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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibrahimovic's entrance music is Mind Heist. A fine choice. Thompson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. If Rap Gets Jealous by K'naan kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aleksandar Ibrahimovic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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166 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Ibrahimovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a right and a left that Ibrahimovic avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Thompson misses.
Ibrahimovic lands a head kick. Thompson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Thompson throws a lazy right hand but Ibrahimovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ibrahimovic closes the distance and clinches.
Ibrahimovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ibrahimovic has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ibrahimovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Ibrahimovic missing with knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ibrahimovic manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thompson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ibrahimovic seems keen to control Thompson's posture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibrahimovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibrahimovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Ibrahimovic has wrist control.
Ibrahimovic is looking to stand up but Thompson isn't so interested in that idea.
Thompson is fighting to break Ibrahimovic's control of his arms but Ibrahimovic is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Ibrahimovic controlling Thompson's posture.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ibrahimovic defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Ibrahimovic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thompson looking to score a takedown here. Ibrahimovic is defending well but Thompson drives through and ends up in Ibrahimovic's guard.
Thompson throws a big elbow that misses.
Ibrahimovic controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic looking for a sweep. Not yet Ibrahimovic, not yet.
Ibrahimovic keeping full guard, as Thompson tries to pass.
Thompson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibrahimovic seems keen to control Thompson's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aleksandar Ibrahimovic.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Thompson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ibrahimovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ibrahimovic checks a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ibrahimovic - that will leave a mark!
Ibrahimovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Thompson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ibrahimovic on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ibrahimovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Thompson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ibrahimovic slips under a jab.
Ibrahimovic throws a one two combo.
Ibrahimovic throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Ibrahimovic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ibrahimovic.
Thompson looks to land a left hand but Ibrahimovic moved out of range nicely.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thompson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ibrahimovic - the referee stops the clock and Thompson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ibrahimovic. Thompson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thompson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ibrahimovic dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Thompson takes a swing at Ibrahimovic's ribcage but misses.
Ibrahimovic walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
Thompson shoots in and gets a takedown into Ibrahimovic's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson postures up.
Ibrahimovic is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a big elbow that misses.
Thompson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Thompson being controlled here momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ibrahimovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Ibrahimovic avoids nicely.
Thompson throws a hook but Ibrahimovic blocks it.
Ibrahimovic staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Ibrahimovic counters with a low kick, right behind Thompson 's knee.
A solid body kick from Ibrahimovic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson throws a nice looking combination but Ibrahimovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ibrahimovic has managed to clinch.
Knees to the body from Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Claude Thompson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ibrahimovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
It looks like Claude Thompson has been cut.
Thompson stalling the fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ibrahimovic.
Thompson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Thompson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ibrahimovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thompson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ibrahimovic is keeping busy.
A knee to the head by Ibrahimovic.
Thompson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ibrahimovic won't allow it.
Ibrahimovic tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Ibrahimovic with a knee to the head.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Ibrahimovic keeps him there for the moment.
Ibrahimovic has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ibrahimovic trying to control the position but instead, Thompson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ibrahimovic into the cage.
Thompson tries to break free but Ibrahimovic pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic avoiding damage.
Ibrahimovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Ibrahimovic is controlling the position.
Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Ibrahimovic misses with a head kick.
Ibrahimovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ibrahimovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ibrahimovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson checks a leg kick nicely.
Thompson drives through with a takedown into Ibrahimovic's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Thompson looking to pass the guard.
Ibrahimovic is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ibrahimovic obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibrahimovic taking a breather.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ibrahimovic is trying to stall.
Thompson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ibrahimovic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Claude Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ibrahimovic.
Claude Thompson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thompson works over Ibrahimovic's head and body with a nice combination.
Ibrahimovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thompson scores with a sloppy right hand. Ibrahimovic should have avoided that one.
Ibrahimovic misses with a kick to the body.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic scores with a leg kick.
Thompson throws out a loose jab but Ibrahimovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ibrahimovic.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ibrahimovic.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Ibrahimovic.
Thompson clobbers Ibrahimovic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ibrahimovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ibrahimovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thompson moves out of range as Ibrahimovic throws a body kick.
Ibrahimovic slips under a jab.
Ibrahimovic throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
A solid body kick from Ibrahimovic.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ibrahimovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
Ibrahimovic tries to clinch up but Thompson circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thompson.
Ibrahimovic wants to land a leg kick but Thompson is out of range.
Ibrahimovic is looking to clinch.
Thompson throws a hook but Ibrahimovic blocks it.
Thompson looks to land a combination but Ibrahimovic avoids it well.
Thompson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ibrahimovic.
Thompson throws a looping overhand right but Ibrahimovic ducks down to avoid it.
Ibrahimovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Ibrahimovic avoids nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibrahimovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ibrahimovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ibrahimovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Thompson!
Thompson tries to bum rush Ibrahimovic with a series of wild strikes but Ibrahimovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Thompson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aleksandar Ibrahimovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Claude Thompson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ibrahimovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Ibrahimovic throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.
Ibrahimovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson throws a right hand that Ibrahimovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Ibrahimovic also avoids with ease.
Ibrahimovic closes the distance and clinches.
Ibrahimovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Ibrahimovic is controlling him.
Thompson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Ibrahimovic avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic closes the distance and clinches.
Ibrahimovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ibrahimovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibrahimovic has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Ibrahimovic is controlling the position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thompson is trying to drag Ibrahimovic to the mat but Ibrahimovic just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ibrahimovic avoiding damage.
Ibrahimovic has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thompson is trying to push Ibrahimovic away but Ibrahimovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to break free but Ibrahimovic has control.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ibrahimovic content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thompson tries to break free but Ibrahimovic pushes him back against the cage.
Ibrahimovic looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Thompson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ibrahimovic.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Ibrahimovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Thompson drops back down to his feet.
Ibrahimovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson is looking for a takedown.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Claude Thompson.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ibrahimovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ibrahimovic connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ibrahimovic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Claude Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Ibrahimovic avoids them all with ease.
Ibrahimovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ibrahimovic tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ibrahimovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Ibrahimovic's shoulder, as Ibrahimovic tries to avoid the shot.
Ibrahimovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ibrahimovic counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Ibrahimovic counters with a right hand to the body.
Ibrahimovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ibrahimovic scores with a jab.
Thompson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ibrahimovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ibrahimovic throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic slips a straight right by Thompson.
Thompson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thompson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson throws a looping overhand right but Ibrahimovic ducks down to avoid it.
Thompson throws a hook to the side of Ibrahimovic's head but Ibrahimovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson throws a right and a left that Ibrahimovic avoids nicely.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibrahimovic moves into the clinch.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ibrahimovic stalling the fight.
Thompson is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson stalling.
Ibrahimovic with a knee to the head.
Thompson takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ibrahimovic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Aleksandar Ibrahimovic!
Our winner, Aleksandar Ibrahimovic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andrea Hermias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Genovese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genovese has chosen Kick-Ass: Music Soundtrack as his entrance music. Andrea Hermias has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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157 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrea Hermias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Genovese!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Genovese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Genovese throws a sloppy head kick and Hermias moves out of range easily.
Genovese is looking to clinch.
Genovese tries to clinch there but Hermias circles away.
Genovese looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hermias connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Genovese's hands.
Genovese throws an overhand right that lands on Hermias's shoulder, as Hermias tries to avoid the shot.
Hermias lands a right hook to the body.
Hermias moves out of range of the strikes.
Hermias fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Genovese on the side of the head.
Genovese throws out a loose jab but Hermias uses good head movement to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Genovese.
Genovese looks to land a body kick but Hermias moved away.
Genovese throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Genovese gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A cross from Hermias lands.
Hermias lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Genovese cracks Hermias with a good jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hermias darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hermias tries for a takedown but Genovese sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Genovese thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermias lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Hermias finds it's way through Genovese's defenses.
Genovese walks into a stiff left hand from Hermias.
Genovese pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hermias misses with a right hand
and Genovese counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hermias avoids a kick to the body.
Hermias misses with a low kick.
Hermias throws a hook to the side of Genovese's head but Genovese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hermias looks to land a right hand but Genovese moved out of range.
Hermias looks to throw the jab but Genovese is out of range.
Genovese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hermias.
Hermias shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hermias was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hermias throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Genovese because Hermias loaded up on that one.
Genovese is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hermias looking to finish with strikes here!
Genovese is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermias tries to control but Genovese wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Genovese is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hermias misses with a head shot.
Hermias lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Genovese hang on?
Hermias looking to ground and pound but Genovese is blocking nicely.
Hermias throws some wild stikes that Genovese manages to avoid easily.
Genovese really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Poor strikes thrown by Hermias there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Genovese tries to buck Hermias off but he can't manage it.
Hermias has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Genovese's face.
Hermias looking to finish with strikes here!
Genovese is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hermias throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Genovese because Hermias loaded up on that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermias raining down hammerfists from mount.
Genovese is rocked!
Hermias cracks Genovese with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrea Hermias!
Andrea Hermias bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Ivanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colin Evans has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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263 lbs
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Ivanovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colin Evans!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovich throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Evans tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Evans avoids the body shot from Ivanovich.
Ivanovich throws a good cross that connects.
Jab from Evans.
It looks like Igor Ivanovich has been cut.
Ivanovich throws a big shot that misses.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivanovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evans.
Ivanovich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Evans doesn't seem bothered though.
Ivanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Ivanovich listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanovich.
Evans throws a jab but it's blocked by Ivanovich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ivanovich.
Ivanovich misses with a hook to the body
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans catches Ivanovich with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ivanovich.
A shot to the liver by Evans. Beautiful body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Ivanovich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ivanovich.
Evans tried to score with a low kick but Ivanovich checks it.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ivanovich misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans thows a body shot but no joy.
Evans throws a hook but Ivanovich avoids it easily.
Ivanovich with a nice cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ivanovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Ivanovich is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ivanovich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Evans.
Ivanovich tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans tries to bum rush Ivanovich with a series of wild strikes but Ivanovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ivanovich scores with a nice right hand.
Evans is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Evans getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evans keeps the fight on the outside.
Ivanovich throws a leg kick but Evans sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ivanovich slips under a jab from Evans.
Ivanovich lands with a nice body punch.
Ivanovich dodges the punch combination from Evans.
Evans looks to land a left hand but Ivanovich moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ivanovich!
Ivanovich feints a jab promting Evans to slip. Ivanovich then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Evans slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Evans might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ivanovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ivanovich.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovich has Evans pressed against the cage, preventing Evans from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ivanovich can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Evans wants to stall.
Ivanovich cracks Evans with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Ivanovich.
Evans looks gassed!
Ivanovich scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
Ivanovich lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Ivanovich gets through Evans's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Ivanovich on the inside.
Ivanovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Ivanovich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanovich.
Ivanovich lands a body punch.
Ivanovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivanovich lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Ivanovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Ivanovich.
A bit of stalling here from Ivanovich.
Still in the clinch, Ivanovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Ivanovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Ivanovich's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ivanovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
Ivanovich moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ivanovich throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Ivanovich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ivanovich throws a nice head kick!
Ivanovich clinches up against the cage.
Ivanovich lands a right hand.
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Ivanovich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Ivanovich - that landed with a thud.
Ivanovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans taking a breather.
Ivanovich pushes Evans back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ivanovich tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Ivanovich back against the cage.
Evans is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Evans blocks a body shot from Ivanovich.
Evans is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ivanovich.
Igor Ivanovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Evans letting Ivanovich take a breather here.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ivanovich - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Evans tries to break free but Ivanovich pushes him back against the cage.
Evans takes a shot to the head.
Evans stalling in the clinch but Ivanovich improves position.
Evans manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Ivanovich is controlling him.
Ivanovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Evans tries to circle away but Ivanovich has him pinned against the cage.
Ivanovich lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanovich.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivanovich won't allow it.
Ivanovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
Ivanovich misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ivanovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivanovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivanovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ivanovich.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.
Ivanovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ivanovich lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ivanovich tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Ivanovich is controlling the position.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ivanovich has him pressed against the cage.
Ivanovich misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanovich presses Evans against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Evans wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ivanovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Ivanovich on the inside.
Ivanovich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Ivanovich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ivanovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Ivanovich is controlling him.
Ivanovich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivanovich lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Ivanovich.
Ivanovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivanovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ivanovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivanovich lands a right hand.
A short left from Ivanovich.
Ivanovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ivanovich works on Evans's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Ivanovich - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanovich lands with a right to the head.
Evans is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Ivanovich.
Evans is still on wobbly legs! Can Ivanovich finish him?
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ivanovich.
A hook to the body from Ivanovich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Ivanovich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Igor Ivanovich's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ivanovich throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice shot lands for Ivanovich.
Evans tries to keep at a distance but Ivanovich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ivanovich leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ivanovich presses Evans against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short body shot lands from Ivanovich as the two fighters clinch.
Ivanovich is leaning against Evans and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
Ivanovich lands a body punch.
Ivanovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ivanovich lands a left hand.
Ivanovich manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ivanovich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Evans or not.
Evans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Ivanovich is controlling the position.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Ivanovich is controlling the position.
Ivanovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ivanovich misses with a body punch.
Ivanovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Evans is trying to force a seperation but Ivanovich has the dominant position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ivanovich.
Evans blocks a body shot from Ivanovich.
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Ivanovich.
Ivanovich slowing the pace effectively.
Ivanovich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans is rocked!
Evans prevents a body shot from Ivanovich.
Colin Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans is still on wobbly legs! Can Ivanovich finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich drops Evans onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Evans is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Ivanovich creates a bit of distance and unloads a huge uppercut that knocks Evans out cold! The ref dives in to break up the two fighters! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Igor Ivanovich!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Christopoulos (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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210 lbs
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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
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Christopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Christopoulos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Anderson's half guard.
Christopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Christopoulos won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Anderson has his foot on Christopoulos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Christopoulos works his way back into a safe position though.
Anderson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Christopoulos defends well.
Anderson trying to keep a closed guard but Christopoulos is proving a slippery customer.
Christopoulos stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Anderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson holding on.
Anderson tries to bench press Christopoulos off him but Christopoulos keeps the position.
Christopoulos grinds an elbow into Anderson's temple.
Christopoulos is working Anderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Anderson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Christopoulos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Christopoulos with the ground and pound but Anderson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Anderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Christopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Christopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Christopoulos from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson controlling the position.
Christopoulos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Christopoulos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Christopoulos stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Anderson tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Anderson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Anderson is looking to regain half guard here but Christopoulos keeps moving and retains side control.
Anderson manages to get back to half guard.
Christopoulos wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson is looking to control Christopoulos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anderson avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Christopoulos is trying to work for a kimura but Anderson is defending well.
Christopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Christopoulos has control of the leg.
Anderson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Christopoulos wants to pass to mount but Anderson is defending the position.
Anderson is staying active underneath Christopoulos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Anderson tries to roll over but Christopoulos keeps him under control.
Christopoulos in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Anderson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Christopoulos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jason Christopoulos!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Eubanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, East London Rap - Wha we a bout . Eubanks has chosen All Summer Long - Kid Rock as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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270 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Floyd Eubanks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison shoots in for a takedown but Eubanks shows good takedown defense.
Eubanks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eubanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eubanks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Charles Harrison has been cut.
Eubanks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harrison tries to clinch there but Eubanks circles away.
Harrison tries to clinch up but Eubanks circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Eubanks wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Harrison lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eubanks backwards.
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!
Harrison is leaning against Eubanks and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Harrison.
Harrison turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Eubanks takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harrison scores with punches from side control.
It looks like Floyd Eubanks has been cut.
Harrison is looking to take a break and control but Eubanks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Eubanks takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eubanks gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Harrison uses his free foot to push down on Eubanks's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Eubanks.
Harrison lands a heavy elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harrison scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That has opened up Floyd Eubanks's cut even more.
Eubanks wants to hold on but Harrison pushes him away.
Harrison looking to control but Eubanks is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harrison lands with some strikes.
The cut above Floyd Eubanks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Floyd Eubanks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Charles Harrison!
After the big win, Charles Harrison made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suarez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Amazing. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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196 lbs
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189 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergio Melo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez looks for a takedown but Melo sprawls well.
Melo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suarez.
Suarez throws a lazy right hand but Melo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suarez shoots for a takedown but Melo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Melo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melo throws a leg kick which misses Suarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Suarez tries to avoid it.
Melo connects with a leg kick. Suarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Suarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melo lands a jab to the head.
Suarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Melo swats away the attempt to clinch by Suarez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Melo throws a head kick but Suarez moves out of range.
Melo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Melo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sergio Melo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Melo throws a low kick but Suarez moves out of range easily.
Suarez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sergio Melo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Suarez.
Melo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Suarez is out of range.
Suarez shoots for a double leg takedown but Melo sprawls well. He's pushed Suarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Suarez tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo connects with a body shot that sends Suarez's belly button to the back.
Melo gets tackled into the cage by Suarez. Suarez maintains the clinch.
Melo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Suarez backwards.
Melo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suarez is looking to chop away at Melo's legs.
Suarez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Melo is looking to score with low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Suarez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Melo tries to hold on but Suarez postures up.
Suarez has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Melo is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Suarez!
A very excited looking Diego Suarez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bittor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Rannanjarvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier comes to the cage accompanied by Jane's Addiction- Mountain Song. Rannanjarvi has chosen Stonehenge by Spinal Tap as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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169 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bittor Xavier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Antti Rannanjarvi!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rannanjarvi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rannanjarvi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Xavier connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rannanjarvi scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot by Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rannanjarvi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Xavier misses the shot to the body.
Rannanjarvi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Xavier's head.
Rannanjarvi dips to his left and cracks Xavier with an uppercut!
Xavier takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Xavier swings for the body but Rannanjarvi moves out of range.
Xavier 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rannanjarvi holds on and takes a little breather.
Rannanjarvi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Xavier controls the pace.
Xavier preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier trying to control the position from guard on top but Rannanjarvi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rannanjarvi is controlling Xavier's posture.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice shot to the body.
Rannanjarvi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xavier.
Xavier lands a nice hook to Rannanjarvi's body. Rannanjarvi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Xavier darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rannanjarvi throws a leg kick
and Xavier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rannanjarvi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xavier shoots in and gets a takedown into Rannanjarvi's guard.
Xavier preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier trying to control the position from guard on top but Rannanjarvi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xavier postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Xavier works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Xavier is looking to take a break and control but Rannanjarvi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rannanjarvi trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Xavier manages to pass to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rannanjarvi wants to control but Xavier is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier is trying to control here but Rannanjarvi has managed to regain half guard.
Xavier is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Xavier prevents Rannanjarvi from improving his position.
Rannanjarvi is staying active underneath Xavier, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Xavier is looking to advance position but Rannanjarvi won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rannanjarvi is defending against the submission attempts here by Xavier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rannanjarvi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Xavier seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xavier tries to pass to full mount but Rannanjarvi defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xavier is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rannanjarvi sees it coming and defends easily.
Xavier is looking to advance position but Rannanjarvi won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bittor Xavier dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Xavier takes a swing at Rannanjarvi's ribcage but misses.
Rannanjarvi misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xavier. Rannanjarvi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xavier throws a chopping leg kick but Rannanjarvi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rannanjarvi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rannanjarvi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rannanjarvi throws a low kick but Xavier moves out of range easily.
Rannanjarvi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab by Rannanjarvi.
Xavier shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rannanjarvi pinned against the cage. Rannanjarvi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rannanjarvi cracks Xavier with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Xavier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rannanjarvi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier takes a swing at Rannanjarvi's ribcage but misses.
Antti Rannanjarvi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xavier tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rannanjarvi swivels and escapes.
Xavier sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Xavier takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rannanjarvi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Xavier is looking to wear down Rannanjarvi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rannanjarvi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rannanjarvi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Xavier throws a leg kick but Rannanjarvi checks it.
Rannanjarvi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Xavier misses with a body shot
and Rannanjarvi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rannanjarvi lands with a shot to the body.
Xavier swings for the body but Rannanjarvi moves out of range.
Xavier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rannanjarvi.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rannanjarvi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xavier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rannanjarvi.
Xavier tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rannanjarvi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Xavier somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bittor Xavier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xavier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rannanjarvi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Xavier.
Rannanjarvi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xavier.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xavier. Rannanjarvi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rannanjarvi connects with a single shot there.
Rannanjarvi tries a head kick but it misses.
Rannanjarvi tries to work over Xavier's front leg with a kick but Xavier checks it.
Xavier attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Xavier throws a lazy uppercut
and Rannanjarvi counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier looks to score with a jab to the body but Rannanjarvi is just out of range.
Rannanjarvi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Xavier's calf.
Rannanjarvi connects with a leg kick. Xavier looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jab, jab by Xavier - just one landing.
Rannanjarvi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rannanjarvi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xavier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rannanjarvi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Xavier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rannanjarvi.
Xavier looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rannanjarvi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Xavier is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier trying to control from Rannanjarvi's half guard. Rannanjarvi has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Rannanjarvi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Xavier slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rannanjarvi tries to improve position but can't.
Xavier wants to control but Rannanjarvi is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Rannanjarvi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rannanjarvi staying out of range there.
Xavier moves out of range as Rannanjarvi throws a body kick.
Xavier throws a combination. Rannanjarvi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Xavier misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rannanjarvi counters with a nice body shot.
Rannanjarvi is looking to chop away at Xavier's legs.
Xavier looks to score with a jab to the body but Rannanjarvi is just out of range.
Xavier moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rannanjarvi tries to land a front kick but Xavier steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rannanjarvi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rannanjarvi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xavier.
Xavier scores with the left hand. Rannanjarvi knows he should have avoided that one.
Xavier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rannanjarvi walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rannanjarvi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xavier.
Xavier takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rannanjarvi throws a leg kick
and Xavier counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Xavier stops Rannanjarvi from getting back to his feet.
Xavier is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Rannanjarvi to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Rannanjarvi wants to sweep here but Xavier controlling him for the moment.
Xavier looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi keeping moving, preventing Xavier from controlling successfully.
Rannanjarvi can't keep his opponent in guard - Xavier advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
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!
Xavier thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Xavier throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Xavier is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rannanjarvi defends it well.
Rannanjarvi gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi looking for a sweep. Not yet Rannanjarvi, not yet.
Rannanjarvi keeping moving, preventing Xavier from controlling successfully.
Rannanjarvi keeping full guard, as Xavier tries to pass.
Xavier loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rannanjarvi is looking to sweep but instead, Xavier has passed into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier is working for a submission of some sort.
Xavier seems to be looking for submissions.
Rannanjarvi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xavier seems to be working for a kimura but Rannanjarvi defends the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bittor Xavier showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Xavier has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bittor Xavier!
Bittor Xavier took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damion Skye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Skye's choice of entrance music: Never Gonna Stop - Rob Zombie. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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151 lbs
24 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Chavez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damion Skye!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Skye attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Miguel Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skye uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a low kick.
Chavez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Skye moved out of range.
Chavez thumps Skye with a low kick.
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skye.
Chavez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A chopping leg kick lands by Skye.
Chavez's corner calls for a 1-2. Chavez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chavez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Skye pushes Chavez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skye fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skye lands a head shot.
Skye looks to throw the jab but Chavez is out of range.
Skye cracks Chavez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Skye misses with a low kick.
Skye staying out of range there.
Chavez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Skye.
Skye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Skye scores with a sloppy right hand. Chavez should have avoided that one.
Nice body kick from Chavez.
Nice defenses there by Skye.
Chavez looks for the body kick but Skye saw that one coming.
Chavez throws a hook but Skye blocks it.
Skye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Skye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skye clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez landing knees to the head.
Skye is trying to force a seperation but Chavez has the dominant position.
Chavez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chavez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Skye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skye throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.
Chavez tries to clinch there but Skye circles away.
Skye takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Skye on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Skye pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skye uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Chavez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chavez throws a jab when Skye was well out of range.
Chavez lands with a kick to the temple. Skye shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skye moves forwards but Chavez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chavez throws a big shot that misses.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skye was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Skye misses with an uppercut
and Chavez counters with a leg kick.
Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chavez wants to land a leg kick but Skye is out of range.
Skye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Skye.
Chavez throws a head kick that half lands.
Chavez tries to clinch but Skye moves out of range.
Chavez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Chavez misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Skye.
Skye scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chavez doesn't seem bothered though.
Skye buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skye connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Skye pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chavez is out of range and Skye settles back down.
Skye digs a good hook to Chavez's body.
Chavez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Skye on the side of the head.
Skye lands a body shot.
Chavez takes a swing at Skye's ribcage but misses.
Chavez slips a jab from Skye.
Skye throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Skye checks a leg kick nicely.
Skye tries a head kick but it misses.
Chavez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chavez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Chavez duly obliges.
Chavez moves into the clinch.
Chavez blocks a body shot from Skye.
Skye misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Chavez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Skye swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skye scores with a push kick.
Skye connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Skye gets a clinch.
Skye misses with a body punch.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Skye.
Skye is working Chavez over against the cage.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Skye pushes Chavez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Skye manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chavez.
Chavez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skye scoring well with a low kick there.
Skye just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chavez throws out the jab.
Skye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Skye swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chavez.
Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skye.
Chavez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Skye clinches with his opponent.
Skye avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Skye struggles to land a body shot inside as Chavez controls his hands.
Skye is trying to break the clinch but Chavez is controlling him.
Chavez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Skye tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chavez lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Chavez.
Skye lands a hook to the side of the head.
Skye misses with some punches.
Skye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Chavez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skye swings wildly with an uppercut but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skye softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chavez takes a shot to the head.
Skye working hard to break the clinch.
Skye misses with the head strike.
Skye tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Skye swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Skye.
Skye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chavez lands a nice elbow.
Skye is trying to push Chavez away but Chavez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skye breaks from the clinch.
Chavez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Skye closes the distance and clinches.
Skye misses with a punch on the inside.
Skye has a couple of punches blocked by Chavez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skye managing to block the knees to the body from Chavez.
Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Skye.
Skye lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Chavez misses with a body punch.
Chavez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Skye wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Skye misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Skye avoids it by throwing Chavez back against the cage.
Skye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chavez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skye backwards.
Skye tries to throw a body punch but Chavez avoids it by throwing Skye back against the cage.
Chavez tries to land knees in the clinch but Skye avoids the damage to the body.
Damion Skye seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Skye.
Chavez missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Skye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez trying to control the position but instead, Skye has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chavez into the cage.
Chavez lands an elbow inside that Skye shrugs off.
Chavez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Chavez.
A hook to the body from Skye.
Skye digs a right hand into Chavez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chavez's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skye pushes Chavez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Skye controls his hands.
Chavez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavez.
Chavez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skye.
Chavez cracks Skye with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Skye has a couple of punches blocked by Chavez.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Skye.
Skye lands a shoulder strike.
Chavez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Skye has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damion Skye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Chavez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chavez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Skye moves out of range of the body kick.
Chavez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chavez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Skye.
Chavez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chavez misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Skye counter with a right hand.
Skye digs a good body shot into Chavez's ribs.
Skye dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chavez throws a hook to the side of Skye's head but Skye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skye throws an overhand right that lands on Chavez's shoulder, as Chavez tries to avoid the shot.
Chavez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Skye moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miguel Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Skye scores with a nice right hand.
Chavez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Skye.
Chavez takes a swing at Skye's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skye lands with a nice body punch.
Skye throws an overhand right that lands on Chavez's shoulder, as Chavez tries to avoid the shot.
Chavez avoids the head kick by Skye.
Chavez is looking to land body kicks.
Chavez throws a low kick, looking for Skye's leg but Skye calmly moves out of range.
Skye jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skye lands a right hook to the body.
Skye moves into range and clinches up with Chavez.
Skye swings wildly with an uppercut but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chavez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chavez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skye's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Skye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skye is trying to break the clinch but Chavez is controlling him.
Skye working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skye backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Skye.
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!
Skye has a couple of punches blocked by Chavez.
Chavez missing with knees to the body.
Skye is trying to break the clinch but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Skye is working Chavez over against the cage.
Chavez misses with a knee strike.
Chavez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skye in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Skye tries to throw a body punch but Chavez avoids it by throwing Skye back against the cage.
Skye misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skye tries to work over Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Skye throws a head punch that misses.
Skye tries to work over Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chavez lands a shoulder strike.
Chavez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Skye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skye gets through Chavez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chavez throws an elbow but misses.
Skye has a couple of punches blocked by Chavez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skye.
Chavez is rocked!
Chavez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oh Chavez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chavez tries to land knees in the clinch but Skye avoids the damage to the body.
Skye throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Skye lands a nice uppercut.
Skye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chavez's elbow.
Skye is leaning against Chavez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chavez throws an elbow but it misses.
Skye is working Chavez over against the cage.
Chavez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Skye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skye.
Skye misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skye gets through Chavez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skye struggles to land a body shot inside as Chavez controls his hands.
Skye misses with a punch to the body.
Skye throws a head punch that misses.
Skye misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Skye creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skye avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Skye tries to work over Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chavez misses with a knee to the head.
Skye throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Skye tries to throw a body punch but Chavez avoids it by throwing Skye back against the cage.
Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez looking to stall.
Chavez seems to have got his legs back now.
Chavez takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damion Skye really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Skye scores with a hook to the body. Chavez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chavez gets tackled into the cage by Skye. Skye maintains the clinch.
Skye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez blocking some punches.
Chavez misses with the head strike.
Chavez blocks a body shot from Skye.
Chavez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skye.
Chavez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Skye.
A nice left hand lands by Chavez.
A left hand lands to the body for Skye.
Chavez can't find room to land a body shot as Skye controls the action.
Skye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Skye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Skye lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chavez lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez lands a knee to the head.
Chavez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skye blocks it with crossed arms.
Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Skye controls his hands.
Skye throws a punch but it's blocked by Chavez.
Chavez prevents a body shot from Skye.
Skye goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Skye as Chavez tries to tie him up.
A right hand to the body from Skye.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Skye lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Skye lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Skye lands a body shot.
Skye goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chavez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skye avoiding damage as Chavez throws knees to the body.
Skye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skye uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Skye.
Skye forces Chavez back against the cage and clinches.
Skye lands a nice uppercut.
Skye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chavez stalling in the clinch but Skye improves position.
Skye lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Skye lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Skye lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Skye working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Skye scores with a nice hook to the head.
Skye lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chavez.
Skye creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Chavez's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Chavez drops to his knees and Skye pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damion Skye!
Damion Skye is the new featherweight champion!
Damion Skye decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Megaphny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kirk Megaphny!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Megaphny.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Megaphny manages to avoid it.
Burns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burns looking to score a takedown here. Megaphny is defending well but Burns drives through and ends up in Megaphny's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burns accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burns stopping the sweep attempt from Megaphny.
Burns throws a strike but Megaphny rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Burns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Megaphny doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Megaphny manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Megaphny trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns looking to hit a scissor sweep but Megaphny is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Megaphny got a little sloppy there for a moment and Burns has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Megaphny has managed to get both his arms back between Burns's legs - danger averted.
Megaphny must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burns avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burns 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.
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Megaphny loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Megaphny frees his head nicely. Oh but Burns has switched to an armbar! Megaphny is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Carl Burns!
A very excited looking Carl Burns rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Herman Pacquiao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeeves Smith!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pacquiao tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smith swings for the body but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith lands with a right hand.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pacquiao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith thumps Pacquiao with a low kick.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pacquiao jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Pacquiao moves his leg out of the way.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao is looking to land body kicks.
Pacquiao misses with a hook.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pacquiao.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pacquiao.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Pacquiao misses.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pacquiao is able to avoid easily.
Pacquiao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pacquiao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pacquiao connects with a jab.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith rushes Pacquiao and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pacquiao misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pacquiao.
Pacquiao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pacquiao misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacquiao lands with a left to the head.
Pacquiao has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Pacquiao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pacquiao misses with the head strike.
Smith blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pacquiao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Pacquiao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pacquiao's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pacquiao tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Pacquiao misses with some punches.
Smith jumps guard but Pacquiao stands there with Smith around his waist. Smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smith blocks a body shot from Pacquiao.
Good body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith jumps guard and drags Pacquiao to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Pacquiao would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to stand and escape but instead Smith has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith being controlled here momentarily.
Pacquiao is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herman Pacquiao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquiao blocks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Smith checks a leg kick.
Pacquiao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Pacquiao tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith slips a jab from Pacquiao.
Smith cracks the inside of Pacquiao's front leg.
Jeeves Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pacquiao takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Pacquiao moved out of range.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
Smith lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao takes one to the side of the head.
Smith explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeeves Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao thows a leg kick but Smith checks it
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pacquiao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick misses from Pacquiao.
Smith tests Pacquiao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Pacquiao saw that one coming.
A clash of legs there as Smith blocks the low kick.
Pacquiao defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith misses with a hook. Pacquiao ducked under it nicely.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith lands with a kick to the temple. Pacquiao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pacquiao throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Pacquiao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Smith if he has to take too many more of those.
Pacquiao misses with a low kick as Smith jumps back.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith swings for the body but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Smith misses.
Pacquiao throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pacquiao looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Pacquiao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pacquiao scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses the shot to the body.
Smith's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Smith duly obliges.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pacquiao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pacquiao misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Pacquiao back against the cage.
Pacquiao throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Pacquiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Pacquiao improves position.
Pacquiao pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pacquiao misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacquiao scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Herman Pacquiao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a hook but Pacquiao avoids it easily.
Smith throws a head kick but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Smith takes a swing at Pacquiao's ribcage but misses.
Pacquiao stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smith.
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!
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Pacquiao throws a front kick aimed at Smith's knee but Smith avoids it well.
Pacquiao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pacquiao lands with a hook. Smith tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pacquiao doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Pacquiao's leg but Pacquiao calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeeves Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Pacquiao moves his leg out of the way.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Pacquiao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith lands with a kick to the ribs.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pacquiao manages to avoid it.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith feints and then cracks Pacquiao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pacquiao down.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pacquiao is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith thows a body kick. Pacquiao tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A head kick from Smith lands but Pacquiao takes it in his stride.
Pacquiao looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pacquiao lands with a right hand.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Pacquiao backpedaling.
Pacquiao ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Pacquiao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pacquiao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pacquiao needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pacquiao throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao slips under a jab.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pacquiao's waist but Pacquiao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Pacquiao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
Pacquiao connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pacquiao walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick but Pacquiao moved away.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
Pacquiao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquiao.
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smith slips a straight right by Pacquiao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao moves out of range of the body kick.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacquiao connects with an inside leg kick.
Pacquiao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith swings for the body but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacquiao with a nice cross.
Pacquiao checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith jabs Pacquiao right on the nose. Pacquiao blinks but takes it well.
Pacquiao lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pacquiao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pacquiao tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Pacquiao saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pacquiao moves into the clinch successfully.
Pacquiao misses with some punches.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Pacquiao improves position.
Smith tries for a takedown but Pacquiao manages to get underhooks.
Smith blocks a body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Jeeves Smith just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A low kick from Pacquiao misses
and Smith counters by clinching up.
Pacquiao stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Pacquiao throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao lands a right hand.
Pacquiao misses with some punches.
Pacquiao manages to break the clinch.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Pacquiao's shoulder, as Pacquiao tries to avoid the shot.
Pacquiao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Pacquiao fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Pacquiao takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith scores with a head kick. Pacquiao tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Pacquiao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pacquiao throws a front kick that sends Smith stumbling back into the cage.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pacquiao if he has to take too many more of those.
Pacquiao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses.
Pacquiao avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Pacquiao counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pacquiao missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pacquiao misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pacquiao.
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 head punch on the inside from Pacquiao fails to land.
Pacquiao lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
Pacquiao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pacquiao misses with the head strike.
Pacquiao throws a head punch that misses.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pacquiao just stands there and leans against the cage.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
Pacquiao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Pacquiao improves position.
Pacquiao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Pacquiao turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Herman Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeeves Smith.
Smith has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pacquiao is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Pacquiao improves position.
Pacquiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacquiao misses with the head strike.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pacquiao is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith pulls Pacquiao into guard.
Pacquiao stands up from Smith's guard - Pacquiao perhaps looking for a knockout.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Smith throws a series of punches but Pacquiao avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pacquiao is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herman Pacquiao had his way with Jeeves Smith in that 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!
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Pacquiao there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pacquiao doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Pacquiao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Pacquiao finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Pacquiao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pacquiao takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Pacquiao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Pacquiao tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Pacquiao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pacquiao looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Pacquiao thows a body shot but no joy.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Pacquiao lands a jab.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
Smith swings for the body but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquiao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
A bone on bone clash there as Pacquiao blocks the leg kick.
Smith throws the kick towards the body but Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacquiao slips a straight right by Smith.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Smith throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Smith cracks Pacquiao with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pacquiao.
Smith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pacquiao. That one must have hurt.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Pacquiao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to clinch.
Pacquiao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Pacquiao blocks a low kick nicely.
Pacquiao throws out a leg kick but Smith moves out of range and Pacquiao only half commits.
Pacquiao throws a big shot that misses.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacquiao connects with a crisp jab.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Pacquiao misses with a looping right.
Pacquiao throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Smith delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacquiao takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pacquiao misses the shot to the body.
Pacquiao is looking to score with low kicks.
Pacquiao takes a kick to the body and 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!
Smith digs a good body shot into Pacquiao's ribs.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Pacquiao throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pacquiao momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Pacquiao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pacquiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pacquiao scrambles back to his feet.
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 Herman Pacquiao.
I think Pacquiao has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 49:47
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Herman Pacquiao!
Herman Pacquiao retains his welterweight title!
In his post fight interview, Herman Pacquiao started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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