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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jones Zica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Pontov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zica kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Master of Puppets by Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jones Zica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boris Pontov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zica connects with a leg kick. Pontov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zica fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pontov, pushing him back against the cage.
Zica digs a right hand underneath Pontov's ribcage. Pontov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zica pressing his opponent against the cage.
Zica lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Zica scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Zica.
Pontov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zica is keeping busy.
Zica throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pontovs head.
A short right from Zica.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zica creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zica throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pontovs head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zica softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zica breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pontov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pontov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zica.
Pontov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Zica misses.
Pontov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pontov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pontov ducks under a wild hook from Zica.
Zica uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pontov.
Zica scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pontov tries to clinch up
and Zica counters with a right hand to the body.
Zica swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zica lands a jab.
Zica stuffs the takedown.
Zica cracks Pontov with an open hand slap.
Zica works the jab nicely.
A left lands for Zica.
Zica has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zica lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from Zica.
Zica scores with a shoulder strike.
Zica lands a hook that snaps the head of Pontov backwards.
Zica pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Zica for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zica working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zica as Pontov tries to tie him up.
Zica lands with a left to the head.
Zica lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zica creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zica lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zica.
Zica lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zica pushes Pontov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zica lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Zica.
Zica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zica connects with the punch.
Pontov is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pontov takes one on the button.
Pontov is still on wobbly legs! Can Zica finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zica drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Pontov right on the button. Pontov goes down! Zica follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Zica gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jones Zica!
A relieved looking Jones Zica thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Stryker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Staller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stryker comes to the cage accompanied by Die Motherfucker Die by Dope. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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193 lbs
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190 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Stryker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Staller!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stryker feints and as Staller raises his hands in defense, Stryker changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Staller has his hands on Stryker's head, controlling the position.
Stryker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Staller wants to stand and escape but Stryker is having none of it.
Staller working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Stryker has passed into half guard!
Staller is refusing to be controlled, as Stryker sits in half guard.
Staller looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Well, if Stryker is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Staller looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stryker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Staller is pressing down on Stryker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Staller is trying to hold Stryker in close to prevent damage but Stryker has managed to pass into half guard.
Stryker is thwarting Staller's attempts to control the position.
Staller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Staller looking for submissions off his back.
Staller trying to get back to full guard but Stryker takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staller is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Staller regains half guard.
Staller is trying to maintain the position but Stryker is very close to passing his half guard.
Staller blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stryker.
Stryker is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Staller!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Staller tries to hold on but Stryker pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Staller really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stryker looking to finish Staller with some ground and pound. This is bad for Staller!
Stryker with shots to the head and body - Staller looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Stryker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stryker tries to control but Staller wriggling away.
Stryker punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stryker with a couple of short strikes.
Staller tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stryker controlling from mount.
Staller is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stryker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Staller looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Staller tries to reverse the position but Stryker maintains control.
Staller is in a horrible position here. Stryker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stryker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker avoids the attempt from Staller to control.
Staller manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Stryker is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Stryker.
Staller wants to improve his position but Stryker is controlling well.
Staller keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stryker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Staller with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stryker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Stryker dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Staller.
Stryker looks to score with a jab to the body but Staller is just out of range.
Stryker misses with a body shot.
Stryker blocks a head kick by Staller.
Stryker stuffs the takedown.
Staller misses with a takedown attempt - Stryker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Charles Stryker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Staller.
Nice shot by Stryker.
Staller feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stryker keeping moving, preventing Staller from controlling successfully.
Staller throws a big right hand that misses.
Staller looking to sit in guard and control but Stryker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Staller keeping moving, preventing Stryker from controlling successfully.
Staller trying to keep a closed guard but Stryker is proving a slippery customer.
Stryker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stryker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stryker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stryker preventing the sweep.
Staller looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Stryker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Staller's head.
Staller throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stryker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stryker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Staller trying to control the position.
Stryker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Staller pulls Stryker in to control the position.
Staller working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stryker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stryker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Stryker works over Staller with some ground and pound from guard.
Stryker is in close to Staller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker tries to free his leg and advance position but Staller is retaining full guard.
Stryker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Staller sneaks back into half guard.
Staller looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stryker takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Staller is refusing to be controlled, as Stryker sits in half guard.
Staller trying to control but Stryker postures up.
Stryker trying to control the pace.
Charles Stryker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stryker prevents Staller from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staller looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stryker slips a nice elbow through Staller's hands, connecting with Staller's forehead.
Staller is trying to control but can't.
Staller is looking for a sweep. Stryker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Staller wants to control but Stryker is keeping busy.
Staller gets full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stryker wants to pass the guard but Staller is keeping the position.
Stryker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stryker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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 Charles Stryker 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. This is the final round!
Stryker moves out of range of the body kick from Staller.
Stryker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stryker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stryker forces Staller back against the cage and clinches.
Stryker prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stryker.
Stryker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Staller or not.
Staller wants to take the fight to the mat but Stryker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Stryker scores with a shoulder strike.
Staller wants a takedown but no success here.
Charles Stryker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Staller.
Stryker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stryker scores with a shoulder strike.
Stryker gets underhooks to prevent Staller's takedown attempt.
Staller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stryker after a bit of a struggle.
Stryker scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stryker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Staller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Staller lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Staller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stryker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stryker scores with a takedown into Staller's guard.
Stryker tries to free his leg and advance position but Staller is retaining full guard.
Stryker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Staller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stryker's guard.
Staller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stryker keeping full guard, as Staller tries to pass.
Stryker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staller postures up and lands a big shot to Stryker's brow.
Stryker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Staller's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stryker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Staller looking for a sweep. Not yet Staller, not yet.
Stryker is working Staller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Staller working for a triangle but Stryker defends it easily.
Stryker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Staller seems keen to control Stryker's posture.
Stryker landing some decent shots from guard.
Stryker postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stryker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Staller has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Stryker is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Staller.
Patrick Staller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stryker landing a few strikes.
Stryker working the ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker lands a few punches from side control.
Stryker trying to control the action but Staller is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Staller's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stryker scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Staller to see if he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stryker lands a decent elbow from side control.
Staller stops Stryker from passing to mount.
Stryker working the ground and pound.
Staller is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stryker's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staller is staying active underneath Stryker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Stryker not doing much here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Stryker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stryker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Stryker!
Our winner, Charles Stryker, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calaway comes to the cage accompanied by R.I.P.. Pietila has chosen Hard Night Out by Professor Green as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Calaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sakke Pietila!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Calaway.
A good leg kick by Pietila.
Pietila ducks under a wild hook from Calaway.
Calaway thows a body shot but no joy.
Pietila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Calaway.
Calaway throws the left hand but Pietila avoids the punch easily.
Calaway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Calaway jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sakke Pietila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calaway keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pietila stalks Calaway and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Calaway's face. Calaway staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Pietila throws a hook but Calaway avoids it easily.
Pietila misses with a head kick.
Pietila jabs at Calaway's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pietila. Calaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calaway lands a jab to the nose.
Pietila looks to score with a jab to the body but Calaway is just out of range.
Pietila lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pietila takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pietila scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Calaway back to the cage. Pietila follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Calaway throws a jab when Pietila was well out of range.
A jab from Calaway misses.
Calaway swinging wildly here.
Calaway swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pietila.
Pietila thuds a left hand into Calaway's body.
Pietila misses with a hook.
A punch combination from Calaway misses.
Calaway avoids the body shot from Pietila.
Pietila misses with a few strikes there.
Calaway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pietila.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calaway sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Calaway is breathing heavily.
Calaway throws a body punch but Pietila moves out of range.
Pietila lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pietila scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila scores with a crisp jab that stopped Calaway in his tracks.
Pietila connects with a nice looking jab.
Pietila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Calaway.
A slow jab from Calaway misses its intended target.
Pietila misses with the combination.
Pietila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calaway moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pietila throws a lazy right hand but Calaway sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Calaway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pietila was well out of range. Poor timing from Calaway.
A combination from Calaway does no damage.
Calaway slips a straight right by Pietila.
Pietila avoids the body shot from Calaway.
Pietila throws a low kick but it's checked well by Calaway.
Pietila misses with a head kick.
Pietila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calaway throws a lazy right hand but Pietila sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietila digs a good hook to Calaway's body.
Pietila throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pietila showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calaway.
Pietila misses with a hook.
Pietila throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Calaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pietila throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calaway misses with a hook. Pietila ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calaway. Pietila does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pietila darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Pietila misses the target.
Calaway throws a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jab from Calaway.
Pietila avoids the body shot from Calaway.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pietila. That's going to slow Calaway down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calaway moves away from the strike by Pietila.
Pietila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Calaway throws out the jab.
Calaway just misses with a punch to the body.
Pietila lands a nice looking body kick.
Pietila swings for the body but Calaway moves out of range.
Pietila lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Calaway circles away quickly and effectively.
Pietila fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calaway manages to avoid it.
Calaway tries to clinch but Pietila moves out of range.
Pietila showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calaway.
Calaway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pietila throws a leg kick that is checked
and Calaway counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pietila.
Pietila throws a hook to the side of Calaway's head but Calaway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Calaway 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.
Calaway moves out of range as Pietila strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakke Pietila dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Calaway jabs Pietila to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Calaway looks to score with a jab to the body but Pietila is just out of range.
Calaway throws a series of punches but Pietila avoids them all with ease.
Pietila throws a leg kick but Calaway checks it.
Mark Calaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Calaway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Calaway drops Pietila with a beautiful combination! Pietila stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Calaway is looking for the KO!
Pietila is rocked!
It looks like Sakke Pietila has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Calaway misses the target.
Pietila is still on wobbly legs! Can Calaway finish him?
Calaway misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Pietila.
Pietila defending well as Calaway loads up on a big left hand.
Calaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pietila.
Calaway throws a jab when Pietila was well out of range.
Calaway throws a hook but Pietila avoids it easily.
Calaway throws a right and a left that Pietila avoids nicely.
Calaway slips under a jab from Pietila.
Calaway misses with a straight left.
Pietila moves away from the strike by Calaway.
Pietila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Calaway.
Sakke Pietila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calaway misses with a straight left.
Calaway rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pietila moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Calaway misses with a jab, cross combination.
Calaway throws out a loose jab but Pietila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calaway throws a jab when Pietila was well out of range.
A punch combination from Calaway misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Calaway checks a leg kick.
Calaway throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Calaway slips a jab and a cross from Pietila.
Pietila misses with a straight right.
Pietila ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Calaway misses with a hook. Pietila ducked under it nicely.
Pietila waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Calaway.
Calaway staying out of range there.
Pietila throws out a leg kick but Calaway moves out of range and Pietila only half commits.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Calaway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pietila.
Calaway looks to land a right hand but Pietila moved out of range.
A punch combination from Pietila misses.
Pietila throws an overhand right that lands on Calaway's shoulder, as Calaway tries to avoid the shot.
Pietila slips a jab and a cross from Calaway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila misses with a hook. Calaway ducked under it nicely.
Pietila throws out a loose jab but Calaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calaway misses with a straight left.
Calaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pietila misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Calaway misses.
Pietila misses with a wild body shot.
Pietila throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calaway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pietila pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pietila in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pietila throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Calaway.
Pietila missing with a left hand there. Calaway was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pietila moves out of range of the strikes.
Pietila showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calaway.
Pietila throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Calaway blocks a jab.
Calaway misses with a hook. Pietila ducked under it nicely.
Pietila bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pietila is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Calaway staying out of range there.
Pietila seems to have recovered his senses.
Decent striking displayed by Pietila there.
Pietila moves into range and connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calaway. Pietila does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pietila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Calaway.
Pietila will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Pietila misses.
Pietila misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway lands with an uppercut that bounces Pietila off the cage and back into range.
Calaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pietila manages to avoid it.
Pietila digs a good hook to Calaway's body.
Pietila throws a series of strikes that have Calaway backpedaling.
Pietila fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Calaway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pietila looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pietila lands a head shot.
Calaway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pietila stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pietila misses with a few strikes there.
Calaway moves out of range of the strikes.
Calaway tries to bum rush Pietila with a series of wild strikes but Pietila uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Calaway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pietila throws an overhand right that lands on Calaway's shoulder, as Calaway tries to avoid the shot.
Calaway fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calaway ducks under a wild hook from Pietila.
Pietila scores with a shot to the body.
Calaway throws a monster overhand right that drops Pietila! Calaway follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Calaway!
Mark Calaway made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Resssttt in... Peeeaaccceee'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jirka Fukala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukala comes into the arena with Baby Bash featuring T-Pain blaring out of the sound system. Davis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses. Jirka Fukala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jirka Fukala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Davis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Davis.
A clash of legs there as Fukala blocks the low kick.
Davis is looking to slow Fukala down with leg kicks.
Fukala missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fukala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.
Fukala takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.
Fukala takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fukala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Fukala blocks the leg kick.
Fukala throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Davis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davis lands a head shot.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fukala is looking to chop away at Davis's legs.
Davis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fukala's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fukala. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Davis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fukala shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Davis is trying to defend but Fukala finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Davis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fukala is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fukala.
Fukala throwing shots but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis trying to control from the bottom.
Fukala is looking for a kimura here.
Davis is controlling Fukala's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is not content to let Fukala control the position.
Fukala is really struggling to control Davis but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fukala is trying to work for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Fukala is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Davis has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fukala is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fukala looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Davis pushes Fukala off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fukala swinging wildly here.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fukala.
Fukala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Fukala saw that one coming.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fukala ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Davis gets caught napping as Fukala dives in and scores a takedown. Davis manages to retain guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fukala wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Fukala postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Davis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fukala walks into a left hand.
Fukala takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davis connects with the punch.
Fukala is rocked!
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Fukala.
Oh Fukala is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Fukala crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Antonio Davis!
A very excited looking Antonio Davis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guillaume Veilleux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Ding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veilleux comes to the cage accompanied by Pou Lari A.. Ding has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Dick Ding told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guillaume Veilleux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Ding!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veilleux takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ding tries to close the distance and clinch up but Veilleux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Veilleux.
Veilleux takes a swing at Ding's ribcage but misses.
Veilleux gets tackled into the cage by Ding. Ding maintains the clinch.
Ding is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Veilleux can't fight it off and eventually Ding manages to take the fight to the floor. Veilleux looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Veilleux utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ding seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Veilleux controls Ding momentarily but Ding frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Veilleux misses with a two punch combination.
Ding takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ding gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Veilleux blocks an elbow strike from Ding.
Ding lands an elbow inside.
Ding is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Veilleux lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
It looks like Dick Ding has been cut.
Veilleux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Veilleux takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Veilleux throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Veilleux throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veilleux misses with some punches.
Veilleux is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Veilleux looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Veilleux has a couple of punches blocked by Ding.
Veilleux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Veilleux is looking to break free of the clinch but Ding has double underhooks.
Veilleux trying to control the position but instead, Ding has worked for underhooks and has pushed Veilleux into the cage.
Ding has Veilleux pressed against the cage.
Veilleux lands a knee to the head.
Ding manages to break the clinch.
Veilleux lands a glancing blow to the side of Ding's head.
Veilleux misses with a body shot.
Veilleux misses the shot to the body.
Ding fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veilleux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ding manages to avoid it.
Veilleux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ding - that will leave a mark!
Veilleux wants to land a leg kick but Ding is out of range.
Veilleux throws a combination that misses
and Ding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ding lands an elbow that stopped Veilleux in his tracks for a moment.
Ding is struggling to control the position.
Ding lands an elbow inside that Veilleux shrugs off.
Ding lands an elbow inside that Veilleux shrugs off.
Ding manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ding has picked Veilleux up - he's going for a ride! Ding dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ding seems to be working for a kimura but Veilleux defends the submission attempt.
Ding decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ding circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ding counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Veilleux shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Veilleux misses with a wild body shot.
Ding gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Veilleux tries to clinch but Ding is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Veilleux.
Veilleux stuns Ding with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Veilleux getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ding is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Ding dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Ding's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Veilleux misses with a hook to the body
and Ding decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Veilleux's guard.
Ding tries to stand but Veilleux is controlling from the bottom.
Ding trying to control but Veilleux is working from the bottom.
Ding is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Veilleux is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Veilleux has escaped and now he's on top!
Ding trying to keep a closed guard but Veilleux is proving a slippery customer.
Ding is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Veilleux looking to sit in guard and control but Ding gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding trying to control the position from guard on top but Veilleux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ding stopping the sweep attempt from Veilleux.
Ding postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding trying to control but Veilleux is working from the bottom.
Ding throws a strike but Veilleux rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dick Ding has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ding looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ding pulls Veilleux in close to prevent any damage.
Veilleux trying to control but Ding is working from the bottom.
Veilleux stopping the sweep attempt from Ding.
Ding has control of Veilleux's left arm, preventing Veilleux from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Dick Ding hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Ding clinches up against the cage.
Veilleux lands with a light punch inside.
Ding gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Ding makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ding trying to control the position from guard on top but Veilleux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ding looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ding would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ding stands up and waves to Veilleux to follow him.
Veilleux throws a right and a left that Ding avoids nicely.
Ding avoids the body shot from Veilleux.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ding fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Veilleux sprawls well initially but Ding persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ding wants to take a breather but Veilleux is having none of it.
Ding tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Veilleux.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Ding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dick Ding's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Veilleux tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ding counters with a good, hard body kick but Veilleux shrugs it off.
Ding misses with a takedown attempt - Veilleux sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Guillaume Veilleux is winning the standup battle so far.
Veilleux waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ding.
Veilleux fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ding, pushing him back against the cage.
Ding avoiding damage as Veilleux throws knees to the body.
Ding is working for takedown but Veilleux is calmly controlling the position for now.
Veilleux working aggressively here.
Ding lands an elbow just above Veilleux 's eye.
Veilleux misses with a punch on the inside.
Ding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ding fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ding is looking to clinch.
Veilleux just misses with a punch to the body.
Ding fails in his attempt to clinch.
Veilleux swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ding counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding moves in looking to clinch but Veilleux pushes him off.
Ding takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Veilleux misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ding counters by clinching up.
Veilleux lands an elbow inside.
Veilleux lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Veilleux fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Veilleux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ding breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Veilleux misses with a hook to the body
and Ding counters with a left to the body.
Veilleux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ding blocks the body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ding tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Veilleux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veilleux. Ding does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Veilleux.
Veilleux misses with an uppercut. Ding saw that one coming.
Veilleux throws a shot to the body.
Veilleux displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ding has closed the distance and engaged Veilleux in a clinch.
Veilleux tries a knee to the head but Ding blocks it.
Veilleux takes an elbow to the temple.
Ding looking for a takedown.
Guillaume Veilleux has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Ding.
Veilleux wants to break the clinch but can't.
Veilleux misses with some punches.
Veilleux takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Veilleux.
Veilleux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veilleux avoids it.
Veilleux has a couple of punches blocked by Ding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veilleux misses with a punch on the inside.
Veilleux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Veilleux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ding lands an elbow just above Veilleux 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ding throws an elbow but misses.
Guillaume Veilleux has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ding's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Veilleux fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ding dodges the punch combination from Veilleux.
Veilleux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Veilleux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Veilleux looks to score with a jab to the body but Ding is just out of range.
Veilleux closes the distance and pushes Ding back into the cage.
Ding blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ding crunches a lovely knee into Veilleux's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Ding has picked Veilleux up - he's going for a ride! Ding dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ding stands up out of the half guard.
Ding drives through with a takedown into Veilleux's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Veilleux avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ding's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ding scoring with some ground and pound.
Ding wants to control from the top but Veilleux keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ding gets to his feet. Veilleux looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Veilleux misses with a jab to the body
and Ding counters with a good low kick that Veilleux was not able to check.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Ding comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ding 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Ding!
A very excited looking Dick Ding made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Sladkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blair comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet by Creed. Sladkov has chosen Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here as his entrance music. Hank Blair could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Oleg Sladkov's chin.
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31
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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
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oleg Sladkov!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair throws a right and a left that Sladkov avoids nicely.
Blair lands with a good body shot.
Blair thuds a left hand into Sladkov's body.
Sladkov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hank Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair misses with a body shot.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sladkov moves away.
Sladkov misses with a body shot.
Blair connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blair fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sladkov on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sladkov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Hank Blair has been cut.
Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Sladkov counters with a straight right hand.
Blair displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch combination from Blair misses.
Blair lands with a nice body punch.
Sladkov slips under a jab from Blair.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sladkov throws a series of punches but Blair moves out of range.
Sladkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blair.
Blair throws a combination. Sladkov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Blair scores with a nice right hand.
Blair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sladkov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sladkov walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Sladkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sladkov blocks a jab.
Blair misses with a straight right.
Sladkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sladkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Blair misses with a wild body shot.
Sladkov works Blair's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blair misses with a hook.
Sladkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blair throws a shot from downtown. Sladkov moves away and avoids it.
Blair's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sladkov under the eye.
Sladkov scores with a shot to the body.
Blair throws the left hand but Sladkov avoids the punch easily.
Sladkov slips a jab from Blair.
A slow jab from Sladkov misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sladkov misses with a body shot.
Blair shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blair misses the jab.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sladkov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sladkov. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hank Blair's cut is getting worse.
Blair fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sladkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blair throws a lazy uppercut
and Sladkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Blair.
Sladkov cracks Blair with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sladkov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Blair to stand back up!
Blair is rocked!
Sladkov lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Blair up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Sladkov from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Blair's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oleg Sladkov!
Our winner, Oleg Sladkov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Diotte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diotte is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cypress Hill - I Want 2 Get High. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Diotte!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diotte misses with a double jab.
Diotte misses with a looping left.
Christian looks to throw the jab but Diotte is out of range.
Christian shoots for a double leg takedown but Diotte sprawls well. He's pushed Christian's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jack Christian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diotte takes a swing at Christian's ribcage but misses.
Christian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diotte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christian tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diotte is able to avoid easily.
Diotte looks to land a left hand but Christian moved out of range nicely.
Christian is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diotte sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Christian lands a nice shot to the body.
Diotte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diotte throws a head kick but Christian moves out of range.
Diotte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diotte stuffs the takedown attempt from Christian. Christian gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Christian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diotte connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Christian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Christian looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Christian lands a jab to Diotte's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diotte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Christian throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diotte counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Diotte.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Christian 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 Diotte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diotte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Christian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Christian throws a leg kick
and Diotte counters with an inside leg kick.
Diotte lands a head shot.
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!
Diotte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Andrew Diotte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Christian swings for the body but Diotte moves out of range.
Diotte misses with a low kick as Christian jumps back.
Christian finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Diotte's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Christian falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Diotte!
A victorious Andrew Diotte 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Carver Cade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thurgood Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins has chosen Mary Jane as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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153 lbs
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Carver Cade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thurgood Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cade throws a series of punches but Jenkins avoids them all with ease.
Cade gets the takedown into side control.
Jenkins is looking to reverse the position.
Cade in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jenkins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jenkins is not content to let Cade control the position.
Jenkins is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cade connects with a nice short shot to Jenkins's temple.
Cade wants to take a breather but Jenkins is having none of it.
Cade sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jenkins defending well though.
Jenkins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cade controls the pace.
Cade working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jenkins's head.
Cade postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jenkins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cade postures up and lands a big shot to Jenkins's brow.
Cade throws an elbow that misses. Jenkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cade's guard. Nice move by Jenkins!
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Cade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cade wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling the position.
Jenkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Cade keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cade trying to keep a closed guard but Jenkins is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jenkins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cade takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jenkins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cade will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jenkins lands a nice shot that snaps Cade's head back.
A good leg kick by Cade.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins throws a hook to the side of Cade's head but Cade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cade takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cade.
It looks like Thurgood Jenkins has been cut.
Cade looks to score with a jab to the body but Jenkins is just out of range.
Jenkins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jenkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab by Cade.
Jenkins is rocked!
Cade sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Jenkins's defenses. It connects perfectly with Jenkins's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carver Cade!
Carver Cade was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gideon Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cruz Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock. 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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179 lbs
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30
185 lbs
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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 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gideon Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cruz Jefferson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabriel throws a leg kick
and Jefferson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gabriel tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jefferson throws an elbow that misses.
Gabriel blocks an uppercut.
Gabriel is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jefferson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gabriel has Jefferson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jefferson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gideon Gabriel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gabriel blocks an elbow strike from Jefferson.
Gabriel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jefferson dodges an elbow strike from Gabriel.
Jefferson blocks an elbow strike.
Gabriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jefferson is defending well for now.
Gabriel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jefferson.
Jefferson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabriel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jefferson is looking to control Gabriel's arms but Gabriel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jefferson has his back to the cage.
Gabriel throws an elbow but it misses.
Gabriel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jefferson avoids it.
Gabriel tightens his grip and picks Jefferson up, before dumping him to the ground. Jefferson manages to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gabriel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jefferson is pulling down on Gabriel's head to control his posture.
Gabriel throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jefferson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jefferson trying to keep a closed guard but Gabriel is proving a slippery customer.
Gabriel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jefferson is keeping the position for now.
Gabriel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gabriel throwing strikes but missing.
Jefferson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gabriel manages to get himself to full guard.
Gabriel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jefferson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jefferson has passed into side control.
Gabriel looking for a sweep but Jefferson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Gabriel can't escape the position.
Gabriel tries to lock up and control but Jefferson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gabriel is looking to improve his position but Jefferson isn't that keen on the idea.
Jefferson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jefferson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson lands a big shot there that rocks Gabriel but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gabriel can't escape the position.
Jefferson content just to control the position here.
Gabriel can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gabriel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gabriel tries to hold on but Jefferson postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gabriel is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jefferson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
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 Gideon Gabriel will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gabriel tests Jefferson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gabriel fails with the takedown
and Jefferson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jefferson throws an elbow that misses.
Jefferson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jefferson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gabriel.
Gabriel trying to land knees to the body.
Jefferson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jefferson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gabriel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jefferson is pressed up against the cage. Gabriel has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jefferson down to the mat. Jefferson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gabriel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A punch combination from Gabriel misses.
Jefferson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gabriel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gabriel tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jefferson is looking to slow Gabriel down with leg kicks.
Gabriel tries to clinch there but Jefferson circles away.
Jefferson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gabriel doesn't seem bothered though.
Jefferson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gabriel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gabriel misses with a few strikes there.
Gabriel 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.
Jefferson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Gabriel is predictable there
and Jefferson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jefferson managing to block the knees to the body from Gabriel.
Jefferson looking to slow down the pace here.
Jefferson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gabriel goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jefferson prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gideon Gabriel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jefferson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gabriel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gabriel has picked Jefferson up - he's going for a ride! Gabriel dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jefferson is trying to maintain the position but Gabriel is very close to passing his half guard.
Jefferson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gabriel throwing strikes but missing.
Gabriel with a nice head shot there.
Gabriel forces his way into half guard.
Gabriel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gabriel wants to work for an arm triangle but Jefferson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gabriel prevents Jefferson from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gabriel wants to control but Jefferson is keeping him busy.
Gabriel content to control rather than advance.
Gabriel looks to land a strike but Jefferson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jefferson looking for a sweep. Not yet Jefferson, not yet.
Gabriel cracks Jefferson with a solid left hand.
Gabriel throwing strikes from guard but Jefferson blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel landing with the ground and pound.
Gabriel chips away with some ground and pound.
Jefferson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jefferson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gabriel throws a big elbow that misses.
Jefferson looking to control.
Gabriel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gabriel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gabriel trying to control but Jefferson is working from the bottom.
Gabriel throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gideon Gabriel dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Gabriel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jefferson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gabriel throws a hook to the side of Jefferson's head but Jefferson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gabriel scores with a body shot.
Gabriel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jefferson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jefferson misses with a series of wild punches.
Gabriel throws a leg kick
and Jefferson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gabriel looking to throw knees to the head but Jefferson is blocking nicely.
Jefferson misses with an elbow strike.
Gabriel throws an elbow but it misses.
Jefferson managing to block the knees to the body from Gabriel.
Nice elbow from Jefferson.
It looks like Gideon Gabriel has been cut.
Gabriel wants a takedown.
Gabriel tries to land knees in the clinch but Jefferson avoids the damage to the body.
Jefferson stalling the fight.
Gabriel is trying to drag Jefferson to the mat but Jefferson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jefferson pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jefferson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gideon Gabriel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gabriel scores a nice knee to the body.
Gabriel is looking for a takedown.
Gabriel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jefferson blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gabriel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gabriel avoids a wild elbow strike from Jefferson.
Jefferson is pressed up against the cage. Gabriel has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jefferson down to the mat. Jefferson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jefferson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gabriel tries to clinch there but Jefferson circles away.
Gabriel tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jefferson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gabriel somewhat.
Gabriel throws a solid leg kick but Jefferson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gabriel.
Gabriel tries a low kick but Jefferson avoids it.
Gabriel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jefferson as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson connects with a leg kick. Gabriel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jefferson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gabriel takes a step back to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jefferson leaves Gabriel with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jefferson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jefferson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gabriel doesn't seem bothered though.
Cruz Jefferson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Jefferson.
Jefferson moves into the clinch.
Jefferson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jefferson taking a breather.
Gabriel takes an elbow to the temple.
Jefferson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jefferson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gabriel missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel wants a takedown.
Jefferson avoids the elbow strike from Gabriel, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jefferson controlling the action here for a moment.
Jefferson taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Jefferson.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cruz Jefferson.
Jefferson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gabriel on the side of the head.
Jefferson throws a push kick but Gabriel slaps the foot to one side.
Jefferson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gabriel wants to clinch
and Jefferson moves into the clinch.
Jefferson lands a damaging elbow.
Gabriel changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jefferson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jefferson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gabriel throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gabriel throws a sloppy head kick and Jefferson moves out of range easily.
Jefferson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gabriel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jefferson.
Cruz Jefferson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jefferson throws a leg kick which misses Gabriel's front leg but catches the back leg as Gabriel tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gabriel.
Gabriel moves in looking to clinch but Jefferson pushes him off.
Jefferson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gabriel tries to bum rush Jefferson with a series of wild strikes but Jefferson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gabriel tries a head kick but it misses.
Gideon Gabriel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jefferson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jefferson punishes Gabriel's body with a nice straight punch.
Jefferson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gabriel blocks an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cruz Jefferson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gabriel 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gideon Gabriel!
Gideon Gabriel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vic Bauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Nawrocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nawrocki has chosen Kanye West - Amazing as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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206 lbs
24 - 21 - 1 |
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190 cm
34
216 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
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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
24 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vic Bauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Nawrocki!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bauer misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Bauer. Those never looked like landing.
Nawrocki dives in and grabs Bauer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bauer pushes down on Nawrocki's head and hops out.
Nawrocki is looking to slow Bauer down with leg kicks.
Nawrocki closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bauer's guard.
Bauer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bauer keeping moving, preventing Nawrocki from controlling successfully.
Bauer has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nawrocki wants to control from the top but Bauer keeps moving.
Bauer is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nawrocki is aware though and is defending well.
Nawrocki pushes down on Bauer's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nawrocki seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer keeping hold of Nawrocki's head, controlling as best he can.
Nawrocki controlling the action here.
Nawrocki wants to work for an arm triangle but Bauer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bauer keeping hold of Nawrocki's head, controlling as best he can.
Bauer trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nawrocki trying to control but Bauer is working from the bottom.
Nawrocki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Piotr Nawrocki.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nawrocki, as that shot connected.
Bauer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nawrocki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bauer was well out of range. Poor timing from Nawrocki.
Nawrocki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bauer circles away quickly and effectively.
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!
Nawrocki lands with a straight right. Bauer didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nawrocki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bauer's waist but Bauer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nawrocki off to one side.
Bauer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nawrocki on the side of the head.
Nawrocki cracks Bauer with a right hand to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bauer checks a leg kick.
Nawrocki takes a swing at Bauer's ribcage but misses.
Bauer misses with a hook.
Bauer tries to land a leg kick but Nawrocki saw it coming and moves away.
Nawrocki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bauer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nawrocki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vic Bauer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piotr Nawrocki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nawrocki lands a glancing blow to the side of Bauer's head.
Bauer lands a right hook to the body.
Nawrocki misses with a straight right.
Nawrocki misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Bauer catches Nawrocki right on the button with a cross.
Bauer thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Nawrocki's half guard.
Bauer winds up and cracks Nawrocki with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nawrocki works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bauer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nawrocki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bauer wants to control from the top but Nawrocki keeps moving.
Nawrocki looking to control.
Nawrocki managing to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bauer trying to control but Nawrocki is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bauer throws the left hand but Nawrocki avoids the punch easily.
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 Vic Bauer will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bauer throws a big shot that misses.
Bauer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bauer misses with a wild body shot.
Bauer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nawrocki but Nawrocki pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bauer looks to score with a jab to the body but Nawrocki is just out of range.
Bauer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nawrocki counters with a good low kick that Bauer was not able to check.
Bauer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vic Bauer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nawrocki defending well as Bauer loads up on a big left hand.
Nawrocki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bauer takes one on the button.
A punch combination from Nawrocki misses.
Nawrocki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bauer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bauer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nawrocki circles away quickly and effectively.
Bauer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nawrocki.
Nawrocki leaves Bauer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bauer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nawrocki circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Bauer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bauer throws a poor cross that misses
and Nawrocki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nawrocki throws a strike but Bauer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nawrocki distracts Bauer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bauer is looking for a triangle but Nawrocki pushes his legs off easily.
Nawrocki wants to control from the top but Bauer keeps moving.
Nawrocki stays in close to Bauer's body and controls the position.
Nawrocki throws a strike but Bauer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nawrocki working for a triangle but Bauer defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nawrocki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bauer is one step ahead there.
Nawrocki trying to keep a closed guard but Bauer is proving a slippery customer.
Nawrocki working for a triangle but Bauer defends it easily.
Bauer controlling from the top position.
Bauer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nawrocki looking for a sweep. Not yet Nawrocki, not yet.
Bauer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nawrocki wants to sweep here but Bauer controlling him for the moment.
Nawrocki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bauer manages to get himself to full guard.
Bauer keeping moving, preventing Nawrocki from controlling successfully.
Bauer is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nawrocki is aware though and is defending well.
Nawrocki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Piotr Nawrocki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bauer looking for a sweep. Not yet Bauer, not yet.
Bauer trying to keep a closed guard but Nawrocki is proving a slippery customer.
Nawrocki wants to pass the guard but Bauer is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nawrocki controls the pace.
Nawrocki advances to half guard.
Nawrocki is taking a breather. Bauer 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.
Nawrocki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bauer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nawrocki prevents Bauer from improving his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Nawrocki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bauer throws a hook to the side of Nawrocki's head but Nawrocki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nawrocki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vic Bauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nawrocki scores with a sloppy right hand. Bauer should have avoided that one.
Bauer misses with a double jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Nawrocki blocks the leg kick.
Nawrocki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bauer.
Bauer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Piotr Nawrocki has been cut.
Nawrocki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nawrocki tries to clinch up but Bauer circles away and keeps his distance.
Bauer closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nawrocki did well to prevent Bauer getting side control.
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!
Bauer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nawrocki is trying to maintain the position but Bauer is very close to passing his half guard.
Bauer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bauer is thwarting Nawrocki's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer drops an elbow to the side of Nawrocki's head.
Bauer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nawrocki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nawrocki gets back to full guard.
Nawrocki keeping moving, preventing Bauer from controlling successfully.
Nawrocki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bauer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nawrocki is trying to keep Bauer in close.
Bauer with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer wants to control from the top but Nawrocki keeps moving.
Nawrocki has momentary wrist control but Bauer slips an elbow through the middle.
Nawrocki looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bauer passes into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nawrocki works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nawrocki looking for a sweep. Not yet Nawrocki, not yet.
Bauer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nawrocki looking to control.
Nawrocki wants to sweep here but Bauer controlling him for the moment.
Bauer is working Nawrocki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bauer stands up over Nawrocki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bauer throwing strikes but missing.
Bauer works over Nawrocki with some ground and pound from guard.
Bauer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bauer wants to pass the guard but Nawrocki is keeping the position.
Bauer being controlled here momentarily.
Bauer is in close to Nawrocki's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bauer lands a couple of digs.
Bauer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bauer lands a couple of digs.
Nawrocki looking to control.
Nawrocki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauer landing with the ground and pound.
Nawrocki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bauer.
Bauer working some strikes from top position.
Nawrocki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bauer trying to control but Nawrocki is working from the bottom.
Nawrocki looking for a sweep. Not yet Nawrocki, not yet.
Nawrocki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bauer drops back looking for a leg! Nawrocki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nawrocki manages to kick Bauer off! Bauer jumps back into Nawrocki's guard.
Nawrocki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vic Bauer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bauer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vic Bauer!
Vic Bauer took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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