Charles moves out of range.
Charles is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
#R3#
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Charles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke throws a head kick but Charles moves out of range.
Cooke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charles looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cooke cracks Charles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Nice takedown defense from Cooke. No joy for Charles on that attempt.
Mike Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charles tries to clinch up.#T1#
Charles looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As Charles tries to get set, Cooke tries to push him back and clinch up but Charles manages to avoid the attempt.
Samuel Cooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
Charles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cooke defends it nicely.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Cooke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cooke - that will leave a mark!
Charles looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke throws a nice head kick! #T2#
Cooke misses with a body kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Charles or perhaps it was just good defense by Cooke, which made it look bad.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick from Cooke misses.
Charles shoots for a double leg takedown but Cooke sprawls well. He's pushed Charles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice cross by Cooke.
Charles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Charles throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Charles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Charles misses with a takedown
enabling Cooke to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Cooke. That snapped Charles's head back. #T3##CL#
Charles tries to keep at a distance but Cooke has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooke lands a knee to the body. #BC#
Cooke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Charles takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cooke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cooke catches Charles with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Charles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cooke pinned against the cage. Cooke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Charles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooke tries a low kick but Charles avoids it.#T4#
Cooke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Charles ducks right into an uppercut from Cooke.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke tries to clinch but Charles is having none of it.
Charles moves out of range as Cooke throws a body kick.
Cooke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cooke wants it to stay on the feet.
Samuel Cooke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Cooke. No joy for Charles on that attempt.
Charles has a takedown stuffed.
Mike Charles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A thudding body kick lands there by Cooke!

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cooke, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Cooke!
After winning the bout, Samuel Cooke thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: Pride FC 5
Date: Mar 30, 2019

#R1##TD#
Charles decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bulver is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bulver defending well though.
Bulver is looking to improve his position.
Charles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bulver is doing well to control the position and prevent Charles from advancing to side control.
Charles is taking a breather. Bulver says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Charles is pressing down on Bulver's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bulver is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bulver is refusing to be controlled, as Charles sits in half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.#SUB#
Charles is working for submissions here but there's nothing on. #T1#
Charles is taking a breather. Bulver says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bulver is looking to improve his position.
Charles tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bulver knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bulver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bulver fails to land with a series of punches. #T2#
Nice uppercut lands for Charles. That snapped Bulver's head back.
Charles shoots in for a takedown but Bulver shows good takedown defense.
Bulver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bulver throws a good cross that connects.
Benz Bulver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bulver throws a jab when Charles was well out of range.
Charles dodges the punch combination from Bulver. #TD#
Charles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T3#
Bulver tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Bulver is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Charles controlling the pace.
Charles seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bulver for as long as he can get away with.
Bulver is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Charles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bulver keeps working.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bulver gets full guard.
Bulver wants to stand up but Charles is controlling him. #SU#
Charles stands up from Bulver's guard - Charles perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bulver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bulver looks to land a body kick but Charles moved away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bulver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Charles avoids the head kick by Bulver.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bulver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benz Bulver dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bulver.
No joy there for Bulver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mike Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bulver looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Charles is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bulver.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Bulver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Charles tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bulver defends well and Charles ends up having to push Bulver into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bulver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bulver lands with a good body shot.
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bulver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles shoots and misses
and Bulver counters with a right hand to the body.
Mike Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bulver stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bulver wants it to stay on the feet.
Bulver lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bulver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Charles misses
letting Bulver counter with a right hand. #T1#
Bulver throws a head kick that misses.
Bulver connects with a single shot there.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Charles fails to land the takedown.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bulver as he jumps to the side.
Charles fails with a takedown attempt.
Bulver ducks under a wild hook from Charles.#T2#
Charles moves in looking to clinch but Bulver pushes him off.
Charles takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bulver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd cheers as Bulver lands an impressive looking overhand right. Charles doesn't seem phased though.
Bulver sizes up Charles with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Bulver.
Bulver connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bulver lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bulver misses with a combination #CL#
and Charles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. #T3#
Bulver is trying to push Charles away but Charles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#BC2#
Bulver breaks the clinch.
Charles misses with a series of wild punches.
Despite the aggression on Bulver's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Charles tries to clinch up but Bulver circles away and keeps his distance.
Bulver looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Charles wants to clinch up but Bulver keeps it at a distance.
Bulver looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Charles dives in for a single leg takedown but Bulver sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bulver misses with a body kick.
Bulver with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Charles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bulver avoids it really well and circles away.
Bulver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. #T4#
Bulver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bulver misses with a two punch combination.
Bulver lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bulver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charles wants to clinch up but Bulver keeps it at a distance.
Charles shoots for a double leg takedown but Bulver sprawls well. He's pushed Charles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bulver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Charles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bulver looks to land a combination but Charles avoids it well.
Bulver misses with an uppercut.
Bulver misses the shot to the body.
It appears Charles was looking to counter with a kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benz Bulver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Charles misses with a low kick.
Bulver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Charles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Charles slips a straight right by Bulver.
Bulver lands with a kick to the temple. Charles shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charles darts in looking for a takedown but Bulver gets double underhooks and turns Charles into the cage.
Despite the aggression on Bulver's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Charles blocks a jab.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Bulver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #CL#
Charles rushes Bulver and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bulver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#BC2#
Bulver breaks the clinch.
Bulver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bulver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Charles momentarily.
Benz Bulver seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T1#
Horrible takedown attempt by Charles or perhaps it was just good defense by Bulver, which made it look bad.
Bulver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bulver lands the left hand.
Charles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Charles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bulver circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bulver misses with the combination.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Charles avoids a kick to the body. #T2#
Bulver throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Bulver misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bulver stuffs the takedown.#CL#
Charles clinches up against the cage.
Bulver is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
A right hook to the body lands for Bulver.
Bulver scores with an uppercut up the middle.#BC2#
Bulver manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Bulver misses its intended target.
Charles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bulver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#TD#
Charles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.#T3#
Charles looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bulver wants to get back to his feet.
Charles is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bulver wants to control but Charles is keeping busy.
Benz Bulver is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Charles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bulver tries to roll over but Charles keeps him under control.#SUB#
Charles is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bulver keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bulver moves into full guard.
Mike Charles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bulver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Charles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bulver is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Charles is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benz Bulver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bulver winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 26:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benz Bulver!
Benz Bulver really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Freebok (85% Laundry) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.

Event: AFC #40
Date: Mar 02, 2019

#R1#
A decent looking cross lands there for Chernokov.
Chernokov throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Charles half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Charles defending well as Chernokov loads up on a big left hand.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Chernokov avoids it well and moves away.#TD2#
Charles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Chernokov working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Chernokov postures up and lands a big shot to Charles's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chernokov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#SUB#
Charles throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Charles throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Chernokov is working Charles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. #T1#
Chernokov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chernokov wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Chernokov from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Charles is looking for a triangle but Chernokov pushes his legs off easily.
Chernokov seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #SUB#
Charles looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chernokov chips away with some ground and pound.#T2#
Chernokov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Charles looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chernokov is one step ahead there. #SUB#
Charles looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Chernokov passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Chernokov there.
Chernokov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chernokov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Charles makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charles.
Charles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chernokov's guard. #REVR##T3#
Chernokov looking for a sweep. Not yet Chernokov, not yet.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Chernokov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chernokov doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Charles forces his way into half guard.
Charles uses his free foot to push down on Chernokov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Chernokov.
Chernokov regains half guard.
Chernokov tries to roll over but Charles keeps him under control.
Chernokov is trying to maintain the position but Charles is very close to passing his half guard.#T4#
Charles is looking to advance position but Chernokov won't allow it.
Chernokov gets full guard.
Charles preventing the sweep. #SUB2#
Chernokov isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Charles stacks Chernokov on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Charles!
Charles advances to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chernokov is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexei Chernokov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Chernokov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#TD2#
Chernokov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Charles did well to prevent Chernokov getting side control.
Charles gets back to full guard. #SUB#
Charles looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #SUB#
Charles working for a triangle but Chernokov defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Charles is on top in guard. #REVR#
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Chernokov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Charles defends well.#T1##SUB2#
Chernokov has an active guard here but Charles has managed to pass into half guard.
Chernokov landing rabbit punches to the side of Charles's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chernokov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Chernokov tries to roll over but Charles keeps him under control.
Chernokov won't allow Charles to pass to mount.
Charles passes to side control. #T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Charles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chernokov keeps working.
Chernokov manages to work his way to half guard, despite Charles's best efforts.
Charles prevents Chernokov from improving his position.#SUB2#
Chernokov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Charles looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
We've been hearing good reports from Charles's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.#SUB2#
Chernokov actively working from the bottom here.#T3#
Charles works his way into side control.
Chernokov manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Charles is pressing down on Chernokov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Chernokov is holding on for now. #SUB#
Charles looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique. #SUB2#
Chernokov with the active half guard here but Charles passes nicely into side control.#T4#
Chernokov prevents Charles from moving into mount.
Chernokov manages to get back to half guard.
Charles prevents Chernokov from improving his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles tries to pass to full mount but Chernokov defends it.
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 Mike Charles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Charles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3##TD2#
Charles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Chernokov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chernokov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chernokov postures up in Charles's guard and throws a big left but Charles blocks it.
Charles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chernokov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chernokov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chernokov throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chernokov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chernokov wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T1#
Chernokov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chernokov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chernokov trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Chernokov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Charles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chernokov throwing strikes from guard but Charles blocks nicely.
Chernokov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chernokov misses with a straight right.
Chernokov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.#CL2#
Chernokov instigates a clinch.
Chernokov misses with a punch to the body.
Chernokov can't find room to land a body shot as Charles controls the action.
Chernokov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chernokov throws a punch but it's blocked by Charles.
Charles tries to score a body lock takedown but Chernokov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chernokov.
Chernokov stops a takedown attempt from Charles.
Charles stalling the fight.
Chernokov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.#TD2#
Chernokov decides to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chernokov is on top in guard. #REVB##T3#
Chernokov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chernokov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chernokov trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chernokov looking to sit in guard and control but Charles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Charles looking to pass the guard. #SUB2#
Chernokov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Charles is aware though and is defending well.#T4##SUB2#
Chernokov is active off his back here, looking for submissions. #SUB2#
Chernokov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Charles can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Chernokov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Chernokov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles is looking to control Chernokov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charles avoid being mounted?
Chernokov thows a huge punch but Charles dodges it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexei Chernokov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chernokov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexei Chernokov!
An out of breath Alexei Chernokov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: Ajax Worldwide #5
Date: Feb 09, 2019

#R1#
Grieg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Grieg sprawls and moves away.
Charles takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grieg lands the left hand.
Grieg connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Charles's hands.
Grieg moves to clinch but Charles breaks away #TD#
and Charles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grieg's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Grieg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grieg manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Charles manages to get himself to full guard. #REVB#
Grieg throwing strikes from guard but Charles blocks nicely. #T1#
Grieg lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Charles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grieg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Grieg is proving a slippery customer.
Grieg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grieg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grieg passes into half guard.
Grieg thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Grieg.
Charles makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charles.
Grieg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. #T2#
Grieg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grieg content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Charles is trying to control the position but Grieg postures up.
Grieg throws a big right hand that misses.
Grieg keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Charles's head.
Grieg must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Charles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grieg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grieg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grieg tries to free his leg and advance position but Charles is retaining full guard.
Grieg throws an elbow that misses. Charles uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Grieg's guard. Nice move by Charles!#REVR#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grieg striking off his back but it's not causing Charles any problems.
Charles wants to control from the top but Grieg keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grieg tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T3#
Charles trying to control but Grieg is working from the bottom.
Charles throws a big right hand that misses.
Grieg throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Charles tries to free his leg and advance position but Grieg is retaining full guard.
Grieg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grieg keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.
Grieg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Charles's guard. #REVB#
Grieg throws a strike but Charles rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVR#
Charles takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Charles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grieg lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Charles advances to half guard.
Grieg gets back to full guard.
Grieg tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T4#
Charles passes Grieg's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Grieg manages to get to full guard.
Charles stopping the sweep attempt from Grieg.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Grieg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grieg throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Grieg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Charles wants to pass the guard but Grieg is keeping the position.
Charles passes Grieg's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Grieg is not content to let Charles control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edvard Grieg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Grieg just misses with a punch to the body.
Grieg misses with the combination.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Grieg avoids it well and moves away.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nice uppercut there from Grieg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grieg gets off balance looking for a body kick#TD#
and Charles counters with a shoot takedown. Grieg fights it but they end up in guard.
Grieg lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Grieg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#SUB#
Charles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Grieg striking off his back, scoring a few points. #T1#
Grieg wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles trying to control but Grieg is working from the bottom.
Grieg throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Grieg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Charles advances to half guard.
Charles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Charles is looking to take a break and control but Grieg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grieg wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well.
Grieg won't allow Charles to pass to mount.
Charles works his foot free and advances to mount. #T2#
Grieg tries to reverse the position but Charles maintains control.#SUB#
Charles working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Grieg looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grieg breaks Charles's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Grieg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grieg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grieg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grieg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grieg preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grieg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grieg postures up in Charles's guard and throws a big left but Charles blocks it.
Grieg working some strikes from top position.#T3#
Grieg throws a big elbow that misses.
Grieg looking to pass the guard.
Grieg with a nice head shot there.
Charles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grieg.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grieg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grieg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Edvard Grieg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grieg throws a big elbow that misses.
Grieg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grieg content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Grieg throwing strikes but missing.
Grieg throwing strikes from guard but Charles blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T4#
Grieg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Charles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grieg lands a couple of elbows.
Grieg connects with a couple of short punches.
Grieg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Charles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grieg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grieg throwing strikes from guard but Charles blocks nicely.
Grieg distracts Charles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grieg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grieg throwing strikes from guard but Charles blocks nicely.
Grieg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edvard Grieg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Charles on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grieg. Grieg obviously looking to wear him down.
Grieg throws a half hearted mid kick.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Grieg avoids it well and moves away.
Charles swats away the attempt to clinch by Grieg.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grieg looks to throw a body kick#TD#
and Charles counters with a shoot takedown. Grieg fights it but they end up in guard.
Charles pushes down on Grieg's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Charles is looking to take a break and control but Grieg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T1#
Grieg is looking to improve his position.
Charles looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Grieg tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Charles blocks the strikes from Grieg.
Grieg wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well.
Charles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Grieg is looking to improve his position.
Grieg is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Grieg landing a few short strikes.
Charles not doing much here.
Charles has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Grieg is trying to escape the mount.
Grieg is trying to escape the mount but Charles keeps good control and instead manages to take Grieg's back. #SUB#
Grieg is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Grieg's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later. #T3#
Charles biding his time, looking for the opening.
I really don't envy Grieg right now.
Charles looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Charles trying to control.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight. #SUB#
Grieg won't enjoy being in this position. Charles looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Grieg is tapping - it's over boys! Charles picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: DARE 76: SCAREDOWN
Date: Oct 27, 2018

#R1#
Crespo avoids the body shot from Charles.
Charles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Charles misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Charles. #CL#
Crespo tries to keep at a distance but Charles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crespo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crespo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#BC2#
Crespo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Charles connects with a body shot.#CL#
Crespo gets tackled into the cage by Charles. Charles maintains the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Charles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Charles lands an uppercut.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
A short left from Charles.
Charles pushes Crespo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T1#
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles taking a breather.
Charles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Charles prevents Crespo from breaking the clinch.
Charles working aggressively here.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Crespo controls the action.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by Crespo.
Charles tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it. #BC2#
Crespo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crespo throws a body shot but no joy.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Crespo misses with an uppercut.
Charles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Charles has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lovelair Muay Thai/MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Nice shot lands for Crespo.#T2#
Crespo swings away with a leg kick that misses.#CL#
Charles clinches with his opponent. #TD2#
Crespo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crespo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. #SUB2#
Crespo tries for a kimura but Charles is defending well.
Crespo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Charles looking for a sweep but Crespo has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Charles is trying to escape the mount. #T3#
Charles taking shots to the head.
Charles slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Crespo.
Charles is trying to get back to full guard.
Charles trying to control from the bottom.
Charles tries to roll over but Crespo keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crespo moves into full mount! Charles won't be happy about that!
Crespo wants to control the pace but Charles is squirming around nicely. #T4##SUB2#
Crespo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
My spies in Training Center inform me that Crespo has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Crespo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Charles really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crespo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Charles looks a forlorn figure.
Charles can't escape the position.
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!
Crespo looking to control but Charles is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Charles is working to get back to half guard. #SUB2#
Crespo has control of Charles's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Charles regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aldo Crespo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Charles throws a hook to the side of Crespo's head but Crespo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.#TD#
Charles changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Crespo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Charles trying to control the action but Crespo is working from the bottom.
Charles working away.
Crespo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. #SUB#
Charles is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crespo sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB#
Charles wants to work for an arm triangle but Crespo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Charles seems to be working for a kimura but Crespo defends the submission attempt.
Charles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #T1#
Crespo trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crespo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crespo defends it well.
Crespo trying to control here. #SUB2#
Crespo looking for submissions off his back.#SUB2#
Crespo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Charles pulls his head out easily. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.#SUB#
Charles is working for a submission of some sort. #SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crespo defends it well.
Crespo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Charles scores with a couple of nice shots.#SUB2#
Crespo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Charles looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique. #T3#
Crespo striking from the bottom. #SUB2#
Crespo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Charles seems to be working for a kimura but Crespo defends the submission attempt.
Charles is keen to just control but Crespo is a slippery customer.
Charles is really struggling to control Crespo but he's trying to hold on to the position.#SUB2#
Crespo looking for submissions off his back.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crespo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB#
Charles is working for a kimura but Crespo is defending it quite comfortably.
Charles thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crespo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Charles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Crespo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles is in close to Crespo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Charles postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Charles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crespo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Charles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Charles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crespo goes for a double leg but Charles avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Charles continues to drive forward.
Crespo's corner calls for a 1-2. Crespo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A head kick misses from Crespo.
Charles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Charles throws a chopping leg kick but Crespo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crespo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Charles.
Crespo scores with a jab. Charles acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crespo takes one to the side of the head. #CL#
Charles rushes Crespo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
Crespo dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
Crespo working aggressively here.
Charles throws an elbow that misses.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Crespo controls his hands.
Mike Charles has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Charles lands an uppercut.
Charles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Charles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Charles is trying to pull guard but Crespo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Charles tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it. #BC2#
Crespo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crespo.#TD2#
Crespo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.#T2##SUB2#
Crespo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aldo Crespo has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles is looking for a sweep.#SUB2#
Crespo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Charles is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Crespo off and has taken his back!
Charles keeps control of the position as Crespo tries to break free.
Charles connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Crespo to escape the position.
Crespo tries to escape the position. #T3##SUB#
Crespo defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Charles's arms.
Crespo trying to control but not successfully. #SUB#
Charles is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Crespo knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Crespo for a finish. #SUB#
Charles has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Crespo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Crespo is really stuck here. #T4##SUB#
Crespo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent. #SUB#
Crespo is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Charles gets his way!
Charles keeps control of the position as Crespo tries to break free.
Crespo rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Charles performing his best blanket impression for a moment. #SUB2#
Crespo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

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 Mike Charles.
I think Charles 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Charles!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mike Charles waved his t-shirt featuring Bee Krazy 's logo in front of the cameras.

Event: DARE 69
Date: Sep 29, 2018

#R1#
Filch just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Charles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Charles checks a low kick from Filch.
Charles throws a right and a left that Filch avoids nicely.
Charles tries for a takedown but Filch sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Charles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Filch.
Filch lands a slapping body shot.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Filch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #TD2#
Filch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Charles is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Charles is controlling Filch's posture.#SUB#
Filch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Filch postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. #T1#
Filch postures up. #SUB#
Charles is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Filch is aware though and is defending well.
Filch postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Filch preventing the sweep.
Filch pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charles is keeping the position for now.
Filch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Filch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Filch.
Filch working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filch scoring with punches to the head and body.
Filch distracts Charles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Charles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Filch scoring with punches to the head and body.
Filch scoring with punches to the head and body.
Charles working a defensive guard here. #T2#
Charles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filch landing with the ground and pound. #ROC2#
Charles is rocked!
Charles looking to control.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.
Filch is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oh Charles is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Filch loads up on a big left hand. Charles felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Filch looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Charles can't hide his disappointment, as Filch celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zilch Filch!
After winning the bout, Zilch Filch thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: DARE 63
Date: Aug 22, 2018

#R1#
Charles looks for a takedown but Sensei sprawls well.
Charles has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Charles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sensei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Charles wants to clinch up but Sensei keeps it at a distance.
Charles lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A big left from Sensei misses.
Charles throws a jab but it's blocked by Sensei.
Sensei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles wants to counter with a clinch but Sensei pushes him away.
Sensei misses with a body shot.
Sensei just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Charles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sensei went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Charles throws an overhand right that lands on Sensei's shoulder, as Sensei tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sensei misses with a straight right.
Sensei swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Charles stuns Sensei with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sensei, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sensei paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sensei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sensei misses the shot to the body.
Charles tries to counter with a clinch but Sensei shakes him off and moves away.#T1#
Some wild striking there from Sensei.
Sensei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles. #CL2#
Charles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sensei, pushing him back against the cage.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles cracks Sensei with a nice body shot.
Sensei misses with a body punch.
Charles is trying to pull guard but Sensei has him pressed against the cage.
Sensei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sensei blocking some punches.
Sensei blocks a body shot from Charles.
A shot in the inside from Sensei.
Sensei blocks an uppercut.
Sensei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sensei fails to land.
Sensei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sensei has a couple of punches blocked by Charles.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Charles backwards. #T2#
Charles throws a punch but it's blocked by Sensei.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
Charles prevents a body shot from Sensei.
Sensei presses Charles against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Charles lands a left hand.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Charles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #BC#
Sensei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Charles misses its intended target.
Sensei throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Charles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Charles slips under a jab.
Charles wants to counter the offense by Sensei and move into the clinch position.
Sensei 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.
Sensei throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Sensei connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big left from Charles misses.
Sensei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sensei connects with a right hand. Charles shakes it off.
Sensei scores with a body shot. #T3#
Sensei misses with an uppercut.
Charles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sensei.
Kylar Sensei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles throws a series of punches but Sensei avoids them all with ease.
Sensei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sensei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sensei swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Sensei scores with a nice right hand.
Sensei fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Charles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sensei manages to avoid it.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Sensei finds it's target.
Sensei fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles feints the counter takedown.
Charles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Charles.#T4#
Sensei loads up on a big right hand but Charles slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sensei.
Sensei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Sensei misses with a wild body shot.
Sensei takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sensei misses with a few strikes there.
Sensei looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Charles slips under a jab.
Sensei lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles 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.
Jab by Sensei.
Sensei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Sensei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles throws a jab but it's blocked by Sensei.
Sensei throws out a powerful jab.
Sensei cracks Charles with an open hand slap.
Charles lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kylar Sensei dominated that round.
That's time! Sensei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2##CL2#
Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
Sensei struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Sensei throws a punch but it's blocked by Charles.
Charles scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Charles as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charles. #BC#
Sensei manages to break the clinch. #TD2#
Charles closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sensei did well to prevent Charles getting side control.
Sensei wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well.
Sensei wants to control but Charles is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB2#
Charles seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sensei is looking for a sweep. Charles is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sensei trying to hold on to Charles's head to control him but Charles postures up.
Charles prevents Sensei from improving his position.
Sensei trying to control but Charles postures up. #T1##SUB2#
Charles is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sensei is just riding it out for now. Charles eventually gives up the hold.
Charles wants to take a breather but Sensei is having none of it.
Charles throwing shots but Sensei is blocking nicely.
Sensei wants to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Charles is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sensei sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB2#
Charles is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sensei doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Charles.
Sensei makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sensei.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sensei controls Charles momentarily but Charles frees himself. #SUB#
Sensei looking for a guillotine here but Charles defends easily.
Charles wants to control from the top but Sensei keeps moving.
Charles scoring with punches to the head and body.
Charles advances position into side control!
Sensei is looking for a sweep.#SUB2#
Charles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sensei knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB2#
Charles tries for a kimura but Sensei is defending well. #T3#
Sensei regains half guard.
Sensei trying to control from the bottom.
Charles not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Charles is trying to control the action in half guard but Sensei is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #SUB2#
Charles is looking for a kimura here.
Sensei wants to control but Charles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sensei tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Charles tries to pass to full mount but Sensei defends it.
Sensei is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Valhalla MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Charles prevents Sensei from improving his position.#SUB2#
Charles seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Sensei is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.

Event: DARE 57: Williams vs. Volkov 5
Date: Jul 21, 2018

#R1#
White connects with a leg kick. Charles looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with the body kick
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
White tries to land a front kick but Charles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Charles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Charles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
Charles checks a leg kick nicely.
Charles misses with a hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Charles checks a leg kick.
Charles moves out of range of the body kick.#CL2#
Charles closes the distance and clinches.
Charles stalls.
White lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles effectively controlling the action here.
A nice left hand lands by Charles. #TD2#
Charles jumps guard and drags White to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. #T1#
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but White is proving a slippery customer. #SUB2#
Charles looking for a triangle here. White is fighting it but it looks tight! Charles pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, White is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Charles!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mike Charles made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

Event: DARE SUBMISSION SERIES 2
Date: Jun 20, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Mike Charles (ranked 3152 p4p, 273 weight class) and Matvey Pavlov (ranked 858 p4p, 99 weight class). Charles comes to the ring accompanied by Pony. Pavlov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

175 cm
25 yrs
154 lbs

166 cm
22 yrs
149 lbs

Charles

Pavlov

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 3 losses; Mike Charles! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Matvey Pavlov!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?

Charles looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Pavlov!
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Charles (4) vs (0) Pavlov
Charles is looking to take a break and control but Pavlov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pavlov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlov sneaks back into half guard.
Pavlov is trying to maintain the position but Charles is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pavlov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Charles is trying to control the action in half guard but Pavlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Pavlov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pavlov is pressing down on Charles's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Charles passes Pavlov's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Pavlov looking for submissions off his back.
Pavlov wants to control but Charles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles is looking to advance position but Pavlov won't allow it.
Charles is working hard here to advance position.
Pavlov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charles's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charles's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Charles (4) vs (4) Pavlov
Charles tries to escape but Pavlov has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Pavlov is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Charles defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Charles is really stuck here.
Charles is keeping busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Charles tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Charles showing good submission defense here.
Charles manages to reverse the position and now he's in Pavlov's guard. Nice work there by Charles.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (6) vs (4) Pavlov

Pavlov is looking for a triangle here but Charles uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (9) vs (4) Pavlov
Pavlov gets back to half guard.
Pavlov is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Charles in particular looking to stall.
Pavlov wants to control but Charles is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Charles is looking for a kimura but Pavlov is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Charles to get the leverage.
Charles is looking to stall here but Pavlov recovers full guard.

Pavlov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Charles defends well.

Pavlov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pavlov keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to control but Pavlov is working from the bottom.
Charles slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (12) vs (4) Pavlov
Pavlov is trying to improve his position.
Pavlov is not content to let Charles control the position.
Pavlov regains half guard.

Pavlov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Charles pulls his head out easily.
Pavlov is looking for a sweep. Charles is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Pavlov actively working from the bottom here.
Pavlov is trying to get back to full guard.
Charles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Pavlov moves into full guard.
Charles trying to control but Pavlov is working from the bottom.

Charles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pavlov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charles has managed to get both his arms back between Pavlov's legs - danger averted.
Charles is fighting to break Pavlov's control of his arms but Pavlov is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Charles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pavlov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charles has managed to get both his arms back between Pavlov's legs - danger averted.
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Charles trying to control but Pavlov is working from the bottom.
Charles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pavlov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Pavlov looking for a guillotine here but Charles defends easily.

Pavlov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Charles is pushing down on Pavlov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pavlov is fighting to maintain full guard but Charles has managed to sneak the leg through.
Charles tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pavlov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pavlov is looking to control Charles's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pavlov avoid being mounted?
Pavlov is staying active underneath Charles, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Charles is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pavlov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Charles not doing much here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov trying to control but Charles postures up.

Pavlov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Charles pulls his head out easily.
Pavlov is trying to maintain the position but Charles is very close to passing his half guard.
Charles trying to control from half guard but Pavlov is working away.
Pavlov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charles trying to control from half guard but Pavlov is working away.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.

Pavlov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Pavlov looking for submissions off his back.
Charles works his way into full mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (15) vs (4) Pavlov
Pavlov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pavlov is staying active underneath Charles, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pavlov wants to get back to full guard but Charles has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (18) vs (4) Pavlov

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Charles trying to control the action but Pavlov is working from the bottom.
Pavlov is being controlled here.
Charles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pavlov keeps working.
Pavlov is looking for a sweep.
Pavlov struggling a bit here.
Pavlov gets back to half guard.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to control but Pavlov is keeping him busy.
Charles trying to mount his opponent but Pavlov defends it.
Charles passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pavlov!
Score +3 for passing guard: Charles (21) vs (4) Pavlov
Pavlov is looking to get to half guard.
Charles trying to control but Pavlov is having none of it.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.

Charles looking for a guillotine from mount but Pavlov is having none of it.
Pavlov tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away.
Charles takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Charles tries to control but Pavlov wriggling away.
Charles controlling his opponent.
Pavlov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov regains half guard.
Pavlov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charles's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charles's back!
Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Charles (21) vs (8) Pavlov

Charles showing good submission defense here.
Charles tries to roll but Pavlov sticks to his back.
Charles breaks Pavlov's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Charles (23) vs (8) Pavlov

Pavlov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Charles gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Charles avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles takes the fight on points by 23 to 8.
Mike Charles gave a mention to Velocity Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 02, 2018

#R1##CL2#
Charles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#TD2#
Charles pulls guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.#SUB2#
Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brown defends it easily.#SUB2#
Brown got a little sloppy there for a moment and Charles has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brown has managed to get both his arms back between Charles's legs - danger averted.#SUB2#
Charles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brown gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brown defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#SUB2#
Charles is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brown is aware though and is defending well.#SUB2#
Charles pushes a forearm under Brown's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Brown is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Velocity Fightwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.

Event: TWGC 20 (145lbs, D1): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Feb 11, 2018

Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 2865 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Charles (ranked 2596 p4p, 245 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Charles's choice of entrance music: Pony. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

176 cm
37 yrs
156 lbs

175 cm
24 yrs
154 lbs

Henley

Charles

Henley forces Charles back against the cage and clinches.

Charles has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Henley uses from the top position.
Charles pulls Henley in close to his closed guard and prevents Henley from doing any damage or advancing position.
Henley trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henley tries to free his leg and advance position but Charles is retaining full guard.
Charles pulls Henley in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Henley seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Henley defends it easily.
Henley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Charles pulls Henley in close to prevent any damage.
Charles working a defensive guard but Henley manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Henley (3) vs (0) Charles
Charles seems a little lost for a moment, as Henley dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charles keeps working.
Henley taking a breather here.
Henley seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Charles for as long as he can get away with.
Henley is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Charles tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henley 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.
Henley trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.
Charles is trying to get back to half guard.
Charles is letting Henley control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.
Charles is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Henley's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Charles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charles is trying to control but can't.
Charles wants to control but Henley passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Henley (6) vs (0) Charles
Henley moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Charles is looking to regain half guard here but Henley keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles being controlled for a moment.
We've been hearing good reports from Henley's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Henley is trying to get an arm triangle but Charles is defending well.
Henley trying to control the position but Charles is working away.
Charles struggling a bit here.
Henley staying calm.

Henley thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henley wants to control for a moment but Charles uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Henley prevents Charles from improving his position.
Charles is trying to maintain the position but Henley is very close to passing his half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henley is looking to take a break and control but Charles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Charles tries to get to full guard but Henley has control of the leg.
Henley is pressing down on Charles's thigh, looking to free his foot. Charles is holding on for now.

Henley is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Charles doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Henley.
Henley tries to pass the half guard into mount. Charles knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Henley is working hard here to advance position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Henley is trying to work for a kimura but Charles is defending well.

Charles looking for submissions off his back.
Charles is trying to maintain the position but Henley is very close to passing his half guard.

Henley has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Charles defend it? Henley steps over the head and cranks it - Charles is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Henley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ben Henley!
Ben Henley really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sully's Bar & Grill logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.

Event: Gladiators 68 Jimmy v Hero
Date: Dec 24, 2017

#R1#
Charles thuds a left hand into Benitez's body.#CL#
Benitez closes the distance and pushes Charles back into the cage.
Charles slows down the pace here. #TD2#
Charles successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Benitez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Benitez throwing strikes but missing.
Charles is adopting a defensive guard.
Charles looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles controlling the position.
Charles trying to control the position. #T1#
Charles managing to control the position. #SUB2#
Charles is looking for a triangle but Benitez pushes his legs off easily.
Charles managing to control the position.
Benitez working some strikes from top position.
Benitez wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Charles controlling the position.
Benitez throwing strikes but missing. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Charles pulls Benitez in close to his closed guard and prevents Benitez from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Charles has momentary wrist control but Benitez slips an elbow through the middle.#SUB2#
Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening. #SUB2#
Charles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Benitez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Benitez wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Benitez is fighting to break Charles's control of his arms but Charles is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.#T3#
Benitez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Benitez trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Benitez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Charles is pulling down on Benitez's head. It's preventing any offense from Benitez, at least for the moment.
Benitez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Charles controlling the position.#SUB2#
Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Charles has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. #T4#
Charles keeping moving, preventing Benitez from controlling successfully.
Benitez wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Benitez from controlling successfully.
Benitez looking to pass the guard.
Benitez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#SUB2#
Benitez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Charles not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benitez landing with the ground and pound.
Benitez postures up in Charles's guard and throws a big left but Charles blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Charles will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2##TD#
Benitez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Charles wants to control but Benitez postures up.
Charles regains half guard.
Benitez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Benitez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Charles trying to control but Benitez postures up.
Charles slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Charles is trying to control the position but Benitez postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benitez distracts Charles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Benitez trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #T1#
Charles keeping moving, preventing Benitez from controlling successfully.
Benitez chips away with some ground and pound.
Charles pulls Benitez in close to prevent any damage.
Benitez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Charles managing to control the position.
Benitez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Charles can do to turn this around?
Benitez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Charles has Benitez pulled in close to control his posture.
Benitez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Benitez scoring with some ground and pound. #T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Benitez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benitez distracts Charles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Benitez is looking to work some ground and pound but Charles has wrist control.
Charles pulls Benitez in close to prevent any damage.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Benitez from controlling successfully.
Benitez postures up.
Benitez trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Benitez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Benitez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Benitez working some strikes from top position.
Benitez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SUB2#
Charles is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Benitez is aware though and is defending well.#SUB2#
Charles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Benitez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #T3#
Benitez landing some decent shots from guard.
Benitez wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Benitez is proving a slippery customer.
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Benitez from controlling successfully. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Charles seems keen to control Benitez's posture.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#TD#
Benitez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Charles did well to prevent Benitez getting side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice strikes from Benitez there.
Benitez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Agustin Benitez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3##CL#
Benitez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Charles - that landed with a thud.
Charles slowing the pace effectively.
Benitez tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Charles tries to pull guard but Benitez won't allow it. #TD2#
Charles jumps into guard, dragging Benitez to the mat. #SUB2#
Charles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Charles preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Charles seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Charles has his foot on Benitez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Benitez works his way back into a safe position though.
Charles is adopting a defensive guard.
Benitez trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T1#
Benitez cracks Charles with a solid left hand.
Benitez throws a big right hand that misses.
Benitez advances position into side control!#SUB#
Benitez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Charles manages to get back to half guard.
Charles keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. #T2##SUB#
Benitez is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Charles to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Benitez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Benitez looking to pass the guard.
Agustin Benitez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#T3#
Benitez throws a big right hand that misses.
Charles trying to control the position.
Benitez throws a big right hand that misses.
Charles is trying to control the position but Benitez postures up.
Benitez works over Charles with some ground and pound from guard.
Charles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Charles is trying to control the position but Benitez postures up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Charles seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#TD#
Charles gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Benitez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Charles seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #T4#
Benitez is in close to Charles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Benitez is proving a slippery customer. #SUB2#
Charles is looking for a triangle but Benitez pushes his legs off easily.
Benitez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Benitez working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles pulls Benitez in close to prevent any damage.
Benitez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charles's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Agustin Benitez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benitez 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Agustin Benitez!

Event: FFA 41: Wreckage
Date: Oct 27, 2017

#R1#
Bittencourt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Charles.
Mahalo Bittencourt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Charles.
Charles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charles with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bittencourt to score with a decent uppercut.
Bittencourt misses with a looping right.
Charles is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Charles slips under a jab from Bittencourt.
We've been told by Bittencourt's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Charles throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bittencourt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bittencourt misses with an uppercut. Charles saw that one coming.
Charles walks into a stiff left hand from Bittencourt.
Bittencourt throws a good cross that connects. #T1#
Bittencourt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bittencourt throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Charles steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bittencourt.
Nice uppercut there from Bittencourt.
Bittencourt swinging wildly here.
Bittencourt sets himself, and Charles steps forward looking for the clinch! Bittencourt avoids it this time.
Bittencourt throws a big shot that misses.
Charles wants to counter with a clinch but Bittencourt pushes him away.
Bittencourt misses with a series of wild punches.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Bittencourt.
Bittencourt is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.#CL2#
Charles has managed to clinch.
Bittencourt works on Charles's body with a couple of short punches.#T2#
Charles blocks an uppercut.
Charles displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bittencourt up against the cage.
Bittencourt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bittencourt struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Charles just leaning against Bittencourt, taking a breather.
Charles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bittencourt walks away with a smile on his face. Charles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bittencourt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bittencourt throws an ugly left hook that misses #CL2#
and Charles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bittencourt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles blocking some punches.
Bittencourt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bittencourt throws a punch but it's blocked by Charles.
Charles tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bittencourt just stands there and leans against the cage.#T3#
Bittencourt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bittencourt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bittencourt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Bittencourt struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Charles is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Charles tries to pull guard but Bittencourt holds him up against the cage and eventually Charles drops back down to his feet.
Mahalo Bittencourt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Charles.
Charles prevents a body shot from Bittencourt.
Charles blocks a body shot from Bittencourt.
Charles tries to pull guard but Bittencourt holds him up against the cage and eventually Charles drops back down to his feet.
Bittencourt tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bittencourt pulls him back up using the underhooks. #T4#
Bittencourt misses with a body punch.
Bittencourt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bittencourt misses with some punches.
Charles controlling the action here for a moment.
Bittencourt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bittencourt being controlled against the cage.
Bittencourt digs a right hand into Charles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Charles's gas tank.
Bittencourt misses with a punch on the inside.
Bittencourt tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bittencourt misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles takes a shot to the head.
Charles is trying to pull guard but Bittencourt turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahalo Bittencourt dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Bittencourt looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Bittencourt misses the target.
Charles wants to counter the offense by Bittencourt and move into the clinch position.
Bittencourt throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.
Charles tries to counter with a clinch but Bittencourt shakes him off and moves away.
Mahalo Bittencourt is winning the standup battle so far.
Charles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bittencourt at a distance.
Bittencourt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bittencourt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bittencourt slips a jab from Charles.
Charles defending well as Bittencourt loads up on a big left hand.
Bittencourt throws a right hand that misses #TD2#
and Charles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bittencourt wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Charles manages to pass to side control. #T1##REVR#
Charles wants to pass to mount but Bittencourt is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles moves into full mount! Bittencourt won't be happy about that!
Charles controlling from the full mount. #T2#
Charles looking to control but Bittencourt is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Charles misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bittencourt regains half guard.#SUB2#
Charles in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Bittencourt tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles gave a mention to Velocity Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).

Event: DARE ALOHA
Date: Sep 15, 2017

#R1#
Slajos throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range.
Slajos scores with a shot to the body.
Charles staying out of range there.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Charles swings for the body but Slajos moves out of range.
Charles looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Slajos scores with a decent looking hook.
Slajos throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Slajos throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Slajos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slajos. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Slajos manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slajos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
Slajos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slajos throws a hook to the side of Charles's head but Charles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Charles is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Slajos.
Slajos misses with a looping left.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Slajos and move into the clinch.#T1#
Slajos misses with a wild body shot.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Oddis Slajos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slajos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Slajos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slajos.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Slajos and move into the clinch.
Slajos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Charles.
Slajos has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Charles is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Slajos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Slajos lands a jab.
Charles misses with a body shot.
Slajos throws a lazy uppercut #CL#
and Charles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Charles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slajos avoids it.#TD#
Charles jumps guard and drags Slajos to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Charles has his hands on Slajos's head, controlling the position. #T2#
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Slajos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Charles's guard.
Charles has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. #T3#
Charles controls Slajos momentarily but Slajos frees himself.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Charles has his hands on Slajos's head, controlling the position. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Slajos throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range.
As Slajos tries to get set, Charles tries to push him back and clinch up but Slajos manages to avoid the attempt.
Slajos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Slajos and move into the clinch.
Slajos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch #CL#
and Charles moves into the clinch.#TD#
Charles jumps guard.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Slajos is proving a slippery customer.
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. #T4#
Charles has a closed guard, preventing Slajos from standing up.
Charles pulls Slajos in close to prevent any damage.
Slajos wants to get up but he can't break Charles's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles trying to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oddis Slajos dominated 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.
#R2#
Slajos misses with a hook.
Slajos just misses with a punch to the body.
Oddis Slajos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slajos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Slajos looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Slajos and move into the clinch.
Slajos jabs Charles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Slajos throws a jab when Charles was well out of range.
Charles swings for the body but Slajos moves out of range.
Oddis Slajos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Slajos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slajos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Slajos dips to his left and cracks Charles with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles avoids the body shot from Slajos.
Slajos misses with a looping left.
Slajos looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Slajos scores with a hook to the body. Charles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. #T1#
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slajos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slajos misses with a wild body shot.
Slajos throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Slajos manages to circle out of the way.
Charles avoids the body shot from Slajos.
Slajos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Charles circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Slajos manages to circle out of the way.
Charles slips a straight right by Slajos.
Charles's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Slajos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Charles scrambles back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Slajos.
Slajos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Slajos tries to get set, Charles tries to push him back and clinch up but Slajos manages to avoid the attempt.
Slajos misses with a body punch #CL#
and Charles counters by clinching up. #TD#
Charles drags the fight down to the ground. #T2#
Charles has his hands on Slajos's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB#
Charles has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Slajos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Slajos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Charles pulls Slajos in close to his closed guard and prevents Slajos from doing any damage or advancing position.#T3#
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Charles is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Charles is trying to keep Slajos in close.
Charles will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Charles wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Slajos defends it easily.#SUB#
Charles is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Slajos defends well.
Charles wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Slajos is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oddis Slajos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Slajos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Charles.
Slajos tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles moves out of range as Slajos strikes.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Charles's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Slajos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Charles scrambles back to his feet.
Slajos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Slajos.
Charles is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Slajos.
Slajos throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Slajos throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Slajos manages to circle out of the way.
Charles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Slajos manages to circle out of the way.
Slajos lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slajos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Charles on the side of the head.
Slajos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slajos. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles tries to counter by clinching up but Slajos breaks away and moves out of range.
Slajos fails to land with a series of punches. #T1#
Slajos misses with a hook.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Slajos and move into the clinch.
Slajos throws a combination that misses #CL#
and Charles counters by moving into the clinch. #TD2#
Slajos has picked Charles up - he's going for a ride! Slajos dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Charles gets back to full guard.
Charles pulls Slajos in close to prevent any damage.
Charles continues to stall.#SUB#
Charles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Slajos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Charles is tightening it up a little... Slajos has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Slajos reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Slajos taps out! Nice BJJ there by Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Charles!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mike Charles thanked Sully's Bar & Grill for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).

Event: DARE ELIMINATORS
Date: Aug 18, 2017

#R1#
Prophet throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Charles on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Prophet. Prophet obviously looking to wear him down.
Charles tries to move into range but Prophet moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Prophet misses.
Prophet works the jab nicely.
Prophet misses with a low kick.
Charles tries to counter by clinching up but Prophet breaks away and moves out of range.
Prophet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Prophet swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Charles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Charles has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Charles needs to keep his hands up - Prophet had a free shot at his head there.
The Prophet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prophet just misses with a punch to the body.
Prophet takes a swing at Charles's ribcage but misses.
Prophet misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Prophet misses with an uppercut.
Charles is looking to counter the offense by Prophet and move into the clinch.
Prophet misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely. #T1#
Prophet throws a lazy uppercut #CL#
and Charles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.
Prophet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Prophet - that landed with a thud.
Prophet tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Prophet back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Prophet stalling in the clinch but Charles improves position.
Prophet is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Prophet misses with a body punch.
Charles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prophet.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Prophet misses with the head strike.
Charles jumps guard but Prophet stands there with Charles around his waist. Charles gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Charles blocking some punches. #T2#
Prophet tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Prophet swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prophet tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Prophet misses with a punch to the body.
Prophet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prophet gets through Charles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Prophet lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prophet lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #TD#
Charles jumps guard.
Prophet wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Charles pulls Prophet in to control the position.
Prophet wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T3#
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Charles working a defensive guard but Prophet manages to pass into side control anyway.
Prophet wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charles keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Charles's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
My spies in Boyz II Men inform me that Prophet has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Prophet controls the position from side control.
You can see the frustration on Charles's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Charles is looking to regain half guard here but Prophet keeps moving and retains side control.
Charles wants to control but Prophet postures up.
Charles is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Prophet taking a breather here.
Charles sneaks back into half guard.
Prophet uses his free foot to push down on Charles's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Charles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Prophet dominated 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.
#R2#
Prophet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As Prophet tries to get set, Charles tries to push him back and clinch up but Prophet manages to avoid the attempt.
Charles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prophet throws out the jab.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Prophet manages to circle out of the way.
Prophet throws a leg kick but Charles checks it.
Charles moves out of range as Prophet strikes.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Prophet scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Prophet misses.
Charles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Prophet scores with the left hand. Charles knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prophet lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Prophet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prophet.
Prophet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Prophet throws a shot from downtown. Charles moves away and avoids it.#T1#
Prophet misses the shot to the body.
Prophet throws a body shot but no joy. #CL2#
Prophet has Charles up against the cage in a clinch.
Prophet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Charles tries to pull guard but Prophet holds him up against the cage and eventually Charles drops back down to his feet.
Prophet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Prophet lands with a left to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.
Prophet managing to block the knees to the body from Charles.
Charles tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Prophet smiles and moves away.
The Prophet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2##CL2#
Prophet rushes Charles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Charles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Charles.
Charles fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prophet swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prophet misses with a punch on the inside.
Prophet stalling against the cage.
Prophet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head. #TD#
Charles manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Charles pulls Prophet in close to his closed guard and prevents Prophet from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3#
Charles's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Prophet seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prophet being controlled here momentarily.
Prophet wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charles has Prophet pulled in close to control his posture.
Prophet wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A big right from Prophet misses.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Charles checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Prophet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Prophet misses with a looping left.
Prophet lands with a good body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Prophet throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.#CL#
Charles gets a clinch.
Prophet is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Prophet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Prophet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Prophet avoids the body shot from Charles.
It seemed like Prophet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Prophet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prophet throws out the jab.
Prophet misses with a wild body shot.
Prophet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Prophet lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prophet throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Charles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Prophet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Prophet's jab looks to have found its range, popping Charles under the eye.
Prophet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #T1#
Prophet throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Charles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Prophet throws a looping overhand right but Charles ducks down to avoid it.
Charles is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Prophet.
Prophet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charles takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Prophet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charles moves away.
Prophet's corner calls for a 1-2. Prophet obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Prophet misses with a straight right.
Prophet lands with a good body shot.
Charles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Prophet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles tries to counter by clinching up but Prophet breaks away and moves out of range.
Prophet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Prophet manages to circle out of the way.
The Prophet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T2#
Prophet throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range.
Prophet uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Prophet ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
Prophet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Prophet.
Prophet looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Prophet.
Prophet throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prophet misses with a straight right.
Prophet lunges at Charles with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Charles's hand.
Charles slips a jab from Prophet.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prophet. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The Prophet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prophet misses with an uppercut.
As Prophet tries to get set, Charles tries to push him back and clinch up but Prophet manages to avoid the attempt.
Prophet lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Charles backs up against the cage. #T3#
Prophet misses the shot to the body.
Charles wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Charles avoids a kick to the body. #CL2#
Charles gets tackled into the cage by Prophet. Prophet maintains the clinch.
Charles avoiding damage.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prophet tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Charles wants a takedown but no success here. #T4#
Charles wants to take the fight to the mat but Prophet manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Prophet leaning his opponent against the cage.
Charles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Prophet walks away with a smile on his face. Charles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Prophet lands a slapping body shot. #CL2#
Prophet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mike Charles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prophet avoiding damage as Charles throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Prophet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Prophet has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Prophet!

Event: DARE 2
Date: Jul 29, 2017

#R1#
Charles swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Charles half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnson tries to clinch but Charles moves out of range. #T1#
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Johnson avoids it well and moves away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Charles circles away and keeps his distance.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Charles has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson throws a body punch but Charles moves out of range. #T2#
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Charles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Johnson avoids it well and moves away.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Charles is avoiding it.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Johnson sprawls and moves away.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charles swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Charles keeps it at a distance.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Johnson sprawls and moves away.
Johnson has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Jon Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Charles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charles fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Charles scores with a shot to the body. #T3#
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.#TD#
Charles shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Charles works a leg free and moves into half guard. #SUB#
Charles is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Johnson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.

Event: TWGC 17 (135lbs, D2): Rio de Janeiro Qu - Round 1
Date: Jul 02, 2017

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Erkki Elastinen and Mike Charles. Elastinen comes to the cage accompanied by Cascada - Dangerous. Charles has chosen Shake It Off as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

160 cm
50 yrs
145 lbs

175 cm
21 yrs
147 lbs

Elastinen

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 6 losses; Erkki Elastinen! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Elastinen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Charles as he jumps to the side.
Charles is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Elastinen shoots in for a takedown but Charles shows good takedown defense.
And Charles tries to counter it with a takedown but Elastinen pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Elastinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Elastinen (2) vs (0) Charles
Elastinen wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Charles wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Our spies down at at Gorilla Warfare Academy inform us that Charles has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elastinen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Charles working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Elastinen wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elastinen passes Charles's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Charles moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Elastinen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elastinen's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Charles pulls Elastinen in to control the position.
Elastinen looking to pass the guard.
Elastinen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Charles is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.
Charles pulls Elastinen in close to prevent any damage.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Elastinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.
Elastinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elastinen stands and throws Charles's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Elastinen (5) vs (0) Charles
Charles gets back to half guard.

Elastinen seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Charles has recovered full guard.
Elastinen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Elastinen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elastinen wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Charles trying to control the position here.
Elastinen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Charles's guard.

Elastinen is working for a kimura but Charles is defending it quite comfortably.
Charles gets back to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to control.

Charles is looking for a triangle but Elastinen pushes his legs off easily.
Elastinen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Elastinen from controlling successfully.
Elastinen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Charles is pulling down on Elastinen's head to control his posture.
Charles can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Elastinen controls the pace.

Charles looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Elastinen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Charles trying to control from the bottom.
Elastinen trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.
Charles manages to get to full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to control the position.
Elastinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charles is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Charles working a defensive guard but Elastinen manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Elastinen (8) vs (0) Charles
Charles can't do much from the bottom here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen controls the position from side control.

Elastinen is trying to get an arm triangle but Charles is defending well.
Elastinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Charles keeps working.
Charles struggling a bit here.
Elastinen trying to control the position but Charles is working away.
Charles regains half guard.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen trying to mount his opponent but Charles defends it.
Elastinen wants to control but Charles is keeping him busy.

Elastinen is looking for a kimura but Charles is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Elastinen to get the leverage.
Charles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Elastinen is working away from the top position though.
Charles tries to get to full guard but Elastinen has control of the leg.

Elastinen is looking for a kimura but Charles is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Elastinen to get the leverage.
Charles is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Charles gets back to full guard.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Charles not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Charles trying to control the position here.
Elastinen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Elastinen from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elastinen postures up.
Charles keeping full guard, as Elastinen tries to pass.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elastinen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles being controlled here, momentarily.
Elastinen is pushing down on Charles's leg trying to pass to half guard. Charles is fighting to maintain full guard but Elastinen has managed to sneak the leg through.
Elastinen is thwarting Charles's attempts to control the position.
Charles tries to roll over but Elastinen keeps him under control.
Charles works his way to full guard. Good work.
Charles is trying to hold Elastinen in close to prevent damage but Elastinen has managed to pass into half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Charles is not content to let Elastinen control the position.
Charles is trying to get back to full guard.

Elastinen is working for a kimura but Charles is defending it quite comfortably.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Elastinen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles is looking to control Elastinen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Charles avoid being mounted?

And that's the end of the fight!
Elastinen takes the fight on points by 8 to 0.
After winning the bout, Erkki Elastinen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: LFC 22
Date: Feb 11, 2017

#R1#
A left lands for Garcia.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charles on the wrong end of a nice hook.#TD2#
Charles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #SUB#
Charles looking for a guillotine here but Garcia defends easily.
Charles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving. #T1#
Charles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garcia.
Garcia throws a big elbow that misses.
Charles preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Garcia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Charles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles controlling Garcia's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#SUB#
Charles has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Garcia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garcia trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charles can't keep his opponent in guard - Garcia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Garcia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Charles wants to improve his position but Garcia is controlling well.
Charles has hold of Garcia's hands but Garcia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Garcia wants to pass to mount but Charles is defending the position.
Charles is trying to maintain the position but Garcia is very close to passing his half guard.
Garcia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Garcia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Charles makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charles.#T3#
Garcia is fighting to break Charles's control of his arms but Charles is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.#SUB#
Garcia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Charles is trying to control the position from the bottom. #SUB#
Charles working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charles is trying to keep Garcia in close.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Garcia trying to control the action but Charles is working from the bottom.
Garcia throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Charles manages to get back to half guard.#SUB2#
Garcia is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Charles has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles is trying to get back to full guard.
Charles is trying to maintain the position but Garcia is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Charles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Garcia tries to avoid it but Charles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Garcia to the ground. Garcia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Charles throws a low kick but Garcia avoids it.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia tries to clinch but Charles is having none of it.
Charles throws a body kick that misses.
Charles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Charles wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haislan Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Garcia misses.#T1#
Garcia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcia off to one side.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charles manages to avoid it.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Garcia is quick to defend against it.
Charles walks into a stiff left hand from Garcia.
Charles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Charles.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Charles's head but Charles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Charles misses the jab.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T2#
Garcia swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Garcia lands with an overhand left.
Garcia shoots in for a double leg but Charles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haislan Garcia.
Garcia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Garcia checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garcia misses with a hook to the body #TD#
and Charles counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Garcia!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia is not content to let Charles control the position.
Garcia tries to improve position but can't. #T3#
Charles trying to control the action but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Charles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garcia tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Charles presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Garcia tries to reverse the position but Charles maintains control.#SUB#
Charles is working for a guillotine from mount but Garcia frees his head quite easily.
Garcia is trying to escape the mount. #T4#
Garcia wants to control but Charles is having none of it.
Garcia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Charles wants to take Garcia's back but he can't do it this time.
Garcia looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Charles is not going to allow Garcia to sit and survive in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Charles biding his time, controlling Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that second round.
That's time! Charles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R3#
Charles on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Haislan Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Charles ducks down to avoid it.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Garcia fails with the takedown.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.#T1#
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haislan Garcia.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Charles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Garcia sprawls and moves away.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Garcia is quick to defend against it.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Garcia avoids it well and moves away.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Garcia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Charles rather than just go for the knockout.#T2#
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Charles's head backwards.
Garcia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Charles swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range. #TD2#
Garcia manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Charles on his heels. He'll look to pass Charles's guard now, I'm sure.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Haislan Garcia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Charles keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #T3#
Charles is controlling Garcia's posture.
Garcia postures up in Charles's guard and throws a big left but Charles blocks it.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Charles can't keep his opponent in guard - Garcia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Charles is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcia wants to free his trapped foot but Charles is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Charles gets full guard.
Charles has Garcia pulled in close to control his posture. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garcia is working Charles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Garcia pushes down on Charles's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Charles works his way to full guard. Good work.
Charles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Charles keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Charles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Charles looking for a guillotine here but Garcia defends easily.
Charles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R4#
Garcia swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Garcia dives in for a single leg takedown but Charles sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Charles moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.#T1#
Garcia misses the body punch #TD#
and Charles counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Charles.
Charles trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Charles sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Garcia's guard.
Garcia is trying to maintain the position but Charles is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura here.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Charles is controlling well. #T2#
Garcia is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charles's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charles's back!#SUB2#
Garcia is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Charles knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Charles for a finish.
Garcia doesn't have the hooks in and Charles manages to turn into his guard.
Charles trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Charles being controlled here momentarily.
Charles seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #T3##SUB2#
Garcia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Charles defends it easily.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garcia trying to control the position here.
Garcia looking to control.
Charles trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia managing to control the position. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB2#
Garcia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Charles defends it easily.
Garcia working a defensive guard here. #SUB2#
Garcia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garcia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mike Charles will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Garcia avoids it well and moves away.
Charles throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garcia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia misses with a takedown #TD#
and Charles counters with a takedown into side control.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haislan Garcia.
Charles is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Garcia's shoulder. That is not cool. #T1##SUB#
Charles is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garcia has escaped the position, nice work there.
Garcia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Charles is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Garcia will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Garcia tries to buck Charles off but Charles is having none of it.
Charles wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy. #SUB#
Garcia wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Charles has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Garcia's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Garcia is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles retains his bantamweight title!
Mike Charles made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.

Event: LFC 14
Date: Dec 31, 2016

#R1#
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Son throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Charles half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Son thows a left - swing and a miss!
Charles motions for Son to come forward. Charles throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Son misses with a looping left.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Son 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Son moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Son looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.#T1#
Son lands a two punch combo.
Son is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A bone on bone clash there as Son blocks the leg kick.
Son tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Son bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Charles's head.
Charles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Son.
A telegraphed right hand from Son misses the target.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.#T2#
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Son moves away.
A little jabbing left from Son on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Son throws a jab when Charles was well out of range.
Son bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Charles's head backwards.
Son misses with a looping left.
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Son.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Charles throws a leg kick that is checked
and Son counters with a nice uppercut. #T3#
Charles slips under a jab from Son.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Son avoids it well and moves away.#CL#
Charles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Son tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Son is trying to push Charles away but Charles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Son's efforts to push away.
Charles stalls.
Son has had enough of the clinch but Charles keeps him there for the moment.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Son wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Charles has him pressed against the cage.
Son wants to get back to striking at distance but Charles won't allow it. #BC2#
Son breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Son throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Son sprawls and moves away.
A low kick from Charles misses
and Son connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Son looks to land a right hand but Charles moved out of range.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Son is quick to defend against it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Son throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Son misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nadaris Son dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Son pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charles throws a leg kick that misses.
Son tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Charles 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 Son has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Son and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Son avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nadaris Son seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Son throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles throws a body punch but Son moves out of range. #T1#
Charles slips a jab from Son.
Charles throws a poor cross that misses
and Son connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CL#
Charles clinches up with Son and pushes him back against the cage.
Son is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
Son has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Son is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
Son has had enough of the clinch but Charles keeps him there for the moment.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Son avoids the damage to the body.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Son's efforts to push away.
Charles is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. #T2#
A frustrated look appears on Son's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Charles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Charles has Son pressed against the cage, preventing Son from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charles prevents Son from breaking the clinch.
Son looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Son wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Charles has him pressed against the cage.#TD#
Charles pulls guard effortlessly.
Son trying to stand up but can't free himself from Charles's guard.
Son must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#SUB#
Charles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Son doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Charles is tightening it up a little... Son has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Son reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Son taps out! Nice BJJ there by Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles is the new bantamweight champion!
Mike Charles gave a mention to Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).

Event: LFC 9
Date: Nov 26, 2016

#R1#
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Charles.
Drum shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Charles pinned against the cage. Charles gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Charles feints the counter takedown.
Drum definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Drum shoots for a takedown but Charles saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Charles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Charles.
Drum dives in for a single leg takedown but Charles sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Charles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bongo Drum. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
Charles thuds his shin into the meat of Drum's side.#TD#
Drum looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Charles pulls Drum in close to prevent any damage.
Drum stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drum is working hard here to advance position.#T2#
Charles has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. #SUB2#
Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Drum stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drum really is a fat lump.
Charles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #T3#
Drum wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Drum wants to pass the guard but Charles is keeping the position.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Drum tries to clinch but Charles moves out of range.
Charles has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Drum is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Charles chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Charles explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Charles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.#T4#
Drum shoots in looking for a takedown but Charles manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Drum's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And Charles tries to counter it with a takedown but Drum pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Drum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Drum shoots in but no luck this time.
Charles feints the counter takedown.
Charles lands a high kick!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Drum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Charles looks for a takedown but Drum sprawls well.
Drum takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles digs a good body shot into Drum's ribs.#T1#
Drum fails to land the takedown.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Drum defends it well.
Charles lands with a shot to the body.
Charles throws a nice outside leg kick.
Charles works Drum's body with a nice hook.#T2#
Charles is looking to slow Drum down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Charles.
Drum takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Charles throws a head kick that misses.
Drum feinted with a counter takedown.
That kick from Charles tenderised Drum's leg. Drum is trying to keep his angry face on.#T3#
Charles scores with a punch to the head.
Drum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Drum takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drum's sensitive parts.
Drum sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Charles lands a slapping body shot. #T4#
Charles lands a high kick!
Charles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drum shoots in for a double leg but Charles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Charles digs a good body shot into Drum's ribs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No luck for Drum with that takedown attempt.
Charles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3##CL2#
Charles closes the distance and pushes Drum back into the cage.
Charles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Drum. #TD2#
Charles has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Drum uses from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Drum drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drum jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Drum wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Drum might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Drum looking to pass the guard. #T1#
Charles can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Drum controls the pace.
Charles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Charles keeping full guard, as Drum tries to pass.
Charles looking to control.
Drum tries to free his leg and advance position but Charles is retaining full guard. #SUB#
Drum thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Charles connects with an inside leg kick.#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Charles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Charles changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Drum stuffs the takedown attempt from Charles. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
Drum attempts a counter takedown but Charles avoids it well and moves away.
Charles lands a leg kick that knocks Drum off balance momentarily.#T3#
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.
Drum tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Charles defends well and Drum ends up having to push Charles into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bongo Drum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Charles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Drum has a takedown stuffed.
Bongo Drum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
Charles dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drum. That did some damage!
Charles lands with an overhand left.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drum takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Charles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Charles winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Charles!
Mike Charles took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill for their support in the buildup to the fight.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 20, 2016

#R1#
Charles tries to move into range but Mcguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mcguire throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mcguire sprawls and moves away.
Charles misses with a body punch
and Mcguire counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mcguire lands with a straight right. Charles didn't see that one coming.
Mcguire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mcguire misses with an uppercut. Charles saw that one coming.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Charles throws a leg kick but Mcguire checks it.
Mcguire swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Mcguire misses with a looping left.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Mcguire is quick to defend against it.
Mcguire throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Mcguire connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcguire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charles looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. #T1#
Mcguire tests Charles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toby Mcguire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcguire misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Mcguire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mcguire throws a big shot that misses.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mcguire throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mcguire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mcguire misses with a combination #TD#
and Charles counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mcguire won't be happy with that.
Charles has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Charles controlling the pace for now. #T2##SUB#
Mcguire is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Charles locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Mcguire is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles very nearly forgot to thank Sully's Bar & Grill amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.

Event: TWGC 13 (135lbs, D4): Finals - Round 1
Date: Oct 16, 2016

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Haislan Garcia and Mike Charles. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

175 cm
18 yrs
145 lbs

175 cm
18 yrs
147 lbs

Garcia

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Haislan Garcia! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.

Garcia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Garcia (4) vs (0) Charles
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Charles is trying to get back to half guard.
Charles has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

Garcia is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Charles looks calm but he's in trouble here. Garcia gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Charles is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Garcia lets go of the hold and Charles can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Haislan Garcia!

Event: TWGC 13 (135lbs, D4): St Petersburg Qualifier - Round 2
Date: Oct 08, 2016

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Heath Bakes and Mike Charles. Mike Charles is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

173 cm
17 yrs
135 lbs

175 cm
18 yrs
147 lbs

Bakes

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Heath Bakes! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Bakes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Charles counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Bakes (0) vs (2) Charles

Charles avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Charles content to stall in guard here.
Charles trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Let's hope that Charles has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles pushing down on Bakes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Bakes with the active half guard here but Charles passes nicely into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Bakes (0) vs (5) Charles
Bakes trying to remain calm as Charles controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakes trying his best to control but Charles has mounted him.
Score +2 for reaching mount: Bakes (0) vs (7) Charles
Bakes is trying to escape the mount.
Charles controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakes is looking to get to half guard.
Bakes is trying to reverse the position but instead Charles has taken his back - oops!
Score +3 for taking back: Bakes (0) vs (10) Charles
What can Bakes do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Charles is hanging on to Bakes's back as he tries to escape.

Charles sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Bakes taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Charles!
Mike Charles gave a mention to Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).

Event: TWGC 13 (135lbs, D4): St Petersburg Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Oct 07, 2016

Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Frank Dahmer and Mike Charles. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

158 cm
18 yrs
135 lbs

175 cm
18 yrs
147 lbs

Dahmer

Charles

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Frank Dahmer! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Mike Charles!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Dahmer goes for a double leg but Charles avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Charles continues to drive forward.
Dahmer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Charles as he avoids it easily.
Charles is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dahmer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charles defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Dahmer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dahmer.

Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahmer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Charles pulls guard effortlessly.

Charles had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dahmer defends it easily.
Dahmer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Dahmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles is adopting a defensive guard.
Charles's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Charles has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Charles looking for a guillotine here but Dahmer defends easily.
Dahmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Charles looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dahmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.

Dahmer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dahmer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dahmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dahmer is breathing heavily.
Dahmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Charles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charles is pulling down on Dahmer's head. It's preventing any offense from Dahmer, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dahmer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dahmer is fighting to break Charles's control of his arms but Charles is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Charles is continuing to stall.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Charles looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.
More stalling from Charles.
Charles with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dahmer drops back looking for a leg! Charles is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Charles manages to kick Dahmer off! Dahmer jumps back into Charles's guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Charles looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Dahmer is defending well. Charles quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Dahmer has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Charles celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Charles!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mike Charles made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 01, 2016

#R1#
Grade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Royce Grade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grade looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Grade avoids it well and moves away.#CL2#
Grade closes the distance and clinches.
Charles's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Grade has had enough of the clinch but Charles keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grade tries a knee to the head but Charles blocks it.
Charles holding his opponent close, against the cage. #T1##TD#
Charles jumps into guard, dragging Grade to the mat.
Charles is pulling down on Grade's head to control his posture.
Grade makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Charles knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grade on the ground.
Grade wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
Grade throws a big right hand that misses.
Charles has control of Grade's left arm, preventing Grade from doing any damage.
Grade throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #T2#
Charles is pulling down on Grade's head. It's preventing any offense from Grade, at least for the moment.
Grade is pushing down on Charles's leg trying to pass to half guard. Charles is fighting to maintain full guard but Grade has managed to sneak the leg through.
Grade has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charles gets back to full guard.
Grade lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Charles keeping full guard, as Grade tries to pass.
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3#
Grade wants to stand but Charles has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Charles pulls Grade in close to prevent any damage. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Grade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Charles pinned against the cage. Charles gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
A clash of legs there as Grade blocks the low kick.#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grade changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Charles tries to avoid it but Grade manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Charles to the ground. Charles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Grade avoids it well and moves away.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Grade.
Grade shoots in looking for a takedown. Charles tries to sprawl out of it but Grade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Charles manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. #CL2#
Grade clinches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Grade tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Charles smiles and moves away.
Grade looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Grade tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily#TD#
and Charles counters with a single leg into guard. Grade didn't expect that.
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 Mike Charles will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Charles leaves Grade with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Charles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grade was well out of range. Poor timing from Charles.#TD2#
Grade looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Charles keeping control of the position.
Grade wants to stand up but Charles has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles wants to improve his position but Grade is controlling well.
Charles is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Gorilla Warfare MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.#T1#
Grade wants to free his trapped foot but Charles is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Grade is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Charles has his hands clasped together around Grade's back. He's all about the action.
Royce Grade has got the better of the ground game so far.#SUB2#
Charles is defending against the submission attempts here by Grade.
Charles is trying to get back to full guard.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charles preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grade tries to score a power double leg takedown but Charles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Grade somewhat.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
Grade tries to clinch up but Charles circles away and keeps his distance.#T3#
Grade has a takedown stuffed.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Grade.
Charles tries to land a front kick but Grade steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grade will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grade is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grade is breathing heavily.
Grade tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Charles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royce Grade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grade tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grade tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Charles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.#T4#
Charles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grade throws a body shot but no joy.
Grade is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Charles throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Charles tried to score with a low kick but Grade checks it.
Grade shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Charles as he avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Grade on that attempt.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Grade avoids it well and moves away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Grade checks a leg kick.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Grade moves out of range of the body kick from Charles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Charles dominated that second round.
That's time! Charles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Grade throws a head kick that misses.
Grade tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
No luck for Grade with that takedown attempt.
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grade looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mike Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Grade.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles tries to counter with a takedown but Grade is quick to defend against it.
Grade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grade throws a head kick but Charles moves out of range.
Charles appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body. #T1#
Charles fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Grade checks it well.
Charles swats away the attempt to clinch by Grade.
Charles misses with a body shot.
Grade only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Charles moves out of range of the leg kick from Grade.
Charles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grade shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Charles but Charles pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Charles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Grade on that attempt.
Mike Charles is winning the standup battle so far.#T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grade misses with a double jab.
Charles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Grade fails to land the takedown.
Charles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Grade sprawls and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Grade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grade.
Charles throws a body punch but Grade moves out of range.
Charles just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles is looking to wear down Grade with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Grade shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Charles sprawls well. Charles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grade gets slowly back to his feet.#T3#
Charles defending well as Grade loads up on a big left hand.
Grade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charles feinted with a counter takedown.
A leg kick checked by Grade.
Charles misses with a low kick.
Grade shoots in looking for a takedown but Charles manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Grade's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.#CL#
Charles drives through and clinches with Grade against the cage. #BC#
Charles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grade tries to close the distance and clinch but Charles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #T4#
Grade fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grade tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Charles defends well and Grade ends up having to push Charles into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.#TD#
Charles shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Charles showed some decent athleticism there.
Charles is taking a breather. Grade says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charles wants to pass to mount but Grade is defending the position.
Royce Grade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Charles works his way into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Charles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Charles!
Mike Charles very nearly forgot to thank Sully's Bar & Grill amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 28, 2016

#R1#
Mcguire lands a glancing blow to the side of Charles's head.
Mcguire misses with a straight right.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcguire defends it well.
Mcguire tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcguire defends it well.
Mcguire connects with a nice looking jab.
Mcguire lands with a cross.
Mcguire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Toby Mcguire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcguire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charles feints the counter takedown.
Mcguire misses with a straight right.
Charles feints the counter takedown.
Charles gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mcguire.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mcguire throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Charles walks into a jab.
Mcguire is looking to clinch.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcguire defends it well.
Charles tries to move into range but Mcguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.#T1#
Mcguire scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mcguire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And Charles tries to counter it with a takedown but Mcguire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mcguire misses the jab.
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mcguire.
And Charles tries to counter it with a takedown but Mcguire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Toby Mcguire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcguire throws out a loose jab but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles with the counter takedown but Mcguire avoids it easily.
Mcguire throws a series of punches but Charles avoids them all with ease.
Charles moves out of range as Mcguire strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Charles! But no joy.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mcguire throws out the jab.
Mcguire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mcguire thows a left - swing and a miss!
A cross from Mcguire lands.
Mcguire pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcguire defends it well.
Mcguire fails with an attempt to clinch.
Charles with the counter takedown but Mcguire avoids it easily.#T2#
Mcguire connects with a jab.
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mcguire.
Mcguire moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Mcguire misses the target.
Charles moves out of range of the strikes.
Charles misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Mcguire.
Charles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mcguire defends it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mcguire lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range. #CL2#
Charles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mcguire is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
Charles slowing the pace effectively.#T3##TD2#
Charles manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. #SUB2#
Charles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mcguire doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Charles is tightening it up a little... Mcguire has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Mcguire reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Mcguire taps out! Nice BJJ there by Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mike Charles!

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