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CCF Midweek Mayhem 61 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stratton Hartford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omi Yusura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stratton Hartford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omi Yusura!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yusura misses with a low kick.
Yusura wants to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hartford slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hartford won't allow Yusura to sweep him here.
Hartford chips away with some ground and pound.
Hartford controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stratton Hartford wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yusura closes the distance but Hartford moves to the side
and Hartford counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yusura's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hartford sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yusura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hartford's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartford controlling the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
We're going to have a standup here because Stratton Hartford wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yusura tries to clinch up
and Hartford counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hartford's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hartford trying to control the position from guard on top but Yusura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hartford engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Stratton Hartford.
Yusura wants to clinch but Hartford slips to the side
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Hartford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartford has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yusura is trying to keep Hartford in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Stratton Hartford.
Yusura closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hartford counters by moving into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hartford gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hartford takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yusura is trying to break the clinch but Hartford has him pressed against the cage.
Yusura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartford.
Yusura trying to land knees to the body.
Yusura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hartford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hartford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hartford is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yusura with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hartford's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Yusura tries to pull guard but Hartford forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartford drags the fight down to the ground.
Yusura throwing strikes but missing.
Hartford keeping moving, preventing Yusura from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Omi Yusura hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Yusura tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hartford wants to free his trapped foot but Yusura is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stratton Hartford dominated that round.
That's time! Hartford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yusura darts in trying to clinch
and Hartford counters with a shoot takedown. Yusura fights it but they end up in guard.
Yusura escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hartford gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yusura pulls Hartford in close to prevent any damage.
Hartford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hartford engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Yusura is trying to control the position but Hartford postures up.
Hartford slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Stratton Hartford has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Yusura rushes Hartford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartford is struggling to control the position.
Hartford avoiding damage as Yusura throws knees to the body.
Hartford effectively controlling the action here.
Hartford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yusura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartford.
Hartford stalling against the cage.
Yusura working Hartford over with knees to the body.
Hartford manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Stratton Hartford.
Yusura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hartford checks it well.
Omi Yusura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yusura's guard now.
Yusura is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hartford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Stratton Hartford wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yusura closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hartford counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hartford.
Yusura looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hartford slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yusura wants to stand but Hartford is controlling the position.
Yusura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yusura doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hartford controlling from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Stratton Hartford just wasn't active enough.
Hartford checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Yusura.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hartford not doing much here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hartford is looking to advance position but Yusura won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stratton Hartford dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Yusura is trying to control but can't.
Hartford is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hartford seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yusura for as long as he can get away with.
Stratton Hartford has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Yusura wants to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartford wants to control from the top but Yusura keeps moving.
Yusura is controlling Hartford's posture.
Hartford's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hartford trying to control but Yusura is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Stratton Hartford just wasn't active enough.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura trying to control here.
Hartford sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Yusura is trying to get back to full guard.
Hartford throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hartford with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stratton Hartford wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hartford is looking to advance position but Yusura won't allow it.
Hartford controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yusura manages to get to full guard.
Hartford not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We're going to have a standup here because Stratton Hartford wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hartford checks a low kick from Yusura.
Yusura tries to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hartford wants to free his trapped foot but Yusura is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yusura is looking to control Hartford's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yusura avoid being mounted?
Hartford wants to free his trapped foot but Yusura is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yusura trying to control here.
Yusura is pressing down on Hartford's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartford postures up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Omi Yusura hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Yusura wants to clinch but Hartford slips to the side
and Hartford counters with a takedown into side control.
Hartford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yusura can do to turn this around?
Yusura is looking to reverse the position.
Hartford has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Hartford in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yusura tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yusura tries to hold on but Hartford postures up.
Hartford content just to control the position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stratton Hartford wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yusura wants to clinch but Hartford slips to the side
and Hartford counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hartford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hartford wants to control from the top but Yusura keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yusura working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stratton Hartford clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yusura rushes Hartford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hartford dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Yusura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hartford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yusura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hartford blocks it with crossed arms.
Yusura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartford.
Yusura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hartford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hartford stalling in the clinch.
Yusura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hartford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hartford avoids it.
Hartford will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yusura up against the cage.
Yusura misses with a knee to the head.
Yusura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hartford blocks it with crossed arms.
Hartford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartford pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hartford for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartford works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hartford trying to control but Yusura is working from the bottom.
Yusura is adopting a defensive guard.
Yusura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hartford's guard.
Yusura tries to free his leg and advance position but Hartford is retaining full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Stratton Hartford wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hartford has closed the distance and engaged Yusura in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yusura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yusura is trying to stall.
Yusura missing with knees to the body.
Hartford content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yusura tries to land a knee to the head but Hartford blocks with his arms.
Hartford displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yusura up against the cage.
Yusura misses with a knee to the head.
Yusura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hartford has Yusura pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yusura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hartford avoids it.
Yusura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hartford is keeping busy.
Hartford gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Yusura trying to control from the bottom.
Hartford wants to free his trapped foot but Yusura is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hartford perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Yusura trying to hold on to Hartford's head to control him but Hartford postures up.
Yusura is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Stratton Hartford will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Yusura moves into range and clinches up with Hartford.
Hartford avoiding damage as Yusura throws knees to the body.
Yusura lands a nice knee to the body.
Hartford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartford pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yusura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hartford blocks it with crossed arms.
Hartford is stalling here.
Yusura scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yusura throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hartford - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Yusura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yusura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartford.
Yusura tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yusura trying to land knees to the body.
Hartford just leaning against Yusura, taking a breather.
Yusura missing with knees to the body.
Yusura lands a good knee to the midsection. Hartford won't want to take too many of those.
Yusura trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yusura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartford.
Hartford content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hartford tightens his grip and picks Yusura up, before dumping him to the ground. Yusura manages to land in guard.
Yusura looking to control.
Yusura is looking to stand up but Hartford isn't so interested in that idea.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yusura can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hartford controls the pace.
Hartford's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stratton Hartford wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yusura darts in trying to clinch
and Hartford counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yusura's guard now.
Hartford wants to control from the top but Yusura keeps moving.
Hartford not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hartford has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Yusura working a defensive guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stratton Hartford wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yusura looks to clinch
and Hartford counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hartford.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartford seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Stratton Hartford has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hartford decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hartford takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yusura wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yusura manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Omi Yusura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stratton Hartford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hartford avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stratton Hartford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hartford, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Stratton Hartford!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Stratton Hartford!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Stratton Hartford!
Stratton Hartford wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luther Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bova comes into the arena with I came to bring the pain! blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Bova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luther Santos!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bova moves out of range of the body kick from Santos.
Bova moves out of range of the body kick from Santos.
Bova takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santos throws out a leg kick but Bova moves out of range and Santos only half commits.
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bova shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
A low kick from Santos is predictable there
and Bova counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bova in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Santos wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Sloppy strikes there by Bova.
An elbow from Bova crashes against the mat.
Bova throws a strike aimed at the side of Santos's head but Santos avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bova.
Bova sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Santos is trying to buck Bova off.
Bova has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Santos throws an off balance right hand
and Bova counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Santos wants to get back to his feet but Bova is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bova throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bova is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
Bova in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Bova is having none of it.
Santos is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bova is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bova sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
Santos throws out a loose jab but Bova uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Santos misses its intended target.
Santos scores with a jab. Bova acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Santos throws a leg kick that misses.
Santos cracks Bova with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Bova saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tony Bova has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luther Santos.
Bova throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bova is in Santos's guard.
Santos wants to stand up but Bova is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bova stops Santos from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bova in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bova throwing strikes but missing.
Bova loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
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!
Bova throws a strike but Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Santos throws an elbow that misses. Bova uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Santos's guard. Nice move by Bova!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos has his feet on Bova's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Bova staying out of range there.
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 Tony Bova will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Bova sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luther Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santos throws a lazy body kick
and Bova counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Bova working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bova stops Santos from standing up.
Bova throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bova in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bova loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bova accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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!
Bova distracts Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants to stand up but Bova is controlling him.
Bova trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bova scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santos pushes Bova off and scrambles back to his feet.
Bova stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bova wants it to stay on the feet.
Bova blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Bova shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tony Bova has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luther Santos.
Bova takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Santos misses with a left hand
and Bova counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Santos!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bova working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bova in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Bova lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bova in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Bova sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bova misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bova working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bova tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bova in side control lands a decent elbow.
Santos parries the strikes from Bova easily there. Bova is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santos to escape.
Santos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bova.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bova.
Santos is pushing Bova's head away, looking to escape. Bova manages to hold on to the position though.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet.
Bova throws a strike aimed at the side of Santos's head but Santos avoids it well.
Bova working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
Santos throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Bova moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a body shot
and Bova decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bova throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Bova is working Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bova prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.
Bova in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bova is controlling him.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bova.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bova throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Bova dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Santos looks for the body kick but Bova saw that one coming.
Santos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Santos.
Bova gets caught napping as Santos dives in and scores a takedown. Bova manages to retain guard.
Bova is looking for a triangle but Santos pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bova throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Santos trying to control but Bova is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bova looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Santos passes into side control.
Santos creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bova sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ground and pound from Santos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Santos landing a few strikes.
Santos cracks Bova with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bova manages to work his way to half guard, despite Santos's best efforts.
Bova has hold of Santos's hands but Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Well, if Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is just content to waste time from the top position. Bova takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bova keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bova not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luther Santos has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Santos bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos missing with a left hand there. Bova was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bova slaps away a takedown attempt from Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santos throws a poor cross that misses
and Bova counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bova seems to be working for a kimura but Santos defends the submission attempt.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Santos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bova slips a nice elbow through Santos's hands, connecting with Santos's forehead.
Santos is trying to stand back up but Bova is controlling him
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bova throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
Bova stops Santos from getting back to his feet.
Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Santos really 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.
Bova keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bova changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Bova manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bova's guard.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bova has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Bova has wrist control.
Bova being controlled here, momentarily.
Santos wants to control from the top but Bova keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bova preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bova keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos is in close to Bova's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Santos is working Bova over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bova is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bova thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Santos trying to control but Bova is working from the bottom.
Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
Bova working a defensive guard but Santos passes into half guard.
Santos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bova defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Santos dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bova looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bova checks a low kick from Santos.
Some bone on bone action there as Bova checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab from Santos misses.
Bova with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santos to score with a decent uppercut.
Santos misses with an uppercut
and Bova counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bova stops Santos from standing up.
Bova is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bova scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bova takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bova shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Santos.
Santos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bova keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos wants to control from the top but Bova keeps moving.
Tony Bova overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bova trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Bova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bova escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Santos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Luther Santos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bova drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bova postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Bova connects with a couple of short punches.
Bova stops Santos from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bova postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santos pushes Bova off and gets back to his feet.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bova is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, Bova circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos misses with a body shot
and Bova decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.
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!
Bova connects with a couple of short punches.
Santos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Bova slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bova moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luther Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Luther Santos!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Luther Santos!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Luther Santos!
Luther Santos wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alan Wake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Wake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Wake pushes him off.
Garcia closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Garcia lands in his opponent's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Wake wants to get back to his feet but Garcia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wake uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wake moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wake lands with a nice combination. Garcia backs away looking to recover.
Wake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wake lands with a nice combination. Garcia backs away looking to recover.
Garcia is rocked!
Garcia looks winded!
Wake circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Garcia to the canvas! Garcia doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Wake keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Wake!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Popovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Ribiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Popovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Ribiero!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribiero shoots in but Popovich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Popovich pushes Ribiero up against the cage in a clinch.
Popovich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Popovich is looking to clinch but Ribiero is avoiding it.
Popovich is looking to clinch.
Popovich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ribiero misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Popovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Popovich crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
Popovich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Popovich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Popovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribiero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popovich lands with a light punch inside.
Ribiero is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Popovich to keep the fight standing.
Alex Popovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Ribiero goes for a takedown attempt but Popovich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Popovich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popovich drives through and clinches with Ribiero against the cage.
Popovich breaks from the clinch.
Ribiero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ribiero thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ribiero wants to control from the top but Popovich keeps moving.
Ribiero might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Popovich kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Popovich trying to keep a closed guard but Ribiero is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero advances to half guard.
Popovich is refusing to be controlled, as Ribiero sits in half guard.
Paul Ribiero has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ribiero looks for a takedown but Popovich sprawls well.
Popovich drives through and clinches with Ribiero against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribiero wants to get back to striking at distance but Popovich won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero is looking for a takedown.
Ribiero tries to break free but Popovich pushes him back against the cage.
Popovich tries a knee to the head but Ribiero blocks it.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
Popovich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ribiero wants to take the fight to the mat but Popovich manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ribiero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ribiero has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Popovich after a bit of a struggle.
Ribiero is looking for a takedown.
Popovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ribiero looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Popovich.
Popovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Popovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Popovich is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Popovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ribiero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popovich lands an elbow just above Ribiero 's eye.
It looks like Paul Ribiero has been cut.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
Popovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ribiero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Popovich moves in looking to clinch but Ribiero pushes him off.
Popovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ribiero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Popovich is looking to slow Ribiero down with leg kicks.
Ribiero tries for a takedown but Popovich circles away easily
and Popovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ribiero has Popovich pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Popovich manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Popovich is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Popovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Popovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Ribiero's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ribiero tries to keep at a distance but Popovich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Popovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Ribiero avoids the damage to the body.
Popovich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Popovich dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ribiero is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Popovich to keep the fight standing.
Ribiero manages to pull guard.
Popovich trying to control but Ribiero is working from the bottom.
Popovich looking to sit in guard and control but Ribiero gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ribiero preventing the sweep.
Popovich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ribiero on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popovich keeping moving, preventing Ribiero from controlling successfully.
Popovich wants to stand and escape but Ribiero is having none of it.
Ribiero trying to control but Popovich is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Paul Ribiero wasn't active enough on the ground.
Popovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ribiero is looking to control Popovich's arms but Popovich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ribiero has his back to the cage.
Alex Popovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ribiero has Popovich pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Popovich manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short body shot lands from Popovich as the two fighters clinch.
Ribiero is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Popovich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Popovich lands a damaging elbow.
Popovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Popovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribiero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Popovich obliges.
Popovich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Popovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Popovich.
Popovich stalling.
Popovich breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popovich has closed the distance and engaged Ribiero in a clinch.
Popovich lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Popovich obliges.
Popovich scores a nice knee to the body.
Popovich lands a knee to the body.
Popovich lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Popovich.
Popovich lands a nice uppercut.
Popovich landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ribiero's face.
Popovich working Ribiero over with knees to the body.
Popovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Popovich pushes Ribiero back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Popovich with a knee to the head.
Popovich crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Popovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ribiero can do to turn this around?
Popovich is pushing Ribiero up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Popovich seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Ribiero fails to pull guard.
Alex Popovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Popovich landing knees to the body.
Popovich taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ribiero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ribiero is looking to break free of the clinch but Popovich has double underhooks.
Popovich avoids the elbow strike from Ribiero, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Popovich.
Popovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Popovich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Ribiero's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ribiero takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Popovich thuds his shin into the meat of Ribiero's side.
Popovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Ribiero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Popovich gets a clinch.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but Popovich won't allow it.
Popovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ribiero takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Popovich lands a knee to the head.
Popovich lands a knee to the body.
Popovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Popovich with a knee to the head.
Popovich manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ribiero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Popovich scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popovich with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Popovich is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Popovich lands a knee to the head.
Popovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but Popovich holds him up against the cage and eventually Ribiero drops back down to his feet.
Ribiero is trying to break the clinch but Popovich has him pressed against the cage.
Popovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Popovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Ribiero circles away.
Popovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Ribiero circles away.
Ribiero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Popovich.
Popovich wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribiero fails with a takedown attempt.
Alex Popovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Ribiero throws a head kick but Popovich moves out of range.
Popovich has managed to clinch.
Ribiero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ribiero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Popovich.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
Popovich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Popovich tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popovich has managed to clinch.
Popovich prevents a takedown attempt there.
Popovich misses with a knee strike.
Popovich working Ribiero over with knees to the body.
Ribiero is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Popovich to keep the fight standing.
Popovich slows down the pace here.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
Popovich pressing his opponent against the cage.
Popovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Popovich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Popovich crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
Popovich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ribiero tries to stall but Popovich uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ribiero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Popovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Popovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribiero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Popovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short uppercut from Popovich.
Popovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ribieros head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Popovich controlling the action here for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Popovich as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Popovich clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Ribiero's cut.
That's time! Popovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Popovich instigates a clinch.
Ribiero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Popovich moves into range and clinches up with Ribiero.
A short body shot lands from Popovich as the two fighters clinch.
Popovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alex Popovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Popovich tries to clinch but Ribiero is having none of it.
Popovich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ribiero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ribiero drops down looking for an ankle pick but Popovich pulls his leg out and moves away.
Popovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Popovich leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Popovich.
Popovich trying to land knees to the body.
Popovich looking to throw knees to the head but Ribiero is blocking nicely.
Popovich lands an elbow that stopped Ribiero in his tracks for a moment.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but Popovich holds him up against the cage and eventually Ribiero drops back down to his feet.
Popovich prevents the takedown attempt.
Alex Popovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Knees in the clinch landing for Popovich.
Ribiero is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ribiero wants a takedown.
Ribiero being controlled against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero managing to block the knees to the body from Popovich.
Popovich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Popovich landing knees to the head.
Popovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribiero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Popovich.
Ribiero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribiero has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Popovich is trying to keep an underhook but Ribiero manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Popovich is not content to let Ribiero control the position.
Popovich is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popovich manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Popovich moves into range and clinches up with Ribiero.
Popovich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ribiero or not.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but Popovich forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Popovich lands a knee to the head.
Popovich pushes Ribiero back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ribiero letting Popovich take a breather here.
Popovich lands a body shot.
Ribiero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Popovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero decides to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Popovich postures up in Ribiero's guard and throws a big left but Ribiero blocks it.
Ribiero lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Ribiero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Popovich loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ribiero is on top in guard.
Ribiero trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribiero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Popovich had his way with Paul Ribiero in that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Ribiero's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ribiero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Popovich is looking to clinch.
Ribiero misses with a few strikes there.
Ribiero shoots in but Popovich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ribiero misses with an uppercut.
Popovich tries to clinch up.
Ribiero misses with a double jab.
Popovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Popovich tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Popovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Popovich is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popovich displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ribiero throws a low kick but it's checked well by Popovich.
Popovich clinches up against the cage.
Ribiero takes an elbow to the forehead.
Popovich breaks from the clinch.
Ribiero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Popovich but Popovich pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ribiero gets tackled into the cage by Popovich. Popovich maintains the clinch.
Popovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ribiero is defending well for now.
Ribiero is trying to drag Popovich to the mat but Popovich just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Alex Popovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Ribiero.
Popovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ribiero is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Popovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popovich lands a knee to the body.
Ribiero has had enough of the clinch but Popovich keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Popovich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Popovich stalls.
Popovich gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Popovich obliges.
Popovich lands a good knee to the midsection. Ribiero won't want to take too many of those.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Popovich just stands there and leans against the cage.
Popovich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ribiero takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popovich taking a breather.
Popovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Popovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ribiero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Popovich dodges the punch combination from Ribiero.
Ribiero looks for a takedown but Popovich sprawls well.
Popovich is looking to clinch.
Ribiero shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Popovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Popovich scores a nice knee to the body.
Popovich lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popovich crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Popovich.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Popovich.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Popovich.
Alex Popovich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Popovich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Popovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ribiero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Popovich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alex Popovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Popovich is looking to clinch.
Popovich tries to clinch up
and Ribiero counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ribiero wants to control but Popovich is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Popovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Popovich, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Alex Popovich!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Alex Popovich!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Alex Popovich!
Alex Popovich wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juan Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Omori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
7 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Omori!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Gonzalez or perhaps it was just good defense by Omori which made him look bad.
Omori shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gonzalez as he avoids it easily.
Gonzalez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gonzalez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Omori tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez controlling the position easily from mount.
Gonzalez looking to finish Omori with some ground and pound. This is bad for Omori!
Gonzalez looking to secure an arm triangle but Omori defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omori keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Omori tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Omori is bucking up trying to escape but Gonzalez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Omori is squirming around, avoiding Gonzalez's attempts to control the action.
Omori wants to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gonzalez unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez landing strikes from the mount.
Omori wants to control but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gonzalez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Omori looks a forlorn figure.
Omori wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gonzalez with shots to the head and body - Omori looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gonzalez lands a heavy elbow.
Gonzalez has control of Omori's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Omori regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Omori can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gonzalez dominating with strikes here.
Gonzalez lands a big shot there that rocks Omori but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gonzalez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gonzalez avoids the attempt from Omori to control.
Omori in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gonzalez cracks Omori with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzalez working Omori over with strikes here.
Omori in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gonzalez controlling the position easily from mount.
Omori is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Omori tries to lock up and control but Gonzalez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Omori can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Gonzalez 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.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - Omori circles away.
Omori closes the distance and clinches up with Gonzalez, looking for a takedown. Omori pushes Gonzalez against the cage but Gonzalez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez looks for a takedown but Omori sprawls well.
Omori instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Omori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzalez swivels and escapes.
Nice sprawl there from Omori as Gonzalez shoots in.
Omori fails with a takedown attempt.
Juan Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Omori.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that misses.
Juan Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown but Omori shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gonzalez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omori avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gonzalez.
Omori is refusing to be controlled, as Gonzalez sits in half guard.
Gonzalez is trying to work for a kimura but Omori is defending well.
Gonzalez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Omori slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gonzalez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Omori gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Omori won't allow it.
Gonzalez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Omori gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Omori can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez tries to break free but Omori pushes him back against the cage.
Omori wants a takedown but no success here.
Gonzalez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Omori is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Omori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but Omori circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Omori as Gonzalez shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez dives in and grabs Omori's left leg, looking for a takedown. Omori pushes down on Gonzalez's head and hops out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Omori rushes Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Omori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omori gets the takedown into side control.
Omori wants to control but Gonzalez is keeping him busy.
Omori advances nicely into full mount.
Omori is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Omori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez misses with a takedown attempt - Omori sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Omori moves into range and clinches up with Gonzalez.
Gonzalez has had enough of the clinch but Omori keeps him there for the moment.
Gonzalez is trying to force a seperation but Omori has the dominant position.
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Omori has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Gonzalez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gonzalez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
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!
Gonzalez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Omori sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Omori is having none of it.
Gonzalez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Omori fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gonzalez to the ground. Omori is now in Gonzalez's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Omori advances to half guard.
Omori wants to take a breather but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Omori tries to pass to full mount but Gonzalez defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Omori showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Omori lands with a good body shot.
Gonzalez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Omori!
Omori wants to control but Gonzalez postures up.
Omori misses with an elbow from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez decides to stand up, so the ref orders Omori to his feet.
Gonzalez lands a high kick!
Omori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzalez swivels and escapes.
Omori fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Omori, pushing him back against the cage.
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Omori has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Gonzalez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gonzalez!
Omori moves into the clinch.
Omori wants a takedown but no success here.
Juan Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Omori.
Omori has Gonzalez pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzalez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Omori tries to score a body lock takedown but Gonzalez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gonzalez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - Omori circles away.
Omori throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gonzalez's waist but Gonzalez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Omori off to one side.
Omori takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gonzalez looking to score a takedown here. Omori is defending well but Gonzalez drives through and ends up in Omori's guard.
Gonzalez postures up in Omori's guard and throws a big left but Omori blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omori is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gonzalez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gonzalez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Omori knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Omori's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Omori tries to buck Gonzalez off but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Gonzalez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Omori keeps working.
Gonzalez decides to stand back up. Gonzalez steps back and let's Omori get back to his feet.
Gonzalez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Omori's half guard.
Gonzalez drops an elbow to the side of Omori's head.
Omori wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omori makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Omori.
Omori trying to control the position.
Gonzalez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gonzalez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Omori, up you get!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Omori is trying to defend but Gonzalez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gonzalez tries to stand and escape but Omori is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Gonzalez clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Omori darts in and clinches Gonzalez up against the cage.
Omori is looking for a takedown.
Omori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gonzalez shoots in and gets a takedown into Omori's guard.
Omori keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
Omori is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Omori working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gonzalez.
Omori is trying to control the position but Gonzalez postures up.
Gonzalez trying to control but Omori is working from the bottom.
Gonzalez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omori is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Omori is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Omori working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gonzalez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Omori is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Omori trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez drops back looking for a leg! Omori is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Omori manages to kick Gonzalez off! Gonzalez jumps back into Omori's guard.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Omori is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Juan Gonzalez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gonzalez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gonzalez tries for a takedown but Omori circles away easily
and Omori counters with a nice body kick.
Gonzalez looks to land a body kick but Omori moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omori tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Gonzalez gets caught napping as Omori dives in and scores a takedown. Gonzalez manages to retain guard.
Gonzalez working for a triangle but Omori defends it easily.
Omori passes into half guard.
Omori wants to control but Gonzalez is keeping him busy.
Gonzalez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Omori is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gonzalez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is looking to stand up but Omori isn't so interested in that idea.
Gonzalez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Omori passes into side control.
Omori has hold of Gonzalez's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Gonzalez tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Omori cranks the arm and Gonzalez screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Gonzalez, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Paul Omori!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johan Nickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vak Yoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
190 lbs
4 - 9 - 0 |
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29
197 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johan Nickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vak Yoo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johan Nickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nickson clinches.
Yoo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yoo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nickson is just out of range.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nickson tries to clinch there but Yoo circles away.
A slow jab from Yoo misses its intended target.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Yoo throws a body punch but Nickson moves out of range.
Nickson tries to clinch up but Yoo circles away and keeps his distance.
Nickson clinches up with Yoo and pushes him back against the cage.
Yoo tries to circle away but Nickson has him pinned against the cage.
Yoo breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nickson tries to clinch
and Yoo counters with a good low kick that Nickson was not able to check.
Yoo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nickson closes the distance and pushes Yoo back into the cage.
Yoo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
letting Yoo counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yoo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yoo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nickson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yoo tries a head kick but it misses.
Nickson wants to clinch up but Yoo keeps it at a distance.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a one-two to the body.
Nickson wants to clinch but Yoo slips to the side
and Yoo counters with a good low kick that Nickson was not able to check.
Yoo works Nickson's body with a nice hook.
Yoo stuns Nickson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nickson's knee momentarily.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nickson thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves out of range.
Yoo throws the kick towards the body but Nickson avoids it.
Nickson tries to clinch up
and Yoo counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yoo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nickson rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Yoo does it's job there.
Nickson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yoo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nickson wants to clinch but Yoo slips to the side
and Yoo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nickson moves into the clinch.
Nickson is looking to control Yoo's arms but Yoo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nickson has his back to the cage.
Nickson misses with some punches.
Yoo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a body kick that stops Nickson in his tracks momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoo scores with a shot to the body.
Nickson avoids the head kick by Yoo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoo. Nickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yoo throws a body punch but Nickson moves out of range.
Nickson tries to clinch up but Yoo circles away and keeps his distance.
Nickson wants to clinch.
Yoo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves out of range.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nickson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yoo counters with an outside leg kick.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a good low kick that Nickson was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nickson tries to clinch up
and Yoo counters with a right hand to the body.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Yoo lands a really nice looking cross but Nickson seems unphased.
Yoo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nickson wants to clinch but Yoo slips to the side
and Yoo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nickson is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoo misses with a kick to the body.
Yoo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nickson moves into the clinch successfully.
Yoo blocks an elbow strike from Nickson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vak Yoo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yoo tries to keep at a distance but Nickson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yoo tries to break the clinch but Nickson is controlling the position.
Yoo blocks the elbow strike.
Nickson lands a hook that snaps the head of Yoo backwards.
Nickson trying to land knees to the body.
Nickson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nickson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nickson throws an elbow but misses.
Nickson has Yoo pressed against the cage, preventing Yoo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nickson misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo counters with a nice body shot.
Yoo throws a series of punches but Nickson moves out of range.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yoo avoiding damage as Nickson throws knees to the body.
Yoo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nickson blocks a leg kick.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with a leg kick.
Nickson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nickson moves in looking to clinch but Yoo pushes him off.
Nickson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yoo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nickson wants to clinch
and Yoo counters with a left to the body.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yoo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nickson on the side of the head.
Nickson slips a jab from Yoo.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yoo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yoo scores with a hook to the body. Nickson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickson wants to clinch
and Yoo counters with a stiff right hand.
Nickson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoo scores with a body shot.
Johan Nickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nickson tries to clinch
and Yoo counters with a leg kick.
Yoo connects with a body shot that sends Nickson's belly button to the back.
Yoo throws a head kick but Nickson moves out of range.
Yoo misses with a wild body shot.
Nickson doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoo circles away.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a thumping low kick.
Yoo thows a body shot but no joy.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickson moves in looking to clinch but Yoo pushes him off.
Yoo thuds a left hand into Nickson's body.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yoo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nickson moves away.
Nickson tries to clinch up but Yoo circles away and keeps his distance.
Yoo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yoo misses with a wild body shot.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with a nice body shot.
Yoo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body punch from Yoo.
Vak Yoo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nickson wants to clinch but Yoo slips to the side
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Yoo motions for Nickson to come forward. Yoo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nickson wants to clinch.
Nickson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nickson connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nickson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yoo's brow.
Nickson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nickson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nickson throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Yoo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nickson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nickson prevents Yoo from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoo breaks from the clinch.
Yoo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nickson is just out of range.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Nickson really felt that one!
Nickson tries to clinch there but Yoo circles away.
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 Johan Nickson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yoo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a nice body shot.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves out of range.
Yoo throws a body punch but Nickson moves out of range.
Nickson wants to clinch
and Yoo counters with a thumping low kick.
Nickson moves in looking to clinch but Yoo pushes him off.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoo lands with a nice body kick.
Yoo thumps Nickson with a low kick.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nickson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good exchange - Yoo coming out on top.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoo is looking to land body kicks.
Yoo throws a good cross that connects.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoo. Nickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nickson thinking.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nickson avoids the head kick by Yoo.
Yoo swats away the attempt to clinch by Nickson.
Nickson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nickson doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoo circles away.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo counters with an outside leg kick.
Nickson wants to clinch.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nickson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yoo swats away the attempt to clinch by Nickson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nickson wants to clinch
and Yoo counters with a solid body kick.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves out of range.
Nickson avoids the body shot from Yoo.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a head kick.
Yoo throws a right and a left that Nickson avoids nicely.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nickson doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoo circles away.
Yoo throws a jab when Nickson was well out of range.
Nickson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a body kick.
Nickson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with a leg kick.
Yoo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nickson doesn't seem bothered though.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nickson avoids the body shot from Yoo.
Decent striking displayed by Yoo there.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoo. Nickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nickson drives through and clinches with Yoo against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickson trying to land knees to the body.
Nickson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nickson misses with an elbow strike.
Yoo avoids a wild elbow strike from Nickson.
Yoo is trying to force a seperation but Nickson has the dominant position.
Johan Nickson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nickson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yoo's efforts to push away.
Nickson lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nickson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yoo blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoo blocks an elbow strike from Nickson.
Yoo manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vak Yoo really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nickson has closed the distance and engaged Yoo in a clinch.
Yoo blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nickson throws an elbow but misses.
Yoo blocks an elbow strike from Nickson.
Yoo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yoo breaks the clinch.
Nickson tries to clinch
and Yoo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Nickson really felt that one!
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a leg kick.
Yoo lunges at Nickson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nickson's hand.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a body kick that stops Nickson in his tracks momentarily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Yoo scores with a head kick. Nickson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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!
Yoo cracks a nice hook into Nickson's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nickson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Yoo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yoo misses with a body kick.
Nickson wants to clinch but Yoo slips to the side
and Yoo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yoo misses with a low kick as Nickson jumps back.
Yoo throws a body punch but Nickson moves out of range.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nickson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nickson pushes Yoo up against the cage in a clinch.
Nickson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nickson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nickson has Yoo pressed against the cage, preventing Yoo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickson looking to slow down the pace here.
Yoo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a right hand to the body.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Yoo throws a push kick but Nickson slaps the foot to one side.
Nickson moves in looking to clinch but Yoo pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoo throws a head kick but Nickson moves out of range.
Nickson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a good low kick that Nickson was not able to check.
Nickson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoo takes a swing at Nickson's ribcage but misses.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoo misses with a wild body shot.
Yoo connects with an inside leg kick.
Nickson wants to clinch
and Yoo counters with a head kick. That will keep Nickson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nickson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yoo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoo. Nickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a big head kick but Nickson shrugs it off.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nickson is looking to clinch but Yoo is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a nice body shot.
Yoo misses with a wild body shot.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nickson tries to clinch up
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with a good, hard body kick but Nickson shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a nice body kick.
Yoo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vak Yoo dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nickson tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with a body kick.
Yoo misses with a body shot.
Yoo misses with a low kick.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo counters with a right hand to the body.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo is having none of it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yoo 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 Nickson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nickson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yoo connects with a body shot.
Yoo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nickson was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoo.
Nickson closes the distance but Yoo moves to the side
and Yoo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Nickson really felt that one!
Nickson tries to clinch up.
Yoo misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nickson manages to avoid it.
Nickson clinches with his opponent.
Yoo blocks an elbow strike from Nickson.
Yoo takes an elbow to the temple.
Nickson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nickson.
Yoo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Nice elbow from Nickson.
Nickson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yoo avoids the elbow strike from Nickson, against the cage.
Nickson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yoo breaks from the clinch.
Yoo just misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yoo thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickson tries to clinch
and Yoo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nickson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nickson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nickson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yoo counters with a left to the body.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nickson cracks Yoo with a good jab.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a big head kick but Nickson shrugs it off.
Yoo tried to score with a low kick but Nickson checks it.
Nickson looks to clinch
and Yoo counters with a body kick.
Nickson avoids the body shot from Yoo.
Nickson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yoo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yoo keeps the fight on the outside.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickson darts in trying to clinch
and Yoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yoo misses the shot to the body.
Nickson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nickson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nickson tries to clinch up
and Yoo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nickson tries to clinch but Yoo moves away
and Yoo counters with an inside leg kick.
Nickson tries to clinch there but Yoo circles away.
Nickson moves to clinch but Yoo breaks away
and Yoo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nickson thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yoo thows a body shot but no joy.
Nickson tries to clinch there but Yoo circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nickson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nickson instigates a clinch.
Yoo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yoo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johan Nickson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yoo throws a jab but it's blocked by Nickson.
Yoo swats away the attempt to clinch by Nickson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nickson is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johan Nickson.
I think Yoo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Vak Yoo!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Vak Yoo!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Vak Yoo!
Vak Yoo wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Vak Yoo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Deans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Dylon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Deans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barry Dylon!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deans looking to score a takedown here. Dylon is defending well but Deans drives through and ends up in Dylon's guard.
Dylon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Deans is controlling him.
Dylon keeping full guard, as Deans tries to pass.
Deans trying to move into half guard but instead Dylon has managed to sweep!
Dylon trying to stand up but can't free himself from Deans's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Deans has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Dylon should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Deans has tightened it up now! Dylon should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Luke Deans!
After the fight, Luke Deans 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 Jonathan Goldsmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Allard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goldsmith comes to the cage accompanied by Dos Equis. Kai Allard will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Goldsmith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kai Allard!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allard lands a nice hook to Goldsmith's body. Goldsmith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Goldsmith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Goldsmith throws a series of punches but Allard moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Allard scores with a four punch combination!
Allard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Some wild striking there from Allard.
Allard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Allard throws a right hand that Goldsmith ducks under and follows up with a left that Goldsmith also avoids with ease.
Allard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Goldsmith in his tracks.
Allard throws a wild body kick that Goldsmith sees coming a mile off.
Allard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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!
Allard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Allard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Allard lands a glancing blow to the side of Goldsmith's head.
Goldsmith is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldsmith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Oh Goldsmith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Allard counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Goldsmith! He's just covering up as Allard starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kai Allard!
Our winner, Kai Allard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dinomat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mason might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kavinsky - Nightcall. The crowd seem to be enjoying Man's choice of entrance music: Country Song. 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 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dinomat Man!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man tries to clinch
so Mason counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Man wants to stand but Mason is controlling the position.
Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mason. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mason postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Man is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Mason, into his guard.
Man is looking to stand up but Mason won't let him.
Mason is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Mason is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dinomat Man was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Man gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mason takes a shot to the head.
Mason drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man has Mason pushed against the cage.
Man lands a nice elbow.
Man just leaning against Mason, taking a breather.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Alex Mason has been cut.
Man lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mason misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Man.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Man just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
Mason blocking some punches.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Man.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mason is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mason blocks an uppercut.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Man misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Man's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Man obliges.
Mason takes an elbow to the forehead.
Man leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mason tries to pull guard but Man forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mason tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Man.
Man is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mason tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mason.
A bit of stalling here from Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dinomat Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Mason's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Man wants to clinch
and Mason counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mason.
Man wants to sweep here but Mason controlling him for the moment.
Mason drops back, looking for a kneebar! Man looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Man looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Man!
Man wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mason keeps working.
Mason manages to get back to half guard.
Man looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man trying to control from Mason's half guard. Mason has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mason looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Man decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dinomat Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to clinch but Mason moves out of range.
Dinomat Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason circles away from the clinch attempt
so Mason counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Alex Mason overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mason trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man pushes Mason off and gets back to his feet.
Man darts in and clinches Mason up against the cage.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Man is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason blocks the elbow strike.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dinomat Man seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mason pulls Man into guard.
Man wants to control from the top but Mason keeps moving.
Mason has a closed guard, preventing Man from standing up.
Mason escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Man gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Mason is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Man stacks Mason on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Man!
Man misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Man has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man doesn't manage to clinch there - Mason circles away.
Man tries to clinch up
and Mason counters with a shoot takedown. Man fights it but they end up in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Mason dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Mason's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Man tries to clinch but Mason moves away
and Mason counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Man!
Man is rocked!
Mason is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Man is trying to escape and Mason transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Man is forced to tap! Nice work there by Mason! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alex Mason!
Alex Mason decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gendut Babi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gendut Babi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babi shoots in for a takedown but Tucker shows good takedown defense.
Babi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tucker slaps away a takedown attempt from Babi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tucker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Babi scores with a hook to the body. Tucker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tucker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babi.
Tucker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Babi takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Tucker scores with a hook.
Babi misses with a looping right.
Tucker scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Babi.
Babi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babi takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Babi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tucker is fending him off so far but Babi persists. Nope, Tucker circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gendut Babi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Babi looks to land a right hand but Tucker moved out of range.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babi looks to land a left hand but Tucker moved out of range nicely.
Babi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A left lands for Tucker.
Tucker misses with a straight left.
Babi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tucker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tucker cracks Babi with an open hand slap.
Tucker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi throws an off balance right hand
and Tucker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Babi thinking.
Tucker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Babi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tucker counters with a stiff right hand.
Babi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Babi lands in his opponent's guard.
Babi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Babi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker trying to control but Babi postures up.
Ground and pound from Babi.
Babi working the head and body with strikes.
Tucker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tucker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Babi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Babi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Babi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tucker pulls Babi in to control the position.
Babi throwing strikes from guard but Tucker blocks nicely.
Babi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Babi wants to control from the top but Tucker keeps moving.
Tucker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Babi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Babi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tucker's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tucker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babi stands up over Tucker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tucker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tucker is looking for a triangle but Babi pushes his legs off easily.
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!
Tucker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tucker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Babi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Babi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Babi trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Babi wants to control from the top but Tucker keeps moving.
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 Gendut Babi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tucker slips a straight right by Babi.
Babi defending well as Tucker loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Babi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tucker connects with a nice looking jab.
Tucker misses the shot to the body.
Tucker misses with an uppercut. Babi saw that one coming.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Babi uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Babi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Babi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tucker's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tucker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tucker swings for the body but Babi moves out of range.
Tucker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tom Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tucker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babi lands a slapping body shot.
Babi moves away from the strike by Tucker.
Babi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tucker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tom Tucker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Babi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tucker was well out of range. Poor timing from Babi.
Tucker lands with a right hand.
Babi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Babi misses with a wild body shot.
Tucker scores with a hook.
Babi clobbers Tucker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Babi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tucker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Babi misses with a straight right.
Babi throws a jab when Tucker was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Babi there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi looks to land a combination but Tucker avoids it well.
Babi throws a big shot that misses.
Babi misses with an uppercut.
Babi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Babi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker with a hook.
Tucker thuds a left hand into Babi's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker fails to land with a series of punches.
Babi takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Babi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Babi misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tucker scores with a jab to the body.
Tucker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tucker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babi.
Babi throws a shot to the body.
Babi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
A lazy left from Tucker finds it's target.
Babi throws a nice looking combination but Tucker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Babi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tucker.
Babi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tucker counters with a straight right hand.
Babi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tucker lands a jab to Babi's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker clobbers Babi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tucker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tucker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice uppercut there from Tucker.
Tucker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Babi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babi shoots in for a takedown but Tucker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tucker sizes up Babi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some bone on bone action there as Babi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Babi misses with a hook. Tucker ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi takes one to the side of the head.
Babi ducks under a wild hook from Tucker.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Tucker 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!
Tucker slips a straight right by Babi.
Tucker moves out of range as Babi strikes.
Tucker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tucker looks to throw the jab but Babi is out of range.
Babi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Babi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Babi misses with an uppercut.
Babi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tucker.
Babi throws a body punch but Tucker moves out of range.
Babi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tucker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tucker misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Tucker. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker cracks Babi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tucker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Babi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tucker.
Babi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babi avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Babi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Babi misses with a body shot.
Babi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tucker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Babi's head backwards.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Babi manages to avoid it.
Babi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tucker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi swings widly with a right hand
and Tucker counters with a stiff right hand.
Babi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Babi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker misses with a few strikes there.
Babi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tucker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Babi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tucker is fending him off so far but Babi persists. Nope, Tucker circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tucker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babi was well out of range. Poor timing from Tucker.
Babi missing with a left hand there. Tucker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Babi checks a leg kick nicely.
Babi shoots in for a double leg but Tucker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gendut Babi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tucker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Babi trying to control the position but Tucker is working away.
Babi working the ground and pound but Tucker is defending the strikes.
Babi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tucker sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tucker wants to improve his position but Babi is controlling well.
Babi thows a huge punch but Tucker dodges it nicely.
Babi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tucker defending well though.
Babi throwing shots but Tucker is blocking nicely.
Gendut Babi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Babi prevents Tucker from standing back up.
Babi working Tucker over with strikes.
Tucker slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker keeping full guard, as Babi tries to pass.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babi scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Babi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Babi stands and throws Tucker's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Tucker manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tucker lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Babi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tucker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Babi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tucker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Tom Tucker just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Babi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tucker swings for the body but Babi moves out of range.
Babi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Babi misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Babi misses its intended target.
Tucker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Babi.
Babi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Babi feints and as Tucker raises his hands in defense, Babi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Babi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tucker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Babi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tucker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tucker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tucker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tucker trying to keep a closed guard but Babi is proving a slippery customer.
Babi with a nice head shot there.
Babi stopping the sweep attempt from Tucker.
Tucker is looking for a triangle but Babi pushes his legs off easily.
Babi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tucker's head.
Tucker looking to control.
Babi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi trying to control the position from guard on top but Tucker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babi throwing strikes but missing.
Tucker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tucker keeping moving, preventing Babi from controlling successfully.
Tucker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tucker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucker keeping moving, preventing Babi from controlling successfully.
Babi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker is looking to stand up but Babi isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tucker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Babi defends it easily.
Tucker is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tucker looking to control.
Babi scoring with some ground and pound.
Babi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tucker keeping moving, preventing Babi from controlling successfully.
Babi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Babi is looking to work some ground and pound but Tucker has wrist control.
Tucker is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Babi defends it easily.
Babi landing with the ground and pound.
Babi connects with a couple of short punches.
Babi postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tucker wants to stand up but Babi is controlling him.
Babi trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tucker has momentary wrist control but Babi slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gendut Babi had his way with Tom Tucker in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Tucker moves out of range as Babi strikes.
Tucker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tucker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Babi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tucker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Horrible takedown by Babi or perhaps it was just good defense by Tucker which made him look bad.
Tucker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Babi throws out the jab.
Tucker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Babis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab from Babi misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Babi. Tucker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tucker throws a body punch but Babi moves out of range.
Babi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tucker.
Jab, jab by Tucker - just one landing.
Tucker throws a shot to the body.
Tucker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Babi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Babi misses with a wild combination.
Babi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Babi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tucker was well out of range. Poor timing from Babi.
Nice jab there from Tucker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Tucker thows a body shot but no joy.
Babi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Babi avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Babi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tucker sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Babi somewhat.
Tucker scores with the left hand. Babi knows he should have avoided that one.
Babi takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Babi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tucker sprawls well initially but Babi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker is looking to control Babi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tucker avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Babi.
Babi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tucker looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Babi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tucker's head.
Babi stops Tucker from getting back to his feet.
Tucker is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Tucker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Babi is working away from the top position though.
Tucker is looking for a sweep. Babi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tucker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tucker tries to kick Babi off but Babi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker is doing well to control the position and prevent Babi from advancing to side control.
Tucker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tucker has momentary wrist control but Babi slips an elbow through the middle.
Babi landing some decent shots from guard.
Babi preventing the sweep.
Babi lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babi trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom.
Tucker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Babi chips away with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gendut Babi.
I think Babi 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Gendut Babi!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Gendut Babi!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Tom Tucker!
Gendut Babi wins by split decision!
Gendut Babi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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