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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abe Frohman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Jacobsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frohman comes to the cage accompanied by He's Always Abe Frohman. Abe Frohman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class MT
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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
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abe Frohman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Jacobsen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobsen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Frohman gets a clinch.
Frohman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
It looks like Abe Frohman has been cut.
Jacobsen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jacobsen misses with a knee to the head.
Jacobsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Frohman avoids the damage to the body.
Jacobsen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Frohman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jacobsen.
Jacobsen pushes Frohman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Frohman misses with a body punch.
Jacobsen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frohman blocks it with crossed arms.
Jacobsen wants to break free but Frohman has control.
Frohman avoids a wild elbow strike from Jacobsen.
Frohman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jacobsen is defending well for now.
Jacobsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jacobsen misses with a knee strike.
Frohman misses with an elbow strike.
Frohman lands an elbow just above Jacobsen 's eye.
It looks like Simon Jacobsen has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobsen misses with the head strike.
Frohman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jacobsen's face.
Jacobsen tries to circle away but Frohman has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Frohman.
Jacobsen managing to block the knees to the body from Frohman.
Frohman throws an elbow but it misses.
Frohman throws an elbow that misses.
Jacobsen misses with some punches.
Jacobsen can't break the clinch.
Jacobsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Frohman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Frohman tries a knee to the head but Jacobsen blocks it.
Jacobsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frohman clinches up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Jacobsen.
Jacobsen looking to throw knees to the head but Frohman is blocking nicely.
Jacobsen misses with the head strike.
Jacobsen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frohman blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Frohman.
Jacobsen looks gassed!
Jacobsen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frohman blocks it with crossed arms.
Frohman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Frohman obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frohman landing knees to the body.
Frohman crunches a lovely knee into Jacobsen's ribcage.
Frohman connects with a knee to the head.
Frohman lands an elbow just above Jacobsen 's eye.
Frohman crunches a lovely knee into Jacobsen's ribcage.
Frohman lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Simon Jacobsen's cut even more.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Frohman.
Jacobsen managing to block the knees to the body from Frohman.
Frohman lands a nice elbow.
Frohman lands a knee to the head.
Jacobsen is rocked!
The cut above Simon Jacobsen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Frohman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jacobsen is still on wobbly legs! Can Frohman finish him?
Frohman lands an elbow inside that Jacobsen shrugs off.
Frohman pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Jacobsen! Frohman unloads with more strikes and Jacobsen sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abe Frohman!
Abe Frohman gave a mention to Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hansa Georgowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriy Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hansa Georgowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grigoriy Rasputin!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Georgowich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Georgowich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rasputin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Georgowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rasputin.
Hansa Georgowich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Georgowich.
Rasputin misses with a wild body shot.
Rasputin swings for the body but Georgowich moves out of range.
Rasputin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Georgowich scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Georgowich throws out a loose jab but Rasputin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Georgowich as Rasputin shoots in.
Hansa Georgowich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin misses with the combination.
Rasputin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Georgowich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rasputin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rasputin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Georgowich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rasputin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Georgowich counters with a left to the body.
Rasputin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rasputin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Georgowich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich blocks a jab.
Georgowich scores with a hook to the body. Rasputin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rasputin throws a head kick but Georgowich moves out of range.
Rasputin checks a low kick from Georgowich.
Rasputin tries to close the distance and clinch but Georgowich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Georgowich lands a slapping body shot.
Rasputin tries to move into range but Georgowich moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Georgowich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rasputin counters with a thumping low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Georgowich.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich throws a head kick that Rasputin semi-blocks.
Rasputin scores with a head kick.
Georgowich misses the shot to the body.
Rasputin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rasputin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Georgowich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rasputin. Rasputin obviously looking to wear him down.
Rasputin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Georgowich wants to get back to striking at distance but Rasputin won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rasputin as Georgowich tries to tie him up.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Georgowich avoids the elbow strike from Rasputin, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks with his arms.
Rasputin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rasputin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rasputin throws an elbow that misses.
Georgowich looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rasputin avoids the elbow strike from Georgowich, against the cage.
Georgowich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin throws an elbow that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Georgowich.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks it.
Georgowich can't find room to land a body shot as Rasputin controls the action.
Rasputin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Georgowich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rasputin misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Georgowich fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Georgowich.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Georgowich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Georgowich avoids the elbow strike from Rasputin, against the cage.
Rasputin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Georgowich avoids the elbow strike from Rasputin, against the cage.
Georgowich dodges an elbow strike from Rasputin.
Georgowich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Georgowich wants to get back to striking at distance but Rasputin won't allow it.
Rasputin lands with a right to the head.
Georgowich throws a punch but it's blocked by Rasputin.
Georgowich avoids a wild elbow strike from Rasputin.
Georgowich works on Rasputin's body with a couple of short punches.
Rasputin looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rasputin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Georgowich blocks an elbow strike.
Georgowich lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rasputin.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rasputin takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Grigoriy Rasputin has been cut.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks it.
Georgowich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rasputin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Georgowich blocks it with crossed arms.
Georgowich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rasputin's elbow.
Rasputin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Georgowich scores with a nice short uppercut.
The referee calls for Georgowich to work.
Rasputin blocks a body shot from Georgowich.
Georgowich pushes Rasputin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Georgowich misses with a body punch.
Georgowich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rasputin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Georgowich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the head but Georgowich blocks with his arms.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Georgowich works on Rasputin's body with a couple of short punches.
Georgowich with a knee to the head.
Georgowich tries a body shot but Rasputin blocks it.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Georgowich with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Georgowich.
A short body shot lands from Georgowich as the two fighters clinch.
Georgowich gets through Rasputin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Georgowich working Rasputin over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Georgowich.
Rasputin is rocked!
Georgowich displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rasputin up against the cage.
Rasputin is still on wobbly legs! Can Georgowich finish him?
Georgowich has Rasputin pressed against the cage. He pushes Rasputin back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Georgowich throws a beautiful elbow that sends Rasputin crashing to the floor! Georgowich piles on the pressure with more strikes! Rasputin is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hansa Georgowich!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamison McGowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Check Mong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGowen's entrance music is Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity. A fine choice. Mong has chosen I ain't never scared as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Check Mong enters the cage!
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260 lbs
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamison McGowen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Check Mong!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGowen misses the shot to the body.
Mong throws out a loose jab but McGowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mong misses with a wild combination.
McGowen slaps away a takedown attempt from Mong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mong stalks McGowen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McGowen's face. McGowen staggers backwards, shaken.
Mong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McGowen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mong misses with an uppercut. McGowen saw that one coming.
Mong slips a jab from McGowen.
McGowen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mong's hands.
Mong with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling McGowen to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGowen throws a body punch but Mong moves out of range.
No joy there for McGowen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGowen throws out a loose jab but Mong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jamison McGowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGowen lands with an overhand left.
McGowen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mong.
McGowen moves out of range as Mong strikes.
Mong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Mong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from McGowen misses the target.
McGowen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mong.
McGowen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mong.
McGowen avoids the body shot from Mong.
Mong just misses with a punch to the body.
McGowen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGowen lands a body shot.
McGowen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mong was well out of range. Poor timing from McGowen.
Mong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGowen.
McGowen blocks a jab.
McGowen throws a jab but it's blocked by Mong.
Mong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGowen.
Mong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McGowen slips under a jab from Mong.
McGowen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mong.
Mong looks to land a left hand but McGowen moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGowen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mong.
McGowen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGowen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mong under the eye.
McGowen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mong fails to land with a series of punches.
McGowen throws a right and a left that Mong avoids nicely.
Mong doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McGowen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jamison McGowen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Check Mong.
McGowen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mong throws a low kick but McGowen avoids it.
McGowen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mong to score with a decent uppercut.
Mong throws a hook but McGowen blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mong.
Nice shot by McGowen.
McGowen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mong throws a jab but it's blocked by McGowen.
McGowen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Jamison McGowen has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mong misses the jab.
McGowen misses with the combination.
McGowen walks into a jab.
Mong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from McGowen. Those never looked like landing.
McGowen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mong.
Jamison McGowen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGowen throws a lazy right hand but Mong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGowen moves away from the strike by Mong.
McGowen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Mong.
McGowen throws the left hand but Mong avoids the punch easily.
McGowen missing with a left hand there. Mong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Mong misses.
McGowen lands with a nice body punch.
McGowen staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by McGowen - just one landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mong fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGowen avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGowen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mong slips under a jab from McGowen.
Mong takes a swing at McGowen's ribcage but misses.
McGowen throws a big shot that misses.
Mong swinging wildly here.
McGowen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McGowen lands a right hook to the body.
Mong misses with a body shot.
A big right from Mong misses.
McGowen tests Mong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGowen misses with a hook.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mong comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mong looks to land a left hand but McGowen moved out of range nicely.
Mong misses the shot to the body.
Mong misses with a looping right.
McGowen fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from McGowen misses.
McGowen throws a hook but Mong blocks it.
McGowen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of McGowen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGowen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from McGowen lands.
Mong slips a jab from McGowen.
McGowen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mong was well out of range. Poor timing from McGowen.
Mong just misses with a punch to the body.
McGowen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McGowen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
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!
Mong throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. McGowen tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mong is in McGowen's guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
McGowen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McGowen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mong can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McGowen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mong passes into side control.
McGowen is not content to let Mong control the position.
McGowen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McGowen is trying to work for a sweep but Mong has mounted him!
Mong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mong looking to control but McGowen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
McGowen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mong lands a heavy elbow.
Mong putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McGowen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McGowen is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGowen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oh McGowen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mong postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked McGowen badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Mong around the waist but Mong pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Mong is the winner by TKO! Mong jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Check Mong!
Check Mong was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caeser Augustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Cantarini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cantarini's choice of entrance music: Ellens dritter Gesang. Fabio Cantarini has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caeser Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabio Cantarini!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Cantarini misses.
Augustus scores with a jab.
Augustus jabs at Cantarini's body.
A shot to the liver by Augustus. Beautiful body shot.
Cantarini misses with a body shot.
Cantarini decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Augustus wants to control but Cantarini is keeping busy.
Cantarini is pressing down on Augustus's thigh, looking to free his foot. Augustus is holding on for now.
Augustus trying to control from the bottom.
Augustus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cantarini.
Augustus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Augustus tries to get to full guard but Cantarini has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantarini wants to control but Augustus is keeping him busy.
Cantarini throwing shots but Augustus is blocking nicely.
Cantarini tries to pass to full mount but Augustus defends it.
Cantarini winds up and cracks Augustus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Augustus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cantarini pulls his head out easily.
Augustus makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Augustus.
Cantarini pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Augustus is keeping the position for now.
Cantarini must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Augustus has his foot on Cantarini's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cantarini works his way back into a safe position though.
Augustus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cantarini distracts Augustus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cantarini working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Augustus is looking for a triangle but Cantarini pushes his legs off easily.
Cantarini tries to free his leg and advance position but Augustus is retaining full guard.
Cantarini postures up in Augustus's guard and throws a big left but Augustus blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cantarini can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Augustus keeping full guard, as Cantarini tries to pass.
Cantarini missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cantarini postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cantarini pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Augustus is keeping the position for now.
Cantarini won't allow Augustus to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantarini passes Augustus's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cantarini sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Augustus defending well though.
Augustus makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Augustus.
Augustus looking to control.
Cantarini pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Augustus is keeping the position for now.
Augustus trying to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cantarini lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cantarini looking to pass the guard.
Augustus keeping moving, preventing Cantarini from controlling successfully.
Augustus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cantarini is posturing up here but Augustus has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Cantarini tries to roll out but it's too tight and Cantarini has to tap! Slick submission there by Augustus!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caeser Augustus!
A relieved looking Caeser Augustus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace comes to the cage accompanied by Swagga Like Us - TI. O Toole has chosen Say my name as his entrance music. Timmy O Toole has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chuck Grace's chin.
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Timmy O Toole!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Toole.
Grace throws a head kick but O Toole moves out of range.
O Toole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grace was well out of range. Poor timing from O Toole.
Grace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grace throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Grace throws a chopping leg kick but O Toole manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from O Toole.
Grace lands a nice looking kick to the body. O Toole takes a step back to recover.
Grace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Toole takes a swing at Grace's ribcage but misses.
Grace throws a wild body kick that O Toole sees coming a mile off.
Crunch! Grace slams his shin into O Toole's torso.
Grace takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace misses with a leg kick.
O Toole tries to clinch but Grace is having none of it.
O Toole connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace lands with a kick to the ribs.
Grace scoring well with a low kick there.
O Toole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grace looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grace. O Toole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chuck Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grace wants to land a leg kick but O Toole is out of range.
O Toole just misses with a punch to the body.
O Toole takes a swing at Grace's ribcage but misses.
Grace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Toole manages to avoid it.
Grace misses with a leg kick.
Grace throws a low kick but O Toole moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Grace. O Toole shrugs it off though.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grace scores with a nice body kick.
Grace lets loose with a powerful body kick. O Toole will feel that in the morning.
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!
Grace throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Toole looks to land a body kick but Grace moved away.
Grace lands a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Grace finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Grace throws a body punch but O Toole moves out of range.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.
Grace keeps the fight on the outside.
Grace thuds his right hand into O Toole's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grace takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grace throws a leg kick but O Toole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grace misses with a body kick.
O Toole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grace.
O Toole shoots in and drives through. Grace sprawls well.
O Toole tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Toole avoids the body shot from Grace.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Toole has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Grace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Toole throws a big shot that misses.
O Toole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grace manages to avoid it.
O Toole throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Grace is predictable there
and O Toole counters with a low kick, right behind Grace 's knee.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Grace looks for the body kick but O Toole saw that one coming.
Grace walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O Toole checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
O Toole tries to clinch there but Grace circles away.
O Toole checks the leg kick.
O Toole has Grace up against the cage in a clinch.
O Toole swings wildly with an uppercut but Grace uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Toole is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grace is trying to push O Toole away but O Toole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
O Toole leaning against his opponent.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but O Toole blocks with his arms.
Grace is looking to break free of the clinch but O Toole has double underhooks.
O Toole looking to stall.
O Toole throws an elbow but it misses.
Grace breaks from the clinch.
Grace throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
O Toole throws a half hearted mid kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grace throws an overhand right that lands on O Toole's shoulder, as O Toole tries to avoid the shot.
Grace avoids the head kick by O Toole.
O Toole avoids the head kick by Grace.
Grace is looking to wear down O Toole with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! O Toole crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grace - the referee stops the clock and O Toole gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grace. O Toole manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Grace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a push kick but O Toole slaps the foot to one side.
O Toole checks the leg kick.
O Toole throws a jab when Grace was well out of range.
Grace throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Toole takes a shot to the body in his stride.
O Toole moves into range and clinches up with Grace.
Grace wants to get back to striking at distance but O Toole won't allow it.
O Toole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Toole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Toole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grace lands a nice elbow.
A hook to the body from O Toole.
O Toole lands a hook to the side of the head.
O Toole fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Grace avoiding damage as O Toole throws knees to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grace blocking some punches.
O Toole looking to slow down the pace here.
O Toole on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace looking to slow down the pace here.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Toole is looking to control Grace's arms but Grace gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Toole has his back to the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
O Toole has Grace pressed against the cage, preventing Grace from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
O Toole prevents Grace from breaking the clinch.
Grace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grace closes the distance and pushes O Toole back into the cage.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Grace's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grace throws an elbow but misses.
Grace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grace is trying to break the clinch but O Toole has him pressed against the cage.
Grace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Toole throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
O Toole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chuck Grace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grace connects with a leg kick. O Toole looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grace lands a head kick!
Grace throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Grace lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Grace throws a body kick the misses
and O Toole counters with a leg kick.
O Toole throws a push kick but Grace slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Grace misses.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
O Toole blocks the body kick.
Grace connects with a solid leg kick.
O Toole misses with a wild body shot.
Grace misses with a body kick.
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!
O Toole throws a lazy uppercut
and Grace counters with a good, hard body kick but O Toole shrugs it off.
Grace throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grace scoring well with a low kick there.
O Toole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grace's calf.
A low kick from Grace is predictable there
and O Toole counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Grace's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Toole wants to pass the guard but Grace is keeping the position.
Grace avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grace keeping moving, preventing O Toole from controlling successfully.
Grace utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Toole preventing the sweep.
Grace has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but O Toole has passed into side control.
Grace wants to control but O Toole postures up.
O Toole trying to control the action but Grace is working from the bottom.
O Toole fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Grace parries the strikes from O Toole easily there. O Toole is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Grace to escape.
O Toole scores with a couple of short elbows.
Grace is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked O Toole off and has taken his back!
What can O Toole do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
O Toole rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Toole slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Grace stopping the sweep attempt from O Toole.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Grace dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grace throws a wild body kick that O Toole sees coming a mile off.
Grace throws a leg kick that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grace!
O Toole has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grace.
Grace tries to land a leg kick but O Toole saw it coming and moves away.
O Toole is looking to clinch.
O Toole doesn't manage to clinch there - Grace circles away.
O Toole misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grace.
Grace scores with a push kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grace - that will leave a mark!
O Toole stuns Grace with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
O Toole throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
O Toole moves out of range of the body kick from Grace.
Grace throws a predictable looking body shot
and O Toole counters with a stiff right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from O Toole.
Grace throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grace misses with a kick to the body.
Grace scores with a nice body kick.
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Toole tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Grace jabs at O Toole's body.
Grace goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Grace throws a lazy head kick
and O Toole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Toole shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grace eats them both and turns towards O Toole to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
O Toole drives through and clinches with Grace against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Toole working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grace moves out of range as O Toole throws a body kick.
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Toole doesn't manage to clinch there - Grace circles away.
O Toole misses with a wild body shot.
Grace lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
O Toole connects with a solid leg kick.
Grace slips under a jab from O Toole.
Grace throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and O Toole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grace avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
O Toole takes a kick to the side of the head.
O Toole's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Toole throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
O Toole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grace.
O Toole shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Grace is trying to defend but O Toole finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
O Toole missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
O Toole prevents Grace from improving his position.
Grace keeping control of the position.
Grace gets back to full guard.
O Toole lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grace wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Toole pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grace is keeping the position for now.
O Toole has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
O Toole decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
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!
O Toole will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
O Toole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A good leg kick by Grace.
O Toole on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
O Toole is breathing heavily.
O Toole checks a leg kick.
Grace misses with a kick to the body.
O Toole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Toole. Grace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grace throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grace pushes O Toole away with a front kick.
Grace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grace misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grace motions for O Toole to come forward. Grace throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
O Toole tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Grace lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A slapping leg kick lands for O Toole.
O Toole misses with a body shot.
O Toole punishes Grace's body with a nice straight punch.
Grace throws a leg kick
and O Toole counters with a nice leg kick.
O Toole thumps Grace with a low kick.
Grace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
O Toole drives through and clinches with Grace against the cage.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
O Toole misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Toole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Toole lands with a left to the head.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Toole avoids it.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but O Toole leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Toole digs a right hand into Grace's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grace's gas tank.
O Toole takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Timmy O Toole has been cut.
O Toole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grace's elbow.
Grace unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Toole is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grace is keeping busy.
Grace using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Toole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Grace breaks from the clinch.
Grace misses with a low kick as O Toole jumps back.
Nice body kick there by Grace.
O Toole blocks a head kick by Grace.
O Toole scores with a shot to the body.
Grace throws a head kick but O Toole moves out of range.
Chuck Grace is winning the standup battle so far.
Grace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grace digs a good hook to O Toole's body.
O Toole keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grace takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grace loads up on a big right hand but O Toole slips the punch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
O Toole tries to clinch up.
A big left from O Toole misses.
Grace circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grace counters with a good low kick that O Toole was not able to check.
O Toole blocks a head kick by Grace.
O Toole avoids the body shot from Grace.
O Toole blocks the body kick.
O Toole blocks a head kick by Grace.
Grace throws a leg kick but O Toole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grace checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
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!
O Toole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grace.
Grace moves out of range as O Toole throws a body kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grace throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Toole manages to avoid it.
O Toole moves out of range of the leg kick from Grace.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grace!
Grace slips a jab and a cross from O Toole.
O Toole jabs Grace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grace throws a body kick that misses.
Grace fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but O Toole is out of range.
O Toole lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grace will feel that in the morning.
O Toole misses with a shot to the body
and Grace counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grace misses with a looping right.
Grace buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grace moves out of range as O Toole strikes.
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 Chuck Grace will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Timmy O Toole's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
O Toole looks to throw the jab but Grace is out of range.
Grace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Toole moves away.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
O Toole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grace throws a wild body kick that O Toole sees coming a mile off.
An inside leg kick lands from Grace.
Grace thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from O Toole finds it's way through Grace's defenses.
Some bone on bone action there as O Toole checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grace feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to O Toole's calf.
Grace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Toole manages to avoid it.
Grace throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Toole checks a leg kick.
Grace connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Toole avoids the head kick by Grace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole moves out of range of the strikes.
Grace slips a jab from O Toole.
Good work by O Toole as he checks the leg kick.
Grace throws a head kick but O Toole moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grace gets tackled into the cage by O Toole. O Toole maintains the clinch.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
O Toole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
O Toole taking a breather.
Grace stops a takedown attempt from O Toole.
O Toole stalling the fight.
Timmy O Toole seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grace working hard to break the clinch.
O Toole makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Grace dodges an elbow strike from O Toole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Toole lands an uppercut.
O Toole dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
O Toole misses with a punch on the inside.
Grace prevents a body shot from O Toole.
Grace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grace throws a low kick but it's checked well by O Toole.
Grace misses with a leg kick
and O Toole counters with a left to the body.
O Toole swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.
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!
O Toole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grace tries to keep at a distance but O Toole has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grace tries to circle away but O Toole has him pinned against the cage.
O Toole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Toole just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grace.
A slow jab from O Toole misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Toole looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from O Toole.
Grace throws the kick towards the body but O Toole avoids it.
O Toole throws a leg kick
and Grace counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Grace throws a wild body kick that O Toole sees coming a mile off.
Grace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That kick from Grace tenderised O Toole's leg. O Toole is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grace slips a jab and a cross from O Toole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Toole moves into the clinch.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but O Toole gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
Grace can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Toole.
O Toole managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Grace breaks the clinch.
Grace 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.
Grace lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Toole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grace scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Toole doesn't seem bothered though.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace swings for the body but O Toole moves out of range.
Grace misses with a body punch
and O Toole counters with a straight right hand.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
O Toole takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grace.
O Toole shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Grace defends it nicely.
O Toole pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grace is out of range and O Toole settles back down.
Grace connects with an inside leg kick.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Grace throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and O Toole counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Toole shoots in for a double leg but Grace sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chuck Grace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmy O Toole.
O Toole blocks the body kick.
O Toole digs a good hook to Grace's body.
Grace throws a low kick but it's checked well by O Toole.
Grace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
O Toole tries to land a front kick but Grace steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grace lands a right hook to the body.
Grace blocks a head kick by O Toole.
O Toole takes a shot to the body in his stride.
O Toole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grace counters with a big head kick but O Toole shrugs it off.
O Toole takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grace connects with an inside leg kick.
Grace doesn't manage to clinch there - O Toole circles away.
O Toole looks to throw the jab but Grace is out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Grace finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.
Grace misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grace lands with a kick to the temple. O Toole shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grace just misses with a punch to the body.
Grace tried to score with a low kick but O Toole checks it.
O Toole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grace counters with a thumping low kick.
Grace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grace lands a high kick!
O Toole thuds his shin into the meat of Grace's side.
O Toole misses with a takedown attempt - Grace sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
O Toole throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
Grace lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Grace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Toole throws a half hearted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Grace.
O Toole lands a jab to Grace's midsection.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
O Toole checks a low kick from Grace.
O Toole swats away the attempt to clinch by Grace.
Grace is looking to score with low kicks.
Grace throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by O Toole.
Grace tries to land a front kick but O Toole steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grace throws a push kick but O Toole slaps the foot to one side.
Grace blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Toole drives through and clinches with Grace against the cage.
O Toole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from O Toole - that landed with a thud.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but O Toole avoids the damage to the body.
O Toole lands a nice shot to the body.
O Toole scores with a shot to the side of Grace's head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Toole holding his opponent close, against the cage.
O Toole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Toole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by O Toole as Grace tries to tie him up.
Grace is trying to force a seperation but O Toole has the dominant position.
O Toole lands a nice uppercut.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. O Toole is defending well for now.
O Toole keeps control of Grace as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grace scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Toole pushes off an throws an elbow but Grace leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Toole swings wildly with an uppercut but Grace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grace is trying to break the clinch but O Toole has him pressed against the cage.
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 Chuck Grace.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grace, 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Chuck Grace!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Chuck Grace!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Chuck Grace!
Chuck Grace wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Chuck Grace thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector LaRue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LaRue comes to the cage accompanied by Saigon - Hatrix. Lesnar has chosen Enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music. Hector LaRue has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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285 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector LaRue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaRue tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lesnar fails with the takedown.
Lesnar moves out of range of the strikes.
LaRue fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lesnar to the ground. LaRue is now in Lesnar's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
LaRue 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.
Lesnar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lesnar with a couple of short strikes.
Lesnar wants to control the pace but LaRue is squirming around nicely.
LaRue holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lesnar tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
It looks like Hector LaRue has been cut.
Lesnar with the ground and pound from mount.
Lesnar wants to control the pace but LaRue is squirming around nicely.
LaRue is working to get back to half guard.
Lesnar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
LaRue avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lesnar.
Lesnar cracks LaRue with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hector LaRue's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Lesnar.
Jeez, Hector LaRue's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hector LaRue's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fedor Lesnar!
A relieved looking Fedor Lesnar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Nakayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakayama has chosen The Vapors - Turning Japanese as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tsuyoshi Nakayama enters the cage!
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgess throws a looping overhand right but Nakayama ducks down to avoid it.
Nakayama misses with a kick to the body
and Burgess counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burgess misses with a looping left.
Nakayama misses with a body kick.
Burgess just misses with a punch to the body.
Burgess scores with a body shot.
Burgess uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakayama.
Nakayama lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nakayama darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burgess misses the shot to the body.
Nakayama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakayama lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burgess's sensitive parts.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nakayama checks a leg kick.
Nakayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Burgess is just out of range.
Nakayama dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakayama swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burgess misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakayama.
Burgess keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burgess throws a series of strikes that have Nakayama backpedaling.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakayama checks a low kick from Burgess.
Burgess ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakayama moves away.
Burgess throws a hook to the side of Nakayama's head but Nakayama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Nakayama lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burgess doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Burgess misses.
Nakayama connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burgess throws a right hand that Nakayama ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakayama also avoids with ease.
Burgess scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess slips under a jab from Nakayama.
Nakayama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burgess just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgess misses with an uppercut. Nakayama saw that one coming.
Burgess scores with a decent looking hook.
Nakayama lands with a nice body punch.
Nakayama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burgess lunges at Nakayama with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nakayama's hand.
Burgess drops his hands momentarily and Nakayama takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Burgess throws an overhand right that lands on Nakayama's shoulder, as Nakayama tries to avoid the shot.
Nakayama throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nakayama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nakayama takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nakayama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burgess rather than just go for the knockout.
Burgess cracks Nakayama with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Burgess lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nakayama circles away quickly and effectively.
Burgess's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nakayama under the eye.
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
Burgess ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakayama moves away.
Nakayama thuds his right hand into Burgess's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Burgess takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nakayama throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Burgess showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakayama.
Nakayama misses with a looping right.
Nakayama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burgess keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nakayama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Nakayama misses.
Burgess looks to throw the jab but Nakayama is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burgess avoids a kick to the body.
Burgess connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nakayama. Nakayama circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burgess.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses.
Nakayama staying out of range there.
Burgess throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakayama.
Burgess throws a solid leg kick but Nakayama takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burgess.
Nakayama scores with a sloppy right hand. Burgess should have avoided that one.
Nakayama lands a nice looking body kick.
Burgess connects with a right hand. Nakayama shakes it off.
Nakayama throws a wild body kick that Burgess sees coming a mile off.
A swing and a miss from Burgess.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Burgess connects with a looping right hand.
Nakayama throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
Nakayama scores with a nice strike.
Burgess checks a leg kick.
Burgess finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burgess misses with a low kick.
Nakayama moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nakayama moves out of range as Burgess strikes.
Burgess takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Burgess is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nakayama.
Nakayama misses with a wild combination.
Burgess throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakayama.
Burgess takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Burgess checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Burgess ducks under a wild hook from Nakayama.
Burgess throws out a loose jab but Nakayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakayama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burgess.
Burgess throws a big shot that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Burgess just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakayama moves away from the strike by Burgess.
Nakayama missing with a left hand there. Burgess was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burgess is looking to slow Nakayama down with leg kicks.
Burgess misses with a straight right.
Nakayama connects with a body shot.
Nakayama scores with a jab to the body.
Burgess lands with a cross.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakayama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nakayama bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
Burgess is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burgess uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nakayama staying out of range there.
Nakayama lands a slapping body shot.
Nakayama digs a good body shot into Burgess's ribs.
Nakayama scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Burgess throws a leg kick but Nakayama sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nakayama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burgess.
Burgess misses with an uppercut. Nakayama saw that one coming.
Burgess misses with a wild combination.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Burgess finds it's target.
Burgess throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nakayama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burgess.
Nakayama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burgess.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nakayama.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Nakayama misses.
Nakayama misses with a looping left.
Burgess moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nakayama throws a hook but Burgess blocks it.
Nakayama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Burgess steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakayama.
Burgess jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nakayama scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burgess doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakayama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nakayama throws a sloppy head kick and Burgess moves out of range easily.
Burgess staying out of range there.
Nakayama slips under a jab.
Nakayama checks the leg kick.
Burgess 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!
Burgess fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Burgess fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nakayama throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tsuyoshi Nakayama will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nakayama loads up on a big right hand but Burgess slips the punch.
Burgess looks to throw the jab but Nakayama is out of range.
Nakayama misses with a straight left.
Burgess blocks a head kick by Nakayama.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Burgess thows a body shot but no joy.
Burgess tries to score with a low kick but Nakayama moves his leg out of the way.
A cross from Burgess lands.
Nakayama misses the jab.
Nakayama thows a body shot but no joy.
Burgess steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakayama.
Nakayama takes one to the chin there.
Nakayama scores with a sloppy right hand. Burgess should have avoided that one.
Burgess throws a hook to the side of Nakayama's head but Nakayama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nakayama scores with the left hand. Burgess knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A cross from Burgess lands.
Nakayama shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Burgess motions for Nakayama to come forward. Burgess throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burgess takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nakayama staying out of range there.
Burgess checks a leg kick nicely.
Burgess checks a low kick from Nakayama.
Nakayama moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakayama defending well as Burgess loads up on a big left hand.
Burgess scores with a jab to the head.
Nakayama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nakayama looks to land a left hand but Burgess moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Nakayama misses the target.
Burgess attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burgess slips under a jab.
Jab by Nakayama.
Nakayama connects with a leg kick. Burgess looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nakayama moves away from the strike by Burgess.
A low kick from Nakayama misses
enabling Burgess to counter with a crisp jab.
Nakayama scores with a head kick. Burgess tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Burgess uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakayama.
Nakayama lands a jab.
Nakayama throws a series of punches but Burgess avoids them all with ease.
Nakayama tries to land a leg kick but Burgess saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nakayama throws a front kick that sends Burgess stumbling back into the cage.
Burgess moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nakayama keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nakayama looks to land a left hand but Burgess moved out of range nicely.
Nakayama takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nakayama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakayama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Burgess takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.
Nakayama lands a jab to Burgess's midsection.
Burgess misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakayama.
Burgess ducks right into an uppercut from Nakayama.
Nakayama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burgess throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Nakayama.
Nakayama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nakayama throws out a loose jab but Burgess uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgess cracks a nice hook into Nakayama's ribs.
Burgess looks to land a right hand but Nakayama moved out of range.
Burgess throws a leg kick that misses.
Burgess takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nakayama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burgess.
Nakayama throws a lazy right hand but Burgess sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakayama fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nakayama scores with a head kick.
Nakayama looks to land a body kick but Burgess moved away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Burgess slips a jab and a cross from Nakayama.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakayama is breathing heavily.
Burgess throws a big shot that misses.
Burgess misses with a straight right.
Nakayama takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burgess takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nakayama throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.
Nakayama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burgess sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nakayama throws a nice looking combination but Burgess bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burgess misses the jab.
Nakayama looks to land a left hand but Burgess moved out of range nicely.
Nakayama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nakayama misses with a series of wild punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama throws a leg kick but Burgess checks it.
Nakayama swings widly with a right hand
and Burgess counters with a two punch combo.
Nakayama moves out of range as Burgess strikes.
Burgess throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nakayama jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Nakayama.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burgess tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nakayama is able to avoid easily.
Nakayama connects with a body shot.
Nakayama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burgess bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakayama cracks Burgess with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A cross from Nakayama lands.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Burgess is just out of range.
Burgess scores with a jab to the body.
Nakayama staying out of range there.
Nakayama throws a leg kick which misses Burgess's front leg but catches the back leg as Burgess tries to avoid it.
Nakayama attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nakayama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burgess was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakayama.
Nakayama throws out a loose jab but Burgess uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess jabs at Nakayama's body.
Burgess displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakayama throws out the jab.
Burgess throws a lazy right hand but Nakayama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakayama throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nakayama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice defenses there by Burgess.
Burgess lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nakayama avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A left and a right from Burgess both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nakayama moves out of range of the strikes.
Burgess lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nakayama jabs Burgess to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good shot there by Nakayama.
Burgess closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama looks to land a combination but Burgess avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burgess. Nakayama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burgess blocks a low kick nicely.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakayama misses with a looping right.
A jab from Burgess misses.
Burgess shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nakayama tries a low kick but Burgess avoids it.
Nakayama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgess waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakayama.
Nakayama checks a leg kick.
Burgess digs a good hook to Nakayama's body.
Burgess throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tsuyoshi Nakayama will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Burgess's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Burgess uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakayama.
Burgess ducks under a wild hook from Nakayama.
Nakayama moves forwards but Burgess connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nakayama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burgess.
Nakayama on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burgess scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nakayama looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Burgess tries to bum rush Nakayama with a series of wild strikes but Nakayama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burgess avoids the body shot from Nakayama.
Burgess avoids the body shot from Nakayama.
Nakayama explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nakayama misses with a body kick.
Burgess moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nakayama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakayama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burgess with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nakayama to score with a decent uppercut.
Nakayama misses the shot to the body.
Burgess avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Nakayama.
Nakayama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Burgess on the side of the head.
Nakayama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burgess throws out a loose jab but Nakayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakayama.
A jab from Nakayama misses.
A leg kick checked by Nakayama.
Burgess takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
Burgess swinging wildly here.
Nakayama scores with a jab to the body.
Nakayama moves away from the strike by Burgess.
Nakayama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burgess slips a jab from Nakayama.
Nakayama throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nakayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burgess was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakayama.
Sloppy strikes from Nakayama. Those never looked like landing.
Nakayama digs a good body shot into Burgess's ribs.
Good standup being displayed there by Nakayama as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess looks to land a left hand but Nakayama moved out of range nicely.
Burgess blocks a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Burgess.
Nakayama dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
Nakayama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burgess dodges the punch combination from Nakayama.
Burgess bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakayama misses with a few strikes there.
Nakayama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burgess moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nakayama tries a low kick but Burgess avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama slips a jab and a cross from Burgess.
Burgess misses with a hook. Nakayama ducked under it nicely.
Nakayama throws out a loose jab but Burgess uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakayama connects with a body shot.
Nakayama connects with a solid leg kick.
Burgess is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Burgess uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nakayama.
Burgess on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nakayama misses with a body shot
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakayama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nakayama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nakayama is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A head kick misses from Nakayama.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Burgess misses with a hook. Nakayama ducked under it nicely.
Burgess swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nakayama just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakayama misses with a low kick.
Burgess scores with a nice right hand.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakayama throws a head kick that Burgess semi-blocks.
Nakayama scores with a kick to the body.
Burgess misses with a wild body shot.
Burgess lands with a hook. Nakayama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some wild striking there from Burgess.
Nakayama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burgess is out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Burgess uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakayama.
Burgess with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burgess moves forwards but Nakayama connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab from Nakayama misses.
Nakayama misses with a body punch
and Burgess counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burgess throws a series of punches but Nakayama moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Nakayama throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burgess throws a nice looking combination but Nakayama bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burgess avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burgess scoring well with a low kick there.
Nakayama throws a sloppy body shot
and Burgess counters with a straight right hand.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakayama misses with a body shot.
Nakayama misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakayama. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burgess showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakayama.
Nakayama shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakayama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Burgess. That snapped Nakayama's head back.
Burgess connects with a leg kick. Nakayama looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Burgess gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nakayama.
Burgess looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nakayama 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.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Burgess scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A lazy left from Nakayama finds it's target.
Burgess will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nakayama misses the shot to the body.
Nakayama checks a low kick from Burgess.
Burgess misses with a hook.
Nakayama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burgess. That did some damage!
Burgess uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgess avoids a kick to the body.
Nakayama tries a head kick but it misses.
Burgess throws a one two combo.
Burgess misses with a wild body shot.
Nakayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Nakayama catches Burgess right on the button with a cross.
Burgess throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakayama throws a right and a left that Burgess avoids nicely.
Nakayama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burgess counters with a stiff right hand.
Burgess scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nakayama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.
Burgess with a nice cross.
Nakayama swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Burgess counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Burgess thows a left - swing and a miss!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgess ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakayama moves away.
Nakayama thows a body shot but no joy.
Nakayama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tsuyoshi Nakayama.
Well Nakayama 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
Tsuyoshi Nakayama wins by unanimous decision!
Tsuyoshi Nakayama spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roderick Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianmarco Zaniboni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes to the cage accompanied by Uppercut--2pac. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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149 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roderick Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gianmarco Zaniboni!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaniboni lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jenkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jenkins blocks a jab.
No luck for Zaniboni with that takedown attempt.
Zaniboni throws an off balance right hand
and Jenkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zaniboni connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zaniboni misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Jenkins counter with a right hand.
Zaniboni clinches with his opponent.
Jenkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaniboni.
Zaniboni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jenkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zaniboni backwards.
Jenkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaniboni.
Zaniboni is working Jenkins over against the cage.
Zaniboni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Jenkins as the two fighters clinch.
Zaniboni is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jenkins gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jenkins misses with a punch to the body.
Zaniboni is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Zaniboni tries to pull guard but Jenkins holds him up against the cage and eventually Zaniboni drops back down to his feet.
Roderick Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gianmarco Zaniboni.
Zaniboni tries a body shot but Jenkins blocks it.
Jenkins trying to stall but Zaniboni improves his position.
Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
Zaniboni looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jenkins tries to kick Zaniboni off but Zaniboni keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Zaniboni throwing shots but Jenkins is blocking nicely.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep. Zaniboni is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zaniboni is thwarting Jenkins's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to roll over but Zaniboni keeps him under control.
Zaniboni trying to mount his opponent but Jenkins defends it.
Zaniboni uses his free foot to push down on Jenkins's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jenkins.
Zaniboni swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jenkins is now in Zaniboni's guard. A big mistake from Zaniboni there, giving up the dominant position!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Zaniboni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni throws a shot to the body.
Zaniboni digs a good hook to Jenkins's body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins misses with a body shot.
Zaniboni tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenkins.
Zaniboni swings for the body but Jenkins moves out of range.
Zaniboni has closed the distance and engaged Jenkins in a clinch.
Jenkins misses with some punches.
Zaniboni is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Jenkins tries to throw a body punch but Zaniboni avoids it by throwing Jenkins back against the cage.
Jenkins is leaning against Zaniboni and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zaniboni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Jenkins.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jenkins misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni tries a body shot but Jenkins blocks it.
Jenkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zaniboni backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zaniboni.
A head punch on the inside from Jenkins fails to land.
Jenkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaniboni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jenkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaniboni.
Zaniboni pushes off an throws an elbow but Jenkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zaniboni lands a hook that snaps the head of Jenkins backwards.
Zaniboni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaniboni blocking some punches.
Jenkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaniboni.
Jenkins managing to block the knees to the body from Zaniboni.
Jenkins tries a body shot but Zaniboni blocks it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jenkins.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jenkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaniboni backwards.
Zaniboni scores with a shoulder strike.
Zaniboni letting Jenkins take a breather here.
Zaniboni drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jenkins pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jenkins scores with a jab to the body.
Jenkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zaniboni throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zaniboni scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jenkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zaniboni's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaniboni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jenkins manages to avoid it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jenkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zaniboni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jenkins avoids the body shot from Zaniboni.
Jenkins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jenkins is looking to wear down Zaniboni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jenkins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zaniboni closes the distance and clinches up with Jenkins, looking for a takedown. Zaniboni pushes Jenkins against the cage but Jenkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zaniboni throws a jab when Jenkins was well out of range.
Jenkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zaniboni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gianmarco Zaniboni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaniboni checks a leg kick nicely.
Jenkins throws a body punch but Zaniboni moves out of range.
Jenkins scores with the left hand. Zaniboni knows he should have avoided that one.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jenkins crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Zaniboni - the referee stops the clock and Jenkins gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Zaniboni. Jenkins manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaniboni is just out of range.
Zaniboni throws an off balance right hand
and Jenkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jenkins throws a body punch but Zaniboni moves out of range.
Zaniboni misses with a wild body shot.
Jenkins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zaniboni checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zaniboni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jenkins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roderick Jenkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jenkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jenkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zaniboni manages to avoid it.
Jenkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Zaniboni works over Jenkins's head and body with a nice combination.
Zaniboni pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jenkins looks to land a right hand but Zaniboni moved out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaniboni shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Zaniboni was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Zaniboni thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jenkins is trying to escape the mount.
Zaniboni can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jenkins is looking to escape.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Zaniboni has a good base and remains in mount.
Zaniboni avoids the attempt from Jenkins to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position but Zaniboni isn't that keen on the idea.
Jenkins is working hard here to advance position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaniboni punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Roderick Jenkins will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jenkins scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Roderick Jenkins has been cut.
Jenkins throws a lazy right hand but Zaniboni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zaniboni shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jenkins defends it nicely.
Zaniboni tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jenkins lands with a cross.
Jenkins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A lazy body kick from Jenkins
and Zaniboni counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Zaniboni trying to control the action but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins trying to control but Zaniboni postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins won't allow Zaniboni to pass to mount.
Gianmarco Zaniboni has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zaniboni throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jenkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaniboni.
Jenkins moves into full guard.
Zaniboni being controlled here momentarily.
Jenkins keeping moving, preventing Zaniboni from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni stands and throws Jenkins's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jenkins regains half guard there - taking advantage of Zaniboni's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Zaniboni looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jenkins wants to control but Zaniboni is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep. Zaniboni is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zaniboni sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jenkins defending well though.
Jenkins won't allow Zaniboni to pass to mount.
Jenkins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zaniboni is working away from the top position though.
Jenkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zaniboni.
Jenkins moves into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jenkins is keeping the position for now.
Zaniboni trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaniboni missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zaniboni looking to pass the guard.
Jenkins pulls Zaniboni in close to his closed guard and prevents Zaniboni from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Roderick Jenkins.
Jenkins fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zaniboni on the side of the head.
Zaniboni tried to score with a low kick but Jenkins checks it.
Jenkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zaniboni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaniboni drops his hands momentarily and Jenkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zaniboni's corner calls for a 1-2. Zaniboni obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zaniboni takes a swing at Jenkins's ribcage but misses.
Zaniboni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jenkins moves away.
Jenkins scores with a body shot.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Zaniboni blocks the low kick.
Roderick Jenkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Jenkins blocks a leg kick.
Zaniboni scores with a decent looking hook.
Zaniboni steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jenkins. That one must have hurt.
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!
Zaniboni avoids the body shot from Jenkins.
Zaniboni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jenkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A lazy left from Jenkins finds it's target.
Jenkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zaniboni was well out of range. Poor timing from Jenkins.
Jenkins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zaniboni lands a jab to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a hook.
Jenkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zaniboni looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jenkins!
Zaniboni misses with a head shot.
Zaniboni throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Zaniboni lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jenkins hang on?
Zaniboni looking to control but Jenkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jenkins is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to hold on but Zaniboni postures up.
Jenkins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zaniboni thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jenkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaniboni looking to ground and pound but Jenkins is blocking nicely.
Zaniboni goes for an armbar but Jenkins turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Jenkins.
Zaniboni keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins wants to get up but he can't break Zaniboni's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Zaniboni is retaining full guard.
Jenkins has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Zaniboni is proving hard to escape from.
Jenkins preventing the sweep.
Zaniboni is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jenkins slips nicely into half guard.
Zaniboni wants to get back to full guard.
Zaniboni moves into full guard.
Zaniboni keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins wants to get up but he can't break Zaniboni's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gianmarco Zaniboni will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roderick Jenkins's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jenkins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jenkins throws a body punch but Zaniboni moves out of range.
Zaniboni checks a low kick from Jenkins.
Jenkins stuffs the takedown attempt from Zaniboni. Zaniboni gets slowly back to his feet.
Zaniboni fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jenkins to the ground. Zaniboni is now in Jenkins's guard.
Zaniboni pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jenkins is keeping the position for now.
Jenkins working a defensive guard here.
Jenkins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaniboniis looking to pass into half guard but Jenkins pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Jenkins is in guard.
Zaniboni working a defensive guard here.
Zaniboni keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.
Jenkins won't allow Zaniboni to sweep him here.
Zaniboni looking to control.
Zaniboni working for a triangle but Jenkins defends it easily.
Zaniboni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jenkins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jenkins decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Zaniboni, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jenkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jenkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Zaniboni misses with a body shot.
Jenkins avoids the body shot from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni avoids the body shot from Jenkins.
Zaniboni throws a jab when Jenkins was well out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jenkins - that will leave a mark!
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!
Jenkins scores with a jab.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaniboni.
Jenkins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zaniboni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni swings for the body but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins misses with a body shot.
Jenkins takes a swing at Zaniboni's ribcage but misses.
Jenkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Zaniboni.
Jenkins throws out a leg kick but Zaniboni moves out of range and Jenkins only half commits.
Jenkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zaniboni. That did some damage!
Zaniboni thumps Jenkins with a low kick.
A big left from Zaniboni misses.
Zaniboni missing with a left hand there. Jenkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zaniboni is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jenkins sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jenkins throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaniboni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a jab when Zaniboni was well out of range.
Jenkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jenkins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jenkins throws a hook but Zaniboni avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni misses with a hook. Jenkins ducked under it nicely.
Jenkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Jenkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zaniboni manages to avoid it.
Zaniboni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jenkins. Zaniboni does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaniboni scores with a shot to the body.
Zaniboni tries to move into range but Jenkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jenkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaniboni swings for the body but Jenkins moves out of range.
Zaniboni changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jenkins looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jenkins dodges the ground and pound from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni working the body and head with strikes.
Zaniboni throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jenkins is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Zaniboni lands some shots froms side control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Zaniboni off and has taken his back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaniboni trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Zaniboni tries to roll but Jenkins sticks to his back.
Zaniboni has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jenkins controls the position.
Zaniboni is in bad spot here.
Jenkins trying to control momentarily.
Zaniboni manages to reverse the position and now he's in Jenkins's guard. Nice work there by Zaniboni.
Jenkins wants to hit a switch here but Zaniboni passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jenkins there!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
Zaniboni cracks Jenkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zaniboni unloads with some shots from mount but Jenkins bucks and avoids them well.
Zaniboni is landing with some decent strikes but Jenkins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jenkins is rocked!
Zaniboni drops a big elbow. That's hurt Jenkins! More shots from Zaniboni and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gianmarco Zaniboni!
After the big win, Gianmarco Zaniboni made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes into the arena with Rza - Fatal blaring out of the sound system. Eric Lawler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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197 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lyoto Liddell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawler explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawler fails to land with a series of punches.
Lawler stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lawler connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Lyoto Liddell has been cut.
Liddell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lawler at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lawler there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liddell.
Lawler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liddell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lyoto Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawler misses with a straight left.
Liddell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Liddell scores with a spinning back kick!
Lawler looks to score with a jab to the body but Liddell is just out of range.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
Liddell misses with a looping right.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Lawler is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Liddell clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Liddell.
Lawler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liddell blocking some punches.
Lawler tries to work over Liddell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lawler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Lawler scores with a jab to the body.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liddell.
Good leg kick by Liddell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liddell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lawler.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell tries to clinch but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Liddell.
Liddell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Liddell misses with a hook.
Liddell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lawler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lawler throws a jab but it's blocked by Liddell.
Liddell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Jab by Lawler.
Decent striking displayed by Lawler there.
Lawler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Liddell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liddell bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lawler throws a sloppy body shot
and Liddell counters with a three punch combo that has Lawler backing up. Lawler nods at Liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
Lawler scores with a shot to the body.
Lawler stuns Liddell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lawler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liddell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler 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.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Lawler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lawler tries a low kick but Liddell avoids it.
Lawler throws the left hand but Liddell avoids the punch easily.
Liddell is looking to wear down Lawler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Lawler moves out of range easily.
Liddell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liddell throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lawler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lawler scores with a nice head shot.
Liddell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lawler scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell lands a nice shot to the body.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler just misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Lawler thuds a left hand into Liddell's body.
Liddell swings for the body but Lawler moves out of range.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Lawler gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liddell.
Lawler misses with a body kick.
Lawler moves out of range as Liddell throws a body kick.
Liddell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Liddell scores with a push kick.
Liddell misses the shot to the body.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler checks a low kick from Liddell.
Liddell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler throws a hook but Liddell avoids it easily.
Lawler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Liddell connects with a nice looking jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Lawler lands with a straight right. Liddell didn't see that one coming.
Lawler stuns Liddell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lawler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddell.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liddell, right into the meat.
Lawler misses with a looping right.
Liddell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lawler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liddell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawler moves away.
Lawler throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lawler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell avoids the head kick by Lawler.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Lawler is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Liddell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawler 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler just misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lawler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Liddell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lawler looks gassed!
A punch combination from Lawler misses.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler throws a solid leg kick but Liddell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lawler.
Liddell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lawler throws the left hand but Liddell avoids the punch easily.
Liddell cracks Lawler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lawler throws the kick towards the body but Liddell avoids it.
Lawler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Liddell thumps Lawler with a low kick.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Liddell.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Lawler is just out of range.
Liddell lands a high kick!
Liddell misses with a hook.
Lawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liddell misses with a shot to the body
and Lawler counters with a straight right hand.
Liddell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lawler misses the shot to the body.
Lawler punishes Liddell's body with a nice straight punch.
Lawler jabs Liddell right on the nose. Liddell blinks but takes it well.
Lawler slips a straight right by Liddell.
Good leg kick by Lawler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lawler ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lawler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawler scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lawler swinging wildly here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liddell.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler throws a hook but Liddell blocks it.
Lawler attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lawler takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddell.
Lawler lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liddell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lawler lands a jab to the nose.
Lawler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Liddell lands a two punch combo.
Lawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Liddell.
A jab from Lawler misses.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Lawler throws a jab but it's blocked by Liddell.
Liddell lands an overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lawler. That's going to slow Liddell down.
Lawler moves away from the strike by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Liddell tries to score with a low kick but Lawler moves his leg out of the way.
Lawler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddell.
Lawler throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell looks to land a body kick but Lawler moved away.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Liddell shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lawler connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eric Lawler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lawler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddell.
Liddell throws the left hand but Lawler avoids the punch easily.
Lawler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lawler scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lawler scoring well with a low kick there.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Lawler is just out of range.
Lawler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lawler throws a jab when Liddell was well out of range.
Liddell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lawler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liddell can pounce on him.
Liddell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Liddell bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fighters circling - Lawler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liddell throws a low kick, looking for Lawler's leg but Lawler calmly moves out of range.
Lawler defending well as Liddell loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Lawler avoids it.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Lawler misses.
Lawler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Liddell misses with a low kick.
Lawler fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Liddell.
Sloppy strikes from Lawler. Those never looked like landing.
Lawler is breathing heavily.
Lawler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liddell circles away quickly and effectively.
Lawler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Liddell.
Lawler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lawler throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lawler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Liddell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawler moves away.
Lawler lands a nice shot that snaps Liddell's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lawler avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Liddell defending well as Lawler loads up on a big left hand.
Liddell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Liddell throws a body punch but Lawler moves out of range.
Liddell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
Lawler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liddell moves away from the strike by Lawler.
Liddell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Lawler fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liddell on the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from Liddell misses.
Liddell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lawler momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Liddell throws a leg kick but Lawler sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lawler avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Lawler throws a series of punches but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell throws the left hand but Lawler avoids the punch easily.
Lawler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liddell.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
Liddell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Liddell misses.
Liddell with a nice cross.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lawler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Liddell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lawler's calf.
Donk. Lawler catches Liddell right on the button with a cross.
Lawler lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Liddell blocks the body kick.
Liddell misses with a two punch combination.
Lawler moves out of range of the strikes.
Lawler looks to land a combination. Liddell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lawler throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liddell.
Lawler blocks a head kick by Liddell.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Liddell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Lawler.
Lawler will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eric Lawler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Liddell throws a body punch but Lawler moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
Lawler lands a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Liddell.
Lawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Liddell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lawler's jab looks to have found its range, popping Liddell under the eye.
Liddell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Liddell is rocked!
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a good cross that connects.
Liddell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lawler misses with a body shot
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Liddell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler lands a nice hook to Liddell's body. Liddell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawler manages to avoid it.
Lawler throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lawler thuds a left hand into Liddell's body.
Lawler misses with a hook to the body
and Liddell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lawler throws a series of punches but Liddell avoids them all with ease.
Lawler misses with a right hand
and Liddell counters with a thumping low kick.
Lawler looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
Lawler 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.
Liddell connects with the punch.
Lawler misses with a looping right.
Lawler scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liddell doesn't seem bothered though.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawler.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Liddell moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liddell, right into the meat.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell jabs Lawler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
Liddell throws a head kick but Lawler moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lawler.
Liddell connects with a high kick.
Lawler scores with a nice head shot.
Lawler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lawler swings for the body but Liddell moves out of range.
Lawler circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lawler fakes the leg kick and cracks Liddell in the body.
Liddell misses with a kick to the body.
Liddell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lawler.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell defending well as Lawler loads up on a big left hand.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lawler avoids them all with ease.
Liddell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Liddell shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Liddell lands with a thumping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Lawler blocks the low kick.
Lawler lands a lovely overhand right.
Lawler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liddell blocks a low kick nicely.
Liddell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lawler doesn't seem bothered though.
Lawler lands with a right hand.
Liddell blocks a head kick by Lawler.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Liddell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Liddell tries to clinch up but Lawler circles away and keeps his distance.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses.
Liddell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lawler doesn't seem bothered though.
Liddell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lawler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a kick to the body.
Lawler works Liddell's body with a nice hook.
Liddell motions for Lawler to come forward. Liddell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler scores with a jab.
Liddell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lawler pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liddell is out of range and Lawler settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eric Lawler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lawler lands a slapping body shot.
Lawler listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lawler.
Lawler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lawler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Liddell at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lawler.
Oh Liddell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liddell throws a head kick but Lawler moves out of range.
Liddell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell misses with a body shot.
Lawler moves out of range as Liddell strikes.
Liddell seems to have got his legs back now.
Liddell throws a head kick that half lands.
Liddell tries to clinch but Lawler moves out of range.
Liddell wants to clinch up but Lawler keeps it at a distance.
Liddell scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell moves forwards but Lawler connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Lawler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lawler throws a low kick, looking for Liddell's leg but Liddell calmly moves out of range.
Lawler moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A big left from Lawler misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liddell, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Lawler.
Liddell blocks a head kick by Lawler.
Liddell throws a body kick that misses.
Liddell scores with a hook to the body. Lawler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lawler misses with a looping left.
Liddell scores with a head kick. Lawler tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Liddell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lawler cracks Liddell with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lawler is out of range and Liddell settles back down.
Lawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell moves in looking to clinch but Lawler pushes him off.
Lawler staying out of range there.
Liddell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lawler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lawler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell misses with a wild body shot.
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawler manages to avoid it.
Liddell takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lawler looks to land a left hand but Liddell moved out of range nicely.
Liddell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lawler misses with a hook.
Lawler takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lawler scores with a leg kick.
Lawler ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liddell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler lands a leg kick that knocks Liddell off balance momentarily.
Liddell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liddell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Lawler avoids it.
Liddell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawler lands a jab-cross combination.
Lawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lawler scoring well with a low kick there.
Lawler misses with a looping left.
Lawler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lawler throws an overhand right that lands on Liddell's shoulder, as Liddell tries to avoid the shot.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Liddell.
Lawler scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawler dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Some wild striking there from Liddell.
Lawler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Liddell at a distance.
Lawler lands a nice looking body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lawler.
Lawler jabs Liddell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lawler.
Liddell scores with a jab.
Lawler connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lawler misses with a head kick.
Liddell blocks a head kick by Lawler.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell is looking to clinch but Lawler is avoiding it.
Liddell lands a nice looking body shot.
Lawler gets tackled into the cage by Liddell. Liddell maintains the clinch.
Lawler is struggling to control the position.
Liddell blocks a body shot from Lawler.
Lawler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lawler connects with a body shot that sends Liddell's belly button to the back.
Lawler just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Lawler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Lawler misses.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Liddell dips to his left and cracks Lawler with an uppercut!
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lawler throws out a loose jab but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Liddell lands a head kick!
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler throws an overhand right that lands on Liddell's shoulder, as Liddell tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Liddell cracks Lawler with an open hand slap.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Liddell blocks the leg kick.
Lawler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Liddell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lawler blocks a head kick by Liddell.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lawler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lawler checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Liddell misses with a low kick.
Lawler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot by Lawler.
Lawler connects with a leg kick. Liddell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Lawler avoids it.
Liddell walks into a jab.
Lawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Lawler thuds a left hand into Liddell's body.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
Lawler darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Lawler.
Liddell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liddell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Lawler throws a head kick but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liddell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lawler misses with a body kick.
Liddell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawler manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Lawler.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawler throws a wild body kick that Liddell sees coming a mile off.
Liddell feints and then cracks Lawler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lawler down.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lawler looks to land a left hand but Liddell moved out of range nicely.
Lawler takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Liddell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lawler throws a lazy right hand but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick from Lawler lands but Liddell takes it in his stride.
Lawler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Lawler.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell misses the shot to the body.
Lawler checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Lawler really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell's cut.
That's time! Liddell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lawler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Liddell lands with an uppercut that bounces Lawler off the cage and back into range.
A jab lands there for Lawler.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Lawler.
A telegraphed right hand from Liddell misses the target.
Lawler throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawler goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liddell pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lawler back to the cage. Liddell follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Liddell throws a body punch but Lawler moves out of range.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawler.
Liddell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lawler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lawler misses the shot to the body.
Lawler is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
Lawler 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.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawler moves away.
Lawler lands a really nice looking cross but Liddell seems unphased.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawler connects with a solid leg kick.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler scores with a nice body kick.
Lawler swings for the body but Liddell moves out of range.
Lawler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lawler misses with a straight left.
Lawler throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell thuds a left hand into Lawler's body.
Liddell lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddell tries to clinch up.
Lawler blocks a leg kick.
Lawler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddell moves away.
Lawler ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
Liddell throws a chopping leg kick but Lawler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler misses with a body kick.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lawler was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
A big right from Lawler misses.
Lawler punishes Liddell's body with a nice straight punch.
Lawler falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liddell counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddell moves away.
Lawler is looking to land body kicks.
Liddell 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.
Liddell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liddell throws a front kick aimed at Lawler's knee but Lawler avoids it well.
Lawler clobbers Liddell with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Liddell throws a body punch but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liddell checks a low kick from Lawler.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Liddell.
Liddell connects with an inside leg kick.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Lawler.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Liddell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liddell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lawler moves out of range of the leg kick from Liddell.
Liddell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Liddell scores with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Lawler misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Liddell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawler loads up on a big right hand but Liddell slips the punch.
Lawler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liddell circles away quickly and effectively.
Lawler tries to score with a low kick but Liddell moves his leg out of the way.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Liddell.
Lawler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A leg kick checked by Liddell.
Liddell lands a head kick. Lawler smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lawler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lawler lands a head shot.
Liddell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Liddell throws a wild body kick that Lawler sees coming a mile off.
Liddell is looking to clinch.
Liddell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liddell moves forwards but Lawler connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Liddell lands a nice shot that snaps Lawler's head back.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawler changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler throws a sloppy head kick and Liddell moves out of range easily.
Lawler looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.
Lawler thuds his right hand into Liddell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lawler throws out a leg kick but Liddell moves out of range and Lawler only half commits.
Lawler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Liddell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Decent striking displayed by Lawler there.
Liddell is looking to land body kicks.
Liddell throws a shot to the body.
Liddell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Lawler.
Lawler scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Liddell lands a head kick. Lawler smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lawler thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Liddell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawler.
Nice body punch from Lawler.
Liddell moves out of range as Lawler strikes.
Liddell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lawler is out of range and Liddell settles back down.
Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liddell.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawler lands a nice hook to Liddell's body. Liddell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lawler smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liddell.
Lawler attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lawler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liddell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler throws a head kick that misses.
Lawler digs a good body shot into Liddell's ribs.
Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Lawler connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell throws a right and a left that Lawler avoids nicely.
Liddell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Liddell.
Lawler works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Liddell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lawler counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Liddell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawler is looking to slow Liddell down with leg kicks.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell slips a jab from Lawler.
Lawler avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Liddell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A swing and a miss from Lawler.
Lawler cracks Liddell with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lawler takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Lawler is just out of range.
Lawler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lawler avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawler.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lawler throws a looping overhand right but Liddell ducks down to avoid it.
Liddell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lawler tries to move into range but Liddell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lawler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Lawler dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Liddell'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!
Lawler lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lawler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liddell throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Lawler.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Lawler avoids it.
Liddell blocks a head kick by Lawler.
Lawler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Lawler throws a leg kick that misses.
Liddell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lawler is out of range and Liddell settles back down.
Liddell thuds his shin into the meat of Lawler's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with the combination.
Liddell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Liddell swings for the body but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler lands a slapping body shot.
Lawler misses with a body shot
and Liddell counters with a leg kick.
Lawler throws the kick towards the body but Liddell avoids it.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell throws a head kick but Lawler moves out of range.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liddell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lawler tries to land a leg kick but Liddell saw it coming and moves away.
That kick from Liddell tenderised Lawler's leg. Lawler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lawler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lawler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler thuds his right hand into Liddell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liddell moves out of range of the strikes.
Liddell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lawler.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lawler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Liddell moves out of range of the body kick.
Lawler throws a front kick aimed at Liddell's knee but Liddell avoids it well.
Lawler throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Liddell cracks Lawler with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell misses with a straight right.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lawler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawler. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liddell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lawler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lawler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawler.
Lawler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lawler throws a lazy right hand but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Liddell stuns Lawler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liddell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Liddell motions for Lawler to come forward. Liddell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lawler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Liddell.
Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler checks a leg kick.
Lawler scores with a three punch combo!
Lawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Lawler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liddell.
A clash of legs there as Lawler blocks the low kick.
Lawler throws a poor cross that misses
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a low kick but Lawler avoids it.
Liddell blocks a low kick nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Lawler.
Liddell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice uppercut lands for Lawler. That snapped Liddell's head back.
Lawler is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Liddell like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Liddell from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:34 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Lawler!
Eric Lawler is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Starikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sergei Starikov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wagner throws a push kick but Starikov slaps the foot to one side.
Starikov looks to score with a jab to the body but Wagner is just out of range.
Wagner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wagner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wagner.
Starikov thuds a left hand into Wagner's body.
Wagner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Starikov.
Starikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Wagner.
The crowd cheers as Starikov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wagner doesn't seem phased though.
Wagner works the jab nicely.
Wagner throws a head kick but Starikov moves out of range.
Wagner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Starikov lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starikov blocks a leg kick.
Kurt Wagner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Starikov misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wagner. That's going to slow Starikov down.
Wagner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wagner takes one to the chin there.
Wagner misses with a low kick as Starikov jumps back.
Wagner throws a leg kick that misses.
Wagner misses with a leg kick.
Wagner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Starikov's head backwards.
Starikov lands a body shot.
Wagner thuds his shin into the meat of Starikov's side.
Wagner scores with a head kick. Starikov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wagner tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two 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!
Wagner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Starikov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wagner.
Wagner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Starikov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wagner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wagner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Starikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wagner.
Starikov misses the shot to the body.
Wagner cracks Starikov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wagner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Starikov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wagner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starikov staying out of range there.
Wagner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wagner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wagner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wagner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Starikov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Starikov scores with a nice strike.
Starikov walks into a jab.
Starikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wagner throws a jab when Starikov was well out of range.
Wagner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wagner attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Starikov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Starikov wants it to stay on the feet.
Starikov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starikov swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Wagner counter with a right hand.
Wagner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Starikov misses with a straight left.
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner throws a jab when Starikov was well out of range.
Wagner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wagner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wagner looks to score with a jab to the body but Starikov is just out of range.
The crowd cheers as Wagner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Starikov doesn't seem phased though.
Starikov avoids the body shot from Wagner.
Starikov connects with a body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wagner throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Starikov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Starikov is looking to wear down Wagner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wagner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Starikov.
Wagner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wagner looks to land a right hand but Starikov moved out of range.
Wagner misses with a hook.
Wagner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Starikov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Starikov checks a low kick from Wagner.
Wagner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wagner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Starikov with a jab.
Starikov moves out of range of the strikes.
Wagner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Starikov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wagner throws a leg kick that is checked
and Starikov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Starikov thuds a left hand into Wagner's body.
Starikov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wagner misses the shot to the body.
Wagner motions for Starikov to come forward. Wagner throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Starikov with a nice cross.
Starikov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wagner momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Starikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wagner.
Wagner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wagner drops his hands momentarily and Starikov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Starikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wagner thows a body shot but no joy.
Wagner throws a nice looking combination but Starikov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Starikov throws a hook but Wagner blocks it.
A jab from Starikov misses.
Starikov scores with the left hand. Wagner knows he should have avoided that one.
Wagner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sergei Starikov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wagner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Starikov under the eye.
Wagner looks to throw the jab but Starikov is out of range.
Wagner tries a head kick but it misses.
Wagner moves out of range as Starikov strikes.
Wagner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wagner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Starikov cracks Wagner with a good jab.
Wagner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Starikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wagner.
Starikov digs a good body shot into Wagner's ribs.
Wagner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wagner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner misses with a head kick.
Starikov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wagner.
Starikov connects with a crisp jab.
A clash of legs there as Starikov blocks the low kick.
Wagner misses with a head kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Starikov throws an overhand right that lands on Wagner's shoulder, as Wagner tries to avoid the shot.
Starikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wagner.
Wagner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wagner thows a body shot but no joy.
Starikov checks a leg kick.
Starikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wagner misses with a looping left.
Wagner misses with a two punch combination.
Starikov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wagner doesn't seem bothered though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Starikov staying out of range there.
Wagner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wagner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wagner blocks a jab.
Wagner misses with a right hand
and Starikov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Starikov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wagner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Starikov.
Wagner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Starikov. Starikov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Starikov looks to score with a jab to the body but Wagner is just out of range.
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Wagner.
Wagner misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Starikov to counter with a crisp jab.
Wagner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A cross from Wagner lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner swings for the body but Starikov moves out of range.
Wagner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wagner throws a chopping leg kick but Starikov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Starikov throws a hook but Wagner avoids it easily.
Wagner throws a body punch but Starikov moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Starikov.
Starikov cracks Wagner with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big right from Starikov misses.
Wagner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wagner is looking to chop away at Starikov's legs.
Starikov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wagner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Starikov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wagner - the referee stops the clock and Starikov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wagner. Starikov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Starikov throws out a loose jab but Wagner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wagner dips to his left and cracks Starikov with an uppercut!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wagner blocks a jab.
Wagner throws an overhand right that lands on Starikov's shoulder, as Starikov tries to avoid the shot.
Wagner throws a leg kick but Starikov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Starikov stuffs the takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Wagner misses the target.
Wagner looks for the body kick but Starikov saw that one coming.
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!
Starikov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Starikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner misses with a jab to the body
enabling Starikov to counter with a crisp jab.
Wagner throws a body punch but Starikov moves out of range.
Starikov punishes Wagner's body with a nice straight punch.
Starikov checks a low kick from Wagner.
Wagner dives in and grabs Starikov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Starikov pushes down on Wagner's head and hops out.
Wagner is breathing heavily.
Wagner misses with a body shot.
Wagner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wagner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Starikov.
Starikov checks a low kick from Wagner.
Wagner is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Starikov's half guard.
Starikov is staying active underneath Wagner, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner is looking to advance position but Starikov won't allow it.
Wagner performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kurt Wagner was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Starikov avoids the head kick by Wagner.
Starikov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
An inside leg kick from Wagner misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Starikov moves out of range as Wagner strikes.
Wagner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Starikov throws a hook but Wagner blocks it.
A clash of legs there as Starikov blocks the low kick.
Wagner tries a head kick but it misses.
Wagner throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wagner slips a straight right by Starikov.
Starikov drives through and clinches with Wagner against the cage.
Wagner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Starikov lands a nice shot to the body.
Wagner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wagner lands a hook that snaps the head of Starikov backwards.
Starikov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wagner.
Starikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Wagner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starikov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wagner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starikov lands a hook that snaps the head of Wagner backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Wagner.
Wagner working aggressively here.
Wagner misses with some punches.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Starikov blocks an uppercut.
Starikov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Starikov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wagner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Starikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Wagner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starikov lands a nice uppercut.
Starikov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wagner throws a head punch that misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Starikov digs a right hand into Wagner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wagner's gas tank.
Starikov pushes Wagner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wagner cracks Starikov with a nice body shot.
A short left from Wagner.
A shot in the inside from Wagner.
Wagner swings wildly with an uppercut but Starikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wagner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wagner tries to throw a body punch but Starikov avoids it by throwing Wagner back against the cage.
Starikov tries to work over Wagner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Starikov tries to work over Wagner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner prevents a body shot from Starikov.
Starikov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wagner backwards.
It looks like Kurt Wagner has been cut.
Starikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Wagner controls his hands.
Wagner is trying to stall.
Starikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Wagner controls his hands.
Wagner misses with the head strike.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starikov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wagner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Starikov is keeping busy.
Wagner working aggressively here.
Starikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Wagner controls his hands.
Starikov lands an uppercut.
Starikov throws a head punch that misses.
Starikov lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wagner.
Wagner wants to stall.
Starikov gets through Wagner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wagner scores with a shot to the side of Starikov's head.
Wagner throws a punch but it's blocked by Starikov.
A hook to the body from Starikov.
Starikov gets through Wagner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Starikov tries to work over Wagner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Starikov tries to work over Wagner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Starikov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Starikov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wagner's elbow.
Wagner manages to break the clinch.
Wagner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Starikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Starikov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wagner has time to react.
Wagner throws a front kick aimed at Starikov's knee but Starikov avoids it well.
Starikov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Starikov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wagner.
Wagner avoids the body shot from Starikov.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wagner throws a low kick, looking for Starikov's leg but Starikov calmly moves out of range.
Starikov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kurt Wagner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kurt Wagner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wagner misses with the body kick
and Starikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Starikov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Wagner misses its intended target.
Wagner lands a front kick.
Wagner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wagner misses with a body shot
and Starikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Starikov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wagner.
A telegraphed right hand from Starikov misses the target.
Starikov thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Wagner misses.
Wagner takes a swing at Starikov's ribcage but misses.
Starikov lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wagner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Starikov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Starikov looks to throw the jab but Wagner is out of range.
Starikov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A slow jab from Wagner misses its intended target.
Wagner misses with a low kick.
Starikov misses with a straight left.
Wagner tries for a takedown but Starikov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wagner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wagner scores with a head kick. Starikov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wagner moves out of range as Starikov strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner throws a solid leg kick but Starikov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wagner.
Wagner with a lazy takedown attempt
and Starikov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Starikov.
Starikov throws a lazy right hand but Wagner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Starikov misses the shot to the body.
Starikov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wagner.
An inside leg kick lands from Wagner.
Starikov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wagner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner throws a low kick, looking for Starikov's leg but Starikov calmly moves out of range.
Starikov slips a straight right by Wagner.
Wagner lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner misses with a straight right.
Wagner throws a leg kick but Starikov sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Wagner misses.
Starikov jabs Wagner right on the nose. Wagner blinks but takes it well.
Wagner lands a really nice looking cross but Starikov seems unphased.
Wagner misses with a body shot.
Wagner tries a low kick but Starikov avoids it.
A slow jab from Wagner misses its intended target.
Starikov checks a leg kick nicely.
Wagner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wagner throws a jab but it's blocked by Starikov.
Wagner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starikov looks to land a combination but Wagner avoids it well.
Starikov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wagner shoots in but Starikov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sergei Starikov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Wagner.
Starikov thows a body shot but no joy.
Starikov takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
Starikov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wagner.
Wagner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Wagner does it's job there.
Wagner misses with a double jab
and Starikov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Starikov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Starikov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wagner was well out of range. Poor timing from Starikov.
Starikov moves out of range of the body kick.
Kurt Wagner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wagner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Starikov moves away.
Wagner avoids the body shot from Starikov.
Wagner lands with a kick to the temple. Starikov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Starikov scores with a jab. Wagner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wagner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Starikov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wagner throws the left hand but Starikov avoids the punch easily.
Starikov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Starikov throws a big shot that misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Starikov avoids the head kick by Wagner.
Wagner's corner calls for a 1-2. Wagner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wagner slips under a jab.
Wagner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Wagner misses the target.
Starikov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wagner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Starikov throws out the jab.
Starikov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wagner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starikov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Starikov scores with a nice head shot.
Starikov slips a straight right by Wagner.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wagner scores with a body shot.
Wagner throws a leg kick
enabling Starikov to counter with a crisp jab.
Wagner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wagner scores with the left hand. Starikov knows he should have avoided that one.
Wagner cracks Starikov with a good jab.
Wagner looks for a takedown but Starikov sprawls well.
Starikov with a hook.
Wagner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Starikov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wagner somewhat.
Starikov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Starikov cracks Wagner with an open hand slap.
Wagner misses with a body kick.
That kick from Wagner tenderised Starikov's leg. Starikov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wagner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wagner lets loose with a powerful body kick. Starikov will feel that in the morning.
Starikov throws a jab when Wagner was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wagner throws a sloppy body shot
and Starikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wagner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Starikov digs a good hook to Wagner's body.
Starikov jabs Wagner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Wagner tenderised Starikov's leg. Starikov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wagner throws a leg kick but Starikov moved away.
Wagner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wagner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wagner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Starikov circles away.
Starikov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Starikov misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wagner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wagner jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wagner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Wagner'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.
Starikov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wagner throws a leg kick which misses Starikov's front leg but catches the back leg as Starikov tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Starikov. Wagner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wagner shoots for a takedown but Starikov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wagner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Starikov.
Starikov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wagner gets a takedown into half guard.
Starikov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wagner is trying to control the action in half guard but Starikov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kurt Wagner wasn't active enough on the ground.
Wagner ducks under a wild hook from Starikov.
Wagner avoids the body shot from Starikov.
Wagner moves away from the strike by Starikov.
Wagner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Starikov misses with a body shot.
Starikov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wagner throws out the jab.
Starikov avoids the body shot from Wagner.
Wagner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Starikov sprawls well. Starikov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wagner gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Starikov as he jumps to the side.
Sergei Starikov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Wagner.
Wagner scores with a spinning back kick!
Wagner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Starikov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wagner lands a really nice looking cross but Starikov seems unphased.
Wagner cracks Starikov with an open hand slap.
Starikov throws a body punch but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Starikov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner cracks Starikov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Starikov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wagner was well out of range. Poor timing from Starikov.
Wagner throws a head kick that misses.
Starikov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Starikov swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Starikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wagner.
Starikov will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner connects with an inside leg kick.
Starikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Starikov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wagner.
Wagner throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body punch from Starikov.
Wagner moves out of range as Starikov strikes.
Wagner ducks under a wild hook from Starikov.
Starikov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Starikov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Starikov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wagner shoots for a double leg takedown but Starikov sprawls well. He's pushed Wagner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wagner throws a leg kick but Starikov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wagner misses with a looping right.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wagner connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Wagner misses.
Starikov scores with the left hand. Wagner knows he should have avoided that one.
Wagner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Starikov.
Good standup being displayed there by Starikov as he connects with a hook.
Wagner misses with a wild body shot.
Starikov misses with a wild body shot.
Wagner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Starikov slips a straight right by Wagner.
Starikov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wagner was well out of range. Poor timing from Starikov.
A jab lands there for Starikov.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Starikov moves out of range of the body kick from Wagner.
Wagner looks for the body kick but Starikov saw that one coming.
A left lands for Wagner.
Wagner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Starikov.
Starikov connects with a looping right hand.
Wagner avoids the body shot from Starikov.
Wagner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wagner connects with a leg kick. Starikov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wagner lands the left hand.
Starikov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wagner wants to slow Starikov down by chopping away at his legs.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wagner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Starikov takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
Starikov looks to land a combination but Wagner avoids it well.
Wagner scores with a shot to the body.
Starikov lands with an uppercut that bounces Wagner off the cage and back into range.
Wagner misses with a head kick.
Starikov cracks Wagner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wagner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wagner avoids the body shot from Starikov.
Wagner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wagner jabs Starikov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wagner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wagner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Starikov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wagner looks to score with a jab to the body but Starikov is just out of range.
Wagner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wagner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wagner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wagner connects with an inside leg kick.
Starikov throws a poor cross that misses
and Wagner counters with a low kick, right behind Starikov 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wagner throws a wild body kick that Starikov sees coming a mile off.
Starikov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Starikov checks a low kick from Wagner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Wagner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Starikov loads up on a big right hand but Wagner slips the punch.
Wagner thows a leg kick but Starikov checks it
and Starikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Wagner lands with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wagner.
Wagner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wagner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Starikov's sensitive parts.
Starikov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wagner connects with a solid leg kick.
Wagner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Starikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wagner wants to land a leg kick but Starikov is out of range.
Wagner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Starikov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wagner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Starikov misses with a looping left.
Wagner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wagner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Starikov on the side of the head.
Starikov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Starikov slips a straight right by Wagner.
Starikov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Starikov is rocked!
Wagner scoring well with a low kick there.
Oh Starikov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wagner misses with a straight right.
Wagner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wagner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wagner is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starikov takes one to the chin there.
Wagner misses with a low kick as Starikov jumps back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wagner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner throws out a powerful jab.
Wagner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Starikov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wagner.
Wagner feints and then cracks Starikov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starikov down.
Starikov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wagner counters with a low kick, right behind Starikov 's knee.
Wagner throws a monster overhand right that drops Starikov! Wagner follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kurt Wagner!
Kurt Wagner is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kurt Wagner thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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