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IMMA 136: Atlason vs Holmes PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zophiel Furfur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubbles Ticklepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zophiel Furfur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zophiel Furfur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bubbles Ticklepants!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ticklepants checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ticklepants tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Furfur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ticklepants throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ticklepants takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Furfur throws a low kick but Ticklepants avoids it.
Ticklepants checks a low kick from Furfur.
An inside leg kick from Ticklepants misses.
Ticklepants delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Ticklepants.
Furfur throws a shot from downtown. Ticklepants moves away and avoids it.
Furfur lands a leg kick that knocks Ticklepants off balance momentarily.
Ticklepants misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ticklepants 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 Furfur has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Furfur and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ticklepants waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Furfur.
Furfur tests Ticklepants's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Furfur throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Furfur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ticklepants connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A head kick misses from Furfur.
Furfur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ticklepants attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ticklepants throws a front kick aimed at Furfur's knee but Furfur avoids it well.
Furfur wants to land a leg kick but Ticklepants is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Furfur darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ticklepants thuds his shin into the meat of Furfur's side.
Furfur blocks a head kick by Ticklepants.
A head kick misses from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ticklepants throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Furfur lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Furfur blocks the body kick.
Ticklepants misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ticklepants looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ticklepants moves out of range as Furfur throws a body kick.
Ticklepants fakes the leg kick and cracks Furfur in the body.
Furfur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zophiel Furfur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ticklepants moves out of range of the leg kick from Furfur.
Furfur misses with a low kick.
Furfur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ticklepants misses with a body kick.
Ticklepants takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ticklepants throws a sloppy head kick and Furfur moves out of range easily.
Furfur scores with a leg kick.
Furfur blocks a jab.
Furfur scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur scores with a sloppy right hand. Ticklepants should have avoided that one.
Ticklepants throws a body kick that misses.
Furfur throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Ticklepants counter with a right hand.
Ticklepants blocks a head kick by Furfur.
Furfur avoids the head kick by Ticklepants.
A jab lands there for Ticklepants.
Furfur throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ticklepants misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses.
Furfur scores with a head kick. Ticklepants tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ticklepants keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Furfur.
Ticklepants wants to slow Furfur down by chopping away at his legs.
Furfur blocks the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ticklepants.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Furfur misses with a body kick.
Furfur scores with a leg kick.
Furfur scores with the left hand. Ticklepants knows he should have avoided that one.
Furfur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ticklepants.
A swing and a miss from Ticklepants.
Furfur misses with a head kick.
Ticklepants scores with a head kick. Furfur tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Furfur lands a high kick!
Ticklepants moves into the clinch successfully.
Furfur misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ticklepants.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ticklepants landing knees to the body.
Ticklepants tries a knee to the head but Furfur blocks it.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but Furfur blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Furfur.
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 Zophiel Furfur will probably get the nod.
That's time! Furfur's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Furfur throws a wild body kick that Ticklepants sees coming a mile off.
Furfur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Furfur misses with a leg kick
and Ticklepants counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ticklepants tries to close the distance and clinch but Furfur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ticklepants takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ticklepants tries to bum rush Furfur with a series of wild strikes but Furfur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Furfur.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants misses with a body shot.
Ticklepants avoids the head kick by Furfur.
A nice leg kick lands there from Furfur.
Furfur misses the shot to the body.
Furfur tries to clinch but Ticklepants moves away
and Ticklepants counters with a nice body kick.
Ticklepants throws a push kick but Furfur slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ticklepants checks a leg kick nicely.
Furfur lands a glancing blow to the side of Ticklepants's head.
Good shot there by Furfur.
Ticklepants lands a nice looking kick to the body. Furfur takes a step back to recover.
Furfur bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ticklepants throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Furfur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ticklepants throws the kick towards the body but Furfur avoids it.
Jab by Furfur.
Ticklepants avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ticklepants fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Furfur avoids the head kick by Ticklepants.
Furfur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ticklepants was well out of range. Poor timing from Furfur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur throws a head kick but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Furfur tried to score with a low kick but Ticklepants checks it.
Furfur throws a low kick, looking for Ticklepants's leg but Ticklepants calmly moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ticklepants ducks under a wild hook from Furfur.
Furfur throws a nice looking combination but Ticklepants bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Furfur blocks the body kick.
Ticklepants blocks a low kick nicely.
Furfur has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants avoids the head kick by Furfur.
Ticklepants misses with a head kick.
Ticklepants throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Furfur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ticklepants lunges at Furfur with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Furfur's hand.
Furfur takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ticklepants blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur throws a push kick but Ticklepants slaps the foot to one side.
Furfur throws a big shot that misses.
Ticklepants throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ticklepants has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Furfur.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch but Ticklepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Furfur.
Furfur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants lands with a slapping head kick.
Furfur doesn't manage to clinch there - Ticklepants circles away.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Furfur fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ticklepants is out of range.
Furfur looks to land a body kick but Ticklepants moved away.
Furfur misses with a body kick.
Furfur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ticklepants looks to land a body kick but Furfur moved away.
Ticklepants throws a wild body kick that Furfur sees coming a mile off.
Ticklepants throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Furfur gets tackled into the cage by Ticklepants. Ticklepants maintains the clinch.
Furfur is looking to control Ticklepants's arms but Ticklepants gets an underhook and turns him. Now Furfur has his back to the cage.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Furfur avoids it.
Ticklepants prevents a body shot from Furfur.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Furfur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ticklepants is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Furfur is defending well for now.
Furfur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ticklepants tries to land knees in the clinch but Furfur avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ticklepants misses with a body punch.
Furfur misses with a body punch.
Ticklepants landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Furfur.
Ticklepants comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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 Zophiel Furfur will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Ticklepants goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ticklepants checks a leg kick.
Ticklepants lands with a slapping head kick.
Furfur throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ticklepants counters with a nice kick to the body.
Furfur pushes Ticklepants away with a front kick.
Ticklepants is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Furfur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ticklepants can pounce on him.
Ticklepants moves out of range as Furfur strikes.
Furfur looks to land a right hand but Ticklepants moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Ticklepants.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Furfur scores with a hook.
Ticklepants's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Furfur ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ticklepants. Furfur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Furfur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ticklepants throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Furfur swings for the body but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ticklepants swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furfur throws a head kick but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Furfur lands a slapping body shot.
Furfur lands a really nice looking cross but Ticklepants seems unphased.
The crowd cheers as Furfur lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ticklepants doesn't seem phased though.
Ticklepants is looking to clinch but Furfur is avoiding it.
A clash of legs there as Ticklepants blocks the low kick.
Ticklepants tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Furfur connects with an inside leg kick.
Ticklepants lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Ticklepants sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ticklepants throws a head kick that misses.
Furfur wants to slow Ticklepants down by chopping away at his legs.
Ticklepants digs a good body shot into Furfur's ribs.
Bubbles Ticklepants has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ticklepants avoids the head kick by Furfur.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ticklepants avoids the body shot from Furfur.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ticklepants clinches up against the cage.
Ticklepants scores with a knee to the head.
Ticklepants connects with a nasty looking knee right to Furfur's face.
Ticklepants tries to land knees in the clinch but Furfur avoids the damage to the body.
Furfur lands a shoulder strike.
Ticklepants takes a shot to the head.
Furfur tries to throw a body punch but Ticklepants avoids it by throwing Furfur back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ticklepants unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur has a couple of punches blocked by Ticklepants.
Furfur blocks a body shot from Ticklepants.
Good body shot from Furfur.
Ticklepants misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Furfur.
Furfur blocks an elbow strike from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants blocks a body shot from Furfur.
Ticklepants is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Furfur.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but Furfur blocks with his arms.
Ticklepants unloads a knee to the mid-section. Furfur lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bubbles Ticklepants seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ticklepants blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ticklepants lands a knee to the body.
Ticklepants throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ticklepants trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Ticklepants.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Furfur.
Ticklepants lands a good knee to the midsection. Furfur won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ticklepants.
Ticklepants unloads a knee to the mid-section. Furfur lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Furfur managing to block the knees to the body from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants looking to throw knees to the head but Furfur is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ticklepants.
A head punch on the inside from Furfur fails to land.
Furfur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ticklepants landing knees to the head.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ticklepants.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ticklepants connects with a knee to the head.
Furfur managing to block the knees to the body from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furfur takes a knee right on the jaw!
Furfur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bubbles Ticklepants comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Furfur has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Zophiel Furfur!
A victorious Zophiel Furfur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Llewelyn Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyer comes to the cage accompanied by I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Llewelyn Carter!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer misses with a body shot.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
Kurt Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer misses with a straight right.
Meyer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
Meyer cracks Carter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Llewelyn Carter has been cut.
Meyer just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick from Carter lands but Meyer takes it in his stride.
It looks like Kurt Meyer has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Meyer.
Meyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Meyer takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Meyer throws a right hand that Carter ducks under and follows up with a left that Carter also avoids with ease.
Carter throws a leg kick which misses Meyer's front leg but catches the back leg as Meyer tries to avoid it.
Carter throws a head kick that misses.
Meyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carter thows a body shot but no joy.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses
and Carter counters with a nice leg kick.
Carter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Meyer circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Carter.
Meyer is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meyer walks into a left hand.
Meyer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carter misses with a body kick.
Meyer throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Meyer is out of range.
Carter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meyer is out of range and Carter settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Carter.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter stuns Meyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carter digs a good body shot into Meyer's ribs.
Carter misses with a body kick.
Carter clobbers Meyer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kurt Meyer's cut is getting worse.
Meyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Meyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Kurt Meyer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some bone on bone action there as Meyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Carter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Carter lands a left and a right that send Meyer crashing to the mat, dazed. Carter thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Meyer is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kurt Meyer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Llewelyn Carter!
After winning the bout, Llewelyn Carter thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Van Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Van Winkle acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Van Winkle!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Winkle moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Van Winkle gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Van Winkle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Harper. Those never looked like landing.
Harper does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Van Winkle misses with a low kick.
Van Winkle blocks a low kick nicely.
Van Winkle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harper is out of range.
Van Winkle walks into a stiff left hand from Harper.
Van Winkle looks to land a body kick but Harper moved away.
Van Winkle shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harper is trying to defend but Van Winkle finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Van Winkle wants to pass the guard but Harper is defending well.
Van Winkle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Winkle trying to control from half guard but Harper is working away.
Harper is trying to get back to full guard.
Van Winkle is trying to control the action in half guard but Harper is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Van Winkle is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harper tries to get to full guard but Van Winkle has control of the leg.
Harper is not content to let Van Winkle control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harper's head.
Van Winkle wants to pass to mount but Harper is defending the position.
Van Winkle wants to advance to full mount but Harper doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Van Winkle postures up.
Van Winkle trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harper is keeping the position for now.
Van Winkle postures up in Harper's guard and throws a big left but Harper blocks it.
Harper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Van Winkle is one step ahead there.
Van Winkle scoring with punches to the head and body.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harper is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Winkle looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harper passes into side control.
Van Winkle wants to control but Harper postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Harper haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Winkle is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Harper off and has taken his back!
Van Winkle connects with a big shot to the side of Harper's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Winkle misses with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Van Winkle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Van Winkle thows a leg kick but Harper checks it
and Harper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harper connects with a leg kick. Van Winkle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harper.
Van Winkle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Van Winkle connects with a solid leg kick.
Harper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Van Winkle counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Winkle throws a strike but Harper avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Van Winkle trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper looking for a sweep. Not yet Harper, not yet.
Van Winkle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Van Winkle trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
Van Winkle engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Robert Van Winkle hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice straight punches there by Van Winkle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Winkle.
Van Winkle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle tries to score with a low kick but Harper moves his leg out of the way.
Van Winkle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Winkle.
Van Winkle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Winkle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harper can pounce on him.
Van Winkle throws a body kick that misses.
Van Winkle misses with an uppercut
and Harper counters with a nice leg kick.
Van Winkle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harper. Harper obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper tries to clinch but Van Winkle moves out of range.
Van Winkle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Robert Van Winkle has been cut.
Van Winkle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Winkle moves out of range of the leg kick from Harper.
Harper throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Charles Harper is winning the standup battle so far.
Harper throws a front kick aimed at Van Winkle's knee but Van Winkle avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper throws a leg kick
and Van Winkle counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Harper!
Van Winkle trying to control the action but Harper is working from the bottom.
Harper is looking to regain half guard here but Van Winkle keeps moving and retains side control.
Harper is working hard here to advance position.
Harper dodges the ground and pound from Van Winkle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harper keeps working.
Van Winkle throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Van Winkle cracks Harper with a big right hand but Harper just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Winkle wants to take a breather but Harper manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Van Winkle.
Van Winkle throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Winkle with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Robert Van Winkle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Robert Van Winkle's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Harper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Winkle was well out of range. Poor timing from Harper.
Van Winkle misses with a low kick.
Van Winkle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harper tries to work over Van Winkle's front leg with a kick but Van Winkle checks it.
Robert Van Winkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Van Winkle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van Winkle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harper's calf.
Harper checks a low kick from Van Winkle.
Harper thows a leg kick but Van Winkle checks it
and Van Winkle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Harper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Van Winkle wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Van Winkle makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Winkle content to stall in guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Winkle is stalling in the full guard.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Van Winkle from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Harper controlling the position.
Van Winkle trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Robert Van Winkle wasn't active enough on the ground.
Van Winkle connects with a solid leg kick.
Harper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Winkle manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Van Winkle checks it well.
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Van Winkle moves out of range easily.
Van Winkle lands a leg kick that knocks Harper off balance momentarily.
Van Winkle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Van Winkle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harper is out of range.
Harper takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Van Winkle tries to land a front kick but Harper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harper throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Van Winkle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Winkle is able to avoid easily.
Harper misses with a hook to the body
and Van Winkle counters with a takedown into side control.
Van Winkle is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Charles Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle works to advance to full mount. Harper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Van Winkle dominating with strikes here.
Van Winkle avoids the attempt from Harper to control.
Van Winkle is stalling here but it's allowed Harper to get half guard.
Van Winkle is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harper wants to sweep but Van Winkle has passed to side control!
Harper trying to remain calm as Van Winkle controls from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Van Winkle are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Van Winkle misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Harper regains half guard.
Harper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Van Winkle.
Van Winkle scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper is holding on to half guard well.
Van Winkle is just content to waste time from the top position. Harper takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Van Winkle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Winkle looking to sit in guard and control but Harper gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Van Winkle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Winkle winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Van Winkle!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeggu Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bomb comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Nookie. Marciano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kid Charlemagne. Rocky Marciano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jeggu Bomb's chin.
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214 lbs
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215 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeggu Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano misses with a wild body shot.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bomb scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marciano doesn't seem bothered though.
Bomb instigates a clinch.
Marciano tries to work over Bomb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bomb just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marciano's brow.
Bomb leaning against his opponent.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Bomb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
A right handed body shot lands from Bomb.
Bomb blocking some punches.
Marciano gets through Bomb's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bomb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bomb lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Rocky Marciano has been cut.
Bomb comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
Bomb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bomb obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bomb misses with a punch to the body.
Bomb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bomb controls his hands.
Bomb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Bomb's ribcage. Bomb let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bomb lands with a light punch inside.
Bomb lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Bomb's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bomb's elbow.
Bomb lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Bomb on the inside.
Bomb digs a right hand underneath Marciano's ribcage. Marciano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marciano working aggressively here.
Bomb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bomb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marciano is defending well for now.
Bomb is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bomb's elbow.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bomb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
Marciano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Bomb.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bomb controls his hands.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bomb controls his hands.
Bomb can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano tries to land knees in the clinch but Bomb avoids the damage to the body.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
Marciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bomb trying to land knees to the body.
Bomb misses with a body punch.
Marciano lands with a right to the head.
Marciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marciano looking to throw knees to the head but Bomb is blocking nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bomb.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano tries to work over Bomb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bomb misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bomb tries to work over Marciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Bomb digs a right hand into Marciano's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marciano's gas tank.
Bomb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marciano.
Bomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bomb utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bomb.
Marciano looks winded!
Bomb looking to throw knees to the head but Marciano is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Bomb - that landed with a thud.
Bomb unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marciano takes an elbow to the temple.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.
Bomb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb working Marciano over with knees to the body.
Bomb pushes Marciano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bomb.
Bomb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bomb lands a knee to the body.
Bomb slowing the pace effectively.
Bomb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marciano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bomb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marciano avoids it.
Bomb scores a nice knee to the body.
Bomb crunches a lovely knee into Marciano's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bomb.
Bomb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano avoiding damage as Bomb throws knees to the body.
Bomb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bomb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bomb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Bomb.
Marciano throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeggu Bomb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bomb has Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Bomb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Nice body punch from Bomb - that landed with a thud.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bomb controls his hands.
Marciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Bomb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Marciano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marciano.
Bomb lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano scores with a shoulder strike.
Bomb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marciano or not.
Bomb pushes Marciano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Bomb.
Bomb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marciano can do to turn this around?
Bomb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marciano is breathing heavily.
Marciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bomb scores a nice knee to the body.
Marciano tries a knee to the head but Bomb blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bomb lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bomb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Bomb.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bomb takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bomb lands a nice uppercut.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bomb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marciano misses with some punches.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
Marciano takes a shot to the head.
Bomb struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Bomb.
Bomb landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bomb using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marciano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Bomb.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bomb lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bomb lands a knee to the head.
Jeggu Bomb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bomb is leaning against Marciano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bomb tries to land knees in the clinch but Marciano avoids the damage to the body.
Bomb is struggling to control the position.
Bomb makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bomb lands an elbow just above Marciano 's eye.
Bomb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bomb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bomb lands with a left to the head.
Bomb cracks Marciano with a nice body shot.
Marciano takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Rocky Marciano's cut even more.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Bomb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marciano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bomb tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Bomb back against the cage.
Bomb avoiding damage.
Bomb crunches a lovely knee into Marciano's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Bomb.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bomb.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bomb.
Marciano is rocked!
Bomb digs a right hand into Marciano's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marciano's gas tank.
Bomb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
Marciano is still on wobbly legs! Can Bomb finish him?
Bomb crunches a lovely knee into Marciano's ribcage.
Marciano seems to have recovered his senses.
A left hand lands to the body for Bomb.
Bomb gets through Marciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Bomb.
Bomb is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bomb tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Bomb back against the cage.
Marciano takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Bomb lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bomb just leaning against Marciano, taking a breather.
Marciano tries to work over Bomb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bomb lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bomb.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bomb.
Marciano managing to block the knees to the body from Bomb.
Bomb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marciano or not.
Bomb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bomb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bomb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marciano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bomb lands a hook that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Bomb scores with a shoulder strike.
Bomb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bomb unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marciano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bomb makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bomb lands a big right hand that drops Marciano! The killer instinct kicks in and Bomb finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bomb!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeggu Bomb!
An out of breath Jeggu Bomb thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaely Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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286 lbs
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291 lbs
26 - 8 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Duncan McAlister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaely Cullen!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McAlister looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McAlister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.
McAlister jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cullen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McAlister swivels and escapes.
McAlister on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cullen. Cullen obviously looking to wear him down.
McAlister avoids a kick to the body.
Cullen moves out of range of the body kick from McAlister.
McAlister throws a hook but Cullen blocks it.
Cullen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaely Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cullen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McAlister's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McAlister wants to sweep but no luck.
Cullen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cullen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McAlister is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cullen wants to pass the guard but McAlister is keeping the position.
Cullen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McAlister working for a triangle but Cullen defends it easily.
Cullen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McAlister works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen distracts McAlister with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
McAlister looking to control.
McAlister will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cullen landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen passes McAlister's left leg - he's now in half guard.
McAlister keeping control of the position.
McAlister won't allow Cullen to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cullen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McAlister blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cullen.
Cullen prevents McAlister from improving his position.
Cullen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen lands with a punch from half guard.
McAlister wants to improve his position but Cullen is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McAlister's head.
Cullen throwing shots but McAlister is blocking nicely.
Cullen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cullen lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt McAlister quite badly. McAlister pulls Cullen in close trying to recover. Cullen postures up and lands two really hard shots that put McAlister on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but McAlister doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaely Cullen!
Kaely Cullen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hell's Balls Recovery (160), into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Right Above It. Hunt is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Comfortably Numb. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gary Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington walks into a stiff left hand from Hunt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Washington shoots and misses
and Hunt counters with a shoot takedown. Washington fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hunt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Washington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington has his foot on Hunt's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hunt works his way back into a safe position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hunt works over Washington with some ground and pound from guard.
Hunt wants to pass the guard but Washington is keeping the position.
Hunt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunt is working Washington over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hunt won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Hunt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hunt throws a big right hand that misses.
Washington looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hunt manages to get himself to full guard.
Hunt trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Washington is in close to Hunt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Hunt blocks nicely.
Washington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Washington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hunt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Washington working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hunt has his hands on Washington's head, controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Washington.
Washington will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hunt controls Washington momentarily but Washington frees himself.
Washington postures up in Hunt's guard and throws a big left but Hunt blocks it.
Washington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hunt wants to sweep but no luck.
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!
Washington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington throwing strikes but missing.
Washington throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hunt keeping full guard, as Washington tries to pass.
Washington throws an elbow that misses. Hunt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Washington's guard. Nice move by Hunt!
Washington manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hunt manages to get himself to full guard.
Hunt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Washington tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunt is retaining full guard.
Washington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hunt is keeping the position for now.
Washington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hunt is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Washington, into his guard.
Washington wants to improve his position but instead Hunt has moved into half guard.
Nice strikes from Hunt there.
Washington is pressing down on Hunt's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt throwing strikes but missing.
Hunt stands up over Washington, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hunt slips nicely into half guard.
Washington actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hunt cracks Washington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hunt 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 Washington has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Washington and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Merik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt walks into a left hand.
Washington stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hunt.
That kick from Hunt tenderised Washington's leg. Washington is trying to keep his angry face on.
Washington lands a jab to the nose.
Nice body kick from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Hunt decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Washington's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt scoring with some ground and pound.
Hunt stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Washington wants to sweep here but Hunt controlling him for the moment.
Hunt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hunt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hunt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Hunt is looking to work some ground and pound but Washington has wrist control.
Hunt trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.
Washington looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hunt throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunt is aware though and is defending well.
Washington is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hunt defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Washington's head.
Washington is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hunt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hunt works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Washington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hunt scores with a couple of nice shots.
Washington actively working from the bottom here.
Washington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hunt scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hunt trying to control from half guard but Washington is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hunt seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Washington is looking to improve his position.
Washington looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hunt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hunt is nestled in close to Washington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hunt 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.
Washington on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hunt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Washington is rocked!
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!
Hunt stalling.
Hunt working the head and body with strikes.
Oh Washington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Washington seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Washington has hold of Hunt's hands but Hunt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hunt prevents Washington from improving his position.
Hunt thows a huge punch but Washington dodges it nicely.
Hunt scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Washington manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hunt lands a couple of elbows.
Hunt landing with the ground and pound.
Hunt is in close to Washington's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hunt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Washington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Washington is looking to sweep but instead, Hunt has passed into half guard.
Washington is looking to control Hunt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Washington avoid being mounted?
Hunt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Washington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merik Hunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Washington on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hunt misses with a takedown
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Washington.
Washington lands a head kick. Hunt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A jab lands there for Hunt.
Hunt throws a leg kick
and Hunt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Washington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hunt throws a low kick but Washington avoids it.
Washington on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hunt. Hunt obviously looking to wear him down.
Hunt closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hunt lands in his opponent's guard.
Hunt stands up over Washington, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hunt works over Washington with some ground and pound from guard.
Washington looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hunt is one step ahead there.
Hunt trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.
Hunt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Washington's head.
Gary Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunt passes Washington's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Washington is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Washington is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt is nestled in close to Washington, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are battling for position here. Washington manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Merik Hunt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hunt trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.
Hunt passes Washington's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Washington is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hunt lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hunt wants to take a breather but Washington is having none of it.
Washington is trying to get back to full guard.
Hunt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Washington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Washington taking some punishment here, with Hunt in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Hunt there.
Hunt seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hunt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hunt is taking a breather. Washington says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nice strikes from Hunt there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt prevents Washington from improving his position.
Hunt lands strikes from half guard.
Washington taking some punishment here, with Hunt in his half guard.
Hunt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hunt.
Washington won't allow Hunt to pass to mount.
Hunt 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.
Hunt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Washington is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hunt jumps into side control!
Washington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hunt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hunt working the ground and pound.
Hunt works to advance to full mount. Washington defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Washington is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hunt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Washington looks a forlorn figure.
Hunt connects with a bit shot that sees Washington covering up! More strikes from Hunt and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hunt is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Merik Hunt!
Merik Hunt decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Dragonfly by Shaman's Harvest as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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185 lbs
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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
31 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Bennett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bennett scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bruce Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee moves away from the strike by Bennett.
Lee scores with a body shot.
Lee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennett.
Bennett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Lee takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Bennett tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lee counters with an outside leg kick.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee clinches.
Bennett prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
Lee stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Bennett.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Bennett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennett scores with a shoulder strike.
Bennett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennett.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennett tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Bennett.
Lee lands with a right to the head.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
Bennett misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bennett.
Lee tries a body shot but Bennett blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
Bennett prevents a body shot from Lee.
Bennett misses with a punch to the body.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bennett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bennett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
Bennett throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennetts head.
Bennett misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee lands a left hand.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
Bennett misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Bennett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
Lee misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett slows down the pace here.
Bennett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee wants to stall.
Lee tries a body shot but Bennett blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee tries a body shot but Bennett blocks it.
Bennett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lee.
Lee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
That's time! Bennett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big left from Bennett misses.
Bennett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lee has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bennett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lee has managed to clinch.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Lee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Bennett fails to land.
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!
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Bennett.
Bruce Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bennett prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Lee stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bennett.
Lee blocking some punches.
A short left from Lee.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Bennett as the two fighters clinch.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee gets through Bennett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee looking to stall.
Bennett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bennett throws a head punch that misses.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennetts head.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennett avoiding damage.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bennett has his back to the cage.
Bennett swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee is working Bennett over against the cage.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bennett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee blocks an elbow strike.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bennett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bennett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bennett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee trying to stall but Bennett improves his position.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bennett.
Bennett scores with a jab.
Lee clinches.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee blocks a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Bennett's head.
A nice left hand lands by Lee.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Bennett.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bennett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett lands a body punch.
Bennett tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bennett throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Bennett lands a left hand.
Lee lands a right hand.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bennett misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bennett lands a shot to the body.
Bennett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Bennett's head.
Bennett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennett is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bennett has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Bennett controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
Bennett lands a shoulder strike.
Bennett misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bennett working aggressively here.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Bennett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Lee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Bennett back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bennett.
Bennett misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bennett leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bennett tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
A short right from Bennett.
Lee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lee lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee misses with a body punch.
Bennett throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennett or not.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Bruce Lee just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bennett jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee lands a body shot.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bennett.
Bennett misses with an elbow over the top.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Bennett controls the action.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Bennett improves position.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
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!
Bennett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Bennett is controlling the position.
Bennett lands with a right to the head.
Bennett tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
A short uppercut from Bennett.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennett.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Bennett works on Lee's body with a couple of short punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bennett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Bennett fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bennett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Bennett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bennett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Lee prevents a body shot from Bennett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Bennett.
That has opened up Bruce Lee's cut even more.
Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bennett!
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lee connects with a body shot.
Bennett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bennett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
Bennett slows down the pace here.
Bennett gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett prevents a body shot from Lee.
Bennett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Nice body punch from Lee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
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 Richard Bennett will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Bennett as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Bennett lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Lee is struggling to control the position.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennetts head.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennetts head.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee misses with some punches.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bennett.
Lee misses with the head strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bennett throws an elbow but misses.
Bruce Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Bennett.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Lee blocks a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bennett.
Lee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A shot in the inside from Bennett.
Bennett lands a shoulder strike.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Bennett's head.
Lee blocking some punches.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Bennett tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Bennett lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Lee as the two fighters clinch.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
Richard Bennett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Bennett controls the action.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bennett throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Bennett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lee tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett missing with knees to the body.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lee 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
A victorious Bruce Lee thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cpl. Sam Fender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Mackenzie King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Fender and William Mackenzie King. Fender's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Art of War. Mackenzie King comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Westside Connection - Gangsta Nation kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cpl. Sam Fender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Mackenzie King!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Mackenzie King misses its intended target.
Mackenzie King manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Fender on his heels. He'll look to pass Fender's guard now, I'm sure.
Fender not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mackenzie King won't allow Fender to sweep him here.
Mackenzie King throws a big elbow that misses.
Fender preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fender is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mackenzie King defends well.
Mackenzie King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mackenzie King content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fender looking for a guillotine here but Mackenzie King defends easily.
Mackenzie King trying to control the position from guard on top but Fender is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fender looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mackenzie King throws a big elbow that misses.
Mackenzie King won't allow Fender to sweep him here.
Mackenzie King trying to control but Fender is working from the bottom.
Mackenzie King working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fender's head.
Mackenzie King stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fender swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fender is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie King wants to pass the guard but Fender is keeping the position.
Mackenzie King throws a big right hand that misses.
Fender keeping moving, preventing Mackenzie King from controlling successfully.
Mackenzie King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mackenzie King lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mackenzie King throws a big right hand that misses.
Fender utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mackenzie King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mackenzie King pushes down on Fender's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mackenzie King passes to side control.
Fender is looking to regain half guard here but Mackenzie King keeps moving and retains side control.
Mackenzie King works to advance to full mount. Fender defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mackenzie King landing shots from mount.
Mackenzie King working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie King looking to secure an arm triangle but Fender defends it well.
Mackenzie King throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fender is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mackenzie King landing strikes from the mount.
Mackenzie King breaks from Fender's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mackenzie King scoring with strikes but Fender is staying in there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fender takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mackenzie King's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Mackenzie King!
A relieved looking William Mackenzie King thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo AtlaSon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everybody Knows My Name. Theo AtlaSon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo AtlaSon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
AtlaSon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
AtlaSon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
AtlaSon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Holmes misses with a low kick.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
AtlaSon cracks Holmes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It looks like Mike Holmes has been cut.
AtlaSon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Holmes slips a straight right by AtlaSon.
A nice inside leg kick there by Holmes. That's going to slow AtlaSon down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
AtlaSon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
AtlaSon misses the shot to the body.
AtlaSon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
AtlaSon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from AtlaSon there as he acknowledges the shot.
AtlaSon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but AtlaSon manages to avoid it.
Holmes throws a head kick that AtlaSon semi-blocks.
It looks like Theo AtlaSon has been cut.
Holmes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holmes.
AtlaSon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Holmes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to AtlaSon's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
AtlaSon thuds his shin into the meat of Holmes's side.
AtlaSon misses the body punch
and Holmes counters with a nice body kick.
AtlaSon swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
AtlaSon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
AtlaSon drops his hands momentarily and Holmes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Holmes lands with a kick to the ribs.
AtlaSon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A low kick from AtlaSon misses
and Holmes counters with a left to the body.
Holmes throws a chopping leg kick but AtlaSon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
AtlaSon avoids the head kick by Holmes.
AtlaSon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
AtlaSon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
AtlaSon works the jab nicely.
Holmes throws a leg kick but AtlaSon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
AtlaSon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holmes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Theo AtlaSon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holmes.
AtlaSon misses the shot to the body.
Holmes is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot.
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
AtlaSon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
AtlaSon is looking to wear down Holmes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
AtlaSon throws a low kick, looking for Holmes's leg but Holmes calmly moves out of range.
AtlaSon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Holmes checks a leg kick.
Holmes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Holmes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Holmes takes a swing at AtlaSon's ribcage but misses.
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!
Holmes blocks a head kick by AtlaSon.
A combination from Holmes does no damage.
AtlaSon moves out of range as Holmes throws a body kick.
AtlaSon fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
AtlaSon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holmes.
AtlaSon throws a leg kick but Holmes checks it.
A head kick misses from Holmes.
AtlaSon lands with a good body shot.
Holmes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
AtlaSon misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Holmes.
Holmes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
AtlaSon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holmes's hands.
AtlaSon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Holmes lands with a kick to the temple. AtlaSon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mike Holmes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
AtlaSon digs a good hook to Holmes's body.
AtlaSon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Holmes.
AtlaSon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holmes.
Mike Holmes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holmes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Holmes throws a shot to the body.
AtlaSon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Holmes tries to move into range but AtlaSon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Holmes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
AtlaSon throws a lazy uppercut
and Holmes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. AtlaSon really felt that one!
AtlaSon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
AtlaSon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
AtlaSon lands with a hook. Holmes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
AtlaSon throws a series of punches but Holmes moves out of range.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
Holmes slips a jab and a cross from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
AtlaSon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Holmes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
AtlaSon blocks a head kick by Holmes.
Holmes throws a shot to the body.
Holmes lands a really nice looking cross but AtlaSon seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes misses with a head kick.
Holmes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Holmes.
AtlaSon throws a hook but Holmes blocks it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Holmes.
Holmes thumps AtlaSon with a low kick.
Holmes connects with a leg kick. AtlaSon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
AtlaSon moves out of range of the body kick from Holmes.
Holmes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Holmes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
AtlaSon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Holmes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holmes.
AtlaSon is rocked!
Look low, kick high! Holmes uses the oldest trick in the book to send AtlaSon tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Holmes is absolutely delighted - when AtlaSon wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mike Holmes!
Mike Holmes is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mike Holmes waved his t-shirt featuring Empire Threads's logo in front of the cameras.
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