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EFC 19: Kevorkian vs. Joshin PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynn's entrance music is To a Friend by Alexisonfire. A fine choice. Alvarez has chosen Bone Crusher - I Never Scared as his entrance music. Miguel Alvarez 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Lynn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez drops Lynn with a right and a left! Alvarez comes rushing in but Lynn regains his composure and manages to keep Alvarez in guard.
Lynn is rocked!
It looks like Matt Lynn has been cut.
Lynn is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez gets to his feet - Lynn follows without any prompting.
Oh Lynn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alvarez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alvarez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lynn's guard.
Lynn seems to have got his legs back now.
Alvarez stands up from Lynn's guard - Alvarez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Alvarez shoots in and bounces Lynn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Alvarez with a nice head shot there.
Lynn can't keep his opponent in guard - Alvarez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Alvarez stands up and beckons Lynn to join him on the feet.
Lynn has Alvarez up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Lynn.
Alvarez is pressed up against the cage. Lynn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alvarez down to the mat. Alvarez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lynn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Alvarez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lynn throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Alvarez. No joy for Lynn on that attempt.
Alvarez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lynn pinned against the cage. Lynn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by Alvarez or perhaps it was just good defense by Lynn which made him look bad.
Matt Lynn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Alvarez.
Lynn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Alvarez!
Alvarez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is looking to improve his position.
Alvarez is trying to stand.
Lynn is trying to work for a kimura but Alvarez is defending well.
Lynn wants to pass to mount but Alvarez is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lynn is looking for a kimura but Alvarez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lynn to get the leverage.
Lynn is working for a kimura but Alvarez is defending it quite comfortably.
Alvarez pushes Lynn off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynn tries to clinch up.
Lynn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A right-left combo lands from Alvarez.
Lynn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a takedown. Lynn tries to sprawl out of it but Alvarez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lynn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alvarez shoots in and drives through. Lynn sprawls well.
Lynn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Alvarez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lynn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alvarez wants to stand up but Lynn has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Lynn is looking to improve his position.
Alvarez tries to stand and escape but Lynn is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to pass the guard but Lynn is defending well.
Lynn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lynn.
Alvarez advances position into side control!
Alvarez cracks Lynn with a big elbow.
Lynn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lynn is looking to improve his position.
Alvarez tries to stand but can't do so whilst Lynn controls his leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez trying to pass the guard but Lynn defending well.
Lynn is refusing to be controlled, as Alvarez sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Alvarez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Lynn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lynn moves into the clinch successfully.
Lynn wants a takedown.
Lynn stops a takedown attempt from Alvarez.
Lynn prevents the takedown attempt.
Lynn missing with knees to the body.
Lynn lands a nice knee to the body.
Lynn tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Lynn is pressed up against the cage. Alvarez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lynn down to the mat. Lynn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Matt Lynn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Alvarez.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lynn.
Alvarez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Alvarez is trying to stand.
Lynn is trying to work for a kimura but Alvarez is defending well.
Lynn looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lynn is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Alvarez reverses the position - he's now on top in Lynn's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alvarez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alvarez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Alvarez wanted to stand there but Lynn had control of the position.
Lynn isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Alvarez stacks Lynn 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 Alvarez!
Alvarez stands up and beckons Lynn to his feet.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Lynn avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alvarez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lynn pinned against the cage. Lynn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lynn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alvarez clobbers Lynn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but Lynn circles away easily
and Lynn counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lynn.
Alvarez wants to stand but Lynn is controlling the position.
Alvarez manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Alvarez scores a takedown into full mount!
Alvarez is landing with some decent strikes but Lynn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lynn bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Alvarez had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lynn is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Alvarez Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lynn's back instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tightening his grip on Lynn, looking for the choke.
Alvarez tries to get the hooks in deep but Lynn pushed the leg off.
Alvarez scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Lynn tries to break free.
Lynn is taking damage to the body and head.
Lynn tries to roll but Alvarez sticks to his back.
Lynn preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Alvarez.
Lynn prevents Alvarez from getting a body triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Will Alvarez go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Lynn turns into Alvarez and is now in his guard.
Lynn prevents Alvarez from getting back to his feet.
Alvarez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lynn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alvarez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lynn passes into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez won't allow Lynn to pass to mount.
Alvarez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
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 Matt Lynn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matt Lynn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
No luck for Alvarez with that takedown attempt.
Lynn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alvarez has time to react.
Alvarez scores with a nice strike.
Lynn closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alvarez to the mat! Alvarez manages to get full guard.
Lynn 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.
Alvarez is looking for a triangle but Lynn pushes his legs off easily.
Lynn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lynn is pushing down on Alvarez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alvarez is fighting to maintain full guard but Lynn has managed to sneak the leg through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lynn 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Alvarez misses with a takedown attempt
so Lynn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lynn is pushing down on Alvarez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alvarez is fighting to maintain full guard but Lynn has managed to sneak the leg through.
Alvarez moves into full guard.
Lynn looking to pass the guard.
Alvarez is looking for a triangle but Lynn pushes his legs off easily.
Lynn stands and throws Alvarez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alvarez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lynn advances nicely into full mount.
Lynn fails to take his opponent's back.
Alvarez really wants to buck Lynn off and get back to his feet.
Alvarez tries to reverse the position but Lynn maintains control.
Lynn has hold of Alvarez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Alvarez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lynn jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Alvarez is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Alvarez and Lynn has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to bench press Lynn off him but Lynn keeps the position.
Lynn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alvarez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Alvarez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Lynn is looking to advance position but Alvarez won't allow it.
Alvarez is defending against the submission attempts here by Lynn.
Lynn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alvarez is trying to stand up here but Lynn is controlling him well.
Lynn seems to be looking for submissions.
Lynn seems to be looking for submissions.
Lynn is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Alvarez moves into full guard.
Alvarez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lynn is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Lynn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lynn 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Matt Lynn!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shane Brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage has chosen "Killing In The Name Of" by Rage Against the Machine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Brian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Savage!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brian throws a head kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Brian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brian slips under a jab from Savage.
Savage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brian.
Brian clinches with his opponent.
Brian lands a damaging elbow.
Brian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brian lands an elbow inside that Savage shrugs off.
The is referee keeping an eye on Brian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Savage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Savage misses with a takedown attempt - Brian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brian lands with a kick to the temple. Savage shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Savage is rocked!
Brian lands with a nice body kick.
Savage is still on wobbly legs! Can Brian finish him?
Savage looks gassed!
Brian clinches up against the cage.
Savage seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Brian.
Brian lands a knee to the head.
Brian lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Brian.
Brian lands a nice elbow.
Brian scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brian moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Brian breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Brian.
Brian plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brian throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brian clinches with his opponent.
Brian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brian clinches up against the cage.
Brian breaks from the clinch.
Savage takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brian.
Brian moves into the clinch.
Brian breaks from the clinch.
Jason Savage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brian moves into the clinch successfully.
Brian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brian scores with a push kick.
Brian moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Brian drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brian lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brian manages to break the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Savage.
Brian is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Savage is working to tighten is grip on Brian's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Brian has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Savage is really squeezing tight and eventually Brian passes out! Savage breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jason Savage!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like George Gracie has been cut.
Chase lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Gracie crumples to the floor! Chase 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). Charlie Chase!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between DJ Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifton Barnes (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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DJ Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clifton Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nelson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
Barnes is keen to just control but Nelson is a slippery customer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nelson has hold of Barnes's hands but Barnes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barnes is trying to work for a kimura but Nelson is defending well.
Nelson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barnes.
Nelson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Barnes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nelson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barnes is working for a submission of some sort.
Nelson manages to get to full guard.
Nelson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Barnes preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nelson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barnes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barnes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nelson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barnes?
Barnes swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Barnes working to try and regain half guard.
Nelson with shots to the head and body - Barnes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nelson lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes is in a horrible position here. Nelson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nelson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barnes?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson with a couple of short strikes.
Nelson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barnes looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson prevents Barnes from getting the reversal.
Barnes tries to hold on but Nelson postures up.
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Nelson.
Barnes tries to reverse the position but Nelson maintains control.
Nelson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Barnes is in a horrible position here. Nelson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That has opened up Clifton Barnes's cut even more.
Nelson is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Barnes is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). DJ Nelson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dynamite Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timo Silakka struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The key to victory for Dynamite Roll has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dynamite Roll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timo Silakka!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Roll slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Roll has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Roll stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silakka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roll sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silakka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Roll controls the pace.
Roll tries to free his leg and advance position but Silakka is retaining full guard.
Silakka pulls Roll in close to prevent any damage.
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.
Roll thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Roll is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Roll pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silakka is keeping the position for now.
Silakka keeping moving, preventing Roll from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Silakka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silakka looks gassed!
Roll is not content to let Silakka control the position.
Silakka working away.
Roll controls the position for a moment.
Roll is trying to control Silakka's posture but Silakka avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roll is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silakka is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Roll is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silakka is thwarting Roll's attempts to control the position.
Roll preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Roll moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silakka won't allow Roll to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dynamite Roll 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.
Roll lands a two punch combo.
Silakka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Roll sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Roll is trying to maintain the position but Silakka is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dynamite Roll just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Roll tries for a takedown but Silakka circles away easily
and Silakka counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silakka.
Roll looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silakka must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Roll is working hard here to advance position.
Roll controlling Silakka's posture.
Silakka is breathing heavily.
Roll bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silakka's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll passes Silakka's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Silakka wants to improve his position but Roll is controlling well.
Roll sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Roll'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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Roll seems to be looking for submissions.
Roll controlling the pace.
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.
Roll passes to side control.
Roll is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silakka knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Roll is staying tight to Silakka's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Roll tries for a kimura but Silakka is defending well.
Roll controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dynamite Roll just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Roll shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Roll stays in close to Silakka's body and controls the position.
Silakka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Roll 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.
Roll tries to free his leg and advance position but Silakka is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dynamite Roll dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Roll scores with a head kick.
Roll scores a takedown into full mount!
Roll controlling the position easily from mount.
Dynamite Roll overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roll is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silakka is surviving well by controlling Roll's body position as best he can.
Roll with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Silakka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silakka stops Roll from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Roll sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Roll seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silakka for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dynamite Roll just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Roll shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Roll takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Roll not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Silakka tries to roll over but Roll keeps him under control.
Roll trying to pass the guard but Silakka defending well.
Roll seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roll trying to control the pace.
Roll passes the guard and advances to mount!
Roll tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dynamite Roll showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roll 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dynamite Roll!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingtiger Pardy (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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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Royce Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kingtiger Pardy!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pardy throws a shot to the body.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Pardy holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Pardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pardy throws a nice head kick!
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pardy's waist but Pardy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Pardy drops Silva with a nice combination! Pardy dives into Silva's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Royce Silva has been cut.
Pardy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pardy cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Pardy wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Pardy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pardy pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pardy working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pardy decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Pardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pardy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left and a right from Pardy both land. Nice combination.
Pardy throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Pardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pardy throws a nice head kick!
Pardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pardy's guard.
Pardy 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.
Pardy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silva pushes down on Pardy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pardy wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Pardy is defending the position.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Pardy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Pardy wants to get back to his feet.
Silva prevents Pardy from improving his position.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pardy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Pardy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardy keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Pardy wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva feints and as Pardy raises his hands in defense, Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pardy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pardy is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pardy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pardy trying to control but Silva postures up.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Pardy defends it.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Pardy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pardy gets back to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pardy holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kingtiger Pardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Silva's cut.
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.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pardy throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pardy fails to land with a series of punches.
Pardy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pardy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pardy keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Pardy throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva avoids the head kick by Pardy.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardy is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Pardy is in no mood to give up.
Pardy bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pardy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pardy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva keeping full guard, as Pardy tries to pass.
Royce Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Pardy from controlling successfully.
Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pardy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pardy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pardy trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardy is looking to improve his position.
Pardy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Silva prevents Pardy from improving his position.
Pardy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Pardy wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Silva misses with a head shot.
Silva is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Pardy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Silva wants to take Pardy's back here but Pardy is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Pardy is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva avoids the attempt from Pardy to control.
Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silva is working for a guillotine from mount but Pardy frees his head quite easily.
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Pardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva working for a submission but Pardy is keeping him at bay.
Pardy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Royce Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva looks for a takedown but Pardy sprawls well.
Pardy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
No joy there for Pardy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pardy feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Pardy looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pardy lands a jab-cross combination.
Pardy scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pardy.
Pardy lands a jab-cross combination.
Pardy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pardy throws a head kick that half lands.
A left and a right from Pardy both land. Nice combination.
Pardy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kingtiger Pardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pardy lands a head kick!
Pardy misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pardy lands a two punch combo.
Pardy looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pardy tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pardy to the ground. Pardy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pardy looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Pardy throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pardy's guard.
Pardy wants to control but Silva passes easily into half guard.
Pardy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pardy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pardy looking to control.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Pardy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stands up over Pardy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Pardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pardy landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva can't escape the position.
Pardy lands a heavy elbow.
Pardy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
BOOM! Pardy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Pardy lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pardy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pardy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Pardy has control of the leg.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pardy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pardy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pardy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kingtiger Pardy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pardy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kingtiger Pardy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lurppa Korva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lurppa Korva told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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195 lbs
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lurppa Korva!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Korva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swanson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Korva!
Korva is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swanson controlling the position easily from mount.
Korva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Korva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Korva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Korva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Swanson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Korva wants to get back to full guard.
Swanson wants to control but Korva is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Swanson wants to clinch.
Swanson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Korva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Swanson tries to clinch but Korva is having none of it.
Swanson gets caught flat footed, as Korva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Korva won't allow Swanson to get back to his feet.
Korva wants to control from the top but Swanson keeps moving.
Swanson is trying to control the position but Korva postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is really struggling to control Korva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Swanson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Korva trying to control but Swanson is working from the bottom.
Swanson looking for a sweep. Not yet Swanson, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lurppa Korva will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Korva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Swanson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Korva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Swanson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Swanson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Korva controlling Swanson's posture.
Swanson trying to control but Korva is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Swanson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Korva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Korva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Korva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swanson slips nicely into half guard.
Swanson is looking to take a break and control but Korva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Swanson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Korva to counter with a crisp jab.
Swanson moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson stalling against the cage.
Swanson gets underhooks to prevent Korva's takedown attempt.
Swanson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Korva can't fight it off and eventually Swanson manages to take the fight to the floor. Korva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Korva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Korva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Korva is breathing heavily.
Swanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Korva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Korva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Swanson 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Swanson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Korva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Joe Swanson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swanson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Swanson keeping moving, preventing Korva from controlling successfully.
Korva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Korva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Swanson is trying to hold Korva in close to prevent damage but Korva has managed to pass into half guard.
Korva lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Korva.
Swanson trying to hold on to Korva's head to control him but Korva postures up.
Korva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Korva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Swanson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Swanson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Swanson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Korva won't allow Swanson to get back to his feet.
Swanson trying to keep a closed guard but Korva is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Korva!
Korva wants to hold on but Swanson pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Korva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Swanson tries to control but Korva wriggling away.
Swanson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Korva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Swanson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Korva on the ground.
Swanson controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lurppa Korva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Korva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lurppa Korva!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cotton Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmund Coulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cotton Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edmund Coulson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Coulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coulson tries to score a body lock takedown but Hill shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hill throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coulson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Coulson tries to work over Hill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coulson managing to block the knees to the body from Hill.
Coulson stalling.
Coulson avoiding damage as Hill throws knees to the body.
Hill manages to break the clinch.
Coulson has managed to clinch.
Hill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hill.
Hill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Coulson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Coulson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Coulson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Coulson has his foot on Hill's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hill works his way back into a safe position though.
Hill trying to control but Coulson is working from the bottom.
Coulson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hill gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hill wants to control from the top but Coulson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill 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.
Hill is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Coulson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Coulson has escaped and now he's on top!
Coulson looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coulson passes Hill's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Coulson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Coulson seems to be looking for submissions.
Coulson looks gassed!
Hill is doing well to control the position and prevent Coulson from advancing to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Coulson prevents Hill from improving his position.
Hill misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hill wants to get back to full guard.
Hill is trying to maintain the position but Coulson is very close to passing his half guard.
Coulson is working for a kimura but Hill is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hill connects with the punch.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Coulson as he avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hill, as that shot connected.
Hill wants to clinch
and Coulson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hill prevents a body shot from Coulson.
Coulson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Coulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coulson landing knees to the body.
Hill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Coulson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hill breaks the clinch.
Hill scores with a jab to the head.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Coulson as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cotton Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hill gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Coulson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hill!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coulson scoring with strikes but Hill is staying in there.
Coulson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hill can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hill wants to hold on but Coulson pushes him away.
Coulson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hill is wriggling around trying to escape.
Coulson is trying to take his opponent's back.
Coulson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Coulson looking for a guillotine from mount but Hill is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edmund Coulson 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.
Hill throws a sloppy head kick and Coulson moves out of range easily.
Cotton Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hill tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hill connects with a looping right hand.
Coulson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hill counters with a thumping low kick.
Coulson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hill counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hill is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Coulson wants to improve his position but Hill is controlling well.
Hill scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coulson looking for submissions off his back.
Coulson is breathing heavily.
Hill is working for a kimura but Coulson is defending it quite comfortably.
Coulson looking for submissions off his back.
Coulson looking for submissions off his back.
Coulson is defending against the submission attempts here by Hill.
Coulson regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Coulson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hill stacks Coulson 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 Hill!
Coulson is looking to regain half guard here but Hill keeps moving and retains side control.
Hill is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Coulson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Coulson tries to bench press Hill off him but Hill keeps the position.
Hill has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Hill lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coulson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hill working Coulson over with strikes here.
Coulson is looking to get to half guard.
Hill punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hill landing shots from mount.
Hill controlling the position easily from mount.
Coulson is desperately trying to improve his position but Hill has a good base and remains in mount.
Hill with shots to the head and body - Coulson looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill looking to control but Coulson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Coulson is in a horrible position here. Hill smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hill lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hill cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coulson is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Coulson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Coulson is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Hill.
Coulson is still in real trouble! Can Hill finish him?
Hill looking to secure an arm triangle but Coulson defends it well.
Hill prevents Coulson from getting the reversal.
Coulson seems to have recovered his senses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cotton Hill dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Coulson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hill is looking to clinch.
Hill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cotton Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill tries for a takedown but Coulson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hill with a lazy takedown attempt
and Coulson moves into the clinch.
Coulson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hill backwards.
Coulson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hill prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coulson gets control of Hill's arms and successfully pulls guard. Coulson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Coulson has a closed guard, preventing Hill from standing up.
Hill scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Coulson looking for a guillotine here but Hill defends easily.
Hill 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.
Hill trying to control the position from guard on top but Coulson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coulson looking for a guillotine here but Hill defends easily.
Hill slips nicely into half guard.
Coulson is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hill is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hill drops an elbow to the side of Coulson's head.
Hill working the head and body with strikes.
Hill throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hill prevents Coulson from improving his position.
Coulson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hill scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a sloppy head kick and Coulson moves out of range easily.
Hill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coulson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hill prevents a body shot from Coulson.
Coulson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hill.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cotton Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hill's face.
Coulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hill avoids the damage to the body.
Hill trying to land knees to the body.
Coulson can't find room to land a body shot as Hill controls the action.
Hill tries to break the clinch but Coulson is controlling the position.
Hill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hill throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Hill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A right-left combo lands from Hill.
Hill shoots in looking for a takedown. Coulson tries to sprawl out of it but Hill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Coulson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Coulson forces Hill back against the cage and clinches.
Hill gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Coulson.
Hill goes for a takedown attempt but Coulson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hill.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Edmund Coulson.
I think Coulson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Belmont has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Davi Silva's chin.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Davi Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simon Belmont!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Belmont is out of range.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Belmont on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Belmont avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Simon Belmont has been cut.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Belmont's front leg but catches the back leg as Belmont tries to avoid it.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick but Belmont moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Simon Belmont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Belmont bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davi Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simon Belmont's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Belmont is looking to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Belmont ducks down to avoid it.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva tries to work over Belmont's front leg with a kick but Belmont checks it.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Belmont clinches with his opponent.
Belmont blocks an elbow strike.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Belmont has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Belmont staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Belmont avoids a kick to the body.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Belmont saw that one coming.
Belmont wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Belmont's leg but Belmont calmly moves out of range.
Belmont is looking to clinch.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davi Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belmont looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Belmont tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belmont.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Davi Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Simon Belmont's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Belmont shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belmont needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Davi Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Belmont showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belmont is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Belmont fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Belmont tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davi Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belmont is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Belmont tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmont blocks a head kick by Silva.
Belmont fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a head kick. Belmont smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belmont moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Belmont tries to clinch up.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belmont looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva throws a head kick but Belmont moves out of range.
Belmont tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont wants to clinch.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Belmont tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Belmont.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Davi Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Silva!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Kevorkian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Just Joshin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevorkian comes into the arena with I Feel Love blaring out of the sound system. William Kevorkian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Kevorkian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Just Joshin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kevorkian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joshin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kevorkian is looking to clinch but Joshin is avoiding it.
Joshin fails to land the takedown.
Kevorkian tries to clinch but Joshin is having none of it.
Kevorkian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joshin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joshin drags the fight down to the ground.
Kevorkian is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Joshin throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kevorkian uses it to pass to side control.
Kevorkian gets to mount! Joshin was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Joshin is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kevorkian content just to control the position here.
Joshin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kevorkian trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kevorkian looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kevorkian trying to control but Joshin is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Joshin can't escape the position.
Kevorkian trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Joshin is looking to improve his position but Kevorkian isn't that keen on the idea.
Joshin tries to hold on but Kevorkian postures up.
Joshin is desperately trying to improve his position but Kevorkian has a good base and remains in mount.
Kevorkian trying to control but Joshin is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian content just to control the position here.
Joshin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Joshin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Joshin.
Kevorkian wants to get up but he can't break Joshin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Joshin is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kevorkian has his hands clasped together but Joshin extends an breaks Kevorkian's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Joshin.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Just Joshin!
Just Joshin is the new welterweight champion!
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