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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Corncobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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160 lbs
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157 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ippo Makunouchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Larry Corncobb!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corncobb misses with a body punch
and Makunouchi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Makunouchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Corncobb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Makunouchi misses with a straight right.
Corncobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Makunouchi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Corncobb.
Corncobb on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Corncobb pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Corncobb throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Makunouchi.
Larry Corncobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makunouchi connects with a body shot that sends Corncobb's belly button to the back.
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!
Corncobb bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Makunouchi's head.
Makunouchi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Makunouchi slips a jab and a cross from Corncobb.
Danga de danga de dang - Makunouchi scores with a four punch combination!
Corncobb misses with a hook. Makunouchi ducked under it nicely.
Makunouchi is looking to wear down Corncobb with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A leg kick checked by Makunouchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corncobb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Corncobb throws a sloppy head kick and Makunouchi moves out of range easily.
Makunouchi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Corncobb gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corncobb throws a sloppy head kick and Makunouchi moves out of range easily.
Corncobb throws a sloppy head kick and Makunouchi moves out of range easily.
Corncobb looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Corncobb throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Makunouchi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Makunouchi lands a two punch combo.
Corncobb lands with a slapping head kick.
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!
Corncobb misses with a right hand
and Makunouchi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Makunouchi cracks a nice hook into Corncobb's ribs.
Corncobb throws a lazy head kick
enabling Makunouchi to counter with a crisp jab.
Corncobb is rocked!
Makunouchi blocks a head kick by Corncobb.
Corncobb is still on wobbly legs! Can Makunouchi finish him?
Makunouchi looks to land a combination but Corncobb avoids it well.
Corncobb seems to have recovered his senses.
Corncobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Makunouchi is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corncobb misses with a two punch combination.
Makunouchi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Corncobb. Those never looked like landing.
Corncobb moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Makunouchi misses with a wild combination.
Makunouchi scores with a three punch combo!
Makunouchi throws a jab when Corncobb was well out of range.
Makunouchi moves away from the strike by Corncobb.
Makunouchi misses the shot to the body.
Corncobb moves out of range as Makunouchi strikes.
Corncobb fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Corncobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makunouchi misses with a lunging right hand
and Corncobb counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Corncobb throws a leg kick
and Makunouchi counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corncobb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makunouchi lands with an uppercut that bounces Corncobb off the cage and back into range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Makunouchi, as that shot connected.
Corncobb looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Corncobb comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Corncobb connects with a good right hand that stumbles Makunouchi. Makunouchi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makunouchi. Corncobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makunouchi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corncobb.
Makunouchi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
No joy there for Makunouchi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Makunouchi.
Makunouchi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Makunouchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Corncobb.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corncobb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Makunouchis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Makunouchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corncobb will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Corncobb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Makunouchi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Corncobb rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Makunouchi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Makunouchi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corncobb. Makunouchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makunouchi scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corncobb throws a sloppy head kick and Makunouchi moves out of range easily.
Makunouchi dodges the punch combination from Corncobb.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Corncobb avoids them all with ease.
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 Ippo Makunouchi 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.
Corncobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Corncobb misses.
Corncobb throws a head kick but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Makunouchi throws a nice looking combination but Corncobb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Makunouchi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Corncobb.
A lazy left from Corncobb finds it's target.
Corncobb looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Makunouchi scores with a decent looking hook.
Makunouchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Corncobb defending well as Makunouchi loads up on a big left hand.
Corncobb throws a body punch but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Corncobb throws the left hand but Makunouchi avoids the punch easily.
Makunouchi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Corncobb tried to score with a low kick but Makunouchi checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corncobb throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Corncobb throws a leg kick which misses Makunouchi's front leg but catches the back leg as Makunouchi tries to avoid it.
Corncobb tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Makunouchi is able to avoid easily.
Makunouchi checks the leg kick.
Makunouchi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Makunouchi lands a jab to Corncobb's midsection.
Ippo Makunouchi is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makunouchi. Corncobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ippo Makunouchi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Corncobb walks into a straight right hand from Makunouchi.
Makunouchi tries to bum rush Corncobb with a series of wild strikes but Corncobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Corncobb misses with a head kick.
Makunouchi scores with a jab to the body.
Corncobb throws a body punch but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Corncobb moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Makunouchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Corncobb.
A head kick misses from Corncobb.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corncobb misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corncobb misses with the combination.
Makunouchi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Makunouchi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Corncobb tries to bum rush Makunouchi with a series of wild strikes but Makunouchi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Makunouchi connects with a body shot that sends Corncobb's belly button to the back.
Corncobb is breathing heavily.
Makunouchi looks to land a combination but Corncobb avoids it well.
Makunouchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corncobb.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Corncobb avoids them all with ease.
Corncobb lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Makunouchi backs up against the cage.
Corncobb misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Makunouchi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Corncobb.
Corncobb throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi cracks Corncobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Corncobb drops his hands momentarily and Makunouchi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Makunouchi blocks a head kick by Corncobb.
Corncobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Makunouchi jabs Corncobb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Makunouchi scores with a nice head shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Corncobb moves out of range.
Makunouchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corncobb.
Makunouchi lands with a good body shot.
Corncobb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corncobb throws the left hand but Makunouchi avoids the punch easily.
Corncobb shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Some wild striking there from Corncobb.
Corncobb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi tests Corncobb's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Corncobb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corncobb misses the shot to the body.
Corncobb takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Corncobb misses with a body shot.
Corncobb fails to land with a series of punches.
Corncobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Makunouchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Makunouchi jabs Corncobb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Corncobb throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Makunouchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corncobb was well out of range. Poor timing from Makunouchi.
Corncobb takes a jab right on the kisser.
Makunouchi scores with a sloppy right hand. Corncobb should have avoided that one.
Corncobb misses with a body kick.
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 Ippo Makunouchi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Corncobb lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Corncobb throws an overhand right that lands on Makunouchi's shoulder, as Makunouchi tries to avoid the shot.
Corncobb scores with a head kick. Makunouchi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Makunouchi works the jab nicely.
Makunouchi clobbers Corncobb with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Corncobb has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Makunouchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makunouchi misses with a two punch combination.
Makunouchi throws a right hand that Corncobb ducks under and follows up with a left that Corncobb also avoids with ease.
Nice defenses there by Makunouchi.
Makunouchi misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Corncobb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Corncobb does no damage.
Makunouchi lands with a hook. Corncobb tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Corncobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Corncobb takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corncobb throws a push kick but Makunouchi slaps the foot to one side.
Makunouchi throws a series of strikes that have Corncobb backpedaling.
Makunouchi avoids the head kick by Corncobb.
Makunouchi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Corncobb does no damage.
Makunouchi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Corncobb.
Corncobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Corncobb misses with a head kick.
Makunouchi with a hook.
Makunouchi misses with a double jab.
A combination from Makunouchi does no damage.
Makunouchi moves out of range of the leg kick from Corncobb.
The crowd cheers as Makunouchi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Corncobb doesn't seem phased though.
Corncobb lands an overhand right.
Corncobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makunouchi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corncobb throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makunouchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Makunouchi dodges the punch combination from Corncobb.
Corncobb takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Makunouchi connects with a body shot that sends Corncobb's belly button to the back.
Corncobb throws a head kick that misses.
Makunouchi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corncobb. Corncobb circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Makunouchi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Corncobb has time to react.
Corncobb fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Makunouchi does no damage.
Makunouchi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Corncobb.
Makunouchi stalks Corncobb and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Corncobb's face. Corncobb staggers backwards, shaken.
Corncobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makunouchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Corncobb.
Makunouchi avoids the head kick by Corncobb.
Corncobb throws a series of punches but Makunouchi avoids them all with ease.
Corncobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Makunouchi lands a jab to Corncobb's midsection.
Makunouchi lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Corncobb can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Makunouchi and Corncobb drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Makunouchi.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ippo Makunouchi!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Nieddds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Nieddds has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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159 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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32
150 lbs
17 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benson Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Nieddds!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nieddds counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A slow jab from Nieddds misses its intended target.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Nieddds shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Henderson eats them both and turns towards Nieddds to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Benson Henderson has been cut.
Nieddds slips under a jab from Henderson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nieddds misses with a double jab.
Nieddds ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Benson Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Nieddds as he connects with a hook.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Nieddds pushes him off.
Henderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nieddds to score with a decent uppercut.
Henderson clinches up with Nieddds and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieddds avoiding damage.
Henderson prevents Nieddds from breaking the clinch.
Nieddds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nieddds managing to block the knees to the body from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nieddds.
Nieddds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nieddds tries to stall but Henderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nieddds avoids it.
Henderson being controlled against the cage.
Nieddds working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Nieddds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Come on Nieddds - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nieddds holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bobby Nieddds.
Nieddds throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds throws a right and a left that Henderson avoids nicely.
Henderson darts in trying to clinch
and Nieddds counters with a straight right hand.
Henderson tries to clinch but Nieddds moves out of range.
Nieddds ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nieddds is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henderson.
Nieddds throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Henderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nieddds counters with a right hand to the body.
Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Nieddds pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Nieddds.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nieddds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nieddds throws a right and a left that Henderson avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Henderson slips a jab and a cross from Nieddds.
Henderson lands a jab.
Henderson looks to clinch
and Nieddds counters with a nice body shot.
Henderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nieddds counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson darts in and clinches Nieddds up against the cage.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Nieddds avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nieddds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson landing knees to the head.
Nieddds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nieddds taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Nieddds will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Benson Henderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nieddds misses with a few strikes there.
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nieddds counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nieddds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Nieddds staying out of range there.
Henderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Henderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Henderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nieddds counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Nieddds circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieddds's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Henderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nieddds scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nieddds misses the shot to the body.
Nieddds misses with a few strikes there.
Nieddds looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bobby Nieddds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson rushes Nieddds and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nieddds avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
Nieddds breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nieddds fails to land with a series of punches.
Bobby Nieddds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sloppy strikes from Henderson. Those never looked like landing.
Nieddds keeps the fight on the outside.
Nieddds staying out of range there.
Henderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nieddds makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Nieddds lands a slapping body shot.
Nieddds goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henderson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieddds throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oh Henderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nieddds throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nieddds throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nieddds cracks Henderson with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Henderson falls to his knees and Nieddds doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Nieddds!
Bobby Nieddds took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Black Market Pharmacy and Laundromat for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lee Struthers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Ballzonya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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29
169 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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169 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Struthers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Ballzonya!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struthers shoots in but Ballzonya avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Struthers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Struthers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ballzonya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Struthers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ballzonya as he avoids it easily.
Struthers throws a body punch but Ballzonya moves out of range.
Struthers with a poor takedown
and Ballzonya counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Struthers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ballzonya throws a hook but Struthers avoids it easily.
Struthers doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ballzonya counters with a two punch combo.
Struthers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Struthers defending well as Ballzonya loads up on a big left hand.
Ballzonya slaps away a takedown attempt from Struthers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Struthers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ballzonya under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Struthers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ballzonya lands a jab to Struthers's midsection.
Struthers misses with a takedown attempt
and Ballzonya counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ballzonya throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Struthers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Struthers is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ballzonya is stalling in the full guard.
Struthers keeping moving, preventing Ballzonya from controlling successfully.
Struthers wants to sweep but no luck.
Ballzonya trying to control but Struthers is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Harry Ballzonya was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A telegraphed right hand from Ballzonya misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struthers stuns Ballzonya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Struthers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Horrible takedown by Struthers or perhaps it was just good defense by Ballzonya which made him look bad.
Ballzonya listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Struthers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ballzonya counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Struthers thinking.
Ballzonya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Struthers throws a nice looking combination but Ballzonya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Struthers misses with a wild body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Struthers. No joy for Ballzonya on that attempt.
Struthers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struthers slips under a jab from Ballzonya.
Ballzonya tries for a takedown but Struthers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Struthers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ballzonya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Struthers takes a swing at Ballzonya's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ballzonya.
Ballzonya gets the takedown into side control.
Ballzonya wants to lay and pray for a moment but Struthers keeps working.
Ballzonya is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Struthers tries to escape but Ballzonya is in control.
Struthers tries to buck Ballzonya off but Ballzonya is having none of it.
Ballzonya tries to score with some ground and pound. Struthers controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ballzonya wants to lay and pray for a moment but Struthers keeps working.
Ballzonya avoids the strikes from the bottom by Struthers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struthers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ballzonya.
You can see the frustration on Struthers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Struthers strikes from the bottom but Ballzonya takes advantage and advances to full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ballzonya lands a big shot there that rocks Struthers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Struthers is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Struthers is bucking up trying to escape but Ballzonya cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ballzonya scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Struthers?
Struthers is rocked!
The referee warns Struthers that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Struthers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Struthers is looking to improve his position but Ballzonya isn't that keen on the idea.
Ballzonya unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Struthers wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Ballzonya celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Ballzonya!
After the fight, Harry Ballzonya was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beck comes to the cage accompanied by Champion. Damme is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fight to Survive. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glenn Beck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck drives through and clinches with Damme against the cage.
Damme misses with some punches.
Beck tries to land knees in the clinch but Damme avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Damme.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beck throws an elbow but misses.
Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damme throws a head punch that misses.
Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Damme on the inside.
Beck takes a shot to the head.
Damme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beck misses with a punch to the body.
Beck is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damme is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Damme misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beck blocks an uppercut.
Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Damme working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damme.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damme.
Beck lands a damaging elbow.
Beck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beck lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damme.
Beck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beck lands a shoulder strike.
Damme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
Beck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Beck.
Beck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Damme.
Damme swings wildly with an uppercut but Beck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beck unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damme lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Damme looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Beck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beck digs a right hand underneath Damme's ribcage. Damme let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Beck lands a nice uppercut.
Beck lands an elbow just above Damme 's eye.
Beck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Damme is rocked!
A short right from Beck.
Damme is still on wobbly legs! Can Beck finish him?
Beck lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Damme doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Damme seems to have recovered his senses.
A right handed body shot lands from Beck.
Beck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
Beck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damme's defenses.
Beck scores a nice knee to the body.
Beck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damme.
Beck lands a knee to the body.
Beck pushes Damme back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beck.
Beck lands a right hand.
Beck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
Beck lands with a right to the head.
Beck presses Damme against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Damme tries to throw a body punch but Beck avoids it by throwing Damme back against the cage.
Beck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damme scores with a shot to the side of Beck's head.
A right hand to the body from Beck.
Beck throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Beck.
Knees to the body from Beck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damme's face.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beck.
Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damme misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Beck on the inside.
Beck lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beck.
Beck lands with a light punch inside.
Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beck's elbow.
Beck tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damme avoids it.
Damme tries a body shot but Beck blocks it.
Beck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Beck pushes Damme back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Damme tries a body shot but Beck blocks it.
Nice elbow from Beck.
Beck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Damme takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beck working the clinch nicely. Damme is working for position but Beck cracks him with a big knee to the head! Damme crumples up against the cage and Beck lands two more shots before the ref can save Damme! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Glenn Beck!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Glenn Beck made sure he mentioned Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duke's choice of entrance music: Bat Country - Avenge Sevenfold. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raoul Duke!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duke gets a clinch.
Duke tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duke lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson has Duke pushed against the cage.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duke.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
It looks like Hoy Nelson has been cut.
Duke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duke misses with some punches.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Duke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson stalling in the clinch.
Duke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Duke just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nelson's brow.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Nelson avoiding damage.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Duke.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Duke misses with the head strike.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Duke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duke.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Duke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duke lands with a right to the head.
Duke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
A short uppercut from Duke.
Duke lands a left hand.
Duke misses with an elbow strike.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Duke working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
Duke misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Duke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duke.
Duke tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Duke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duke avoids it.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nelson avoids the elbow strike from Duke, against the cage.
Duke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Duke scores with a hook to the body.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Duke throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul Duke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoy Nelson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nelson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duke.
Duke darts in and clinches Nelson up against the cage.
Duke misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duke.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Duke improves position.
Nelson working Duke over with knees to the body.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nelson obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson landing knees to the head.
Duke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Duke is breathing heavily.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nelson lands a good knee to the midsection. Duke won't want to take too many of those.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Duke scores with a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nelson obliges.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoy Nelson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Duke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duke misses with an elbow strike.
Nelson trying to stall but Duke improves his position.
Maybe Nelson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Nelson lands a knee to the head.
Nelson lands a knee to the head.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.
Nelson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duke blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Duke has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Nelson avoids a wild elbow strike from Duke.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson dodges an elbow strike from Duke.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Duke gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nelson obliges.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duke.
Duke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nelson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Duke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
Nelson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Raoul Duke has been cut.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Duke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Nelson.
Nelson working Duke over with knees to the body.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson stalling the fight.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson landing knees to the head.
Nelson crunches a lovely knee into Duke's ribcage.
Duke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duke takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nelson stalling the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hoy Nelson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Duke 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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nelson.
Duke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nelson scores with a leg kick.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Duke moves out of range easily.
Nelson looks for the body kick but Duke saw that one coming.
Nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. Duke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nelson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Duke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nelson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duke looking for a sweep. Not yet Duke, not yet.
Duke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nelson's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke is looking to work some ground and pound but Nelson has wrist control.
Nelson is working an open guard so Duke takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Duke is looking to clinch.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duke tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Nelson shoots for a double leg takedown but Duke sprawls well. He's pushed Nelson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoy Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duke doesn't manage to clinch there - Nelson circles away.
Raoul Duke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duke throws a looping overhand right but Nelson ducks down to avoid it.
Duke tries to clinch up.
Duke gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Nelson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Duke swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Duke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duke tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nelson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Duke lands an uppercut.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nelson looking to stall.
Duke tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Duke letting Nelson take a breather here.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
A short left from Duke.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nelson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hoy Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nelson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hoy Nelson!
After the fight, Hoy Nelson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Sykloni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bitch! comes into the arena with Ghetto Life blaring out of the sound system. Sykloni has chosen David Arkenstone - Carrickfergus as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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27
218 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
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23
207 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sami Sykloni!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sykloni misses with a body shot.
Sykloni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bitch! on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Sykloni misses its intended target.
Bitch! feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Syklonis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bitch! throws a push kick but Sykloni slaps the foot to one side.
Sykloni scores with a nice right hand.
Sykloni takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sykloni scores with a nice body kick.
Bitch! gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sykloni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bitch! scores with a shot to the body.
Bitch! will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sykloni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bitch!. Bitch! circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sykloni lands a slapping body shot.
Sykloni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good leg kick by Bitch! there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sykloni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bitch! throws a low kick but Sykloni avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykloni will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bitch! throws a leg kick but Sykloni moved away.
Bitch! doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Sykloni.
Bitch! throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sykloni misses with a low kick.
Sykloni looks to land a left hand but Bitch! moved out of range nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sykloni lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bitch! has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bitch! and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bitch! misses with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sykloni.
Bitch! takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sykloni misses with a straight left.
Sykloni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sykloni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sykloni swings for the body but Bitch! moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitch! takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sykloni blocks a low kick nicely.
Bitch! throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sykloni's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bitch! uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sykloni.
Bitch! pushes Sykloni up against the cage in a clinch.
Bitch! fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykloni pushes Bitch! back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bitch! misses with a punch on the inside.
Sykloni tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bitch! smiles and moves away.
Sykloni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sykloni throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bitch! stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sami Sykloni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sykloni checks a leg kick nicely.
Sykloni throws a hook to the side of Bitch!'s head but Bitch! sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sykloni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bitch! throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Bitch!.
Sykloni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sykloni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sykloni throws a body punch but Bitch! moves out of range.
Jab from Sykloni.
Nice body punch from Sykloni.
Sykloni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Bitch!.
Nice defenses there by Bitch!.
Bitch! throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bitch! moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykloni defending well as Bitch! loads up on a big left hand.
Bitch! wants to land a leg kick but Sykloni is out of range.
Sykloni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bitch! looks to land a right hand but Sykloni moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bitch! bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sykloni digs a good hook to Bitch!'s body.
Sykloni throws a jab but it's blocked by Bitch!.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Sykloni. That snapped Bitch!'s head back.
Sykloni scoring well with a low kick there.
Sykloni takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bitch! fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sykloni on the side of the head.
Bitch! slips under a jab.
Sykloni is looking to land body kicks.
Sykloni throws a hook to the side of Bitch!'s head but Bitch! sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sykloni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bitch! walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sykloni checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sykloni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sykloni looks to throw the jab but Bitch! is out of range.
Sykloni throws a low kick but Bitch! moves out of range easily.
Sykloni thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Sykloni dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sykloni takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A good leg kick by Sykloni.
Sykloni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sykloni throws a hook but Bitch! avoids it easily.
Bitch! throws a low kick, looking for Sykloni's leg but Sykloni calmly moves out of range.
Bitch! throws a low kick but Sykloni avoids it.
Sykloni looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bitch! lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sykloni lands a head kick. Bitch! smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sykloni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bitch!.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bitch!. That's going to slow Sykloni down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bitch! thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sami Sykloni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sykloni throws a head kick but Bitch! moves out of range.
A cross from Bitch! lands.
Bitch! blocks a jab.
Bitch! connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sykloni momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykloni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sykloni misses with a kick to the body.
Bitch! tries to clinch but Sykloni is having none of it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sykloni.
Sykloni avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice body punch from Sykloni.
Bitch! finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sykloni swats away the attempt to clinch by Bitch!.
Sykloni lands a head kick. Bitch! smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bitch! keeps Sykloni at a distance using the push kick.
Bitch! moves out of range of the strikes.
Bitch! turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Bitch!. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bitch!.
Sykloni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bitch! can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sykloni's corner calls for a 1-2. Sykloni obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sykloni misses with an uppercut.
Bitch! keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sykloni.
A clash of legs there as Sykloni blocks the low kick.
Sykloni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bitch!.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sykloni.
Bitch! avoids the head kick by Sykloni.
Bitch! sizes up Sykloni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Sami Sykloni has been cut.
Sykloni on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A good leg kick by Bitch!.
Bitch! connects with a single shot there.
Bitch! finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bitch! fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bitch! keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sykloni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bitch! takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykloni is trying to pull guard but Bitch! turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sykloni content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bitch! is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sykloni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bitch! takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sykloni moves out of range of the leg kick from Bitch!.
Bitch! throws a hook but Sykloni avoids it easily.
Sykloni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bitch!.
Bitch! cracks the inside of Sykloni's front leg.
Sykloni looks to score with a jab to the body but Bitch! is just out of range.
Bitch! rushes Sykloni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sykloni tries to break free but Bitch! pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bitch!.
Sykloni breaks the clinch.
Bitch! moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sykloni tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Bitch! misses.
Bitch! slips a jab from Sykloni.
Sykloni moves forwards but Bitch! connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bitch! with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sykloni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sykloni throws a body punch but Bitch! moves out of range.
Bitch! moves out of range of the leg kick from Sykloni.
Sykloni thows a body shot but no joy.
Sykloni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bitch! connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sykloni scrambles back to his feet.
Sykloni's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bitch! misses with a looping left.
Sykloni misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bitch! swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykloni.
Sykloni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sykloni looks to score with a jab to the body but Bitch! is just out of range.
Sykloni connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick James, Bitch! dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sami Sykloni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sykloni ducks right into an uppercut from Bitch!.
Bitch! wants to land a leg kick but Sykloni is out of range.
Sykloni loads up on a big right hand but Bitch! slips the punch.
Bitch! lands a nice shot that snaps Sykloni's head back.
Bitch! connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Sykloni. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sykloni.
Sykloni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bitch! is looking to slow Sykloni down with leg kicks.
A clash of legs there as Bitch! blocks the low kick.
Sykloni on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sykloni moves out of range of the body kick.
Bitch! finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sykloni on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sykloni thows a body shot but no joy.
Bitch! throws a quick inside leg kick.
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!
Sykloni walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykloni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bitch! ducks under a wild hook from Sykloni.
Sykloni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bitch! throws an overhand right that lands on Sykloni's shoulder, as Sykloni tries to avoid the shot.
Bitch! scores with a hook.
Sykloni is rocked!
Sykloni bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Bitch! comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Sykloni falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Sykloni was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rick James, Bitch!!
Rick James, Bitch! made sure to mention his sponsor, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $150 in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcel Clasie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kashmir. Clasie has chosen Sensation White Anthem as his entrance music. Shogun Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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33
270 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
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240 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcel Clasie!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Clasie tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Clasie ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Clasie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clasie misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Clasie staying out of range there.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clasie moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Clasie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clasie tries to clinch
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Clasie really felt that one!
Clasie blocks the body kick.
Clasie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clasie throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Clasie.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Clasie off balance momentarily.
Clasie tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Clasie blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Clasie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Clasie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clasie tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Clasie.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clasie has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Clasie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Clasie looking to stall.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
letting Clasie counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva looks for the body kick but Clasie saw that one coming.
Clasie takes one to the side of the head.
Clasie is looking to clinch.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clasie's calf.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Clasie staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Clasie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clasie slips a jab from Silva.
Clasie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva is rocked!
Clasie clinches.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clasie slowing the pace effectively.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Clasie.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clasie dips a shoulder and cracks Silva with a mighty uppercut! Silva falls back against the cage and Clasie unloads with a barrage of strikes! Silva is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Clasie screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcel Clasie!
A very excited looking Marcel Clasie 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Toby Jay Wadenah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wadenah's entrance music is Pantera - Cowboys From Hell. A fine choice. Toby Jay Wadenah has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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183 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Toby Jay Wadenah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James throws a sloppy head kick and Wadenah moves out of range easily.
Wadenah uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from James.
James tries a low kick but Wadenah avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by Wadenah as he connects with a hook.
Wadenah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
James checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wadenah scores with a head kick.
James avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toby Jay Wadenah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for James.
Wadenah swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wadenah scores with a one two! James had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wadenah misses with a hook.
James throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wadenah thows a body shot but no joy.
James has managed to clinch.
Wadenah takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Toby Jay Wadenah has been cut.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wadenah throws a head punch that misses.
Wadenah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wadenah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wadenah lands a left hand.
Wadenah breaks from the clinch.
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wadenah throws out the jab.
James throws a nice outside leg kick.
James pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wadenah.
James walks into a stiff left hand from Wadenah.
James scores with a leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wadenah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wadenah cracks the inside of James's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wadenah, right into the meat.
Wadenah lands the left hand.
Wadenah misses with a double jab.
Wadenah throws out a leg kick but James moves out of range and Wadenah only half commits.
James throws a head kick but Wadenah moves out of range.
James tries to clinch but Wadenah is having none of it.
Wadenah swings for the body but James moves out of range.
Wadenah connects with a crisp jab.
Wadenah throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
James misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah pivots, looking for a leg kick but James is out of range and Wadenah settles back down.
Wadenah misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wadenah. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wadenah throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
Wadenah misses the jab.
Wadenah throws a left and a right that both miss
and James makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wadenah looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.
James scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for James.
James wants to clinch up but Wadenah keeps it at a distance.
Wadenah fails to land with a series of punches.
Wadenah throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for James.
Wadenah throws a leg kick that misses.
Wadenah avoids the head kick by James.
James with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wadenah lands a body shot.
Wadenah lands the left hand.
Wadenah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
James takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wadenah. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wadenah clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wadenah tries a head kick but it misses.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Jay Wadenah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Toby Jay Wadenah'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.
James thows a body shot but no joy.
Wadenah is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
James misses with a looping right.
Wadenah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wadenah takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
James with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wadenah scoring well with a low kick there.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wadenah throws a leg kick that misses.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wadenah lands a slapping body shot.
Wadenah misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
Toby Jay Wadenah is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wadenah moves out of range as James throws a body kick.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wadenah manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wadenah.
James lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wadenah scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wadenah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent James stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wadenah throws a low kick but it's checked well by James.
James connects with a leg kick. Wadenah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice shot lands for Wadenah.
An inside leg kick lands from James.
James has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wadenah.
Wadenah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wadenah misses with a punch to the body.
James looking to slow down the pace here.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wadenah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wadenah throws a head kick but James moves out of range.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wadenah.
Nice defenses there by James.
An inside leg kick lands from Wadenah.
James throws a head kick that half lands.
Wadenah blocks a jab.
James misses with a telegraphed body shot
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James ducks under a wild hook from Wadenah.
James scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts James, as that shot connected.
Wadenah 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.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wadenah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from James, right into the meat.
James tries to clinch there but Wadenah circles away.
Wadenah lands the left hand.
James throws a head kick that Wadenah semi-blocks.
James throws a head kick but Wadenah moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
James tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wadenah throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Wadenah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wadenah scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wadenah misses with a kick to the body.
Wadenah swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
Wadenah loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wadenah swings for the body but James moves out of range.
Wadenah blocks a head kick by James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rick James will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Toby Jay Wadenah's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A chopping leg kick lands by James.
Wadenah scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wadenah lands a nice looking body shot.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wadenah.
James tries to clinch there but Wadenah circles away.
James moves in looking to clinch but Wadenah pushes him off.
Wadenah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wadenah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wadenah blocks a leg kick.
James throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wadenah.
Wadenah thows a left - swing and a miss!
James takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
James cracks a nice hook into Wadenah's ribs.
Wadenah throws a leg kick that is checked
and James counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wadenah's knee momentarily.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Wadenah.
Wadenah connects with a body shot that sends James's belly button to the back.
James darts in and clinches Wadenah up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Wadenah.
Wadenah lands a body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Wadenah.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wadenah avoids it.
James lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wadenah.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wadenah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wadenah tries a body shot but James blocks it.
James with a knee to the head.
James prevents Wadenah from breaking the clinch.
Wadenah is leaning against James and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
James misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wadenah.
James is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Wadenah makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wadenah is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wadenah stalling.
Wadenah has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
Wadenah misses with a body punch.
Wadenah has a couple of punches blocked by James.
James misses with a knee to the head.
James gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah misses with a body punch.
James misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wadenah backwards.
James with an attempt at a knee that misses.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
James misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Wadenah.
James misses with a punch to the body.
Wadenah tries a body shot but James blocks it.
Wadenah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James connects with a knee to the head.
Wadenah misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Wadenah.
James prevents a body shot from Wadenah.
James with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wadenah.
Wadenah is trying to force a seperation but James has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Wadenah as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wadenah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James clinches up with Wadenah and pushes him back against the cage.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wadenah tries a body shot but James blocks it.
Wadenah misses with a body punch.
Wadenah blocking some punches.
Wadenah misses with a punch to the body.
Wadenah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James misses with a punch on the inside.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wadenah avoids it.
Wadenah lands a body punch.
James lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Wadenah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Toby Jay Wadenah did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Toby Jay Wadenah's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
James tries to clinch but Wadenah is having none of it.
Wadenah tries to bum rush James with a series of wild strikes but James uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wadenah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wadenah works James's body with a nice hook.
Wadenah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James lands a leg kick that knocks Wadenah off balance momentarily.
Wadenah fails to land with a series of punches.
Wadenah throws a chopping leg kick but James manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
James clinches up with Wadenah and pushes him back against the cage.
James landing knees to the head.
James lands a knee to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on James - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Wadenah is blocking nicely.
James working Wadenah over with knees to the body.
James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
James lands a hook that snaps the head of Wadenah backwards.
James looking to stall.
James lands with a left to the head.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Wadenah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wadenah.
Wadenah tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wadenah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wadenah tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Wadenah controls his hands.
James misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wadenah.
James misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by James as Wadenah tries to tie him up.
Wadenah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wadenah is leaning against James and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James lands an elbow that stopped Wadenah in his tracks for a moment.
Toby Jay Wadenah's cut is getting worse.
Wadenah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wadenah takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rick James seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wadenah is defending well for now.
Wadenah tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Wadenah back against the cage.
Wadenah managing to block the knees to the body from James.
Wadenah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wadenah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Wadenah controls his hands.
Wadenah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wadenah misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
James lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wadenah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Wadenah.
Wadenah lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for James.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by James as Wadenah tries to tie him up.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wadenah's face.
A short right from Wadenah.
Nice body punch from James - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wadenah avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wadenah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James lands with a left to the head.
Wadenah is trying to maintain a safe position but James gets an underhook and turns Wadenah into the cage.
Wadenah can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
Wadenah misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wadenah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wadenah takes a shot to the head.
Wadenah has James pushed against the cage.
Wadenah misses with a hook to the ribs.
James crunches a lovely knee into Wadenah's ribcage.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
James wants to stall.
James tries a knee to the head but Wadenah blocks it.
Wadenah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wadenah backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wadenah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
James pushes Wadenah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wadenah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick James dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Toby Jay Wadenah's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Wadenah circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick from James is predictable there
and Wadenah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
James scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wadenah scores with a body shot.
Wadenah connects with a solid leg kick.
Wadenah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wadenah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
James takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wadenah throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by James.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
James checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wadenah thows a leg kick but James checks it
and James counters with an inside leg kick.
James cracks the inside of Wadenah's front leg.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wadenah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wadenah keeps the fight on the outside.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by James.
James takes a shot right to the bread basket.
James misses the body punch
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wadenah misses with a hook
and James counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wadenah avoids a kick to the body.
Wadenah throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James tries to land a leg kick but Wadenah saw it coming and moves away.
Wadenah throws a low kick, looking for James's leg but James calmly moves out of range.
Wadenah misses with a low kick.
Wadenah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
James fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
James tries to clinch up.
James tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wadenah throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
James scores with a one two! Wadenah had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wadenah looks to land a body kick but James moved away.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Wadenah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah looks to land a body kick but James moved away.
James misses with a head kick.
Wadenah scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wadenah swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
James moves in looking to clinch but Wadenah pushes him off.
Wadenah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
James slips a straight right by Wadenah.
James cracks the inside of Wadenah's front leg.
Wadenah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah scores with a hook to the body. James takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wadenah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Wadenah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wadenah throws a head kick but James moves out of range.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wadenah throws a low kick but James moves out of range easily.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Wadenah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wadenah lands the left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
Wadenah looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
Wadenah tried to score with a low kick but James checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Jay Wadenah showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wadenah has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 48:47
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 47:48
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 48:48
The fight is ruled a draw!
Toby Jay Wadenah retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fox Mulder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Renegades of Funk. Fox Mulder could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rico Dominguez's chin.
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fox Mulder!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dominguez misses with a looping right.
Mulder scores with a nice strike.
A big left from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez connects with a right hand. Mulder shakes it off.
Mulder moves away from the strike by Dominguez.
Mulder just misses with a punch to the body.
Crunch! Dominguez slams his shin into Mulder's torso.
Nice uppercut lands for Dominguez. That snapped Mulder's head back.
Mulder fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horrible takedown by Mulder or perhaps it was just good defense by Dominguez which made him look bad.
Mulder walks into a stiff left hand from Dominguez.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mulder shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dominguez digs a good body shot into Mulder's ribs.
Mulder slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mulder shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dominguez's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mulder accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mulder postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dominguez controlling the position.
Mulder pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dominguez is keeping the position for now.
Mulder throws a strike but Dominguez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mulder pulls Dominguez in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rico Dominguez wasn't active enough on the ground.
Dominguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mulder throws out a loose jab but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rico Dominguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dominguez slips a straight right by Mulder.
Dominguez tries to land a body kick
and Mulder counters with a leg kick.
Mulder throws a jab when Dominguez was well out of range.
Dominguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mulder shoots in for a takedown but Dominguez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fox Mulder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mulder has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dominguez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dominguez looks to land a body kick but Mulder moved away.
Dominguez walks into a stiff left hand from Mulder.
Dominguez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mulder wants to land a leg kick but Dominguez is out of range.
Dominguez throws a front kick aimed at Mulder's knee but Mulder avoids it well.
Rico Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mulder shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dominguez sprawls well. Dominguez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mulder gets slowly back to his feet.
Dominguez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dominguez clinches.
Dominguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mulder.
Dominguez lands an uppercut.
Mulder pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mulder lands a leg kick that knocks Dominguez off balance momentarily.
Dominguez throws a hook but Mulder avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulder throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dominguez is looking to clinch.
Mulder lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dominguez throws a body kick that misses.
Mulder takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mulder keeps the fight on the outside.
Mulder moves out of range as Dominguez strikes.
Mulder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Dominguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mulder throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dominguez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dominguez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dominguez lands a nice hook to Mulder's body. Mulder takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Dominguez misses.
Mulder lands a jab to Dominguez's midsection.
Dominguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mulder. That did some damage!
Dominguez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
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 Fox Mulder will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mulder tries to work over Dominguez's front leg with a kick but Dominguez checks it.
Rico Dominguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dominguez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dominguez throws a lazy right hand but Mulder sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mulder shoots in for a takedown but Dominguez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mulder checks a leg kick.
Dominguez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mulder attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Dominguez.
Dominguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mulder fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dominguez avoids it really well and circles away.
Dominguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mulder is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dominguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dominguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mulder.
Mulder throws a shot from downtown. Dominguez moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez cracks Mulder with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dominguez scores with a nice body kick.
Dominguez staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Mulder misses the target.
Dominguez scores with a leg kick.
Dominguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mulder.
Good work by Dominguez as he checks the leg kick.
Dominguez thumps Mulder with a low kick.
Dominguez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mulder's calf.
Mulder lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mulder circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Mulder.
Dominguez looks to land a right hand but Mulder moved out of range.
Mulder tries a low kick but Dominguez avoids it.
Mulder scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulder fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dominguez avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fox Mulder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dominguez throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mulder paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mulder throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Dominguez.
Mulder tries to score with a low kick but Dominguez moves his leg out of the way.
Dominguez throws a body punch but Mulder moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mulder.
Dominguez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mulder takes one on the button.
Dominguez moves in looking to clinch but Mulder pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dominguez, right into the meat.
Dominguez throws a leg kick but Mulder sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mulder manages to avoid it.
Mulder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mulder misses with a wild body shot.
Dominguez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dominguez lands with an overhand left.
Dominguez misses the jab.
Dominguez has closed the distance and engaged Mulder in a clinch.
Mulder is trying to pull guard but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Mulder working hard to break the clinch.
Dominguez lands an elbow that stopped Mulder in his tracks for a moment.
Mulder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mulder as Dominguez tries to tie him up.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Fox Mulder has been cut.
Mulder pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mulder loads up on a big right hand but Dominguez slips the punch.
Mulder slips under a jab from Dominguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulder shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dominguez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mulder throws an elbow that misses. Dominguez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mulder's guard. Nice move by Dominguez!
Dominguez trying to control but Mulder is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mulder tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fox Mulder'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.
Dominguez 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.
Mulder tries for a takedown but Dominguez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dominguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Mulder is just out of range.
Dominguez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mulder has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mulder lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mulder throws the left hand but Dominguez avoids the punch easily.
Mulder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.
Dominguez staying out of range there.
A jab from Mulder misses.
Mulder rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dominguez counters with a solid body kick.
Mulder closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dominguez is looking to clinch.
Mulder throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Dominguez blocks the low kick.
Dominguez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mulder.
Mulder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dominguez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mulder thows a body shot but no joy.
Mulder thows a body shot but no joy.
Mulder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dominguez manages to avoid it.
Mulder checks a leg kick.
Dominguez swings for the body but Mulder moves out of range.
Dominguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mulder manages to avoid it.
Dominguez misses with a looping right.
Dominguez throws a hook but Mulder blocks it.
Mulder throws a big shot that misses.
Mulder on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mulder misses with a body shot.
Mulder throws a looping overhand right but Dominguez ducks down to avoid it.
Dominguez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dominguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mulder lands with a cross.
Mulder throws a lazy uppercut
and Mulder takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dominguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mulder bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mulder thows a body shot but no joy.
Mulder shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dominguez as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fox Mulder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominguez throws a shot from downtown. Mulder moves away and avoids it.
Dominguez lands a nice shot that snaps Mulder's head back.
Mulder looks to land a left hand but Dominguez moved out of range nicely.
Mulder takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A clash of legs there as Dominguez blocks the low kick.
Dominguez misses with an uppercut.
Mulder scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dominguez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mulder's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulder wants to take a breather but Dominguez is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominguez trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Mulder manages to pass to mount!
Dominguez is working to get back to half guard.
Mulder with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is looking to get to half guard.
Mulder working Dominguez over with strikes here.
Mulder is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dominguez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mulder. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mulder lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dominguez hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mulder lands a big shot to the head and Dominguez winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fox Mulder!
Fox Mulder is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Fox Mulder made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Su Nami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nami comes to the cage accompanied by New York. The crowd seem to be enjoying Macale's choice of entrance music: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Su Nami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
47 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macale throws a jab when Nami was well out of range.
Macale misses with an uppercut.
Tiao Macale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macale swats away the attempt to clinch by Nami.
Nami takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Macale fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Macale throws a half hearted mid kick.
Macale tries to land a body kick
and Nami counters with a straight right hand.
Macale swats away the attempt to clinch by Nami.
A big right from Nami misses.
Macale slips under a jab from Nami.
Macale checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nami looks to land a right hand but Macale moved out of range.
Nami staying out of range there.
Macale digs a good body shot into Nami's ribs.
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!
Nami tries to clinch there but Macale circles away.
Macale misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale throws a jab when Nami was well out of range.
Macale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Macale defending well as Nami loads up on a big left hand.
Nami is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Macale.
Macale tries a low kick but Nami avoids it.
Macale avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Macale misses with an uppercut. Nami saw that one coming.
Nami fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Macale looks to throw the jab but Nami is out of range.
Macale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nami. That did some damage!
Macale connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nami throws a nice looking combination but Macale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nami takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Macale turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Nami misses with an uppercut. Macale saw that one coming.
Nami really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Macale throws a solid leg kick but Nami takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Macale.
Nami checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Macale misses.
Macale scoring well with a low kick there.
Macale throws a hook to the side of Nami's head but Nami sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Macale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nami throws a nice looking combination but Macale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nami looks to throw the jab but Macale is out of range.
Nami slips a straight right by Macale.
Macale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Macale.
Macale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nami.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nami lands a leg kick that knocks Macale off balance momentarily.
Macale throws a leg kick but Nami sees it coming and moves out of range.
Macale lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nami's sensitive parts.
Nami moves in looking to clinch but Macale pushes him off.
Macale staying out of range there.
Nami has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Macale.
Macale lands with a cross.
Macale takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Macale throws a jab when Nami was well out of range.
Nami moves away from the strike by Macale.
Macale tries to land a front kick but Nami steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Macale darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Macale throws a half hearted mid kick.
Macale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nami is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale moves out of range of the strikes.
Macale finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Macale swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nami.
Macale lands a leg kick that knocks Nami off balance momentarily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Macale.
Macale throws out a loose jab but Nami uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nami moves out of range as Macale strikes.
Macale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nami.
Nami stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nami cracks Macale with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macale.
Macale moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Macale slips a jab from Nami.
Nami throws an overhand right that lands on Macale's shoulder, as Macale tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiao Macale dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Macale cracks the inside of Nami's front leg.
Macale throws a nice outside leg kick.
Macale fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nami looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tiao Macale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nami tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Macale with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Macale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Macale throws a hook to the side of Nami's head but Nami sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nami checks a leg kick.
Macale lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nami throws a shot from downtown. Macale moves away and avoids it.
Macale connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Macale.
Macale scores with the left hand. Nami knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nami slips under a jab.
Macale feints and then cracks Nami's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nami down.
Nami looks to score with a jab to the body but Macale is just out of range.
Macale scores with a kick to the body.
Macale thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nami moves away from the strike by Macale.
Macale throws a solid leg kick but Nami takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Macale.
Nami throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big left from Macale misses.
Macale looks to throw the jab but Nami is out of range.
Macale lands with a kick to the ribs.
Macale lands with a kick to the ribs.
Macale throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Macale cracks Nami with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nami swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Macale throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nami.
Nice defenses there by Nami.
Nami has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Macale.
Nami lands a slapping body shot.
Macale misses with a straight left.
Macale scores with a head kick.
Macale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nami 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.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Macale. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Macale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nami tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Macale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macale feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nami's calf.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nami might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nami takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Macale lands a lovely overhand right.
Macale takes a swing at Nami's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Macale misses.
Macale slips under a jab from Nami.
Macale lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Macale misses with an uppercut. Nami saw that one coming.
Macale blocks a jab.
Macale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nami checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Macale lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Macale cracks the inside of Nami's front leg.
Macale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nami throws a jab when Macale was well out of range.
Nami slips under a jab from Macale.
Macale lands with an uppercut that bounces Nami off the cage and back into range.
Macale throws a body punch but Nami moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Macale lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nami's sensitive parts.
Nami throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Macale lands a really nice looking cross but Nami seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale throws an overhand right that lands on Nami's shoulder, as Nami tries to avoid the shot.
Macale turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Macale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters circling - Nami throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Macale misses with an uppercut. Nami saw that one coming.
Macale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nami ducks under a wild hook from Macale.
A telegraphed right hand from Nami misses the target.
Macale thumps Nami with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiao Macale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nami looks to land a left hand but Macale moved out of range nicely.
Macale scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Macale misses with an attempted mid kick.
Macale slips a jab from Nami.
A thudding body kick lands there by Macale!
Nami tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Nami misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Nami checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Macale throws a right and a left that Nami avoids nicely.
Macale lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nami needs to keep his hands up - Macale had a free shot at his head there.
Good leg kick by Macale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nami is looking to clinch but Macale is avoiding it.
Macale throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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 solid leg kick lands there for Macale.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Macale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nami was well out of range. Poor timing from Macale.
Macale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nami.
A chopping leg kick lands by Macale.
Macale throws a hook but Nami blocks it.
Nami throws a leg kick that is checked
and Macale counters with a slapping leg kick.
That kick from Macale tenderised Nami's leg. Nami is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nami avoids the head kick by Macale.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Macale.
A slow jab from Nami misses its intended target.
Macale looks for the body kick but Nami saw that one coming.
Macale thumps Nami with a low kick.
Nami tries to clinch up but Macale circles away and keeps his distance.
Macale waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nami.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale cracks the inside of Nami's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Macale.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macale lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Macale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nami.
A telegraphed right hand from Macale misses the target.
Macale connects with a leg kick. Nami looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nami uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macale.
Nami tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Macale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macale lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Macale looks to land a body kick but Nami moved away.
Nami throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nami takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Macale scores with a leg kick.
Macale with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Macale misses the target.
Nami tries to clinch but Macale moves out of range.
Macale misses with a looping right.
Macale thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nami if he has to take too many more of those.
Nami moves out of range as Macale strikes.
Nami takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nami slips a straight right by Macale.
Macale lands with a nice body kick.
Nami uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Macale.
Macale throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Nami counter with a right hand.
Macale dips to his left and cracks Nami with an uppercut!
Macale fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nami has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nami fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nami misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale thuds his right hand into Nami's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Macale throws a wild body kick that Nami sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nami manages to avoid it.
Nami is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macale.
Macale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Macale throws a big shot that misses.
Nami swings away with a body shot that misses
and Macale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nami tries to move into range but Macale moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Macale throws a hook to the side of Nami's head but Nami sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nami misses with a series of wild punches.
Nami moves out of range as Macale strikes.
Nami will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Macale.
Su Nami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Macale throws a leg kick which misses Nami's front leg but catches the back leg as Nami tries to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiao Macale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Macale has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiao Macale!
Tiao Macale was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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