CCF Midweek Mayhem 70 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between La Dicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Togawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dicks comes to the cage accompanied by Avicii 'Levels' Skrillex Remix. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dicks
vs
Togawa

185 cm
23
183 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

188 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, La Dicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Togawa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Togawa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dicks is trying to get back to his feet.
Togawa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dicks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dicks is trying to control Togawa's posture but Togawa avoids it.
Dicks is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Togawa is controlling him well.
Dicks tries to improve position but can't.
Dicks is not content to let Togawa control the position.
Togawa controlling the position from side mount.
Dicks is looking to get back to his feet here but Togawa is keeping cool and he's managed to take Dicks's back.
Dicks is trying to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dicks just trying to survive but Togawa is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Togawa keeps control of the position as Dicks tries to break free.

Dicks defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Togawa not allowing Dicks to control his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dicks covering up well and avoiding damage.
Dicks wants to get back to his feet.
Togawa throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Dicks!
Dicks controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dicks defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Togawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dicks wants to pass the guard but Togawa is keeping the position.
Dicks trying to control but Togawa is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Togawa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dicks is looking to stand up but Togawa won't let him.
Togawa is pulling down on Dicks's head. It's preventing any offense from Dicks, at least for the moment.
Dicks advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Togawa trying to hold on to Dicks's head to control him but Dicks postures up.
Dicks with the ground and pound but Togawa uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Dicks stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dicks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Togawa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dicks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Togawa shoots in but no luck this time.
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 La Dicks will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Togawa fails with a takedown attempt.
Dicks looks to clinch

and Togawa counters by moving into the clinch.
Togawa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Dicks manages to break the clinch.
Togawa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Togawa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Dicks!
Togawa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dicks keeps working.
Dicks is trying to buck Togawa off.

Togawa decides to stand back up.
Dicks darts in trying to clinch
and Togawa counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Togawa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dicks did well to prevent Togawa getting side control.
Togawa wants to free his trapped foot but Dicks is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Togawa prevents Dicks from standing back up.
Dicks blocking the ground and pound attempt from Togawa.

Dicks kicks off Togawa and gets to his feet.
Dicks tries to clinch there but Togawa circles away.
Dicks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Togawa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dicks is fending him off so far but Togawa persists. Nope, Dicks circles away and we're back to standing.
Dicks tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Togawa counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dicks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Togawa is trying to break the clinch but Dicks is controlling him.
Dicks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Togawa.
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!
Dicks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dicks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Togawa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Togawa tries to circle away but Dicks has him pinned against the cage.
Dicks can't find room to land a body shot as Togawa controls the action.
Dicks misses with a knee strike.
Dicks is trying to break the clinch but Togawa has him pressed against the cage.
Togawa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dicks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
La Dicks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Togawa.
Togawa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Togawa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dicks gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dicks putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Togawa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Togawa is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dicks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Togawa after a bit of a struggle.
Stalling in the clinch from Togawa.
Dicks stalling.
Togawa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dicks tries to break free but Togawa pushes him back against the cage.
Dicks is looking to break free of the clinch but Togawa has double underhooks.
Togawa is trying to maintain a safe position but Dicks gets an underhook and turns Togawa into the cage.
Togawa prevents a body shot from Dicks.
Togawa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Togawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dicks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Togawas head.

Togawa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Togawa stops Dicks from standing up.

Togawa has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Dicks to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Togawa is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Dicks pulls down on the head and he's put Togawa to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). La Dicks!
An out of breath La Dicks thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
28%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malcomn Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Daiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malcomn Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brown
vs
Daiz

190 cm
30
181 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malcomn Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Daiz!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daiz feints a jab promting Brown to slip. Daiz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Brown slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Daiz misses with a body shot.
Daiz throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Daiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Brown moves into the clinch.
Daiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown lands an uppercut.
Brown avoiding damage as Daiz throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Daiz blocks an uppercut.
Daiz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Daiz lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Daiz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Daiz blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with some punches.
Daiz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daiz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Daiz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Daiz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Daiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daiz connects with a knee to the head.
Daiz scores with a hook to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daiz.
Daiz is struggling to control the position.
Daiz lands a nice elbow.
Brown is looking to control Daiz's arms but Daiz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Daiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daiz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daiz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Daiz is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Daiz lands a knee to the body.
Daiz connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Malcomn Brown has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daiz obliges.
Daiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Brown is rocked!
Daiz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daiz scores with a knee to the head.
Brown is pressed against the cage. Daiz pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Brown! Two more big strikes from Daiz and Brown crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Carlos Daiz!
After the fight, Carlos Daiz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
97%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bentley Drummle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bentley Drummle has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Drummle
vs
Gonzalez

170 cm
27
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
28
150 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bentley Drummle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drummle pinned against the cage. Drummle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drummle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gonzalez gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gonzalez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drummle tries to get to full guard but Gonzalez has control of the leg.
Gonzalez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drummle looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gonzalez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gonzalez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gonzalez seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Drummle is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Juan Gonzalez!
A very excited looking Juan Gonzalez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
38%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juan Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wei Shen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Shen's choice of entrance music: For Faith. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dela Cruz
vs
Shen

220 cm
33
130 lbs
7 - 8 - 1

170 cm
21
151 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wei Shen!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Dela Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Shen.
Dela Cruz tries to clinch up but Shen circles away and keeps his distance.
Shen misses with a few strikes there.

Shen clinches up with Dela Cruz and pushes him back against the cage.
Shen misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shen.
Shen trying to land knees to the body.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shen trying to stall but Dela Cruz improves his position.
Shen looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shen stalling the fight.
Shen pushes Dela Cruz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shen with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Dela Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shen throws a combination that misses

and Dela Cruz counters by clinching up.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dela Cruz is breathing heavily.
Shen landing knees to the body.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Dela Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dela Cruz walks away with a smile on his face. Shen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Shen tries to clinch up.

Shen moves into range and clinches up with Dela Cruz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shen lands a right hand.
Shen crunches a lovely knee into Dela Cruz's ribcage.
Shen scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shen.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Shen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Shen trying to land knees to the body.
Shen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dela Cruz's face.
Dela Cruz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Shen throws knees to the body.
Shen scores a nice knee to the body.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shen tries to land a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks with his arms.
Shen lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Shen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shen trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dela Cruz as Shen tries to tie him up.
Shen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dela Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shen lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dela Cruz smiles and moves away.
Shen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dela Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Juan Dela Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Shen has managed to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Dela Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wei Shen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dela Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shen doesn't manage to clinch there - Dela Cruz circles away.

Shen has managed to clinch.
Shen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dela Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shen goes for a takedown attempt but Dela Cruz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Shen tries to clinch but Dela Cruz moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shen throws a head kick but Dela Cruz moves out of range.

Shen gets tackled into the cage by Dela Cruz. Dela Cruz maintains the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shen controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shen trying to land knees to the body.
Shen taking a breather.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
Dela Cruz tries to break free but Shen pushes him back against the cage.
Shen missing with knees to the body.
Shen looking to stall.
Shen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.
Shen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shen with a knee to the head.

Dela Cruz is rocked!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dela Cruz as Shen tries to tie him up.
Oh Dela Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wei Shen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dela Cruz seems to have got his legs back now.
Shen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Shen trying to stall but Dela Cruz improves his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Shen looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Dela Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Shen.
Shen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shen stalling in the clinch but Dela Cruz improves position.
Dela Cruz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dela Cruz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Juan Dela Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wei Shen.
Shen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shen slowing the pace effectively.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shen stalling in the clinch but Dela Cruz improves position.
Dela Cruz working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shen gets control of Dela Cruz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Shen looking to control but Dela Cruz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dela Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shen trying to control but Dela Cruz is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dela Cruz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wei Shen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shen scores with a shot to the body.
Shen tries to clinch there but Dela Cruz circles away.
Dela Cruz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shen momentarily.
Shen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dela Cruz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dela Cruz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shen misses with a head kick.
Shen throws a head kick but Dela Cruz moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dela Cruz's head.
Shen tries to clinch there but Dela Cruz circles away.
Jab by Dela Cruz.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Shen!
Dela Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Shen.
Shen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dela Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Shen closes the distance and clinches.
Shen lands a knee to the body.
Shen trying to stall but Dela Cruz improves his position.
Shen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shen connects with a knee to the head.
Dela Cruz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shen avoiding damage.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dela Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Shen has him pressed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Shen.
Shen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shen.
Shen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shen looking to stall.
Shen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shen scores a nice knee to the body.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Shen misses with a knee strike.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen misses with a knee strike.
Shen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shen has Dela Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Dela Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shen missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shen scores a nice knee to the body.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wei Shen really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dela Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Shen.
Shen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dela Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shen tries to clinch there but Dela Cruz circles away.
Juan Dela Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dela Cruz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Shen closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Shen working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
Shen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shen trying to stall but Dela Cruz improves his position.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen tries for a takedown but Dela Cruz manages to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shen missing with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Shen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.
Shen tries to stall but Dela Cruz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dela Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Shen has the dominant position.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dela Cruz.
Shen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shen trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shen scores with a knee to the head.
Shen landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Shen throws knees to the body.
Shen is trying to stall.
Shen crunches a lovely knee into Dela Cruz's ribcage.
Shen crunches a lovely knee into Dela Cruz's ribcage.
Shen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dela Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shen misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Shen throws knees to the body.
Shen misses with a knee to the head.
Shen tries a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Dela Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Shen has the dominant position.
Shen connects with a knee to the head.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shen tries a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks it.

Dela Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dela Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shen gets a clinch.
Shen looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Shen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dela Cruz is trying to break free.
Shen lands a knee to the body.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shen stalling.
Shen tries to throw a body punch but Dela Cruz avoids it by throwing Shen back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Shen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wei Shen dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Shen is looking to clinch.
Dela Cruz moves to clinch but Shen breaks away

and Shen counters by moving into the clinch.
Dela Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Shen.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen is trying to maintain a safe position but Dela Cruz gets an underhook and turns Shen into the cage.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
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.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Shen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Shen throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.
Shen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shen wants a takedown.
Shen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Shen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dela Cruz tries to break free but Shen pushes him back against the cage.
Shen trying to stall but Dela Cruz improves his position.
Shen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dela Cruz to keep the fight standing.
Shen tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Shen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Juan Dela Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wei Shen.
Shen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.

Dela Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dela Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Dela Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shen missing with knees to the body.
Dela Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shen has Dela Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Dela Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shen tries to land a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks with his arms.
Shen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Shen throws knees to the body.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Shen lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Shen slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shen scores a nice knee to the body.
Juan Dela Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Shen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Shen tries to pull guard but Dela Cruz holds him up against the cage and eventually Shen drops back down to his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dela Cruz tries to break free but Shen pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shen obliges.
Wei Shen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shen wants to stall.
Shen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wei Shen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Wei Shen!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Wei Shen!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Wei Shen!

Wei Shen wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Wei Shen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Walet Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Franks
vs
Stewart

170 cm
28
142 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

172 cm
25
123 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walet Franks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Franks.

It looks like Damien Stewart has been cut.
A punch combination from Franks misses.
Stewart takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walet Franks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franks fails to land with a series of punches.
Stewart jabs Franks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stewart misses with a straight right.
A big left from Franks misses.
Franks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stewart lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stewart misses with the combination.
Franks throws a nice looking combination but Stewart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Franks. Those never looked like landing.
Stewart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stewart shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Franks pinned against the cage. Franks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stewart slips under a jab.
Stewart connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Franks swinging wildly here.
Stewart fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walet Franks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stewart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stewart with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franks to score with a decent uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Franks.
Stewart scores with a nice head shot.
Stewart is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stewart connects with a looping right hand.
Stewart works over Franks's head and body with a nice combination.
Franks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stewart scores with a jab to the head.
Stewart lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franks is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stewart.

Franks is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stewart cracks a nice hook into Franks's ribs.
Oh Franks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franks is breathing heavily.
Franks gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Stewart gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Stewart!
Damien Stewart thanked the fans post fight for their support.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
85%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Weed King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guillermo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by http://youtu.be/8gyLR4NfMiI. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

King
vs
Martinez

185 cm
27
268 lbs
11 - 16 - 0

185 cm
26
275 lbs
8 - 16 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Weed King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guillermo Martinez!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez avoids the head kick by King.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
King chopping away at his opponent's legs.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Martinez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
King shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Martinez pinned against the cage. Martinez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
Martinez throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
King tries for a takedown but Martinez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Weed King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinez throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
Martinez lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Martinez duly obliges.

It looks like Weed King has been cut.
A left and a right from King both land. Nice combination.
King is breathing heavily.

Martinez drops King with a beautiful combination! King stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Martinez is looking for the KO!

King is rocked!
Martinez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! King is out on his feet! Martinez sets himself and nearly takes King's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Guillermo Martinez!
After winning the bout, Guillermo Martinez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir comes into a darkened arena with his song building. M.A.S.H Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jankowski
vs
Nadir

188 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
217 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sex Panther Supplements
Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jozef Jankowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Nadir there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nadir jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Jozef Jankowski has been cut.

Jankowski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jankowski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nadir is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nadir on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jankowski sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nadir is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jankowski working the ground and pound from side control.
Nadir regains half guard, as Jankowski was trying to land strikes.
Nadir trying to hold on to Jankowski's head to control him but Jankowski postures up.
Nadir is not content to let Jankowski control the position.
Nadir keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir gets full guard.
Jankowski scoring with some ground and pound.
Jankowski throws an elbow that misses. Nadir uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jankowski's guard. Nice move by Nadir!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nadir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nadir is fighting to break Jankowski's control of his arms but Jankowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nadir throws a big right hand that misses.
Nadir throws a big right hand that misses.
Nadir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jankowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nadir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nadir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jankowski pulls Nadir in close to prevent any damage.
Jankowski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Jankowski blocks nicely.
Jankowski has momentary wrist control but Nadir slips an elbow through the middle.
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!
Nadir is in close to Jankowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jankowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nadir lands a couple of elbows.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jankowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nadir throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jankowski has momentary wrist control but Nadir slips an elbow through the middle.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Jankowski blocks nicely.
Jankowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jankowski controls Nadir momentarily but Nadir frees himself.
Nadir works over Jankowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Nadir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jankowski is keeping the position for now.
Nadir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jankowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jankowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nadir works over Jankowski with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski pulls Nadir in close to prevent any damage.
Jankowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.
Jankowski pulls Nadir in to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nadir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jankowski working a defensive guard here.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jankowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadir wants to pass the guard but Jankowski is keeping the position.
Nadir is working Jankowski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jozef Jankowski'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.

Nadir fails in his attempt to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nadir.
Jankowski moves away from the strike by Nadir.
Nadir throws a right and a left that Jankowski avoids nicely.
Nadir tries to clinch there but Jankowski circles away.
Jankowski misses with a takedown attempt - Nadir sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nadir displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jankowski.
Nadir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nadir throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nadir darts in trying to clinch
and Jankowski counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A telegraphed right hand from Nadir misses the target.
Nadir finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jankowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jankowski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nadir avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jozef Jankowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jankowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jankowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nadir trying to land knees to the body.

Jankowski drags the fight down to the ground.
Nadir content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jankowski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jankowski looks to land a strike but Nadir avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski trying to control but Nadir is working from the bottom.
Jankowski is looking to advance position but Nadir has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Jankowski manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadir thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jankowski's head.
Jankowski controlling the position well.
Nadir is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nadir is nestled in close to Jankowski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Abed Nadir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jankowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nadir.
Nadir drops an elbow to the side of Jankowski's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands strikes from half guard.

Jankowski is rocked!
Nadir lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Jankowski quite badly. Jankowski pulls Nadir in close trying to recover. Nadir postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Jankowski on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Jankowski doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abed Nadir!
A relieved looking Abed Nadir thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
72%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Aarons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crawford is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Cranberries - Zombie. TJ Crawford is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Aarons
vs
Crawford

168 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
28
155 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Aarons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aarons fails with the takedown.
Aarons shoots in but Crawford avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crawford defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aarons.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Aarons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aarons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crawford misses with a few strikes there.
Aarons shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crawford pinned against the cage. Crawford gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Aarons slips a jab and a cross from Crawford.
Aarons takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crawford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aarons tries for a takedown but Crawford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Oooooh!!! Crawford has knocked Aarons down with a huge combo! Crawford steps away and waves a wobbly Aarons back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Aarons is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Aarons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crawford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Crawford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aarons tries to score a power double leg takedown but Crawford sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aarons somewhat.
Aarons seems to have got his legs back now.
Aarons shoots in but Crawford avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aarons is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crawford throws the kick towards the body but Aarons avoids it.
Crawford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aarons looks to land a combination but Crawford avoids it well.
A left and a right from Aarons both land. Nice combination.

It looks like TJ Crawford has been cut.
Aarons has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Aarons misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crawford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aarons's calf.
Aarons shoots in for a takedown but Crawford shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Crawford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aarons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crawford.
Aarons lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford lands a nice hook to Aarons's body. Aarons takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
TJ Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aarons shoots in for a double leg but Crawford sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
TJ Crawford is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aarons crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crawford - the referee stops the clock and Aarons gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crawford. Aarons manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crawford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crawford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crawford throws a head kick but Aarons moves out of range.
Aarons misses with a few strikes there.
Crawford throws a series of punches but Aarons avoids them all with ease.

Aarons drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Crawford has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Aarons off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Some wild striking there from Crawford.
Crawford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aarons swinging wildly here.
Aarons avoids the head kick by Crawford.
Aarons closes the distance and clinches up with Crawford, looking for a takedown. Aarons pushes Crawford against the cage but Crawford circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crawford tries a head kick but it misses.
Crawford tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aarons shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Aarons was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Aarons tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Aarons has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Aarons thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Crawford tries to escape but Aarons is in control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Aarons is working to tighten is grip on Crawford's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Crawford has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Aarons is really squeezing tight and eventually Crawford passes out! Aarons breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Henry Aarons!
Henry Aarons bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

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FIGHT
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Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dinomat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by Country Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Man
vs
Gonzales

181 cm
32
182 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

168 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dinomat Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the body

and Man moves into the clinch.
Man displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gonzales up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Man.

It looks like Hector Gonzales has been cut.
Gonzales is looking to break free of the clinch but Man has double underhooks.
Man tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzales avoids it.
Man stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gonzales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Man stalling the fight.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonzales letting Man take a breather here.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Man working Gonzales over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Man.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gonzales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is looking to land body kicks.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzales manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man tries to clinch but Gonzales is having none of it.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Gonzales is looking to slow Man down with leg kicks.
Gonzales changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Man looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzales throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Man takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzales.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Gonzales controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is trying to push Man away but Man has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gonzales is trying to push Man away but Man has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Man stalling the fight.
Man blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man blocks the elbow strike.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzales.
Knees in the clinch landing for Man.
Man lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Gonzales breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a leg kick that is checked

and Man counters by clinching up.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Man tries a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks it.
Gonzales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Man won't allow it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Man is struggling to control the position.
Gonzales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzales is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzales is defending well for now.
Gonzales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gonzales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzales misses with a wild combination.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzales swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzales throws a push kick but Man slaps the foot to one side.
Man shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Man moves away from the strike by Gonzales.
Man lands a really nice looking cross but Gonzales seems unphased.
Gonzales is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Man rather than just go for the knockout.
Man wants to clinch.
Man wants to clinch but Gonzales slips to the side
and Gonzales counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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 Dinomat Man will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hector Gonzales's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gonzales getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dinomat Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Man tries to clinch there but Gonzales circles away.
Man moves in looking to clinch but Gonzales pushes him off.

Man gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Man creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Man keeps control of Gonzales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Man is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Gonzales avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Gonzales tries to break the clinch but Man is controlling the position.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Man trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Man as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Man scores with a shot to the side of Gonzales's head.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Come on Man - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzales is trying to push Man away but Man has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Man just leaning against Gonzales, taking a breather.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Hector Gonzales's cut even more.
A nice right hand lands inside from Man.
Man holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gonzales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
Man dodges an elbow strike from Gonzales.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Man missing with knees 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!
A short right from Man.
A knee to the head by Man.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gonzales as Man tries to tie him up.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Man, against the cage.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Gonzales slowing the pace effectively.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Man.
Man lands a shoulder strike.

The cut above Hector Gonzales's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Man tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzales avoids it.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Man keeps control of Gonzales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gonzales wants to break free but Man has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales breaks the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gonzales!
Dinomat Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gonzales gets tackled into the cage by Man. Man maintains the clinch.
Man is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gonzales tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Man obliges.
Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Man.

Gonzales manages to break the clinch.

Man instigates a clinch.
Man slowing the pace effectively.
Man is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man trying to stall but Gonzales improves his position.
Man with a knee to the head.
Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gonzales is keeping busy.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man crunches a lovely knee into Gonzales's ribcage.
Dinomat Man has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Man misses with a body punch.
Man lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Man.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.
Man lands a damaging elbow.

Hector Gonzales's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinomat Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hector Gonzales'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.

Man checks a leg kick.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzales manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.
Gonzales fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man tries to clinch but Gonzales moves out of range.
Gonzales throws a nice inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Man blocks the low kick.
Gonzales throws a leg kick

and Man counters by moving into the clinch.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Man keeps control of Gonzales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man scores with a shot to the side of Gonzales's head.
Man creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Man.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hector Gonzales's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dinomat Man!
After the big win, Dinomat Man made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Steel Penn Nutrition (90% Return) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.