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SSF 27 Guy vs Van Damme PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine Petit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antoine Petit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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146 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antoine Petit!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petit was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Petit, as that shot connected.
Petit with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petit closes the distance and clinches up with Lee, looking for a takedown. Petit pushes Lee against the cage but Lee circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Petit clinches.
Petit blocks the elbow strike.
Lee'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.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Petit avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Petit pulls guard successfully.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Petit.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Petit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Petit swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petit manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Petit is looking to stand up but Lee won't let him.
Petit passes into half guard.
Petit perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee gets full guard.
Petit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Petit trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petit wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Petit is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Antoine Petit.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit moves into the clinch.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee lands an elbow just above Petit 's eye.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Antoine Petit has been cut.
Petit is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lee pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ricky Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine Petit.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Petit can't get the takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Petit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Petit is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks a body shot from Petit.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Petit backwards.
Petit dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Lee working Petit over with knees to the 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!
Lee misses with a body punch.
Petit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Petit is blocking nicely.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petit prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee trying to stall but Petit improves his position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Petit misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antoine Petit'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.
Petit misses with a takedown
and Lee counters with a thumping low kick.
Petit fails with the takedown.
Petit misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ricky Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine Petit.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Petit misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lee blocks a head kick by Petit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands a head kick that stumbles Petit and the fighters go to the mat.
Petit is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petit is trying to control the position but Lee postures up.
Petit is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?
Petit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lee defends it easily.
Petit seems to have recovered his senses.
Lee won't allow Petit to sweep him here.
Petit throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Petit's head.
Leeis looking to pass into half guard but Petit pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Petit is in guard.
Petit passes Lee's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lee won't allow Petit to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Petit has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lee tries to hold on but Petit postures up.
Lee tries to reverse the position but Petit maintains control.
Petit takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lee tries to hold on but Petit postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Petit sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Petit with shots to the head and body - Lee looks very uncomfortable down there.
Petit can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
Lee is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
Lee tries to hold on but Petit postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petit looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ricky Lee will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antoine Petit's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Petit keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lee wants it to stay on the feet.
Petit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ricky Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Petit scores with a nice head shot.
Petit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Petit moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee has Petit pressed against the cage, preventing Petit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Petit tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Ricky Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoine Petit.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Antoine Petit's cut even more.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Petit tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lee just stands there and leans against the cage.
Petit is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petit blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee slows down the pace here.
Petit is trying to break the clinch but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Petit takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petit's face.
Petit takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Lee lands an elbow just above Petit 's eye.
The cut above Antoine Petit's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Petit avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Petit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee lands an elbow just above Petit 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Petit.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Petit's defenses.
Antoine Petit's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Petit's ribcage.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lee lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petit.
Petit is trying to pull guard but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petit.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Antoine Petit's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ricky Lee!
A relieved looking Ricky Lee thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snap Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bottoms Up by Trey Songz f. Nicki Minaj kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
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212 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Rambo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Snap Davis!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.
Davis tried to score with a low kick but Rambo checks it.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rambo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rambo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davis avoids it really well and circles away.
Davis throws a series of punches but Rambo avoids them all with ease.
Rambo takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Rambo punishes Davis's body with a nice straight punch.
Rambo shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rambo blocks a low kick nicely.
Davis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davis lands a leg kick that knocks Rambo off balance momentarily.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis is looking to chop away at Rambo's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo gets a double leg takedown into Davis's guard.
Rambo tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.
Rambo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Davis is proving hard to escape from.
Davis looking to control.
Rambo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rambo looking to pass the guard.
Rambo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Rambo lunges at Davis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Davis's hand.
John Rambo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Davis.
Rambo fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Davis to the ground. Rambo is now in Davis's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rambo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rambo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rambo gets to his feet - Davis follows without any prompting.
Davis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rambo's calf.
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Rambo avoids it.
Rambo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Davis wants to slow Rambo down by chopping away at his legs.
Rambo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rambo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis tried to score with a low kick but Rambo checks it.
Davis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rambo prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rambo 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.
Rambo throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Rambo 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.
Rambo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rambo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Davis bucks up and throws Rambo to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rambo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Davis throws a series of strikes that have Rambo backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Davis.
Davis working away.
Davis stands up and beckons Rambo to his feet.
Rambo fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Davis throws a wild body kick that Rambo sees coming a mile off.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis tries to bum rush Rambo with a series of wild strikes but Rambo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis tries to bum rush Rambo with a series of wild strikes but Rambo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Snap Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Rambo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davis is not content to let Rambo control the position.
Rambo tries to score with some ground and pound. Davis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rambo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rambo 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.
Davis sneaks out the side door and pushes Rambo away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Rambo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Davis as he avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rambo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rambo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Davis's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries a low kick but Rambo avoids it.
Rambo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
No luck for Rambo with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Rambo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rambo.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rambo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rambo.
Rambo landing with the ground and pound.
Rambo throws a big right hand that misses.
Rambo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis keeping full guard, as Rambo tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rambo passes Davis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Davis has hold of Rambo's hands but Rambo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Davis wants to control but Rambo is keeping busy.
Rambo is pressing down on Davis's thigh, looking to free his foot. Davis is holding on for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Rambo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rambo.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rambo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rambo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Davis is trying to control Rambo's posture but Rambo avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo tries to advance to mount but Davis denies him.
Davis is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rambo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
John Rambo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rambo is trying to ground and pound but Davis uses the momentary lack of control by Rambo to regain half guard.
Rambo throwing shots but Davis is blocking nicely.
Rambo thows a huge punch but Davis dodges it nicely.
Rambo is working for a kimura but Davis is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to roll over but Rambo keeps him under control.
Rambo is keen to just control but Davis is a slippery customer.
Rambo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rambo.
Davis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rambo.
Rambo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rambo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
John Rambo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis looks like he's trying to stand up.
Davis won't allow Rambo to pass to mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Rambo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rambo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Rambo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Nilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Rostecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rostecki has chosen Funky Polak - Daj mi jeden Powod 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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260 lbs
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255 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent boxing
Very flexible |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willy Nilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adrian Rostecki!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rostecki shoots for a takedown but Nilly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nilly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rostecki. That did some damage!
Rostecki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nilly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rostecki moves out of range of the strikes.
Nilly tries to clinch but Rostecki moves out of range.
Nilly thuds a left hand into Rostecki's body.
Rostecki fails with a takedown attempt.
Rostecki clinches up with Nilly and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Nilly.
It looks like Adrian Rostecki has been cut.
Nilly lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rostecki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rostecki looks gassed!
Nilly missing with knees to the body.
Rostecki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Willy Nilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Rostecki.
Nilly lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rostecki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nilly as Rostecki tries to tie him up.
Rostecki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rostecki goes for a takedown attempt but Nilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nilly looks to clinch
and Rostecki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rostecki.
Nilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rostecki avoiding damage as Nilly throws knees to the body.
Rostecki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rostecki blocks an elbow strike.
Rostecki gets control of Nilly's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rostecki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rostecki keeping full guard, as Nilly tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nilly has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nilly trying to control but Rostecki is working from the bottom.
Nilly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Willy Nilly has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nilly throws a looping overhand right but Rostecki ducks down to avoid it.
Nilly clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rostecki blocks an elbow strike.
Nilly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki is trying to pull guard but Nilly has him pressed against the cage.
Nilly has Rostecki pressed against the cage, preventing Rostecki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rostecki has had enough of the clinch but Nilly keeps him there for the moment.
Nilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rostecki is defending well for now.
Rostecki turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rostecki manages to end up in side control.
Nilly is looking to regain half guard here but Rostecki keeps moving and retains side control.
Nilly gets back to half guard.
Nilly trying to control here.
Nilly is trying to get back to full guard.
Nilly wants to control but Rostecki passes into side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilly is looking to regain half guard here but Rostecki keeps moving and retains side control.
Nilly might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nilly wants to control but Rostecki postures up.
Rostecki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rostecki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nilly is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nilly looking for a sweep but Rostecki has passed into full mount! Oh no!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Nilly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrian Rostecki'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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rostecki. Nilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Rostecki does no damage.
Nilly closes the distance but Rostecki moves to the side
and Rostecki counters with a low kick, right behind Nilly 's knee.
Rostecki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rostecki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rostecki breaks from the clinch.
Nilly connects with an inside leg kick.
Nilly gets caught flat footed, as Rostecki shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rostecki sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nilly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rostecki is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilly controls Rostecki momentarily but Rostecki frees himself.
Nilly is looking to sweep but instead, Rostecki has passed into half guard.
Nilly trying to control but Rostecki postures up.
Rostecki is working for a submission of some sort.
Nilly trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nilly works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nilly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nilly is looking to sweep but instead, Rostecki has passed into half guard.
Nilly tries to get to full guard but Rostecki has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nilly tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nilly is trying to get back to full guard.
Nilly is defending against the submission attempts here by Rostecki.
Nilly trying to control but Rostecki postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rostecki in particular looking to stall.
Nilly is looking to improve his position.
Nilly wants to sweep but Rostecki has passed to side control!
Rostecki 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 Nilly's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nilly is trying to get back to half guard.
Rostecki controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Rostecki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adrian Rostecki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nilly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rostecki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nilly won't be happy with that.
Nilly tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Rostecki presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Rostecki prevents Nilly from getting the reversal.
Rostecki controlling from mount.
Rostecki's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nilly tries to hold on but Rostecki pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilly working to try and regain half guard.
Nilly taking shots to the head.
Rostecki unloading with bombs!
Rostecki with shots to the head and body - Nilly looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rostecki wants to take his opponent's back but Nilly doesn't allow it.
Rostecki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nilly keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nilly taking shots to the head.
Nilly tries to hold on but Rostecki postures up.
A nice elbow there by Rostecki.
Rostecki looking to control but Nilly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rostecki controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilly wants to control but Rostecki is having none of it.
Adrian Rostecki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rostecki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rostecki is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nilly can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Nilly is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rostecki landing strikes from the mount and Nilly is in trouble!
Nilly wants to try and get back to his feet.
Nilly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rostecki on the ground.
Rostecki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nilly defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rostecki.
Nilly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Rostecki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rostecki 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Rostecki!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campbell comes to the cage accompanied by Steel Panther - Party all Day. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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193 lbs
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tong Van damm!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van damm is trying hard to land a takedown here. Campbell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good leg kick by Van damm there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van damm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Campbell stuns Van damm with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Van damm.
Campbell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van damm gets tackled into the cage by Campbell. Campbell maintains the clinch.
Van damm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van damm is rocked!
Campbell lands a hook that snaps the head of Van damm backwards.
Van damm is still on wobbly legs! Can Campbell finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Campbell.
Campbell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Campbell throws a big uppercut that drops Van damm! More strikes from Campbell and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Van damm lies dazed against the cage as Campbell celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Campbell!
Bruce Campbell tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Alarcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Morgan (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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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
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oscar Alarcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derrick Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alarcon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good work by Alarcon as he checks the leg kick.
Alarcon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good shot there by Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan throws a sloppy body shot
letting Alarcon counter with a right hand.
Alarcon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Alarcon.
Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alarcon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alarcon throws a one two combo.
It looks like Derrick Morgan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alarcon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morgan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Alarcon backs up against the cage.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alarcon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alarcon's calf.
Alarcon fails to land with a series of punches.
Alarcon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Alarcon is breathing heavily.
Morgan connects with a body shot.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alarcon was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Alarcon avoids them all with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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!
Alarcon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alarcon rather than just go for the knockout.
Morgan feints a jab promting Alarcon to slip. Morgan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Alarcon slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alarcon.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Alarcon is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alarcon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan misses with the combination.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Alarcon's body. Alarcon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morgan.
Alarcon misses with the combination.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Morgan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morgan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alarcon is out of range.
Alarcon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Alarcon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morgan finds it's way round the side to connect with Alarcon's head.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Alarcon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alarcon moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
Alarcon avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice hook to Alarcon's body. Alarcon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Alarcon.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alarcon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morgan.
Morgan throws a looping overhand right but Alarcon ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Alarcon.
Alarcon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alarcon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Alarcon sees coming a mile off.
Morgan throws a body punch but Alarcon moves out of range.
Morgan feints and then cracks Alarcon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alarcon down.
A bone on bone clash there as Alarcon blocks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Alarcon misses its intended target.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alarcon circles away quickly and effectively.
Alarcon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morgan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Morgan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alarcons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A clash of legs there as Alarcon blocks the low kick.
Alarcon misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Morgan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alarcon misses with a body shot.
Morgan tries to land a front kick but Alarcon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Alarcon's body.
Alarcon throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morgan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Alarcon moves out of range as Morgan throws a body kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Alarcon might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Donk. Morgan catches Alarcon right on the button with a cross.
Derrick Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alarcon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Morgan.
Morgan lands with a kick to the temple. Alarcon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Morgan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alarcon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Morgan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan works over Alarcon's head and body with a nice combination.
Alarcon is rocked!
Alarcon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morgan.
Oh Alarcon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Alarcon seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morgan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alarcon throws an overhand right that lands on Morgan's shoulder, as Morgan tries to avoid the shot.
Alarcon dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Alarcon moves out of range.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Derrick Morgan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alarcon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morgan tries to bum rush Alarcon with a series of wild strikes but Alarcon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Alarcon moves away and avoids it.
Morgan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alarcon swinging wildly here.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Alarcon saw that one coming.
Morgan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alarcon counters with a straight right hand.
Alarcon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morgan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morgan tries a head kick but it misses.
Derrick Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alarcon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Alarcon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a three punch combo!
Morgan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alarcon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alarcon missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alarcon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan looks to throw the jab but Alarcon is out of range.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Alarcon counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
Alarcon looks to land a right hand but Morgan moved out of range.
Alarcon throws a hook but Morgan blocks it.
Morgan throws the kick towards the body but Alarcon avoids it.
Alarcon lands a jab.
Alarcon slips under a jab from Morgan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Alarcon moved away.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Alarcon saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alarcon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Alarcon dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Alarcon avoids it well.
Morgan thuds a left hand into Alarcon's body.
Alarcon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alarcon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Derrick Morgan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Morgan moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan tries to bum rush Alarcon with a series of wild strikes but Alarcon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alarcon scores with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morgan.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Morgan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alarcon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Alarcon saw that one coming.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Alarcon avoids nicely.
Alarcon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morgan backs up against the cage.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alarcon circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alarcon throws a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Alarcon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Alarcon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morgan.
Alarcon missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morgan.
Alarcon lands with a shot to the body.
Alarcon throws a big shot that misses.
Alarcon looks to throw the jab but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Alarcon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morgan's knee momentarily.
Alarcon works over Morgan's head and body with a nice combination.
Morgan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morgan duly obliges.
Alarcon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morgan can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alarcon was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan throws a wild body kick that Alarcon sees coming a mile off.
Morgan works over Alarcon's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alarcon.
Alarcon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alarcon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Alarcon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alarcon checks a leg kick.
Alarcon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Alarcon has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses
and Alarcon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Alarcon counters with a stiff right hand.
Alarcon misses with a head kick.
Oscar Alarcon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alarcon throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Morgan connects with the punch.
Morgan slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Morgan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alarcon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Morgan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alarcon swinging wildly here.
Derrick Morgan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alarcon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morgan. Alarcon shrugs it off though.
Good leg kick by Morgan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alarcon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alarcon loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Morgan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morgan throws a good cross that connects.
Morgan moves out of range of the body kick from Alarcon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Morgan misses with the combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derrick Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morgan 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derrick Morgan!
An out of breath Derrick Morgan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Killings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cleon Salmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Killings's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cypress Hill-I Ain't Going Out Like That. Salmon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Heartbeats. Kevin Killings has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Killings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cleon Salmon!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salmon swinging wildly here.
Salmon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Killings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Killings throws a series of punches but Salmon moves out of range.
Killings looks to land a right hand but Salmon moved out of range.
Salmon tries to score with a low kick but Killings moves his leg out of the way.
Salmon ducks under a wild hook from Killings.
Killings drives through with a takedown into Salmon's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Killings has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Killings trying to control the position from guard on top but Salmon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salmon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Killings is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Killings is in all sorts of trouble here.
Salmon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salmon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Killings is in all sorts of trouble here.
Salmon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Killings tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Killings is bucking up trying to escape but Salmon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Salmon working the ground and pound effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salmon lands a nice shot to the head.
Salmon prevents Killings from getting the reversal.
Salmon with good strikes from the mount here!
Killings is working to get back to half guard.
Salmon controlling from mount.
Salmon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salmon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Salmon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Killings working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee warns Killings that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salmon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Killings regains half guard.
Killings missing with punches from the bottom.
Killings has hold of Salmon's hands but Salmon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Salmon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Killings is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salmon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salmon is looking to take a break and control but Killings is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Cleon Salmon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Salmon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Killings moves away.
Killings throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Salmon.
Salmon connects with a single shot there.
Salmon ducks under a wild hook from Killings.
Killings throws a right hand that Salmon ducks under and follows up with a left that Salmon also avoids with ease.
Salmon pounces like a tiger and cracks Killings with a vicious hook! Killings is down but not out! Salmon follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cleon Salmon!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Protacio Jawo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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180 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Protacio Jawo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jawo tries to close the distance and clinch but David swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
David throws a hook but Jawo blocks it.
David tests Jawo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jawo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jawo is defended easily by David.
David misses with the combination.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jawo.
David tries to close the distance and clinch but Jawo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jawo keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Jawo with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Protacio Jawo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jawo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
A combination from David does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo ducks under a wild hook from David.
Jawo tries for a takedown but David sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jose Protacio Jawo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jawo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
David misses with an uppercut.
Jawo has closed the distance and engaged David in a clinch.
Jawo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jawo tries to throw a body punch but David avoids it by throwing Jawo back against the cage.
Jawo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Xavier David has been cut.
Jawo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
David fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
David blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jawo missing with knees to the body.
Jawo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
David throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jawo tries to work over David's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
David lands a body shot.
Jawo blocks a body shot from David.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jawo blocks an elbow strike.
Jawo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
David lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Jawo.
A head punch on the inside from David fails to land.
David lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
David managing to block the knees to the body from Jawo.
Jawo misses with the head strike.
Jawo takes an elbow to the temple.
Jawo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with David's elbow.
Jawo misses with a punch on the inside.
David lands a left hand.
Jawo landing knees to the body.
David struggles to land a body shot inside as Jawo controls his hands.
Jawo lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jawo.
David throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jawo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jawo crunches a lovely knee into David's ribcage.
David throws a punch but it's blocked by Jawo.
Jawo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
David pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jawo pushes off an throws an elbow but David leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jawo.
Jawo gets through David's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
David lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jawo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jawo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
David pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
David swings wildly with an uppercut but Jawo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jawo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
David misses with an elbow strike.
David tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jawo's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Jawo.
Jawo throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from David fails to land.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Jawo avoids the damage to the body.
Jawo blocks an elbow strike from David.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jawo looking to throw knees to the head but David is blocking nicely.
David blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
David connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jawo's face.
Jawo cracks David with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David avoiding damage as Jawo throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jawo.
David blocks a body shot from Jawo.
Jawo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jawo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has David in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
David looks gassed!
Jawo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jawo digs a right hand underneath David's ribcage. David let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jawo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Jawo.
David blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jawo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
David takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jawo lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jawo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jawo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and David avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jawo prevents a body shot from David.
David throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jawo just misses with a elbow thrown towards David's brow.
David blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Protacio Jawo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier David's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
No joy there for David, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jawo throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
David connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jawo. Jawo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
David is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jawo throws a series of punches but David avoids them all with ease.
Jawo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping David at a distance.
David tries to land a front kick but Jawo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
David takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jawo is looking to clinch.
Jawo tries to clinch but David moves out of range.
Jawo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice takedown defense from David. No joy for Jawo on that attempt.
Jawo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Jawo.
Jawo lands a jab.
David has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David lands a right hand.
Jawo tries a body shot but David blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by David.
David managing to block the knees to the body from Jawo.
David takes an elbow to the temple.
David misses with a punch to the body.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jawo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down David.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jawo is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Jawo.
Jawo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jawo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
David gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jawo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jawo misses with some punches.
David dodges an elbow strike from Jawo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Jawo.
Jawo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down David.
David pushes Jawo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jawo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
David blocks an elbow strike.
David blocks a body shot from Jawo.
Jawo gets through David's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jawo misses with an elbow over the top.
David misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jawo.
Jawo blocks a body shot from David.
Jawo lands a nice knee to the body.
David is breathing heavily.
Jawo blocks the elbow strike.
Jawo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
David pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
David takes an elbow to the forehead.
David missing with knees to the body.
Jawo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jawo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Jawo.
Jawo lands with a right to the head.
Jose Protacio Jawo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jawo tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.
Jawo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of David backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jawo - that landed with a thud.
David tries for a takedown but Jawo manages to get underhooks.
Jawo crunches a lovely knee into David's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Jawo.
Jawo lands a right hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
Jawo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
David takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jawo lands an elbow inside that David shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jawo.
Nice elbow from Jawo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jawo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
David on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jawo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jawo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jawo lands a damaging elbow.
Jawo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
David misses with the head strike.
Jawo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David prevents a body shot from Jawo.
Jawo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jawo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
Jawo pushes David back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jawo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with David's elbow.
Jawo scores with a hook to the body.
Jawo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Jawo.
Jawo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
David takes a shot to the head.
Jawo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jawo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Jawo.
Jawo lands an elbow just above David 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jawo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jawo pushes off an throws an elbow but David leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jawo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jawo blocks a body shot from David.
Jawo lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Protacio Jawo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xavier David's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Jawo doesn't manage to clinch there - David circles away.
Jawo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but David circles away quickly and effectively.
Jawo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
David missing with a left hand there. Jawo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jawo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but David moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jawo.
David tries to clinch there but Jawo circles away.
Jawo punishes David's body with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from Jawo misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by David.
Jawo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jawo moves forwards but David connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jawo throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
David tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from David.
Jawo misses with a body shot.
David tries for a takedown but Jawo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
David jabs Jawo right on the nose. Jawo blinks but takes it well.
Jawo lands with a straight right. David didn't see that one coming.
Jawo tries to clinch
and David counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jawo moves in looking to clinch but David pushes him off.
Jawo throws a head kick that David semi-blocks.
David is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jawo.
David 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.
Jawo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between David's hands.
Jawo tries to clinch there but David circles away.
David ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jawo moves away.
David misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jose Protacio Jawo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jawo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jawo throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
David avoids a punch combination nicely.
David scoring well with a low kick there.
Jawo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jawo keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts David, as that shot connected.
David lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jawo throws a left and a right that both miss
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David avoids the body shot from Jawo.
David lands a really nice looking cross but Jawo seems unphased.
Jawo connects with a jab.
Jawo lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David clinches up with Jawo and pushes him back against the cage.
David throws an elbow that misses.
David takes an elbow to the temple.
David struggles to land a body shot inside as Jawo controls his hands.
Jawo tries to work over David's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
David misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jawo.
David landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
David creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, David creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
David misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
Xavier David has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jawo.
David has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
David creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jawo's defenses.
Jawo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jawo prevents a body shot from David.
David misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jawo dodges an elbow strike from David.
David misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jawo 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Protacio Jawo!
An out of breath Jose Protacio Jawo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nuriel Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zues Egan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zues Egan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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147 lbs
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29
143 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nuriel Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zues Egan!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard blocks a head kick by Egan.
Egan is looking to land body kicks.
Egan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonard blocks a head kick by Egan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Egan.
Egan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leonard scores with a jab to the head.
Egan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leonard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Egans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Egan throws a lazy head kick
and Leonard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Egan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Egan tries to land a leg kick but Leonard saw it coming and moves away.
Egan misses with a low kick.
Egan misses with an uppercut. Leonard saw that one coming.
Leonard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leonard checks a low kick from Egan.
Egan tries a head kick but it misses.
Leonard takes a swing at Egan's ribcage but misses.
Leonard blocks a head kick by Egan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard has closed the distance and engaged Egan in a clinch.
Leonard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leonard connects with a jab.
Leonard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zues Egan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leonard looks for a takedown but Egan sprawls well.
Leonard wants to clinch.
Leonard tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leonard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Leonard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leonard connects with an inside leg kick.
Egan drops his hands momentarily and Leonard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Leonard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Egan's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonard swinging wildly here.
Leonard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leonard clinches up against the cage.
Egan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Egan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Egan wants to land a leg kick but Leonard is out of range.
Egan is looking to score with low kicks.
Leonard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Egan. Egan obviously looking to wear him down.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch but Egan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Egan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leonard checks it well.
Egan takes one on the button.
Leonard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Egan moves out of range of the body kick.
Leonard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Egan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Leonard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leonard shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Egan defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuriel Leonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leonard checks a leg kick nicely.
Egan throws a chopping leg kick but Leonard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Egan throws a leg kick that misses.
Egan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leonard circles away quickly and effectively.
Leonard checks the leg kick.
Leonard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Leonard lands a jab.
An inside leg kick from Egan misses.
Leonard moves out of range as Egan throws a body kick.
Leonard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonard looking to throw knees to the head but Egan is blocking nicely.
Egan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leonard drags the fight down to the ground.
Leonard wants to get back to his feet but Egan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leonard is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Egan trying to control but Leonard is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egan tries to free his leg and advance position but Leonard is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuriel Leonard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Leonard misses with a body shot.
Egan misses with a low kick.
Leonard misses with a combination
and Egan counters with a nice leg kick.
Leonard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Egan can pounce on him.
Leonard avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nuriel Leonard is winning the standup battle so far.
Egan throws a combination. Leonard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Leonard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Egan tries to score with a low kick but Leonard moves his leg out of the way.
Egan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonard moves in looking to clinch but Egan pushes him off.
Leonard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leonard misses with a straight left.
Egan checks a leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Leonard.
Nuriel Leonard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard throws an off balance right hand
and Egan counters with a body kick that stops Leonard in his tracks momentarily.
Egan throws a nice head kick!
Leonard clobbers Egan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leonard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Leonard.
Leonard avoids the body shot from Egan.
Egan lands a slapping body shot.
Leonard throws an overhand right that lands on Egan's shoulder, as Egan tries to avoid the shot.
Leonard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Egan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leonard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Egan throws a head kick that misses.
Egan throws a solid leg kick but Leonard takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Egan.
Egan tries a head kick but it misses.
Leonard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Egan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leonard clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egan misses with a body punch.
Egan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leonard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Leonard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Egan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Leonard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuriel Leonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Egan does no damage.
Leonard checks a low kick from Egan.
Leonard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leonard tries to bum rush Egan with a series of wild strikes but Egan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A thudding body kick lands there by Leonard!
Leonard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Egan circles away.
Egan misses with a body kick.
Egan is looking to score with low kicks.
Egan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Leonard's head.
Egan throws a solid leg kick but Leonard takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Egan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leonard moves out of range of the body kick from Egan.
Leonard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Egan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leonard cracks Egan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Leonard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leonard tries to bum rush Egan with a series of wild strikes but Egan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leonard moves into the clinch successfully.
Leonard wants to take the fight to the mat but Egan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Leonard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Egan. Leonard shrugs it off though.
Leonard lands a jab.
Leonard slips a jab and a cross from Egan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leonard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonard throws a leg kick but Egan checks it.
Egan throws a chopping leg kick but Leonard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leonard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonard blocks a head kick by Egan.
Leonard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Egan's waist but Egan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leonard off to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egan tries to keep at a distance but Leonard has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Egan fails to land.
Egan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leonard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leonard is trying to pull guard but Egan has him pressed against the cage.
Leonard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Egan pulls his leg out and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Leonard blocks the low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zues Egan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
No joy there for Egan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leonard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zues Egan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leonard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Egan as he avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Leonard.
Leonard wants to clinch.
Leonard fails with the takedown.
Egan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Egan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leonard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Egan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Leonard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leonard misses with a double jab
and Egan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Leonard checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.
Leonard tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leonard misses with a two punch combination.
Leonard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Egan throws a head kick but Leonard moves out of range.
Leonard blocks a head kick by Egan.
Leonard avoids the head kick by Egan.
Egan is looking to score with low kicks.
Leonard looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Egan!
Leonard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Poor strikes thrown by Leonard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Egan working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard throws a sloppy strike and Egan uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Egan has ended up in Leonard's guard.
Egan tries to stand but Leonard is controlling from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonard 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.
Leonard has control of Egan's left arm, preventing Egan from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egan trying to control the position from guard on top but Leonard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leonard manages to escape and get back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonard. Egan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leonard wants to clinch up but Egan keeps it at a distance.
Leonard checks a leg kick nicely.
Egan misses with a looping left.
Egan throws a front kick aimed at Leonard's knee but Leonard avoids it well.
Leonard checks a leg kick.
Leonard is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Egan's half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Egan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Leonard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Leonard's back!
A lull in the action here.
Egan is trying to stick to Leonard's back but Leonard is turning into Egan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Egan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Leonard.
Leonard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leonard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Egan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Leonard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nuriel Leonard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leonard 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuriel Leonard!
After winning the bout, Nuriel Leonard 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orange's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bob Seger- Turn the Page. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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26
214 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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29
210 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Orange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Clark!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orange with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Orange fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Orange tries to work over Clark's front leg with a kick but Clark checks it.
Clark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orange bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Clark's head.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orange uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Orange will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Clark gets tackled into the cage by Orange. Orange maintains the clinch.
Orange changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Clark fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Orange thows a leg kick but Clark checks it
and Clark counters with a nice uppercut.
Orange blocks a jab.
Clark misses with a kick to the body.
Clark shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Orange clinches up with Clark and pushes him back against the cage.
Orange lands a left hand.
Orange blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orange is looking to take this one to the mat.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Orange stalls.
Orange can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Orange is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Clark can't find room to land a body shot as Orange controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Orange lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clark avoiding damage as Orange throws knees to the body.
Clark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orange throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orange wants to take the fight to the mat but Clark manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Orange. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clark is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orange's elbow.
Orange tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Orange back against the cage.
Orange tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Clark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orange forces Clark back against the cage and clinches.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Orange - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orange can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Orange working aggressively here.
Orange misses with a punch on the inside.
Orange lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Clark scores with a hook to the body.
Orange misses with an elbow strike.
Orange lands a body punch.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orange throws a head punch that misses.
Orange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Orange manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Orange has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Clark clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
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!
Orange has Clark flattened out and is raining down punches.
Orange misses with an elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Orange gets his way!
Orange missing with strikes from the back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Clark covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Orange throws a series of strikes and Clark wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Orange throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Clark because Orange loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Orange dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Orange scoring well with a low kick there.
Orange fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
Orange uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Clark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clark prevents a body shot from Orange.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark tries a body shot but Orange blocks it.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Orange is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clark is keeping busy.
Orange swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orange stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Orange lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clark.
Jake Orange has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Orange.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orange is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clark is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clark wants to get back to striking at distance but Orange won't allow it.
Orange tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orange misses with some punches.
Orange breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orange misses with a body kick.
Orange swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joe Clark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clark blocks a leg kick.
Orange keeps the fight on the outside.
Orange fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Orange misses with a head kick.
Orange wants to land a leg kick but Clark is out of range.
Orange lands a head shot.
Jake Orange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark throws a front kick aimed at Orange's knee but Orange avoids it well.
Clark tries to move into range but Orange moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Clark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orange misses the shot to the body.
Clark lands a jab.
Jake Orange is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orange avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orange has managed to clinch.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Orange controls his hands.
The referee calls for Orange to work.
Orange blocks a body shot from Clark.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orange.
It looks like Joe Clark has been cut.
Orange breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orange swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Orange throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orange stalks Clark and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Clark's face. Clark staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange moves into range and clinches up with Clark.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Orange throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Orange's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orange misses with a looping right.
Clark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Orange.
Orange 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.
Clark lands with a thumping leg kick.
Orange takes the fight into the clinch.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Orange lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Orange lands a hook that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Orange scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Orange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orange tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
Orange wants to get back to striking at distance but Clark won't allow it.
Clark's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clark managing to block the knees to the body from Orange.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Orange avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Orange lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Orange creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clark takes an elbow to the forehead.
Orange is trying to maintain a safe position but Clark gets an underhook and turns Orange into the cage.
Clark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orange backwards.
Clark is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orange scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orange misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orange has Clark pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Clark manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Orange dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Clark's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Orange gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clark lands with a left to the head.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Orange gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clark lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Orange.
Orange trying to control the position but instead, Clark has worked for underhooks and has pushed Orange into the cage.
Clark breaks from the clinch.
Orange tries to score with a low kick but Clark moves his leg out of the way.
Clark misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
Clark looks to land a right hand but Orange moved out of range.
Orange misses with a low kick as Clark jumps back.
Orange darts in and clinches Clark up against the cage.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orange.
Orange has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orange comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Orange swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orange misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Orange.
Orange missing with knees to the body.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orange tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Clark looking to stall.
Orange misses with a punch to the body.
Orange blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orange will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clark up against the cage.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orange misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joe Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to work over Orange's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Orange.
Clark breaks from the clinch.
Orange rushes Clark and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clark controlling the action here for a moment.
Orange displaying some good clinch control by pressing Clark up against the cage.
Orange keeps control of Clark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orange misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Orange leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark letting Orange take a breather here.
Clark cracks Orange with a nice body shot.
Clark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clark moves into the clinch.
Orange is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clark is keeping busy.
Orange's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orange moves into range and clinches up with Clark.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Orange can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Orange swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orange swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark stalling in the clinch.
Orange has hold of one of Clark's legs. Clark is fighting the takedown attempt but Orange gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark has Orange pulled in close to control his posture.
Jake Orange is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orange sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Orange looking to sit in guard and control but Clark gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Clark stopping the sweep attempt from Orange.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Orange showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orange 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Orange!
A relieved looking Jake Orange thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guy's entrance music is Old Spice Guy Intro. A fine choice. 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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24
186 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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178 lbs
18 - 7 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, The Guy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Claude Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy ducks under a wild hook from Van Damme.
Van Damme moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guy looks to throw the jab but Van Damme is out of range.
Van Damme checks a leg kick.
Van Damme throws out a loose jab but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Damme counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy lands with a shot to the body.
Guy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Guy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van Damme's head.
Van Damme looks to land a body kick but Guy moved away.
Van Damme looks to score with a jab to the body but Guy is just out of range.
Van Damme lands a head kick. Guy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Van Damme connects with a body shot that sends Guy's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme misses with a wild body shot.
Van Damme takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Guy dodges the punch combination from Van Damme.
Guy misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme takes one on the button.
Guy staying out of range there.
Van Damme is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Guy rather than just go for the knockout.
Guy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Guy finds it's way through Van Damme's defenses.
Van Damme with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guy. Van Damme does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Guy misses
and Van Damme counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Damme. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guy throws a hook but Van Damme blocks it.
Van Damme swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Van Damme comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Damme lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guy at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Van Damme. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Guy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Van Damme lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Van Damme throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range.
Van Damme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Guy to score with a decent uppercut.
Guy is looking to chop away at Van Damme's legs.
Guy misses with an uppercut. Van Damme saw that one coming.
A jab from Van Damme does it's job there.
Guy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Guy throws a head kick that misses.
Van Damme misses with a body shot.
Guy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Damme.
Guy moves out of range as Van Damme strikes.
Guy throws a chopping leg kick but Van Damme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Guy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy walks into a straight right hand from Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guy at a distance.
Guy throws a sloppy head kick and Van Damme moves out of range easily.
Guy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Damme manages to avoid it.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Guy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Van Damme has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Damme and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Van Damme missing with a left hand there. Guy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Van Damme scores with a nice body kick.
Guy is breathing heavily.
Van Damme misses with a hook.
Guy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Guy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Guy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Van Damme blocks the leg kick.
Van Damme lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Van Damme there.
Van Damme is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Guy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Damme!
Van Damme chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Damme misses with a two punch combination.
Van Damme lands the left hand.
Guy throws a shot to the body.
Guy throws a head kick but Van Damme moves out of range.
Van Damme misses with a body shot.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Guy pushes him off.
Van Damme lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Van Damme lands a slapping body shot.
Van Damme lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Guy thumps Van Damme with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damme dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Guy throws a hook but Van Damme avoids it easily.
Van Damme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
An inside leg kick from Guy misses.
Van Damme lands a two punch combo.
Guy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Damme.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Damme misses the target.
Van Damme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Van Damme throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Guy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guy throws a front kick aimed at Van Damme's knee but Van Damme avoids it well.
Guy misses with an uppercut.
Guy misses with a hook
and Van Damme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Damme.
Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guy is trying to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Guy lands a right hand.
Guy tries to stall but Van Damme uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Van Damme tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guy misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Damme tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guy.
Guy can't find room to land a body shot as Van Damme controls the action.
Van Damme misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Damme misses with a body punch.
Guy throws a head punch that misses.
Van Damme avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Guy fails to land.
Van Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Damme scores with a hook to the body.
Guy misses with a body punch.
Van Damme gets through Guy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Damme tries to throw a body punch but Guy avoids it by throwing Van Damme back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme works on Guy's body with a couple of short punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Van Damme in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Damme.
A short right from Van Damme.
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Damme tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Van Damme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Van Damme lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guy or not.
Guy prevents a body shot from Van Damme.
Guy taking a breather.
Van Damme lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Damme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Van Damme struggles to land a body shot inside as Guy controls his hands.
Guy prevents a body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Damme blocking some punches.
Van Damme lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Damme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Damme lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme lands a body shot.
Van Damme lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Van Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Van Damme softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Van Damme misses with a body punch.
Van Damme lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Damme lands a shoulder strike.
Van Damme lands a nice uppercut.
Guy is rocked!
Van Damme scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damme lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a body punch.
Van Damme has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Damme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Van Damme lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Guy.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Damme is working Guy over against the cage.
Van Damme lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Damme can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Van Damme digs a right hand underneath Guy's ribcage. Guy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Damme lands a shot to the body.
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme stalling.
Guy tries to circle away but Van Damme has him pinned against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Van Damme.
Van Damme misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Van Damme as Guy tries to tie him up.
Van Damme is leaning against Guy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Damme digs a right hand into Guy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guy's gas tank.
Van Damme is leaning against Guy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Guy seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Damme digs a right hand into Guy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guy's gas tank.
Van Damme lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Damme stalling against the cage.
Van Damme misses with a body punch.
Van Damme lands with a short shot to the head.
Guy is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Damme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Damme pushes Guy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Damme can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damme showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Guy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Guy tries to score with a low kick but Van Damme moves his leg out of the way.
Guy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A jab from Van Damme finds it's way through Guy's defenses.
Guy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Van Damme counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Damme throws a shot to the body.
Van Damme looks to land a right hand but Guy moved out of range.
Van Damme jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Van Damme getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Van Damme scores with a one two! Guy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Van Damme swinging wildly here.
Van Damme throws a body kick that misses.
Van Damme cracks Guy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Damme. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Damme lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook. Van Damme ducked under it nicely.
Guy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Damme moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Van Damme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guy was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damme.
Van Damme checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Damme connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Damme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guy.
Van Damme fakes the leg kick and cracks Guy in the body.
Guy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Damme.
Van Damme scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Damme lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van Damme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guy was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damme.
Van Damme misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by Van Damme.
Van Damme checks a leg kick.
Van Damme lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damme misses with a lunging right hand
and Guy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Damme.
A telegraphed right hand from Guy misses the target.
Van Damme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Guy misses.
Guy tries to move into range but Van Damme moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Damme scores with a nice right hand.
Van Damme lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Guy keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Damme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Guy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Damme lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guy's sensitive parts.
Van Damme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Van Damme uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Guy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Van Damme. Beautiful body shot.
Guy throws a leg kick
letting Van Damme counter with a right hand.
Guy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Damme throws a leg kick but Guy checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guy's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Damme.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Damme throws a chopping leg kick but Guy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Van Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Damme connects with the punch.
Guy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Damme has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guy.
Van Damme digs a good hook to Guy's body.
Guy misses with an uppercut.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Van Damme moves away and avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Van Damme takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Van Damme scores with a jab. Guy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Van Damme throws a right and a left that Guy avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damme really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Good leg kick by Guy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van Damme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Guy.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Guy throws a leg kick but Van Damme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Damme fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Guy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Damme throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range.
Good shot there by Van Damme.
Van Damme scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Damme stuns Guy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Damme lands a lovely overhand right.
Van Damme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
Van Damme darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab from Van Damme.
Van Damme with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Damme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
A big left from Guy misses.
Van Damme lands a jab.
Van Damme throws an overhand right that lands on Guy's shoulder, as Guy tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Guy misses its intended target.
Van Damme chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Guy misses with an uppercut. Van Damme saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme lands a nice looking kick to the body. Guy takes a step back to recover.
Guy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Damme circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Damme checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Damme moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Van Damme displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
Van Damme misses with a body kick.
Van Damme lets loose with a powerful body kick. Guy will feel that in the morning.
Guy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Van Damme lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Damme lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guy's sensitive parts.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Damme checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Guy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Damme.
Guy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a looping left.
Guy looks to land a right hand but Van Damme moved out of range.
Van Damme misses with a wild combination.
Van Damme checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Damme with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Damme scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Damme throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Damme lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Damme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Damme slips a jab and a cross from Guy.
Guy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A swing and a miss from Van Damme.
Guy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Damme's hands.
Van Damme keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Damme was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.
Guy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Damme is out of range and Guy settles back down.
Jab by Van Damme.
Van Damme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Van Damme moves away and avoids it.
Van Damme takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Van Damme jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Guy throws a low kick but Van Damme avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Damme connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme blocks a jab.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damme dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Guy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Van Damme comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Van Damme counters with a nice body kick.
Guy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Guy throws a series of punches but Van Damme avoids them all with ease.
Van Damme scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Damme lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Damme cracks a nice hook into Guy's ribs.
Van Damme throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Damme tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Guy is able to avoid easily.
A jab lands there for Van Damme.
Guy blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
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.
Van Damme connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme scores with a nice body kick.
Van Damme scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Damme connects with a right hand. Guy shakes it off.
Guy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Van Damme swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Van Damme swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Damme scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Damme dips to his left and cracks Guy with an uppercut!
Van Damme lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Guy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A lazy left from Van Damme finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Damme. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy walks into a straight right hand from Van Damme.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Van Damme takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Guy misses.
Guy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Damme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Damme uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guy has time to react.
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!
Van Damme misses the jab.
Van Damme slips under a jab from Guy.
Van Damme misses with an uppercut. Guy saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Van Damme.
Van Damme cracks Guy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Damme moves out of range of the leg kick from Guy.
Van Damme lands a head shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Damme.
Nice body punch from Van Damme.
Guy throws a series of strikes that have Van Damme backpedaling.
Van Damme is looking to slow Guy down with leg kicks.
Van Damme connects with a body shot.
A low kick from Guy is predictable there
letting Van Damme counter with a right hand.
Van Damme moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Van Damme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Van Damme misses its intended target.
Van Damme comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy walks into a straight right hand from Van Damme.
Guy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Guy.
Van Damme throws a push kick but Guy slaps the foot to one side.
Van Damme throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Guy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab, jab by Van Damme - just one landing.
Van Damme connects with a body shot.
Jean Claude Van Damme is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guy lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Damme's head.
Van Damme bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guy's head.
A jab lands there for Van Damme.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A low kick from Guy misses
and Van Damme counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Van Damme defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Van Damme lands a head kick. Guy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Claude Van Damme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Damme 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Claude Van Damme!
Jean Claude Van Damme is the new welterweight champion!
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