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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Wolff (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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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Navarro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zack Wolff!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolff misses with a hook. Navarro ducked under it nicely.
Navarro fails to land the takedown.
Wolff with a lazy takedown attempt
and Navarro counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Wolff's guard now.
Navarro drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wolff manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Navarro has Wolff in his guard.
Navarro keeping moving, preventing Wolff from controlling successfully.
Wolff advances to half guard.
Wolff is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Navarro has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wolff wants to pass the guard but Navarro is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolff wants to lay and pray for a moment but Navarro keeps working.
Wolff is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Navarro sees it coming and defends easily.
Wolff trying to advance position but Navarro counters by regaining guard.
Wolff looking to sit in guard and control but Navarro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wolff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Navarro defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wolff controls Navarro momentarily but Navarro frees himself.
Wolff looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Navarro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Navarro won't allow Wolff to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Navarro looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wolff wants to sweep here but Navarro controlling him for the moment.
Navarro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Navarro preventing the sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Navarro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wolff as he jumps to the side.
Wolff gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Navarro counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Wolff's guard now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolff manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Navarro manages to get himself to full guard.
Wolff sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wolff trying to control the position from guard on top but Navarro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Navarro is breathing heavily.
Wolff looking to sit in guard and control but Navarro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Navarro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wolff not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wolff trying to strike off his back.
Navarro drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wolff manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Navarro has Wolff in his guard.
Wolff gets to his feet - Navarro follows without any prompting.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wolff.
Wolff in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wolff misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zack Wolff 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.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Wolff.
Wolff closes the distance looking to clinch
and Navarro counters with a shoot takedown. Wolff fights it but they end up in guard.
Wolff looking for a guillotine here but Navarro defends easily.
Navarro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wolff is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wolff not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wolff passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Navarro!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wolff is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Navarro has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolff lands a heavy elbow.
Wolff tries to control but Navarro wriggling away.
Wolff looking for a guillotine from mount but Navarro is having none of it.
Wolff putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zack Wolff has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolff scoring with strikes but Navarro is staying in there.
Wolff quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Wolff but it's paid off an Navarro is forced to tap! Nice work by Wolff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zack Wolff!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jordan jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rashad evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jordan jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, jordan jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, rashad evans!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jones tries to clinch but evans is having none of it.
evans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
evans tries to clinch but fails miserably
and jones counters with a two punch combo.
evans with a lazy takedown attempt
and jones counters with a nice body shot.
jones clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by jones.
It looks like rashad evans has been cut.
evans takes a knee to the side of the body.
jones scores with a knee to the head.
jones stops a takedown attempt from evans.
jordan jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rashad evans.
evans looks gassed!
jones landing knees to the body.
evans misses with an elbow strike.
jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
evans with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling jones to score with a decent uppercut.
jones takes the fight into the clinch.
evans takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
evans wants a takedown.
jones looking to throw knees to the head but evans is blocking nicely.
jones lands a knee to the head.
jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by jones.
jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
jones moves into range and clinches up with evans.
jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
jones closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
jones manages to break the clinch.
evans closes the distance and lands a one-two.
jones thumps evans with a low kick.
evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
jones lands a nice elbow.
jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
jones lands an elbow that stopped evans in his tracks for a moment.
evans has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
evans has clasped his hands together around jones's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
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.
evans throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and jones works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
evans misses with a head shot. jones uses the momentum to regain guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now jones is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
evans is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst jones is controlling him.
evans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
evans pushes jones off and scrambles back to his feet.
evans tries to clinch but fails miserably
and jones counters with a head kick.
jones has closed the distance and engaged evans in a clinch.
jones holding his opponent close, against the cage.
jones lands an elbow inside.
jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from evans.
evans wants a takedown but no success here.
evans takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by jones.
jones stops a takedown attempt from evans.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones connects with a knee to the head.
evans wants to get back to striking at distance but jones won't allow it.
evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
evans is trying to drag jones to the mat but jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
evans can't get the takedown.
evans looking for a takedown.
jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but evans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
jones misses with a knee strike.
evans has hold of one of jones's legs. jones is fighting the takedown attempt but evans gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of jones's head.
evans wants to control from the top but jones keeps moving.
jones wants to stand but evans is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
evans wants to control from the top but jones keeps moving.
jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst evans is controlling him.
jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
evans is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
evans trying to control but jones is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
evans drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jordan jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on rashad evans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
evans looks to clinch
and jones counters by moving into the clinch.
evans tries to score a body lock takedown but jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
evans wants a takedown.
evans tries for a takedown but jones manages to get underhooks.
jordan jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rashad evans.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. jones obliges.
jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to evans's face.
jones connects with a knee to the head.
evans tries for a takedown. No joy.
jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
jones stops a takedown attempt from evans.
evans is trying to drag jones to the mat but jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from evans.
jones connects with a knee to the head.
evans is trying to work for a single leg takedown but jones pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. jones obliges.
jones misses with a knee strike.
evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
jones is pressed up against the cage. evans has hold of a leg and is looking to drag jones down to the mat. jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with evans, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
evans has jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
jones misses with a knee strike.
jones prevents the takedown attempt.
evans wants a takedown but no success here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. jones obliges.
jones lands a knee to the head.
evans tries for a takedown but jones manages to get underhooks.
jones manages to break the clinch.
evans misses with a series of wild punches.
evans fails with the takedown.
jordan jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and evans counters with a single leg into guard. jones didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jones keeping moving, preventing evans from controlling successfully.
evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
evans trying to stand up but can't free himself from jones's guard.
jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
evans looking to sit in guard and control but jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
evans wants to get back to his feet but jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
evans lands with a hook. jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
jones stuffs the takedown attempt from evans. evans gets slowly back to his feet.
jones forces evans back against the cage and clinches.
evans looking to slow down the pace here.
evans is trying to drag jones to the mat but jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
jones lands an elbow just above evans 's eye.
jones misses with a knee strike.
evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
evans fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
jones will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning evans up against the cage.
jones landing knees to the body.
jones keeps control of evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
evans has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
evans avoiding damage as jones throws knees to the body.
evans tries for a takedown but jones manages to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by jones as evans tries to tie him up.
A knee to the head by jones.
evans has clasped his hands together around jones's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
jones regains half guard, as evans was trying to land strikes.
jones tries to kick evans off but evans keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that jordan jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on rashad evans's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from evans misses.
jones wants to clinch.
evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? jones is fending him off so far but evans persists. Nope, jones circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
evans is looking for a takedown up against the cage. jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
evans wants a takedown.
jordan jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rashad evans.
jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but evans is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
evans has had enough of the clinch but jones keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
evans is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
evans is trying to drag jones to the mat but jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
evans goes for a takedown attempt but jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
jones tries to clinch up
and evans counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by evans.
jones has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes evans off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
jordan jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A right-left combo lands from evans.
evans changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. jones tries to avoid it but evans manages to keep hold of a leg and drag jones to the ground. jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but evans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
jones tries to clinch up.
jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
evans on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by jones. jones obviously looking to wear him down.
jones tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from evans is defended easily by jones.
evans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts jones as he jumps to the side.
evans fails with an attempt to clinch.
jones tries to clinch but evans moves out of range.
evans misses with an uppercut. jones saw that one coming.
evans pushes jones up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from jones.
jordan jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
evans tries for a takedown but jones manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and evans counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for jones!
jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
evans lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
evans trying to control but jones is having none of it.
evans controlling the position easily from mount.
evans dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
evans lands a heavy elbow.
evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
evans punishing his opponent with strikes.
evans with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
evans is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
rashad evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
jordan jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
evans is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
rashad evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... jordan jones!
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cpjan Hammarstroem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cpjan Hammarstroem!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hammarstroem gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Hammarstroem looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hammarstroem fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Santos wants to clinch up but Hammarstroem keeps it at a distance.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Santos drives through and clinches with Hammarstroem against the cage.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hammarstroem walks away with a smile on his face. Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammarstroem misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hammarstroem won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarstroem sneaks out the side door and pushes Santos away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Hammarstroem looks gassed!
Santos lands the left hand.
Hammarstroem closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Hammarstroem sits in half guard.
Santos trying to hold on to Hammarstroem's head to control him but Hammarstroem postures up.
Hammarstroem prevents Santos from improving his position.
Santos tries to kick Hammarstroem off but Hammarstroem keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammarstroem is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Santos is looking for a sweep. Hammarstroem is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hammarstroem on the ground.
Santos trying to hold on to Hammarstroem's head to control him but Hammarstroem postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Santos fails with the takedown
and Hammarstroem counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Santos!
Santos tries to hold on but Hammarstroem pushes him away.
Hammarstroem controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammarstroem sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santos is looking to improve his position but Hammarstroem isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Santos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammarstroem punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rafael Santos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hammarstroem shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hammarstroem!
Santos with a couple of short strikes.
Santos breaks from Hammarstroem's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hammarstroem is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Santos is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hammarstroem can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Rafael Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos cracks Hammarstroem with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santos controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos working Hammarstroem over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hammarstroem looks a forlorn figure.
Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
Hammarstroem wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Santos wants to control the pace but Hammarstroem is squirming around nicely.
Hammarstroem tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hammarstroem wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hammarstroem is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hammarstroem is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
Santos is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Hammarstroem has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Hammarstroem!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammarstroem is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Santos pushes Hammarstroem off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hammarstroem is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Santos fakes the leg kick and cracks Hammarstroem in the body.
Santos tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hammarstroem throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Hammarstroem 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.
Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hammarstroem is one step ahead there.
Hammarstroem working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammarstroem is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammarstroem preventing the sweep.
Hammarstroem looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hammarstroem trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Santos dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hammarstroem gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Santos tries for a takedown but Hammarstroem circles away easily
and Hammarstroem counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Santos!
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santos tries to lock up and control but Hammarstroem gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hammarstroem tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarstroem controlling the pace for now.
Hammarstroem with a couple of short strikes.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Santos wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Santos is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Santos just trying to survive but Hammarstroem is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Hammarstroem controlling the positon.
Hammarstroem lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Hammarstroem has good solid back control here.
Hammarstroem lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hammarstroem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammarstroem biding his time, looking for the opening.
Santos wants to escape the position.
Hammarstroem is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Hammarstroem gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Hammarstroem gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Hammarstroem apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Hammarstroem avoids a kick to the body.
Hammarstroem shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Rafael Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammarstroem shoots and misses
and Santos counters with a body kick.
Rafael Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cpjan Hammarstroem.
Hammarstroem moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Santos tries to clinch
and Hammarstroem counters with a single leg into guard. Santos didn't expect that.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammarstroem trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammarstroem controlling from the top position.
Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hammarstroem defends well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cpjan Hammarstroem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rafael Santos!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Teebow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie McQueen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McQueen has chosen Limp BizkiT - Rollin' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Teebow!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie McQueen!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McQueen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Teebow checks it well.
McQueen wants to land a leg kick but Teebow is out of range.
McQueen looks to land a combination but Teebow avoids it well.
McQueen misses with a wild combination.
McQueen throws a nice looking combination but Teebow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Teebow tries to clinch but McQueen moves out of range.
McQueen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Teebow shoots for a double leg takedown but McQueen sprawls well. He's pushed Teebow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Teebow closes this distance looking for a takedown but McQueen circles away.
McQueen throws a series of punches but Teebow avoids them all with ease.
Teebow shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Teebow was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Teebow swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and McQueen is now in Teebow's guard. A big mistake from Teebow there, giving up the dominant position!
McQueen trying to control but Teebow is working from the bottom.
Teebow is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but McQueen frees his head nicely. Oh but Teebow has switched to an armbar! McQueen is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Yuri Teebow!
Yuri Teebow is the new welterweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wyatt Babineaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillermo Gomez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guillermo Gomez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wyatt Babineaux !
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babineaux scores with a nice strike.
Babineaux throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Babineaux works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gomez tries to bum rush Babineaux with a series of wild strikes but Babineaux uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch but Babineaux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gomez defending well as Babineaux loads up on a big left hand.
Gomez shoots in but no luck this time.
Gomez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babineaux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babineaux throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Babineaux pinned against the cage. Babineaux gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fighters circling - Babineaux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from Babineaux finds it's target.
Babineaux closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babineaux sends Gomez crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Babineaux is motioning to the referee to let Gomez up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Gomez is rocked!
Babineaux avoids a kick to the body.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guillermo Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Babineaux measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Gomez! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Wyatt Babineaux !
Wyatt Babineaux is the new lightweight champion!
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