Galaxy 79: Ecstasy Arise PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salim Al Muri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Bowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Bowles will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Al Muri
vs
Bowles

188 cm
23
219 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

205 cm
24
225 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Salim Al Muri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Bowles!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Al Muri looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bowles is not content to let Al Muri control the position.
Bowles blocking the ground and pound attempt from Al Muri.
Bowles is looking to escape.
Al Muri misses with a head shot. Bowles uses the momentum to regain guard.
Al Muri postures up and lands a big shot to Bowles's brow.
Al Muri engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Al Muri might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Al Muri tries to free his leg and advance position but Bowles is retaining full guard.
Al Muri postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Muri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bowles is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bowles seems keen to control Al Muri's posture.

Bowles is looking for a triangle but Al Muri pushes his legs off easily.
Al Muri landing some decent shots from guard.
Al Muri is in close to Bowles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Al Muri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bowles is keeping the position for now.
Al Muri trying to control but Bowles is working from the bottom.
Bowles is trying to control the position but Al Muri postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri wants to control from the top but Bowles keeps moving.
Al Muri looking to pass the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Al Muri connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!

Al Muri throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bowles tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Al Muri is in Bowles's guard.
Bowles looking to hit a scissor sweep but Al Muri is one step ahead there.
Bowles keeping moving, preventing Al Muri from controlling successfully.
Al Muri won't allow Bowles to sweep him here.
Al Muri wants to control from the top but Bowles keeps moving.
Al Muri postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowles looking to control.
Bowles looking for a sweep. Not yet Bowles, not yet.
Al Muri working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bowles's head.

Bowles isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Al Muri stacks Bowles on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Al Muri!
Al Muri cracks Bowles with a big right hand but Bowles just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Al Muri in side control lands a decent elbow.
Al Muri 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Muri working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bowles is working to avoid the ground and pound but Al Muri connects with a decent elbow.

Bowles is rocked!
Al Muri in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Bowles looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Al Muri turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salim Al Muri!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
59%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philippe Merchant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Misiek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Merchant
vs
Misiek

185 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

181 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Philippe Merchant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafael Misiek!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merchant misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Merchant closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Misiek did well to prevent Merchant getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Merchant is looking for a kimura here.

Merchant is working for a submission of some sort.
Misiek works his way to full guard. Good work.
Misiek keeping moving, preventing Merchant from controlling successfully.
Misiek trying to control the position.

Merchant is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Merchant missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Merchant drops back looking for a leg! Misiek is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Misiek manages to kick Merchant off! Merchant jumps back into Misiek's guard.
Merchant trying to control the position from guard on top but Misiek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Misiek escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Merchant gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Merchant looking to pass the guard.
Misiek really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Merchant. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merchant throwing strikes but missing.
Merchant's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Merchant wants to control from the top but Misiek keeps moving.
Misiek wants to sweep but no luck.
Misiek working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Merchant.

Merchant drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Merchant seems to have locked his on tight now - Misiek screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Merchant, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Philippe Merchant!
An out of breath Philippe Merchant thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
31%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Sakkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramstein Rommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakkinen comes into the arena with Rotten Sound - Burden blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sakkinen
vs
Rommel

185 cm
25
186 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

192 cm
28
211 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikko Sakkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramstein Rommel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rommel tries to land a front kick but Sakkinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sakkinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rommel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakkinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rommel moves out of range as Sakkinen strikes.
Rommel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sakkinen looks for the body kick but Rommel saw that one coming.
Jab by Rommel.
Sakkinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sakkinen swings for the body but Rommel moves out of range.
Sakkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rommel moves away.
Sakkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rommel.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rommel!
Rommel throws a nice looking combination but Sakkinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakkinen misses with a wild combination.
Rommel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sakkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rommel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rommel shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sakkinen pinned against the cage. Sakkinen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A punch combination from Sakkinen misses.
Sakkinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sakkinen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sakkinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakkinen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mikko Sakkinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramstein Rommel.
Rommel avoids the head kick by Sakkinen.
Sakkinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakkinen misses with a hook to the body
and Rommel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rommel shoots in looking for a takedown but Sakkinen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rommel's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sakkinen moves forwards but Rommel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Sakkinen.
Rommel shoots in for a double leg but Sakkinen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rommel.
Rommel throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rommel lands a jab.
Some wild striking there from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen scores with a jab to the body.
Rommel tries to clinch but Sakkinen is having none of it.
Mikko Sakkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rommel checks a leg kick.
Sakkinen is looking to wear down Rommel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sakkinen throws a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Sakkinen. Those never looked like landing.
Sakkinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakkinen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rommel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rommel with a hook.
Sakkinen swings for the body but Rommel moves out of range.
Rommel lands a glancing blow to the side of Sakkinen's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rommel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sakkinen swivels and escapes.
Rommel is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sakkinen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rommel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sakkinen throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Sakkinen misses the target.
Sakkinen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rommel's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Some bone on bone action there as Sakkinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rommel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rommel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Sakkinen misses.

Sakkinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakkinen.

Sakkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rommel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sakkinen.
Mikko Sakkinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rommel misses with a few strikes there.
Rommel lands a right hook to the body.

Sakkinen moves into range and clinches up with Rommel.
Sakkinen looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Sakkinen manages to break the clinch.
Rommel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sakkinen connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rommel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rommel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sakkinen works Rommel's body with a nice hook.
Sakkinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Rommel tries to clinch there but Sakkinen circles away.
Rommel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rommel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rommel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakkinen slips under a jab from Rommel.
Sakkinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rommel at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rommel.

Sakkinen is rocked!
Rommel looks winded!
Rommel goes for a small jab and connects. Now Rommel goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Sakkinen stumbles back but Rommel runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Sakkinen to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Sakkinen will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ramstein Rommel!
An out of breath Ramstein Rommel thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
80%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Westworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes to the cage accompanied by God save the Queen. Bo Tyson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tyson
vs
Westworth

195 cm
28
290 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

205 cm
28
255 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Cripplers Corner
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Sydney BEAST Clothing

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bo Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Westworth!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson misses with a series of wild punches.
Westworth throws a looping overhand right but Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Tyson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Westworth.
Tyson stuns Westworth with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyson slips a straight right by Westworth.
Tyson misses with a hook.
Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Tyson has closed the distance and engaged Westworth in a clinch.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Westworth throws a low kick but Tyson avoids it.
Tyson shoots in for a takedown but Westworth shows good takedown defense.
Westworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Westworth throws a shot from downtown. Tyson moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Tyson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Westworth misses with a looping left.
Westworth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tyson.
Tyson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Westworth wants to slow Tyson down by chopping away at his legs.
Westworth ducks under a wild hook from Tyson.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Westworth gets caught flat footed, as Tyson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westworth looking for a sweep. Not yet Westworth, not yet.

Westworth has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Tyson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyson missing with a left hand there. Westworth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Tyson clinches with his opponent.
Tyson lands with a short shot to the head.
Westworth looking to stall.
Westworth prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bo Tyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westworth tries to work over Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Come on Westworth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A frustrated look appears on Westworth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Westworth backwards.
Westworth is trying to break free.
Westworth tries to stall but Tyson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circling - Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Tyson misses.
Tyson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Westworth moves out of range of the strikes.
Tyson cracks Westworth with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Westworth tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tyson pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Westworth is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Tyson!
A very excited looking Bo Tyson 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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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
39%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Braga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Braga
vs
Frazier

190 cm
23
222 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Frazier!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga walks into a left hand.
Frazier lands a jab to Braga's midsection.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but Frazier shows good takedown defense.
Frazier lands a jab.

It looks like Antonio Braga has been cut.
Frazier stuffs the takedown.
Braga fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Braga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frazier misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frazier lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Frazier misses the shot to the body.
Frazier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Braga throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Frazier tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Braga is in Frazier's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Braga wants to control from the top but Frazier keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Frazier can do anything to dispel that myth.

Frazier looking for a guillotine here but Braga defends easily.
Braga stands up over Frazier, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Frazier is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Braga is controlling him.
Braga 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.
Frazier is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Braga drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Frazier manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Braga has Frazier in his guard.

Braga had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Frazier defends it easily.

Frazier got a little sloppy there for a moment and Braga has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Frazier has managed to get both his arms back between Braga's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Frazier is posturing up here but Braga has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Frazier tries to roll out but it's too tight and Frazier has to tap! Slick submission there by Braga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Braga!
An out of breath Antonio Braga thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
66%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Downstait - This Is My Life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gardner
vs
Martin

188 cm
28
230 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

193 cm
26
265 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

WarGear Nutrition
Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Martin!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gardner drives through and clinches with Martin against the cage.
Martin can't get the takedown.
Gardner is pressed up against the cage. Martin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gardner down to the mat. Gardner avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Martin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gardner.
Martin staying out of range there.
Gardner stuffs the takedown.
Josh Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Martin.

Gardner drives through and clinches with Martin against the cage.
Gardner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gardner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Andrew Martin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gardner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gardner lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Gardner pushes Martin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gardner lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gardner.
Martin looks winded!
Gardner lands an elbow that stopped Martin in his tracks for a moment.
Gardner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Gardner.
Gardner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Martin is rocked!
Gardner unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Martin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Gardner is unloading with more strikes now! Martin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Gardner!

C
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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drakkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Garcia
vs
Drakkar

182 cm
28
195 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

185 cm
28
202 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Drakkar!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drakkar stuns Garcia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drakkar tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Drakkar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garcia under the eye.
Ivan Drakkar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drakkar tries to clinch up.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Drakkar moves away and avoids it.
Garcia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia pushes Drakkar away with a front kick.
Drakkar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Garcia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Drakkar instigates a clinch.
Garcia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Drakkar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drakkar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Drakkar is out of range.
Drakkar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drakkar scores with the left hand. Garcia knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Drakkar.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drakkar manages to avoid it.
Garcia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drakkar pinned against the cage. Drakkar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Garcia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drakkar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Drakkar moves into the clinch.
Drakkar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Drakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garcia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia avoiding damage as Drakkar throws knees to the body.
Drakkar stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Drakkar lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Drakkar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Garcia is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drakkar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Drakkar is pressed up against the cage. Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Drakkar down to the mat. Drakkar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Drakkar throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Drakkar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garcia will feel that in the morning.
Garcia blocks the body kick.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Drakkar's shoulder, as Drakkar tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drakkar.
Garcia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drakkar's waist but Drakkar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcia off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia swings for the body but Drakkar moves out of range.
Drakkar misses with the combination.
Garcia lands a really nice looking cross but Drakkar seems unphased.
Drakkar lands with a straight right. Garcia didn't see that one coming.
Ivan Drakkar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drakkar connects with a leg kick. Garcia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drakkar.
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Drakkar. Those never looked like landing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Drakkar - that will leave a mark!
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drakkar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia tries to work over Drakkar's front leg with a kick but Drakkar checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drakkar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drakkar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drakkar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Drakkar throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
A jab from Drakkar finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.
Drakkar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Drakkar moves out of range.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drakkar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Drakkar lands a nice shot that snaps Garcia's head back.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drakkar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Garcia had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Garcia misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Drakkar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drakkar.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drakkar 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.

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garcia crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Drakkar - the referee stops the clock and Garcia gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Drakkar. Garcia manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Drakkar tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Drakkar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drakkar cracks Garcia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Damien Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Drakkar counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drakkar connects with the punch.
Drakkar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Drakkar misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakkar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Good leg kick by Drakkar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Drakkar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Drakkar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Drakkar backs up against the cage.
Drakkar throws a head kick that Garcia semi-blocks.
Drakkar throws a good cross that connects.
Ivan Drakkar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drakkar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Drakkar closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Drakkar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Drakkar lands an elbow inside.
Drakkar misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia is working for takedown but Drakkar is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Garcia dodges an elbow strike from Drakkar.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Drakkar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Drakkar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drakkar scores with a knee to the head.
Garcia blocks the elbow strike.
Garcia is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Drakkar is defending well.
Nice elbow from Drakkar.
Garcia is working for takedown but Drakkar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Drakkar throws an elbow that misses.
Drakkar leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Drakkar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ivan Drakkar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Drakkar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Drakkar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Drakkar.
Drakkar misses with an elbow strike.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Drakkar.
Drakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Drakkar is pressed up against the cage. Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Drakkar down to the mat. Drakkar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drakkar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drakkar scores with a punch to the head.
Drakkar lands a head kick. Garcia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Drakkar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia needs to keep his hands up - Drakkar had a free shot at his head there.
Drakkar looks to land a body kick but Garcia moved away.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Drakkar is just out of range.

Drakkar darts in and clinches Garcia up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drakkar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Drakkar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drakkar crunches a lovely knee into Garcia's ribcage.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short left from Drakkar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drakkar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Drakkar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drakkar throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Drakkar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot lands for Garcia.
Drakkar throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Drakkar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Garcia slips under a jab from Drakkar.

Drakkar darts in and clinches Garcia up against the cage.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike from Drakkar.
Drakkar trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia avoids a wild elbow strike from Drakkar.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike from Drakkar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Drakkar throws an elbow but misses.
Drakkar misses with a knee strike.
Drakkar stalling in the clinch but Garcia improves position.
Drakkar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.

Garcia lands a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Garcia prevents Drakkar from getting back to his feet.
Garcia preventing the sweep.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Drakkar trying to control the position here.
Drakkar trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ivan Drakkar was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drakkar.
A nice inside leg kick there by Drakkar. That's going to slow Garcia down.

Drakkar instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drakkar tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Drakkar stalling the fight.
Drakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Drakkar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drakkar.
Drakkar missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakkar.
Ivan Drakkar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drakkar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drakkar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drakkar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drakkar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drakkar lands a nice elbow.
Drakkar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike.
Drakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Drakkar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Drakkar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.
Drakkar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Drakkar.
Drakkar lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Garcia can't get the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drakkar stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Drakkar throws an elbow that misses.
Damien Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Garcia gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Drakkar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Drakkar 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Drakkar!
A very excited looking Ivan Drakkar 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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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
81%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Alves
vs
Couture

174 cm
24
160 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
168 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Couture!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves digs a good body shot into Couture's ribs.

Couture shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alves 's guard.
Couture is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alves is trying to control the position but Couture postures up.
Couture trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves wants to sweep but no luck.
Alves is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Alves is looking for a triangle but Couture pushes his legs off easily.

Alves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Couture is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture is pushing down on Alves 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alves is fighting to maintain full guard but Couture has managed to sneak the leg through.

Couture is looking for a kimura but Alves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Couture to get the leverage.

Alves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Couture sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alves defending well though.
Alves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Couture.
Couture thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Alves is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alves keeps working.
Couture is nestled in close to Alves , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Alves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Couture's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Couture's back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Couture tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Couture working to try and regain half guard.
Couture regains half guard.
Couture is looking to improve his position.
Couture is still trying to improve position.

Couture looking for submissions off his back.

Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves working the head and body with strikes.

Alves is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Couture looking for submissions off his back.
Alves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Couture is looking to get back to is feet but Alves passes into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves in side control lands a decent elbow.
Couture regains half guard.
Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture punching from the bottom.

Alves wants to work for an arm triangle but Couture is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Couture gets full guard.

Couture is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alves is working Couture over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Couture has momentary wrist control but Alves slips an elbow through the middle.
Alves postures up.
Alves advances position into side control!
Alves scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Couture to see if he's OK.

Couture is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves landing strikes.
Couture is still in real trouble! Can Alves finish him?
Alves scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Couture to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Alves 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Couture tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Alves easily slips into full mount!
Couture can't escape the position.
Alves lands a big shot there that rocks Couture but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Couture taking shots to the head.
Oooh a big shot lands for Alves ! Couture is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Renzo Alves !
Renzo Alves retains his lightweight title!

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FIGHT
RATING
77%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luu Viulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Battousai The Slasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Slasher has chosen FREEDUMB as his entrance music. Battousai The Slasher has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luu Viulu's chin.

Viulu
vs
The Slasher

185 cm
32
215 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

188 cm
23
200 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Fight Night Nutrition

Beefwear (New Gis, $15)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Luu Viulu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Battousai The Slasher!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Slasher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Battousai The Slasher has been cut.
The Slasher throws a hook to the side of Viulu's head but Viulu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Slasher lands a nice looking kick to the body. Viulu takes a step back to recover.
A jab from Viulu misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Slasher.
The Slasher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Viulu misses with a straight right.
Viulu tries to clinch there but The Slasher circles away.
Viulu moves out of range of the body kick.
The Slasher looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Slasher swats away the attempt to clinch by Viulu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Slasher throws a hook to the side of Viulu's head but Viulu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Slasher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Viulu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Slasher moves away.
Viulu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Slasher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Viulu misses with an uppercut
and The Slasher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luu Viulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Slasher clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Viulu as The Slasher tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Viulu takes an elbow to the temple.
Viulu lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Slasher scores a nice knee to the body.
The Slasher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Slasher taking a breather.
Viulu takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Luu Viulu has been cut.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Slasher will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Viulu up against the cage.
Viulu working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher stalling.
The Slasher connects with a knee to the head.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow.
Viulu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Slasher's elbow.
Viulu stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Viulu can't find room to land a body shot as The Slasher controls the action.
Viulu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Viulu swings wildly with an uppercut but The Slasher uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Slasher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viulu working aggressively here.
The Slasher taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The Slasher looking to slow down the pace here.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu takes an elbow to the temple.
The Slasher cracks Viulu with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from The Slasher.
A head punch on the inside from Viulu fails to land.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viulu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Slasher tries a knee to the head but Viulu blocks it.
A short right from The Slasher.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
Viulu working aggressively here.
The Slasher pressing his opponent against the cage.
The Slasher is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Viulu is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Viulu's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viulu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The Slasher scores with a shoulder strike.
The Slasher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher tries a body shot but Viulu blocks it.
The Slasher wants to stall.
The Slasher blocks a body shot from Viulu.
Come on The Slasher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The Slasher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Slasher blocking some punches.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Battousai The Slasher dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Slasher connects with a leg kick. Viulu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Slasher keeps the fight on the outside.
Viulu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Viulu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Slasher stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Viulu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Slasher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Viulu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Slasher looks to land a right hand but Viulu moved out of range.
The Slasher lands an overhand right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Viulu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Viulu has managed to clinch.
Viulu is working The Slasher over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Viulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Viulu on the inside.
Viulu blocks the elbow strike.
Viulu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viulu throws a punch but it's blocked by The Slasher.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Viulu.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
Viulu lands a nice shot to the body.
Viulu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Viulu lands a nice shot to the body.
The Slasher is breathing heavily.
Viulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Viulu avoids the elbow strike from The Slasher, against the cage.
Viulu misses with a punch to the body.
Viulu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viulu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher tries to land knees in the clinch but Viulu avoids the damage to the body.
Viulu misses with the head strike.
The Slasher prevents a body shot from Viulu.
Luu Viulu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Slasher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
A body shot lands from Viulu.
Viulu lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Slasher is trying to maintain a safe position but Viulu gets an underhook and turns The Slasher into the cage.
The Slasher blocks a body shot from Viulu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viulu.
The Slasher lands a knee to the head.
The Slasher is trying to stall.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viulu takes an elbow to the temple.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viulu misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher prevents a body shot from Viulu.
Viulu pushes The Slasher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Slasher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Slasher throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Slasher lands a damaging elbow.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Slasher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Viulu backwards.
The Slasher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viulu avoids it.
Viulu misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viulu working aggressively here.
Viulu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viulu lands a hook that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.
Viulu misses with some punches.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Viulu fails to land.
Viulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Slasher working Viulu over with knees to the body.
Viulu lands an uppercut.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside that Viulu shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Slasher obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Viulu misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Slasher obliges.
Viulu misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luu Viulu dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Viulu tries to close the distance and clinch but The Slasher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Viulu misses.
The Slasher tries to close the distance and clinch but Viulu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Slasher jabs Viulu right on the nose. Viulu blinks but takes it well.

Viulu clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
The Slasher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Viulu is trying to maintain a safe position but The Slasher gets an underhook and turns Viulu into the cage.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Viulu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Viulu working aggressively here.
Viulu tries to work over The Slasher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher stalling in the clinch.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher struggles to land a body shot inside as Viulu controls his hands.
Viulu blocking some punches.
The Slasher unloads a knee to the mid-section. Viulu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Slasher is pushing Viulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher takes a shot to the head.
Viulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Slasher is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viulu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viulu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a nice shot to the body.
Viulu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Slasher will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Viulu up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Slasher comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Viulu lands with a right to the head.

That has opened up Battousai The Slasher's cut even more.
Viulu taking a breather.
The Slasher blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Slasher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Viulu blocks it with crossed arms.
The Slasher lands a good knee to the midsection. Viulu won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from The Slasher.
The Slasher taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow.
The Slasher tries to stall but Viulu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Slasher landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Viulu misses with some punches.
The Slasher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viulu wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viulu tries to work over The Slasher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Viulu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Slasher is keeping busy.
The Slasher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Slasher looking to stall.
The Slasher blocks a body shot from Viulu.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside.

Luu Viulu's cut is getting worse.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Slasher misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Viulu tries to work over The Slasher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Viulu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Viulu misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Luu Viulu did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Viulu wants to clinch.

The Slasher takes the fight into the clinch.
The Slasher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Viulu blocks it with crossed arms.
Viulu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Slasher's elbow.
Viulu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Slasher looking to slow down the pace here.
The Slasher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Viulu's defenses.
Viulu looking to slow down the pace here.
The Slasher displaying some good clinch control by pressing Viulu up against the cage.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viulu takes a knee to the side of the body.
A body shot lands from The Slasher.
Viulu misses with the head strike.
Viulu misses with some punches.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
Viulu avoiding damage as The Slasher throws knees to the body.
Viulu can't find room to land a body shot as The Slasher controls the action.
Viulu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Slasher stalling in the clinch but Viulu improves position.
Viulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viulu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viulu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The Slasher is trying to stall.
The Slasher crunches a lovely knee into Viulu's ribcage.
The Slasher blocking some punches.
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!
Viulu lands a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Viulu.
A head punch on the inside from Viulu fails to land.
Viulu misses with some punches.
Viulu stalling the fight.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Viulu fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Viulu.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Slasher throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Viulu misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Slasher.
Viulu content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The Slasher leaning against his opponent.
Viulu takes a knee to the side of the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Stalling in the clinch from The Slasher.
A short body shot lands from Viulu as the two fighters clinch.
Viulu working aggressively here.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on The Slasher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viulu tries a body shot but The Slasher blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viulu struggles to land a body shot inside as The Slasher controls his hands.
The Slasher lands a nice knee to the body.
The Slasher lands a right hand.
Viulu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Slasher scores with a shot to the side of Viulu's head.
The Slasher misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher stalling the fight.
The Slasher tries a knee to the head but Viulu blocks it.
Viulu has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
Viulu lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Slasher blocking some punches.
The Slasher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Viulu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Luu Viulu will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Viulu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Battousai The Slasher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Viulu wants to clinch
and The Slasher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The Slasher lands a jab.
The Slasher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Slasher. Viulu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Viulu avoids the head kick by The Slasher.
The Slasher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Slasher throws a leg kick which misses Viulu's front leg but catches the back leg as Viulu tries to avoid it.

The Slasher closes the distance and pushes Viulu back into the cage.
Viulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher misses with the head strike.
Viulu working aggressively here.
The referee calls for The Slasher to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viulu managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside that Viulu shrugs off.
The Slasher is looking to control Viulu's arms but Viulu gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Slasher has his back to the cage.
The Slasher seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The Slasher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Slasher misses with a knee strike.
Viulu tries a body shot but The Slasher blocks it.
Viulu tries a body shot but The Slasher blocks it.
Viulu displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Slasher up against the cage.
Viulu tries to work over The Slasher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Slasher digs a right hand underneath Viulu's ribcage. Viulu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Slasher lands an elbow inside that Viulu shrugs off.
The Slasher blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for The Slasher to work.
The Slasher blocks a body shot from Viulu.
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!
Viulu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Viulu misses with a body punch.
The Slasher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a damaging elbow.
Viulu effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Slasher takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Viulu will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Slasher up against the cage.
The Slasher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Viulu backwards.
Viulu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Slasher lands a right hand.
Viulu lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.
Viulu wants to stall.
Viulu tries to work over The Slasher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Slasher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher stalls.
The Slasher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Viulu takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viulu throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Luu Viulu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Slasher scores with a hook to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The Slasher is working Viulu over against the cage.
Viulu avoids a wild elbow strike from The Slasher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Slasher takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Battousai The Slasher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Slasher working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Battousai The Slasher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Viulu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:48
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Glass scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Luu Viulu retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!