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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bayden Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the ring accompanied by Sympton Of The Universe - Black Sabbath. Wood has chosen kick my ass......rehab as his entrance music. Bayden Wood acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bayden Wood!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood tries to clinch up but Souza circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
Wood throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Wood jabs at Souza's body.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wood!
It looks like Rafael Souza has been cut.
Wood instigates a clinch.
Souza keeps control of Wood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wood pulls guard successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Souza postures up.
Souza drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Wood dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working an open guard so Wood takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wood cracks Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wood lands a big head kick that sends Souza tumbling to the mat! Wood takes a step backwards and waves Souza back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Souza is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Wood shuts the power down on Souza. Lights out, game over! Wood is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bayden Wood!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Bayden Wood waved his t-shirt featuring SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Mondello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curt Hennig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demian Mondello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Curt Hennig!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hennig throws a leg kick which misses Mondello's front leg but catches the back leg as Mondello tries to avoid it.
Hennig throws a head kick that misses.
Hennig misses with a head kick.
Hennig pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mondello gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hennig decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mondello's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hennig trying to control the position from guard on top but Mondello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mondello looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Hennig is defending well. Mondello quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Hennig has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Mondello celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Demian Mondello!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Uruhara Hatake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAnthony James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Uruhara Hatake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DeAnthony James!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James motions for Hatake to come forward. James throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hatake gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hatake has picked James up - he's going for a ride! Hatake dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hatake with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hatake uses his free foot to push down on James's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for James.
James holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hatake tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hatake misses with a head shot.
James blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hatake cracks James with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hatake controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake 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.
Hatake has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Uruhara Hatake.
James scores with a punch to the head.
James tries to sprawl but Hatake drives through with a takedown into half guard.
James wants to control but Hatake is keeping busy.
Hatake postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for James to stand up.
James looks gassed!
James gets tackled into the ropes by Hatake. Hatake maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatake has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but James regains guard immediately.
Hatake gets to his feet. James looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hatake shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hatake was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hatake is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Hatake extends the arm and James is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Uruhara Hatake!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Feodor King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipe Diogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Feodor King could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Filipe Diogo's chin.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Feodor King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Filipe Diogo!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diogo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diogo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Diogo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
King really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Diogo trying to control but King is having none of it.
Diogo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Diogo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for King because Diogo loaded up on that one.
Diogo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
King keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
King is squirming around, avoiding Diogo's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is trying to stand up.
King is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
King is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Diogo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
King slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Diogo looks to land a strike but King avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
King could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now King is on top in guard.
Diogo keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diogo looking to hit a scissor sweep but King is one step ahead there.
Diogo can't keep his opponent in guard - King advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
King thows a huge punch but Diogo dodges it nicely.
King trying to pass the guard but Diogo defending well.
Diogo is trying to get back to full guard.
King missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is looking to take a break and control but Diogo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
King perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Diogo is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.
Feodor King has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Diogo clinches up with King and pushes him back against the ropes.
Diogo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. King smiles and moves away.
Diogo with a poor takedown
and King moves into the clinch.
Diogo lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diogo misses with a hook from the clinch.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King has Diogo pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Diogo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Diogo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Feodor King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filipe Diogo.
Diogo looks gassed!
Diogo prevents a takedown attempt there.
King ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. King no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Diogo throws a big elbow that misses.
King is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diogo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diogo wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
King is trying to keep Diogo in close.
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 Feodor King will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Diogo moves into range and clinches up with King.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diogo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diogo tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Diogo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
King moves into range and clinches up with Diogo.
Diogo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diogo misses with a punch to the body.
Diogo lands a left hand.
King jumps into guard, dragging Diogo to the mat.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
King is trying to control the position but Diogo postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diogo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diogo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
King not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Diogo lands a couple of digs.
King is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
King is thwarting Diogo's attempts to control the position.
Diogo tries to kick King off but King keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King slips a nice elbow through Diogo's hands, connecting with Diogo's forehead.
Diogo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. King is working away from the top position though.
Diogo is breathing heavily.
King is trying to work for a kimura but Diogo is defending well.
Diogo wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
Diogo actively working from the bottom here.
Still in half guard, King seems content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Diogo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
King stands up and beckons Diogo to join him on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Diogo is defended easily by King.
King throws a head kick but Diogo moves out of range.
Diogo is looking to clinch.
Diogo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Feodor King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filipe Diogo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Diogo moves out of range easily.
King shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
King controlling from mount.
Feodor King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diogo is squirming around, avoiding King's attempts to control the action.
King landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Diogo tries to control the position but King now has his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Feodor King dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
King drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee asks King politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. King prefers to stall for the moment though.
King misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Diogo tries to bench press King off him but King keeps the position.
Diogo is not content to let King control the position.
Diogo is trying to control King's posture but King avoids it.
King connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diogo some visible discomfort.
It looks like Filipe Diogo has been cut.
Diogo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is working Diogo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Diogo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but King is controlling him well.
King working away.
King taking a breather here.
King is trying to get an arm triangle but Diogo is defending well.
King tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no King has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Diogo is letting King control him for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diogo is not content to let King control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diogo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
King stands up and beckons Diogo to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diogo is out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Diogo.
Diogo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diogo as he avoids it easily.
King slaps away a takedown attempt from Diogo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
King manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Diogo on his heels. He'll look to pass Diogo's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
King passes Diogo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
King postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Diogo to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a series of punches but Diogo avoids them all with ease.
Diogo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diogo avoids the head kick by King.
King is looking to clinch.
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diogo circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feodor King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diogo tries for a takedown but King circles away easily
and King counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Diogo's guard now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King tries to stand but Diogo is controlling from the bottom.
King trying to control but Diogo is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Feodor King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Feodor King!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marko Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marko Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ian McCall!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McCall to the mat! McCall manages to get full guard.
Khan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McCall is keeping the position for now.
McCall escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Khan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
McCall keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
McCall doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Khan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Khan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McCall will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
McCall trying to keep a closed guard but Khan is proving a slippery customer.
Khan stops McCall from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan looking to sit in guard and control but McCall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Khan is looking for a triangle but McCall pushes his legs off easily.
Khan keeping moving, preventing McCall from controlling successfully.
McCall would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
McCall postures up.
Khan manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khan tries to clinch up but McCall circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McCall tries to avoid it but Khan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McCall to the ground. McCall escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Khan misses with a two punch combination.
No luck for McCall with that takedown attempt.
Khan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCall shoots in but Khan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McCall throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall has a takedown stuffed.
Marko Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian McCall.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but McCall sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.
McCall shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khan as he jumps to the side.
McCall tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from McCall.
Khan is trying hard to land a takedown here. McCall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall misses with a takedown attempt
and Khan counters with a three punch combo that has McCall backing up. McCall nods at Khan to acknowledge the strikes.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Khan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McCall as he avoids it easily.
McCall tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khan shoots for a double leg takedown but McCall sprawls well. He's pushed Khan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McCall dives in and grabs Khan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Khan pushes down on McCall's head and hops out.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCall tries for a takedown but Khan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
McCall looks gassed!
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Khan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Khan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Khan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCall wants to clinch.
McCall tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCall shoots in and drives through. Khan sprawls well.
McCall fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a low kick as McCall jumps back.
Khan clinches with his opponent.
Khan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by McCall after a bit of a struggle.
McCall pulls Khan into guard.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but McCall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McCall keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
McCall is trying to control the position but Khan postures up.
Khan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McCall has Khan pulled in close to control his posture.
Khan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marko Khan wasn't doing enough on the ground.
McCall shoots in and drives through. Khan sprawls well.
Marko Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian McCall.
Khan tries to clinch there but McCall circles away.
No luck for McCall with that takedown attempt.
McCall moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCall is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
McCall pulls Khan into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
McCall is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
McCall 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.
McCall looking for a guillotine here but Khan defends easily.
Khan passes McCall's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Khan works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCall is looking to escape.
Khan with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Khan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Khan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Khan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
McCall rushes Khan and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
McCall jumps guard and drags Khan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
McCall keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully.
McCall working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Khan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McCall trying to control the position.
Khan trying to control but McCall is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Khan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throwing strikes from guard but McCall blocks nicely.
Khan gets to his feet - McCall follows without any prompting.
McCall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McCall's guard.
Khan won't allow McCall to get back to his feet.
Khan won't allow McCall to sweep him here.
McCall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McCall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan won't allow McCall to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall controls Khan momentarily but Khan frees himself.
Khan tries to stand but McCall is controlling from the bottom.
Khan trying to control the position from guard on top but McCall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Khan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McCall but McCall pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A decent looking cross lands there for McCall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McCall is defended easily by Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan has a takedown stuffed.
Khan stuffs the takedown attempt from McCall. McCall gets slowly back to his feet.
McCall shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marko Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ian McCall.
McCall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan tries for a takedown but McCall sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
McCall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khan pinned against the ropes. Khan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Khan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McCall tries to avoid it but Khan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McCall to the ground. McCall escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khan as he avoids it easily.
McCall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from McCall as Khan shoots in.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan shoots in for a takedown but McCall shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Khan drives through and clinches with McCall against the ropes.
Khan tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCall wants to stall.
McCall wants a takedown but no success here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marko Khan.
Well Khan 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Khan!
Our winner, Marko Khan, 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.
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