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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Ronny Samuelsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuelsen comes to the cage accompanied by Schwab - DJs in a Row. Rex Ronny Samuelsen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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235 lbs
15 - 17 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Ronny Samuelsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miles Long!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samuelsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Long moves away.
Samuelsen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Long counters by moving into the clinch.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
Samuelsen just leaning against Long, taking a breather.
Samuelsen tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing Samuelsen back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Samuelsen.
Samuelsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Long struggles to land a body shot inside as Samuelsen controls his hands.
Long looking to slow down the pace here.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samuelsen.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Samuelsen avoids it.
Long slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Rex Ronny Samuelsen has been cut.
Come on Long - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Samuelsen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Samuelsen tries to stall but Long uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Long misses with a hook to the ribs.
Samuelsen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Samuelsen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Long is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long has Samuelsen pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Long pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Samuelsen tumbling to the mat - Long dives into Samuelsen's guard.
Long lands a couple of elbows.
Long throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Samuelsen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Long stopping the sweep attempt from Samuelsen.
Samuelsen trying to keep a closed guard but Long is proving a slippery customer.
Long throws a big elbow that misses.
Samuelsen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Long can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Samuelsen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long content to stall in guard here.
Samuelsen looking to control.
Long loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Long trying to control but Samuelsen is working from the bottom.
Long's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Long working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samuelsen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Long gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samuelsen is looking for a triangle but Long pushes his legs off easily.
Samuelsen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Long got a little sloppy there for a moment and Samuelsen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Long has managed to get both his arms back between Samuelsen's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long looking to pass the guard.
Samuelsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Samuelsen, not yet.
Long with a nice head shot 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!
Long scoring with some ground and pound.
Rex Ronny Samuelsen's cut is getting worse.
Long throws an elbow that misses. Samuelsen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Long's guard. Nice move by Samuelsen!
Samuelsen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Long's head.
Long looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Long is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Samuelsen gets full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samuelsen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Samuelsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Samuelsen, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miles Long dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rex Ronny Samuelsen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Samuelsen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rex Ronny Samuelsen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Samuelsen takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
Long shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Long was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Long lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jeez, Rex Ronny Samuelsen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rex Ronny Samuelsen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Miles Long!
During a confident post fight interview, Miles Long thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lay Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Redding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pray comes into the arena with Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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290 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lay Pray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Redding!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pray closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Redding can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Pray working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Redding tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pray wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Redding keeps working.
Pray controls the position from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redding manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Redding is holding on to half guard well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Lay Pray just wasn't active enough.
Pray misses with a takedown attempt
and Redding cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Redding misses with a straight right.
Redding misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pray.
Pray looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pray slips a jab from Redding.
Redding slaps away a takedown attempt from Pray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Redding lands with a big right hook that stumbles Pray - he's out on his feet here! Redding follows up with another monster hook that separates Pray from consciousness! Pray falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Redding stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tom Redding!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tom Redding thanked Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Struthers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celek comes to the cage accompanied by 40 oz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
19 - 14 - 1 |
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169 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Struthers!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Struthers misses
enabling Celek to counter with a crisp jab.
Lee Struthers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Struthers misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Struthers does no damage.
Struthers misses with a two punch combination.
Struthers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Struthers takes a swing at Celek's ribcage but misses.
Celek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Struthers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Struthers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Struthers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Struthers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Struthers scores with a jab to the body.
Celek throws a hook but Struthers blocks it.
Struthers misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circling - Struthers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Struthers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Celek throws out the jab.
Celek lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Struthers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Celek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Struthers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Celek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Struthers.
Struthers fails to land with a series of punches.
Struthers ducks under a wild hook from Celek.
Struthers misses with a series of wild punches.
Struthers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Celek is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Struthers.
Celek scores with a nice head shot.
Celek fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Struthers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Celek cracks Struthers with an open hand slap.
Struthers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Celek counter with a right hand.
Struthers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Celek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struthers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Celek.
A looping hook to the body misses from Celek. Struthers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Struthers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Celek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Struthers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Struthers dodges the punch combination from Celek.
Celek with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Celek buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Struthers takes one to the side of the head.
Celek lands a really nice looking cross but Struthers seems unphased.
Celek throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Struthers misses with a low kick.
Celek throws a quick inside leg kick.
Struthers misses with a hook. Celek ducked under it nicely.
Struthers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Celek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Celek throws out a powerful jab.
Struthers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Celek.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek throws a one two combo.
Struthers is rocked!
Struthers throws a series of punches but Celek moves out of range.
Struthers is still on wobbly legs! Can Celek finish him?
Celek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Struthers throws a head kick that misses
enabling Celek to counter with a crisp jab.
Celek misses with a few strikes there.
Struthers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Celek moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Struthers does no damage.
Struthers misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Celek.
Struthers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Celek lands a brutal head kick. Struthers looks out on his feet and Celek throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Brent Celek!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnie McDougle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyle Kikyerass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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290 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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300 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arnie McDougle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyle Kikyerass!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kikyerass looks to throw the jab but McDougle is out of range.
McDougle slips a jab and a cross from Kikyerass.
McDougle throws a solid leg kick but Kikyerass takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McDougle.
Kikyerass throws a series of punches but McDougle avoids them all with ease.
McDougle stuffs the takedown attempt from Kikyerass. Kikyerass gets slowly back to his feet.
McDougle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDougle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McDougle scores with a leg kick.
McDougle checks the leg kick.
Kikyerass misses with a hook.
Kikyerass checks a low kick from McDougle.
Kikyerass thows a leg kick but McDougle checks it
and Kikyerass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kikyerass circles away from the clinch attempt.
McDougle is looking to slow Kikyerass down with leg kicks.
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!
Kikyerass on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for McDougle.
Kikyerass looks gassed!
McDougle misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDougle connects with a leg kick. Kikyerass looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McDougle feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kikyerass sprawling to the canvas! Kikyerass rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can McDougle finish him?!
Kikyerass is rocked!
It looks like Lyle Kikyerass has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BAM! McDougle delivers a spinning backfist that drops Kikyerass like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Arnie McDougle!
A relieved looking Arnie McDougle thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Antunes Coimbra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmond Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antunes Coimbra's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tropa de Elite. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Antunes Coimbra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edmond Dantes!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antunes Coimbra throws a leg kick that misses.
Antunes Coimbra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antunes Coimbra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Antunes Coimbra finds it's way through Dantes's defenses.
It looks like Edmond Dantes has been cut.
Dantes lands a head shot.
It looks like Arthur Antunes Coimbra has been cut.
Dantes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Antunes Coimbra misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antunes Coimbra throws out a loose jab but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes misses with a straight left.
Dantes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Antunes Coimbra.
Antunes Coimbra misses with a wild body shot.
Antunes Coimbra ducks under a wild hook from Dantes.
Antunes Coimbra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Antunes Coimbra lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dantes throws a sloppy head kick and Antunes Coimbra moves out of range easily.
Antunes Coimbra has Dantes up against the cage in a clinch.
Dantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Antunes Coimbra misses.
A big left from Dantes misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Antunes Coimbra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dantes misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes Coimbra digs a good hook to Dantes's body.
Dantes throws a looping overhand right but Antunes Coimbra ducks down to avoid it.
Dantes slips a jab and a cross from Antunes Coimbra.
Antunes Coimbra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dantes.
Dantes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Antunes Coimbra.
Dantes misses with a straight left.
Dantes misses with a looping left.
Antunes Coimbra tries to clinch but Dantes is having none of it.
Antunes Coimbra swinging wildly here.
Antunes Coimbra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dantes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antunes Coimbra scores with a hook to the body. Dantes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big left from Antunes Coimbra misses.
Dantes fails to land with a series of punches.
Dantes looks for the body kick but Antunes Coimbra saw that one coming.
Dantes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Antunes Coimbra as he connects with a hook.
That has opened up Edmond Dantes's cut even more.
Nice uppercut lands for Antunes Coimbra. That snapped Dantes's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antunes Coimbra lands a left and a right that send Dantes crashing to the mat, dazed. Antunes Coimbra thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dantes is rocked!
Dantes throws a hook but Antunes Coimbra blocks it.
Dantes is still on wobbly legs! Can Antunes Coimbra finish him?
Antunes Coimbra moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Antunes Coimbra fails to land.
Dantes seems to have recovered his senses.
Antunes Coimbra prevents a takedown attempt there.
A left hand lands to the body for Antunes Coimbra.
Dantes looks gassed!
Dantes looking for a takedown.
Dantes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dantes tries to throw a body punch but Antunes Coimbra avoids it by throwing Dantes back against the cage.
Antunes Coimbra stalling in the clinch.
Antunes Coimbra lands a body shot.
Antunes Coimbra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The cut above Edmond Dantes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dantes is trying to break the clinch but Antunes Coimbra has him pressed against the cage.
Dantes can't get the takedown.
Arthur Antunes Coimbra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edmond Dantes.
Dantes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Antunes Coimbra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Antunes Coimbra scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Antunes Coimbra.
Edmond Dantes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Antunes Coimbra lands a vicious elbow to the side of Dantes's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Antunes Coimbra tries to finish him with strikes but Dantes still seems able to defend himself so Antunes Coimbra steps back and lets Dantes get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Edmond Dantes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Arthur Antunes Coimbra!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Arthur Antunes Coimbra made sure he mentioned - - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Prime might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metalingus by Alter Bridge. Bryan has chosen Nickelback - Burn It To the Ground as his entrance music. Optimus Prime has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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288 lbs
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270 lbs
20 - 14 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Bryan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bryan is able to avoid easily.
Prime shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Prime throws a shot from downtown. Bryan moves away and avoids it.
Bryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prime.
Prime steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bryan. That one must have hurt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bryan.
Bryan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bryan throws a solid leg kick but Prime takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bryan.
Bryan misses with a body kick.
Bryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Prime throws a nice looking combination but Bryan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bryan misses with a body kick.
Bryan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Prime avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime moves into the clinch successfully.
Prime tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bryan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Prime doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Prime misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bryan wants a takedown but no success here.
Prime throws a head punch that misses.
Bryan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prime.
Still in the clinch, Prime scores with a nice short uppercut.
Prime misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bryan takes a shot to the head.
Prime is pushing Bryan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Prime looking for submissions off his back.
Bryan seems to be looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prime is looking for a sweep. Bryan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bryan is looking for a kimura here.
Prime is looking to control Bryan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Prime avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bryan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Prime is just riding it out for now. Bryan eventually gives up the hold.
Prime works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime is trying to keep Bryan in close.
Bryan is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Prime is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Prime has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but King Bryan will probably get the nod.
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 lands a nice shot that snaps Bryan's head back.
Prime feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bryan trying to control the position.
Prime throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prime passes into half guard.
Prime seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bryan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bryan looking for submissions off his back.
Prime winds up and cracks Bryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Prime is trying to control the action in half guard but Bryan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Prime not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bryan wants to get back to full guard.
Bryan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Prime.
Prime scoring with some ground and pound.
Bryan has his foot on Prime's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Prime works his way back into a safe position though.
Prime sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bryan looking for subs off his back but Prime has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryan wants to improve his position but Prime is controlling well.
Optimus Prime overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bryan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Prime frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Prime postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bryan bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Prime and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Optimus Prime!
After winning the bout, Optimus Prime thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chico Escuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escuela's entrance music is Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: East Bound And Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
255 lbs
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259 lbs
30 - 16 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chico Escuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escuela loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson misses with a hook. Escuela ducked under it nicely.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Escuela tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson misses with a double jab
letting Escuela counter with a right hand.
Escuela loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson tries a low kick but Escuela avoids it.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escuela manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Escuela lands a body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Escuela scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escuela closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Escuela wants to clinch.
Escuela fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Escuela looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Johnson.
Escuela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Escuela tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries to work over Escuela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escuela jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Escuela escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson gets to his feet - Escuela follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escuela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Randall Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
A combination from Escuela does no damage.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Escuela is avoiding it.
A lazy left from Escuela finds it's target.
Escuela scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escuela scores with a jab.
It looks like Randall Johnson has been cut.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Escuela moves into the clinch.
Escuela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escuela lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Escuela lands with a short shot to the head.
Escuela is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escuela lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Escuela lands a nice elbow.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Escuela gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escuela with a knee to the head.
Escuela lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson is rocked!
Escuela throws a head punch that misses.
Escuela misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Escuela tightens his grip and picks Johnson up, before dumping him to the ground. Johnson manages to land in guard.
Escuela throws an elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Escuela's guard. Nice move by Johnson!
Johnson is standing up over Escuela. Escuela looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
Escuela is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escuela struggling a bit here.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Escuela is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escuela tries to buck Johnson off but Johnson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chico Escuela dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randall Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Escuela throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Escuela moves out of range.
Escuela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Escuela slips under a jab from Johnson.
Randall Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Escuela's shoulder, as Escuela tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Nice straight punches there by Escuela. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escuela.
Escuela catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escuela.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Escuela jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chico Escuela is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Escuela takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escuela takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson throws a body kick that misses
and Escuela counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escuela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escuela slips a jab from Johnson.
Escuela misses with a body shot.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chico Escuela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Escuela getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Escuela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Escuela pushes him off.
Escuela moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That has opened up Randall Johnson's cut even more.
Escuela throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escuela lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson drives through and clinches with Escuela against the cage.
Escuela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Escuela lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escuela throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escuela creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escuela lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Randall Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escuela's elbow.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Escuela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escuela lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson tries to work over Escuela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Escuela lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escuela on the side of the head.
Escuela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Escuela is avoiding it.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Escuela as he avoids it easily.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
enabling Escuela to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson is looking to chop away at Escuela's legs.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Escuela swivels and escapes.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Escuela circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escuela moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Escuela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Escuela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
letting Escuela counter with a right hand.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Escuela counters with a straight right hand.
Escuela shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Johnson eats them both and turns towards Escuela to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escuela lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Escuela moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson rushes Escuela and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escuela's elbow.
Escuela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Escuela controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Randall Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Escuela blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson digs a right hand into Escuela's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escuela's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Randall Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Randall Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Escuela circles away.
Escuela fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Escuela as he connects with a hook.
Escuela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escuela swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Escuela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Escuela lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Escuela.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Escuela lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Escuela.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Escuela backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escuela misses with the head strike.
Escuela using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson tries to break free but Escuela pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Escuela avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Escuela lands an uppercut.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Randall Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chico Escuela!
After winning the bout, Chico Escuela thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghengis Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arlovski comes to the cage accompanied by Machine Head-Now I Lay Thee Down. The crowd seem to be enjoying Congo's choice of entrance music: Ghostface - After the Smoke is Clear. Vladimir Arlovski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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277 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Arlovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghengis Congo!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arlovski lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Ghengis Congo has been cut.
A jab from Arlovski misses.
Arlovski misses with a kick to the body
and Congo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arlovski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Congo looks to land a right hand but Arlovski moved out of range.
Congo misses with a wild combination.
Congo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Congo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Congo wants to clinch up but Arlovski keeps it at a distance.
Congo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Congo misses.
Congo dodges the punch combination from Arlovski.
Arlovski misses with a low kick.
Congo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Vladimir Arlovski has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arlovski lands a head kick. Congo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Arlovski tries to bum rush Congo with a series of wild strikes but Congo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Congo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arlovski avoids the head kick by Congo.
Congo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Arlovski is looking to land body kicks.
Congo cracks Arlovski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Arlovski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Congo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Congo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arlovski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arlovski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Arlovski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Arlovski misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo throws a low kick, looking for Arlovski's leg but Arlovski calmly moves out of range.
Arlovski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Congo.
Congo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arlovski.
Congo wants to clinch.
Congo throws a one two combo.
Congo connects with a looping right hand.
Congo takes one to the side of the head.
Arlovski tries to close the distance and clinch but Congo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arlovski has managed to clinch.
Congo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Arlovski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Congo tries to land knees in the clinch but Arlovski avoids the damage to the body.
Arlovski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Congo stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Arlovski.
Arlovski misses with a punch to the body.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo just leaning against Arlovski, taking a breather.
Congo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arlovski's elbow.
Arlovski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Congo.
Arlovski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arlovski trying to stall but Congo improves his position.
Arlovski wants to get back to striking at distance but Congo won't allow it.
Arlovski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arlovski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski blocks an elbow strike from Congo.
A nice left hand lands by Congo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arlovski.
Congo throws a head punch that misses.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arlovski tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Arlovski breaks from the clinch.
Arlovski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Congo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Congo misses with a wild body shot.
Congo scores with a jab. Arlovski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Arlovski shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Congo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arlovski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vladimir Arlovski will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Congo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Congo defending well as Arlovski loads up on a big left hand.
Arlovski checks a low kick from Congo.
Arlovski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Congo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Congo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Congo lands with an uppercut that bounces Arlovski off the cage and back into range.
Arlovski wants to clinch up but Congo keeps it at a distance.
Arlovski throws a hook but Congo avoids it easily.
Arlovski throws a head kick that misses.
Congo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vladimir Arlovski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arlovski misses with a straight left.
Arlovski throws a head kick but Congo moves out of range.
Congo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Congo is looking to clinch but Arlovski is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski rushes Congo and presses him up against the cage.
Congo trying to control the position but instead, Arlovski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Congo into the cage.
Congo lands a nice elbow.
Arlovski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arlovski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Arlovski is trying to break free.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arlovski connects with a high kick.
Congo lands with a right hand.
Congo scoring well with a low kick there.
Arlovski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arlovski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo throws a big shot that misses.
Congo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arlovski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arlovski has time to react.
Vladimir Arlovski's cut is getting worse.
Congo throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Congo.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A slow jab from Congo misses its intended target.
Arlovski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Arlovski avoids the body shot from Congo.
Arlovski throws a looping overhand right but Congo ducks down to avoid it.
Congo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arlovski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arlovski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo slaps away a takedown attempt from Arlovski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Congo.
Congo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo misses with a double jab.
Congo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arlovski shoots in and drives through. Congo sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Arlovski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arlovski fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Congo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Congo throws a hook to the side of Arlovski's head but Arlovski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Congo rushes Arlovski and presses him up against the cage.
Arlovski manages to break the clinch.
Arlovski takes a swing at Congo's ribcage but misses.
Congo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Arlovski takes a swing at Congo's ribcage but misses.
Congo slips a straight right by Arlovski.
Arlovski ducks under a wild hook from Congo.
Arlovski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Congo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ghengis Congo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Arlovski throws a leg kick but Congo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Congo thows a body shot but no joy.
Congo misses the shot to the body.
Arlovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Congo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Congo swats away the attempt to clinch by Arlovski.
Arlovski misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot lands for Congo.
Arlovski shoots in looking for a takedown. Congo tries to sprawl out of it but Arlovski keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Congo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Congo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Congo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Congo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arlovski was well out of range. Poor timing from Congo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ghengis Congo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Congo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arlovski.
Congo throws a wild body kick that Arlovski sees coming a mile off.
Congo throws a series of punches but Arlovski moves out of range.
Congo blocks the body kick.
Good shot there by Congo.
Arlovski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Arlovski misses with a straight right.
Arlovski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Arlovski lands a body shot.
Arlovski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Congo connects with a right hand. Arlovski shakes it off.
Arlovski is rocked!
Arlovski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Congo connects with a looping right hand.
Ghengis Congo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Congo clobbers Arlovski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oh Arlovski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arlovski moves in looking to clinch but Congo pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski looks for the body kick but Congo saw that one coming.
Arlovski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Congo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arlovski's calf.
Arlovski seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Congo tries to clinch up.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arlovski moves away.
Arlovski keeps the fight on the outside.
Arlovski throws a series of punches but Congo avoids them all with ease.
Arlovski misses with a two punch combination.
Arlovski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Congo as he avoids it easily.
Arlovski looks to score with a jab to the body but Congo is just out of range.
Arlovski gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ghengis Congo!
Post fight, Ghengis Congo took to the microphone: 'Popeye gives me biiiig muscles... BOOYAH!!!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Drop the World. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Charles Bishop enters the cage!
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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
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thiago De Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop throws a right and a left that De Santos avoids nicely.
Bishop scores a takedown into full mount!
De Santos regains half guard.
De Santos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bishop's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bishop's back!
De Santos is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Bishop is defending well though. De Santos let's go of the attempt for now.
Bishop trying to control the hands but De Santos won't let him.
Bishop tries to break free.
De Santos scores with punches from the back.
It looks like Charles Bishop has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop rolls, trying to escape but De Santos keeps control of the position.
Bishop takes a big shot to the side of the head.
De Santos loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Bishop hold on?
Bishop is rocked!
Charles Bishop's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Charles Bishop's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thiago De Santos!
Thiago De Santos took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Gauge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyson Gauge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sonny Corleone!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gauge. That did some damage!
Corleone rushes Gauge and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corleone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Corleone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corleone.
Gauge's jab looks to have found its range, popping Corleone under the eye.
It looks like Sonny Corleone has been cut.
Gauge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gauge moves out of range as Corleone throws a body kick.
Corleone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gauge checks a leg kick.
Corleone checks a leg kick.
Gauge misses with a wild body shot.
Gauge blocks a low kick nicely.
Gauge misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gauge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corleone manages to avoid it.
Gauge tries to close the distance and clinch but Corleone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Corleone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gauge.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone dodges the punch combination from Gauge.
Corleone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gauge tries to clinch but Corleone moves out of range.
Gauge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corleone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Corleone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gauge moves away.
Gauge throws a head kick that misses
and Corleone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gauge connects with the punch.
Gauge misses with a looping left.
Gauge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gauge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gauge is looking to clinch but Corleone is avoiding it.
Corleone works Gauge's body with a nice hook.
Gauge is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gauge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corleone manages to avoid it.
Corleone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gauge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone throws a shot to the body.
Corleone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gauge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Corleone rushes Gauge and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corleone scores with a shot to the side of Gauge's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Corleone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gauge's brow.
Gauge lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Corleone or not.
Corleone landing knees to the body.
Corleone is pushing Gauge up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corleone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Corleone.
Corleone lands a nice knee to the body.
Gauge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Corleone digs a right hand into Gauge's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gauge's gas tank.
Corleone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gauge backwards.
Gauge letting Corleone take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gauge managing to block the knees to the body from Corleone.
Corleone tries to work over Gauge's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Corleone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gauge backwards.
Gauge is trying to break the clinch but Corleone is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Corleone.
Gauge misses with the head strike.
Gauge tries to stall but Corleone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Corleone lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Corleone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gauge blocks a body shot from Corleone.
A short right from Corleone on the inside.
Come on Corleone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gauge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Corleone has him pressed against the cage.
Corleone keeps control of Gauge as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone tries to work over Gauge's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Corleone lands a right hand.
Gauge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Corleone throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Corleone on the inside.
Corleone stalling in the clinch.
Corleone scores with a hook to the body.
Corleone missing with knees to the body.
Gauge takes a knee right on the jaw!
Corleone lands a nice knee to the body.
Corleone misses with an elbow over the top.
Corleone missing with knees to the body.
Corleone lands an uppercut.
Gauge is rocked!
Corleone lands a nice elbow.
Oh Gauge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Corleone pushes Gauge against the cage. Corleone is working some dirty boxing. Corleone pushes off with a quick right hook! Gauge goes down! Gauge tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Corleone moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Corleone!
A victorious Sonny Corleone thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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