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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Erin Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Sihoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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134 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erin Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommi Sihoven!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little doesn't manage to clinch there - Sihoven circles away.
Little throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Little tries to clinch there but Sihoven circles away.
Little stuffs the takedown attempt from Sihoven. Sihoven gets slowly back to his feet.
Little moves in looking to clinch but Sihoven pushes him off.
Little is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sihoven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sihoven tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Little clinches but Sihoven breaks the clinch
and Sihoven counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sihoven.
Little lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Little bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sihoven's guard.
Little 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.
Sihoven 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.
Sihoven looks gassed!
Sihoven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Little works over Sihoven with some ground and pound from guard.
Sihoven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Little is looking to work some ground and pound but Sihoven has wrist control.
Little lands a couple of elbows.
Little with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Little lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihoven preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Little forces his way into half guard.
Little not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Little lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Little really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Little working over Sihoven with some ground and pound. Sihoven looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Little thows a huge punch but Sihoven dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Little not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sihoven flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Little lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sihoven is looking to improve his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Little darts in trying to clinch
and Sihoven counters with a nice double leg into side control. Little won't be happy with that.
Little manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sihoven's best efforts.
Little is not content to let Sihoven control the position.
Sihoven 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.
Little tries to get to full guard but Sihoven has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Little tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sihoven takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sihoven is tying to control. Little wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sihoven is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Little defends it well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Little throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sihoven avoids the head kick by Little.
Sihoven shoots in but no luck this time.
Sihoven takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sihoven scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
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!
Sihoven is looking to take a break and control but Little is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Little tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Little is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sihoven off and has taken his back!
Little will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Little is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Sihoven up.
Little keeps control of the position as Sihoven tries to break free.
Sihoven is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sihoven trying to control the hands but Little breaks the grip.
Little cracks Sihoven with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Sihoven from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Little keeps control of the position as Sihoven tries to break free.
Little scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sihoven tries to roll but Little sticks to his back.
Little scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sihoven is looking for a way out.
You can see the frustration on Sihoven's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Little misses with a punch to the head.
Little has Sihoven flattened out and is raining down punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Sihoven.
Little keeps control of the position as Sihoven tries to break free.
Little is trying to stick to Sihoven's back but Sihoven is turning into Little. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Little's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sihoven.
Little will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Little trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Little keeping moving, preventing Sihoven from controlling successfully.
Little tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sihoven trying to control the position from guard on top but Little is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Little tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sihoven counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sihoven must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sihoven is one step ahead there.
Sihoven is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sihoven makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sihoven stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Little swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommi Sihoven 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.
Sihoven rushes Little and presses him up against the cage.
Sihoven manages to break the clinch.
Sihoven has managed to clinch.
Little landing knees to the head.
Little tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Little misses with a knee to the head.
Little tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Little with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Little looking to throw knees to the head but Sihoven is blocking nicely.
Sihoven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Little wants to clinch but Sihoven slips to the side
so Sihoven counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sihoven is one step ahead there.
Little throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Little is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sihoven is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Little lands a nice short elbow.
Sihoven is breathing heavily.
Little lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sihoven is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Little there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihoven trying to control from the bottom.
Sihoven wants to improve his position but Little is controlling well.
Sihoven is pressing down on Little's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Little lands a couple of elbows.
Sihoven has momentary wrist control but Little slips an elbow through the middle.
Sihoven is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sihoven throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sihoven is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Little is pressing down on Sihoven's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Little thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Little throws a couple of heel strikes.
Little striking from the bottom.
Little 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.
Tommi Sihoven has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sihoven trying to control the position from guard on top but Little is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sihoven throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sihoven lands a couple of digs.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sihoven shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sihoven was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sihoven with a couple of short strikes.
Little is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sihoven jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Little manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sihoven looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Little is avoiding damage well.
Little sneaks back into half guard.
Sihoven wants to pass the guard but Little is defending well.
Sihoven wants to take a breather but Little is having none of it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Little. No joy for Sihoven on that attempt.
Little wants to clinch
and Sihoven counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sihoven.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven wants to pass the guard but Little is keeping the position.
Sihoven advances to half guard.
Little is looking for a sweep. Sihoven is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sihoven not doing much here.
Little is in trouble now - Sihoven has advanced to mount!
Little is looking to improve his position but Sihoven isn't that keen on the idea.
Sihoven in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Little throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Little keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Little bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Little throwing strikes from guard but Sihoven blocks nicely.
Sihoven working for a triangle but Little defends it easily.
Little lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Little working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Little wants to pass the guard but Sihoven is keeping the position.
Little loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Little working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sihoven can't keep his opponent in guard - Little advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Little working Sihoven over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Little connects with a nice short shot to Sihoven's temple.
Nice strikes from Little there.
Sihoven is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little working Sihoven over with strikes.
Sihoven wants to improve his position but Little is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommi Sihoven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little closes the distance and clinches.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sihoven tries to stall but Little uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Little looking to throw knees to the head but Sihoven is blocking nicely.
Little tries to land a knee to the head but Sihoven blocks with his arms.
Sihoven has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Little avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Little misses with a knee strike.
Little stops a takedown attempt from Sihoven.
Little tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Little tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sihoven is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Little misses with a knee to the head.
Little misses with a knee strike.
Sihoven has picked Little up - he's going for a ride! Sihoven dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Little punching from the bottom.
Sihoven moves into full mount! Little won't be happy about that!
Sihoven scoring with strikes but Little is staying in there.
Sihoven is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Little has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Little regains half guard.
Sihoven prevents Little from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihoven is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sihoven is tying to control. Little wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sihoven trying to mount his opponent but Little defends it.
Little connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Sihoven is looking for a kimura here.
Little works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sihoven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Little keeping moving, preventing Sihoven from controlling successfully.
Little trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Little preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Little wants to sweep but no luck.
Sihoven trying to control but Little is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Little wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sihoven misses with a takedown attempt - Little sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Erin Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommi Sihoven.
Little lands a high kick!
Little fails in his attempt to clinch.
Little closes the distance but Sihoven moves to the side
and Sihoven counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sihoven trying to pass the guard but Little defending well.
Little regains full guard. Nicely done.
Little lands a decent punch to the body there.
Sihoven thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Little preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Little doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sihoven preventing the sweep.
Little striking from the bottom here.
Little lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Little bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sihoven's guard.
Little postures up and lands a big shot to Sihoven's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little chips away with some ground and pound.
Sihoven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Little.
Little stands up over Sihoven, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Little with a flurry of punches that miss.
Little postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Little postures up.
Sihoven wants to sweep here but Little controlling him for the moment.
Little postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sihoven doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sihoven has managed to clinch.
Little avoiding damage as Sihoven throws knees to the body.
Little using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sihoven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sihoven tries to score a body lock takedown but Little shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Little is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sihoven is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Little to the mat. Little regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Little throwing short punches from the bottom.
Little keeping moving, preventing Sihoven from controlling successfully.
Little tries to strike from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sihoven accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sihoven is one step ahead there.
Sihoven throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Little works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Little throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Little clinches but Sihoven breaks the clinch
and Sihoven counters with a shoot takedown. Little fights it but they end up in guard.
Sihoven slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Little regains half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sihoven is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sihoven lands a nice short elbow.
Little moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Little had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sihoven is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Little Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sihoven's back instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little is not going to allow Sihoven to sit and survive in this position.
Erin Little has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Little landing with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommi Sihoven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sihoven 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommi Sihoven!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ippo Makunouchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Kang!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kang looks to land a right hand but Makunouchi moved out of range.
Makunouchi misses with a straight left.
Kang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kang swings for the body but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Kang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makunouchi looks to land a right hand but Kang moved out of range.
Kang takes a swing at Makunouchi's ribcage but misses.
Kang thows a body shot but no joy.
Makunouchi avoids the head kick by Kang.
Kang circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makunouchi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kang.
Makunouchi avoids the head kick by Kang.
Makunouchi lands a with a good body shot.
Makunouchi blocks a head kick by Kang.
Kang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi blocks a head kick by Kang.
Makunouchi moves in looking to clinch but Kang pushes him off.
Kang cracks Makunouchi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kang misses with a lunging right hand
and Makunouchi counters with a straight right hand.
Kang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Makunouchi scores with a counter punch that sends Kang to the canvas! Makunouchi smells blood - he's punishing Kang with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Kang has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ippo Makunouchi!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Gapuz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Gapuz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Van Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rutten lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Gapuz crumples to the floor! Rutten milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Van Rutten!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shachlo Popyachtsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Familia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shachlo Popyachtsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Familia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Familia tries to close the distance and clinch but Popyachtsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Popyachtsa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Popyachtsa throws a lazy right hand but Familia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Familia moves in looking to clinch but Popyachtsa pushes him off.
Nice sprawl there from Popyachtsa as Familia shoots in.
Popyachtsa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Familia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Familia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to de liver by Familia. Beautiful body shot.
Familia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Popyachtsa.
The fight stays on the outside here - Familia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Familia tries to clinch but Popyachtsa is having none of it.
Familia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Familia tries to clinch up.
Familia clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Popyachtsa.
Popyachtsa gets underhooks to prevent Familia's takedown attempt.
Familia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Familia is trying to break the clinch but Popyachtsa has him pressed against the cage.
Familia blocking some punches.
Popyachtsa lands with a light punch inside.
Familia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shachlo Popyachtsa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Familia.
Familia successfully pulls guard.
Familia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Popyachtsa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Popyachtsa gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Popyachtsa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Popyachtsa instigates a clinch.
Popyachtsa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Popyachtsa lands with a light punch inside.
Popyachtsa swings wildly with an uppercut but Familia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Familia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Popyachtsa throws a punch but it's blocked by Familia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Familia wants to break free but Popyachtsa has control.
Popyachtsa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Popyachtsa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Popyachtsa lands a body punch.
Popyachtsa has a couple of punches blocked by Familia.
Familia jumps guard but Popyachtsa stands there with Familia around his waist. Familia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Popyachtsa lands a body punch.
Familia has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Popyachtsa uses from the top position.
Popyachtsa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Popyachtsa 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 Familia's shoulder. That is not cool.
Popyachtsa trying to control the position but Familia is working away.
Popyachtsa is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Familia looks calm but he's in trouble here. Popyachtsa gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Familia is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Popyachtsa lets go of the hold and Familia can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shachlo Popyachtsa!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sisqo Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Yardin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bas Yardin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sisqo Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bas Yardin!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Yardin looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Jackson is pushing down on Yardin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Yardin is fighting to maintain full guard but Jackson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jackson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jackson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jackson decides to stand up.
Jackson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yardin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Yardin prevents Jackson from improving position.
Jackson has an Americana. Yardin didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Jackson is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Jackson hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sisqo Jackson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Hathaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erin Brostovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Hathaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erin Brostovski!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brostovski.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hathaway!
Hathaway staying out of range there.
Brostovski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hathaway counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brostovski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brostovski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brostovski misses with a looping right.
Brostovski stalks Hathaway and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hathaway's face. Hathaway staggers backwards, shaken.
Hathaway connects with a crisp jab.
Hathaway fakes the leg kick and cracks Brostovski in the body.
Brostovski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hathaway counters with a left and a right... And another left! Brostovski is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Hathaway!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otis B Driftwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Foolery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Foolery acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Otis B Driftwood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tom Foolery!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Foolery slams his shin into Driftwood's torso.
Foolery scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Foolery fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Driftwood fails to land the takedown.
Otis B Driftwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Foolery scores with a jab. Driftwood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Driftwood changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Foolery tries to avoid it but Driftwood manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Foolery to the ground. Foolery escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Foolery moves into the clinch successfully.
Driftwood jumps guard but Foolery stands there with Driftwood around his waist. Driftwood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otis B Driftwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Foolery breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Foolery.
Foolery connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Driftwood throws a hook but Foolery blocks it.
No luck for Driftwood with that takedown attempt.
A lazy left from Foolery finds it's target.
Driftwood is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Foolery, right into the meat.
Foolery drops Driftwood with a nice combination! Foolery dives into Driftwood's guard, looking to finish!
Driftwood is rocked!
Foolery wants to stand but Driftwood has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oh Driftwood is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driftwood seems to have got his legs back now.
Foolery is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Driftwood keeping moving, preventing Foolery from controlling successfully.
Foolery not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Driftwood has a closed guard, preventing Foolery from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Driftwood takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Foolery moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Driftwood throws a right hand that misses
and Foolery counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Driftwood thinking.
Foolery gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Driftwood tries to pull guard but Foolery holds him up against the cage and eventually Driftwood drops back down to his feet.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Driftwood. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foolery escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Foolery plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Foolery drives through and clinches with Driftwood against the cage.
Foolery manages to break the clinch.
Foolery lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Driftwood misses with a takedown
and Foolery counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Foolery lands with a straight right. Driftwood didn't see that one coming.
Driftwood shoots in and drives through. Foolery sprawls well.
Driftwood throws a right hand that misses
and Foolery counters with a two punch combo.
Driftwood checks a leg kick nicely.
Driftwood dips to his left and cracks Foolery with an uppercut!
Driftwood shoots for a takedown but Foolery saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Foolery checks the leg kick nicely there.
Driftwood scores with a jab. Foolery acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Driftwood waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Foolery.
Driftwood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Foolery counters by clinching up.
Driftwood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Foolery gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood tries to pull guard but Foolery holds him up against the cage and eventually Driftwood drops back down to his feet.
Driftwood tries to pull guard but Foolery won't allow it.
Driftwood tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Driftwood keeps control of Foolery as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Foolery is pressed up against the cage. Driftwood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Foolery down to the mat. Foolery avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Driftwood looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Driftwood trying to control but Foolery is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Driftwood won't allow Foolery to get back to his feet.
Driftwood is fighting to break Foolery's control of his arms but Foolery is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Foolery thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Driftwood advances to half guard.
Driftwood wants to free his trapped foot but Foolery is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foolery wants to control but Driftwood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Foolery wants to get back to his feet.
Foolery is doing well to control the position and prevent Driftwood from advancing to side control.
Foolery wants to get back to his feet.
Driftwood wants to work for an arm triangle but Foolery is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Foolery tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Foolery is controlling Driftwood's trapped leg to prevent Driftwood from advancing to side control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Foolery looks to land a combination. Driftwood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Foolery closes the distance and clinches.
Foolery manages to break the clinch.
Foolery thuds a left hand into Driftwood's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Foolery, right into the meat.
Driftwood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Driftwood connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Foolery 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.
Driftwood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Foolery cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Driftwood tries to clinch up
and Foolery counters with a nice body shot.
Foolery lands a body shot.
Driftwood throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Foolery's waist but Foolery gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Driftwood off to one side.
Foolery smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Driftwood misses with an uppercut
enabling Foolery to counter with a crisp jab.
Foolery connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Foolery lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Driftwood at a distance.
Foolery scores with a hook.
Driftwood throws a leg kick but Foolery checks it.
Foolery drives through and clinches with Driftwood against the cage.
Foolery breaks from the clinch.
Foolery lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foolery will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Driftwood fails to land the takedown.
Driftwood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foolery misses with a wild combination.
Foolery lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Driftwood drops his hands momentarily and Foolery takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Driftwood swings widly with a right hand
and Foolery counters with a two punch combo.
Foolery throws a right and a left that both miss.
Foolery scores with a jab. Driftwood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Driftwood missing with a left hand there. Foolery was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Driftwood tries to clinch
enabling Foolery to counter with a crisp jab.
Driftwood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Driftwood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Driftwood.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otis B Driftwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Foolery moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Driftwood has a takedown stuffed.
Driftwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Foolery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A choreographed right hand from Driftwood misses the target.
Driftwood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Driftwood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Driftwood has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foolery is pressed up against the cage. Driftwood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Foolery down to the mat. Foolery avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Foolery tries to clinch up.
Driftwood shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Foolery pinned against the cage. Foolery gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Driftwood misses with a takedown
and Foolery counters with a two punch combo.
Tom Foolery is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Foolery tries to keep at a distance but Driftwood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Foolery trying to stall but Driftwood improves his position.
Driftwood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Driftwood keeps control of Foolery as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Driftwood can't get the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Driftwood fails to pull guard.
Driftwood tries to pull guard but Foolery holds him up against the cage and eventually Driftwood drops back down to his feet.
Driftwood tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Driftwood manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Foolery won't allow Driftwood to sweep him here.
Foolery wanted to stand there but Driftwood had control of the position.
Driftwood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood 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.
Foolery tries to stand but Driftwood is controlling from the bottom.
Driftwood throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Driftwood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Foolery gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Driftwood looking to control.
Driftwood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Driftwood wants to sweep here but Foolery controlling him for the moment.
Foolery passes Driftwood's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Foolery wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Foolery's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Foolery's back!
Driftwood is hanging on to Foolery's back as he tries to escape.
Foolery really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Driftwood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Foolery looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Foolery tries to break free.
Driftwood is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Foolery holding both Driftwood 's hands and preventing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Driftwood is looking for a rear naked choke here but Foolery reverses the position brilliantly into Driftwood's guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Foolery 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! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Foolery lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Driftwood tries for a takedown but Foolery circles away easily
and Foolery counters with a left and a right that stings Driftwood.
Driftwood shoots in for a takedown but Foolery shows good takedown defense.
Driftwood shoots in for a double leg but Foolery sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otis B Driftwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Driftwood drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Driftwood drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Foolery manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Driftwood has Foolery in his guard.
Foolery is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Driftwood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Driftwood working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Foolery doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Foolery manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Foolery looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driftwood is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Driftwood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Foolery slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Driftwood sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Driftwood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Driftwood lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Foolery!
Driftwood unloads with some shots from mount but Foolery bucks and avoids them well.
Driftwood tries to control but Foolery wriggling away.
Foolery tries to lock up and control but Driftwood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood looking to ground and pound but Foolery is blocking nicely.
Driftwood jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Foolery manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Foolery explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Driftwood looks for a takedown but Foolery sprawls well.
Driftwood looks to land a left hand but Foolery moved out of range nicely.
Driftwood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Driftwood doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Foolery connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Driftwood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Foolery counters by moving into the clinch.
Foolery breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Driftwood tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Foolery counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Driftwood shoots and misses
and Foolery counters with a straight right hand.
Tom Foolery seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Foolery scores with a shot to the body.
Driftwood with a poor takedown
and Foolery counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Foolery keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Foolery looks to land a combination. Driftwood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Foolery! Driftwood is backing up but he can't get away as Foolery lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Driftwood and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tom Foolery!
Tom Foolery is the new lightweight champion!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Caschera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Morison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Caschera might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Crimson King by Demons & Wizards limited edition. Morison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Riot Maker. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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4 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Caschera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Morison!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caschera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morison's waist but Morison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Caschera off to one side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morison.
Morison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caschera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caschera tries to clinch up.
Caschera shoots in but Morison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caschera misses the shot to the body.
Caschera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Caschera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morison wants to clinch up but Caschera keeps it at a distance.
Morison throws a nice looking combination but Caschera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caschera misses with a body shot.
Caschera looks to land a body kick but Morison moved away.
Morison moves in looking to clinch but Caschera pushes him off.
Caschera fails to land the takedown.
Caschera takes a swing at Morison's ribcage but misses.
Caschera misses with a takedown attempt - Morison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morison punishes Caschera's body with a nice straight punch.
Morison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morison tries to clinch up but Caschera circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera throws a sloppy head kick
and Morison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Caschera is breathing heavily.
Morison pushes Caschera up against the cage in a clinch.
Caschera tries to stall but Morison uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Max Caschera has been cut.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Morison tries to land a knee to the head but Caschera blocks with his arms.
Morison connects with a nasty looking knee right to Caschera's face.
Morison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morison keeps control of Caschera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caschera has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morison is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Morison with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Caschera.
Morison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morison prevents a body shot from Caschera.
Morison lands a hook that snaps the head of Caschera backwards.
Morison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Caschera.
Morison misses with a knee to the head.
Caschera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Caschera.
Morison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morison stalling in the clinch but Caschera improves position.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Morison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caschera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morison's waist but Morison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Caschera off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caschera lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jimmy Morison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caschera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morison manages to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Caschera or perhaps it was just good defense by Morison which made him look bad.
Caschera looks to throw a body kick
and Morison moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morison scores a nice knee to the body.
Caschera wants to stall.
Caschera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caschera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morison breaks from the clinch.
Morison stuffs the takedown.
Morison scores with a three punch combo!
Morison moves into range and connects with a jab.
Max Caschera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morison moves into the clinch.
Morison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Caschera tries to break the clinch but Morison is controlling the position.
Morison blocking some punches.
Caschera is trying to break the clinch but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Caschera is trying to break the clinch but Morison has him pressed against the cage.
Caschera looking for a takedown.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Caschera misses with an elbow strike.
Morison scores with a hook to the body.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Max Caschera's cut is getting worse.
Morison lands a damaging elbow.
Caschera takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morison keeps control of Caschera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morison breaks the clinch.
Caschera closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Caschera lands in his opponent's guard.
Morison manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Caschera misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caschera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Caschera with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Caschera lands a big elbow.
Caschera scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morison?
Caschera is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Caschera is working for a guillotine from mount but Morison frees his head quite easily.
Caschera looking to secure an arm triangle but Morison defends it well.
Caschera 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caschera punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caschera punching from mount but Morison doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Caschera cracks Morison with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morison holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Caschera tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Morison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Caschera with the ground and pound from mount.
Caschera throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morison because Caschera loaded up on that one.
Morison in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Caschera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morison tries to hold on but Caschera postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morison is looking to improve his position but Caschera isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Morison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Caschera's cut.
That's time! Caschera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morison lands a jab-cross combination.
Morison with a jab.
Caschera looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morison is working an open guard so Caschera takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Max Caschera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caschera tries to keep at a distance but Morison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morison lands a hook that snaps the head of Caschera backwards.
Caschera throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Morison.
Morison with a knee to the head.
Morison keeps control of Caschera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caschera wants to break free but Morison has control.
Morison scores with a knee to the head.
Caschera manages to break the clinch.
Caschera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morison landing knees to the head.
Morison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caschera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morison misses with a knee strike.
Caschera trying to stall but Morison improves his position.
Caschera can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morison breaks the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Morison as Caschera shoots in.
Caschera looks for a takedown but Morison sprawls well.
Morison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera takes a swing at Morison's ribcage but misses.
Caschera shoots in but Morison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Caschera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caschera looks to clinch
and Morison counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Caschera is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Caschera looks for a takedown but Morison sprawls well.
Caschera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caschera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morison misses the shot to the body.
Morison throws a solid leg kick but Caschera takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morison.
Caschera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caschera stuns Morison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Caschera scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Who's going to make the next move?
Caschera has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Morison stuffs the takedown attempt from Caschera. Caschera gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caschera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morison manages to avoid it.
Morison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morison tries to clinch up
and Caschera counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Caschera.
Caschera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caschera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Caschera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morison pulls Caschera in close to his closed guard and prevents Caschera from doing any damage or advancing position.
Morison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Caschera won't allow Morison to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Caschera.
Caschera stands and steps away. Morison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Caschera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Caschera shoots in for a takedown but Morison shows good takedown defense.
Morison doesn't manage to clinch there - Caschera circles away.
Morison tries to clinch there but Caschera circles away.
Morison is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Morison scoring well with a low kick there.
Caschera misses with a wild body shot.
Jimmy Morison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morison clinches.
Morison manages to break the clinch.
Caschera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caschera shoots in and drives through. Morison sprawls well.
Caschera circles away from the clinch attempt
and Caschera counters with a single leg into guard. Morison didn't expect that.
Morison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morison keeping moving, preventing Caschera from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caschera drops back looking for a leg! Morison is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Morison manages to kick Caschera off! Caschera jumps back into Morison's guard.
Caschera would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Caschera trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caschera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caschera takes a swing at Morison's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Caschera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Max Caschera's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Caschera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morison, pushing him back against the cage.
Morison keeps control of Caschera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caschera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morison backwards.
Morison lands an uppercut.
Morison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morison tries to clinch but Caschera moves away
and Caschera counters with a takedown into side control.
Caschera has hold of Morison's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Morison tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Caschera cranks the arm and Morison screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Morison, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Max Caschera!
Max Caschera retains his heavyweight title!
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