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VERSUS - SundaySlam IX PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tombstone Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brewster Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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135 lbs
18 - 23 - 0 |
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172 cm
33
144 lbs
29 - 22 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Tombstone Terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Brewster Burns!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a right hand that Terry ducks under and follows up with a left that Terry also avoids with ease.
Brewster Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Burns defends it nicely.
Terry closes the distance and clinches up with Burns, looking for a takedown. Terry pushes Burns against the cage but Burns circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Terry throws a head kick that misses.
Terry shoots in but Burns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tombstone Terry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns misses the jab.
Terry throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burns tries to clinch there but Terry circles away.
Burns misses with a double jab.
Burns wants to clinch.
Burns instigates a clinch.
Burns breaks from the clinch.
Terry is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Terry really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Burns!
Burns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terry circles away quickly and effectively.
Terry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Burns is fending him off so far but Terry persists. Nope, Burns circles away and we're back to standing.
Terry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burns wants to clinch.
Terry has managed to clinch.
Burns is trying to break free.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Terry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Terry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Terry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Burns.
Burns bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terry regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Terry looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns decides to stand and escape the position.
Burns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Terry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Burns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Terry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Terry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Terry works over Burns's head and body with a nice combination.
Terry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burns, pushing him back against the cage.
Terry breaks the clinch.
Terry clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Terry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns leaves Terry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Terry dodges the punch combination from Burns.
Burns displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Terry.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burns stuffs the takedown.
Burns lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Terry backs up against the cage.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns cracks Terry with an open hand slap.
Burns throws a series of punches but Terry moves out of range.
Burns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terry circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burns throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Burns throws a leg kick
and Terry holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Terry has a takedown stuffed.
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Terry looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Burns digs a good hook to Terry's body.
Terry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burns.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns moves into range and clinches up with Terry.
Terry tries to pull guard but Burns won't allow it.
Burns wants to break free but Terry has control.
Terry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brewster Burns dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Left hook, right uppercut from Burns.
Terry drives through and clinches with Burns against the cage.
Terry manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Terry is working an open guard so Burns takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Burns.
Burns throws a nice looking combination but Terry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burns throws a series of punches but Terry avoids them all with ease.
Burns misses with a series of wild punches.
Burns shoots in but Terry avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Terry shoots in for a double leg but Burns sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Terry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burns's waist but Burns gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Terry off to one side.
Brewster Burns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Tombstone Terry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns misses with the combination.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Burns misses with an uppercut
and Terry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Burns's knee momentarily.
Burns tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns is breathing heavily.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Burns enables Terry to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Burns manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Burns is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Terry is controlling him.
Burns pushes Terry off and scrambles back to his feet.
Terry looks for a takedown but Burns sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tombstone Terry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terry connects with a high kick.
Burns misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Terry dodges the punch combination from Burns.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terry wants to clinch.
Terry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burns tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burns.
Terry tries to clinch up.
Burns fails to land with a series of punches.
Burns tries to bum rush Terry with a series of wild strikes but Terry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry tries to clinch up but Burns circles away and keeps his distance.
Burns gets tackled into the cage by Terry. Terry maintains the clinch.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns manages to break the clinch.
Burns looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Terry's corner calls for a 1-2. Terry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Terry drives through with a takedown into Burns's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Burns has his feet on Terry's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Burns throws an overhand right that lands on Terry's shoulder, as Terry tries to avoid the shot.
Terry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Terry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Terry. No joy for Burns on that attempt.
Terry lands a head kick. Burns smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both fighters circling a little - Terry finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns leaves Terry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Burns shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Terry trying to control the position.
Terry wriggles free and stands up.
Burns scores with a body shot.
Burns scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Terry tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns misses with a low kick as Terry jumps back.
Burns fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Terry avoids it really well and circles away.
Terry has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brewster Burns will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Terry fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Terry tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
Terry doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.
Burns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Terry tries to score a power double leg takedown but Burns sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Terry somewhat.
Burns misses with the combination.
Terry shoots in for a double leg but Burns sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Burns gets a takedown into half guard.
Terry is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns decides to stand up.
Burns stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Burns wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tombstone Terry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terry throws a one two combo.
Terry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Terry has Burns pressed against the cage, preventing Burns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns tries to break free but Terry pushes him back against the cage.
Burns gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Terry.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Terry won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Terry is controlling the position.
Terry landing knees to the body.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Terry manages to break the clinch.
Terry shoots in but Burns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Terry moves away from the strike by Burns.
Terry has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Terry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Terry trying to land knees to the body.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Terry has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Terry won't allow it.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Terry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
Terry prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
Burns tries to circle away but Terry has him pinned against the cage.
Burns is trying to force a seperation but Terry has the dominant position.
Terry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burns walks away with a smile on his face. Terry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sloppy strikes from Terry. Those never looked like landing.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Terry on the side of the head.
Burns throws a nice looking combination but Terry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Terry wants to clinch up but Burns keeps it at a distance.
Terry is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with the combination.
Burns takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burns throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burns looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Terry is fending him off so far but Burns persists. Nope, Terry circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Terry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Terry clinches up against the cage.
Terry's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Burns does no damage.
Tombstone Terry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terry throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Terry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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 Tombstone Terry.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Brewster Burns!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathanial Hornblower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Da Guia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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166 lbs
10 - 13 - 0 |
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22
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathanial Hornblower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Da Guia!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Guia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hornblower is trying to drag Da Guia to the mat but Da Guia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Da Guia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hornblower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hornblower swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Da Guia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hornblower counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hornblower.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hornblower postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hornblower with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Da Guia wants to stand up but Hornblower is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Guia keeping full guard, as Hornblower tries to pass.
Hornblower wants to control from the top but Da Guia keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hornblower prevents Da Guia from getting back to his feet.
Da Guia keeping moving, preventing Hornblower from controlling successfully.
Da Guia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hornblower trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hornblower has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hornblower scoring with some ground and pound.
Hornblower with a flurry of punches that miss.
Da Guia kicks Hornblower off and gets to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Guia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hornblower manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hornblower.
Hornblower keeps the fight on the outside.
Hornblower will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathanial Hornblower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Guia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hornblower changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Da Guia tries to avoid it but Hornblower manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Da Guia to the ground. Da Guia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hornblower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Guia tries to clinch but Hornblower is having none of it.
Da Guia leaves Hornblower with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch but Hornblower swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Guia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Guia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hornblower manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hornblower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hornblower shoots for a takedown but Da Guia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Da Guia doesn't manage to clinch there - Hornblower circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hornblower.
Nice sprawl there from Da Guia as Hornblower shoots in.
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hornblower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Guia has managed to clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Guia.
Da Guia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hornblower jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Da Guia walks away with a smile on his face. Hornblower gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Da Guia wants to clinch up but Hornblower keeps it at a distance.
Da Guia misses with a two punch combination.
Da Guia doesn't manage to clinch there - Hornblower circles away.
Hornblower shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Da Guia but Da Guia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Carlos Da Guia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hornblower swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Guia.
Hornblower fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Guia moves in looking to clinch but Hornblower pushes him off.
Da Guia wants to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hornblower is defended easily by Da Guia.
Da Guia tries to clinch but Hornblower is having none of it.
Hornblower looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hornblower is trying to control the action in half guard but Da Guia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hornblower is working for a kimura but Da Guia is defending it quite comfortably.
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 Nathanial Hornblower will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Da Guia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hornblower.
Da Guia tries to clinch but Hornblower is having none of it.
Da Guia gets caught napping as Hornblower dives in and scores a takedown. Da Guia manages to retain guard.
Hornblower won't allow Da Guia to get back to his feet.
Hornblower thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hornblower trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Guia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hornblower postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Da Guia is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hornblower, into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hornblower is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Da Guia is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hornblower looking for a guillotine here but Da Guia defends easily.
Da Guia trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hornblower's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Da Guia got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hornblower has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Da Guia has managed to get both his arms back between Hornblower's legs - danger averted.
Da Guia won't allow Hornblower to sweep him here.
Da Guia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hornblower. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hornblower has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Da Guia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Da Guia wants to stand but Hornblower has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Da Guia postures up.
Da Guia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Guia wanted to stand there but Hornblower had control of the position.
Hornblower controlling Da Guia's posture.
Hornblower had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Da Guia defends it easily.
Da Guia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Carlos Da Guia wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hornblower shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Da Guia defends it nicely.
Da Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hornblower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Guia keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Guia wants to clinch.
Da Guia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hornblower shoots in for a takedown but Da Guia shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathanial Hornblower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Guia tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horrible takedown by Hornblower or perhaps it was just good defense by Da Guia which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathanial Hornblower dominated that second round.
That's time! Hornblower's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hornblower fails to land the takedown.
Da Guia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hornblower tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Da Guia swivels and escapes.
Hornblower swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Guia.
Hornblower shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Da Guia as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathanial Hornblower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hornblower fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Da Guia tries to clinch but Hornblower moves out of range.
Hornblower avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Guia tries to clinch but Hornblower is having none of it.
Da Guia moves to clinch but Hornblower breaks away
so Hornblower counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hornblower wants to control from the top but Da Guia keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hornblower throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Guia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Da Guia has his feet on Hornblower's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Da Guia tries to clinch up.
Nice sprawl there from Da Guia as Hornblower shoots in.
Hornblower shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hornblower is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Da Guia can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hornblower with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hornblower misses with a head shot.
Nathanial Hornblower overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hornblower looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hornblower with a couple of short strikes.
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!
Hornblower looking to ground and pound but Da Guia is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Guia tries to buck Hornblower off but he can't manage it.
Hornblower working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Da Guia is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hornblower working for a submission but Da Guia is keeping him at bay.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Da Guia can do anything to dispel that myth.
Da Guia is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hornblower goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Da Guia is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hornblower looking for a triangle here. Da Guia is fighting it but it looks tight! Hornblower pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Da Guia is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Nathanial Hornblower!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Serego Alighiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alighiero comes into the arena with Snoop DoGG blaring out of the sound system. Serego Alighiero had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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202 lbs
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190 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Serego Alighiero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Malcolm Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alighiero misses with a hook. Hopkins ducked under it nicely.
A solid body kick from Alighiero.
Hopkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alighiero as he jumps to the side.
A solid body kick from Alighiero.
Hopkins fails with a takedown attempt.
Alighiero slips a jab from Hopkins.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alighiero explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alighiero throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hopkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Alighiero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Alighiero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Alighiero saw that one coming.
Hopkins is looking to chop away at Alighiero's legs.
Alighiero lands a nice looking body kick.
Alighiero takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hopkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alighiero to score with a decent uppercut.
Hopkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Serego Alighiero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hopkins misses with a hook. Alighiero ducked under it nicely.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alighiero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopkins moves away.
Hopkins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Alighiero works Hopkins's body with a nice hook.
Hopkins avoids the head kick by Alighiero.
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!
A thudding body kick lands there by Alighiero!
A swing and a miss from Alighiero.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins is looking to score with low kicks.
Hopkins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alighiero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hopkins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alighiero swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hopkins.
Alighiero pushes Hopkins away with a front kick.
Hopkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alighiero.
Hopkins is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Alighiero ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alighiero. That's going to slow Hopkins down.
Hopkins throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Alighiero. Those never looked like landing.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Alighiero.
Alighiero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hopkins.
Alighiero scores with a nice strike.
Alighiero throws a jab when Hopkins was well out of range.
Hopkins misses with a body punch
and Alighiero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alighiero cracks Hopkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Alighiero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slow jab from Alighiero misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alighiero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alighiero is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alighiero looks for the body kick but Hopkins saw that one coming.
Alighiero is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A head kick misses from Alighiero.
Nice cross by Alighiero.
Alighiero scores with a nice strike.
Hopkins tries to work over Alighiero's front leg with a kick but Alighiero checks it.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alighiero.
Alighiero looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
Serego Alighiero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hopkins doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alighiero swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alighiero throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Serego Alighiero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alighiero throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alighiero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alighiero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hopkins misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hopkins in side control, throwing shots but Alighiero defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alighiero is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hopkins's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hopkins passes to side control.
Hopkins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hopkins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alighiero sneaks back into half guard.
Hopkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alighiero gets back to full guard.
Hopkins wants to control from the top but Alighiero keeps moving.
Alighiero is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hopkins trying to control but Alighiero is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins stopping the sweep attempt from Alighiero.
Hopkins slips nicely into half guard.
Hopkins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alighiero keeps working.
Hopkins uses his free foot to push down on Alighiero's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alighiero.
Hopkins has control of Alighiero's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Alighiero regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Alighiero takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins landing strikes from the mount and Alighiero is in trouble!
Hopkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Hopkins looking to isolate an arm here. Alighiero doesn't see it coming and as Hopkins extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Hopkins!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Malcolm Hopkins!
During a confident post fight interview, Malcolm Hopkins 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Thurston Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos has chosen Blur - Song 2 as his entrance music. Carl Ramos looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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152 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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154 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Thurston Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Ramos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore misses with a left hand
and Ramos counters with a nice uppercut.
Moore lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ramos backs up against the cage.
It looks like Carl Ramos has been cut.
Moore throws a head kick but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos looks for a takedown but Moore sprawls well.
Moore misses with a straight right.
Moore swinging wildly here.
Ramos slips a jab and a cross from Moore.
Moore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramos.
Moore misses with a wild combination.
Moore misses with a combination
and Ramos counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Moore throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips under a jab.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramos.
The fighters circle momentarily. Moore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Moore fails to land with a series of punches.
Thurston Moore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ramos moves into the clinch.
Moore has had enough of the clinch but Ramos keeps him there for the moment.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Moore is trying to push Ramos away but Ramos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ramos keeps control of Moore as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moore tries to break the clinch but Ramos is controlling the position.
Ramos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moore gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ramos can't get the takedown.
Thurston Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Ramos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is trying to break the clinch but Ramos is controlling him.
Ramos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ramos pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Moore trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moore stays in close to Ramos's body and controls the position.
Moore with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Thurston Moore wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ramos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moore misses with a looping right.
Ramos slips a jab from Moore.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Moore lands.
Nice defenses there by Ramos.
Moore slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Moore loads up on a big right hand but Ramos slips the punch.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramos.
Moore misses with a combination
and Ramos counters by clinching up.
Moore wants to break free but Ramos has control.
Ramos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Moore smiles and moves away.
Moore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ramoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ramos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Moore misses with an uppercut. Ramos saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Moore 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!
Moore misses the jab.
Ramos clinches.
Moore is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ramos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Moore to the mat. Moore regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Moore throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moore wants to sweep but no luck.
Moore is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramos postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ramos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moore swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Moore is trying to control the position but Ramos postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thurston Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Ramos'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.
Moore lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ramos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Moore sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramos circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore throws the left hand but Ramos avoids the punch easily.
Ramos throws a series of strikes that have Moore backpedaling.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moore misses with a low kick.
Ramos tries to bum rush Moore with a series of wild strikes but Moore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good exchange - Moore coming out on top.
Ramos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ramos scores with a takedown into Moore's guard.
Ramos is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Moore pushes Ramos off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Moore moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thurston Moore is winning the standup battle so far.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramos instigates a clinch.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moore wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramos lands with a right to the head.
Moore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramos has him pressed against the cage.
Moore wants to break free but Ramos has control.
Ramos goes for a takedown attempt but Moore pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moore connects with a looping right hand.
Moore misses with a series of wild punches.
Moore lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Moore looks to land a combination but Ramos avoids it well.
Moore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramos.
Moore connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice cross by Moore.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ramos is rocked!
Ramos blocks a jab.
Ramos is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Moore throws a monster overhand right that drops Ramos! Moore follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thurston Moore!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donatello Crizanto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monte Christo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Walk this way - Run DMC & Aerosmith kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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25
170 lbs
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166 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Donatello Crizanto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monte Christo!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crizanto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Christo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crizanto on the side of the head.
Crizanto tries to close the distance and clinch but Christo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crizanto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christo.
Crizanto misses with a few strikes there.
Crizanto lands a two punch combo.
Christo connects with a body shot that sends Crizanto's belly button to the back.
Christo misses with a low kick as Crizanto jumps back.
Christo throws a body kick the misses
and Crizanto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crizanto takes one on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crizanto.
Crizanto throws out a leg kick but Christo moves out of range and Crizanto only half commits.
Crizanto tries a head kick but it misses.
Christo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crizanto.
Crizanto tries to clinch there but Christo circles away.
Christo tries to land a leg kick but Crizanto saw it coming and moves away.
Crizanto throws a hook but Christo avoids it easily.
Christo lands a jab to Crizanto's midsection.
Christo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crizanto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crizanto doesn't seem bothered though.
A leg kick checked by Crizanto.
Christo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Christo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crizanto rather than just go for the knockout.
Crizanto tries to clinch up.
Monte Christo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christo takes a swing at Crizanto's ribcage but misses.
Christo cracks Crizanto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crizanto is rocked!
Christo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Christo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crizanto.
Christo takes a swing at Crizanto's ribcage but misses.
Christo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crizanto to score with a decent uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Christo misses the target.
Crizanto bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Christo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Crizanto but Crizanto pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Crizanto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Crizanto. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Christo.
Christo cracks Crizanto with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Crizanto looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Christo finish him?
Oh Crizanto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Donatello Crizanto has been cut.
Christo closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Crizanto! Christo dives in looking to finish! Crizanto is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monte Christo!
Monte Christo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Vaart's entrance music is Nah Mean. A fine choice. Sato has chosen Call to prayer of islam as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
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175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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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
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato tries to land a front kick but van der Vaart steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
van der Vaart is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sato.
Sato with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Sato.
van der Vaart misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from van der Vaart.
Sato misses with a kick to the body.
van der Vaart slips under a jab.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
van der Vaart throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
Sato throws a hook but van der Vaart blocks it.
Sato lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sato.
It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut.
van der Vaart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van der Vaart misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato swings for the body but van der Vaart moves out of range.
Sato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sato slips under a jab from van der Vaart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. van der Vaart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato avoids the body shot from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Good shot there by Sato.
van der Vaart throws a shot to the body.
Sato connects with a leg kick. van der Vaart looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
van der Vaart misses with a wild combination.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Rumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato misses with a double jab.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.
Sato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
Sato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sato connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Sato cracks van der Vaart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
van der Vaart is looking to wear down Sato with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van der Vaart ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Sato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
Sato fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and van der Vaart has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws a hook but Sato avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart stuns Sato with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sato moves away from the strike by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sato.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sato throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from van der Vaart misses the target.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
A jab from Sato misses.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling van der Vaart to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sato feints and then cracks van der Vaart's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow van der Vaart down.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but van der Vaart is just out of range.
van der Vaart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Sato looks to land a left hand but van der Vaart moved out of range nicely.
van der Vaart misses with the combination.
van der Vaart fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Vaart moves out of range of the strikes.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Sato lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rumina Sato will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
van der Vaart scores with the left hand. Sato knows he should have avoided that one.
Sato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sato throws a right hand that van der Vaart ducks under and follows up with a left that van der Vaart also avoids with ease.
Sato throws a low kick, looking for van der Vaart's leg but van der Vaart calmly moves out of range.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Sato lands with a cross.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato misses with a wild body shot.
Sato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck van der Vaart on the side of the head.
Sato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and van der Vaart moves out of range easily.
van der Vaart misses with a straight left.
Sato missing with a left hand there. van der Vaart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato moves forwards but van der Vaart connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
van der Vaart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sato circles away quickly and effectively.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but van der Vaart is just out of range.
van der Vaart misses with a body shot.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sato.
A big left from van der Vaart misses.
Sato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
van der Vaart misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
van der Vaart tries to close the distance and clinch but Sato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
van der Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart takes one to the chin there.
Good standup being displayed there by van der Vaart as he connects with a hook.
Sato misses with a few strikes there.
Sato slips a jab from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart moves in looking to clinch but Sato pushes him off.
Sato blocks a jab.
Sato misses with a straight right.
van der Vaart on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
van der Vaart looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
van der Vaart misses with a two punch combination.
Sato defending well as van der Vaart loads up on a big left hand.
van der Vaart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sato was well out of range. Poor timing from van der Vaart.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sato scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Sato misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato looks to land a combination but van der Vaart avoids it well.
Sato fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Vaart throws a hook but Sato blocks it.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
van der Vaart throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato swings for the body but van der Vaart moves out of range.
Sato keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Soloman van der Vaart is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van der Vaart.
A left lands for van der Vaart.
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 Soloman van der Vaart will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sato lands a head shot.
The crowd cheers as van der Vaart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sato doesn't seem phased though.
Sato tries to move into range but van der Vaart moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sato fakes the leg kick and cracks van der Vaart in the body.
A jab from Sato finds it's way through van der Vaart's defenses.
Sato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van der Vaart is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
van der Vaart misses with an uppercut. Sato saw that one coming.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart moves out of range as Sato strikes.
Sato looks to throw the jab but van der Vaart is out of range.
Sato connects with an inside leg kick.
Sato throws a series of punches but van der Vaart moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
van der Vaart misses with a wild body shot.
Sato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sato misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
van der Vaart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van der Vaart misses with a double jab.
van der Vaart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Sato walks into a jab.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
van der Vaart throws a right hand that Sato ducks under and follows up with a left that Sato also avoids with ease.
Sato lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
van der Vaart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
van der Vaart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van der Vaart looks to land a right hand but Sato moved out of range.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Sato lands a glancing blow to the side of van der Vaart's head.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Vaart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sato missing with a left hand there. van der Vaart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for van der Vaart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
Sato throws out a loose jab but van der Vaart uses good head movement to avoid it.
van der Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart 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.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract van der Vaart.
Sato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
Sato looks to land a right hand but van der Vaart moved out of range.
Good shot there by van der Vaart.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Vaart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A right-left combo lands from Sato.
Sato wants to land a leg kick but van der Vaart is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sato.
Sato lands a nice leg kick that just misses van der Vaart's sensitive parts.
Sloppy strikes from van der Vaart. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
van der Vaart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
van der Vaart looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
van der Vaart tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sato throws an overhand right that lands on van der Vaart's shoulder, as van der Vaart tries to avoid the shot.
Sato throws a series of punches but van der Vaart avoids them all with ease.
van der Vaart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sato throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped van der Vaart's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sato slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van der Vaart has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with van der Vaart's head.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato lands a really nice looking cross but van der Vaart seems unphased.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rumina Sato.
Well Sato 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumina Sato!
As Rumina Sato got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Remember, a vote for islam is a vote for violent pedophilia with newborns '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Ultra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes into the arena with Devil went down to Georgia blaring out of the sound system. Ultra has chosen Fistful of steel - Rage against the machine as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, John Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakob Ultra!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes a swing at Ultra's ribcage but misses.
Ultra cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.
Ultra stuns Thomas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thomas tries to move into range but Ultra moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like John Thomas has been cut.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ultra just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Ultra.
Ultra staying out of range there.
Jakob Ultra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ultra throws a low kick but Thomas moves out of range easily.
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Ultra throws a leg kick
and Thomas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thomas throws a body punch but Ultra moves out of range.
Ultra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ultra throws a series of strikes that have Thomas backpedaling.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Ultra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thomas moves out of range as Ultra strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Ultra.
Thomas swings for the body but Ultra moves out of range.
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ultra's hands.
Ultra throws a sloppy head kick
and Thomas counters with a right hand to the body.
Ultra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ultra can pounce on him.
Thomas connects with the punch.
Thomas works Ultra's body with a nice hook.
Thomas tries a low kick but Ultra avoids it.
Ultra looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Ultra connects with a body shot.
Ultra throws a head kick that misses
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ultra connects with an inside leg kick.
Thomas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ultra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ultra lands a brutal head kick. Thomas looks out on his feet and Ultra throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jakob Ultra!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Lombardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Mccoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lombardo's entrance music is From Despair To Where. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Lombardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Mccoy!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mccoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mccoy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lombardo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lombardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mccoy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombardo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lombardo won't allow Mccoy to sweep him here.
Lombardo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mccoy working for a triangle but Lombardo defends it easily.
Mccoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mccoy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lombardo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mccoy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lombardo!
Mccoy raining down shots from the mount!
It looks like Anthony Lombardo has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardo is trying desperately to improve position.
Lombardo tries to lock up and control but Mccoy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lombardo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lombardo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mccoy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lombardo tries to hold on but Mccoy pushes him away.
Lombardo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lombardo regains half guard.
Lombardo is trying to maintain the position but Mccoy is very close to passing his half guard.
Lombardo wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mccoy drops an elbow to the side of Lombardo's head.
Anthony Lombardo's cut is getting worse.
Mccoy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mccoy winds up and cracks Lombardo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lombardo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lombardo is trying to control but can't.
Mccoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lombardo tries to get to full guard but Mccoy has control of the leg.
Mccoy winds up and cracks Lombardo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anthony Lombardo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anthony Lombardo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Troy Mccoy!
Troy Mccoy gave a mention to GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sparring PartnerBJJJ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). PartnerBJJJ's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, DJ KOOL. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sparring PartnerBJJJ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris The Great!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
PartnerBJJJ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Great.
The Great gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
PartnerBJJJ scores with a body shot.
PartnerBJJJ lands a head shot.
PartnerBJJJ avoids the body shot from The Great.
The Great has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Great there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Great avoids the body shot from PartnerBJJJ.
PartnerBJJJ throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Great takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Great thows a left - swing and a miss!
PartnerBJJJ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Great.
The Great ducks down and throws a hook to the body but PartnerBJJJ moves away.
PartnerBJJJ throws out a powerful jab.
PartnerBJJJ is looking to wear down The Great with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Great. PartnerBJJJ does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ gets a double leg takedown into The Great's guard.
PartnerBJJJ wants to pass the guard but The Great is keeping the position.
The Great looking to control.
PartnerBJJJ looking to pass the guard.
The Great is trying to hold PartnerBJJJ in close to prevent damage but PartnerBJJJ has managed to pass into half guard.
PartnerBJJJ tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The Great is staying active underneath PartnerBJJJ, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
PartnerBJJJ looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Great wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ working over The Great with some ground and pound. The Great looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
PartnerBJJJ is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and The Great reverses the position - he's now on top in PartnerBJJJ's guard.
The Great trying to control but PartnerBJJJ is working from the bottom.
PartnerBJJJ being controlled here, momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
PartnerBJJJ looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Great is one step ahead there.
PartnerBJJJ has his foot on The Great's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Great works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. The Great stacks PartnerBJJJ on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by The Great!
PartnerBJJJ is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
PartnerBJJJ is holding The Great down, trying to stall.
The Great advances nicely into full mount.
PartnerBJJJ is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Great controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ tries to lock up and control but The Great gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The Great throwing strikes here but PartnerBJJJ is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
PartnerBJJJ is looking to get to half guard.
The Great swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and PartnerBJJJ is now in The Great's guard. A big mistake from The Great there, giving up the dominant position!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Great throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
PartnerBJJJ got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Great has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, PartnerBJJJ has managed to get both his arms back between The Great's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring PartnerBJJJ dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A big right from The Great misses.
The Great misses the shot to the body.
The Great looks to throw the jab but PartnerBJJJ is out of range.
PartnerBJJJ with a nice cross.
The Great tries to keep at a distance but PartnerBJJJ has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Great tries to pull guard but PartnerBJJJ holds him up against the cage and eventually The Great drops back down to his feet.
The Great can't break the clinch.
PartnerBJJJ pushes The Great back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Great jumps guard but PartnerBJJJ turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
PartnerBJJJ lands an uppercut.
PartnerBJJJ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Great tries to pull guard but PartnerBJJJ holds him up against the cage and eventually The Great drops back down to his feet.
Sparring PartnerBJJJ has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris The Great.
The Great wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great jumps guard but PartnerBJJJ turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice body punch from PartnerBJJJ.
The Great's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
PartnerBJJJ wants to stall.
The Great has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics PartnerBJJJ uses from the top position.
PartnerBJJJ stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Great swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Great controls PartnerBJJJ momentarily but PartnerBJJJ frees himself.
PartnerBJJJ trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Great trying to keep a closed guard but PartnerBJJJ is proving a slippery customer.
PartnerBJJJ wants to pass the guard but The Great is keeping the position.
PartnerBJJJ throwing strikes but missing.
PartnerBJJJ postures up and lands a big shot to The Great's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Great is keeping the position for now.
PartnerBJJJ trying to control but The Great is working from the bottom.
PartnerBJJJ stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Great swivels though and keeps the full guard.
PartnerBJJJ throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
PartnerBJJJ avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
PartnerBJJJ postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great keeping moving, preventing PartnerBJJJ from controlling successfully.
PartnerBJJJ throws a big elbow that misses.
PartnerBJJJ trying to control the position from guard on top but The Great is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
PartnerBJJJ tries to free his leg and advance position but The Great is retaining full guard.
PartnerBJJJ is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sparring PartnerBJJJ wasn't doing enough on the ground.
PartnerBJJJ sizes up The Great with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
PartnerBJJJ's corner calls for a 1-2. PartnerBJJJ obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Great.
PartnerBJJJ connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
PartnerBJJJ lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The Great scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Great throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Great throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
PartnerBJJJ lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Great shoots in for a double leg but PartnerBJJJ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
PartnerBJJJ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Great sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Great fails with the takedown.
PartnerBJJJ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring PartnerBJJJ dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
The Great fails with the takedown.
PartnerBJJJ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sparring PartnerBJJJ is winning the standup battle so far.
PartnerBJJJ scores with a nice strike.
PartnerBJJJ throws a sloppy body shot
letting The Great counter with a right hand.
The Great swings away with a body shot that misses
and PartnerBJJJ counters with a left to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from PartnerBJJJ.
The Great tests PartnerBJJJ's chin there with a solid looking shot.
PartnerBJJJ jabs The Great to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Great takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Great loads up on a big right hand but PartnerBJJJ slips the punch.
PartnerBJJJ lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
PartnerBJJJ shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Great gets the takedown into side control.
PartnerBJJJ is trying to control The Great's posture but The Great avoids it.
PartnerBJJJ is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked The Great off and has taken his back!
PartnerBJJJ looking for the choke but no joy.
Sparring PartnerBJJJ overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Great manages to reverse the position and now he's in PartnerBJJJ's guard. Nice work there by The Great.
The Great trying to control the position from guard on top but PartnerBJJJ is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great tries to free his leg and advance position but PartnerBJJJ is retaining full guard.
The Great trying to control but PartnerBJJJ is working from the bottom.
PartnerBJJJ isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. The Great stacks PartnerBJJJ on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by The Great!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
PartnerBJJJ sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The Great is thwarting PartnerBJJJ's attempts to control the position.
PartnerBJJJ missing with punches from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great trying to control from half guard but PartnerBJJJ is working away.
PartnerBJJJ wants to improve his position but The Great is controlling well.
The Great stalling.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
PartnerBJJJ actively working from the bottom here.
PartnerBJJJ has a hand on The Great's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. The Great takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Great looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
PartnerBJJJ wants to hold on but The Great pushes him away.
The Great trying to control but PartnerBJJJ is having none of it.
Chris The Great has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
PartnerBJJJ tries to reverse the position but The Great maintains control.
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 Sparring PartnerBJJJ.
Well PartnerBJJJ has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sparring PartnerBJJJ!
Sparring PartnerBJJJ managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, xXx - Voodoo Labs - 159+ Energy, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, take it like a man. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
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192 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruce Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins misses with a looping left.
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Jenkins's head but Jenkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darwin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Darwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jenkins.
Darwin takes a swing at Jenkins's ribcage but misses.
Darwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darwin swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Jenkins clinches up with Darwin and pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenkins scores with a shot to the side of Darwin's head.
Jenkins gets underhooks to prevent Darwin's takedown attempt.
Darwin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jenkins after a bit of a struggle.
Jenkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jenkins scores with a shot to the side of Darwin's head.
Darwin is working for takedown but Jenkins is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bruce Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Darwin.
Jenkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darwin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jenkins prevents it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jenkins lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin wants a takedown but no success here.
Darwin turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Darwin manages to end up in side control.
Jenkins is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins manages to work his way to half guard, despite Darwin's best efforts.
Jenkins actively working from the bottom here.
Jenkins makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jenkins.
Darwin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Darwin trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jenkins manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Darwin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jenkins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Darwin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jenkins is aware though and is defending well.
Darwin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jenkins cracks Darwin with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jenkins landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jenkins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jenkins postures up in Darwin's guard and throws a big left but Darwin blocks it.
Jenkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins pushing down on Darwin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jenkins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jenkins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Darwin with the active half guard here but Jenkins passes nicely into side control.
Darwin is trying to control Jenkins's posture but Jenkins avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Darwin is trying to improve his position.
Darwin wants to control but Jenkins postures up.
Jenkins connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Darwin some visible discomfort.
Jenkins is working Darwin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Darwin manages to get back to half guard.
Darwin wants to improve his position but Jenkins is controlling well.
Jenkins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Darwin is trying to get back to full guard.
Jenkins not doing much here.
Jenkins looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jenkins takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Darwin gets full guard.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Darwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jenkins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Darwin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins regains half guard.
Darwin is working for a submission of some sort.
Jenkins looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darwin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jenkins!
Jenkins looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins manages to reverse the position and now he's in Darwin's guard. Nice work there by Jenkins.
Darwin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jenkins is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Jenkins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Darwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darwin misses with a double jab
so Jenkins counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Darwin is looking for a triangle but Jenkins pushes his legs off easily.
Jenkins with a nice head shot there.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Darwin keeps moving.
Jenkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Darwin 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.
Jenkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Darwin is keeping the position for now.
Darwin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jenkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Darwin is retaining full guard.
Jenkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Darwin is on top in guard.
Jenkins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Darwin manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Darwin is keeping the position for now.
Jenkins pushing down on Darwin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Darwin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jenkins pulls his head out easily.
Jenkins prevents Darwin from improving his position.
Jenkins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Darwin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jenkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jenkins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jenkins stopping the sweep attempt from Darwin.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Darwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins distracts Darwin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jenkins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Darwin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jenkins has managed to get both his arms back between Darwin's legs - danger averted.
Darwin looking for a sweep. Not yet Darwin, not yet.
Jenkins looking to pass the guard.
Jenkins postures up and lands a big shot to Darwin's brow.
Jenkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Darwin can't do much from the bottom here.
Jenkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Darwin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Darwin is looking for a sweep.
Jenkins is looking to take a break and control but Darwin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jenkins is working Darwin over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking to take a break and control but Darwin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Darwin can't do much from the bottom here.
Darwin is looking for a sweep.
Jenkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Darwin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Darwin is rocked!
Jenkins scoring with punches and elbows.
Darwin is still in real trouble! Can Jenkins finish him?
Jenkins lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Darwin! Jenkins senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Darwin out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bruce Jenkins!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bruce Jenkins thanked GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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