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MLC 67: Night of Champions PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aharon Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akmed Yalaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Angel Lust. Akmed Yalaa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aharon Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akmed Yalaa!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson connects with a leg kick. Yalaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Robinson keeps the fight on the outside.
Danga de danga de dang - Robinson scores with a four punch combination!
Yalaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick and Yalaa moves out of range easily.
Yalaa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Robinson counter with a right hand.
Robinson misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yalaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Robinson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yalaa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Robinson.
Robinson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yalaa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Robinson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yalaa. That did some damage!
Yalaa looks gassed!
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!
Robinson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Robinson scoring well with a low kick there.
Yalaa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Robinson.
Robinson lands a left and a right that send Yalaa crashing to the mat, dazed. Robinson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Yalaa is rocked!
It looks like Akmed Yalaa has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson dances in with a quick combination. Yalaa is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Robinson snaps Yalaa's head back. Yalaa stumbles backwards against the cage. Robinson steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Yalaa's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Yalaa just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aharon Robinson!
Our winner, Aharon Robinson, 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marx Coenen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marx Coenen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford avoids the head kick by Coenen.
Crawford shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Coenen pinned against the cage. Coenen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Crawford will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Coenen fails with the takedown.
Coenen blocks a jab.
Coenen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crawford dives in and grabs Coenen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Coenen pushes down on Crawford's head and hops out.
Marx Coenen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Crawford.
Crawford closes this distance looking for a takedown but Coenen circles away.
Crawford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Coenen gets the takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Crawford wants to get back to his feet.
Coenen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Crawford knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coenen wants to control but Crawford is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coenen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Crawford to his feet.
Crawford closes the distance and clinches.
Crawford tries for a takedown. No joy.
Coenen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Coenen drives through with a takedown into Crawford's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Crawford is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford is pulling down on Coenen's head. It's preventing any offense from Coenen, at least for the moment.
Coenen stands and steps away. Crawford gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Coenen drives through with a takedown into Crawford's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coenen wants to control from the top but Crawford keeps moving.
Crawford looking to hit a scissor sweep but Coenen is one step ahead there.
Coenen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crawford wants to control but Coenen passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coenen is looking to take a break and control but Crawford is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, if Coenen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Coenen working Crawford over with strikes.
Coenen not doing much here.
Coenen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crawford does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crawford manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Crawford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Coenen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crawford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crawford fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Coenen avoids it really well and circles away.
Crawford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coenen circles away quickly and effectively.
Crawford looks gassed!
Crawford keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Coenen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crawford keeps the fight on the outside.
Crawford shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Coenen pinned against the cage. Coenen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Coenen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marx Coenen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crawford tries to clinch but Coenen moves away
and Coenen counters with a shoot takedown. Crawford fights it but they end up in guard.
Coenen wants to control from the top but Crawford keeps moving.
Marx Coenen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crawford is looking to stand up but Coenen isn't so interested in that idea.
Coenen advances position into side control!
Coenen trying to control the action but Crawford is working from the bottom.
Crawford is looking to regain half guard here but Coenen keeps moving and retains side control.
Coenen working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coenen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Coenen trying to control the position but Crawford is working away.
Coenen landing strikes.
Coenen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Coenen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Coenen looks to land a right hand but Crawford moved out of range.
Coenen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crawford.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crawford. Coenen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crawford fails with the takedown
and Coenen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Crawford's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coenen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Coenen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Crawford is breathing heavily.
Crawford is trying to control but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coenen not doing much here.
Crawford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford manages to get to full guard.
Coenen is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Marx Coenen.
Coenen fails to land the takedown.
Coenen swats away the attempt to clinch by Crawford.
Coenen throws a series of punches but Crawford avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coenen fails to land with a series of punches.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Coenen as he jumps to the side.
Crawford swats away the attempt to clinch by Coenen.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown but Coenen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marx Coenen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Crawford.
Crawford is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coenen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Coenen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crawford throws the kick towards the body but Coenen avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crawford gets caught napping as Coenen dives in and scores a takedown. Crawford manages to retain guard.
Coenen trying to control the position from guard on top but Crawford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coenen looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marx Coenen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Coenen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Crawford.
Crawford shoots in and drives through. Coenen sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Crawford. No joy for Coenen on that attempt.
Crawford moves in looking to clinch but Coenen pushes him off.
Marx Coenen is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Coenen as he jumps to the side.
Crawford has a takedown stuffed.
Marx Coenen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Crawford.
Coenen wants to clinch up but Crawford keeps it at a distance.
Coenen tries to clinch up.
Coenen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coenen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Crawford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crawford is refusing to be controlled, as Coenen sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coenen controlling the action here.
Coenen works his way into full mount!
Crawford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Coenen cracks Crawford with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coenen tries to control but Crawford wriggling away.
Coenen unloading with bombs!
Crawford tries to hold on but Coenen postures up.
Crawford tries to reverse the position but Coenen maintains control.
Crawford is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Coenen controlling the position easily from mount.
Coenen lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coenen controlling his opponent.
Crawford really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crawford is squirming around, avoiding Coenen's attempts to control the action.
Coenen controlling from the full mount.
Coenen lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford is trying to escape the mount.
Coenen controlling the pace for now.
Coenen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Crawford is looking to escape.
Coenen controlling the pace for now.
Rex Crawford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marx Coenen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford is desperately trying to improve his position but Coenen has a good base and remains in mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marx Coenen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Coenen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marx Coenen!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Deacon Griggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Jiu Jitsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griggs comes to the cage accompanied by Church by T-Pain. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mr Jiu Jitsu enters the cage!
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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
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Deacon Griggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mr Jiu Jitsu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiu Jitsu swings for the body but Griggs moves out of range.
Griggs loads up on a big right hand but Jiu Jitsu slips the punch.
Griggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jiu Jitsu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jiu Jitsu staying out of range there.
Jiu Jitsu throws a lazy right hand but Griggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Griggs. No joy for Jiu Jitsu on that attempt.
Griggs misses with a wild body shot.
Jiu Jitsu tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Griggs swivels and escapes.
Deacon Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs digs a good hook to Jiu Jitsu's body.
Jiu Jitsu throws a poor cross that misses
and Griggs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Griggs thuds a left hand into Jiu Jitsu's body.
Jiu Jitsu throws a body punch but Griggs moves out of range.
Jiu Jitsu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Griggs misses with a looping left.
Jiu Jitsu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Griggs to score with a decent uppercut.
Jiu Jitsu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griggs circles away.
Jiu Jitsu misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs misses with a straight left.
Griggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiu Jitsu was well out of range. Poor timing from Griggs.
Griggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Jiu Jitsu is just out of range.
Jiu Jitsu throws a lazy uppercut
and Griggs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Griggs misses with an uppercut.
Jiu Jitsu throws a body punch but Griggs moves out of range.
Jiu Jitsu misses with a hook
and Griggs counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griggs lands a jab.
Jiu Jitsu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs misses the shot to the body.
Jiu Jitsu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jiu Jitsu throws a lazy uppercut
and Griggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Griggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jiu Jitsu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griggs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Griggs looks to land a right hand but Jiu Jitsu moved out of range.
Griggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griggs throws the left hand but Jiu Jitsu avoids the punch easily.
Griggs throws a nice looking combination but Jiu Jitsu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Griggs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griggs is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jiu Jitsu has his takedown stuffed
and Griggs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jiu Jitsu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiu Jitsu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deacon Griggs dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Griggs misses with a straight right.
Griggs misses the body punch
and Jiu Jitsu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Griggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jiu Jitsu throws a lazy right hand but Griggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Griggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jiu Jitsu.
Deacon Griggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Jiu Jitsu misses the jab.
Jiu Jitsu doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griggs counters with a left to the body.
Jiu Jitsu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griggs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiu Jitsu shoots in for a double leg but Griggs sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Griggs misses with a straight left.
A big left from Jiu Jitsu misses.
Jiu Jitsu misses with a hook.
Griggs misses the jab.
Jiu Jitsu shoots for a double leg takedown but Griggs sprawls well. He's pushed Jiu Jitsu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Deacon Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs throws a series of punches but Jiu Jitsu moves out of range.
Griggs avoids the body shot from Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Griggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiu Jitsu.
Jiu Jitsu moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Griggs misses.
Jiu Jitsu walks into a left hand.
Jiu Jitsu dives in and grabs Griggs's left leg, looking for a takedown. Griggs pushes down on Jiu Jitsu's head and hops out.
Jiu Jitsu misses with a left hand
enabling Griggs to counter with a crisp jab.
Griggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Jiu Jitsu is just out of range.
Jiu Jitsu is trying desperately to land a takedown but Griggs is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiu Jitsu ducks under a wild hook from Griggs.
Griggs throws a body punch but Jiu Jitsu moves out of range.
Griggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griggs connects with a looping right hand.
Griggs displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jiu Jitsu.
Jiu Jitsu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiu Jitsu throws a poor cross that misses
and Griggs counters with a right hand to the body.
Griggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jiu Jitsu.
Nice defenses there by Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs misses with a straight left.
Griggs misses with a straight right.
Griggs ducks under a wild hook from Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griggs thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deacon Griggs dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
A big right from Griggs misses.
The fighters circling - Jiu Jitsu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jiu Jitsu takes a swing at Griggs's ribcage but misses.
Jiu Jitsu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jiu Jitsu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Griggs scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jiu Jitsu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Griggs is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jiu Jitsu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Griggs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griggs takes a swing at Jiu Jitsu's ribcage but misses.
Griggs stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Griggs wants it to stay on the feet.
Jiu Jitsu is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Griggs's half guard.
Griggs is pressing down on Jiu Jitsu's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Griggs controls Jiu Jitsu momentarily but Jiu Jitsu frees himself.
Griggs is pulling down on Jiu Jitsu's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jiu Jitsu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griggs is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiu Jitsu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Griggs is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Deacon Griggs.
Jiu Jitsu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Deacon Griggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Jiu Jitsu.
Griggs lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griggs gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jiu Jitsu wants to pass the guard but Griggs is keeping the position.
Griggs working a defensive guard here.
Jiu Jitsu looking to pass the guard.
Jiu Jitsu trying to move into half guard but instead Griggs has managed to sweep!
Jiu Jitsu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Griggs defends it easily.
Griggs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mr Jiu Jitsu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiu Jitsu gets back to half guard.
Griggs wants to control but Jiu Jitsu is keeping him busy.
Griggs is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Griggs is trying to control. Jiu Jitsu wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jiu Jitsu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jiu Jitsu looking for subs from the bottom but Griggs mounts him!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griggs is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jiu Jitsu is surviving well by controlling Griggs's body position as best he can.
Griggs moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Jiu Jitsu has worked his arm free - good work by Jiu Jitsu!
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 Deacon Griggs.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Griggs, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deacon Griggs!
As Deacon Griggs got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Just want to thank my opponent for taking this fight. He is a tough guy, but someone had to win tonight and I'm glad it was me. I also want to thank all of my training parters at Wolfschanze in New York. '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bayot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Laak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laak has chosen Pain - Shut your mouth as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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208 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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, John Bayot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Laak!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bayot misses with a few strikes there.
Bayot thows a body shot but no joy.
Bayot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from Bayot.
Bayot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bayot.
Bayot misses with a hook
and Laak counters with a nice leg kick.
Laak tests Bayot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laak slips under a jab.
Laak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laak looks to land a right hand but Bayot moved out of range.
Bayot throws a shot to the body.
Laak feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bayot's calf.
Bayot's corner calls for a 1-2. Bayot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laak lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Bayot checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bayot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bayot throws a right hand that Laak ducks under and follows up with a left that Laak also avoids with ease.
Laak misses with a straight left.
That kick from Laak tenderised Bayot's leg. Bayot is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laak lands a leg kick that knocks Bayot off balance momentarily.
Bayot clobbers Laak with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Bayot misses.
Laak misses with a shot to the body
and Bayot counters with a right hand to the body.
Bayot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laak.
A thudding body kick lands there by Laak!
Bayot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laak lands a nice hook to Bayot's body. Bayot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bayot throws a hook but Laak blocks it.
Laak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bayot moves in looking to clinch but Laak pushes him off.
Laak throws a low kick but Bayot avoids it.
Laak needs to keep his hands up - Bayot had a free shot at his head there.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bayot looks to throw the jab but Laak is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laak lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bayot has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bayot and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laak connects with a solid leg kick.
Laak misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bayot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bayot throws a lazy right hand but Laak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bayot throws a body kick that misses.
Bayot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bayot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laak.
Bayot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak clobbers Bayot with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bayot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laak looks to land a right hand but Bayot moved out of range.
Bayot swinging wildly here.
Laak connects with an inside leg kick.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot misses with a series of wild punches.
Laak misses with a few strikes there.
Laak scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bayot.
Laak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bayot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laak. Bayot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bayot misses with an uppercut.
Bayot throws a jab when Laak was well out of range.
Bayot just misses with a punch to the body.
Bayot is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bayot stalks Laak and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Laak's face. Laak staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Eric Laak has been cut.
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!
Laak scores with a hook.
Laak is looking to chop away at Bayot's legs.
Laak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bayot. That did some damage!
Laak with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laak throws a front kick aimed at Bayot's knee but Bayot avoids it well.
Bayot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Laak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bayot throws a jab but it's blocked by Laak.
Bayot misses with a hook
and Laak counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eric Laak will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Laak moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Bayot.
Laak wants to clinch up but Bayot keeps it at a distance.
Laak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bayot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laak is looking to chop away at Bayot's legs.
Laak slips a jab from Bayot.
Bayot works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Laak with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laak has Bayot up against the cage in a clinch.
Bayot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laak doesn't manage to clinch there - Bayot circles away.
Laak takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bayot misses with an uppercut. Laak saw that one coming.
Laak cracks Bayot with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laak misses with a low kick.
Bayot is looking to clinch.
Laak misses with a looping right.
Bayot is looking to clinch.
Laak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Laak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laak scores with a nice right hand.
Laak explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bayot avoids the head kick by Laak.
Bayot swings for the body but Laak moves out of range.
Bayot checks a low kick from Laak.
Laak missing with a left hand there. Bayot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bayot takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Laak stuns Bayot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laak jabs at Bayot's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Laak. Bayot shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bayot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bayot tries a head kick but it misses.
Bayot takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bayot on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bayot circles away quickly and effectively.
Bayot takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laak tries to clinch up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laak.
Bayot takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bayot.
Laak throws an overhand right that lands on Bayot's shoulder, as Bayot tries to avoid the shot.
Bayot looks to land a right hand but Laak moved out of range.
Laak misses with a hook. Bayot ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bayot wants to clinch up but Laak keeps it at a distance.
Bayot avoids a kick to the body.
Laak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bayot was well out of range. Poor timing from Laak.
Bayot throws a head kick but Laak moves out of range.
Laak throws a solid leg kick but Bayot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Laak.
A punch lands to the side of Bayot 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bayot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bayot. Laak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laak throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Laak scores with a jab to the jaw.
Laak throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bayot stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Laak lands with a nice body punch.
Bayot throws a lazy body kick
and Laak counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bayot ducks under a wild hook from Laak.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laak.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bayot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laak misses with a kick to the body.
Laak takes a swing at Bayot's ribcage but misses.
Laak cracks Bayot with a right hand to the side of the head.
Laak lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Laak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laak lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bayot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
John Bayot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bayot throws a lazy uppercut
and Laak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bayot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bayot throws a wild body kick that Laak sees coming a mile off.
Bayot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laak manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Laak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Laak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Laak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bayot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bayot takes one to the chin there.
Bayot thuds his right hand into Laak's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bayot misses the shot to the body.
Bayot looks to land a left hand but Laak moved out of range nicely.
Bayot clinches.
Laak prevents Bayot from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bayot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laak.
Bayot is rocked!
Laak unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bayot! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Laak is unloading with more strikes now! Bayot drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Laak!
A less than humble Eric Laak misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tuco Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Belford Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendoza comes to the cage accompanied by We Flexin'. Scott has chosen Big Balls by AC/DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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162 lbs
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166 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tuco Mendoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald Belford Scott!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
No luck for Scott with that takedown attempt.
Scott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendoza.
No luck for Mendoza with that takedown attempt.
Scott scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Scott misses with a looping left.
Scott with a jab.
It looks like Tuco Mendoza has been cut.
Scott misses the body punch
and Mendoza counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Scott's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mendoza is aware though and is defending well.
Scott looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mendoza tries to free his leg and advance position but Scott is retaining full guard.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Mendoza from controlling successfully.
Mendoza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scott is keeping the position for now.
Mendoza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Scott is looking for a triangle but Mendoza pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
Mendoza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Scott's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Scott tries to roll over but Mendoza keeps him under control.
Mendoza trying to control from half guard but Scott is working away.
Mendoza is working for a submission of some sort.
Mendoza prevents Scott from improving his position.
Mendoza lands strikes from half guard.
Scott is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mendoza pulls his head out easily.
Scott won't allow Mendoza to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza is trying to control the action in half guard but Scott is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mendoza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mendoza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Scott wants to improve his position but Mendoza is controlling well.
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!
Mendoza working Scott over with strikes.
Mendoza winds up and cracks Scott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mendoza passes to side control.
Mendoza is working to tighten is grip on Scott's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Scott has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Mendoza is really squeezing tight and eventually Scott passes out! Mendoza breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tuco Mendoza!
A very excited looking Tuco Mendoza 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sellus Gravius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Moliser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gravius's entrance music is Morrowind. A fine choice. Moliser has chosen Plumbo - Møkkamann as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Sellus Gravius is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sellus Gravius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Moliser!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravius throws out a powerful jab.
Gravius throws a head kick that misses.
Moliser shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gravius as he jumps to the side.
Moliser swats away the attempt to clinch by Gravius.
Gravius thows a body shot but no joy.
Moliser closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moliser.
Moliser tries for a takedown but Gravius circles away easily
and Gravius counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sellus Gravius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Moliser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moliser fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Moliser shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gravius pinned against the cage. Gravius gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gravius - that will leave a mark!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravius throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Moliser.
It looks like Steve Moliser has been cut.
Moliser misses with a takedown attempt
letting Gravius counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Gravius there.
Gravius feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Moliser sprawling to the canvas! Moliser rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Gravius finish him?!
Gravius drops Moliser with a big left hand! Moliser is injured, injured bad! Gravius jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sellus Gravius!
Sellus Gravius retains his super heavyweight title!
Sellus Gravius really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Dylan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieto is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bullet the Blue Sky. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Dylan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Nieto!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieto takes a swing at Dylan's ribcage but misses.
Dylan connects with a body shot.
Nieto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nieto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dylan was well out of range. Poor timing from Nieto.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nieto.
Dylan thows a leg kick but Nieto checks it
and Nieto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dylan avoids the body shot from Nieto.
A low kick from Nieto is predictable there
and Dylan counters with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Dylan blocks the low kick.
Nieto blocks a leg kick.
Dylan looks to land a left hand but Nieto moved out of range nicely.
Dylan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nieto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nieto misses with a body shot.
Nieto lands a body shot.
Alexandre Nieto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dylan ducks under a wild hook from Nieto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nieto is out of range.
Nieto shoots in for a double leg but Dylan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nieto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dylan rather than just go for the knockout.
Dylan motions for Nieto to come forward. Dylan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nieto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dylan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nieto's knee momentarily.
Nieto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dylan can pounce on him.
Nieto misses with a wild body shot.
Nieto scores with a jab to the body.
Daniel Dylan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nieto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dylan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dylan throws a leg kick
and Nieto counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dylan's knee momentarily.
Dylan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dylan throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto lands a nice looking body shot.
Dylan throws a front kick aimed at Nieto's knee but Nieto avoids it well.
Nieto scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Dylan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nieto throws a combination. Dylan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nieto is looking to score with low kicks.
Nieto thows a body shot but no joy.
Nieto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nieto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nieto swings for the body but Dylan moves out of range.
Dylan wants to slow Nieto down by chopping away at his legs.
Nieto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nieto wants to slow Dylan down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto lands a slapping body shot.
Nieto throws a leg kick which misses Dylan's front leg but catches the back leg as Dylan tries to avoid it.
Nieto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dylan is out of range and Nieto settles back down.
Nieto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nieto misses with a head shot. Dylan uses the momentum to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nieto looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nieto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dylan wants to stand up but Nieto is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nieto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nieto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nieto trying to control the position from guard on top but Dylan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dylan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nieto.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nieto trying to control but Dylan is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandre Nieto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nieto throws a looping overhand right but Dylan ducks down to avoid it.
Nieto feints and then cracks Dylan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dylan down.
Nieto misses with a wild body shot.
Nieto throws a sloppy body shot
and Dylan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dylan blocks a leg kick.
Nieto misses with a body shot
and Dylan counters with a low kick, right behind Nieto 's knee.
Nieto shoots and misses
and Dylan counters with a low kick, right behind Nieto 's knee.
Nieto shoots in but Dylan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dylan misses with the combination.
Nieto misses with a low kick.
Nieto misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan tried to score with a low kick but Nieto checks it.
Dylan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nieto finds it's way round the side to connect with Dylan's head.
Good leg kick by Nieto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dylan tries a low kick but Nieto avoids it.
Nieto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dylan's calf.
Dylan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nieto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A clash of legs there as Nieto blocks the low kick.
Nieto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dylan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nieto has managed to clinch.
Dylan is looking to break free of the clinch but Nieto has double underhooks.
Dylan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nieto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto doesn't manage to clinch there - Dylan circles away.
Dylan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Daniel Dylan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nieto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dylan was well out of range. Poor timing from Nieto.
Nieto looks to score with a jab to the body but Dylan is just out of range.
Nieto throws a solid leg kick but Dylan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nieto.
Nieto tries for a takedown but Dylan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Daniel Dylan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandre Nieto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Nieto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nieto throws a low kick, looking for Dylan's leg but Dylan calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Dylan blocks the low kick.
A clash of legs there as Nieto blocks the low kick.
Nieto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dylan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nieto lands a slapping body shot.
Dylan avoids the body shot from Nieto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nieto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nieto, right into the meat.
Nieto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dylan thows a leg kick but Nieto checks it
and Nieto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dylan thinking.
Dylan misses with a leg kick
and Nieto counters with a low kick, right behind Dylan 's knee.
Dylan is looking to score with low kicks.
Dylan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nieto.
Nieto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dylan is out of range and Nieto settles back down.
Nieto misses the shot to the body.
Nieto misses with a body shot.
Dylan misses with a low kick.
Dylan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dylan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nieto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nieto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dylan.
An inside leg kick lands from Dylan.
Nieto motions for Dylan to come forward. Nieto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dylan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nieto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nieto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nieto checks the leg kick.
Dylan throws a leg kick that misses.
Dylan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nieto. Dylan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dylan throws a leg kick but Nieto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dylan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nieto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandre Nieto 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!
Dylan throws a low kick, looking for Nieto's leg but Nieto calmly moves out of range.
Dylan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dylan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nieto tries to work over Dylan's front leg with a kick but Dylan checks it.
Dylan throws a front kick aimed at Nieto's knee but Nieto avoids it well.
Nieto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nieto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dylan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nieto tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nieto unloads with some shots from mount but Dylan bucks and avoids them well.
Nieto punching from mount but Dylan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Nieto with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nieto lands with some strikes.
Nieto misses with a head shot.
Nieto misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nieto punching from mount but Dylan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dylan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nieto breaks from Dylan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nieto unloads with some shots from mount but Dylan bucks and avoids them well.
Nieto looking to finish Dylan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dylan!
Nieto throwing strikes here but Dylan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto looking to finish Dylan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dylan!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dylan is bucking up trying to escape but Nieto cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nieto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nieto throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nieto unloads with some shots from mount but Dylan bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Nieto there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nieto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nieto tries to control but Dylan wriggling away.
Dylan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nieto.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dylan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nieto working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Dylan slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Nieto misses with a head shot. Dylan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dylan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nieto.
Dylan keeping moving, preventing Nieto from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dylan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nieto trying to control but Dylan is working from the bottom.
Nieto is pushing down on Dylan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dylan is fighting to maintain full guard but Nieto has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dylan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nieto.
Nieto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nieto is pressing down on Dylan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dylan is holding on for now.
Dylan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nieto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandre Nieto really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dylan blocks a leg kick.
Nieto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nieto feints and then cracks Dylan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dylan down.
Some wild striking there from Nieto.
Nieto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nieto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dylan but Dylan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nieto misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nieto misses the jab.
Dylan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nieto is out of range.
Nieto looks to score with a jab to the body but Dylan is just out of range.
Nieto throws a low kick but Dylan avoids it.
Nieto throws a low kick but Dylan avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan throws a leg kick which misses Nieto's front leg but catches the back leg as Nieto tries to avoid it.
Nieto is looking to score with low kicks.
Nieto is looking to chop away at Dylan's legs.
Nice shot by Nieto.
Dylan throws a front kick aimed at Nieto's knee but Nieto avoids it well.
Nieto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dylan counters with an outside leg kick.
Nieto throws a chopping leg kick but Dylan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dylan checks a low kick from Nieto.
Dylan keeps the fight on the outside.
Nieto is looking to score with low kicks.
Dylan throws a chopping leg kick but Nieto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dylan throws a right and a left that Nieto avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dylan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dylan throws a sloppy head kick and Nieto moves out of range easily.
Dylan is looking to slow Nieto down with leg kicks.
Nieto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nieto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dylan.
Dylan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nieto.
Dylan walks into a straight right hand from Nieto.
Dylan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nieto.
Nieto throws a chopping leg kick but Dylan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieto is looking to chop away at Dylan's legs.
Nieto tests Dylan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto checks a low kick from Dylan.
Nieto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dylan counters with an outside leg kick.
Daniel Dylan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandre Nieto.
Dylan misses with a low kick.
Dylan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nieto is able to avoid easily.
Nieto motions for Dylan to come forward. Nieto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dylan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dylan misses with a low kick as Nieto jumps back.
Nieto misses with a shot to the body
and Dylan counters with a thumping low kick.
Nieto checks the leg kick.
Nieto wants to slow Dylan down by chopping away at his legs.
Nieto feints and then cracks Dylan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dylan down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nieto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dylan.
Dylan misses with a low kick as Nieto jumps back.
Dylan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dylan tries to score with a low kick but Nieto moves his leg out of the way.
Dylan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nieto misses with a leg kick.
Nieto is looking to score with low kicks.
Nieto tries to score with a low kick but Dylan moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dylan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nieto.
Nieto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nieto fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandre Nieto dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nieto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dylan checks it well.
Nieto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Nieto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab from Dylan.
Dylan checks the leg kick.
Nieto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dylan. That did some damage!
Dylan tries to score with a low kick but Nieto moves his leg out of the way.
Nieto misses with a low kick.
Dylan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nieto throws a leg kick but Dylan checks it.
Nieto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dylan did well to prevent Nieto getting side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto works his way into side control.
Dylan defending against the ground and pound.
Dylan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nieto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nieto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Nieto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dylan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dylan dodges the ground and pound from Nieto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Nieto trying to control the action but Dylan is working from the bottom.
Dylan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nieto.
Nieto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nieto working the ground and pound.
Dylan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alexandre Nieto has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dylan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dylan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nieto.
Nieto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nieto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nieto scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nieto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Alexandre Nieto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dylan wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nieto throws a strike aimed at the side of Dylan's head but Dylan avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandre Nieto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nieto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 44:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 44:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Nieto!
Alexandre Nieto is the new lightweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Alexandre Nieto waved his t-shirt featuring Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tucker Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by Get Off On The Pain - Gary Allan . Tyler comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Yep kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tucker Thomas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tucker Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Tyler looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thomas. Tyler shrugs it off though.
Thomas keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Tyler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Tyler.
Tyler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Tyler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Tyler should have avoided that one.
Thomas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thomas lunges at Tyler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tyler's hand.
Thomas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The fighters circling - Tyler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas walks into a left hand.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyler.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyler connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thomas momentarily.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Tyler slips the punch.
Tucker Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tyler.
Tyler throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyler tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Tyler.
Thomas defending well as Tyler loads up on a big left hand.
Tyler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thomas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tyler moves away from the strike by Thomas.
A clash of legs there as Tyler blocks the low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tyler.
Tyler throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Tyler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyler throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Tyler ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyler misses the jab.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyler 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.
Tyler lands with an uppercut that bounces Thomas off the cage and back into range.
Tyler moves out of range as Thomas throws a body kick.
Tyler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Tyler avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Tyler lands a jab to Thomas's midsection.
Tyler with a nice cross.
Tyler cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jake Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas tries to move into range but Tyler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tyler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyler looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Tyler throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Tyler throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler scores with a nice right hand.
Tyler throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas defending well as Tyler loads up on a big left hand.
Thomas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tyler misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Tyler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tyler looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas moves out of range as Tyler strikes.
A slow jab from Tyler misses its intended target.
Thomas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Tyler.
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tyler scores with a sloppy right hand. Thomas should have avoided that one.
A big right from Tyler misses.
Thomas blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas cracks the inside of Tyler's front leg.
Thomas wants to land a leg kick but Tyler is out of range.
Tyler looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Tyler loads up on a big right hand but Thomas slips the punch.
Tyler misses with a lunging right hand
and Thomas counters with a leg kick.
Tyler is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Thomas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tyler looks gassed!
Tyler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thomas throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Tyler misses.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Tyler should have avoided that one.
Tyler drops his hands momentarily and Thomas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tyler throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Thomas tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Tyler is in Thomas's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Thomas has Tyler pulled in close to control his posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thomas is on top in guard.
Thomas stays in close to Tyler's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tucker Thomas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tyler throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Thomas was covering up waiting for the punch and Tyler finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Thomas pulls Tyler in to control the position.
Thomas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyler works over Thomas with some ground and pound from guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Thomas holds on and takes a little breather.
Thomas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thomas is really struggling to control Tyler but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Tucker Thomas wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Thomas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thomas scoring well with a low kick there.
Tucker Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
Jab by Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Tyler.
Thomas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tyler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
That kick from Thomas tenderised Tyler's leg. Tyler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tyler has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tyler tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thomas as Tyler tries to tie him up.
The referee calls for Tyler to work.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thomas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Tyler.
Tyler throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyler gets an underhook and turns Thomas into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tyler fails to land.
Thomas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tyler's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas prevents a body shot from Tyler.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyler controls his hands.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyler misses with a takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a low kick, right behind Tyler 's knee.
Tyler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tyler misses with an uppercut
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Tyler does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyler. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws a jab when Tyler was well out of range.
Thomas thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas clobbers Tyler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Tyler.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thomas.
Tyler looks for a takedown but Thomas sprawls well.
Tucker Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Tyler.
Thomas gets caught napping as Tyler dives in and scores a takedown. Thomas manages to retain guard.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thomas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tyler on the ground.
Thomas is trying to control the position but Tyler postures up.
Tyler throws an elbow that misses. Thomas uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tyler's guard. Nice move by Thomas!
Thomas looking to pass the guard.
Tyler has his foot on Thomas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thomas works his way back into a safe position though.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thomas is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tyler looking for a triangle here. Thomas is fighting it but it looks tight! Tyler pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Thomas is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jake Tyler!
Jake Tyler managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Revolution Fatigues, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Kruger Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger Ramos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gui Boratto - Azzurra. Speed has chosen Amon Tobin / El Cargo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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202 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Kruger Ramos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Speed!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger Ramos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Speed with a nice cross.
Kruger Ramos throws the left hand but Speed avoids the punch easily.
Kruger Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed moves forwards but Kruger Ramos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Daniel Speed has been cut.
Kruger Ramos throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kruger Ramos shoots in for a takedown but Speed shows good takedown defense.
Nice defenses there by Speed.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kruger Ramos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed throws a nice outside leg kick.
Speed lands a head kick. Kruger Ramos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nice body punch from Speed.
Kruger Ramos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Speed sprawls well. Speed wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kruger Ramos gets slowly back to his feet.
Kruger Ramos misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed sizes up Kruger Ramos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Speed lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kruger Ramos will feel that in the morning.
Kruger Ramos throws a lazy uppercut
and Speed counters with a one-two to the body.
Kruger Ramos throws a right hand that misses
and Speed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruger Ramos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Kruger Ramos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kruger Ramos swinging wildly here.
That kick from Speed tenderised Kruger Ramos's leg. Kruger Ramos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kruger Ramos takes one to the chin there.
Speed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kruger Ramos walks into a straight right hand from Speed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Kruger Ramos.
Speed slips under a jab from Kruger Ramos.
Kruger Ramos throws a lazy right hand but Speed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kruger Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruger Ramos misses with a wild combination.
Kruger Ramos misses with a straight left.
Kruger Ramos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kruger Ramos throws an overhand right that lands on Speed's shoulder, as Speed tries to avoid the shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Kruger Ramos as he connects with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Speed.
Kruger Ramos misses with a double jab.
Speed with a nice cross.
Speed throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Speed lands a jab to the head.
Speed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger Ramos shoots in looking for a takedown. Speed tries to sprawl out of it but Kruger Ramos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Speed manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kruger Ramos is breathing heavily.
Kruger Ramos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kruger Ramos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kruger Ramos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Speed scores with a nice strike.
Kruger Ramos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Speed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kruger Ramos scrambles back to his feet.
Speed connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kruger Ramos momentarily.
Kruger Ramos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Speed lands a leg kick that knocks Kruger Ramos off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Speed moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kruger Ramos throws a right hand that misses
and Speed counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kruger Ramos thinking.
Speed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kruger Ramos throws out the jab.
Speed lands with an overhand left.
Kruger Ramos walks into a straight right hand from Speed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger Ramos misses with a right hand
and Speed counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Speed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kruger Ramos on the side of the head.
Kruger Ramos is rocked!
Speed throws a jab when Kruger Ramos was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Kruger Ramos misses
enabling Speed to counter with a crisp jab.
Speed throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kruger Ramos on the side of the head.
Oh Kruger Ramos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Speed connects with a jab.
Kruger Ramos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kruger Ramos seems to have got his legs back now.
Speed looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kruger Ramos closes the distance and clinches up with Speed, looking for a takedown. Kruger Ramos pushes Speed against the cage but Speed circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kruger Ramos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Speed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Speed.
Speed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kruger Ramos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Speed displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kruger Ramos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Speed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Speed's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Speed.
Kruger Ramos throws a hook but Speed blocks it.
Speed scores with a body shot.
Kruger Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Kruger Ramos. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Speed connects with a crisp jab.
Speed scores with a leg kick.
Speed scores with a hook to the body. Kruger Ramos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Speed.
Kruger Ramos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kruger Ramos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Speed's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Speed throws a right hand that Kruger Ramos ducks under and follows up with a left that Kruger Ramos also avoids with ease.
Speed with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kruger Ramos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Speed lands a lovely overhand right.
Daniel Speed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruger Ramos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Speed defending well as Kruger Ramos loads up on a big left hand.
Speed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab by Speed.
Speed lands a big uppercut and Kruger Ramos crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kruger Ramos looks OK. Speed waves Kruger Ramos back to his feet!
Speed has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kruger Ramos.
Kruger Ramos misses with a body punch
and Speed counters with a left to the body.
Kruger Ramos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Speed looks to land a combination. Kruger Ramos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kruger Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed lands a leg kick that knocks Kruger Ramos off balance momentarily.
Speed feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kruger Ramos sprawling to the canvas! Kruger Ramos rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Speed finish him?!
Kruger Ramos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Speed thuds a left hand into Kruger Ramos's body.
Speed lands a slapping body shot.
Speed works Kruger Ramos's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Speed. That snapped Kruger Ramos's head back.
Speed has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kruger Ramos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kruger Ramos dodges the punch combination from Speed.
Speed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kruger Ramos looks to throw the jab but Speed is out of range.
Kruger Ramos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Daniel Speed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speed dips to his left and cracks Kruger Ramos with an uppercut!
Speed is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Speed darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Speed walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Kruger Ramos drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Speed swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Kruger Ramos's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Speed! Daniel Speed retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Daniel Speed 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pasquale Kasserman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Prime's choice of entrance music: Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here . On his way into the cage it seems that Pasquale Kasserman has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pasquale Kasserman seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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270 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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250 lbs
11 - 1 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pasquale Kasserman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime misses with a looping right.
Kasserman slips a straight right by Prime.
Prime throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Prime fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prime throws an overhand right that lands on Kasserman's shoulder, as Kasserman tries to avoid the shot.
Kasserman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prime keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kasserman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kasserman moves away from the strike by Prime.
Prime throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prime throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prime misses with a wild body shot.
Prime is looking to slow Kasserman down with leg kicks.
A big left from Prime misses.
Kasserman shoots for a double leg takedown but Prime sprawls well. He's pushed Kasserman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kasserman fails with the takedown
and Kasserman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pasquale Kasserman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Prime, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kasserman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Prime is controlling Kasserman's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kasserman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kasserman's back!
Prime keeps control of the position as Kasserman tries to break free.
Prime is trying to stick to Kasserman's back but Kasserman is turning into Prime. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Prime's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kasserman.
Prime keeping moving, preventing Kasserman from controlling successfully.
Kasserman throws an elbow that misses. Prime uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kasserman's guard. Nice move by Prime!
Kasserman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasserman is looking to stand up but Prime isn't so interested in that idea.
Kasserman is looking for a triangle here but Prime uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Kasserman wants to get back to his feet but Prime drags him back down.
Prime advances to mount.
Prime looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kasserman is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kasserman can't escape the position.
Kasserman wants to control but Prime is having none of it.
Kasserman is desperately trying to improve his position but Prime has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kasserman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kasserman tries to lock up and control but Prime gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Prime looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kasserman is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kasserman is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Optimus Prime dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Prime swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kasserman!
It looks like Optimus Prime has been cut.
Pasquale Kasserman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kasserman with a jab.
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!
Prime fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kasserman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kasserman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Prime just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Kasserman misses.
Kasserman dodges the punch combination from Prime.
Pasquale Kasserman is winning the standup battle so far.
Kasserman defending well as Prime loads up on a big left hand.
Kasserman moves in looking to clinch but Prime pushes him off.
Kasserman tries to close the distance and clinch but Prime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Prime. Those never looked like landing.
Prime moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime connects with a solid leg kick.
Kasserman looks to score with a jab to the body but Prime is just out of range.
Kasserman feints and as Prime raises his hands in defense, Kasserman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasserman lands a couple of digs.
Prime is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kasserman wants to improve his position but Prime is controlling well.
Prime is looking to advance position but Kasserman won't allow it.
Kasserman tries to roll over but Prime keeps him under control.
Prime is trying to control. Kasserman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pasquale Kasserman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasserman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kasserman is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Prime jumps into side control!
Kasserman is trying to improve his position.
Kasserman tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Prime presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Prime looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kasserman regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kasserman strikes from the bottom but Prime uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Kasserman wants to get back to his feet but Prime is dominant here and he's now got Kasserman's back!
Kasserman trying to get back to his feet but Prime is in full control for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasserman tries to break free.
Prime has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Kasserman's body.
Well, with Prime on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Kasserman is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Kasserman is trying to stand back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kasserman tries to roll but Prime sticks to his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pasquale Kasserman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Optimus Prime's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Prime scores with a hook.
It looks like Pasquale Kasserman has been cut.
Kasserman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kasserman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prime manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kasserman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prime cracks a nice hook into Kasserman's ribs.
Prime misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kasserman.
Prime tries to clinch up but Kasserman circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Prime.
Prime bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kasserman's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kasserman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prime. That did some damage!
Kasserman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prime has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kasserman finds it's way round the side to connect with Prime's head.
Kasserman lands with a straight right. Prime didn't see that one coming.
Prime throws a good cross that connects.
Prime tries to clinch up.
Kasserman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Prime is trying to defend but Kasserman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Prime slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasserman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kasserman throws a big elbow that misses.
Kasserman throws a big elbow that misses.
Kasserman throws a strike but Prime rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kasserman thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime won't allow Kasserman to sweep him here.
Kasserman wants to hit a switch here but Prime passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kasserman there!
You get the feeling that Kasserman really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kasserman is trying to escape the mount.
Kasserman is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Prime content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasserman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Prime won't let Kasserman get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Kasserman tries to reverse the position but Prime maintains control.
Prime takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasserman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kasserman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Prime get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Optimus Prime just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Kasserman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kasserman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prime.
Kasserman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kasserman has Prime up against the cage in a clinch.
Prime working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Prime.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Prime creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Prime fails to land.
Prime misses with some punches.
Prime blocks an uppercut.
Prime misses with the head strike.
Prime blocking some punches.
Prime blocks an uppercut.
Kasserman working aggressively here.
Prime lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kasserman.
Prime tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prime scores with a shoulder strike.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Prime lands a hook that snaps the head of Kasserman backwards.
Prime lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Prime throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kassermans head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime pushes Kasserman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Prime.
Prime lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kasserman backwards.
Kasserman is rocked!
Prime unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Kasserman! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Prime is unloading with more strikes now! Kasserman drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Optimus Prime! Optimus Prime retains his heavyweight title!
Optimus Prime decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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