NAF 26: Bellringer vs. McLeod PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Jackson
vs
St Clair

177 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maurice St Clair!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a leg kick

and St Clair holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A body shot lands from Jackson.

Jackson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, St Clair regains guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
St Clair trying to control the position.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but St Clair blocks nicely.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Jackson chips away with some ground and pound.
Jackson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jackson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Clair's head.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson working some strikes from top position.
Jackson postures up in St Clair's guard and throws a big left but St Clair blocks it.
Jackson stands up over St Clair, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jackson forces his way into half guard.
Jackson working St Clair over with strikes.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson throwing shots but St Clair is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jackson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jackson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson is taking a breather. St Clair says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down St Clair for as long as he can get away with.
Jackson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
St Clair taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Jackson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jackson lands strikes from half guard.
St Clair is looking to escape.
Jackson working over St Clair with some ground and pound. St Clair looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St Clair is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jackson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jackson is keen to just control but St Clair is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Jackson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jackson winds up and cracks St Clair with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
St Clair looks gassed!
Jackson not doing much here.
Jackson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Jackson landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Jackson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jackson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
St Clair really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

St Clair is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jackson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
St Clair is still in real trouble! Can Jackson finish him?
Jackson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have St Clair in real trouble here! The ref calls for St Clair to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Jackson!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gilles Gerard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gerard
vs
Overeem

190 cm
21
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
24
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilles Gerard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxim Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gerard scores with a one two! Overeem had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Maxim Overeem has been cut.
Overeem closes the distance but Gerard moves to the side
and Gerard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gerard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gerard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Overeem stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Overeem takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gerard lands a really nice looking cross but Overeem seems unphased.
That kick from Overeem tenderised Gerard's leg. Gerard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gerard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Gerard does it's job there.
Gerard feints and then cracks Overeem's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Overeem down.

Gerard feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Overeem sprawling to the canvas! Overeem rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Gerard finish him?!

Overeem is rocked!
Overeem looks gassed!
Gerard drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Overeem right on the button. Overeem goes down! Gerard follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Gerard gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilles Gerard!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mai Ghoul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alonso Ferriera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghoul comes to the cage accompanied by Cire - Adrenological . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ghoul
vs
Ferriera

185 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mai Ghoul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alonso Ferriera!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghoul misses with a takedown

and Ferriera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Ferriera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ghoul defends it well.

Ferriera is working for a kimura but Ghoul is defending it quite comfortably.
Ferriera seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Ferriera is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Ferriera wants to work for an arm triangle but Ghoul is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ferriera is trying to control. Ghoul wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ghoul looking for submissions off his back.
Ferriera is pressing down on Ghoul's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ghoul is holding on for now.

Ghoul looking for submissions off his back.
Ferriera is looking to advance position but Ghoul won't allow it.
Ferriera is taking a breather. Ghoul says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ferriera trying to mount his opponent but Ghoul defends it.
Ferriera performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ghoul is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ghoul is defending against the submission attempts here by Ferriera.
Ferriera seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ghoul does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ghoul is trying to maintain the position but Ferriera is very close to passing his half guard.
Ghoul wants to get back to full guard.
Ghoul is not content to let Ferriera control the position.
Ferriera passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ghoul wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ghoul is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ghoul is breathing heavily.
Ferriera breaks from Ghoul's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ferriera stands up from mount. Strange move.
Ghoul with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ferriera counters with a single leg into guard. Ghoul didn't expect that.
Ferriera controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ferriera passes Ghoul's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Ferriera is looking for a kimura here.

Ferriera maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Ghoul could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Ferriera has cracked it and Ghoul is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Ferriera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alonso Ferriera!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Berrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berrao comes to the cage accompanied by Common Knowledge - by Asher Roth. Jones has chosen Angry Johnny 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.

Berrao
vs
Jones

189 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Berrao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonathan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berrao blocks a leg kick.
Berrao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Berrao shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Berrao to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Berrao jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Berrao connects with a crisp jab.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berrao.
Berrao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Berrao fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jones to the ground. Berrao is now in Jones's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Berrao won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Berrao works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
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!
Berrao postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Berrao. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Berrao wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones has his hands on Berrao's head, controlling the position.
Berrao throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berrao thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Berrao keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jones's head.
Berrao pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Jones wants to stand but Berrao is controlling the position.
Berrao distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Berrao throws a big elbow that misses.
Berrao tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Berrao has gone for a leg lock! Jones slips out almost immediately though and dives into Berrao's guard.
Berrao is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berrao looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Berrao working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Berrao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones won't allow Berrao to sweep him here.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Berrao looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones trying to control but Berrao is working from the bottom.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.

Berrao has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jones is in close to Berrao's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Berrao avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Berrao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Berrao looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Berrao is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Berrao keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Berrao working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Berrao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berrao is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jones trying to control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Berrao is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Berrao dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Berrao lands with a right hand.
Berrao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.

Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Berrao's guard.

Berrao working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Berrao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Berrao looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Berrao escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to control from the top but Berrao keeps moving.

Berrao is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jones is aware though and is defending well.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Berrao keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Miguel Berrao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Berrao regains full guard. Nicely done.
Berrao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Berrao is on top in guard.
Berrao trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Berrao is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Jones looking for a guillotine here but Berrao defends easily.
Berrao passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Berrao is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.

Berrao is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berrao thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.

Berrao is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Berrao scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Berrao is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Berrao to get the leverage.
Jones tries to kick Berrao off but Berrao keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Berrao is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Berrao.
Jones is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.

Berrao is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Berrao to get the leverage.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Berrao has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Jones defend it? Berrao steps over the head and cranks it - Jones is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Berrao!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Berrao!
Miguel Berrao bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Anakin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Le Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anakin
vs
Le Clarke

182 cm
19
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Anakin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Le Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Anakin. Le Clarke does a little dance to reset his feet.

Le Clarke shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Le Clarke showed some decent athleticism there.
Anakin is trying to get back to full guard.

Le Clarke stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Anakin has managed to clinch.
Anakin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anakin lands a right hand.
Le Clarke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Anakin lands a nice uppercut.
Le Clarke is looking to break free of the clinch but Anakin has double underhooks.
Le Clarke stalling in the clinch.
Anakin gets through Le Clarke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anakin lands a hook that snaps the head of Le Clarke backwards.

Anakin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anakin lands with an uppercut that bounces Le Clarke off the cage and back into range.
Jake Anakin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le Clarke shoots in but Anakin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Anakin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Anakin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anakin scores with a shot to the body.
Le Clarke looks gassed!
Le Clarke tries to clinch there but Anakin circles away.
Le Clarke shoots in and drives through. Anakin sprawls well.
Jake Anakin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Le Clarke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Le Clarke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Le Clarke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Clarke needs to keep his hands up - Anakin had a free shot at his head there.
A left lands for Anakin.

Le Clarke is rocked!
Anakin catches Le Clarke with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Le Clarke forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jake Anakin!
Jake Anakin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
77%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lupe Fiasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fiasco is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lupe Back. 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.

Sabre
vs
Fiasco

174 cm
23
178 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Red Bills clothing
Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Sabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lupe Fiasco!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fiasco pushes Sabre up against the cage in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sabre as Fiasco tries to tie him up.
Sabre swings wildly with an uppercut but Fiasco uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sabre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fiasco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fiasco tries to land knees in the clinch but Sabre avoids the damage to the body.
Fiasco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fiasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabre avoids it.
Fiasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabre avoids it.
Sabre misses with a body punch.
Sabre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sabre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fiasco is pushing Sabre up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fiasco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sabre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiasco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sabre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fiasco lands a hook that snaps the head of Sabre backwards.

Sabre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sabre fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fiasco is out of range.
Sabre misses with a few strikes there.
Sabre swings widly with a right hand
and Fiasco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sabre's corner calls for a 1-2. Sabre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Lupe Fiasco has been cut.
Fiasco ducks under a wild hook from Sabre.
Fiasco throws a right hand that Sabre ducks under and follows up with a left that Sabre also avoids with ease.

Fiasco clinches up with Sabre and pushes him back against the cage.
Fiasco blocking some punches.
Sabre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sabre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiasco taking a breather.
Sabre avoiding damage as Fiasco throws knees to the body.
Sabre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fiasco prevents Sabre from breaking the clinch.
Fiasco stalling in the clinch.
Sabre misses with the head strike.
Sabre struggles to land a body shot inside as Fiasco controls his hands.
Fiasco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Sabre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fiasco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sabre.
Fiasco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sabre throws out the jab.
Sabre throws a right hand that misses
and Fiasco counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre misses with a left hand
and Sabre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matt Sabre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fiasco 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.
The fighters circling - Sabre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sabre looks to land a left hand but Fiasco moved out of range nicely.
Sabre throws a right hand that Fiasco ducks under and follows up with a left that Fiasco also avoids with ease.
A combination from Fiasco does no damage.

Fiasco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sabre is trying to maintain a safe position but Fiasco gets an underhook and turns Sabre into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sabre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sabre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Sabre.
Sabre is stalling here.
Fiasco scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre tries to stall but Fiasco uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sabre has a couple of punches blocked by Fiasco.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fiasco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sabre misses with a punch to the body.
Fiasco has Sabre pushed against the cage.
Sabre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sabre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fiasco trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre misses with the head strike.
Sabre swings wildly with an uppercut but Fiasco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fiasco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Sabre will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lupe Fiasco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fiasco slips under a jab.
Sabre lands a right hook to the body.
Sabre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Fiasco misses.
Fiasco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sabre to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab from Sabre.
Sabre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fiasco throws a head kick but Sabre moves out of range.
Sabre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sabre misses with a right hand
and Fiasco counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sabre is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sabre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fiasco.
Sabre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fiasco counters with a nice uppercut.
Sabre throws a hook but Fiasco blocks it.
Sabre throws a jab but it's blocked by Fiasco.
Sabre has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre looks to land a body kick but Fiasco moved away.
Fiasco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That has opened up Lupe Fiasco's cut even more.
Sabre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Fiasco pushes Sabre up against the cage in a clinch.
Fiasco tries a knee to the head but Sabre blocks it.
Fiasco blocks an uppercut.
Fiasco looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fiasco is looking to control Sabre's arms but Sabre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fiasco has his back to the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fiasco as Sabre tries to tie him up.
Fiasco trying to land knees to the body.
Fiasco trying to control the position but instead, Sabre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fiasco into the cage.

Sabre manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fiasco.
Matt Sabre is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Sabre misses.
Sabre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fiasco.
Sabre throws a lazy uppercut
and Fiasco counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabre missing with a left hand there. Fiasco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sabre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fiasco lands with a nice combination. Sabre backs away looking to recover.
Fiasco slips a jab from Sabre.
Sabre throws a right hand that misses
and Fiasco counters with a left and a right that stings Sabre.

Fiasco gets a clinch.
Sabre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sabre tries a body shot but Fiasco blocks it.
Sabre is trying to stall.
Fiasco looking to throw knees to the head but Sabre is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiasco is looking to control Sabre's arms but Sabre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fiasco has his back to the cage.
Sabre misses with a punch to the body.
Sabre has a couple of punches blocked by Fiasco.
Fiasco misses with an elbow over the top.
Sabre managing to block the knees to the body from Fiasco.
Sabre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sabre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sabre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sabre tries to throw a body punch but Fiasco avoids it by throwing Sabre back against the cage.
Fiasco is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sabre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fiasco blocks it with crossed arms.
Fiasco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabre.
Sabre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sabre avoiding damage as Fiasco throws knees to the body.
Fiasco is stalling here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sabre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sabre.
Sabre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fiasco looking to stall.
Fiasco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sabre fails to land.
Fiasco is looking to control Sabre's arms but Sabre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fiasco has his back to the cage.
Fiasco trying to land knees to the body.
Sabre stalls.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre can't find room to land a body shot as Fiasco controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Sabre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lupe Fiasco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fiasco moves out of range as Sabre strikes.
Sabre throws an off balance right hand
and Fiasco counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sabre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Fiasco has Sabre up against the cage in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fiasco as Sabre tries to tie him up.
Sabre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fiasco is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sabre.
Sabre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fiasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabre avoids it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sabre.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sabre throws an elbow but misses.
Sabre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sabre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sabre is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Fiasco's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fiasco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sabre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fiasco is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Matt Sabre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fiasco struggles to land a body shot inside as Sabre controls his hands.
Sabre misses with a body punch.
Sabre blocks an elbow strike from Fiasco.
Sabre lands with a short shot to the head.
Sabre connects with a knee to the head.
Sabre crunches a lovely knee into Fiasco's ribcage.
Fiasco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fiasco tries to land knees in the clinch but Sabre avoids the damage to the body.
Sabre displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fiasco up against the cage.
Fiasco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiasco misses with a knee to the head.
Sabre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fiasco unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sabre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sabre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fiasco looking to stall.
Fiasco missing with knees to the body.
Fiasco takes a shot to the head.
Sabre misses with the head strike.
Sabre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Fiasco.
Sabre looking to stall.
Sabre working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre stalling in the clinch but Fiasco improves position.
Sabre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fiasco blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sabre.
Sabre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fiasco tries to stall but Sabre uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sabre misses with a punch to the body.
Sabre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fiasco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sabre scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Fiasco.
Sabre managing to block the knees to the body from Fiasco.
Fiasco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sabre just leaning against Fiasco, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fiasco looking to stall.
Fiasco is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Sabre has denied him.
Sabre has Fiasco pressed against the cage.
Sabre lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Sabre landing knees to the head.
Fiasco is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fiasco pressing his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabre.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Sabre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sabre 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Sabre!
A victorious Matt Sabre thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
87%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Bellringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernie McLeod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellringer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Don Omar - Con Letra. McLeod has chosen Flower of Scotland as his entrance music. Vitor Bellringer is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bellringer
vs
McLeod

183 cm
20
183 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Gesundheit Designs

Red Bills clothing

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitor Bellringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bernie McLeod!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLeod uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bellringer.
McLeod takes a swing at Bellringer's ribcage but misses.
McLeod ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bellringer moves away.
Bernie McLeod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLeod checks a leg kick.
Bellringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLeod.
Bellringer throws a front kick aimed at McLeod's knee but McLeod avoids it well.
McLeod blocks a jab.
McLeod uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bellringer misses with a combination
letting McLeod counter with a right hand.
McLeod just misses with a punch to the body.
Bellringer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McLeod avoids a punch combination nicely.
McLeod 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.
McLeod connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McLeod takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McLeod blocks a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A combination from Bellringer does no damage.
McLeod throws a sloppy body shot
and Bellringer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLeod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bellringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McLeod, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLeod avoids the body shot from Bellringer.
Bellringer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McLeod tries to clinch but Bellringer is having none of it.
McLeod uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bellringer.
McLeod lands a right hook to the body.
McLeod throws a hook but Bellringer blocks it.
McLeod misses with a body shot.
McLeod misses with a body shot
and Bellringer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bellringer looks to throw the jab but McLeod is out of range.
McLeod misses with a hook. Bellringer ducked under it nicely.
Bellringer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Bellringer lands.

It looks like Bernie McLeod has been cut.
Bellringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLeod looks to land a right hand but Bellringer moved out of range.
Bellringer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

McLeod takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Bellringer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bellringer breaks the clinch.
McLeod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bellringer was well out of range. Poor timing from McLeod.
McLeod stuns Bellringer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bellringer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McLeod.
Bellringer misses the shot to the body.
McLeod is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bellringer rather than just go for the knockout.
Bellringer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bellringer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bellringer misses the shot to the body.
Bellringer throws a shot from downtown. McLeod moves away and avoids it.
Bellringer tries to move into range but McLeod moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McLeod bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bellringer's head.
Bellringer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bellringer throws a leg kick but McLeod sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bellringer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bellringer misses with a straight left.
McLeod swings for the body but Bellringer moves out of range.
McLeod is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bellringer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bellringer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McLeod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bellringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellringer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLeod.
McLeod misses the shot to the body.
Bellringer throws a solid leg kick but McLeod takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bellringer.
Bellringer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bellringer scores with a jab to the head.
Bellringer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McLeod connects with a jab.
Bellringer misses with a hook. McLeod ducked under it nicely.
Bellringer misses with the combination.
Bellringer misses with an uppercut.
McLeod cracks a nice hook into Bellringer's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Bellringer. Those never looked like landing.
McLeod moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bellringer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McLeod manages to avoid it.
McLeod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bellringer.
McLeod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLeod just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLeod is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McLeod lands with a straight right. Bellringer didn't see that one coming.
McLeod swings for the body but Bellringer moves out of range.
Bellringer throws a body punch but McLeod moves out of range.
McLeod thows a body shot but no joy.
McLeod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bellringer.
McLeod jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bellringer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bellringer misses with a few strikes there.
McLeod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bellringer.
McLeod misses with a body shot.
McLeod getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bellringer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bellringer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McLeod connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bellringer scrambles back to his feet.
Bellringer throws a hook but McLeod blocks it.
McLeod thows a body shot but no joy.
McLeod moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vitor Bellringer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bernie McLeod's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bellringer throws a jab but it's blocked by McLeod.
Bellringer takes a swing at McLeod's ribcage but misses.
McLeod takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bellringer missing with a left hand there. McLeod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bellringer blocks a jab.
McLeod fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bellringer on the side of the head.
Bellringer misses with a low kick as McLeod jumps back.
McLeod checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bellringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bellringer scores with a hook to the body. McLeod takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McLeod misses the shot to the body.
McLeod misses the shot to the body.
Bellringer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McLeod counters with a lovely shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Bellringer.
McLeod ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bellringer looks to land a left hand but McLeod moved out of range nicely.
Bellringer misses with a body shot
and McLeod counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bellringer misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellringer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McLeod fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bellringer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bellringer misses with an uppercut.
McLeod connects with a body shot.
Bellringer throws a jab when McLeod was well out of range.
Bellringer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A left and a right from Bellringer both land. Nice combination.
Vitor Bellringer is winning the standup battle so far.
McLeod gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bellringer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bellringer tests McLeod's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLeod takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McLeod misses with a shot to the body
and Bellringer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McLeod thinking.
Bellringer scores with a sloppy right hand. McLeod should have avoided that one.
Bellringer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McLeod back to the cage. Bellringer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McLeod waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bellringer.
McLeod thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLeod ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice cross by McLeod.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McLeod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bellringer.
McLeod misses with a looping left.
McLeod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from McLeod misses.
McLeod misses the shot to the body.

McLeod has taken the fight to the clinch.
McLeod doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bellringer prevents McLeod from breaking the clinch.
McLeod wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McLeod lands with a short shot to the head.
Bellringer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McLeod misses with a hook from the clinch.
McLeod lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLeod keeps control of Bellringer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McLeod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McLeod digs a right hand underneath Bellringer's ribcage. Bellringer let out a lung full of air as it connected.

McLeod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bellringer staying out of range there.
Bellringer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good work by McLeod as he checks the leg kick.
McLeod doesn't manage to clinch there - Bellringer circles away.
Bellringer catches McLeod with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McLeod misses with an uppercut. Bellringer saw that one coming.
McLeod looks to land a combination but Bellringer avoids it well.
Bellringer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bellringer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McLeod moves in looking to clinch but Bellringer pushes him off.
Bellringer moves away from the strike by McLeod.
Good exchange - Bellringer coming out on top.
Bellringer looks to land a combination but McLeod avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLeod showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bellringer.
McLeod misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bellringer.
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!
McLeod throws a body punch but Bellringer moves out of range.
McLeod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bellringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bellringer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLeod.
Bellringer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McLeod takes a swing at Bellringer's ribcage but misses.
Bellringer ducks under a wild hook from McLeod.
McLeod keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bellringer.
Bellringer misses with a looping right.
McLeod swings for the body but Bellringer moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Bellringer.
McLeod moves out of range as Bellringer strikes.
McLeod misses with a looping left.
McLeod lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McLeod swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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 Vitor Bellringer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bernie McLeod's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

McLeod slips under a jab from Bellringer.
McLeod connects with a right hand. Bellringer shakes it off.
Bellringer throws a hook to the side of McLeod's head but McLeod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bellringer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McLeod dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bellringer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bellringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLeod lands a body shot.
Bellringer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bellringer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bellringer looks to score with a jab to the body but McLeod is just out of range.
Bellringer scores with the left hand. McLeod knows he should have avoided that one.
Bellringer misses with a wild body shot.
McLeod throws a hook to the side of Bellringer's head but Bellringer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bellringer slips a straight right by McLeod.
Bellringer just misses with a punch to the body.
McLeod uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bellringer.
Bellringer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLeod.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellringer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLeod. That did some damage!
McLeod takes a swing at Bellringer's ribcage but misses.
McLeod lunges at Bellringer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bellringer's hand.
Bellringer ducks under a wild hook from McLeod.
Bellringer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bellringer lands a body shot.
McLeod scores with a nice right hand.
McLeod connects with a jab.
Bellringer throws a right and a left that McLeod avoids nicely.
Bellringer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bellringer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McLeod.
McLeod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McLeod blocks a head kick by Bellringer.
A slow jab from Bellringer misses its intended target.
Bellringer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McLeod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bellringer manages to avoid it.
McLeod ducks under a wild hook from Bellringer.
Bellringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bernie McLeod has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLeod misses with a hook. Bellringer ducked under it nicely.
McLeod takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McLeod lands an overhand right.
Bellringer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLeod.
McLeod lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bellringer at a distance.
Bellringer misses with a wild body shot.
McLeod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bellringer manages to avoid it.
Bellringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bellringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bellringer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McLeod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bellringer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McLeod.
Bellringer throws a lazy right hand but McLeod sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McLeod's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bellringer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McLeod scrambles back to his feet.

That has opened up Bernie McLeod's cut even more.
Danga de danga de dang - Bellringer scores with a four punch combination!
Bellringer lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLeod lands a jab-cross combination.
Bellringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLeod.
McLeod is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McLeod staying out of range there.
McLeod looks to clinch
and Bellringer counters with a nice uppercut.
Bellringer lands a nice hook to McLeod's body. McLeod takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bellringer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLeod. That did some damage!
Bellringer lands a body shot.
McLeod throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McLeod on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McLeod lands a slapping body shot.
McLeod slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bellringer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McLeod doesn't seem bothered though.
McLeod misses with a body shot.
McLeod lands a nice hook to Bellringer's body. Bellringer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLeod takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bellringer sizes up McLeod with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bellringer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McLeod.
Bellringer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by McLeod.
McLeod moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bellringer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McLeod counters with a right hand to the body.
Bellringer throws a right and a left that McLeod avoids nicely.
McLeod takes a swing at Bellringer's ribcage but misses.
Bellringer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McLeod.
McLeod throws out a loose jab but Bellringer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bellringer scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLeod takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McLeod connects with a right hand. Bellringer shakes it off.

Bellringer is rocked!
McLeod cracks Bellringer with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bernie McLeod!
Our winner, Bernie McLeod, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.