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RSM 24: Rocky v Rufus PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Killroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Thomas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Killroy!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Killroy throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Killroy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Killroy.
Killroy throws a lazy body kick
and Thomas counters with a series of strikes. Killroy will be more careful next time no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Killroy.
Good shot there by Thomas.
Killroy with a poor takedown
and Thomas counters with a single leg into guard. Killroy didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Killroy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Killroy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mark Thomas wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Killroy to the mat! Killroy manages to get full guard.
Thomas throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas throwing strikes but missing.
Killroy has his feet on Thomas's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Killroy.
Killroy tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killroy has his takedown stuffed
and Thomas counters with a takedown into side control.
Mark Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Killroy.
Killroy looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Thomas prevents Killroy from escaping the position.
Thomas misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Thomas has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Thomas is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Killroy has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Killroy!
Killroy postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Killroy trying to control but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Thomas looking for a sweep. Not yet Thomas, not yet.
Killroy trying to control the position from guard on top but Thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Killroy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Thomas kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Killroy is sitting in close to Thomas's body. Thomas has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Killroy is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Killroy is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Thomas.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mark Thomas!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luke Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Kauo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kauo has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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137 lbs
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137 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesse Kauo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Graham.
A combination from Graham does no damage.
Graham misses the shot to the body.
Graham pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kauo back to the cage. Graham follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Horrible takedown by Kauo or perhaps it was just good defense by Graham which made him look bad.
Graham lands the left hand.
Kauo throws a jab but it's blocked by Graham.
Graham throws a series of punches but Kauo moves out of range.
Kauo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Graham misses with a straight left.
Graham stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Graham wants it to stay on the feet.
Luke Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse Kauo.
Graham pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kauo back to the cage. Graham follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Graham tests Kauo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kauo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Graham scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kauo tries a head kick but it misses.
Kauo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kauo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Graham missing with a left hand there. Kauo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kauo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kauo misses with a takedown attempt - Graham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Graham finds it's way through Kauo's defenses.
Luke Graham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Graham misses with an uppercut
and Kauo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kauo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Graham wants to control but Kauo is keeping busy.
Kauo is nestled in close to Graham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Graham avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kauo.
Kauo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kauo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kauo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Graham is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kauo lands with some strikes.
Graham is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kauo landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Kauo.
Kauo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kauo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Graham is rocked!
Kauo unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Graham wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kauo celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Kauo!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zach Wurster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bayley James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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175 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zach Wurster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bayley James!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wurster misses with a combination
and James moves into the clinch.
Wurster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite James's efforts to push away.
Wurster tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.
Wurster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zach Wurster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wurster fails in his attempt to clinch.
James tries to clinch but Wurster is having none of it.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Wurster.
James has managed to clinch.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wurster misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James lands a jab to the head.
James connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wurster misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James lands with a shot to the body.
Wurster misses with a series of wild punches.
Wurster misses with a combination
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wurster misses with the combination.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wurster lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Wurster throws a right hand that James ducks under and follows up with a left that James also avoids with ease.
Wurster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
James wants to clinch up but Wurster keeps it at a distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Wurster checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
James tries to clinch but Wurster moves out of range.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wurster fails in his attempt to clinch.
James has closed the distance and engaged Wurster in a clinch.
Wurster wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Wurster.
James pushes Wurster up against the cage in a clinch.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wurster throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wurster walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James breaks the clinch.
Donk. James catches Wurster right on the button with a cross.
Wurster throws a left and a right that both miss
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wurster misses with a wild combination.
Wurster is breathing heavily.
A jab from James finds it's way through Wurster's defenses.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wurster gets tackled into the cage by James. James maintains the clinch.
Wurster is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wurster throws a left and a right that both miss
and James counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
James moves into the clinch successfully.
James breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for James. That snapped Wurster's head back.
Wurster fails with an attempt to clinch.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wurster slips a jab and a cross from James.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wurster looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
James clinches up with Wurster and pushes him back against the cage.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wurster misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wurster wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
Wurster misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Wurster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Wurster circles away.
James throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wurster misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James jabs Wurster right on the nose. Wurster blinks but takes it well.
Wurster tries to clinch there but James circles away.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wurster sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James cracks Wurster with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wurster avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James drops Wurster with a beautiful combination! Wurster stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - James is looking for the KO!
Wurster is rocked!
Wurster looks up at the clock. Bad move! James lands a right hand from hell, dropping Wurster. James pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bayley James!
Bayley James very nearly forgot to thank Bloodsport Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Death Above (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Handel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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143 lbs
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138 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Death Above!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Handel!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Above waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Handel.
Handel gets a clinch.
Above is trying to push Handel away but Handel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Above tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Above jumps guard and drags Handel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Handel looking to sit in guard and control but Above gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Above advances position into side control!
Above controlling the position.
Above has hold of Handel's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Handel tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Above cranks the arm and Handel screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Handel, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Death Above!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Mlodzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauer Zajzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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154 lbs
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166 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Mlodzinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauer Zajzon!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zajzon dives in and scores a takedown into Mlodzinski's guard.
Mlodzinski wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Zajzon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zajzon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mlodzinski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mlodzinski working a defensive guard here.
Mlodzinski 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.
Zajzon tries to free his leg and advance position but Mlodzinski is retaining full guard.
Mlodzinski 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.
Mlodzinski trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Mlodzinski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Zajzon working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mlodzinski looking for a triangle here. Zajzon is fighting it but it looks tight! Mlodzinski pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Zajzon is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Adam Mlodzinski!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Holyfield might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RAWR. Joe Holyfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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225 lbs
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258 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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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
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Holyfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alistair Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson feints and then cracks Holyfield's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holyfield down.
Holyfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Alistair Nelson has been cut.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Holyfield avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Holyfield clinches up with Nelson and pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson trying to stall but Holyfield improves his position.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson lands a knee to the head.
Nelson breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Holyfield drops Nelson with a beautiful combination! Nelson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Holyfield is looking for the KO!
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
Holyfield goes for a small jab and connects. Now Holyfield goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Nelson stumbles back but Holyfield runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Nelson to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Nelson will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joe Holyfield!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Joe Holyfield made sure he mentioned Terror-Trition: Video Proven 155Q for $49+Laundry!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Novak Milankovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Milankovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses. Mendez has chosen Danza Kuduro as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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187 lbs
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Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Novak Milankovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez throws a head kick but Milankovic moves out of range.
Milankovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Milankovic is looking to clinch.
Mendez throws a leg kick but Milankovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Milankovic is looking to clinch.
Milankovic pushes Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Milankovic missing with knees to the body.
Milankovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Milankovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mendez looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milankovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Milankovic landing knees to the body.
Milankovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Milankovic scores with a hook to the body.
Milankovic drops Mendez with a big knee straight up the middle! Mendez is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
It looks like Antonio Mendez has been cut.
Milankovic clinches with his opponent.
Milankovic lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Milankovic has Mendez pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Milankovic for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Milankovic tries to land a knee to the head but Mendez blocks with his arms.
Milankovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Milankovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mendez is trying to break free.
Milankovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Mendez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Milankovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mendez blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Milankovic.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Milankovic.
Milankovic crunches a lovely knee into Mendez's ribcage.
Milankovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Milankovic obliges.
Milankovic with a knee to the head.
Milankovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Milankovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Milankovic is controlling him.
Mendez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Milankovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Milankovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mendez being controlled against the cage.
Milankovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milankovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Milankovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Milankovic is controlling him.
Milankovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mendez up against the cage.
Milankovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Milankovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Milankovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milankovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Milankovic.
Milankovic pushes Mendez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Milankovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milankovic landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Milankovic.
Mendez has had enough of the clinch but Milankovic keeps him there for the moment.
Milankovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Milankovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mendez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Milankovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Milankovic landing knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Milankovic.
Milankovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Milankovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Novak Milankovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Mendez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Good leg kick by Milankovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Milankovic rushes Mendez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Milankovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Mendez won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Milankovic.
Milankovic stalling in the clinch.
Milankovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Mendez won't want to take too many of those.
Milankovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mendez backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milankovic lands a big knee to the head and Mendez goes down! Milankovic pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Novak Milankovic!
Post fight, Novak Milankovic took to the microphone: 'HALL OF FAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Blackshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Bielawski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blackshaw might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Frank Sinatra - Ain't that a Kick in the Head. Bielawski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Last of the Mohican kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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137 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Blackshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Bielawski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bielawski thumps Blackshaw with a low kick.
Bielawski gets tackled into the cage by Blackshaw. Blackshaw maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bielawski obliges.
Bielawski tries to pull guard but Blackshaw forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bielawski has Blackshaw pressed against the cage, preventing Blackshaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Still in the clinch, Blackshaw scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blackshaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blackshaw throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bielawski counters with an outside leg kick.
Blackshaw tries to clinch but Bielawski moves out of range.
Blackshaw decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackshaw is thwarting Bielawski's attempts to control the position.
Blackshaw wants to pass to mount but Bielawski is defending the position.
Blackshaw is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bielawski doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Blackshaw.
Bielawski moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackshaw advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bielawski gets full guard.
Blackshaw avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Blackshaw trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blackshaw preventing the sweep.
Blackshaw throws a big right hand that misses.
Bielawski is trying to control the position but Blackshaw postures up.
Blackshaw trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bielawski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blackshaw is one step ahead there.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A low kick from Blackshaw misses
and Bielawski finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Blackshaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Blackshaw. Those never looked like landing.
Blackshaw throws a combination that misses
and Bielawski counters with a low kick, right behind Blackshaw 's knee.
Blackshaw is breathing heavily.
Blackshaw falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bielawski throws a head kick that Blackshaw semi-blocks.
Blackshaw on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bielawski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Blackshaw shoots in and bounces Bielawski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bielawski is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Blackshaw has his hands clasped together but Bielawski extends an breaks Blackshaw's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Bielawski.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Bielawski!
After winning the bout, Tom Bielawski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Belt Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Lovell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black Belt Bundy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Max Lovell's chin.
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275 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Belt Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Lovell!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bundy slaps away a takedown attempt from Lovell, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lovell fails with a takedown attempt.
Bundy misses the shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bundy checks a leg kick.
Bundy just misses with a punch to the body.
Bundy thuds a left hand into Lovell's body.
Lovell slips a jab from Bundy.
Bundy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lovell. That one must have hurt.
Bundy scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lovell shoots in but no luck this time.
Black Belt Bundy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Lovell.
Lovell closes the distance and clinches.
Lovell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bundy avoids the elbow strike from Lovell, against the cage.
Bundy tries to break the clinch but Lovell is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy blocks the elbow strike.
Lovell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bundy backwards.
Lovell keeps control of Bundy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bundy lands a right hand.
Bundy is trying to force a seperation but Lovell has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bundy.
Lovell working Bundy over with knees to the body.
Bundy stalling in the clinch but Lovell improves position.
A shot in the inside from Bundy.
Bundy breaks the clinch.
Bundy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bundy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bundy misses with an uppercut.
Bundy gets a double leg takedown into Lovell's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bundy looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy pushing down on Lovell's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lovell moves into full guard.
Bundy advances position into side control!
Bundy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bundy tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bundy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bundy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
You can see the frustration on Lovell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lovell gets back to half guard.
Bundy misses with a head shot. Lovell uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lovell is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bundy landing some decent shots from guard.
Bundy is pushing down on Lovell's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lovell is fighting to maintain full guard but Bundy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bundy throwing shots but Lovell is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bundy tries to pass to full mount but Lovell defends it.
Bundy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Belt Bundy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lovell tries to clinch up but Bundy circles away and keeps his distance.
Bundy looks for a takedown but Lovell sprawls well.
Lovell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lovell decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bundy is trying to maintain the position but Lovell is very close to passing his half guard.
Bundy wants to get back to full guard.
Bundy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bundy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovell postures up.
Bundy is really struggling to control Lovell but he's trying to hold on to the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bundy here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Lovell tries to free his leg and advance position but Bundy is retaining full guard.
Bundy looking for a guillotine here but Lovell defends easily.
Bundy looking for a guillotine here but Lovell defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bundy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lovell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Bundy is tightening it up a little... Lovell has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Lovell reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Lovell taps out! Nice BJJ there by Bundy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Black Belt Bundy!
Post fight, an emotional Black Belt Bundy said 'I've been picked to lose every fight I've been in since I arrived at RSM. Seriously, who do I have to KO or choke out to get respect here? Team Disney, bitches!!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rufus McGrufus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano has chosen lets dance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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175 lbs
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146 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Rufus McGrufus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano lands a jab to the head.
McGrufus looks to score with a jab to the body but Marciano is just out of range.
Marciano blocks a leg kick.
Marciano clobbers McGrufus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGrufus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGrufus throws the kick towards the body but Marciano avoids it.
Marciano is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McGrufus misses with a low kick.
McGrufus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciano feints a jab promting McGrufus to slip. Marciano then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McGrufus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McGrufus lands a front kick.
Marciano missing with a left hand there. McGrufus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marciano tried to score with a low kick but McGrufus checks it.
A leg kick checked by McGrufus.
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick from McGrufus.
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
Marciano scores with a jab. McGrufus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McGrufus's corner calls for a 1-2. McGrufus obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGrufus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McGrufus misses with an uppercut
and Marciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McGrufus stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McGrufus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Marciano connects with a body shot that sends McGrufus's belly button to the back.
McGrufus throws a leg kick but Marciano moved away.
The crowd cheers as Marciano lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGrufus doesn't seem phased though.
McGrufus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Marciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McGrufus missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses.
Marciano keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
McGrufus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marciano's calf.
McGrufus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marciano's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGrufus is looking to chop away at Marciano's legs.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with the combination.
McGrufus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGrufus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Marciano.
Marciano connects with a good right hand that stumbles McGrufus. McGrufus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGrufus throws a leg kick that misses.
Marciano fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Marciano with that takedown attempt.
Marciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marciano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McGrufus misses with a kick to the body.
A lazy left from Marciano finds it's target.
McGrufus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marciano.
Marciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marciano lands a body shot.
Rufus McGrufus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGrufus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marciano.
McGrufus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGrufus throws a lazy head kick
letting Marciano counter with a right hand.
Marciano is trying hard to land a takedown here. McGrufus sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rufus McGrufus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Marciano.
Marciano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McGrufus's head backwards.
McGrufus is looking to wear down Marciano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McGrufus tries to land a front kick but Marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rufus McGrufus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGrufus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marciano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McGrufus. McGrufus obviously looking to wear him down.
McGrufus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marciano doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGrufus misses with a looping left.
A jab from McGrufus finds it's way through Marciano's defenses.
McGrufus tries to land a front kick but Marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McGrufus thumps Marciano with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a hook but McGrufus blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGrufus. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGrufus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGrufus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McGrufus. Marciano shrugs it off though.
Marciano looks gassed!
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses.
McGrufus connects with a high kick.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marciano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
Marciano walks forward, straight into a front kick from McGrufus.
McGrufus connects with a right hand. Marciano shakes it off.
McGrufus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGrufus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marciano checks it well.
McGrufus dodges the punch combination from Marciano.
McGrufus thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus McGrufus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McGrufus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGrufus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Marciano.
Marciano takes one to the side of the head.
McGrufus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
Marciano's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Marciano duly obliges.
McGrufus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano checks a low kick from McGrufus.
McGrufus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
McGrufus throws a sloppy head kick and Marciano moves out of range easily.
Rufus McGrufus is winning the standup battle so far.
Marciano lands a jab-cross combination.
McGrufus misses with a low kick.
McGrufus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrufus scores with the left hand. Marciano knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice jab there from Marciano.
An inside leg kick from McGrufus misses.
Marciano misses with a looping left.
Marciano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McGrufus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marciano feints and then cracks McGrufus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McGrufus down.
Marciano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Marciano misses.
Marciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marciano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McGrufus throws a leg kick but Marciano sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGrufus misses with a lunging right hand
and Marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
McGrufus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McGrufus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marciano manages to avoid it.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Marciano throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marciano can pounce on him.
McGrufus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marciano slips a jab from McGrufus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGrufus throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano's jab looks to have found its range, popping McGrufus under the eye.
Marciano throws a series of punches but McGrufus moves out of range.
McGrufus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marciano's head.
Marciano is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McGrufus's half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McGrufus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marciano.
Marciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGrufus defending well though.
McGrufus wants to improve his position but Marciano is controlling well.
Marciano is trying to control. McGrufus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Marciano throwing shots but McGrufus is blocking nicely.
Marciano thows a huge punch but McGrufus dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus tries to roll over but Marciano keeps him under control.
Marciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marciano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGrufus defending well though.
McGrufus wants to get back to full guard.
McGrufus wants to get back to his feet.
Marciano is nestled in close to McGrufus, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McGrufus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Marciano is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marciano is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marciano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but McGrufus sees it coming and defends easily.
McGrufus on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McGrufus tries to get out of the position.
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. Marciano connects with a nice short shot to McGrufus's temple.
Marciano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throwing shots but McGrufus is blocking nicely.
Marciano prevents McGrufus from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Marciano is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marciano not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McGrufus tries to kick Marciano off but Marciano keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
McGrufus is looking for a sweep. Marciano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McGrufus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marciano on the ground.
Marciano is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marciano stops McGrufus from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marciano wants to pass to mount but McGrufus is defending the position.
Marciano scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGrufus is trying to get back to full guard.
Marciano trying to control the action but McGrufus is working from the bottom.
McGrufus wants to improve his position but Marciano is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano 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!
A shot to the liver by Marciano. Beautiful body shot.
McGrufus scores with a head kick.
Marciano moves away from the strike by McGrufus.
McGrufus misses with a body shot.
Marciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marciano throws a hook but McGrufus blocks it.
Marciano looks to land a right hand but McGrufus moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGrufus. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGrufus thows a body shot but no joy.
Marciano works the jab nicely.
McGrufus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGrufus. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGrufus takes a jab right on the kisser.
McGrufus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
Marciano has a takedown stuffed.
Marciano throws a looping overhand right but McGrufus ducks down to avoid it.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marciano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McGrufus misses with a low kick.
Marciano throws a series of punches but McGrufus avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters circling a little - McGrufus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Marciano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McGrufus throws a jab but it's blocked by Marciano.
McGrufus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGrufus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McGrufus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marciano checks it well.
McGrufus is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus misses with a body kick.
Marciano lands with a nice combination. McGrufus backs away looking to recover.
Marciano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McGrufus to score with a decent uppercut.
McGrufus misses the shot to the body.
McGrufus thows a body kick. Marciano tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marciano connects with a right hand. McGrufus shakes it off.
McGrufus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGrufus moves out of range of the leg kick from Marciano.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marciano is defended easily by McGrufus.
McGrufus moves out of range of the strikes.
Marciano fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McGrufus avoids it really well and circles away.
Rufus McGrufus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Marciano.
McGrufus lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marciano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McGrufus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marciano lands with a cross.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. McGrufus saw that one coming.
Marciano tests McGrufus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marciano throws a shot from downtown. McGrufus moves away and avoids it.
McGrufus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marciano closes the distance and clinches up with McGrufus, looking for a takedown. Marciano pushes McGrufus against the cage but McGrufus circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McGrufus throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGrufus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from McGrufus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus throws a leg kick which misses Marciano's front leg but catches the back leg as Marciano tries to avoid it.
McGrufus digs a good hook to Marciano's body.
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!
Marciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McGrufus misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Marciano.
McGrufus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marciano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGrufus.
Marciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McGrufus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McGrufus throws an overhand right that lands on Marciano's shoulder, as Marciano tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
McGrufus throws a leg kick but Marciano sees it coming and moves out of range.
Marciano checks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Marciano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus McGrufus clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McGrufus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marciano has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from McGrufus.
Marciano blocks a low kick nicely.
McGrufus lands a glancing blow to the side of Marciano's head.
McGrufus scores with a jab to the head.
McGrufus throws a body kick that misses.
McGrufus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marciano is able to avoid easily.
Nice cross by McGrufus.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from McGrufus as Marciano shoots in.
McGrufus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McGrufus looks for the body kick but Marciano saw that one coming.
Marciano lands with a good body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Marciano moves into the clinch.
McGrufus missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for McGrufus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGrufus looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from McGrufus.
McGrufus gets underhooks to prevent Marciano's takedown attempt.
McGrufus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from McGrufus misses.
McGrufus throws a low kick but Marciano moves out of range easily.
McGrufus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marciano throws a low kick, looking for McGrufus's leg but McGrufus calmly moves out of range.
Marciano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McGrufus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGrufus throws a leg kick
and Marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marciano checks a leg kick.
Marciano moves out of range of the leg kick from McGrufus.
McGrufus misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
McGrufus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrufus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marciano.
Rufus McGrufus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Marciano.
McGrufus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marciano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McGrufus misses with a body shot.
Marciano misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marciano fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McGrufus avoids it really well and circles away.
McGrufus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marciano cracks McGrufus with a good jab.
McGrufus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano avoids the body shot from McGrufus.
A big left from Marciano misses.
McGrufus lands with a kick to the temple. Marciano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marciano is looking to clinch but McGrufus is avoiding it.
Marciano scores with a hook.
McGrufus throws a leg kick which misses Marciano's front leg but catches the back leg as Marciano tries to avoid it.
Marciano throws a one two combo.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marciano, right into the meat.
McGrufus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciano blocks a head kick by McGrufus.
Marciano lands an overhand right.
McGrufus throws a sloppy head kick and Marciano moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from McGrufus.
McGrufus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Marciano avoids the head kick by McGrufus.
McGrufus throws a low kick but Marciano moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Marciano.
Marciano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGrufus on the side of the head.
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!
McGrufus lands a jab to Marciano's midsection.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a nice strike.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marciano.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGrufus misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big left from McGrufus misses.
McGrufus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McGrufus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Marciano cracks McGrufus with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus McGrufus had his way with Rocky Marciano in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick.
A lazy body kick from McGrufus
and Marciano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Marciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McGrufus's head.
McGrufus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marciano.
Marciano throws out a powerful jab.
McGrufus throws a leg kick but Marciano moved away.
Marciano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McGrufus on the side of the head.
McGrufus misses with a right hand
and Marciano counters with a stiff right hand.
McGrufus tries to work over Marciano's front leg with a kick but Marciano checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Marciano misses the target.
Marciano throws a low kick, looking for McGrufus's leg but McGrufus calmly moves out of range.
McGrufus throws a sloppy head kick and Marciano moves out of range easily.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGrufus throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
McGrufus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marciano loads up on a big right hand but McGrufus slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrufus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marciano throws a right hand that McGrufus ducks under and follows up with a left that McGrufus also avoids with ease.
Marciano goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jab by Marciano.
McGrufus misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by McGrufus. That's going to slow Marciano down.
McGrufus tries to score with a low kick but Marciano moves his leg out of the way.
Marciano lunges at McGrufus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McGrufus's hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGrufus.
McGrufus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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.
McGrufus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
McGrufus tries a head kick but it misses.
Marciano feints a jab promting McGrufus to slip. Marciano then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McGrufus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGrufus. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano lands a jab to the nose.
McGrufus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marciano was well out of range. Poor timing from McGrufus.
McGrufus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McGrufus moves forwards but Marciano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGrufus ducks under a wild hook from Marciano.
Marciano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
McGrufus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McGrufus scores with a nice body kick.
McGrufus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGrufus takes one to the chin there.
McGrufus lands with a slapping head kick.
Marciano is looking to clinch but McGrufus is avoiding it.
Marciano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGrufus.
McGrufus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marciano.
McGrufus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marciano is out of range.
McGrufus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGrufus misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by McGrufus as he connects with a hook.
Marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rocky Marciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGrufus connects with a right hand. Marciano shakes it off.
Marciano scores with a jab to the body.
Marciano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGrufus on the side of the head.
Marciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGrufus.
McGrufus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McGrufus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McGrufus looks to land a body kick but Marciano moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGrufus misses with a left hand
and Marciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McGrufus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marciano avoids a kick to the body.
McGrufus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGrufus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciano scores with a three punch combo!
A telegraphed right hand from Marciano misses the target.
McGrufus gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Marciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGrufus takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - McGrufus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGrufus misses the jab.
McGrufus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rufus McGrufus.
I think McGrufus 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus McGrufus!
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