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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas LaVey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas LaVey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaVey takes a jab right on the kisser.
Joseph changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
LaVey scores with a one two! Joseph had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph avoids the head kick by LaVey.
LaVey blocks a head kick by Joseph.
LaVey ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
LaVey looks for the body kick but Joseph saw that one coming.
Joseph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph throws a leg kick
and LaVey counters with a head kick.
LaVey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
LaVey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Joseph's sensitive parts.
Joseph connects with a solid leg kick.
LaVey has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Lion's Den in the buildup to the fight.
Joseph throws a leg kick but LaVey checks it.
LaVey avoids the head kick by Joseph.
Joseph takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
LaVey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaVey misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from LaVey misses.
Joseph throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent LaVey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
LaVey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body. LaVey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
LaVey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
Joseph shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
LaVey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joseph has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Joseph throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
LaVey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph throws a low kick but LaVey moves out of range easily.
LaVey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Joseph 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.
Joseph thumps LaVey with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaVey lands a big head kick that sends Joseph tumbling to the mat! LaVey takes a step backwards and waves Joseph back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Joseph is rocked!
LaVey fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Joseph square on the jaw! Damn, Joseph is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lucas LaVey!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jinhai Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fullsize Mirror (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mirror's choice of entrance music: Ordinary Guy--- Blue Scholars. Fullsize Mirror is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jinhai Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fullsize Mirror!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mirror misses with a leg kick.
Mirror scores with a body shot.
Mirror wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mirror moves into the clinch.
Mirror can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Yoshida scores with a knee to the head.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike.
Mirror lands a right hand.
Mirror throws a head punch that misses.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mirror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mirror walks away with a smile on his face. Yoshida gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mirror digs a good hook to Yoshida's body.
A jab from Yoshida misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirror throws a lazy right hand but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yoshida tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mirror chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yoshida can pounce on him.
Jab by Mirror.
Mirror keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yoshida looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice body punch from Mirror.
Mirror with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mirror on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yoshida. Yoshida obviously looking to wear him down.
Mirror swinging wildly here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mirror 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 Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mirror throws a lazy right hand but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mirror fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yoshida.
Mirror tries a head kick but it misses.
Mirror swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yoshida.
Mirror rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yoshida counters with a right hand to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yoshida. Mirror shrugs it off though.
Yoshida moves out of range of the strikes.
Mirror throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
Mirror stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshida.
Mirror ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.
Mirror looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirror misses with a straight left.
Jinhai Yoshida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida lands with a straight right. Mirror didn't see that one coming.
Yoshida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mirror.
Mirror 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.
Mirror moves out of range as Yoshida throws a body kick.
Mirror blocks the body kick.
Yoshida misses with a hook
and Mirror counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yoshida thows a body shot but no joy.
Mirror uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Mirror ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
Donk. Yoshida catches Mirror right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mirror's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yoshida misses with a kick to the body.
Mirror moves out of range as Yoshida throws a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Mirror.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Mirror misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mirror.
A telegraphed right hand from Mirror misses the target.
That kick from Yoshida tenderised Mirror's leg. Mirror is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mirror checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoshida connects with a right hand. Mirror shakes it off.
Yoshida looks for the body kick but Mirror saw that one coming.
Mirror tries a low kick but Yoshida avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fullsize Mirror will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yoshida connects with a body shot.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida checks a low kick from Mirror.
Fullsize Mirror seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mirror slips a straight right by Yoshida.
Good work by Yoshida as he checks the leg kick.
Yoshida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yoshida throws a body punch but Mirror moves out of range.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Mirror does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mirror wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Mirror throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirror throws a big shot that misses.
Mirror misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida throws a lazy body kick
and Mirror counters with a leg kick.
Yoshida jabs Mirror to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yoshida feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mirrors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good leg kick by Mirror there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mirror swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mirror manages to avoid it.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida scores with a kick to the body.
Mirror feints and then cracks Yoshida's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yoshida down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mirror lands a jab to the nose.
Mirror missing with a left hand there. Yoshida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mirror attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yoshida connects with a looping right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Mirror misses the target.
Yoshida tries to work over Mirror's front leg with a kick but Mirror checks it.
A good leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a sloppy head kick and Mirror moves out of range easily.
Mirror feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yoshidas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mirror misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mirror misses with a hook. Yoshida ducked under it nicely.
Mirror throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida looks for the body kick but Mirror saw that one coming.
Mirror throws an off balance right hand
and Yoshida counters with a low kick, right behind Mirror 's knee.
Mirror throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mirror is looking to slow Yoshida down with leg kicks.
Mirror does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yoshida staying out of range there.
Yoshida throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mirror lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mirror throws a lazy right hand but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirror with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yoshida to score with a decent uppercut.
Yoshida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Mirror looks to throw the jab but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yoshida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mirror tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mirror throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshida's shoulder, as Yoshida tries to avoid the shot.
Mirror throws a low kick, looking for Yoshida's leg but Yoshida calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoshida pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mirror is out of range and Yoshida settles back down.
Yoshida feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mirror's calf.
Yoshida is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jinhai Yoshida dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yoshida does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mirror takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yoshida tries to clinch but Mirror moves out of range.
Mirror does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good exchange - Mirror coming out on top.
Mirror blocks a head kick by Yoshida.
Mirror lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yoshida shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jab, jab by Mirror - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida scores with a jab. Mirror acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That kick from Mirror tenderised Yoshida's leg. Yoshida is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yoshida throws a jab but it's blocked by Mirror.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a body kick.
Yoshida darts in trying to clinch
and Mirror counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yoshida moves away from the strike by Mirror.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mirror throws a series of punches but Yoshida avoids them all with ease.
Yoshida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mirror throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mirror keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Mirror down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida thows a body shot but no joy.
Yoshida scores with a jab.
A low kick from Yoshida is predictable there
and Mirror counters with a body kick that stops Yoshida in his tracks momentarily.
Yoshida cracks the inside of Mirror's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mirror throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mirror on the side of the head.
Mirror fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mirror.
Mirror lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mirror's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yoshida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mirrors head.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Mirror backwards.
Yoshida has a couple of punches blocked by Mirror.
Yoshida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yoshida tries to pull guard but Mirror forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mirror lands with a right to the head.
Mirror struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoshida controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mirror creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida trying to land knees to the body.
Mirror misses with a punch to the body.
Mirror tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoshida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mirror swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jinhai Yoshida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mirror misses with the head strike.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mirror throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Mirror fails to land.
Yoshida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Mirror.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mirror creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mirror swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yoshida scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mirror working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Mirror.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
Yoshida lands a right hand.
Mirror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fullsize Mirror comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mirror has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fullsize Mirror!
During a confident post fight interview, Fullsize Mirror thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Jinhai Yoshida spoke after the fight, saying 'I battled as much as I could, but came up short. Mirror is a good competitor, and im glad I had the opportunity to fight him!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Malham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed's entrance music is Limp Bizkit / Break Stuff. A fine choice. Malham has chosen John's Walkout as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as John Malham enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Abel Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Malham!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Malham counters with a crisp one two that drops Speed! Malham thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Speed to his feet! Speed is in big trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Malham has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Speed jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Speed misses with a lunging right hand
and Malham counters with a nice uppercut.
Speed misses with a body shot.
Speed looks to land a combination but Malham avoids it well.
Speed misses with a combination
and Malham counters with a low kick, right behind Speed 's knee.
Malham scores with a decent looking hook.
Speed needs to keep his hands up - Malham had a free shot at his head there.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malham manages to avoid it.
Speed throws a lazy right hand but Malham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Speed swats away the attempt to clinch by Malham.
Speed catches Malham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Speed walks into a stiff left hand from Malham.
A big right from Speed misses.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malham manages to avoid it.
Speed swings for the body but Malham moves out of range.
Speed cracks Malham with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Speed just misses with a punch to the body.
Malham moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Malham has time to react.
Malham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malham throws a lazy uppercut
and Speed counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Speed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malham.
Abel Speed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Speed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Speed throws a poor cross that misses
and Malham counters with a nice low kick that buckles Speed's knee momentarily.
Malham misses with an uppercut.
Speed throws a left and a right that both miss
and Malham counters with a leg kick.
Speed swings for the body but Malham moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed throws a looping overhand right but Malham ducks down to avoid it.
Abel Speed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speed misses with a jab to the body
and Malham counters with a body kick that stops Speed in his tracks momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Speed misses the target.
Speed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Malham.
Malham fails in his attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Speed blocks the leg kick.
Speed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big right from Speed misses.
Speed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malham tries to clinch up but Speed circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed slips a jab and a cross from Malham.
Speed avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Speed connects with a body shot that sends Malham's belly button to the back.
Speed misses with a hook.
Speed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Speed misses with a straight right.
Malham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Speed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malham on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Malham is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Malham will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
A left and a right from Speed both land. Nice combination.
Speed throws a jab when Malham was well out of range.
Speed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malham was well out of range. Poor timing from Speed.
John Malham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Malham fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Speed throws out a powerful jab.
Speed throws a hook to the side of Malham's head but Malham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Speed coming out on top.
Malham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Speed.
Speed swinging wildly here.
Malham throws a leg kick that is checked
and Speed holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Speed is looking to control Malham's arms but Malham gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malham working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malham.
Speed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malham's elbow.
Malham blocking some punches.
Speed throws a punch but it's blocked by Malham.
Speed misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Speed.
Malham misses with the head strike.
Malham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Speed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Speed as Malham tries to tie him up.
Speed stalling the fight.
Malham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Speed misses with a hook to the ribs.
Speed misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Speed scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed wants to stall.
Speed swings wildly with an uppercut but Malham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malham swings wildly with an uppercut but Speed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malham has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Malham misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malham.
Speed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Speed taking a breather.
Speed working aggressively here.
Malham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Speed prevents a body shot from Malham.
The referee calls for Speed to work.
Speed tries a body shot but Malham blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Malham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Malham throws a head punch that misses.
Malham taking a breather.
Speed tries a body shot but Malham blocks it.
Malham throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Speed tries to work over Malham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malham.
Speed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malham backwards.
Malham throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Speed prevents a body shot from Malham.
Malham prevents Speed from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Speed's elbow.
Speed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malham misses with a straight right.
Speed misses with an uppercut. Malham saw that one coming.
Speed connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Malham momentarily.
Malham misses with a low kick as Speed jumps back.
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!
Malham shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Speed lands an impressive looking overhand right. Malham doesn't seem phased though.
Malham throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Malham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Speed swings away with a body shot that misses
and Malham moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Speed 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!
Speed lands a nice looking body shot.
Speed jabs at Malham's body.
Speed scores with a jab to the body.
Speed fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Malham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Malham counters with an outside leg kick.
Malham motions for Speed to come forward. Malham throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malham moves away.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malham lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malham thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Malham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Speed circles away quickly and effectively.
Speed displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Malham.
Speed uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Speed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Malham bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malham blocks a jab.
Malham takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Speed takes a swing at Malham's ribcage but misses.
Malham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Speed takes a swing at Malham's ribcage but misses.
Speed misses with a wild body shot.
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Malham counters with a thumping low kick.
Malham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Malham.
Malham thows a leg kick but Speed checks it
and Speed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Speed just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed throws a left and a right that both miss
and Malham counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John Malham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Speed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Malham sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malham moves away.
Speed takes one to the side of the head.
Malham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malham manages to avoid it.
Malham is looking to slow Speed down with leg kicks.
Speed is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Malham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Speed is out of range and Malham settles back down.
Speed throws a hook but Malham blocks it.
Speed moves away from the strike by Malham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malham keeps Speed at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Malham coming out on top.
Speed just misses with a punch to the body.
Speed misses the body punch
enabling Malham to counter with a crisp jab.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed defending well as Malham loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the body from Speed misses
and Malham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Speed misses with a right hand
and Malham counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed throws a lazy uppercut
and Malham counters with a head kick that drops Speed to the mat! Speed scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Speed is rocked!
Malham drops Speed with a straight right hand, right on the button! Malham follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Malham!
A very excited looking John Malham made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kush Goon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goon's entrance music is Tourniquet . A fine choice. Evans has chosen Like a G6 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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34
195 lbs
27 - 20 - 0 |
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32
188 lbs
23 - 19 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good gas tank |
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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
27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kush Goon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Quinton Evans!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evans.
Evans takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Evans scores with a jab to the jaw.
Goon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goon takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goon.
Evans fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Goon sprawls well initially but Evans persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Goon manages to get to full guard.
Goon has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Evans can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Evans won't allow Goon to sweep him here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Goon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Goon throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Evans escapes and throws Goon's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Evans works to advance to full mount. Goon defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Goon keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Goon regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Goon is wriggling around trying to escape.
Evans controlling from mount.
Goon slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Goon gets full guard.
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!
Evans thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Evans passes Goon's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goon is trying to get back to full guard.
Evans wants to work for an arm triangle but Goon is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Evans slows the pace down in half guard.
Evans is working for a submission of some sort.
Goon is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goon is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Goon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
Evans scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Goon's head.
Goon is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goon is pressing down on Evans's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Goon is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quinton Evans dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Goon fails with a takedown attempt.
Goon swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Evans throws a good cross that connects.
Goon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Goon.
Nice uppercut there from Goon.
Goon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Goon misses with a left hand
and Evans counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Goon!
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!
Goon regains half guard.
Goon looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Evans thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Goon tries to get to full guard but Evans has control of the leg.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Goon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
Goon gets full guard.
Goon seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goon looking for a guillotine here but Evans defends easily.
Goon trying to control the position.
Quinton Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a strike but Goon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Goon chips away with some ground and pound.
Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Goon is one step ahead there.
Evans has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Goon preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Goon lands a couple of elbows.
Evans is looking for a triangle here but Goon uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Goon is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Evans is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Evans is trying to control Goon's posture but Goon avoids it.
Goon misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Evans's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Goon controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans can't do much from the bottom here.
Goon working the ground and pound from side control.
Evans is not content to let Goon control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans tries to improve position but can't.
Goon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Evans tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goon working away.
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 Kush Goon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Goon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Goon shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Goon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Goon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Goon.
Goon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Goon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Goon lands a slapping body shot.
Goon misses with a jab to the body
and Evans decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Goon's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans works over Goon with some ground and pound from guard.
Goon looking for a sweep. Not yet Goon, not yet.
Goon is looking for a triangle but Evans pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Goon is retaining full guard.
Goon wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Goon looking to control.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Goon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evans stands and throws Goon's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans takes a little break here. Goon wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Evans working the ground and pound but Goon is defending the strikes.
Evans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Goon keeps working.
Goon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Evans is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Goon is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Goon is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans looks up at the clock and then as Goon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Evans smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Goon is looking to reverse the position.
Goon is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Evans is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Goon is desperately trying to improve his position but Evans has a good base and remains in mount.
Evans lands a nice shot to the head.
Evans avoids the attempt from Goon to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Goon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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.
Evans trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Evans with shots to the head and body - Goon looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Evans has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton Evans!
Quinton Evans seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Zenin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zenin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Helloween - Power. Wilson has chosen The Last Dragon as his entrance music. Don Wilson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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35
186 lbs
25 - 13 - 1 |
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180 lbs
16 - 8 - 1 |
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Great elbows
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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
25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vladimir Zenin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Zenin.
Wilson throws a big shot that misses.
Zenin looking to score a takedown here. Wilson is defending well but Zenin drives through and ends up in Wilson's guard.
Wilson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zenin is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zenin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zenin trying to control but Wilson is working from the bottom.
Zenin tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilson is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zenin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wilson wants to improve his position but instead Zenin has moved into half guard.
Zenin 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.
Wilson is trying to get back to full guard.
Wilson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zenin prevents Wilson from standing back up.
Wilson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wilson taking some punishment here, with Zenin in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zenin is trying to control the action in half guard but Wilson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zenin prevents Wilson from improving his position.
Zenin lands strikes from half guard.
Wilson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wilson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zenin is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wilson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wilson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson is trying to stand up here but Zenin is controlling him well.
Zenin wants to take a breather but Wilson is having none of it.
Zenin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wilson is pressing down on Zenin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zenin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zenin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zenin.
Zenin pulls Wilson in close to prevent any damage.
Zenin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wilson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wilson with a nice head shot there.
Wilson throwing strikes from guard but Zenin blocks nicely.
Wilson preventing the sweep.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zenin trying to control the position.
Zenin has his hands on Wilson's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zenin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Vladimir Zenin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Zenin tries to clinch but Wilson moves away
enabling Wilson to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilson misses the target.
Wilson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wilson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zenin's head.
Zenin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilson misses with an uppercut
and Zenin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zenin postures up.
Zenin passes Wilson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Zenin prevents Wilson from improving his position.
Wilson taking some punishment here, with Zenin in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson pushes Zenin off looking to stand but Zenin dives back in and keeps control.
Wilson is looking for a sweep. Zenin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zenin slips a nice elbow through Wilson's hands, connecting with Wilson's forehead.
Zenin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zenin wants to pass to mount but Wilson is defending the position.
Wilson has hold of Zenin's hands but Zenin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zenin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wilson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zenin.
Wilson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zenin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wilson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Zenin dominated that round.
That's time! Zenin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zenin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been told by Zenin's head coaches at Sydney Elite Systems that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zenin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilson throws a jab but it's blocked by Zenin.
Wilson throws a series of punches but Zenin moves out of range.
Zenin misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Zenin.
Zenin connects with a body shot.
Nice cross by Zenin.
Wilson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zenin throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Zenin swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilson.
Zenin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zenin.
Zenin misses with a lunging right hand
and Wilson counters with a left and a right that stings Zenin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zenin defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Zenin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zenin shoots in but no luck this time.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Zenin circles away.
Wilson fails with the takedown.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zenin moves away.
Wilson stuns Zenin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wilson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wilson wants it to stay on the feet.
Zenin darts in looking for a takedown but Wilson gets double underhooks and turns Zenin into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Zenin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zenin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wilson regains guard immediately.
Zenin stopping the sweep attempt from Wilson.
Zenin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson looking to ground and pound but Zenin is blocking nicely.
Wilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zenin looks a forlorn figure.
Vladimir Zenin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wilson working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Zenin slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wilson connects with a nice short shot to Zenin's temple.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zenin's head.
Zenin is trying to maintain the position but Wilson is very close to passing his half guard.
Wilson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zenin's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wilson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Zenin.
Zenin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zenin holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Wilson lands with a punch from half guard.
Zenin controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Zenin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zenin controlling the position well.
Zenin regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wilson.
Wilson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zenin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wilson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zenin is rocked!
Wilson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh Zenin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson loads up on a big left hand. Zenin felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Wilson looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Zenin can't hide his disappointment, as Wilson celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Wilson!
Don Wilson made sure to mention his sponsor, xXx - Voodoo Labs - MONEY LAUNDER in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses Kealekapuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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221 lbs
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215 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moses Kealekapuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Martin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kealekapuna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Martin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kealekapuna 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.
Kealekapuna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martin at a distance.
Kealekapuna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martin looks to land a combination but Kealekapuna avoids it well.
Kealekapuna needs to keep his hands up - Martin had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kealekapuna moves away.
Kealekapuna lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martin's sensitive parts.
A jab from Martin misses.
Martin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kealekapuna, right into the meat.
Kealekapuna looks to land a combination. Martin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Frank Martin has been cut.
Kealekapuna scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Frank Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kealekapuna jabs Martin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martin looks winded!
Jab from Kealekapuna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kealekapuna scores with a shot to the body.
Martin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Kealekapuna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Martin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kealekapuna takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kealekapuna lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kealekapuna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kealekapuna throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin 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.
Kealekapuna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kealekapuna scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Martin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kealekapuna throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kealekapuna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Good leg kick by Kealekapuna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kealekapuna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Kealekapuna - just one landing.
Martin throws a right and a left that Kealekapuna avoids nicely.
Martin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kealekapuna connects with a body shot.
Kealekapuna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Kealekapuna counters with a solid body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kealekapuna.
Kealekapuna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kealekapuna buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kealekapuna is looking to wear down Martin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kealekapuna.
Kealekapuna lands a big head kick that sends Martin tumbling to the mat! Kealekapuna takes a step backwards and waves Martin back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Martin is rocked!
Martin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kealekapuna scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martin is still on wobbly legs! Can Kealekapuna finish him?
Moses Kealekapuna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kealekapuna connects with a stiff jab that staggers Martin - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Moses Kealekapuna!
An out of breath and clearly excited Moses Kealekapuna thanked Hell's Balls Recovery (160) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Gillis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Company - Holy Water. Gillis has chosen I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters as his entrance music. Jensen Saint could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jamie Gillis's chin.
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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
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jensen Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Gillis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint moves away from the strike by Gillis.
Gillis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gillis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saint under the eye.
Gillis misses with a hook
and Saint counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've been hearing that Saint has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gillis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Saint slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gillis is pulling down on Saint's head. It's preventing any offense from Saint, at least for the moment.
Saint trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gillis wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gillis wants to sweep here but Saint controlling him for the moment.
Gillis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saint.
Gillis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saint.
Gillis is looking to sweep but instead, Saint has passed into half guard.
Saint prevents Gillis from improving his position.
Gillis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to control. Gillis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Saint is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Saint looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gillis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Saint 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.
Gillis gets full guard.
Gillis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saint is one step ahead there.
Gillis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Saint's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillis preventing the sweep.
Gillis lands a couple of elbows.
Saint has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gillis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Saint wants to sweep but no luck.
Saint has momentary wrist control but Gillis slips an elbow through the middle.
Saint working a defensive guard here.
Saint is looking to cinch up a triangle. Gillis throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Saint's body to avoid the submission. Saint has instead reached around Gillis's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Saint arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jensen Saint!
Jensen Saint made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Even though I fight I'm all about spreading the love! *rambles on for a few minutes and no one wants to hear about it* ...and so I have 19 children! That was like an act of GOD witnessed many many ...many many times. Now bring out your holy books and let's sing together to celebrate me!'.
The defeated Jamie Gillis had this to say: 'Sorry fans, sorry for this fight. I got to aggressive and didn't follow the game-plan. But you know what win, lose, or draw I will be back for you guys. After party? there won't be. The thing was I trained hard for this fight and for it not to go my way really sucks but it is what it is now going '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - I Want It All. Love has chosen Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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223 lbs
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217 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington lands a jab to the head.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Washington is just out of range.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Love is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Washington's half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Washington wants to improve his position but Love is controlling well.
Washington trying to control here.
Ground and pound from Love.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Washington wants to improve his position but Love is controlling well.
Washington is working hard here to advance position.
Washington is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Putka, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Washington slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Washington looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
Love lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Love trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Love is on top in guard.
Love trying to control but Washington is working from the bottom.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Washington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Washington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Love cracks Washington with a solid left hand.
Washington trying to keep a closed guard but Love is proving a slippery customer.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Love won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Love postures up and lands a big shot to Washington's brow.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
Love postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Love wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Washington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Washington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Love is holding on to half guard well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Washington wants to take a breather but Love is having none of it.
Love keeping control of the position.
Puppy Love has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Love works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Washington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Puppy Love 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.
Love fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Washington looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to the body from Washington misses
and Love counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Washington moves out of range of the strikes.
Washington is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Washington moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Washington fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Washington throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Washington.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Washington looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Washington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to clinch up but Washington keeps it at a distance.
Love takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Washington counters with a low kick, right behind Love 's knee.
A jab from Washington misses.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Love looks to throw the jab but Washington is out of range.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Washington.
Washington throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Washington, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Washington against the cage but Washington circles to the side and manages to break the 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!
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Washington's shoulder, as Washington tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.
Washington tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Love throws a hook but Washington avoids it easily.
Washington lands a really nice looking cross but Love seems unphased.
Washington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Love.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Washington.
Love throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Washington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love connects with a looping right hand.
Leonard Washington is winning the standup battle so far.
Love connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Washington shoots in for a double leg but Love sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonard Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws out a loose jab but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Love stuns Washington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
Washington throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Washington moves away.
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Love checks a low kick from Washington.
Washington tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Washington shoots for a double leg takedown but Love sprawls well. He's pushed Washington's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington connects with a body shot.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Washington sprawls well. Washington wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Washington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Washington displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
Love slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Washington misses.
Washington throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Leonard Washington 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. This is the final round!
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
Washington closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Washington pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Washington tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Washington ducks down to avoid it.
Washington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Washington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Washington throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Love was covering up waiting for the punch and Washington finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Washington throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love trying to control the position here.
Love 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.
Love seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Love is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Puppy Love wasn't active enough on the ground.
Washington scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Washington, as that shot connected.
Love has a takedown stuffed.
Washington lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
Love tries for a takedown but Washington sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Leonard Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Puppy Love.
Washington throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Washington scores with a jab. Love acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Love is rocked!
Washington misses with a body shot.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Washington finish him?
Love looks up at the clock. Bad move! Washington lands a right hand from hell, dropping Love. Washington pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonard Washington!
A very excited looking Leonard Washington rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chung Quela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Quela might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Queen of the Rodeo. Oliveira is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love. Chung Quela has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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30
235 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
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32
315 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Chung Quela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernesto Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Quela.
Oliveira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Quela cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Ernesto Oliveira has been cut.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Quela.
Quela swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
Oliveira takes one on the button.
Oliveira tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Quela counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Oliveira blocking some punches.
Oliveira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quela blocks a body shot from Oliveira.
Quela prevents a body shot from Oliveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela lands a left hand.
Oliveira is leaning against Quela and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Oliveira.
Quela blocking some punches.
Quela blocks a body shot from Oliveira.
Quela's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oliveira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to throw a body punch but Quela avoids it by throwing Oliveira back against the cage.
Oliveira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quela's elbow.
Oliveira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Quela scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Quela manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Quela.
Quela scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oliveira tries to clinch but Quela moves out of range.
Quela misses with an uppercut. Oliveira saw that one coming.
Oliveira wants to clinch.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quela swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch but Quela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quela can pounce on him.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quela fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oliveira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quela.
Quela throws a leg kick but Oliveira checks it.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but Quela circles away.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quela swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quela misses with a straight left.
Oliveira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quela throws a right hand that misses
and Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch.
Quela misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Quela.
Quela blocks a body shot from Oliveira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Quela wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quela misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quela working aggressively here.
Oliveira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quela's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oliveira as Quela tries to tie him up.
Quela blocking some punches.
Quela has a couple of punches blocked by Oliveira.
Quela wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliveira throws a head punch that misses.
Oliveira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira working aggressively here.
Oliveira tries a body shot but Quela blocks it.
Quela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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 Chung Quela will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Oliveira's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Oliveira slips a jab from Quela.
Quela throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quela throws a shot from downtown. Oliveira moves away and avoids it.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quela paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quela.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oliveira moves to clinch but Quela breaks away
letting Quela counter with a right hand.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick.
Oliveira closes the distance and clinches.
Quela lands with a right to the head.
Oliveira lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliveira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quela wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oliveira has him pressed against the cage.
Quela blocking some punches.
Quela blocking some punches.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Quela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira misses with some punches.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Quela is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Quela tries to work over Oliveira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quela blocks an uppercut.
Oliveira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quela gets through Oliveira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Quela misses with a punch on the inside.
Oliveira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quela working aggressively here.
Oliveira lands with a short shot to the head.
Ernesto Oliveira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quela working aggressively here.
Quela swings wildly with an uppercut but Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Quela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quela blocking some punches.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Quela.
Quela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
Quela takes a shot to the head.
Quela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oliveira tries a body shot but Quela blocks it.
Oliveira lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira prevents Quela from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Quela.
Oliveira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Oliveira - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quela lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quela tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Oliveira.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quela can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
Quela blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Oliveira's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Quela throws a hook but Oliveira blocks it.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quela.
Quela circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Quela.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oliveira.
Quela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quela swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quela circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliveira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Quela misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oliveira closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Quela leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quela backwards.
Oliveira can't find room to land a body shot as Quela controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Oliveira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quela.
Quela prevents a body shot from Oliveira.
Quela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira walks into a straight right hand from Quela.
Oliveira takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quela paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chung Quela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quela misses with an uppercut
and Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quela lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Quela.
Quela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Quela.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliveira lands with a right to the head.
Oliveira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliveira blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Quela fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quela.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Quela misses with a punch on the inside.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Oliveira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oliveira.
A short right from Oliveira.
Oliveira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oliveira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oliveira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oliveira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quela throws a punch but it's blocked by Oliveira.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quela misses with some punches.
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oliveira tries to throw a body punch but Quela avoids it by throwing Oliveira back against the cage.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Quela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Quela.
Quela tries a body shot but Oliveira blocks it.
Oliveira lands a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Oliveira!
During a confident post fight interview, Ernesto Oliveira 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Stoppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jefferson Davis Hogg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hogg's choice of entrance music: Last Ones Standing. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Willy Stoppers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jefferson Davis Hogg!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stoppers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hogg throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stoppers misses with a head kick.
Hogg misses with a body shot.
Stoppers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hogg pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hogg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stoppers.
Hogg throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hogg is looking to slow Stoppers down with leg kicks.
Hogg scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stoppers scores with a jab to the head.
Hogg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hogg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stoppers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hogg tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stoppers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoppers clobbers Hogg with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hogg misses with a looping left.
Hogg tries a low kick but Stoppers avoids it.
Hogg scores with a nice body kick.
Stoppers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jefferson Davis Hogg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stoppers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogg.
Hogg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stoppers misses with a kick to the body
and Hogg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stoppers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stoppers blocks a body shot from Hogg.
Hogg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stoppers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogg connects with a knee to the head.
Stoppers is breathing heavily.
Hogg tries a body shot but Stoppers blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoppers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stoppers misses with some punches.
Stoppers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hogg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stoppers is defending well for now.
Stoppers blocks an elbow strike from Hogg.
Hogg blocks a body shot from Stoppers.
Stoppers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hogg pushes Stoppers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hogg looking to throw knees to the head but Stoppers is blocking nicely.
Hogg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stoppers's elbow.
Hogg tries to land a knee to the head but Stoppers blocks with his arms.
Stoppers managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Hogg gets through Stoppers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stoppers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hogg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stoppers scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoppers avoiding damage as Hogg throws knees to the body.
Stoppers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stoppers managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
Stoppers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hogg has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Stoppers works on Hogg's body with a couple of short punches.
Stoppers lands a nice uppercut.
Hogg prevents a body shot from Stoppers.
Stoppers can't find room to land a body shot as Hogg controls the action.
Hogg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stoppers avoids it.
Hogg lands a good knee to the midsection. Stoppers won't want to take too many of those.
Hogg misses with a knee to the head.
Stoppers stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoppers lands with a left to the head.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Stoppers avoids the damage to the body.
Hogg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stoppers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hogg struggles to land a body shot inside as Stoppers controls his hands.
Hogg blocking some punches.
Stoppers lands a shoulder strike.
Stoppers scores with a shot to the side of Hogg's head.
Stoppers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hogg with a knee to the head.
Hogg connects with a knee to the head.
Hogg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stoppers.
Stoppers gets through Hogg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hogg tries to land knees in the clinch but Stoppers avoids the damage to the body.
Hogg tries a knee to the head but Stoppers blocks it.
Stoppers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stoppers managing to block the knees to the body from Hogg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jefferson Davis Hogg will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Stoppers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hogg loads up on a big right hand but Stoppers slips the punch.
Jefferson Davis Hogg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hogg tries to clinch but Stoppers moves out of range.
Hogg walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stoppers checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Stoppers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogg.
An inside leg kick lands from Stoppers.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stoppers.
Hogg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stoppers.
Stoppers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoppers lands a jab to Hogg's midsection.
Hogg is breathing heavily.
Hogg avoids the body shot from Stoppers.
Stoppers scoring well with a low kick there.
Hogg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hogg takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoppers swings for the body but Hogg moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Stoppers.
Stoppers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hogg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Jefferson Davis Hogg has been cut.
Stoppers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hogg takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stoppers closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Hogg out cold! Hogg corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Willy Stoppers!
Willy Stoppers retains his super heavyweight title!
After the fight, Willy Stoppers was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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