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EUFC 50: Black Sun PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Coco Rocket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Voganoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voganoff is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Nine Inch Nails Every Day is Exactly the Same. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coco Rocket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Voganoff!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocket tries a head kick but it misses.
Rocket throws a wild body kick that Voganoff sees coming a mile off.
Rocket tries to clinch but Voganoff is having none of it.
Voganoff bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rocket is looking to regain half guard here but Voganoff keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voganoff in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Rocket tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Voganoff wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rocket sneaks back into half guard.
Rocket is trying to get back to full guard.
Voganoff is tying to control. Rocket wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voganoff is taking a breather. Rocket says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Rocket is trying to get back to full guard.
Voganoff is tying to control. Rocket wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rocket is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Voganoff pulls his head out easily.
Rocket tries to get to full guard but Voganoff has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Voganoff has closed the distance and engaged Rocket in a clinch.
Voganoff jumps into guard, dragging Rocket to the mat.
Voganoff keeping full guard, as Rocket tries to pass.
Voganoff has his hands on Rocket's head, controlling the position.
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.
Rocket trying to control but Voganoff is working from the bottom.
Rocket throwing strikes but missing.
Rocket content to stall in guard here.
Rocket postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Voganoff is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rocket, into his guard.
Rocket is looking for a triangle but Voganoff pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocket not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Voganoff's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Voganoff throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rocket is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Voganoff trying to control the position from guard on top but Rocket is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rocket not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rocket shoots and misses
and Voganoff counters with a two punch combo.
Voganoff shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Voganoff showed some decent athleticism there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Voganoff seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rocket does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
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. Voganoff connects with a nice short shot to Rocket's temple.
Rocket is trying to maintain the position but Voganoff is very close to passing his half guard.
Rocket gets full guard.
Rocket throws his legs up looking for a submission but Voganoff uses it to pass to side control.
Voganoff is trying to get an arm triangle but Rocket is defending well.
Voganoff just content to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Voganoff dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rocket gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Voganoff counters by moving into the clinch.
Voganoff gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Voganoff throwing strikes but missing.
Voganoff sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rocket looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Voganoff trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rocket's guard.
Voganoff controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocket is looking for a triangle but Voganoff pushes his legs off easily.
Voganoff is pushing down on Rocket's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rocket is fighting to maintain full guard but Voganoff has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rocket trying to hold on to Voganoff's head to control him but Voganoff postures up.
Rocket throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Voganoff is taking a breather. Rocket says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Rocket is looking to improve his position.
Rocket regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rocket trying to keep a closed guard but Voganoff is proving a slippery customer.
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.
Rocket escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Voganoff gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Voganoff controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rocket avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rocket looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Voganoff wants to control from the top but Rocket keeps moving.
Rocket is trying to control the position but Voganoff postures up.
Rocket utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Voganoff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rocket as he avoids it easily.
Voganoff is breathing heavily.
Rocket fails with the takedown
so Voganoff counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocket managing to control the position.
Voganoff content to stall in guard here.
Voganoff looking to sit in guard and control but Rocket gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Voganoff preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Voganoff is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rocket controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
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.
Voganoff keeping moving, preventing Rocket from controlling successfully.
Voganoff is trying to keep Rocket in close.
Voganoff keeping moving, preventing Rocket from controlling successfully.
Voganoff is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Rocket chips away with some ground and pound.
Rocket wants to control from the top but Voganoff keeps moving.
Voganoff is pulling down on Rocket's head. It's preventing any offense from Rocket, at least for the moment.
Rocket tries to free his leg and advance position but Voganoff is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Voganoff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Good work by Voganoff as he checks the leg kick.
Rocket fails with the takedown
and Voganoff counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Voganoff.
Rocket has his foot on Voganoff's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Voganoff works his way back into a safe position though.
Rocket is trying to keep Voganoff in close.
Voganoff throws a big right hand that misses.
Voganoff drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Voganoff jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rocket working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Voganoff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Voganoff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Igor Voganoff has got the better of the ground game so far.
Voganoff controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocket 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Voganoff feints and as Rocket raises his hands in defense, Voganoff changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Voganoff takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rocket working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Voganoff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Voganoff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Voganoff's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Voganoff drops back looking for a leg! Rocket is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rocket manages to kick Voganoff off! Voganoff jumps back into Rocket's guard.
Rocket has his foot on Voganoff's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Voganoff works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocket had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Voganoff is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rocket Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Voganoff's back instead.
Voganoff turns into Rocket and is now in his guard.
Rocket trying to keep a closed guard but Voganoff is proving a slippery customer.
Voganoff's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Voganoff looking to sit in guard and control but Rocket gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rocket wants to control from the top but Voganoff keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocket really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rocket wants to pass the guard but Voganoff is keeping the position.
Rocket 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.
Voganoff is trying to keep Rocket in close.
That's four 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Voganoff shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Voganoff preventing the sweep.
Voganoff wants to control from the top but Rocket keeps moving.
Voganoff might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rocket kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Coco Rocket has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rocket looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Igor Voganoff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Voganoff trying to control but Rocket is working from the bottom.
Voganoff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rocket is keeping the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Voganoff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Voganoff has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Voganoff!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Parcell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laszlo Blazsanyik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parcell comes to the cage accompanied by In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins. Blazsanyik has chosen Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden as his entrance music. 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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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Parcell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laszlo Blazsanyik!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Blazsanyik misses.
Blazsanyik scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blazsanyik lands a head shot.
Blazsanyik has managed to clinch.
Parcell breaks the clinch.
Parcell bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Blazsanyik comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Parcell falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Parcell was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Laszlo Blazsanyik!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between punishment cruel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). punishment cruel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, punishment cruel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chev Chelios!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chelios takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
cruel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
cruel swinging wilding here.
cruel throws a quick inside leg kick.
cruel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chelios.
cruel tries to clinch but Chelios is having none of it.
Chelios shoots in looking for a takedown. cruel tries to sprawl out of it but Chelios keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. cruel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
cruel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chelios as he jumps to the side.
cruel wants to clinch up but Chelios keeps it at a distance.
Chelios shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and cruel makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chelios really felt that one!
punishment cruel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chev Chelios.
Chelios looks gassed!
cruel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios misses with a few strikes there.
cruel instigates a clinch.
cruel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
cruel rushes Chelios with punches - Chelios moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Chelios goes down! cruel follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). punishment cruel!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Lawlor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Mykolas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawlor comes to the cage accompanied by Loser. Gabe Mykolas will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Lawlor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gabe Mykolas!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mykolas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lawlor blocks a jab.
Lawlor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lawlor is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mykolas has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lawlor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mykolas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Lawlor tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lawlor has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mykolas tries to escape but Lawlor is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mykolas wants to control but Lawlor postures up.
Mykolas wants to get back to his feet but Lawlor drags him back down.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lawlor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mykolas wants to clinch.
Lawlor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mykolas.
Some wild striking there from Lawlor.
Lawlor ducks under a wild hook from Mykolas.
Mykolas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lawlor is able to avoid easily.
Mykolas throws a hook but Lawlor blocks it.
Lawlor shoots for a double leg takedown but Mykolas sprawls well. He's pushed Lawlor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mykolas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawlor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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.
Lawlor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mykolas manages to avoid it.
Gabe Mykolas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mykolas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lawlor counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lawlor is breathing heavily.
Lawlor wants to free his trapped foot but Mykolas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mykolas has one foot on Lawlor's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Mykolas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mykolas fails to land the takedown.
Lawlor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mykolas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lawlor swats away the attempt to clinch by Mykolas.
Lawlor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mykolas circles away.
Mykolas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mykolas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mykolas misses with an uppercut. Lawlor saw that one coming.
Mykolas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mykolas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lawlor's hands.
Lawlor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawlor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mykolas with a hook.
Mykolas tries to bum rush Lawlor with a series of wild strikes but Lawlor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mykolas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mykolas shoots for a double leg takedown but Lawlor sprawls well. He's pushed Mykolas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mykolas with a poor takedown
and Lawlor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tom Lawlor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabe Mykolas.
A punch combination from Mykolas misses.
Lawlor throws a combination that misses
enabling Mykolas to counter with a crisp jab.
Lawlor bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
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.
Lawlor misses with the combination.
Lawlor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mykolas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lawlor ducks under a wild hook from Mykolas.
Mykolas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lawlor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mykolas lands a with a good body shot.
Lawlor moves out of range as Mykolas strikes.
Mykolas just misses with a punch to the body.
Mykolas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lawlor to score with a decent uppercut.
Lawlor throws a head kick that half lands.
A swing and a miss from Lawlor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Lawlor dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lawlor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mykolas tries to avoid it but Lawlor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mykolas to the ground. Mykolas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mykolas throws an overhand right that lands on Lawlor's shoulder, as Lawlor tries to avoid the shot.
Lawlor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mykolas looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mykolas is trying to get back to full guard.
Mykolas is trying to stand back up but Lawlor is controlling him
Lawlor is trying to work for a kimura but Mykolas is defending well.
Mykolas is defending against the submission attempts here by Lawlor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lawlor is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mykolas is trying to stand back up but Lawlor is controlling him
Lawlor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lawlor decides to stand and escape the position.
Mykolas throws a head kick but Lawlor moves out of range.
Mykolas misses with a looping right.
Lawlor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lawlor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lawlor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mykolas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lawlor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mykolas counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Lawlor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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.
Lawlor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mykolas counters with a takedown into side control.
Lawlor gets back to half guard.
Mykolas decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
A big right from Mykolas misses.
A combination from Mykolas does no damage.
Mykolas throws a sloppy head kick and Lawlor moves out of range easily.
Mykolas is looking to clinch but Lawlor is avoiding it.
Lawlor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mykolas shoots for a double leg takedown but Lawlor sprawls well. He's pushed Mykolas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A left lands for Lawlor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Mykolas.
Lawlor blocks a jab.
Mykolas throws the left hand but Lawlor avoids the punch easily.
Lawlor checks a leg kick nicely.
Mykolas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lawlor as he jumps to the side.
Lawlor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mykolas circles away.
Mykolas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mykolas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lawlor circles away quickly and effectively.
Mykolas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawlor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawlor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mykolas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lawlor is refusing to be controlled, as Mykolas sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawlor has one foot on Mykolas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Mykolas fails with a takedown attempt.
Mykolas tries to clinch but Lawlor moves out of range.
Mykolas looks to land a combination but Lawlor avoids it well.
Mykolas lands with an overhand left.
Lawlor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mykolas pushes Lawlor up against the cage in a clinch.
Mykolas manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabe Mykolas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Lawlor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mykolas pushes Lawlor off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lawlor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lawlor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mykolas moves away.
Mykolas tries to clinch there but Lawlor circles away.
Mykolas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mykolas lands a jab to the head.
Lawlor shoots in and drives through. Mykolas sprawls well.
Lawlor feints and as Mykolas raises his hands in defense, Lawlor changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mykolas is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lawlor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mykolas lands a nice shot that snaps Lawlor's head back.
Lawlor needs to keep his hands up - Mykolas had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawlor scores with a decent looking hook.
Lawlor really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mykolas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawlor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mykolas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Mykolas wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mykolas gets back to half guard.
Lawlor prevents Mykolas from standing back up.
Mykolas gets full guard.
Lawlor prevents Mykolas from getting back to his feet.
Mykolas looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawlor gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Lawlor tries to land a leg kick but Mykolas saw it coming and moves away.
Lawlor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lawlor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tom Lawlor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mykolas is working an open guard so Lawlor takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lawlor gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawlor is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mykolas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mykolas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lawlor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lawlor tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lawlor has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lawlor tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Mykolas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mykolas is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Lawlor has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lawlor is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mykolas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lawlor decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mykolas throws a combination that misses
and Lawlor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mykolas tries to clinch but Lawlor moves out of range.
Mykolas tries to clinch up.
Mykolas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mykolas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lawlor in his tracks.
Lawlor fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Lawlor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawlor checks a low kick from Mykolas.
Lawlor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lawlor staying out of range there.
Mykolas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lawlor on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lawlor misses with a takedown attempt
and Mykolas decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lawlor's guard.
Lawlor is looking for a triangle but Mykolas pushes his legs off easily.
Lawlor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mykolas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mykolas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Lawlor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lawlor 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Lawlor!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and johnny mallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mallon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by hitman. 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, johnny mallon!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz digs a good hook to mallon's body.
mallon looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends mallon sprawling to the canvas. Cruz follows him down, looking for the kill. Can mallon hang on?
mallon is rocked!
It looks like johnny mallon has been cut.
Cruz postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for mallon to stand up.
mallon is still on wobbly legs! Can Cruz finish him?
Cruz cracks mallon with a left hook right on the temple and mallon goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Cruz lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully mallon is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jorge Cruz!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MIKE SILVA (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, MIKE SILVA!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from SILVA. No joy for Peterson on that attempt.
Peterson throws a head kick but SILVA moves out of range.
SILVA lunges at Peterson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Peterson's hand.
Peterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but SILVA circles away quickly and effectively.
SILVA keeps the fight on the outside.
SILVA shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than SILVA was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Peterson is wriggling around trying to escape.
SILVA get's back to his feet.
Peterson with a poor takedown
and SILVA counters with a shoot takedown. Peterson fights it but they end up in guard.
MIKE SILVA has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Peterson.
Peterson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. SILVA manages to get himself to full guard.
Peterson looks gassed!
SILVA not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Peterson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Peterson being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
SILVA moves into the clinch successfully.
SILVA pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peterson clinches but SILVA breaks the clinch
and SILVA counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peterson!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
SILVA content just to control the position here.
Peterson is looking to improve his position but SILVA isn't that keen on the idea.
SILVA is trying to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
SILVA landing strikes from the mount and Peterson is in trouble!
SILVA controlling the position easily from mount.
SILVA has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
SILVA'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 three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson wants to hold on but SILVA pushes him away.
Peterson working to try and regain half guard.
SILVA content just to control the position here.
Peterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
SILVA knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peterson on the ground.
SILVA controlling from mount.
SILVA trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four 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.
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Peterson throws a head kick that misses
and SILVA counters with a takedown into side control.
SILVA 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 Peterson's shoulder. That is not cool.
SILVA trying to control the position but Peterson is working away.
SILVA slows the pace down.
SILVA working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
SILVA is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Peterson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
MIKE SILVA dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A head kick by Peterson misses
and SILVA holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
SILVA is trying to trip Peterson. He has hold of a leg but Peterson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. SILVA persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
SILVA wants to control from the top but Peterson keeps moving.
SILVA gets to his feet - Peterson follows without any prompting.
Peterson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
SILVA gets the takedown into side control.
Peterson is trying to improve his position.
SILVA has knee on belly and moves into mount.
SILVA is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
SILVA decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
SILVA seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
SILVA prevents Peterson from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with SILVA in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SILVA prevents Peterson from improving his position.
Peterson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
SILVA not doing much here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
SILVA scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is not content to let SILVA control the position.
MIKE SILVA overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
SILVA tries to advance to mount but Peterson denies him.
SILVA wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peterson keeps working.
SILVA decides to stand up, so the ref orders Peterson to his feet.
SILVA connects with a good right hand that stumbles Peterson. Peterson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
SILVA fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Peterson sprawls well initially but SILVA persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
SILVA sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Peterson is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
SILVA not doing much here.
Peterson is trying to get back to full guard.
SILVA perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Peterson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from SILVA.
SILVA not doing much here.
That's four 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.
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
SILVA decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
SILVA wants to get back to his feet.
SILVA perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peterson missing with punches from the bottom.
SILVA tries to stand but can't do so whilst Peterson controls his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
MIKE SILVA dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Peterson with a poor takedown
and SILVA counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
SILVA keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Peterson is refusing to be controlled, as SILVA sits in half guard.
SILVA is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peterson can do to turn this around?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with SILVA in particular looking to stall.
SILVA seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Peterson for as long as he can get away with.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
SILVA fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Peterson sprawls well initially but SILVA persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SILVA is working for a kimura but Peterson is defending it quite comfortably.
SILVA wants to take a breather but Peterson is having none of it.
Peterson is trying to get back to full guard.
SILVA slows the pace down in half guard.
Peterson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Peterson moves into full guard.
Peterson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as SILVA controls the pace.
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.
SILVA pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peterson is keeping the position for now.
SILVA pushes down on Peterson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
SILVA perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peterson moves into full guard.
Peterson keeping moving, preventing SILVA from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. MIKE SILVA just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Peterson misses with a double jab
and SILVA counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peterson!
Peterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
SILVA controlling from the full mount.
SILVA landing strikes, looking to finish!
Peterson is trying to escape the mount.
SILVA takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Peterson is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
SILVA looking to control and managing it successfully.
Paul Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MIKE SILVA is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
MIKE SILVA showed his dominance in that final round.
Well SILVA 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... MIKE SILVA!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes into the arena with Numéro 1 blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Mike Ribeiro has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Barker!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro is looking to clinch.
Ribeiro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ribeiro's calf.
Ribeiro throws a series of strikes that have Barker backpedaling.
Ribeiro tries to bum rush Barker with a series of wild strikes but Barker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that Barker avoids nicely.
No joy there for Ribeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barker misses with a hook.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab.
Ribeiro avoids the head kick by Barker.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro stuffs the takedown attempt from Barker. Barker gets slowly back to his feet.
Ribeiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Barker circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribeiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Barker with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ribeiro to score with a decent uppercut.
Ribeiro wants to clinch.
Ribeiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barker manages to avoid it.
Ribeiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribeiro misses with a few strikes there.
Ribeiro throws a nice looking combination but Barker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ribeiro tries to clinch but Barker moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Barker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Barker.
Ribeiro sizes up Barker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ribeiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ribeiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barker working the strikes but Ribeiro uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Barker wants to pass to mount but Ribeiro is defending the position.
Ribeiro is trying to stand back up but Barker is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro taking some punishment here, with Barker in his half guard.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barker is trying to control the action in half guard but Ribeiro is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ribeiro tries to kick Barker off but Barker keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Barker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Barker is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Ribeiro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Barker is working for a kimura but Ribeiro is defending it quite comfortably.
Barker working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker works his way into full mount!
Barker lands a heavy elbow.
It looks like Mike Ribeiro has been cut.
Barker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ribeiro?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribeiro is squirming around, avoiding Barker's attempts to control the action.
Barker unloading with bombs!
Barker working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Barker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Barker with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Barker looking to finish Ribeiro with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ribeiro!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Barker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Ribeiro's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Ribeiro throws a series of punches but Barker avoids them all with ease.
Barker shoots in but Ribeiro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ribeiro pinned against the cage. Ribeiro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ribeiro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mike Ribeiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up but Barker circles away and keeps his distance.
Ribeiro walks into a straight right hand from Barker.
Mike Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Ribeiro avoids the body shot from Barker.
Ribeiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ribeiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Barker shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ribeiro's guard.
Barker postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ribeiro is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Barker, into his guard.
Barker has his foot on Ribeiro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ribeiro works his way back into a safe position though.
Bob Barker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barker wants to sweep but no luck.
Ribeiro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Barker had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Ribeiro is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Barker Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Ribeiro's back instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker is throwing strikes by Ribeiro counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Ribeiro regains half guard.
Barker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ribeiro defending well though.
Ribeiro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barker.
Barker passes the guard and advances to mount!
Barker looking to finish Ribeiro with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ribeiro!
Barker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet.
Barker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ribeiro is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker working for a guillotine from mount but Ribeiro is in no mood to give up.
A nice elbow there by Barker.
Barker scoring with strikes but Ribeiro is staying in there.
Barker won't let Ribeiro get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Barker landing strikes from the mount.
Barker lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ribeiro really wants to buck Barker off and get back to his feet.
Barker working Ribeiro over with strikes here.
Ribeiro is in a horrible position here. Barker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barker dominating with strikes here.
Barker breaks from Ribeiro's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ribeiro?
Barker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Barker lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Barker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Barker wants to finish this one by submission but Ribeiro is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Barker.
Ribeiro is squirming around, avoiding Barker's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barker landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Barker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Ribeiro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ribeiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up but Barker circles away and keeps his distance.
Barker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ribeiro. Ribeiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up.
Ribeiro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ribeiro pinned against the cage. Ribeiro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ribeiro wants to clinch up but Barker keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ribeiro.
Barker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ribeiro wants to clinch up but Barker keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ribeiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ribeiro misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribeiro throws a series of punches but Barker avoids them all with ease.
Ribeiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ribeiro throws a shot from downtown. Barker moves away and avoids it.
Ribeiro keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ribeiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Ribeiro misses.
Barker wants to land a leg kick but Ribeiro is out of range.
Barker slips a jab and a cross from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro slips a straight right by Barker.
Barker throws a head kick that misses.
Ribeiro throws a series of punches but Barker moves out of range.
Ribeiro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barker.
Barker is looking to land body kicks.
Barker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Barker has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro taking shots to the head.
Ribeiro is in a horrible position here. Barker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mike Ribeiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barker lands with some strikes.
Barker looking for a guillotine from mount but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Ribeiro is trying to stand up.
Barker wants to control the pace but Ribeiro is squirming around nicely.
Barker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mike Ribeiro's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barker with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro is bucking up trying to escape but Barker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bob Barker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barker controlling the position easily from mount.
Ribeiro is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Barker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ribeiro?
Barker wants to control the pace but Ribeiro is squirming around nicely.
Barker lands a big shot there that rocks Ribeiro but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Barker.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barker controlling his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Barker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Barker 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Barker!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Trea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Henderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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137 lbs
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142 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Brawler
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerald Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Trea!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson scores with a three punch combo!
Trea takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Trea.
Henderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trea.
Henderson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Trea's waist but Trea gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.
Henderson clinches.
Trea prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trea keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henderson pushes Trea back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henderson.
Henderson tries to stall but Trea uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trea breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerald Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Trea circles away.
Henderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trea thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trea misses the shot to the body.
Henderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Trea swivels and escapes.
Trea pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Henderson.
Henderson lunges at Trea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trea's hand.
Trea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henderson staying out of range there.
Henderson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Henderson slips under a jab.
Trea shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Trea was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Trea has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henderson's face.
Trea with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henderson is bucking up trying to escape but Trea cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trea has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henderson's face.
Henderson is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trea postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Henderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trea scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson regains half guard.
Henderson punching from the bottom.
Trea passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Henderson!
Henderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Henderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Trea lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Trea with good strikes from the mount here!
Henderson can't escape the position.
Trea swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Henderson is now in Trea's guard. A big mistake from Trea there, giving up the dominant position!
Henderson 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Trea wants to sweep here but Henderson controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trea working for a triangle but Henderson defends it easily.
Trea manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Henderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Trea throws a big right hand that misses.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Trea from controlling successfully.
Henderson keeping full guard, as Trea tries to pass.
Trea thows a big elbow that misses.
Trea must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four 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.
Trea throwing strikes from guard but Henderson blocks nicely.
Henderson looking to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henderson holds on and takes a little breather.
Trea throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Trea throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Henderson is controlling the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson tries to pass to full mount but Trea defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gerald Henderson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Trea throws a hook to the side of Henderson's head but Henderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Trea tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson tries to clinch but fails miserably
so Trea counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Trea working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Henderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Trea's guard.
Henderson won't allow Trea to sweep him here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henderson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Trea punching to the body, from the bottom.
Trea throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trea looking for a sweep. Not yet Trea, not yet.
Henderson is working Trea over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Trea has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Henderson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Trea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trea is looking for a sweep.
Trea is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henderson advances nicely into full mount.
Steve Trea has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Trea keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Trea is bucking up trying to escape but Henderson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trea sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Trea looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trea trying to get back to full guard but Henderson takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Trea is working to get back to half guard.
Trea throwing hammer fists to the chest of Henderson. What's that going to do exactly?
Trea is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henderson landing punches.
Henderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henderson controlling the pace for now.
Trea really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson with a couple of short strikes.
Trea is working to get back to half guard.
Henderson content just to control the position here.
Henderson looking for a guillotine from mount but Trea is having none of it.
Trea is looking to get to half guard.
Henderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
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.
Henderson looking to finish Trea with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trea!
Trea is desperately trying to improve his position but Henderson has a good base and remains in mount.
Henderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Trea can't escape the position.
Henderson with a couple of short strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Trea can do anything to dispel that myth.
Trea is looking to get to half guard.
Trea is bucking up trying to escape but Henderson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Henderson 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.
Henderson dominating with strikes here.
Trea is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Steve Trea will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Henderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Trea throws out a loose jab but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trea looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Henderson works the jab nicely.
Trea takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches up with Trea, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes Trea against the cage but Trea circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henderson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Trea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trea is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Henderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Henderson moves out of range as Trea strikes.
Henderson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson keeping full guard, as Trea tries to pass.
Trea stopping the sweep attempt from Henderson.
Trea thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Trea wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Henderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Trea's guard.
Henderson stopping the sweep attempt from Trea.
Trea throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henderson controlling from the top position.
Trea is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Henderson won't allow Trea to sweep him here.
Trea is striking but Henderson is not phased and passes to half guard.
Trea is looking for a sweep. Henderson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Trea is refusing to be controlled, as Henderson sits in half guard.
Trea is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Henderson jumps into side control!
Henderson working the head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is putting a hurting on Trea here, landing some big shots from side control.
Trea sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Henderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trea is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trea moves into full guard.
Henderson lands a couple of digs.
Trea looking for a sweep. Not yet Trea, not yet.
Trea trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Trea lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henderson!
Trea landing strikes from the mount and Henderson is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trea landing strikes, looking to finish!
Henderson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Trea working Henderson over with strikes.
Henderson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Trea drops an elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Trea prevents Henderson from improving his position.
Trea lands strikes from half guard.
Henderson punching from the bottom.
Henderson wants to get back to full guard.
Henderson is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Trea looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Henderson is fending him off so far but Trea persists. Nope, Henderson circles away and we're back to standing.
Trea misses with a takedown attempt
and Trea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Trea.
I think Trea 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Steve Trea!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quandu Zornach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zornach's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, When you f***ed grandpa. The crowd seem to be enjoying Blade's choice of entrance music: For Whom the Bell Tolls. Bobby Blade acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quandu Zornach!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Blade!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blade moves into the clinch.
Blade's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blade creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zornach's defenses.
It looks like Quandu Zornach has been cut.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zornach breaks the clinch.
Zornach throws a half hearted mid kick.
Some wild striking there from Zornach.
Quandu Zornach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Zornach.
Zornach throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blade wants to clinch up but Zornach keeps it at a distance.
Blade looks to land a left hand but Zornach moved out of range nicely.
Zornach lands a jab to the nose.
Zornach misses with a two punch combination.
Zornach lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zornach lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blade takes a step back to recover.
Blade rushes Zornach and presses him up against the cage.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zornach can't break the clinch.
Zornach blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach wants to get back to striking at distance but Blade won't allow it.
Zornach takes an elbow to the temple.
Blade will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zornach up against the cage.
Blade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blade lands a knee to the body.
Zornach wants to break free but Blade has control.
Blade taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Blade.
Zornach blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blade slows down the pace here.
Blade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zornach managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.
Blade connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zornach's face.
Knees to the body from Blade.
Zornach avoiding damage as Blade throws knees to the body.
Zornach wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blade pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade stalling in the clinch but Zornach improves position.
Blade throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zornach wants to get back to striking at distance but Blade won't allow it.
Zornach is looking to break free of the clinch but Blade has double underhooks.
Blade lands a nice elbow.
Zornach's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blade tries to clinch but Zornach moves out of range.
Blade misses with a two punch combination.
Zornach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blade.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zornach misses with a combination
and Blade counters by moving into the clinch.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blade wants to stall.
Zornach tries to break the clinch but Blade is controlling the position.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Zornach avoids the damage to the body.
Blade lands a body shot.
Blade taking a breather.
Blade slows down the pace here.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blade trying to stall but Zornach improves his position.
Blade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blade looks gassed!
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blade.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zornach. Blade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zornach throws a right hand that Blade ducks under and follows up with a left that Blade also avoids with ease.
Zornach takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blade avoids the head kick by Zornach.
Zornach lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blade circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zornach swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Zornach throws a combination that misses
and Blade counters with an inside leg kick.
Zornach throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blade.
A jab lands there for Zornach.
Blade misses with a double jab
and Zornach counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blade is looking to clinch.
Zornach scores with a one two! Blade had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Blade fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zornach lands a two punch combo.
Zornach lands with a nice combination. Blade backs away looking to recover.
Danga de danga de dang - Zornach scores with a four punch combination!
Blade avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zornach throws a head kick that misses
and Blade counters with a left and a right that stings Zornach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blade misses with a double jab.
Zornach has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Blade.
Zornach digs a good body shot into Blade's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Blade will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zornach lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Zornach pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blade is looking to clinch but Zornach is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zornach.
Blade misses with a jab to the body
and Zornach makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zornach keeps the fight on the outside.
Zornach throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Blade.
Zornach lands a body shot.
Zornach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zornach lands a jab to the nose.
Quandu Zornach is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zornach checks a leg kick.
Zornach blocks a low kick nicely.
Blade is breathing heavily.
Zornach scores with a nice body kick.
Zornach throws a series of punches but Blade avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Zornach.
Zornach thows a body kick. Blade tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zornach scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach misses with a two punch combination.
Quandu Zornach is winning the standup battle so far.
Zornach looks to land a combination. Blade sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Zornach fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zornach looks for the body kick but Blade saw that one coming.
Zornach misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blade tries a head kick but it misses.
Zornach looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zornach pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zornach throws a leg kick that is checked
and Blade counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blade.
Zornach is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blade lands a nice knee to the body.
Blade is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zornach is keeping busy.
Zornach wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Blade throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zornach blocks it with crossed arms.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zornach tries to break the clinch but Blade is controlling the position.
Blade looking to throw knees to the head but Zornach is blocking nicely.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Zornach blocks the elbow strike.
Blade tries to land a knee to the head but Zornach blocks with his arms.
Blade prevents Zornach from breaking the clinch.
Zornach wants to break free but Blade has control.
Blade misses with an elbow over the top.
Zornach wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zornach is trying to break the clinch but Blade has him pressed against the cage.
Blade scores a nice knee to the body.
Blade creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blade taking a breather.
Zornach breaks the clinch.
Zornach throws a series of punches but Blade avoids them all with ease.
Blade swinging wilding here.
Zornach goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zornach lands a two punch combo.
Zornach tries to bum rush Blade with a series of wild strikes but Blade uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zornach scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zornach lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zornach lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blade takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zornach misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zornach.
Zornach throws a one two combo.
Zornach throws a push kick but Blade slaps the foot to one side.
Zornach throws a head kick that misses.
Blade takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zornach throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blade throws a series of punches but Zornach moves out of range.
Blade tries to move into range but Zornach moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zornach's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zornach duly obliges.
Zornach lands a jab-cross combination.
Zornach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blade throws a nice looking combination but Zornach bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Zornach - that will leave a mark!
Zornach fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice combination there by Zornach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zornach lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Blade throws and low kick but Zornach moves out of range easily.
Zornach's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zornach duly obliges.
Zornach lands a two punch combo.
Zornach swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blade.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blade tries to clinch but Zornach moves out of range.
Zornach digs a good hook to Blade's body.
Zornach moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Zornach. That snapped Blade's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quandu Zornach dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zornach misses with the combination.
Blade looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zornach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zornach lands a lovely overhand right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zornach throws a one two combo.
Zornach throws a body kick the misses
and Blade counters by clinching up.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zornach lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zornach is looking to break free of the clinch but Blade has double underhooks.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Blade landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blade lands an elbow inside that Zornach shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Zornach.
Zornach wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blade has him pressed against the cage.
Blade is trying to stall.
Zornach blocks the elbow strike.
Zornach wants to break free but Blade has control.
Zornach wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Zornach.
Zornach managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Blade throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zornach looking to slow down the pace here.
Zornach blocks an elbow strike.
Blade has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zornach is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blade pushes off an throws an elbow but Zornach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zornach wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blade has him pressed against the cage.
Blade is trying to stall.
Blade throws an elbow but it misses.
Blade lands a damaging elbow.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Zornach takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Blade throws an elbow that misses.
Blade avoiding damage as Zornach throws knees to the body.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zornach is trying to break the clinch but Blade has him pressed against the cage.
Blade lands a nice knee to the body.
Blade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zornach lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zornach wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blade controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Zornach avoids the damage to the body.
Zornach avoiding damage as Blade throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Zornach as the two fighters clinch.
Zornach wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blade scores a nice knee to the body.
Blade looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blade is stalling here.
Zornach manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Zornach.
A right-left combo lands from Zornach.
Zornach fails to land with a series of punches.
Zornach scores with a three punch combo!
Zornach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zornach throws a head kick but Blade moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade moves into the clinch.
Blade landing knees to the body.
Zornach is looking to break free of the clinch but Blade has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blade.
Zornach is trying to break free.
Blade slows down the pace here.
Blade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Zornach blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zornach managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.
Blade is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zornach is looking to break free of the clinch but Blade has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Quandu Zornach did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Blade throws a sloppy head kick
and Zornach counters with a nice body shot.
Zornach throws a right hand that Blade ducks under and follows up with a left that Blade also avoids with ease.
Zornach lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zornach keeps the fight on the outside.
Blade takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zornach misses with a double jab.
Zornach goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blade wants to clinch.
Blade moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zornach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blade moves out of range of the body kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Zornach throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zornach lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach looks to land a combination but Blade avoids it well.
Blade connects with a single shot there.
Zornach rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blade throws a head kick that misses
and Zornach counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zornach lunges at Blade with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blade's hand.
A good leg kick by Zornach.
Zornach lands a jab-cross combination.
Zornach cracks a nice hook into Blade's ribs.
Zornach will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zornach scores with a spinning back kick!
A punch lands to the side of Blade 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Zornach misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Zornach misses.
Zornach cracks Blade with a good jab.
Blade misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Zornach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zornach displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Zornach throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blade.
Zornach wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zornach misses with a wild combination.
Blade gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zornach moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Blade misses with a series of wild punches.
Zornach stalks Blade and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blade's face. Blade staggers backwards, shaken.
Zornach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zornach lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zornach.
Zornach digs a good hook to Blade's body.
Zornach's corner calls for a 1-2. Zornach obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zornach misses with a double jab.
Zornach lands with a slapping head kick.
A punch combination from Zornach misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zornach.
Crunch! Zornach slams his shin into Blade's torso.
Zornach scores with a hook to the body. Blade takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zornach lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zornach.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zornach, right into the meat.
Zornach attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Zornach lands with a cross.
Blade looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zornach takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blade dodges the punch combination from Zornach.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zornach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zornach!
Nice body punch from Zornach.
A head kick misses from Zornach.
Blade tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zornach thows a body kick. Blade tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Blade checks a leg kick nicely.
Zornach misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zornach.
Zornach scores with a kick to the midsection.
Blade fails to land with a series of punches.
Blade walks forward, straight into a front kick from Zornach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blade takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zornach throws a head kick that misses.
Zornach is working the combinations to good effect here.
Zornach scores with a one two! Blade had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zornach lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quandu Zornach had his way with Bobby Blade in that round.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach'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. This is the final round!
Zornach throws a series of strikes that have Blade backpedaling.
Zornach swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Blade avoids the head kick by Zornach.
Zornach cracks Blade with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Zornach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zornach lands a jab-cross combination.
Blade is looking to clinch.
Zornach lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blade circles away quickly and effectively.
Zornach misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zornach tries a low kick but Blade avoids it.
Zornach fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zornach is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Blade.
No joy there for Zornach, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zornach with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zornach misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Zornach throws a series of strikes that have Blade backpedaling.
Zornach misses with the combination.
Zornach lands a high kick!
Zornach lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zornach misses with a combination
and Blade counters with a straight right hand.
Zornach throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Blade has managed to clinch.
Zornach managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.
Blade lands a nice knee to the body.
Blade throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zornach is trying to break free.
Zornach letting Blade take a breather here.
Blade tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade pushes off an throws an elbow but Zornach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zornach has had enough of the clinch but Blade keeps him there for the moment.
Zornach is trying to break free.
Blade lands a knee to the head.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blade is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blade looking to throw knees to the head but Zornach is blocking nicely.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zornach wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blade prevents Zornach from breaking the clinch.
Blade holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Blade fails to land.
Zornach wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Zornach avoids the damage to the body.
Zornach breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zornach.
Blade blocks a head kick by Zornach.
Blade blocks a head kick by Zornach.
Zornach lands a nice hook to Blade's body. Blade takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blade tries to clinch but Zornach is having none of it.
Blade fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blade wants to clinch.
Blade has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Zornach.
Blade takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zornach lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zornach.
Blade takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Blade tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blade moves out of range of the body kick from Zornach.
A left lands for Zornach.
Zornach clobbers Blade with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zornach scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Decent striking displayed by Zornach there.
Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zornach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zornach lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zornach.
Blade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zornach.
Zornach looks for the body kick but Blade saw that one coming.
Blade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab from Zornach.
Blade blocks a low kick nicely.
Blade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bobby Blade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quandu Zornach is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Zornach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quandu Zornach showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zornach has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 48:46
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 48:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quandu Zornach!
Quandu Zornach retains his welterweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taka Yoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aschen Breaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Breaker has chosen Disturbed - Indestructible as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taka Yoshi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aschen Breaker!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breaker is looking to clinch.
Breaker shoots in and bounces Yoshi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Yoshi keeping moving, preventing Breaker from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yoshi is on top in guard.
Breaker is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yoshi advances position into side control!
Breaker manages to work his way to half guard, despite Yoshi's best efforts.
Breaker tries to get to full guard but Yoshi has control of the leg.
Breaker is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yoshi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yoshi's back!
Yoshi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yoshi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Breaker is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breaker trying to mount his opponent but Yoshi defends it.
Yoshi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Yoshi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Breaker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Breaker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yoshi working a defensive guard here.
Yoshi has his foot on Breaker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Breaker works his way back into a safe position though.
Breaker tries to free his leg and advance position but Yoshi is retaining full guard.
Breaker forces his way into half guard.
Breaker working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breaker wants to pass to mount but Yoshi is defending the position.
Yoshi trying to hold on to Breaker's head to control him but Breaker postures up.
Breaker is trying to work for a kimura but Yoshi is defending well.
Breaker is trying to control the action in half guard but Yoshi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Breaker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoshi gets back to full guard.
Breaker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yoshi's head.
Yoshi is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Breaker has his hands clasped together but Yoshi extends an breaks Breaker's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Yoshi.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Taka Yoshi!
Taka Yoshi is the new light heavyweight champion!
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