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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adam Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yehia Kamel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Hopkins could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yehia Kamel's chin.
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115 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yehia Kamel!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamel thows a body kick. Hopkins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kamel scores with a decent looking hook.
Hopkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hopkins tries to clinch up
and Kamel counters with a nice leg kick.
Kamel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hopkins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kamel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hopkins scrambles back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kamel.
It looks like Adam Hopkins 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!
Hopkins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kamel pinned against the cage. Kamel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kamel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kamel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kamel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hopkins shoots in and drives through. Kamel sprawls well.
Hopkins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kamel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kamel.
Hopkins tries to clinch
and Kamel counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kamel!
Kamel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopkins. That did some damage!
Kamel scores with a kick to the body.
Kamel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kamel scores with a hook to the body. Hopkins takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kamel throws a nice head kick!
Hopkins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kamel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hopkins moves to clinch but Kamel breaks away
and Kamel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hopkins moves to clinch but Kamel breaks away
and Kamel counters with a series of strikes that sends Hopkins to the canvas! Kamel follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Hopkins is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamel looking to sit in guard and control but Hopkins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hopkins is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Kamel has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Hopkins is looking to defend but Kamel has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Hopkins! Kamel pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Hopkins taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Yehia Kamel!
Our winner, Yehia Kamel, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Dalton Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jukki Makkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Muse - Knights Of Cydonia . The key to victory for Dalton Little has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dalton Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jukki Makkonen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makkonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Little throws a nice looking combination but Makkonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Little misses with a wild combination.
Little throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Little. No joy for Makkonen on that attempt.
Makkonen shoots in looking for a takedown. Little tries to sprawl out of it but Makkonen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Little manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Little looks to land a right hand but Makkonen moved out of range.
Little misses with a low kick.
Little throws a hook but Makkonen avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Little looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Makkonen throws a combination that misses
and Little counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Little throws a right and a left that both miss.
Little lands a head shot.
Little attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Little throws a right hand that Makkonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Makkonen also avoids with ease.
Little scores with a hook.
Makkonen misses with a hook. Little ducked under it nicely.
Little turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Makkonen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Little sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Makkonen somewhat.
Dalton Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jukki Makkonen.
Little feints and then cracks Makkonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Makkonen down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Makkonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Little fails to land with a series of punches.
Little keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A shot to the liver by Little. Beautiful body shot.
Makkonen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Little throws a series of punches but Makkonen moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little walks into a straight right hand from Makkonen.
Makkonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dalton Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Little lands an impressive looking overhand right. Makkonen doesn't seem phased though.
Makkonen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Makkonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Little lands a nice looking body shot.
Makkonen lands a glancing blow to the side of Little's head.
Little tries to bum rush Makkonen with a series of wild strikes but Makkonen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Little.
Little looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Little throws a head kick that misses.
Makkonen throws a hook but Little avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Little misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a jab, cross combination.
Makkonen shoots in but Little avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Little throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Makkonen shoots for a takedown but Little saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Little misses with a series of wild punches.
Makkonen walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little misses with a head kick.
Little throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Makkonen.
Makkonen slips a jab and a cross from Little.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dalton Little dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Makkonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Little fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Makkonen fails with a takedown attempt.
Little throws a hook but Makkonen blocks it.
Dalton Little is winning the standup battle so far.
Little feints a jab promting Makkonen to slip. Little then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Makkonen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Little misses with a double jab.
Nice jab there from Little.
Makkonen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Makkonen shoots in looking for a takedown. Little tries to sprawl out of it but Makkonen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Little manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Little lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Little, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Little uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makkonen.
Little rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Makkonen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Little utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Little keeping full guard, as Makkonen tries to pass.
Makkonen is still trying to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen is working Little over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Little keeping moving, preventing Makkonen from controlling successfully.
Makkonen throwing strikes but missing.
Makkonen controlling from the top position.
Little knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Makkonen on the ground.
Makkonen advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Little pushes Makkonen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Makkonen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makkonen is looking to take a break and control but Little is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Makkonen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Little!
Makkonen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Little has worked his arm free - good work by Little!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jukki Makkonen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Little throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Little dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Little as Makkonen shoots in.
Little lands a jab-cross combination.
Little lands a jab to Makkonen's midsection.
No joy there for Makkonen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Makkonen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Makkonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Little.
Little swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Little moves away from the strike by Makkonen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little throws a series of punches but Makkonen moves out of range.
Makkonen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Makkonen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Little keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Makkonen is defended easily by Little.
An inside leg kick from Little misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Little. That snapped Makkonen's head back.
Makkonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Little misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen slips a straight right by Little.
Little misses with a few strikes there.
Little pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Little swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Little leaves Makkonen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dalton Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jukki Makkonen.
Makkonen shoots in looking for a takedown. Little tries to sprawl out of it but Makkonen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Little manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Little lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Makkonen at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little thows a body shot but no joy.
Little takes a swing at Makkonen's ribcage but misses.
Little misses with a two punch combination.
Little scores with a hook to the body. Makkonen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Makkonen looks to land a right hand but Little moved out of range.
Little connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Little scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Makkonen doesn't seem bothered though.
Little misses with a head kick.
Little misses with a body kick.
Dalton Little is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Little throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Makkonen on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Makkonen back to the cage. Little follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Little throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Makkonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Little fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Makkonen is out of range.
Little throws a right and a left that both miss.
Little jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Makkonen does no damage.
Little throws out a loose jab but Makkonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Makkonen does it's job there.
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.
Little throws a head kick that misses.
Little slips under a jab.
Makkonen goes for a double leg but Little avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Little continues to drive forward.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dalton Little showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Little 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dalton Little!
After winning the bout, Dalton Little thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy Train. Thane Krios has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mario Gomez's chin.
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176 lbs
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Excellent 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
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krios checks a low kick from Gomez.
Gomez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gomez works Krios's body with a nice hook.
Krios takes one on the button.
Krios throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Krios takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Krios walks into a straight right hand from Gomez.
Krios throws a big shot that misses.
No joy there for Gomez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomez - that will leave a mark!
Krios checks the leg kick.
Krios missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomez wants to land a leg kick but Krios is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez looks to land a body kick but Krios moved away.
Gomez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Gomez throws a front kick aimed at Krios's knee but Krios avoids it well.
Gomez needs to keep his hands up - Krios had a free shot at his head there.
Krios checks the leg kick.
Gomez cracks a nice hook into Krios's ribs.
Krios takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been informed that Krios has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Krios avoids a kick to the body.
Gomez is looking to slow Krios down with leg kicks.
Krios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomez misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mario Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krios takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krios doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Gomez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krios.
Krios uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Krios misses.
Gomez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gomez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krios counters with a series of strikes. Gomez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gomez throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gomez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gomez lands a head kick!
Krios connects with a crisp jab.
Gomez is rocked!
Nice shot lands for Gomez.
Gomez scores with a spinning back kick!
Gomez scores with a hook.
Gomez lands with a good body shot.
Gomez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krios.
Gomez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krios throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Gomez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Krios takes a swing at Gomez's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krios throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gomez staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez lands a leg kick that knocks Krios off balance momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Krios moves out of range easily.
Krios chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gomez can pounce on him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Krios.
Gomez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomez keeps Krios at a distance using the push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Gomez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez misses with a body shot.
Gomez takes a swing at Krios's ribcage but misses.
Krios throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krios.
Krios just misses with a punch to the body.
Krios misses the jab.
Gomez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gomez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krios.
A big left from Gomez misses.
Krios keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krios just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Gomez does no damage.
Gomez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slow jab from Krios misses its intended target.
Krios shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Krios throws a hook to the side of Gomez's head but Gomez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krios.
Krios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Krios.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gomez!
Krios lands with a nice body punch.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Krios misses with an uppercut. Gomez saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Gomez.
A head kick misses from Gomez.
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!
Gomez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Krios has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Krios's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Krios moves into the clinch successfully.
Gomez gets through Krios's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krios lands a shot to the body.
Krios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krios is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Krios works on Gomez's body with a couple of short punches.
Krios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Mario Gomez is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gomez. That's going to slow Krios down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gomez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice straight punches there by Gomez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gomez.
Gomez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krios throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krios closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Gomez.
Gomez pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Krios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
A short right from Gomez on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krios misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Krios.
Gomez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krios or not.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Gomez manages to break the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gomez 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 Krios has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Krios and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomez feints and then cracks Krios's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krios down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Krios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krios checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Krios throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Krios scores with a jab to the body.
Krios lands a nice looking body shot.
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 Mario Gomez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Krios throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Krios misses the target.
Krios slips a straight right by Gomez.
Krios walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Krios ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Krios throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Krios's knee momentarily.
Crunch! Gomez slams his shin into Krios's torso.
Gomez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gomez staying out of range there.
Crunch! Gomez slams his shin into Krios's torso.
Gomez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a head kick but Krios moves out of range.
Gomez cracks Krios with an open hand slap.
Gomez tests Krios's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Krios lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Krios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gomez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Krios.
A jab from Krios misses.
Nice body kick there by Gomez.
Gomez tries to work over Krios's front leg with a kick but Krios checks it.
Krios throws a series of punches but Gomez avoids them all with ease.
Krios has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gomez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gomez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gomez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez lands with an overhand left.
Krios throws a looping overhand right but Gomez ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Gomez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Krios is able to avoid easily.
Gomez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez with a jab.
Gomez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Krios lands the left hand.
Oh Gomez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomez motions for Krios to come forward. Gomez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gomez seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
Gomez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez throws a solid leg kick but Krios takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gomez.
Krios blocks the body kick.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krios jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krios moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Krios's head.
Krios lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krios has Gomez up against the cage in a clinch.
Krios lands an uppercut.
Krios has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krios.
Krios avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Gomez blocking some punches.
Mario Gomez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Krios scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Gomez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Krios throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krios checks a low kick from Gomez.
Krios has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gomez.
Thane Krios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mario Gomez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gomez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Gomez!
During a confident post fight interview, Mario Gomez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phraya Phichai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I have the whole world in my hand. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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196 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phraya Phichai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lance Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins shoots in for a double leg but Phichai sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hawkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phichai.
Hawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phichai.
Phichai misses with a head kick.
Hawkins misses with a straight left.
Hawkins wants to clinch.
Hawkins walks into a jab.
Phichai with a hook.
Phichai lands a big head kick that sends Hawkins tumbling to the mat! Phichai takes a step backwards and waves Hawkins back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hawkins is rocked!
It looks like Lance Hawkins has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Are you kidding me?! Phichai ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Hawkins clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Phraya Phichai!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randal Cooter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Toke's choice of entrance music: Bonecracker- Shocore. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randal Cooter!
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, Tiki Toke!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toke throws an overhand right that lands on Cooter's shoulder, as Cooter tries to avoid the shot.
Cooter avoids the head kick by Toke.
Toke shoots in for a takedown but Cooter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Toke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toke connects with a body shot.
Cooter wants to clinch but Toke slips to the side
and Toke counters with a left and a right that stings Cooter.
Cooter moves into range and clinches up with Toke.
Cooter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Toke blocks the elbow strike.
Cooter is fighting off a takedown attempt but Toke is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cooter to the mat. Cooter regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Cooter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Toke's guard.
Toke escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cooter gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cooter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toke lands a decent shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke has control of Cooter's left arm, preventing Cooter from doing any damage.
Cooter is working Toke over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Toke looking for a sweep. Not yet Toke, not yet.
Cooter trying to control the position from guard on top but Toke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Toke controls Cooter momentarily but Cooter frees himself.
Toke lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cooter!
Cooter 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke is trying to control here but Cooter has managed to regain half guard.
Toke has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toke prevents Cooter from getting the reversal.
Toke unloads with some shots from mount but Cooter bucks and avoids them well.
Toke is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Cooter has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Cooter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cooter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Toke keeping moving, preventing Cooter from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Toke is controlling Cooter's posture.
Cooter postures up.
Cooter chips away with some ground and pound.
Cooter trying to control but Toke is working from the bottom.
Toke wants to hit a switch here but Cooter passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Toke there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toke is working to get back to half guard.
Cooter scoring with strikes but Toke is staying in there.
Toke tries to hold on but Cooter postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cooter haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooter lands with some strikes.
Toke is in all sorts of trouble here.
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 Randal Cooter will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cooter lands a jab to the nose.
Cooter darts in trying to clinch
and Toke counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Toke.
Toke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cooter has Toke pulled in close to control his posture.
Cooter wants to sweep but no luck.
Toke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Toke drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Cooter dives on top into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toke wants to control the position but Cooter says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Toke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke is looking to improve his position.
Toke regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cooter working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Toke's head.
Toke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cooter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cooter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cooter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cooter passes Toke's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Toke trying to control but Cooter postures up.
Cooter trying to control from half guard but Toke is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke is pressing down on Cooter's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Toke wants to stand and escape but Cooter is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Toke's guard.
Toke wants to control but Cooter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Toke wants to improve his position but Cooter is controlling well.
Cooter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toke wants to control but Cooter is keeping busy.
Cooter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cooter landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cooter looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cooter working over Toke with some ground and pound. Toke looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Toke gets full guard.
Cooter trying to control but Toke is working from the bottom.
Cooter is looking to work some ground and pound but Toke has wrist control.
Randal Cooter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toke is trying to keep Cooter in close.
Cooter trying to control the position from guard on top but Toke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cooter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Toke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cooter wants to control from the top but Toke keeps moving.
Toke looking for a sweep. Not yet Toke, not yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Randal Cooter has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooter.
Cooter connects with a leg kick. Toke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cooter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randal Cooter dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Toke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cooter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Toke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooter dips to his left and cracks Toke with an uppercut!
Toke misses with a wild combination.
Toke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Randal Cooter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Toke counters with a single leg into guard. Cooter didn't expect that.
Toke has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Midnight MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Cooter managing to control the position.
Toke throwing strikes but missing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toke throws an elbow that misses. Cooter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toke's guard. Nice move by Cooter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Toke wants to pass the guard but Cooter is defending well.
Cooter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toke.
Toke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toke is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cooter defends it well.
Toke is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter is not content to let Toke control the position.
Toke is thwarting Cooter's attempts to control the position.
Toke is looking to take a break and control but Cooter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cooter is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Darwinism , so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Toke is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Toke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cooter knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Toke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tiki Toke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cooter wants to control but Toke is keeping busy.
Toke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cooter's head.
Toke seems to be working for a kimura but Cooter defends the submission attempt.
Toke with the ground and pound but Cooter uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooter trying to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiki Toke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cooter 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randal Cooter!
A victorious Randal Cooter 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Say It Aint So by Weezer. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Robert Glenn enters the cage!
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162 lbs
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184 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
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Yossarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Glenn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glenn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yossarian is fending him off so far but Glenn persists. Nope, Yossarian circles away and we're back to standing.
Yossarian smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Glenn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yossarian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glenn moves out of range of the body kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian stuffs the takedown.
Yossarian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Glenn connects with a jab.
Yossarian closes the distance and clinches.
Yossarian effectively controlling the action here.
Yossarian lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.
Yossarian working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yossarian can't find room to land a body shot as Glenn controls the action.
Glenn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yossarian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glenn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yossarian lands a hook that snaps the head of Glenn backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glenn.
Glenn blocks a body shot from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a left hand.
Yossarian lands with a light punch inside.
Yossarian controlling the action here for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Yossarian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn takes a shot to the head.
Glenn looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.
Yossarian tries a body shot but Glenn blocks it.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
Yossarian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Glenn blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Yossarian lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Robert Glenn has been cut.
Yossarian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Yossarian struggles to land a body shot inside as Glenn controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn fails to pull guard.
John Yossarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Glenn.
Glenn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yossarian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Yossarian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Glenn's head.
Glenn takes one on the button.
Horrible takedown by Glenn or perhaps it was just good defense by Yossarian which made him look bad.
Yossarian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yossarian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yossarian throws a leg kick which misses Glenn's front leg but catches the back leg as Glenn tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yossarian steps into range and cracks Glenn with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Glenn flops backwards and Yossarian dives into his guard looking to finish!
Glenn is rocked!
Yossarian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Yossarian controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yossarian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yossarian is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Yossarian scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Yossarian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Glenn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Both fighters circling a little - Yossarian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Glenn checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Glenn is defended easily by Yossarian.
Glenn moves forwards but Yossarian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Glenn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yossarian to score with a decent uppercut.
Glenn darts in trying to clinch
and Yossarian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Glenn is still on wobbly legs! Can Yossarian finish him?
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glenn's calf.
Glenn seems to have recovered his senses.
Yossarian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian won't allow Glenn to sweep him here.
Yossarian sitting in guard here, content to control.
Yossarian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Glenn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yossarian's guard.
Glenn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glenn wants to control from the top but Yossarian keeps moving.
Yossarian controlling Glenn's posture.
Glenn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yossarian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glenn can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian is pulling down on Glenn's head. It's preventing any offense from Glenn, at least for the moment.
Yossarian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Glenn is one step ahead there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Yossarian here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Glenn wants to pass the guard but Yossarian is keeping the position.
Yossarian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Glenn is one step ahead there.
Yossarian controls Glenn momentarily but Glenn frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glenn throwing strikes but missing.
Glenn pushing down on Yossarian's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Glenn trying to mount his opponent but Yossarian defends it.
Yossarian manages to get to full guard.
Glenn wants to control from the top but Yossarian keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glenn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Yossarian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yossarian has control of Glenn's left arm, preventing Glenn from doing any damage.
Glenn throws an elbow that misses. Yossarian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Glenn's guard. Nice move by Yossarian!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yossarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Glenn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Glenn 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Yossarian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Glenn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Glenn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Yossarian controlling the position for now.
Glenn wants to pass to mount but Yossarian is defending the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Glenn working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Yossarian works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yossarian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yossarian 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.
John Yossarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yossarian is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glenn 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.
Yossarian scoring with punches to the head and body.
Glenn working a defensive guard here.
Glenn wants to sweep here but Yossarian controlling him for the moment.
Glenn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yossarian's guard.
Yossarian wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn throwing strikes but missing.
Yossarian managing to control the position.
Glenn is looking to work some ground and pound but Yossarian has wrist control.
Glenn postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John Yossarian just wasn't active enough.
Glenn tries to clinch
and Yossarian counters with a stiff right hand.
Yossarian moves into the clinch.
Glenn blocks an uppercut.
Yossarian is stalling here.
Yossarian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yossarian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glenn backwards.
Glenn goes for a takedown attempt but Yossarian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
John Yossarian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yossarian.
John Yossarian is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Yossarian.
Yossarian keeps Glenn at a distance using the push kick.
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glenn's calf.
Yossarian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Glenn, pushing him back against the cage.
Glenn wants a takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.
Robert Glenn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glenn stalls.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Yossarian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yossarian 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Yossarian!
As John Yossarian got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between PitPat Spokesthing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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137 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, PitPat Spokesthing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franky Young!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spokesthing connects with the punch.
Young clinches with his opponent.
Spokesthing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spokesthing lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spokesthing has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Spokesthing tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spokesthing's elbow.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Spokesthing uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spokesthing blocks an uppercut.
Spokesthing lands with a light punch inside.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing misses with some punches.
Spokesthing blocks an uppercut.
Spokesthing tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spokesthing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young misses the jab.
Young is looking to clinch but Spokesthing is avoiding it.
That kick from Spokesthing tenderised Young's leg. Young is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Spokesthing missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spokesthing misses with a two punch combination.
Spokesthing walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Young checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spokesthing throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young walks into a left hand.
Spokesthing misses with a hook
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spokesthing throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Spokesthing lands a slapping body shot.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spokesthing manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spokesthing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young wants to clinch.
Young tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spokesthing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spokesthing looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young slips under a jab from Spokesthing.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Spokesthing ducks down to avoid it.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing lands with a nice body punch.
Young looks to clinch
and Spokesthing counters with an outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Spokesthing misses its intended target.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown but Spokesthing manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Young's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Spokesthing misses with a looping left.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Spokesthing.
Young lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Young.
Spokesthing misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spokesthing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Spokesthing makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spokesthing.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands an uppercut.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spokesthing manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spokesthing misses with a wild body shot.
Spokesthing misses with a leg kick.
Young is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young is working Spokesthing over against the cage.
Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spokesthing scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spokesthing blocks a body shot from Young.
Spokesthing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spokesthing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Spokesthing fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spokesthing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spokesthing throws a big shot that misses.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've been told by Spokesthing's head coaches at Darwinism that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young wants to clinch.
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 PitPat Spokesthing will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young slips a straight right by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spokesthing keeps the fight on the outside.
Spokesthing thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
PitPat Spokesthing is winning the standup battle so far.
Spokesthing lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Young at a distance.
Young wants to clinch
and Spokesthing counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spokesthing takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Spokesthing lands a jab to the head.
Spokesthing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spokesthing on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spokesthing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franky Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Spokesthing back to the cage. Young follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Spokesthing with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Spokesthing misses with a looping left.
Spokesthing throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Spokesthing lands an overhand right.
Young changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Franky Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spokesthing moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young staying out of range there.
Spokesthing dodges the punch combination from Young.
Spokesthing fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Spokesthing throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spokesthing looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Spokesthing looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young tries to clinch there but Spokesthing circles away.
Spokesthing misses with a body shot.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Spokesthing misses.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Spokesthing circles away.
Spokesthing misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spokesthing throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young slips a straight right by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spokesthing loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spokesthing throws out the jab.
Young checks the leg kick.
Spokesthing thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice sprawl there from Spokesthing as Young shoots in.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Spokesthing circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Spokesthing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spokesthing manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing scores with a leg kick.
Young swinging wildly here.
Spokesthing throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spokesthing keeps the fight on the outside.
Spokesthing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spokesthing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young lands a right hook to the body.
Spokesthing lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing misses the jab.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spokesthing lands the left hand.
Spokesthing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Spokesthing throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young misses with a looping right.
Spokesthing instigates a clinch.
Spokesthing can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Spokesthing breaks the clinch.
Spokesthing staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young slips under a jab from Spokesthing.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spokesthing connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PitPat Spokesthing dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Spokesthing there.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Spokesthing has the dominant position.
Spokesthing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spokesthing lands a right hand.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Spokesthing lands a nice uppercut.
Spokesthing throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
A right hand to the body from Spokesthing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spokesthing lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spokesthing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spokesthing throws out the jab.
Young is looking to clinch.
A jab from Spokesthing misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spokesthing lands with an uppercut that bounces Young off the cage and back into range.
Spokesthing showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing moves out of range.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young swings for the body but Spokesthing moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Spokesthing as he connects with a hook.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
PitPat Spokesthing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Spokesthing connects with the punch.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franky Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A slow jab from Spokesthing misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young throws a right and a left that Spokesthing avoids nicely.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing misses the jab.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spokesthing counters with a nice body shot.
Nice shot by Spokesthing.
Young needs to keep his hands up - Spokesthing had a free shot at his head there.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spokesthing connects with a solid leg kick.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Young is rocked!
Young walks into a jab.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Spokesthing finish him?
Young gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Spokesthing gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). PitPat Spokesthing!
During a confident post fight interview, PitPat Spokesthing thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jun Moroba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Wyrm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyrm has chosen Don't Tread by Damn Yankees as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jun Moroba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Winston Wyrm!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moroba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wyrm tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moroba sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wyrm somewhat.
Moroba slaps away a takedown attempt from Wyrm, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Moroba takes a swing at Wyrm's ribcage but misses.
Moroba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Moroba swings for the body but Wyrm moves out of range.
Moroba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyrm shoots in for a takedown but Moroba shows good takedown defense.
Jun Moroba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Winston Wyrm.
Wyrm is looking to clinch.
Wyrm has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Moroba is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Moroba misses with a wild combination.
Moroba connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wyrm's hands.
Moroba smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wyrm rushes Moroba and presses him up against the cage.
Wyrm managing to block the knees to the body from Moroba.
Wyrm misses with the head strike.
Wyrm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyrm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moroba throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wyrms head.
A hook to the body from Moroba.
Moroba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wyrm avoids it.
Wyrm with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moroba has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Moroba blocks an elbow strike.
Wyrm avoids a wild elbow strike from Moroba.
Moroba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moroba tries a knee to the head but Wyrm blocks it.
Moroba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Moroba.
Wyrm wants to take the fight to the mat but Moroba manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Moroba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wyrm avoids it.
Moroba lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moroba.
A bit of stalling here from Moroba.
Wyrm manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Moroba scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyrm is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moroba missing with knees to the body.
Moroba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyrm can't get the takedown.
A body shot lands from Moroba.
Wyrm misses with a knee strike.
Moroba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wyrm managing to block the knees to the body from Moroba.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moroba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Moroba misses with an elbow strike.
Moroba leaning against his opponent.
Wyrm has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Moroba avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wyrm misses with the head strike.
Wyrm goes for a takedown attempt but Moroba pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moroba throws a sloppy head kick and Wyrm moves out of range easily.
Wyrm shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moroba pinned against the cage. Moroba gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moroba connects with a high kick.
Jun Moroba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Moroba - just one landing.
Wyrm forces Moroba back against the cage and clinches.
Moroba lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moroba throws an elbow but misses.
Wyrm blocks an elbow strike from Moroba.
Wyrm displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moroba up against the cage.
Wyrm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moroba stalling in the clinch but Wyrm improves position.
Moroba struggles to land a body shot inside as Wyrm controls his hands.
Wyrm takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moroba gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wyrm.
A shot in the inside from Moroba.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moroba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wyrm avoids it.
Good body shot from Moroba.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moroba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wyrm.
Moroba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moroba leaning his opponent against the cage.
Moroba utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wyrm is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Moroba.
Moroba throws an elbow that misses.
Wyrm throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wyrm pushes off an throws an elbow but Moroba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wyrm working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from Wyrm fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jun Moroba dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wyrm darts in trying to clinch
and Moroba counters with a straight right hand.
Wyrm tries to clinch up.
Wyrm shoots in looking for a takedown. Moroba tries to sprawl out of it but Wyrm keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Moroba manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wyrm tries to clinch but Moroba is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Moroba. No joy for Wyrm on that attempt.
Moroba lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wyrm is rocked!
Wyrm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moroba.
Wyrm is still on wobbly legs! Can Moroba finish him?
Moroba tries a head kick but it misses.
Wyrm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moroba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wyrm seems to have recovered his senses.
Moroba wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wyrm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moroba throws a shot from downtown. Wyrm moves away and avoids it.
Wyrm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moroba keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyrm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moroba.
Wyrm tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moroba counters with a thumping low kick.
Moroba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wyrm wants to clinch.
Moroba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
so Wyrm counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Moroba is trying to control the position but Wyrm postures up.
Wyrm preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wyrm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wyrm postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wyrm drops back, looking for a kneebar! Moroba looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Moroba looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Moroba!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyrm tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moroba wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moroba trying to control the action but Wyrm is working from the bottom.
Wyrm is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wyrm is trying to get back to half guard.
Wyrm manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Wyrm is refusing to be controlled, as Moroba sits in half guard.
Moroba is looking for a kimura here.
Moroba working Wyrm over with strikes.
Moroba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Moroba lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyrm moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Moroba 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.
Wyrm has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Moroba doesn't defend quickly enough and Wyrm has managed to lock this one up! Can Moroba escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Wyrm on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Winston Wyrm!
Winston Wyrm spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jango Fett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirt McGirt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fett comes to the cage accompanied by Jango Fett Unleashed. Jango Fett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jango Fett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dirt McGirt!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGirt throws the left hand but Fett avoids the punch easily.
Fett throws out a leg kick but McGirt moves out of range and Fett only half commits.
McGirt thuds a left hand into Fett's body.
McGirt throws the left hand but Fett avoids the punch easily.
McGirt ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
McGirt throws a lazy head kick
and Fett counters with a nice leg kick.
McGirt misses with a looping left.
Fett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dirt McGirt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGirt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fett's head.
McGirt slips under a jab.
Fett misses with a two punch combination.
Fett looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fett ducks right into an uppercut from McGirt.
McGirt throws a nice outside leg kick.
McGirt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGirt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from McGirt.
Fett misses with a straight left.
Dirt McGirt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGirt throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fett displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McGirt.
McGirt throws out a powerful jab.
McGirt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fett moves away.
Fett misses with a leg kick.
McGirt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McGirt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fett.
McGirt throws an overhand right that lands on Fett's shoulder, as Fett tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from McGirt misses.
McGirt lands a jab to the head.
Jab, jab by Fett - just one landing.
McGirt throws a lazy uppercut
and Fett counters with an outside leg kick.
Fett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fett throws the left hand but McGirt avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGirt looks to throw the jab but Fett is out of range.
Fett slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGirt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett throws a hook but McGirt blocks it.
A slow jab from McGirt misses its intended target.
Fett lands a leg kick that knocks McGirt off balance momentarily.
Fett misses with a hook. McGirt ducked under it nicely.
A big right from McGirt misses.
Fett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGirt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fett 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.
McGirt feints and then cracks Fett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fett down.
McGirt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGirt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Fett.
McGirt scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGirt lands the left hand.
Fett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGirt looks to throw the jab but Fett is out of range.
Fett throws a leg kick but McGirt sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGirt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fett scores with a three punch combo!
McGirt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fett.
Fett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGirt.
McGirt throws a hook but Fett blocks it.
McGirt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as McGirt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fett doesn't seem phased though.
McGirt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fett.
McGirt throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from McGirt misses.
Fett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Fett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McGirt is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fett looks to score with a jab to the body but McGirt is just out of range.
Fett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Fett.
McGirt throws a head punch that misses.
McGirt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McGirt breaks from the clinch.
McGirt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fett circles away quickly and effectively.
McGirt throws an off balance right hand
and Fett counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
McGirt is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Fett looks to land a strike but McGirt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fett throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dirt McGirt will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fett slips under a jab from McGirt.
Fett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGirt.
Fett jabs at McGirt's body.
McGirt dips to his left and cracks Fett with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Fett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGirt lands a nice shot that snaps Fett's head back.
McGirt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fett throws a low kick but McGirt avoids it.
Fett walks into a straight right hand from McGirt.
Fett swings for the body but McGirt moves out of range.
McGirt misses with a straight right.
McGirt looks to land a right hand but Fett moved out of range.
Fett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fett throws a body punch but McGirt moves out of range.
McGirt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fett manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGirt. Fett does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGirt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fett throws out the jab.
McGirt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGirt misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by McGirt.
Fett takes a swing at McGirt's ribcage but misses.
McGirt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fett.
Fett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGirt jabs Fett right on the nose. Fett blinks but takes it well.
Fett is looking to clinch but McGirt is avoiding it.
Fett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fett scores with a nice right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from McGirt misses the target.
A slow jab from McGirt misses its intended target.
McGirt slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
McGirt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fett has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fett there as he acknowledges the shot.
McGirt throws the left hand but Fett avoids the punch easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGirt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fett throws a looping overhand right but McGirt ducks down to avoid it.
McGirt lands with a right hand.
Dirt McGirt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Fett tries to close the distance and clinch but McGirt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGirt ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
Jab from McGirt.
Fett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGirt.
Fett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGirt.
Fett looks to score with a jab to the body but McGirt is just out of range.
McGirt staying out of range there.
Fett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGirt fails to land with a series of punches.
McGirt throws an overhand right that lands on Fett's shoulder, as Fett tries to avoid the shot.
McGirt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big right from McGirt misses.
Fett thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from McGirt misses the target.
McGirt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fett slips under a jab from McGirt.
Fett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGirt.
Fett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McGirt pinned against the cage. McGirt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fighters circling - McGirt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGirt defending well as Fett loads up on a big left hand.
Fett moves in looking to clinch but McGirt pushes him off.
Fett shoots in and bounces McGirt off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett trying to control but McGirt is working from the bottom.
McGirt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fett sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dirt McGirt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fett dives in for a single leg takedown but McGirt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Fett tries to throw a body punch but McGirt avoids it by throwing Fett back against the cage.
McGirt working hard to break the clinch.
Fett has a couple of punches blocked by McGirt.
Fett tries to stall but McGirt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Fett.
McGirt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGirt throws a head punch that misses.
Fett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGirt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fett.
Fett slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fett.
McGirt throws a head punch that misses.
McGirt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
McGirt pushes Fett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGirt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fett taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Fett.
McGirt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fett blocks a body shot from McGirt.
McGirt is trying to stall.
Fett holding his opponent close, against the cage.
McGirt blocks an uppercut.
McGirt gets through Fett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fett throws a punch but it's blocked by McGirt.
McGirt working aggressively here.
Fett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGirt's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGirt lands an elbow inside.
McGirt misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from McGirt fails to land.
Fett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGirt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McGirt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fetts head.
Fett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fett throws a head punch that misses.
Fett being controlled against the cage.
Fett scores with a shoulder strike.
Fett slows down the pace here.
Dirt McGirt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McGirt lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGirt has a couple of punches blocked by Fett.
Fett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fett content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McGirt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fett can't find room to land a body shot as McGirt controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGirt.
McGirt breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Fett is predictable there
and McGirt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McGirt throws out a loose jab but Fett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fett misses with a wild body shot.
Fett misses with a wild body shot.
Fett wants to clinch up but McGirt keeps it at a distance.
Fett takes a swing at McGirt's ribcage but misses.
McGirt missing with a left hand there. Fett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett throws a shot from downtown. McGirt moves away and avoids it.
McGirt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fett on the side of the head.
McGirt tries to bum rush Fett with a series of wild strikes but Fett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGirt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fett is out of range and McGirt settles back down.
Fett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fett ducks under a wild hook from McGirt.
Fett fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jango Fett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fett tries for a takedown but McGirt sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jango Fett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGirt misses the shot to the body.
McGirt misses with a hook. Fett ducked under it nicely.
McGirt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Fett misses its intended target.
McGirt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fett on the side of the head.
Dirt McGirt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McGirt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirt McGirt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McGirt 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyros Sisyphus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Nohara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyros Sisyphus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiro Nohara!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nohara lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sisyphus backs up against the cage.
Sisyphus closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nohara did well to prevent Sisyphus getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sisyphus is looking for a kimura but Nohara is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sisyphus to get the leverage.
Nohara trying to hold on to Sisyphus's head to control him but Sisyphus postures up.
Nohara is controlling Sisyphus's trapped leg to prevent Sisyphus from advancing to side control.
Sisyphus is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sisyphus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nohara does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nohara has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Nohara is looking for a sweep. Sisyphus is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sisyphus is trying to work for a kimura but Nohara is defending well.
Sisyphus is trying to control. Nohara wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sisyphus is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nohara manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nohara wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nohara 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.
Sisyphus advances to half guard.
Nohara is looking for a sweep. Sisyphus is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nohara is trying is best to control the position here.
Sisyphus wants to work for an arm triangle but Nohara is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nohara won't allow Sisyphus to pass to mount.
Nohara trying to control from the bottom.
Sisyphus is pressing down on Nohara's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nohara is holding on for now.
Nohara wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nohara is trying to control but can't.
Sisyphus is working for a kimura but Nohara is defending it quite comfortably.
Sisyphus is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nohara wants to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nohara is still trying to improve position.
Sisyphus is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sisyphus is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nohara is just riding it out for now. Sisyphus eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus 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.
Nohara wants to control but Sisyphus is keeping busy.
Sisyphus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sisyphus blocks the strikes from Nohara.
Sisyphus is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nohara doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sisyphus.
Nohara tries to roll over but Sisyphus keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nohara throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sisyphus stops Nohara from getting back to his feet.
Sisyphus passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Nohara!
Nohara tries to reverse the position but Sisyphus maintains control.
Sisyphus looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Nohara keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sisyphus wants to control the pace but Nohara is squirming around nicely.
Sisyphus goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Nohara turns into him and now he's in Sisyphus's guard.
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 Kyros Sisyphus will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nohara dips to his left and cracks Sisyphus with an uppercut!
Nohara defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sisyphus.
Nohara scores with a hook to the body. Sisyphus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nohara works Sisyphus's body with a nice hook.
Sisyphus has his takedown stuffed
and Nohara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sisyphus has his takedown stuffed
and Nohara counters with a low kick, right behind Sisyphus 's knee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyros Sisyphus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nohara jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sisyphus shoots and misses
and Nohara counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sisyphus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sisyphus is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nohara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hiro Nohara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nohara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nohara.
Oh Sisyphus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nohara throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nohara drops Sisyphus with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Sisyphus looks back up at him and smiles so Nohara waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nohara takes the fight into the clinch.
Nohara tries to work over Sisyphus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nohara is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sisyphus seems to have got his legs back now.
A short right from Nohara on the inside.
Nohara is struggling to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nohara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nohara is stalling here.
Nohara scores with a shoulder strike.
Sisyphus letting Nohara take a breather here.
Nohara gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Nohara wants to pass the guard but Sisyphus is keeping the position.
Nohara throws a big elbow that misses.
Sisyphus seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sisyphus being controlled here, momentarily.
Nohara wants to control from the top but Sisyphus keeps moving.
Sisyphus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sisyphus has his hands on Nohara's head, controlling the position.
Nohara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sisyphus is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sisyphus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiro Nohara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sisyphus with a poor takedown
and Nohara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sisyphus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nohara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sisyphus misses with a takedown attempt - Nohara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyros Sisyphus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nohara wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sisyphus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sisyphus tries for a takedown but Nohara circles away easily
and Nohara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nohara clobbers Sisyphus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nohara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nohara lands with a good body shot.
Nohara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sisyphus with a poor takedown
and Nohara counters with a crisp right hand that drops Sisyphus! Nohara lets Sisyphus back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nohara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nohara cracks Sisyphus with an open hand slap.
Nohara throws a monster overhand right that drops Sisyphus! Nohara follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiro Nohara!
During a confident post fight interview, Hiro Nohara thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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