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MFC 67- Exposed PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akeno Delroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason McNeil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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157 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akeno Delroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason McNeil!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNeil scores with a jab to the body.
Delroy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McNeil dives in and grabs Delroy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Delroy pushes down on McNeil's head and hops out.
McNeil dives in and grabs Delroy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Delroy pushes down on McNeil's head and hops out.
Delroy throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Delroy.
Delroy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crunch! Delroy slams his shin into McNeil's torso.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McNeil is defended easily by Delroy.
Akeno Delroy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason McNeil.
Delroy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McNeil closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Delroy did well to prevent McNeil getting side control.
McNeil wants to free his trapped foot but Delroy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Delroy pushes McNeil off looking to stand but McNeil dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delroy is looking for a sweep. McNeil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McNeil wants to take a breather but Delroy is having none of it.
McNeil seems to be looking for submissions.
Delroy pushes McNeil off looking to stand but McNeil dives back in and keeps control.
Delroy is staying active underneath McNeil, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
McNeil is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Delroy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McNeil.
Delroy wants to get back to his feet.
McNeil frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McNeil looking to ground and pound but Delroy is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delroy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Delroy tries to reverse the position but McNeil maintains control.
McNeil looking to control but Delroy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Delroy wants to control but McNeil is having none of it.
McNeil throws some wild stikes that Delroy manages to avoid easily.
McNeil has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! McNeil connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McNeil prevents Delroy from getting the reversal.
McNeil tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Delroy trying desperately to get to his feet.
McNeil wants to control the pace but Delroy is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNeil working for a submission but Delroy is keeping him at bay.
McNeil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Delroy is looking to escape.
Delroy wants to hold on but McNeil pushes him away.
Delroy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McNeil looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
McNeil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Delroy is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delroy wants to control but McNeil is having none of it.
Delroy is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
McNeil tries to control but Delroy wriggling away.
Delroy wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McNeil.
McNeil looking to control but Delroy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delroy working to try and regain half guard.
McNeil looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason McNeil dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McNeil has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Delroy finds it's way round the side to connect with McNeil's head.
Delroy connects with a good right hand that stumbles McNeil. McNeil circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McNeil blocks a head kick by Delroy.
McNeil avoids the head kick by Delroy.
Decent striking displayed by Delroy there.
Delroy cracks a nice hook into McNeil's ribs.
Delroy throws a shot from downtown. McNeil moves away and avoids it.
McNeil is trying hard to land a takedown here. Delroy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Delroy lands a nice looking body shot.
McNeil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delroy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Delroy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Delroy wants it to stay on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delroy lands an overhand right.
Delroy stuffs the takedown.
Akeno Delroy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason McNeil.
McNeil shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McNeil throws a good cross that connects.
McNeil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Delroy lands a glancing blow to the side of McNeil's head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McNeil is defended easily by Delroy.
McNeil takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McNeil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McNeil closes the distance and clinches up with Delroy, looking for a takedown. McNeil pushes Delroy against the cage but Delroy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delroy with a nice cross.
Delroy scores with a body shot.
Delroy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Delroy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McNeil walks into a straight right hand from Delroy.
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!
Delroy stuffs the takedown.
Delroy stuffs the takedown.
Delroy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jason McNeil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McNeil fails with a takedown attempt.
Delroy lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delroy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Delroy.
Delroy lands a leg kick that knocks McNeil off balance momentarily.
Delroy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Delroy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Delroy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Delroy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McNeil shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Delroy as he jumps to the side.
McNeil throws a series of punches but Delroy moves out of range.
McNeil chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Delroy can pounce on him.
McNeil has his takedown stuffed
and Delroy counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delroy tries a head kick but it misses.
Delroy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Good exchange - Delroy coming out on top.
A jab from Delroy does it's job there.
McNeil shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McNeil is defended easily by Delroy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McNeil misses with a takedown attempt - Delroy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McNeil avoids the head kick by Delroy.
Delroy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McNeil on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeno Delroy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Delroy swings for the body but McNeil moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Delroy.
McNeil looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Delroy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Delroy digs a good body shot into McNeil's ribs.
Akeno Delroy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delroy just misses with a punch to the body.
Delroy lands a jab to McNeil's midsection.
McNeil's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Delroy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McNeil scrambles back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from McNeil.
Delroy connects with a single shot there.
McNeil misses with a double jab
and Delroy counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNeil walks into a left hand.
Delroy connects with a good right hand that stumbles McNeil. McNeil circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McNeil fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Delroy sprawls well initially but McNeil persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Delroy is positioning himself well to prevent McNeil advancing to mount.
McNeil passes to full mount!
Delroy tries to hold on but McNeil pushes him away.
McNeil raining down shots from the mount!
McNeil lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Delroy hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McNeil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Delroy is looking to escape.
Delroy wants to hold on but McNeil pushes him away.
Delroy is squirming around, avoiding McNeil's attempts to control the action.
Delroy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Delroy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McNeil wants to control the pace but Delroy is squirming around nicely.
Delroy wants to control but McNeil is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNeil controlling from the full mount.
Delroy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Delroy reaches up to try and control the position but McNeil seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Delroy rolls and tries to escape and now McNeil has his back!
Delroy can't escape the position.
McNeil trying to control momentarily.
Delroy is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
McNeil looking for the choke but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNeil working for the choke.
McNeil misses with a punch to the head.
McNeil just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delroy preventing the rear naked choke attempt from McNeil.
McNeil is looking to control Delroy but Delroy is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason McNeil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McNeil has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason McNeil!
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FIGHT
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Schulte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azevedo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm a Soldier, I'm a Fighter. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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217 lbs
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216 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Schulte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hugo Azevedo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schulte looks to score with a jab to the body but Azevedo is just out of range.
Azevedo just misses with a punch to the body.
Azevedo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Azevedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azevedo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Azevedo.
Schulte is looking to score with low kicks.
Azevedo lands with a nice body punch.
Azevedo just misses with a punch to the body.
Schulte shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Azevedo defends it nicely.
Azevedo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schulte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good work by Schulte as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Schulte misses.
Azevedo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Schulte needs to keep his hands up - Azevedo had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Brian Schulte has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azevedo scores with a spinning back kick!
Schulte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azevedo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulte throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Schulte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Azevedo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Azevedo grinds an elbow into Schulte's temple.
Azevedo in side control, throwing shots but Schulte defends.
Schulte tries to improve position but can't.
Azevedo slows the pace down.
Schulte manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Azevedo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Schulte does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Azevedo lands a nice short elbow.
Schulte is looking to improve his position.
Azevedo is trying to control. Schulte wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Azevedo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schulte tries to roll over but Azevedo keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo lands strikes from half guard.
Schulte gets back to full guard.
Schulte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Azevedo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Azevedo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Azevedo trying to control the position from guard on top but Schulte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azevedo won't allow Schulte to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azevedo trying to control but Schulte is working from the bottom.
Azevedo controlling from the top position.
Azevedo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte wants to sweep here but Azevedo controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Schulte is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Azevedo defends well.
Schulte throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Schulte trying to control the position here.
Azevedo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Azevedo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Schulte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Schulte looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Azevedo landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Schulte's head.
Schulte not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Azevedo trying to control but Schulte is working from the bottom.
Azevedo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Azevedo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azevedo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Azevedo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Schulte is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Schulte has escaped and now he's on top!
Schulte wants to control from the top but Azevedo keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Azevedo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Schulte's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Schulte cracks Azevedo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hugo Azevedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schulte blocks a leg kick.
Azevedo looks to score with a jab to the body but Schulte is just out of range.
Schulte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schulte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azevedo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schulte.
Azevedo lands a jab to Schulte's midsection.
Schulte lands a head kick. Azevedo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Azevedo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Schulte gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but Schulte sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Schulte wants to clinch.
Schulte throws a hook but Azevedo avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schulte.
Azevedo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Schulte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schulte takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schulte tests Azevedo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Azevedo throws a hook but Schulte avoids it easily.
Schulte misses with a low kick.
Azevedo misses with a body shot.
Azevedo throws a hook but Schulte avoids it easily.
Schulte is looking to clinch.
Schulte misses with a body shot.
Schulte shoots for a double leg takedown but Azevedo sprawls well. He's pushed Schulte's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Azevedo misses with a low kick.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Schulte moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo shoots for a double leg takedown but Schulte sprawls well. He's pushed Azevedo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Azevedo throws a low kick, looking for Schulte's leg but Schulte calmly moves out of range.
Azevedo cracks Schulte with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Azevedo. Schulte shrugs it off though.
Nice shot lands for Schulte.
Nice sprawl there from Schulte as Azevedo shoots in.
Brian Schulte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugo Azevedo.
Azevedo misses with a wild body shot.
Azevedo throws a body punch but Schulte moves out of range.
Azevedo lands a front kick.
Azevedo swings widly with a right hand
and Schulte counters with a left to the body.
Azevedo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schulte is able to avoid easily.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but Schulte moved away.
Azevedo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Azevedo is looking to land body kicks.
Azevedo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo misses with a leg kick.
Azevedo shoots and misses
and Schulte counters with a left to the body.
Azevedo avoids the body shot from Schulte.
Schulte jabs Azevedo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Azevedo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azevedo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Azevedo throws a low kick but Schulte moves out of range easily.
Schulte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schulte gets the takedown into side control.
Schulte scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Azevedo to see if he's OK.
Azevedo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Schulte's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Schulte is looking to take a break and control but Azevedo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schulte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Azevedo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Schulte.
Azevedo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Azevedo regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schulte missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Azevedo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Schulte defends well.
Schulte is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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 Brian Schulte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Schulte's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Azevedo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Azevedo wants it to stay on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Schulte.
Azevedo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azevedo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Schulte tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Schulte is looking to clinch.
Azevedo lands a jab to Schulte's midsection.
Schulte swings for the body but Azevedo moves out of range.
Hugo Azevedo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Azevedo checks a leg kick nicely.
Schulte gets a clinch.
Azevedo lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Azevedo - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azevedo has clasped his hands together around Schulte's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Schulte is letting Azevedo control him for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Azevedo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Schulte keeps working.
Schulte takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schulte struggling a bit here.
Azevedo taking a breather here.
Azevedo trying to control the position but Schulte is working away.
The referee asks Azevedo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Azevedo prefers to stall for the moment though.
Schulte regains half guard.
Azevedo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Schulte is defending against the submission attempts here by Azevedo.
Schulte has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Azevedo is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schulte is trying to get back to full guard.
Azevedo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Schulte keeps working.
Schulte is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Azevedo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Azevedo seems to be working for a kimura but Schulte defends the submission attempt.
Azevedo throwing shots but Schulte is blocking nicely.
Azevedo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schulte is looking to improve his position.
Schulte manages to get to full guard.
Schulte looking to hit a scissor sweep but Azevedo is one step ahead there.
Schulte is trying to keep Azevedo in close.
Hugo Azevedo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Azevedo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Schulte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Azevedo won't allow Schulte to sweep him here.
Schulte keeping moving, preventing Azevedo from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Schulte holds on and takes a little breather.
Azevedo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo trying to control but Schulte is working from the bottom.
Azevedo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Schulte looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Azevedo throwing strikes from guard but Schulte blocks nicely.
Azevedo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Azevedo distracts Schulte with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Schulte looking to hit a scissor sweep but Azevedo is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schulte keeping moving, preventing Azevedo from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schulte looking to hit a scissor sweep but Azevedo is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugo Azevedo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Azevedo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Azevedo!
An out of breath Hugo Azevedo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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FIGHT
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ver Cingeto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dark Tranquillity - Lethe . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ver Cingeto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cingeto throws a hook but Tyson blocks it.
Tyson dodges the punch combination from Cingeto.
Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Cingeto.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cingeto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson walks into a left hand.
Tyson throws a good cross that connects.
Jason Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cingeto misses with an uppercut. Tyson saw that one coming.
Cingeto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tyson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cingeto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tyson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson throws a shot to the body.
Cingeto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cingeto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cingeto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cingeto slips under a jab.
Tyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyson lands a head kick. Cingeto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tyson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cingeto.
Nice straight punches there by Tyson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyson.
Tyson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cingeto lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tyson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cingeto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cingeto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tyson finds it's way round the side to connect with Cingeto's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cingeto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cingeto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cingeto is keen to just control but Tyson is a slippery customer.
Cingeto lands with a punch from half guard.
Cingeto 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.
Tyson wants to control but Cingeto is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cingeto wants to free his trapped foot but Tyson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cingeto works his way into side control.
Tyson sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto seems to be looking for submissions.
Cingeto is thwarting Tyson's attempts to control the position.
Cingeto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cingeto working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyson is trying to get back to full guard.
Cingeto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyson is looking to control Cingeto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tyson avoid being mounted?
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cingeto works his way into full mount!
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 Ver Cingeto will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cingeto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jason Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cingeto.
Tyson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tyson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cingeto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cingeto swings for the body but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cingeto circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cingeto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tyson.
Cingeto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tyson!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyson is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson wants to hold on but Cingeto pushes him away.
Tyson is looking to improve his position but Cingeto isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Cingeto.
Cingeto tries to control but Tyson wriggling away.
Cingeto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cingeto has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tyson's face.
Tyson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cingeto loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tyson scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Cingeto land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Cingeto stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ver Cingeto!
A very excited looking Ver Cingeto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Leeroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis St Laurent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Leeroy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Boondocks Theme Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Leeroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Louis St Laurent!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leeroy scores with a sloppy right hand. St Laurent should have avoided that one.
Leeroy checks a low kick from St Laurent.
St Laurent throws a leg kick but Leeroy checks it.
Leeroy throws a shot to the body.
St Laurent throws a jab when Leeroy was well out of range.
St Laurent throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leeroy throws a leg kick but St Laurent moved away.
Leeroy checks a leg kick nicely.
Leeroy moves out of range of the body kick from St Laurent.
Leeroy moves out of range as St Laurent throws a body kick.
A big right from St Laurent misses.
Leeroy scores with a spinning back kick!
St Laurent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeroy moves away.
Leeroy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leeroy throws a big shot that misses.
Leeroy checks the leg kick nicely there.
St Laurent on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Laurent throws a jab but it's blocked by Leeroy.
St Laurent doesn't manage to clinch there - Leeroy circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of St Laurent 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Leeroy looks to land a body kick but St Laurent moved away.
St Laurent motions for Leeroy to come forward. St Laurent throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leeroy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Laurent.
Leeroy throws a body kick that misses.
St Laurent connects with a solid leg kick.
St Laurent wants to land a leg kick but Leeroy is out of range.
Leeroy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leeroy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from St Laurent.
Leeroy slips under a jab from St Laurent.
St Laurent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Laurent goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A punch lands to the side of St Laurent 's head but he takes it in his stride.
St Laurent looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St Laurent tries to work over Leeroy's front leg with a kick but Leeroy checks it.
Leeroy throws a body punch but St Laurent moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy misses with a body kick.
St Laurent fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leeroy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Laurent looks to land a right hand but Leeroy moved out of range.
St Laurent moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Laurent.
Leeroy slips a straight right by St Laurent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leeroy.
Leeroy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Laurent tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leeroy misses with a head kick.
Leeroy throws out a loose jab but St Laurent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leeroy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Laurent.
St Laurent looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leeroy ducks under a wild hook from St Laurent.
St Laurent misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leeroy.
St Laurent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leeroy avoids a kick to the body.
Leeroy ducks under a wild hook from St Laurent.
Leeroy misses with a body shot.
Leeroy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A lazy body kick from St Laurent
and Leeroy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! St Laurent crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Leeroy - the referee stops the clock and St Laurent gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Leeroy. St Laurent manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Leeroy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leeroy throws a quick inside leg kick.
St Laurent misses with a combination
and Leeroy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Laurent thinking.
Leeroy avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
Leeroy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab lands there for St Laurent.
St Laurent looks to land a combination but Leeroy avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent misses with a hook. Leeroy ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Leeroy lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Laurent misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Leeroy to counter with a crisp jab.
Leeroy lands with a thumping leg kick.
St Laurent throws a good cross that connects.
Leeroy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
St Laurent misses with a lunging right hand
and Leeroy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
St Laurent avoids the head kick by Leeroy.
A cross from St Laurent lands.
Louis St Laurent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Laurent just misses with a punch to the body.
St Laurent swings for the body but Leeroy moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leeroy misses with a body shot.
St Laurent clinches up against the cage.
St Laurent blocks an uppercut.
Leeroy manages to break the clinch.
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 Bruce Leeroy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Leeroy avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
Leeroy walks into a left hand.
St Laurent throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from St Laurent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from St Laurent lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Leeroy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Leeroy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Laurent tries to land a front kick but Leeroy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Leeroy scoring well with a low kick there.
St Laurent explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Leeroy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St Laurent tries to clinch up.
A big left from Leeroy misses.
Leeroy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Laurent moves away.
St Laurent lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
St Laurent lands with a nice body kick.
St Laurent moves out of range as Leeroy throws a body kick.
St Laurent ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeroy moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Leeroy.
St Laurent thuds a left hand into Leeroy's body.
Leeroy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St Laurent tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leeroy is able to avoid easily.
St Laurent misses with a looping left.
Leeroy throws a leg kick but St Laurent sees it coming and checks it nicely.
St Laurent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Laurent takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leeroy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Laurent tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leeroy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bruce Leeroy is winning the standup battle so far.
Leeroy just misses with a punch to the body.
St Laurent throws a push kick but Leeroy slaps the foot to one side.
Leeroy sizes up St Laurent with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Leeroy moves out of range of the leg kick from St Laurent.
St Laurent ducks under a wild hook from Leeroy.
An inside leg kick lands from St Laurent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for St Laurent, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Leeroy misses the target.
St Laurent turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Laurent blocks a head kick by Leeroy.
St Laurent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeroy was well out of range. Poor timing from St Laurent.
Leeroy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick from St Laurent.
St Laurent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Laurent smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Leeroy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Laurent tries to clinch but Leeroy moves out of range.
St Laurent closes the distance and lands a one-two.
St Laurent takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leeroy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Leeroy throws a body punch but St Laurent moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent lands a head shot.
St Laurent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeroy was well out of range. Poor timing from St Laurent.
St Laurent rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leeroy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leeroy lands a leg kick that knocks St Laurent off balance momentarily.
Leeroy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
St Laurent throws a poor cross that misses
and Leeroy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Leeroy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
St Laurent staying out of range there.
Leeroy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Laurent.
Leeroy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Leeroy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
St Laurent misses with an uppercut. Leeroy saw that one coming.
Leeroy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leeroy throws a leg kick but St Laurent sees it coming and checks it nicely.
St Laurent has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Leeroy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent can't find room to land a body shot as Leeroy controls the action.
Leeroy stalling against the cage.
St Laurent landing knees to the head.
St Laurent lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leeroy backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St Laurent.
St Laurent swings wildly with an uppercut but Leeroy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leeroy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Laurent can't break the clinch.
Leeroy trying to stall but St Laurent improves his position.
Leeroy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Laurent backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Laurent tries to break free but Leeroy pushes him back against the cage.
St Laurent lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St Laurent misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St Laurent lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louis St Laurent showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
St Laurent throws a jab when Leeroy was well out of range.
St Laurent is looking to chop away at Leeroy's legs.
Leeroy is looking to wear down St Laurent with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
St Laurent swinging wildly here.
St Laurent scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leeroy, right into the meat.
St Laurent staying out of range there.
Leeroy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Leeroy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leeroy connects with a solid leg kick.
St Laurent looks to score with a jab to the body but Leeroy is just out of range.
Leeroy thumps St Laurent with a low kick.
Leeroy lands a slapping body shot.
Leeroy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Laurent.
Leeroy connects with a right hand. St Laurent shakes it off.
St Laurent drops his hands momentarily and Leeroy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeroy slips a jab from St Laurent.
St Laurent attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
St Laurent avoids the body shot from Leeroy.
St Laurent scores with a spinning back kick!
Leeroy is trying hard to land a takedown here. St Laurent sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Leeroy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
St Laurent throws out a loose jab but Leeroy uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Laurent loads up on a big right hand but Leeroy slips the punch.
St Laurent thumps Leeroy with a low kick.
Leeroy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leeroy tries a low kick but St Laurent avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Laurent checks a leg kick.
St Laurent misses with a few strikes there.
St Laurent has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Leeroy finds it's way round the side to connect with St Laurent's head.
Leeroy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Laurent's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent thows a left - swing and a miss!
St Laurent throws a right hand that Leeroy ducks under and follows up with a left that Leeroy also avoids with ease.
St Laurent misses with a wild body shot.
St Laurent does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St Laurent moves into range and connects with a jab.
St Laurent showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leeroy.
Leeroy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Leeroy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from St Laurent lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Leeroy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Leeroy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Laurent throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Leeroy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Leeroy misses with a head kick.
That kick from St Laurent tenderised Leeroy's leg. Leeroy is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
St Laurent thows a leg kick but Leeroy checks it
and Leeroy counters with a left to the body.
Leeroy scores with a jab to the head.
St Laurent fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeroy manages to avoid it.
Leeroy lands a front kick.
Leeroy circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Laurent checks a leg kick.
Leeroy moves out of range of the body kick.
St Laurent fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leeroy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
St Laurent scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
St Laurent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeroy.
Leeroy takes one to the chin there.
St Laurent is looking to clinch.
Leeroy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
St Laurent motions for Leeroy to come forward. St Laurent throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent lands the left hand.
St Laurent looks to land a body kick but Leeroy moved away.
St Laurent has Leeroy up against the cage in a clinch.
St Laurent misses with a body punch.
St Laurent breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Laurent misses with a leg kick.
St Laurent misses the shot to the body.
St Laurent shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice uppercut there from St Laurent.
St Laurent looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Laurent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Laurent takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leeroy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St Laurent.
Some wild striking there from St Laurent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Louis St Laurent comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Laurent has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis St Laurent!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahmoud Denjat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Denjat's choice of entrance music: U.S.A. National Anthem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mahmoud Denjat!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito is looking to clinch.
Esposito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Denjat.
Esposito throws a head kick that Denjat semi-blocks.
Denjat misses with a looping right.
Esposito throws a low kick but Denjat avoids it.
A slow jab from Esposito misses its intended target.
Denjat fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Esposito avoids it really well and circles away.
Denjat misses with a body kick.
Esposito wants to clinch but Denjat slips to the side
and Denjat counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Esposito throws out a loose jab but Denjat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Esposito throws a head kick that Denjat semi-blocks.
Denjat throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Frank Esposito has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Denjat.
Denjat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Denjat's calf.
Decent striking displayed by Denjat there.
Denjat gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Denjat throws a head kick that misses.
Esposito tries to clinch up.
Esposito throws a hook but Denjat avoids it easily.
Esposito blocks the body kick.
Denjat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Denjat.
Denjat throws a body kick that misses.
Esposito throws a half hearted mid kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Denjat.
Mahmoud Denjat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Denjat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denjat tries to work over Esposito's front leg with a kick but Esposito checks it.
Denjat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denjat dips to his left and cracks Esposito with an 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!
Denjat throws a front kick aimed at Esposito's knee but Esposito avoids it well.
An inside leg kick from Denjat misses.
Denjat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Denjat connects with a leg kick. Esposito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Denjat connects with a high kick.
Denjat connects with the punch.
Esposito is rocked!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Denjat.
Oh Esposito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Esposito takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Esposito is breathing heavily.
Denjat circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Esposito to the canvas! Esposito doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Denjat keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mahmoud Denjat!
Mahmoud Denjat made sure to mention his sponsor, Hellbent in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Estevan Ledesma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Zuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ledesma comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Ronson ft Q-Tip - Bang Bang. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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210 lbs
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32
194 lbs
22 - 8 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Estevan Ledesma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Zuka!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuka throws out a leg kick but Ledesma moves out of range and Zuka only half commits.
Zuka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ledesma counters with a shoot takedown. Zuka fights it but they end up in guard.
Ledesma looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ledesma stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zuka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ledesma is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zuka keeping moving, preventing Ledesma from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Estevan Ledesma wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ledesma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zuka manages to avoid it.
Ledesma gets a double leg takedown into Zuka's guard.
Ledesma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zuka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ledesma wants to pass the guard but Zuka is keeping the position.
Ledesma is stalling in the full guard.
Ledesma's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma won't allow Zuka to sweep him here.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Estevan Ledesma just wasn't active enough.
Zuka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zuka misses with a low kick.
Ledesma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zuka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zuka throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ledesma's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuka misses with a kick to the body.
Zuka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ledesma checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zuka misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma checks a leg kick nicely.
Amir Zuka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zuka is looking to slow Ledesma down with leg kicks.
Zuka throws a solid leg kick but Ledesma takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zuka.
A bone on bone clash there as Ledesma blocks the leg kick.
Zuka throws a sloppy head kick and Ledesma moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Ledesma.
Ledesma swinging wildly here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zuka.
Zuka tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma missing with a left hand there. Zuka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ledesma feints a jab promting Zuka to slip. Ledesma then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Zuka slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ledesma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zuka throws a head kick that misses.
Zuka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ledesma swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zuka throws a chopping leg kick but Ledesma manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ledesma looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zuka!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Estevan Ledesma dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Zuka tries to clinch there but Ledesma circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Ledesma.
A shot to the liver by Ledesma. Beautiful body shot.
Zuka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zuka throws out a leg kick but Ledesma moves out of range and Zuka only half commits.
Ledesma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ledesma connects with the punch.
Zuka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ledesma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledesma checks a low kick from Zuka.
Ledesma checks a leg kick.
Zuka throws a head kick that Ledesma semi-blocks.
Amir Zuka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ledesma closes the distance and clinches.
Zuka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zuka stops a takedown attempt from Ledesma.
Zuka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ledesma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zuka trying to land knees to the body.
Ledesma misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Zuka.
Ledesma throws a punch but it's blocked by Zuka.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zuka prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ledesma takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuka letting Ledesma take a breather here.
Zuka looking to throw knees to the head but Ledesma is blocking nicely.
Ledesma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Ledesma.
Ledesma lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zuka backwards.
Ledesma gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ledesma slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zuka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zuka wants to get back to his feet.
Ledesma is just content to waste time from the top position. Zuka takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ledesma controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma lands a couple of digs.
Ledesma advances to half guard.
Ledesma wants to pass to mount but Zuka is defending the position.
Estevan Ledesma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ledesma is trying to control. Zuka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zuka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ledesma lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma controlling the action here.
Ledesma trying to control from half guard but Zuka is working away.
Ledesma trying to control from Zuka's half guard. Zuka has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ledesma engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Estevan Ledesma dominated that second round.
That's time! Ledesma's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Zuka tries to land a front kick but Ledesma steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ledesma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zuka.
Zuka throws a head kick but Ledesma moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Zuka.
Zuka tries to clinch but Ledesma is having none of it.
Zuka is looking to land body kicks.
Ledesma shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ledesma controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuka is squirming around, avoiding Ledesma's attempts to control the action.
Zuka wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ledesma.
Ledesma trying to control but Zuka is having none of it.
Ledesma lands a nice shot to the head.
Ledesma controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledesma sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Zuka is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ledesma lands a big shot there that rocks Zuka but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zuka suckers Ledesma into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Zuka is now in Ledesma's guard!
Ledesma 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.
Estevan Ledesma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuka wants to get up but he can't break Ledesma's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Amir Zuka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ledesma lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Zuka!
Ledesma controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuka is squirming around, avoiding Ledesma's attempts to control the action.
Ledesma takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zuka is squirming around, avoiding Ledesma's attempts to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Estevan Ledesma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ledesma, 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Estevan Ledesma!
During a confident post fight interview, Estevan Ledesma thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braxton Darius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Clem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clem has chosen Symphony X- as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
198 lbs
20 - 7 - 1 |
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28
215 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braxton Darius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bubba Clem!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darius takes a swing at Clem's ribcage but misses.
Darius throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clem.
Darius misses with a right hand
and Clem counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clem throws a big shot that misses.
Darius throws a front kick aimed at Clem's knee but Clem avoids it well.
Clem misses the jab.
Clem throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clem thuds a left hand into Darius's body.
Darius slips a straight right by Clem.
Darius throws a sloppy head kick
and Clem counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Braxton Darius has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clem changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Darius tries to avoid it but Clem manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Darius to the ground. Darius escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Darius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clem walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clem throws a sloppy head kick
and Darius counters with a nice uppercut.
Darius buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Clem misses with a hook
and Darius counters with a right hand to the body.
A shot to the body from Darius misses
and Clem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clem throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Darius's waist but Darius gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Clem off to one side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darius.
Nice body punch from Darius.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darius drops Clem with a beautiful combination! Clem stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Darius is looking for the KO!
Clem is rocked!
It looks like Bubba Clem has been cut.
Darius batters Clem with a massive right followed by a huge left! Clem is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Darius lands a final crushing right hand to drop Clem to the mat with a gruesome thud! Darius is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Braxton Darius!
Braxton Darius opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry McLean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Dessler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Barry McLean!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dessler misses with a body kick.
McLean shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McLean lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dessler's sensitive parts.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McLean darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McLean.
McLean throws a jab but it's blocked by Dessler.
Dessler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLean throws a push kick but Dessler slaps the foot to one side.
Dessler thows a body shot but no joy.
McLean with a jab.
Dessler cracks the inside of McLean's front leg.
McLean scores with a nice strike.
Dessler cracks the inside of McLean's front leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McLean avoids the body shot from Dessler.
Dessler takes a swing at McLean's ribcage but misses.
McLean misses with an uppercut
letting Dessler counter with a right hand.
McLean checks the leg kick.
Dessler slips under a jab from McLean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean misses with a few strikes there.
McLean throws a shot from downtown. Dessler moves away and avoids it.
McLean thows a body shot but no joy.
Dessler throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dessler fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dessler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dessler takes one on the button.
McLean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dessler misses with a kick to the body.
Dessler fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McLean is out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - McLean scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Billy Dessler has been cut.
Billy Dessler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLean looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McLean jabs at Dessler's body.
McLean blocks the body kick.
Dessler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean misses with a left hand
and Dessler counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dessler throws a jab but it's blocked by McLean.
McLean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dessler.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McLean.
Dessler throws a wild body kick that McLean sees coming a mile off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dessler.
McLean thumps Dessler with a low kick.
McLean misses with a body shot.
Dessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLean.
Dessler misses with a body kick.
McLean connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dessler. Dessler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McLean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dessler was well out of range. Poor timing from McLean.
Dessler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McLean throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler scores with a leg kick.
A head kick by Dessler misses
and McLean counters with a nice uppercut.
Dessler connects with a body shot.
McLean slips under a jab.
Dessler throws a solid leg kick but McLean takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dessler.
Dessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler misses with a right hand
and Dessler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dessler lands a leg kick that knocks McLean off balance momentarily.
That kick from McLean tenderised Dessler's leg. Dessler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dessler ducks under a wild hook from McLean.
McLean throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dessler throws a low kick but it's checked well by McLean.
McLean lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLean misses with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by McLean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean throws a body punch but Dessler moves out of range.
McLean scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dessler throws a front kick that sends McLean stumbling back into the cage.
McLean takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dessler checks a leg kick nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dessler.
Dessler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dessler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McLean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLean.
Dessler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McLean, pushing him back against the cage.
McLean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLean blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dessler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McLean has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Barry McLean will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Dessler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McLean connects with an inside leg kick.
McLean's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McLean with a nice cross.
McLean takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick misses from McLean.
McLean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dessler.
McLean cracks the inside of Dessler's front leg.
Dessler thuds a left hand into McLean's body.
A swing and a miss from McLean.
McLean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dessler walks into a left hand.
McLean scores with a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McLean lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dessler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dessler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dessler thows a body shot but no joy.
Dessler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McLean throws out the jab.
McLean checks a leg kick.
Dessler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McLean.
Some bone on bone action there as McLean checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but McLean saw it coming and moves away.
Dessler pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McLean takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dessler slips under a jab from McLean.
Dessler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McLean has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McLean lands the left hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Dessler finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dessler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dessler throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dessler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McLean is able to avoid easily.
McLean lands with a straight right. Dessler didn't see that one coming.
Dessler throws a leg kick but McLean moved away.
McLean checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dessler misses with a leg kick.
Dessler is looking to wear down McLean with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McLean defends it nicely.
Dessler takes one on the button.
McLean uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dessler.
Dessler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McLean.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLean avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dessler throws a solid leg kick but McLean takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dessler.
McLean throws a lazy right hand but Dessler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McLean lands a jab to the head.
McLean walks into a straight right hand from Dessler.
A leg kick checked by McLean.
McLean misses with a double jab.
Jab from Dessler.
Some bone on bone action there as McLean checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McLean throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dessler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dessler. That's going to slow McLean down.
McLean takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dessler throws a low kick but it's checked well by McLean.
McLean checks a low kick from Dessler.
Dessler thumps McLean with a low kick.
McLean buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from McLean misses.
Dessler misses with a low kick as McLean jumps back.
Dessler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McLean takes a jab right on the kisser.
A nice inside leg kick there by McLean. That's going to slow Dessler down.
McLean blocks a low kick nicely.
Dessler throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dessler throws the kick towards the body but McLean avoids it.
Barry McLean seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Dessler misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McLean throws a jab when Dessler was well out of range.
Dessler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McLean.
McLean throws a looping overhand right but Dessler ducks down to avoid it.
Dessler pushes McLean away with a front kick.
McLean motions for Dessler to come forward. McLean throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McLean throws a leg kick which misses Dessler's front leg but catches the back leg as Dessler tries to avoid it.
McLean lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McLean chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dessler can pounce on him.
Dessler motions for McLean to come forward. Dessler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McLean lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McLean slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dessler lands a nice leg kick that just misses McLean's sensitive parts.
Dessler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McLean has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dessler.
McLean tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dessler is able to avoid easily.
McLean misses with a wild body shot.
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 Billy Dessler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Dessler's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McLean attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A solid body kick from Dessler.
McLean lands with a nice body punch.
Dessler blocks a head kick by McLean.
Dessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dessler throws a lazy right hand but McLean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dessler takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dessler scores with a jab to the head.
A good leg kick by McLean.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dessler, right into the meat.
Dessler fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McLean is out of range.
Dessler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McLean.
McLean misses with a body shot.
McLean rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dessler counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McLean scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean takes a swing at Dessler's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Dessler.
Dessler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McLean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dessler moves away.
McLean takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dessler fakes the leg kick and cracks McLean in the body.
McLean takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dessler misses with a kick to the body.
Dessler moves out of range of the body kick.
Dessler paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McLean checks a leg kick.
Dessler misses with a hook.
McLean clobbers Dessler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dessler throws a body kick that misses.
Dessler fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McLean is out of range.
Dessler throws a leg kick but McLean checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler defending well as McLean loads up on a big left hand.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by McLean. That's going to slow Dessler down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dessler.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McLean takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dessler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McLean fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dessler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McLean loads up on a big right hand but Dessler slips the punch.
Dessler misses with a leg kick
and McLean cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as McLean checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McLean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLean lands with a good body shot.
Dessler just misses with a punch to the body.
McLean moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dessler looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dessler sizes up McLean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McLean throws a jab when Dessler was well out of range.
McLean throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dessler on the side of the head.
McLean punishes Dessler's body with a nice straight punch.
McLean scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dessler.
Dessler slips under a jab from McLean.
McLean throws a hook to the side of Dessler's head but Dessler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McLean throws out a loose jab but Dessler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dessler lands a leg kick that knocks McLean off balance momentarily.
Dessler explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McLean lunges at Dessler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dessler's hand.
McLean looks to score with a jab to the body but Dessler is just out of range.
Dessler looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
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!
Dessler sizes up McLean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dessler checks a leg kick.
Dessler misses with the body kick
enabling McLean to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from McLean misses
and Dessler counters with a slapping leg kick.
McLean throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dessler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from McLean.
Nice defenses there by Dessler.
Dessler tries to score a power double leg takedown but McLean sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dessler somewhat.
Dessler misses with a leg kick
and McLean counters with an outside leg kick.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but McLean saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLean throws a jab when Dessler was well out of range.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
McLean wants to land a leg kick but Dessler is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Billy Dessler did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Billy Dessler's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McLean misses with a hook.
Dessler misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from McLean misses the target.
Nice body punch from McLean.
McLean blocks a jab.
Dessler is looking to slow McLean down with leg kicks.
Dessler staying out of range there.
Dessler lands a front kick.
McLean fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dessler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Dessler.
Dessler tries to land a front kick but McLean steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dessler. That's going to slow McLean down.
Dessler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dessler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McLean.
Dessler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dessler throws a low kick, looking for McLean's leg but McLean calmly moves out of range.
McLean lands a slapping body shot.
Dessler doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McLean lands with an uppercut that bounces Dessler off the cage and back into range.
McLean misses with a double jab.
McLean keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dessler.
Dessler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dessler - that will leave a mark!
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McLean.
Dessler scores with a leg kick.
McLean is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dessler just misses with a punch to the body.
McLean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from McLean lands.
McLean misses with an uppercut.
McLean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dessler.
McLean moves out of range of the body kick from Dessler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLean on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McLean misses with a looping left.
McLean takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dessler tries to land a front kick but McLean steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dessler pivots, looking for a leg kick but McLean is out of range and Dessler settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dessler.
Dessler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McLean will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dessler lands a nice looking kick to the body. McLean takes a step back to recover.
Some bone on bone action there as Dessler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McLean.
Nice defenses there by Dessler.
McLean is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dessler misses with the body kick
and Dessler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dessler throws a shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dessler.
Dessler misses with a low kick as McLean jumps back.
McLean blocks a low kick nicely.
Dessler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLean.
McLean lands a nice hook to Dessler's body. Dessler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McLean chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McLean throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McLean chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean checks a leg kick.
McLean misses with a hook.
McLean cracks the inside of Dessler's front leg.
Dessler throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McLean's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dessler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McLean.
McLean blocks a leg kick.
McLean dodges the punch combination from Dessler.
Dessler needs to keep his hands up - McLean had a free shot at his head there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McLean checks a leg kick.
McLean throws a nice looking combination but Dessler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dessler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A good leg kick by Dessler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Billy Dessler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Dessler's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
McLean swinging wildly here.
Dessler scores with a leg kick.
McLean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dessler slips a jab from McLean.
Dessler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McLean.
McLean misses the shot to the body.
McLean lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dessler scores with a jab. McLean acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dessler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLean moves away.
Dessler lands a nice looking body kick.
Dessler scores with a spinning back kick!
McLean checks a leg kick.
Dessler fails to land with a series of punches.
McLean throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dessler on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good work by McLean as he checks the leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dessler.
A shot to the liver by McLean. Beautiful body shot.
Dessler motions for McLean to come forward. Dessler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dessler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McLean throws out the jab.
Dessler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McLean moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dessler throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
McLean throws a lazy right hand but Dessler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McLean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dessler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dessler ducks under a wild hook from McLean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dessler throws a hook but McLean avoids it easily.
A low kick from Dessler is predictable there
and McLean counters with a nice body shot.
McLean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dessler checks a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLean misses with a low kick as Dessler jumps back.
Dessler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McLean swinging wildly here.
McLean is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
McLean ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Dessler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McLean misses with a body kick.
Dessler throws out a leg kick but McLean moves out of range and Dessler only half commits.
Dessler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McLean motions for Dessler to come forward. McLean throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Dessler.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McLean.
McLean lands with a nice body punch.
Dessler lands an overhand right.
McLean goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dessler looks to land a combination but McLean avoids it well.
Dessler lands a nice leg kick that just misses McLean's sensitive parts.
Dessler connects with a solid leg kick.
McLean throws a wild body kick that Dessler sees coming a mile off.
McLean blocks a jab.
Dessler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McLean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McLean misses with a hook. Dessler ducked under it nicely.
Dessler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McLean.
Dessler swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Dessler both land. Nice combination.
Billy Dessler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dessler dodges the punch combination from McLean.
A big right from McLean misses.
McLean misses with a straight left.
McLean scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid body kick from Dessler.
McLean misses with an uppercut. Dessler saw that one coming.
Barry McLean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dessler lands a nice looking kick to the body. McLean takes a step back to recover.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dessler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dessler. That's going to slow McLean down.
Jab, jab by Dessler - just one landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Dessler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dessler 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 48:47
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 49:46
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Dessler!
Billy Dessler retains his lightweight title!
Billy Dessler thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregg Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine has chosen Downtown Swinga 96 by MOP as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gregg Valentine will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Katsumoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregg Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine misses with an uppercut. Katsumoto saw that one coming.
Katsumoto looks to throw a body kick
and Valentine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Valentine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Katsumoto. Katsumoto obviously looking to wear him down.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Katsumoto throws a head kick but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Valentine goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Katsumoto rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Valentine's guard! Nice work there by Katsumoto!
Katsumoto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Katsumoto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Katsumoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Katsumoto throws an elbow that misses. Valentine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Katsumoto's guard. Nice move by Valentine!
Valentine chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto controls Valentine momentarily but Valentine frees himself.
Valentine looking to pass the guard.
Katsumoto throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Katsumoto is striking off his back. Valentine thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Valentine is looking to take a break and control but Katsumoto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Valentine avoids the attempt from Katsumoto to control.
Katsumoto working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Valentine looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Valentine trying to control but Katsumoto is having none of it.
Katsumoto is looking to improve his position but Valentine isn't that keen on the idea.
Katsumoto is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Valentine wants to control the pace but Katsumoto is squirming around nicely.
Valentine prevents Katsumoto from getting the reversal.
Valentine controlling his opponent.
Valentine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
Katsumoto covers up after that shot from Valentine.
You can see the frustration on Katsumoto's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
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!
Valentine looking to break Katsumoto's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Katsumoto remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Valentine will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Valentine is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katsumoto is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregg Valentine dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Katsumoto avoids the body shot from Valentine.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valentine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Katsumoto can pounce on him.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Katsumoto throws a solid leg kick but Valentine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Katsumoto.
Gregg Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Katsumoto throws a leg kick but Valentine checks it.
Valentine checks a leg kick.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsumoto moves away.
Katsumoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Valentine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Katsumoto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Valentine scrambles back to his feet.
Katsumoto throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto lands a high kick!
Valentine misses with a body shot.
Valentine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Valentine misses with the combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Valentine.
Valentine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Valentine moves out of range as Katsumoto throws a body kick.
Valentine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katsumoto tries to clinch up but Valentine circles away and keeps his distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Valentine.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and Valentine moves out of range easily.
Valentine lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Katsumoto backs up against the cage.
Katsumoto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katsumoto connects with a leg kick. Valentine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Valentine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Katsumoto lands with a nice body kick.
Katsumoto jabs Valentine right on the nose. Valentine blinks but takes it well.
Valentine swats away the attempt to clinch by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valentine connects with a body shot.
Katsumoto loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
Valentine throws out a leg kick but Katsumoto moves out of range and Valentine only half commits.
Katsumoto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Katsumoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valentine.
Katsumoto misses with a straight right.
A solid body kick from Valentine.
Katsumoto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valentine finds it's way round the side to connect with Katsumoto's head.
Katsumoto looks to land a body kick but Valentine moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looks to score with a jab to the body but Katsumoto is just out of range.
A lazy body kick from Valentine
enabling Katsumoto to counter with a crisp jab.
Valentine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takashi Katsumoto is winning the standup battle so far.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Katsumoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Katsumoto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick from Katsumoto misses.
Katsumoto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Valentine to score with a decent uppercut.
Valentine is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Katsumoto rather than just go for the knockout.
Katsumoto checks a low kick from Valentine.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katsumoto throws a body kick that misses.
Katsumoto throws a leg kick but Valentine sees it coming and moves out of range.
Valentine lands with a nice body punch.
Katsumoto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Valentine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Katsumoto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine connects with a crisp jab.
Valentine feints and then cracks Katsumoto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Katsumoto down.
Valentine throws a hook to the side of Katsumoto's head but Katsumoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Valentine scores with a nice body kick.
Valentine feints and then cracks Katsumoto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Katsumoto down.
Katsumoto connects with a right hand. Valentine shakes it off.
Valentine throws a wild body kick that Katsumoto sees coming a mile off.
A left lands for Katsumoto.
Katsumoto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice cross by Valentine.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Katsumoto.
Katsumoto throws a lazy head kick
letting Valentine counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gregg Valentine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Valentine checks a leg kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Valentine. Those never looked like landing.
Valentine moves into range and connects with a jab.
Valentine throws a big shot that misses.
Katsumoto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good shot there by Valentine.
Valentine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Katsumoto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Valentine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katsumoto manages to avoid it.
Valentine avoids the head kick by Katsumoto.
Valentine lands with a straight right. Katsumoto didn't see that one coming.
Valentine lands a jab to the nose.
Valentine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Valentine is defended easily by Katsumoto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto misses with a leg kick
and Valentine counters with an outside leg kick.
Katsumoto tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine blocks a head kick by Katsumoto.
Valentine lands a nice shot to the body.
Katsumoto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valentine counters with a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Katsumoto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Valentine has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Katsumoto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valentine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valentine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Katsumoto misses with a body kick.
Katsumoto tries to land a front kick but Valentine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Valentine is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Katsumoto misses with an uppercut. Valentine saw that one coming.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Katsumoto checks it.
Katsumoto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Valentine is out of range.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Katsumoto.
Valentine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Valentine misses with a looping right.
Valentine with a jab.
Valentine checks a low kick from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katsumoto misses with a body kick.
Valentine jabs at Katsumoto's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice cross by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valentine.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
Katsumoto checks a leg kick.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Valentine.
Valentine scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine defending well as Katsumoto loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Katsumoto, right into the meat.
A bone on bone clash there as Katsumoto blocks the leg kick.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsumoto moves away.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Katsumoto tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Katsumoto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Valentine as he checks the leg kick.
Valentine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katsumoto manages to avoid it.
Katsumoto throws a big shot that misses.
Crunch! Valentine slams his shin into Katsumoto's torso.
Katsumoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Katsumoto tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valentine is able to avoid easily.
Valentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katsumoto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valentine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Katsumoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Katsumoto checks it.
Katsumoto throws a jab when Valentine was well out of range.
Katsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Valentine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Valentine lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine tried to score with a low kick but Katsumoto checks it.
Katsumoto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice cross by Valentine.
Katsumoto throws the kick towards the body but Valentine avoids it.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Valentine lets loose with a powerful body kick. Katsumoto will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregg Valentine really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice defenses there by Valentine.
Katsumoto feints and then cracks Valentine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Valentine down.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Valentine.
Valentine throws a shot from downtown. Katsumoto moves away and avoids it.
Katsumoto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice body kick there by Valentine.
Valentine forces Katsumoto back against the cage and clinches.
Katsumoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valentine blocks it with crossed arms.
Valentine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Katsumoto misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valentine.
Katsumoto looks for the body kick but Valentine saw that one coming.
Katsumoto tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valentine is able to avoid easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentine. Katsumoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentine throws a leg kick that misses.
Valentine swings for the body but Katsumoto moves out of range.
Katsumoto misses with a low kick.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Katsumoto clinches up with Valentine and pushes him back against the cage.
Valentine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Katsumoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valentine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Katsumotos head.
Katsumoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valentine breaks the clinch.
Valentine swings for the body but Katsumoto moves out of range.
Valentine scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Katsumoto checks it.
Valentine lands with an overhand left.
Katsumoto throws out a loose jab but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katsumoto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Katsumoto tries a low kick but Valentine avoids it.
Katsumoto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Valentine swats away the attempt to clinch by Katsumoto.
Valentine throws the left hand but Katsumoto avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Katsumoto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Katsumoto.
Katsumoto feints and then cracks Valentine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Valentine down.
Katsumoto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valentine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Katsumoto pinned against the cage. Katsumoto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto is looking to clinch but Valentine is avoiding it.
Valentine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Katsumoto checks a low kick from Valentine.
Valentine takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Valentine throws a head kick but Katsumoto moves out of range.
Katsumoto stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Katsumoto wants it to stay on the feet.
Valentine lands with a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
No joy there for Valentine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katsumoto throws a head kick but Valentine moves out of range.
Katsumoto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Valentine scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Valentine up against the cage.
Katsumoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valentine avoids the elbow strike from Katsumoto, against the cage.
Katsumoto missing with knees to the body.
Valentine avoids the elbow strike from Katsumoto, against the cage.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katsumoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregg Valentine dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Katsumoto throws a push kick but Valentine slaps the foot to one side.
Valentine throws a solid leg kick but Katsumoto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Valentine.
Valentine misses with a wild body shot.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Katsumoto ducks under a wild hook from Valentine.
Valentine checks a leg kick nicely.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and Valentine moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Katsumoto lands with an uppercut that bounces Valentine off the cage and back into range.
Katsumoto tries to clinch but Valentine is having none of it.
Jab from Valentine.
Katsumoto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Katsumoto misses with an uppercut. Valentine saw that one coming.
Valentine is looking to chop away at Katsumoto's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Katsumoto misses
and Valentine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Katsumoto thinking.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katsumoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Valentine blocks the low kick.
Katsumoto misses with a low kick.
Valentine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and Valentine moves out of range easily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Katsumoto lands a leg kick that knocks Valentine off balance momentarily.
Katsumoto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Valentine checks it well.
Katsumoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Valentine lands the left hand.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and Valentine moves out of range easily.
Valentine lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine slips a jab from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto throws a leg kick that misses.
Katsumoto misses with a hook
and Katsumoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Katsumoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentine.
Katsumoto throws a front kick aimed at Valentine's knee but Valentine avoids it well.
Katsumoto takes one to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Valentine throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Valentine moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Katsumoto misses its intended target.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Katsumoto misses.
Katsumoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
A bone on bone clash there as Katsumoto blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valentine finds it's way round the side to connect with Katsumoto's head.
Valentine slips under a jab from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Valentine is looking to chop away at Katsumoto's legs.
Valentine throws a body punch but Katsumoto moves out of range.
Katsumoto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Katsumoto avoids a kick to the body.
Gregg Valentine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Valentine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Katsumoto's head.
Katsumoto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick.
Katsumoto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Takashi Katsumoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Katsumoto misses.
Valentine connects with a nice looking jab.
Katsumoto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine blocks a head kick by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto clinches up with Valentine and pushes him back against the cage.
Katsumoto lands a nice elbow.
Valentine lands a shoulder strike.
Katsumoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Valentine avoids the damage to the body.
Katsumoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Katsumoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Katsumoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valentine is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine blocks an elbow strike.
Katsumoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 Takashi Katsumoto.
I think Valentine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 46:50
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregg Valentine!
Gregg Valentine is the new welterweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gregg Valentine made sure he mentioned Firebird Designs, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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