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GAMMA#276 Matazz v Ettish PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laar's entrance music is some random 90's estonia dance song i found on youtube. A fine choice. Bloodgood is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bloodgood - What's Following the Grave. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arvo Laar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Bloodgood!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Laar is avoiding it.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch.
Bloodgood moves into range and clinches up with Laar.
Laar blocking some punches.
Bloodgood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bloodgood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Laar.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Bloodgood has a couple of punches blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Bloodgood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bloodgood.
Laar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Laar tries to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling the position.
Laar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bloodgood working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laar.
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!
Bloodgood misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laar misses with a body punch.
Bloodgood has Laar pressed against the cage, preventing Laar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bloodgood has a couple of punches blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laar blocking some punches.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Laar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage.
Laar working hard to break the clinch.
Laar blocks an uppercut.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloodgood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laar wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloodgood won't allow it.
Laar breaks from the clinch.
Laar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up but Laar circles away and keeps his distance.
Laar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bloodgood wants to clinch up but Laar keeps it at a distance.
Laar misses with a head kick.
Bloodgood gets a clinch.
Laar tries to throw a body punch but Bloodgood avoids it by throwing Laar back against the cage.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Laar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bloodgood has a couple of punches blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Laar is trying to force a seperation but Bloodgood has the dominant position.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Laar is trying to break free.
Laar is looking to break free of the clinch but Bloodgood has double underhooks.
Laar blocks an uppercut.
Bloodgood lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bloodgood fails to land.
Bloodgood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laar lands a body shot.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
Laar can't find room to land a body shot as Bloodgood controls the action.
Laar blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laar can't break the clinch.
Laar tries to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling the position.
A short right from Bloodgood on the inside.
Laar blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodgood.
Bloodgood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laar backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A frustrated look appears on Laar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laar misses with a punch to the body.
Laar trying to land knees to the body.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laar.
Laar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laar misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodgood.
Laar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage.
Laar blocking some punches.
Laar has had enough of the clinch but Bloodgood keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laar tries to throw a body punch but Bloodgood avoids it by throwing Laar back against the cage.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Bloodgood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laar blocking some punches.
Laar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laar.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laar.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Laar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laar is looking to break free of the clinch but Bloodgood has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laar tries to work over Bloodgood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bloodgood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laar blocks an uppercut.
Bloodgood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laar blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Bloodgood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Laar fails to land with a series of punches.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch but Laar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bloodgood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arvo Laar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood blocks a head kick by Laar.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Laar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Laar moves out of range.
Laar tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laar.
Bloodgood tries to clinch there but Laar circles away.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Laar tries to bum rush Bloodgood with a series of wild strikes but Bloodgood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up but Laar circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Laar.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Laar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodgood.
Laar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arvo Laar is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laar fakes the leg kick and cracks Bloodgood in the body.
Laar misses with a body kick.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Laar is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar tries a head kick but it misses.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Laar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bloodgood doesn't manage to clinch there - Laar circles away.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Laar counters with an outside leg kick.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch but Laar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bloodgood's calf.
Bloodgood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch but Laar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bloodgood checks a low kick from Laar.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Laar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch but Laar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bloodgood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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!
Bloodgood has Laar up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laar.
Bloodgood keeps control of Laar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bloodgood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laar blocking some punches.
Michael Bloodgood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Laar lands with a short shot to the head.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage.
Laar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Laar has had enough of the clinch but Bloodgood keeps him there for the moment.
Bloodgood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
Bloodgood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling him.
Bloodgood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
Laar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bloodgood.
Laar is trying to push Bloodgood away but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodgood.
Laar blocking some punches.
Laar tries a body shot but Bloodgood blocks it.
Laar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling him.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood swings wildly with an uppercut but Laar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laar misses with a punch to the body.
Bloodgood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bloodgood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bloodgood lands with a short shot to the head.
Bloodgood working aggressively here.
Bloodgood swings wildly with an uppercut but Laar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bloodgood swings wildly with an uppercut but Laar uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laar is trying to break free.
Bloodgood misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Bloodgood fails to land.
Laar blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laar.
Laar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bloodgood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Laar fails to land.
Bloodgood has Laar pressed against the cage, preventing Laar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laar tries to break free but Bloodgood pushes him back against the cage.
Laar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bloodgood prevents a body shot from Laar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bloodgood has a couple of punches blocked by Laar.
Bloodgood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laar tries to circle away but Bloodgood has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bloodgood fails to land.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
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 Arvo Laar will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bloodgood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up but Laar circles away and keeps his distance.
Bloodgood doesn't manage to clinch there - Laar circles away.
Bloodgood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch but Laar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Laar is having none of it.
Laar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bloodgood's sensitive parts.
Bloodgood doesn't manage to clinch there - Laar circles away.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Laar is avoiding it.
Laar misses with a head kick.
Bloodgood blocks the body kick.
Laar misses with a head kick.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up.
Laar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bloodgood circles away quickly and effectively.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michael Bloodgood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloodgood moves out of range as Laar throws a body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Laar!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bloodgood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bloodgood doesn't manage to clinch there - Laar circles away.
Bloodgood clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood scores with a shot to the side of Laar's head.
Bloodgood prevents Laar from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Laar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laar has had enough of the clinch but Bloodgood keeps him there for the moment.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Laar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laar has had enough of the clinch but Bloodgood keeps him there for the moment.
Bloodgood gets through Laar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodgood.
Laar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laar tries to work over Bloodgood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laar wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloodgood won't allow it.
Bloodgood lands an uppercut.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodgood.
Bloodgood has Laar pressed against the cage, preventing Laar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laar has a couple of punches blocked by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood prevents Laar from breaking the clinch.
Bloodgood prevents a body shot from Laar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood misses with the head strike.
Laar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Laar is trying to push Bloodgood away but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bloodgood doesn't manage to clinch there - Laar circles away.
Laar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Laar.
Laar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
Laar tries to land a front kick but Bloodgood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up.
Bloodgood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laar is looking to slow Bloodgood down with leg kicks.
Laar scores with a kick to the body.
Laar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Laar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Laar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bloodgood blocks a head kick by Laar.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Laar moves out of range.
Bloodgood tries to clinch there but Laar circles away.
Bloodgood blocks the body kick.
Laar keeps the fight on the outside.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Laar is avoiding it.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laar works over Bloodgood's head and body with a nice combination.
Laar swats away the attempt to clinch by Bloodgood.
Laar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laar throws a sloppy head kick and Bloodgood moves out of range easily.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bloodgood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laar, pushing him back against the cage.
Laar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laar tries a body shot but Bloodgood blocks it.
Bloodgood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laar blocks an uppercut.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Laar.
Laar is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage.
Bloodgood's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Bloodgood misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arvo Laar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Laar 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arvo Laar!
Arvo Laar bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Lonely road of faith blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Jim Jackson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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240 lbs
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Cage!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jackson's half guard.
Cage lands with a punch from half guard.
Cage is nestled in close to Jackson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cage throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cage missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cage is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage passes to full mount!
Cage lands a heavy elbow.
Cage lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cage thowing shots but they're missing.
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Cage smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cage is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cage landing punches.
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!
Cage connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cage is landing with some decent strikes but Jackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackson is rocked!
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Cage cracks Jackson with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Cage!
A very excited looking Jack Cage made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into the arena with Deour from Shinedown blaring out of the sound system. Marley has chosen Bob Marley-One Love as his entrance music. Jeff Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Marley!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Smith's knee momentarily.
Marley throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith avoids the head kick by Marley.
Smith cracks Marley with an open hand slap.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Marley circles away.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Marley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smith avoids the head kick by Marley.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Marley tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Marley manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Marley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Marley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marley scores with a head kick. Smith tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Smith moves to clinch but Marley breaks away
and Marley counters with a head kick that drops Smith to the mat! Smith scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Smith is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Marley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Marley avoids the damage to the body.
The referee calls for Marley to work.
Marley is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith tries to clinch there but Marley circles away.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Bob Marley has been cut.
Marley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Whack! Marley lands a heavy head kick that drops Smith. The ref tackles Marley to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Smith was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Bob Marley!
Bob Marley managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Unique Wear and Custom Design, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anders Goldfire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucifer Diabolus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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22
205 lbs
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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good low kicks
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anders Goldfire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucifer Diabolus!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goldfire tries for a takedown but Diabolus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Goldfire looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Diabolus throws a quick head kick that knocks Goldfire silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Diabolus is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lucifer Diabolus!
Lucifer Diabolus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gjergj Kastrioti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brady Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gjergj Kastrioti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brady Harrison's chin.
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201 lbs
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202 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gjergj Kastrioti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brady Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison shoots in and gets a takedown into Kastrioti's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Harrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kastrioti trying to control the position here.
Kastrioti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harrison stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Kastrioti has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Harrison manages to get his head free but now Kastrioti has transitioned to an armbar! Harrison grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Kastrioti! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gjergj Kastrioti!
Gjergj Kastrioti spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinclair comes into the arena with blaring out of the sound system. Gold is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Jamie Gold acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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204 lbs
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195 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brodie Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jamie Gold!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Sinclair.
Gold thuds his shin into the meat of Sinclair's side.
Sinclair closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sinclair lands in his opponent's guard.
Sinclair throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gold holds on and takes a little breather.
Gold manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sinclair manages to get himself to full guard.
Sinclair is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sinclair has an active guard here but Gold has managed to pass into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinclair is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sinclair looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gold wants to stand up but Sinclair is controlling the position.
Gold is thwarting Sinclair's attempts to control the position.
Sinclair actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sinclair looking for a kimura from the bottom but Gold passes into side control!
Sinclair tries to improve position but can't.
Gold decides to stand back up.
Sinclair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gold. Gold obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Gold misses the target.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
Sinclair throws a shot from downtown. Gold moves away and avoids it.
Sinclair loads up on a big right hand but Gold slips the punch.
Gold lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gold sprawls well initially but Sinclair persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sinclair throws a strike but Gold avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sinclair with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sinclair loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sinclair throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gold is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gold utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sinclair postures up in Gold's guard and throws a big left but Gold blocks it.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sinclair throws a big right hand that misses.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throwing strikes but missing.
Sinclair throws a big right hand that misses.
Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Gold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gold manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sinclair has Gold in his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sinclair is looking for a triangle but Gold pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold wants to get up but he can't break Sinclair's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
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 Brodie Sinclair will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Sinclair misses the target.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair throws a shot from downtown. Gold moves away and avoids it.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold throws a leg kick but Sinclair sees it coming and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Sinclair.
Sinclair connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gold momentarily.
A slow jab from Gold misses its intended target.
Gold lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sinclair takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Gold throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sinclair swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gold counters with a low kick, right behind Sinclair 's knee.
A head kick misses from Gold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gold.
Sinclair scores with a sloppy right hand. Gold should have avoided that one.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gold enables Sinclair to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gold manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gold is looking to stand up but Sinclair isn't so interested in that idea.
Brodie Sinclair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gold pulls Sinclair in close to prevent any damage.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gold works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sinclair working some strikes from top position.
Sinclair won't allow Gold to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gold holds on and takes a little breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gold works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gold wants to stand but Sinclair is controlling the position.
Sinclair working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gold is controlling Sinclair's posture.
Gold avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
Sinclair with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gold works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sinclair prevents Gold from getting back to his feet.
Sinclair throws an elbow that misses. Gold uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sinclair's guard. Nice move by Gold!
Gold wants to get up but he can't break Sinclair's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gold got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sinclair has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gold has managed to get both his arms back between Sinclair's legs - danger averted.
Sinclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold wants to get up but he can't break Sinclair's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sinclair looking for a guillotine here but Gold defends easily.
Sinclair had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gold defends it easily.
Gold trying to control but Sinclair is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinclair is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gold defends well.
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 Brodie Sinclair will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gold throws a solid leg kick but Sinclair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gold.
Gold thuds his shin into the meat of Sinclair's side.
Gold tries to score with a low kick but Sinclair moves his leg out of the way.
Gold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinclair moves away.
Gold throws a body kick that misses.
Sinclair missing with a left hand there. Gold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sinclair darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gold attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jamie Gold seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gold fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sinclair has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gold connects with a body shot.
Gold pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sinclair clobbers Gold with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gold swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gold ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gold connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gold.
Jamie Gold is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gold throws a head kick that misses.
Gold scores with a shot to the body.
A left lands for Gold.
Gold misses with an uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Sinclair checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jamie Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brodie Sinclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gold misses with a body shot.
Sinclair just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gold.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gold.
Sinclair walks into a straight right hand from Gold.
Sinclair misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Gold.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gold.
Sinclair is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Gold misses the target.
Sinclair throws a hook to the side of Gold's head but Gold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sinclair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair shoots in but no luck this time.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gold lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sinclair takes a step back to recover.
Gold tests Sinclair's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gold misses with a leg kick.
Gold misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gold stuffs the takedown.
Sinclair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gold manages to avoid it.
Gold delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Gold.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
Gold misses with a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Gold misses the shot to the body.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gold motions for Sinclair to come forward. Gold throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Gold.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinclair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gold is fending him off so far but Sinclair persists. Nope, Gold circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Sinclair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gold does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gold tries to land a leg kick but Sinclair saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Gold comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sinclair 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brodie Sinclair!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gajeel Redfox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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23
221 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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30
204 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Powerful |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gajeel Redfox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sol Tavarez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavarez throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Tavarez misses.
Redfox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tavarez.
Tavarez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Redfox.
Redfox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tavarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Redfox counters with a leg kick.
Sol Tavarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Tavarez.
Tavarez scores with a leg kick.
Tavarez swings widly with a right hand
and Redfox counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tavarez misses with a kick to the body.
Redfox fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Redfox swings for the body but Tavarez moves out of range.
Tavarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Redfox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Redfox scores with a nice body kick.
A clash of legs there as Tavarez blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez misses with a hook.
Tavarez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tavarez duly obliges.
It looks like Gajeel Redfox has been cut.
Tavarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tavarez throws the left hand but Redfox avoids the punch easily.
Tavarez lands a really nice looking cross but Redfox seems unphased.
Tavarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Redfox is just out of range.
Tavarez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Redfox clobbers Tavarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Redfox scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tavarez is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfox scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tavarez is trying to escape the mount.
Redfox looking to finish with strikes here!
Redfox controlling from the full mount.
Tavarez is bucking up trying to escape but Redfox cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfox landing punches.
Redfox landing strikes from the mount and Tavarez is in trouble!
Tavarez is rocked!
Redfox controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redfox can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tavarez is looking to escape.
Tavarez regains half guard.
Redfox wants to control but Tavarez is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tavarez looking for submissions off his back.
Redfox thows a huge punch but Tavarez dodges it nicely.
Tavarez gets full guard.
Redfox forces his way into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redfox missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Redfox missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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 Gajeel Redfox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gajeel Redfox's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
An inside leg kick lands from Redfox.
Tavarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Redfox
and Tavarez counters with a left to the body.
Redfox throws a wild body kick that Tavarez sees coming a mile off.
Tavarez misses with a straight left.
Redfox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tavarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redfox.
Redfox throws a body kick that misses.
Redfox takes a swing at Tavarez's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Tavarez.
Tavarez throws a head kick but Redfox moves out of range.
Tavarez misses with a looping left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Redfox.
Sol Tavarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redfox closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfox blocks a body shot from Tavarez.
Nice body punch from Redfox.
Redfox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redfox is trying to stall.
Tavarez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Redfox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tavarez backwards.
Redfox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tavarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tavarez trying to stall but Redfox improves his position.
Redfox can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Tavarez.
Redfox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tavarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Redfox counters with a nice uppercut.
Redfox throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tavarez lands with a hook. Redfox tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Redfox cracks Tavarez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redfox looks to land a right hand but Tavarez moved out of range.
Redfox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tavarez connects with a body shot that sends Redfox's belly button to the back.
Redfox lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tavarez will feel that in the morning.
Tavarez misses with a body kick.
Tavarez looks to land a left hand but Redfox moved out of range nicely.
Redfox looks to land a body kick but Tavarez moved away.
Tavarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Redfox counters with a nice uppercut.
Tavarez misses with a few strikes there.
Redfox misses with a hook.
Redfox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Redfox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tavarez scores with a decent looking hook.
Tavarez tries to clinch up.
Tavarez throws a right hand that misses
and Redfox counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Redfox is nestled in close to Tavarez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tavarez keeping control of the position.
Tavarez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tavarez looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redfox is nestled in close to Tavarez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Redfox sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tavarez defending well though.
Redfox trying to control the action but Tavarez is working from the bottom.
Redfox prevents Tavarez from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tavarez wants to control the action here but instead Redfox manages to pass to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gajeel Redfox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gajeel Redfox's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tavarez throws a big shot that misses.
A low kick from Redfox misses
and Tavarez counters with a stiff right hand.
Redfox throws a head kick but Tavarez moves out of range.
Tavarez is looking to clinch but Redfox is avoiding it.
Tavarez throws a body kick that misses.
That kick from Redfox tenderised Tavarez's leg. Tavarez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tavarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Redfox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavarez looks to land a left hand but Redfox moved out of range nicely.
Tavarez tries to clinch there but Redfox circles away.
Tavarez thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Tavarez misses.
No joy there for Tavarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tavarez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez throws a lazy body kick
and Redfox counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tavarez's knee momentarily.
Redfox thuds his shin into the meat of Tavarez's side.
Tavarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Redfox tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tavarez is able to avoid easily.
Tavarez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Redfox has time to react.
Redfox misses with a low kick.
Redfox ducks under a wild hook from Tavarez.
Redfox fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tavarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A low kick from Tavarez misses
and Redfox counters with a good low kick that Tavarez was not able to check.
Good exchange - Redfox coming out on top.
Nice sprawl there from Tavarez as Redfox shoots in.
Redfox gets tackled into the cage by Tavarez. Tavarez maintains the clinch.
Redfox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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!
Redfox is trying to push Tavarez away but Tavarez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gajeel Redfox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez tries a body shot but Redfox blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tavarez obliges.
Tavarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tavarez tries to work over Redfox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tavarez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Redfox tries for a takedown but Tavarez manages to get underhooks.
Tavarez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Redfox is trying to keep an underhook but Tavarez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Redfox is trying to maintain the position but Tavarez is very close to passing his half guard.
Redfox has hold of Tavarez's hands but Tavarez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Redfox works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sol Tavarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Redfox has wrist control.
Tavarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tavarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Redfox has wrist control.
Redfox pulls Tavarez in close to prevent any damage.
Tavarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Redfox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tavarez throwing strikes from guard but Redfox blocks nicely.
Redfox is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez passes Redfox's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tavarez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tavarez is looking for a kimura but Redfox is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tavarez to get the leverage.
Redfox trying to hold on to Tavarez's head to control him but Tavarez postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tavarez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tavarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Redfox does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Tavarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Redfox 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gajeel Redfox!
An out of breath Gajeel Redfox thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Jankovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jankovic's choice of entrance music: Headline - Drake. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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36
232 lbs
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28
239 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Jankovic!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jankovic looks to land a combination. Cruz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jankovic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cruz's waist but Cruz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jankovic off to one side.
Jankovic ducks right into an uppercut from Cruz.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Jankovic moved away.
Cruz connects with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jankovic's head.
Jankovic closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cruz to the mat! Cruz manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cruz wants to stand and escape but Jankovic is having none of it.
Cruz pushes Jankovic off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Jankovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Jankovic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cruz is out of range and Jankovic settles back down.
Cruz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jankovic. Jankovic obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankovic misses with a takedown attempt - Cruz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jankovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jankovic.
Jankovic throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Jankovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz throws a body punch but Jankovic moves out of range.
Cruz scores with a hook.
Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jankovic misses with a hook to the body
and Cruz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cruz throws a hook but Jankovic avoids it easily.
Jankovic punishes Cruz's body with a nice straight punch.
Jankovic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cruz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jankovic is out of range and Cruz settles back down.
Jankovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Jankovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cruz checks it well.
A jab from Jankovic misses.
Jankovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz 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.
Jankovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jankovic throws a chopping leg kick but Cruz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jankovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jankovic.
Cruz lands with a shot to the body.
Jankovic lands a jab to Cruz's midsection.
Cruz lands a glancing blow to the side of Jankovic's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jankovic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jorge Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Jankovic.
Jankovic misses the shot to the body.
Cruz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Jankovic is just out of range.
Jankovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cruz circles away quickly and effectively.
Cruz looks to land a left hand but Jankovic moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Jankovic misses its intended target.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jankovic. Jankovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cruz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jankovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cruz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jankovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cruz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic digs a good body shot into Cruz's ribs.
Jankovic throws a head kick that misses.
Jankovic pushes Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Jankovic missing with knees to the body.
Jankovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz wants to break free but Jankovic has control.
Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cruz scores with a punch to the head.
Cruz lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jankovic.
Cruz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jankovic.
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 Jorge Cruz will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jankovic shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jankovic showed some decent athleticism there.
Cruz wants to get back to his feet.
Jankovic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cruz is trying to stand back up but Jankovic is controlling him
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jankovic.
Cruz manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jankovic misses with a body shot.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jankovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Jankovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cruz rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice body punch from Jankovic.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jankovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankovic misses the shot to the body.
Jankovic takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Jankovic missing with a left hand there. Cruz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cruz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jankovic.
Jankovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Jankovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jankovic on the side of the head.
Jankovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Cruz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jankovic counters with a thumping low kick.
Jankovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cruz can pounce on him.
Jorge Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz jabs Jankovic right on the nose. Jankovic blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Jankovic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic misses with a low kick.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Jankovic's head but Jankovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jankovic connects with an inside leg kick.
Cruz 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.
Jankovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jankovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Cruz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jankovic misses with a body shot
and Cruz counters with an inside leg kick.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
Cruz blocks a low kick nicely.
Cruz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jankovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cruz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jankovic's head backwards.
A low kick from Cruz is predictable there
and Jankovic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cruz thinking.
Jankovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Cruz missing with a left hand there. Jankovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jankovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jankovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jankovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cruz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jankovic has time to react.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jankovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jankovic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jankovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cruz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cruz moves out of range of the body kick from Jankovic.
Jankovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a nice uppercut.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cruz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jankovic scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Cruz misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fedor Jankovic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Jankovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jankovic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jankovic tries to move into range but Cruz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No luck for Jankovic with that takedown attempt.
Jankovic shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cruz is trying to stand back up but Jankovic is controlling him
Jankovic is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cruz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz dips to his left and cracks Jankovic with an uppercut!
Jankovic slips a straight right by Cruz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cruz scores with a punch to the head.
Cruz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cruz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jankovic. Jankovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jankovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jankovic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Jankovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
Jankovic throws a sloppy head kick
and Cruz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jankovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Jankovic.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Jankovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jorge Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jankovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruz misses with an uppercut.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jankovic tries to move into range but Cruz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cruz. That's going to slow Jankovic down.
Cruz avoids the head kick by Jankovic.
Cruz lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a jab when Jankovic was well out of range.
Cruz misses the jab.
Jankovic tries for a takedown but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jorge Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Jankovic.
Jankovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jankovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jankovic throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Cruz moves out of range of the leg kick from Jankovic.
A bone on bone clash there as Jankovic blocks the leg kick.
Jankovic throws out a leg kick but Cruz moves out of range and Jankovic only half commits.
Jankovic shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jankovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jankovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Cruz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Jankovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruz misses with a wild combination.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jankovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jankovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cruz finds it's way round the side to connect with Jankovic's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jankovic's head.
Jankovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cruz 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Cruz!
A victorious Jorge Cruz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Die Rücksichtslos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Gillis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Die Rücksichtslos comes to the cage accompanied by Mind The Gap. Gillis has chosen I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hannibal Die Rücksichtslos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jamie Gillis!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Die Rücksichtslos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Die Rücksichtslos moves into the clinch.
Die Rücksichtslos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gillis manages to break the clinch.
Die Rücksichtslos throws a series of punches but Gillis avoids them all with ease.
Die Rücksichtslos moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Die Rücksichtslos.
Die Rücksichtslos breaks from the clinch.
Die Rücksichtslos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gillis circles away quickly and effectively.
Gillis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gillis punishes Die Rücksichtslos's body with a nice straight punch.
Gillis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Die Rücksichtslos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gillis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Die Rücksichtslos.
Nice sprawl there from Die Rücksichtslos as Gillis shoots in.
A cross from Die Rücksichtslos lands.
It looks like Jamie Gillis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gillis lands a nice looking body shot.
Die Rücksichtslos lands with a straight right. Gillis didn't see that one coming.
Die Rücksichtslos with a hook.
Hannibal Die Rücksichtslos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillis shoots for a double leg takedown but Die Rücksichtslos sprawls well. He's pushed Gillis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gillis moves out of range as Die Rücksichtslos strikes.
Gillis defending well as Die Rücksichtslos loads up on a big left hand.
Die Rücksichtslos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gillis.
Hannibal Die Rücksichtslos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamie Gillis.
Gillis swings for the body but Die Rücksichtslos moves out of range.
Oooooh!!! Die Rücksichtslos has knocked Gillis down with a huge combo! Die Rücksichtslos steps away and waves a wobbly Gillis back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Gillis is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gillis checks a low kick from Die Rücksichtslos.
Gillis is still on wobbly legs! Can Die Rücksichtslos finish him?
Jamie Gillis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillis scores with a shot to the body.
Gillis seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice defenses there by Gillis.
Gillis swings for the body but Die Rücksichtslos moves out of range.
Gillis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Die Rücksichtslos.
Gillis moves into the clinch.
Gillis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Die Rücksichtslos moves out of range of the strikes.
Gillis misses with a series of wild punches.
Die Rücksichtslos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Die Rücksichtslos.
Gillis misses with a series of wild punches.
Die Rücksichtslos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gillis moves away.
Die Rücksichtslos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gillis throws a leg kick but Die Rücksichtslos moved away.
Gillis thuds a left hand into Die Rücksichtslos's body.
Gillis jabs Die Rücksichtslos right on the nose. Die Rücksichtslos blinks but takes it well.
Gillis staying out of range there.
Gillis loads up on a big right hand but Die Rücksichtslos slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Die Rücksichtslos.
Gillis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gillis lands with a straight right. Die Rücksichtslos didn't see that one coming.
Gillis with a hook.
Die Rücksichtslos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Die Rücksichtslos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gillis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillis rushes Die Rücksichtslos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gillis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gillis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gillis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Die Rücksichtslos tries a body shot but Gillis blocks it.
Die Rücksichtslos wants to stall.
Die Rücksichtslos struggles to land a body shot inside as Gillis controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gillis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Die Rücksichtslos has a couple of punches blocked by Gillis.
Gillis lands a right hand.
Gillis takes a shot to the head.
Gillis has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Die Rücksichtslos clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Die Rücksichtslos wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Die Rücksichtslos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gillis tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gillis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Die Rücksichtslos is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gillis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gillis cracks Die Rücksichtslos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gillis punching from mount but Die Rücksichtslos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gillis misses with a head shot.
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 Hannibal Die Rücksichtslos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jamie Gillis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Die Rücksichtslos misses with a double jab
and Gillis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Die Rücksichtslos won't be happy with that.
Gillis has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Die Rücksichtslos!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gillis connects with a bit shot that sees Die Rücksichtslos covering up! More strikes from Gillis and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Gillis is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Gillis!
A relieved looking Jamie Gillis 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Ettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matazz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tool - Eulogy. Ettish has chosen With Karate I'll Kick Your Ass as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Ettish!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matazz clinches up against the cage.
Matazz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matazz has Ettish pressed against the cage.
Matazz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ettish avoids it.
Matazz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ettish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matazz trying to stall but Ettish improves his position.
Matazz just leaning against Ettish, taking a breather.
Matazz tries a knee to the head but Ettish blocks it.
Ettish throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matazz blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ettish.
Matazz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice left hand lands by Matazz.
Ettish throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Matazz scores with a hook to the body.
Matazz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matazz obliges.
Ettish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish breaks from the clinch.
Fred Ettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Matazz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ettish ducks under a wild hook from Matazz.
Matazz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Matazz.
Ettish gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Matazz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Matazz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ettish scores with a leg kick.
Ettish thuds his shin into the meat of Matazz's side.
Ettish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matazz can pounce on him.
Ettish misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ettish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matazz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Matazz throws a jab when Ettish was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz moves forwards but Ettish connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A good leg kick by Matazz.
Matazz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ettish misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ettish - that will leave a mark!
Matazz lands with a kick to the temple. Ettish shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Matazz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ettish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Ettish does it's job there.
It looks like Raz Matazz has been cut.
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Ettish pushes him off.
Ettish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Matazz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ettish misses with a right hand
and Matazz makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ettish really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ettish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Ettish.
Ettish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matazz drives through and clinches with Ettish against the cage.
Matazz looking to slow down the pace here.
Ettish lands with a right to the head.
Ettish is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Matazz tries a body shot but Ettish blocks it.
Matazz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Ettish.
Ettish tries to land knees in the clinch but Matazz avoids the damage to the body.
Matazz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matazz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Matazz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ettish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ettish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Matazz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ettish avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ettish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matazz's elbow.
Matazz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Ettish.
Ettish lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matazz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ettish manages to break the clinch.
Matazz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ettish checks the leg kick.
Matazz tries to score with a low kick but Ettish moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz scores with a shot to the body.
Ettish will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Ettish pushes him off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Matazz, as that shot connected.
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 Raz Matazz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raz Matazz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ettish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ettish pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ettish is looking to score with low kicks.
Matazz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ettish swings for the body but Matazz moves out of range.
Ettish throws a half hearted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ettish.
Matazz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ettish's head.
Matazz looks to throw the jab but Ettish is out of range.
Matazz thumps Ettish with a low kick.
Ettish throws a leg kick but Matazz moved away.
Ettish misses with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ettish.
Ettish jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ettish avoids the head kick by Matazz.
Matazz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ettish momentarily.
Ettish scores with a jab to the body.
Matazz slips a jab from Ettish.
A solid body kick from Ettish.
Ettish wants to land a leg kick but Matazz is out of range.
Ettish changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Matazz checks a leg kick.
Matazz lands a jab to the nose.
Matazz throws a lazy right hand but Ettish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matazz pushes Ettish away with a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matazz tries to clinch up but Ettish circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz checks a leg kick.
Ettish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crunch! Ettish slams his shin into Matazz's torso.
No joy there for Matazz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ettish is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Matazz rather than just go for the knockout.
Ettish stuns Matazz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ettish moves out of range of the body kick.
Matazz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ettish under the eye.
Matazz blocks the body kick.
Matazz moves out of range as Ettish throws a body kick.
Ettish throws a sloppy head kick and Matazz moves out of range easily.
Matazz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Matazz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ettish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ettish is out of range.
Matazz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ettish throws a leg kick that misses.
Matazz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ettish checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ettish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A leg kick checked by Matazz.
Matazz blocks the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ettish.
Matazz looks to land a left hand but Ettish moved out of range nicely.
Ettish thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Matazz if he has to take too many more of those.
Matazz throws a lazy uppercut
and Ettish counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matazz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Matazz doesn't manage to clinch there - Ettish circles away.
Ettish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matazz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ettish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matazz. Matazz obviously looking to wear him down.
Matazz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matazz throws the left hand but Ettish avoids the punch easily.
Matazz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Matazz avoids the body shot from Ettish.
Ettish misses with an uppercut. Matazz saw that one coming.
Ettish takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ettish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ettish throws a leg kick which misses Matazz's front leg but catches the back leg as Matazz tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ettish misses with a kick to the body.
Matazz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matazz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Ettish showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raz Matazz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Matazz blocks a jab.
Matazz with a hook.
Ettish connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Ettish.
Matazz tries to clinch up but Ettish circles away and keeps his distance.
Ettish blocks a head kick by Matazz.
Ettish throws a leg kick but Matazz moved away.
Fred Ettish seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matazz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ettish.
Matazz scores with a spinning back kick!
Matazz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ettish is looking to score with low kicks.
Ettish tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Matazz is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matazz.
Matazz moves out of range as Ettish throws a body kick.
Ettish lands with a kick to the ribs.
Matazz misses with the combination.
A lazy body kick from Ettish
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Matazz dodges the punch combination from Ettish.
Good work by Matazz as he checks the leg kick.
Ettish looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Matazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ettish.
Matazz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matazz throws a hook to the side of Ettish's head but Ettish sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ettish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ettish is looking to chop away at Matazz's legs.
Matazz connects with a nice looking jab.
Matazz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ettish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Ettish.
Matazz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Ettish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matazz.
Jab by Matazz.
Ettish on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Matazz.
Ettish throws out a leg kick but Matazz moves out of range and Ettish only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ettish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Matazz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ettish fakes the leg kick and cracks Matazz in the body.
Matazz throws a head kick that misses.
Ettish throws a front kick that sends Matazz stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Matazz throws a combination that misses
and Ettish counters with a body kick.
Matazz ducks under a wild hook from Ettish.
Ettish pivots, looking for a leg kick but Matazz is out of range and Ettish settles back down.
Matazz blocks the body kick.
Matazz blocks a jab.
Ettish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ettish swings away with a body shot that misses
and Matazz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Matazz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ettish looks to throw the jab but Matazz is out of range.
Ettish does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ettish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matazz clinches.
Matazz swings wildly with an uppercut but Ettish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matazz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Matazz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ettish tries a body shot but Matazz blocks it.
Raz Matazz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ettish prevents a body shot from Matazz.
Ettish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ettish blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Fred Ettish just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Raz Matazz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ettish shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ettish takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ettish.
That kick from Ettish tenderised Matazz's leg. Matazz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Matazz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ettish avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ettish's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ettish misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Matazz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Matazz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ettish lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matazz's sensitive parts.
Matazz tries to clinch up.
Ettish looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big left from Matazz misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ettish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Matazz looks to land a right hand but Ettish moved out of range.
Ettish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ettish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ettish misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matazz moves out of range as Ettish throws a body kick.
Ettish bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ettish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Matazz slips a jab from Ettish.
Matazz tries to clinch there but Ettish circles away.
Ettish just misses with a punch to the body.
Matazz throws a sloppy head kick and Ettish moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ettish slips under a jab.
Matazz wants to clinch up but Ettish keeps it at a distance.
Matazz misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ettish. That's going to slow Matazz down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matazz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ettish throws a leg kick that misses.
Matazz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ettish.
Ettish lands a body shot.
Ettish lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Matazz tries a low kick but Ettish avoids it.
Matazz avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ettish swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ettish throws a hook to the side of Matazz's head but Matazz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ettish with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ettish lands a right hook to the body.
Matazz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ettish circles away quickly and effectively.
Ettish slips a straight right by Matazz.
Ettish scores with a decent looking hook.
Matazz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Matazz is looking to slow Ettish down with leg kicks.
Matazz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ettish.
Ettish delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Ettish.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice inside leg kick there by Ettish. That's going to slow Matazz down.
Ettish misses with a hook.
Ettish steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matazz.
Ettish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Matazz momentarily.
Ettish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ettish slips a straight right by Matazz.
Ettish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Matazz momentarily.
A head kick misses from Matazz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ettish ducks under a wild hook from Matazz.
Ettish scores with a kick to the midsection.
Matazz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Ettish dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Raz Matazz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Matazz throws a big shot that misses.
Ettish blocks a head kick by Matazz.
Matazz ducks under a wild hook from Ettish.
Ettish throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ettish misses with a low kick as Matazz jumps back.
Ettish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ettish blocks a head kick by Matazz.
Matazz misses with an uppercut. Ettish saw that one coming.
Ettish throws a leg kick that misses.
Ettish looks to land a right hand but Matazz moved out of range.
Matazz misses the jab.
Matazz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ettish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish takes a swing at Matazz's ribcage but misses.
Ettish fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ettish thows a leg kick but Matazz checks it
and Matazz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matazz cracks the inside of Ettish's front leg.
Ettish lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ettish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matazz.
Matazz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ettish.
Ettish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Ettish.
Matazz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ettish connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Matazz scrambles back to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Matazz. That snapped Ettish's head back.
Ettish lands a nice looking kick to the body. Matazz takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good body shot from Matazz.
Ettish is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ettish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ettish pushes Matazz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matazz lands an elbow inside.
Matazz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matazz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matazz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ettish backwards.
Raz Matazz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ettish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ettish looking to throw knees to the head but Matazz is blocking nicely.
Matazz avoiding damage as Ettish throws knees to the body.
Ettish tries to work over Matazz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matazz working aggressively here.
Fred Ettish is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matazz backwards.
Matazz gets underhooks to prevent Ettish's takedown attempt.
Matazz lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ettish.
Ettish breaks the clinch.
Ettish connects with a body shot that sends Matazz's belly button to the back.
Matazz slips a straight right by Ettish.
Ettish throws a jab but it's blocked by Matazz.
Ettish bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ettish throws a leg kick
and Matazz counters with a low kick, right behind Ettish 's knee.
Ettish lands a nice shot to the body.
Ettish throws a low kick but Matazz avoids it.
Ettish chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matazz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matazz, right into the meat.
Matazz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Matazz looks to score with a jab to the body but Ettish is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Matazz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matazz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ettish can pounce on him.
Matazz throws a front kick aimed at Ettish's knee but Ettish avoids it well.
Ettish tries a head kick but it misses.
Ettish throws a leg kick
and Matazz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ettish connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Some wild striking there from Matazz.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fred Ettish.
I think Ettish has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 46:49
Judge George Francis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 48:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Ettish!
Fred Ettish is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Fred Ettish thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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