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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angel Castile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dontae Sheldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheldon has chosen Salmon Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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141 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Castile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dontae Sheldon!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castile misses with a left hand
and Sheldon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sheldon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sheldon moves out of range as Castile strikes.
Sheldon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Sheldon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Castile throws a sloppy head kick and Sheldon moves out of range easily.
Sheldon cracks Castile with an open hand slap.
Castile closes the distance and clinches.
Castile gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castile breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Sheldon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Castile doesn't seem phased though.
Sheldon has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sheldon throws a body punch but Castile moves out of range.
Sheldon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castile manages to avoid it.
Sheldon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Castile stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Castile 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.
Sheldon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Castile doesn't seem bothered though.
Castile looks for the body kick but Sheldon saw that one coming.
Sheldon is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sheldon connects with a body shot that sends Castile's belly button to the back.
Sheldon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castile swings for the body but Sheldon moves out of range.
Sheldon throws a hook but Castile blocks it.
Sheldon scores with a jab.
Sheldon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Castile misses with a head kick.
Sheldon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sheldon scores with a jab.
Sheldon misses with a looping right.
Sheldon jabs at Castile's body.
Castile has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sheldon wants to break free but Castile has control.
Sheldon wants to get back to striking at distance but Castile won't allow it.
Castile leaning his opponent against the cage.
Castile lands with a light punch inside.
Castile's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castile lands a nice shot to the body.
Sheldon swings wildly with an uppercut but Castile uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castile breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castile scores with a nice body kick.
Castile ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sheldon moves away.
Castile throws a big shot that misses.
Sheldon throws a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Sheldon.
Sheldon blocks a head kick by Castile.
Castile takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sheldon lands a nice looking body shot.
Castile misses with a body kick.
Castile throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sheldon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castile moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castile was well out of range. Poor timing from Sheldon.
Castile keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sheldon.
Castile throws a nice looking combination but Sheldon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sheldon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Castile moves away from the strike by Sheldon.
Sheldon looks to score with a jab to the body but Castile is just out of range.
Castile takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sheldon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sheldon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Castile rather than just go for the knockout.
Castile throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Castile tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sheldon throws a body punch but Castile moves out of range.
Sheldon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sheldon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Castile looks to score with a jab to the body but Sheldon is just out of range.
Castile ducks right into an uppercut from Sheldon.
A big left from Castile misses.
Sheldon looks to score with a jab to the body but Castile is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castile misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sheldon.
Castile pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice defenses there by Castile.
Castile gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sheldon.
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!
Sheldon lands a nice shot that snaps Castile's head back.
Castile tries to close the distance and clinch but Sheldon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sheldon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Castile looks to throw the jab but Sheldon is out of range.
Sheldon digs a good body shot into Castile's ribs.
Sheldon lands with a right hand.
Castile ducks under a wild hook from Sheldon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castile drops his hands momentarily and Sheldon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sheldon, as that shot connected.
Castile takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sheldon misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dontae Sheldon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sheldon scores with a body shot.
Sheldon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castile slips a jab from Sheldon.
Sheldon just misses with a punch to the body.
Castile displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sheldon throws out the jab.
Castile is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sheldon's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Castile throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sheldon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castile lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Castile.
Sheldon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sheldon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sheldon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sheldon connects with a right hand. Castile shakes it off.
Castile tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sheldon looks to score with a jab to the body but Castile is just out of range.
Castile throws a head kick that misses.
Castile misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castile throws a head kick but Sheldon moves out of range.
Sheldon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Castile's hands.
Sheldon swings for the body but Castile moves out of range.
A big left from Sheldon misses.
Castile uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sheldon.
Castile throws a series of punches but Sheldon avoids them all with ease.
Castile misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castile waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sheldon.
Castile on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sheldon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Castile gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sheldon swings for the body but Castile moves out of range.
Sheldon swings for the body but Castile moves out of range.
Sheldon scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Sheldon.
Sheldon throws a body punch but Castile moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sheldon scores with a jab.
Castile moves away from the strike by Sheldon.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sheldon misses with a hook. Castile ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Castile misses its intended target.
Sheldon misses with a looping left.
Castile lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sheldon backs up against the cage.
Nice defenses there by Sheldon.
Sheldon lands with a cross.
Sheldon jabs Castile to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sheldon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sheldon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sheldon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sheldon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Castile. Castile circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sheldon moves out of range as Castile strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon lands with a good body shot.
Sheldon missing with a left hand there. Castile was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castile throws a lazy right hand but Sheldon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Castile uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sheldon.
Castile misses the shot to the body.
Castile takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sheldon takes one to the chin there.
Castile walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice shot lands for Sheldon.
Sheldon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sheldon just misses with a punch to the body.
Sheldon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castile ducks under a wild hook from Sheldon.
Sheldon connects with a looping right hand.
Castile tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sheldon was well out of range. Poor timing from Castile.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon scores with the left hand. Castile knows he should have avoided that one.
Castile moves out of range as Sheldon strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castile fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castile looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sheldon scores with a decent looking hook.
Sheldon misses with a wild body shot.
Sheldon blocks the body kick.
Castile misses with a double jab.
Castile on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sheldon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castile.
Sheldon scores with a nice right hand.
Sheldon thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castile tries to close the distance and clinch but Sheldon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sheldon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castile lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dontae Sheldon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A shot to the liver by Sheldon. Beautiful body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Sheldon as he connects with a hook.
Sheldon avoids the body shot from Castile.
Castile doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Castile connects with a looping right hand.
Castile gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castile thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sheldon thows a body shot but no joy.
Sheldon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sheldon looks to score with a jab to the body but Castile is just out of range.
Castile tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sheldon is able to avoid easily.
Nice shot by Sheldon.
Sheldon scores with a punch to the head.
Castile swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy left from Sheldon finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheldon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Castile.
A big right from Sheldon misses.
Sheldon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sheldon misses with a jab to the body
and Castile counters with a good low kick that Sheldon was not able to check.
Sheldon throws a hook to the side of Castile's head but Castile sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Castile takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sheldon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castile.
Sheldon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Sheldon.
Castile takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice body kick from Castile.
Castile takes the fight into the clinch.
Castile keeps control of Sheldon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Castile.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon tries to pull guard but Castile won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castile stalling against the cage.
Castile scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Castile content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Castile lands a damaging elbow.
Castile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Castile staying out of range there.
Castile misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Sheldon misses its intended target.
Sheldon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sheldon thuds a left hand into Castile's body.
Castile throws a body kick that misses.
Castile throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sheldon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sheldon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Castile on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castile gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sheldon tries to throw a body punch but Castile avoids it by throwing Sheldon back against the cage.
Sheldon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sheldon can't break the clinch.
Castile lands a nice knee to the body.
Castile is pushing Sheldon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sheldon misses with a punch to the body.
Sheldon working hard to break the clinch.
Castile pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castile moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Castile.
Castile lands a knee to the body.
Castile working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Sheldon.
Sheldon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sheldon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Castile working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sheldon can't break the clinch.
Sheldon is trying to force a seperation but Castile has the dominant position.
Castile breaks the clinch.
Sheldon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sheldon punishes Castile's body with a nice straight punch.
Sheldon misses with a wild body shot.
Castile closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sheldon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Castile.
Sheldon wants to break free but Castile has control.
Sheldon is trying to break the clinch but Castile is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castile gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castile is pushing Sheldon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sheldon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angel Castile showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sheldon 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dontae Sheldon!
A determined Dontae Sheldon didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James The Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Best kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is E-ROTIC - Test My Best. Antonio Rutten will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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270 lbs
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275 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James The Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Best clinches.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten landing knees to the head.
Rutten takes an elbow to the temple.
The Best managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Rutten is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Best just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rutten's brow.
Rutten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rutten pushes off an throws an elbow but The Best leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
The Best lands an elbow inside.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
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!
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Best.
Rutten displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Best up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten lands a good knee to the midsection. The Best won't want to take too many of those.
The Best lands an elbow inside that Rutten shrugs off.
Rutten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Best misses with an elbow over the top.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike.
The Best creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but The Best blocks with his arms.
The Best comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Antonio Rutten has been cut.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Best just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rutten's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rutten.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Best just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rutten's brow.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but The Best avoids the damage to the body.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Best.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Best avoids a wild elbow strike from Rutten.
Rutten controlling the action here for a moment.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is looking to control The Best's arms but The Best gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rutten has his back to the cage.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
Rutten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Best blocks it with crossed arms.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into The Best's ribcage.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten is pushing The Best up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rutten avoids a wild elbow strike from The Best.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rutten is looking to control The Best's arms but The Best gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rutten has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Best creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rutten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like James The Best has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rutten just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Best's brow.
Rutten looking to stall.
The Best blocks an elbow strike from Rutten.
The Best throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rutten lands a nice knee to the body.
The Best on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Rutten dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rutten gets a clinch.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rutten lands a knee to the body.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike.
Rutten trying to stall but The Best improves his position.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Best misses with an elbow over the top.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten avoiding damage.
The Best throws an elbow that misses.
Antonio Rutten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Best gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rutten misses with a knee strike.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but The Best blocks with his arms.
Rutten dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The Best creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rutten's defenses.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Best looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rutten stalling in the clinch but The Best improves position.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Best managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
The Best comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
The Best lands an elbow inside.
Rutten takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Best throws an elbow that misses.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
Rutten looking to slow down the pace here.
Rutten has The Best pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rutten lands a good knee to the midsection. The Best won't want to take too many of those.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Best just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rutten's brow.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten lands an elbow inside that The Best shrugs off.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rutten throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Rutten.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Best throws an elbow that misses.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rutten.
Rutten is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Best is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Best as Rutten tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
The Best managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Antonio Rutten will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. And we move into the final round!
Rutten forces The Best back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rutten throws an elbow but misses.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rutten stalling the fight.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten trying to stall but The Best improves his position.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
The Best gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rutten is trying to stall.
Rutten just leaning against The Best, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
The Best lands a damaging elbow.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Best takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
The Best lands an elbow inside that Rutten shrugs off.
Rutten blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Best avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rutten throws an elbow but misses.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Best is defending well for now.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten avoids a wild elbow strike from The Best.
Rutten tries to stall but The Best uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Best lands an elbow inside.
Rutten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Antonio Rutten is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Best creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutten avoids a wild elbow strike from The Best.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten lands a good knee to the midsection. The Best won't want to take too many of those.
Rutten is trying to maintain a safe position but The Best gets an underhook and turns Rutten into the cage.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutten content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rutten dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rutten takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Best comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Best is defending well for now.
Rutten blocks an elbow strike from The Best.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rutten is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to James The Best.
Well Rutten 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Antonio Rutten!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuku Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moore has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHkozMIXZ8w as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuku Moore!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
A combination from Moore does no damage.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moore misses with a series of wild punches.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moore displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chuku Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Moore does no damage.
Moore misses with a double jab.
A big right from Hardy misses.
Moore throws a right hand that Hardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Hardy also avoids with ease.
Moore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moore misses with the combination.
Hardy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hardy.
Moore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moore looks winded!
Hardy throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Moore was covering up waiting for the punch and Hardy finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hardy is pushing down on Moore's leg trying to pass to half guard. Moore is fighting to maintain full guard but Hardy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hardy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hardy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Moore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hardy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hardy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hardy uses his free foot to push down on Moore's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Moore.
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a couple of good shots and Moore has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Moore is doing well to defend. Hardy seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Moore is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tom Hardy!
During a confident post fight interview, Tom Hardy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Chuku Moore was interviewed post fight and said 'Win some.Lose some.I gurantee I will never lose anything again.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas De Ertu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas De Ertu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Ertu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Ertu shoots for a double leg takedown but Cross sprawls well. He's pushed De Ertu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Ertu shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Ertu lands a nice short elbow.
Cross trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Ertu thows a huge punch but Cross dodges it nicely.
De Ertu is figuring out what he wants to do next.
De Ertu trying to control the action but Cross is working from the bottom.
De Ertu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Ertu controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Ertu thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Ertu takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Nicolas De Ertu hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Ertu.
De Ertu throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cross tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. De Ertu is in Cross's guard.
Cross knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Ertu on the ground.
De Ertu's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cross utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Ertu controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
De Ertu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cross looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cross working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Ertu postures up in Cross's guard and throws a big left but Cross blocks it.
De Ertu 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Ertu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Ertu's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolas De Ertu has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cross takes the fight into the clinch.
De Ertu manages to break the clinch.
Cross fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Ertu avoids it really well and circles away.
De Ertu feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Ertu is looking to stand up but Cross won't let him.
De Ertu won't allow Cross to sweep him here.
Cross controls De Ertu momentarily but De Ertu frees himself.
De Ertu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
De Ertu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
De Ertu is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
De Ertu is looking to work some ground and pound but Cross has wrist control.
De Ertu passes Cross's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Ertu controlling the action here.
De Ertu missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. De Ertu connects with a nice short shot to Cross's temple.
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!
Cross blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Ertu.
De Ertu performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Ertu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas De Ertu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
De Ertu is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cross's half guard.
De Ertu controlling the action here.
De Ertu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Ertu content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Nicolas De Ertu was stalling too much, according to the referee.
De Ertu drives through with a takedown into Cross's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
De Ertu passes into half guard.
De Ertu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
De Ertu not doing much here.
De Ertu slips a nice elbow through Cross's hands, connecting with Cross's forehead.
De Ertu takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Ertu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cross defending well though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
De Ertu working Cross over with strikes.
De Ertu looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Ertu is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Cross is desperately trying to improve his position but De Ertu has a good base and remains in mount.
De Ertu raining down hammerfists from mount.
BOOM! De Ertu connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cross in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cross is rocked!
De Ertu looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Cross covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicolas De Ertu!
Nicolas De Ertu was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jim Profit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Azevedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azevedo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho . Jim Profit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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151 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Profit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thiago Azevedo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Profit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Profit is looking to clinch but Azevedo is avoiding it.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Profit shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Azevedo as he jumps to the side.
Profit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Azevedo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A swing and a miss from Azevedo.
Profit wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Profit shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Azevedo but Azevedo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Azevedo throws a head kick but Profit moves out of range.
Azevedo tries a head kick but it misses.
Profit darts in trying to clinch
and Azevedo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Azevedo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Azevedo. Those never looked like landing.
Profit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Azevedo throws a nice looking combination but Profit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Profit wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Profit fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo throws out a loose jab but Profit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azevedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Profit drives through and clinches with Azevedo against the cage.
Profit throws an elbow that misses.
Profit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Azevedo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Profit to keep the fight standing.
Profit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azevedo avoids it.
Profit lands a nice elbow.
Azevedo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azevedo jumps guard but Profit turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Azevedo tries to pull guard but Profit holds him up against the cage and eventually Azevedo drops back down to his feet.
Jim Profit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Azevedo.
Azevedo is trying to pull guard but Profit has him pressed against the cage.
Azevedo blocks an elbow strike.
Profit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo is trying to force a seperation but Profit has the dominant position.
Profit misses with an elbow strike.
Azevedo jumps guard but Profit turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Azevedo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Profit pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Azevedo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Azevedo jumps guard but Profit stands there with Azevedo around his waist. Azevedo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Profit lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Azevedo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Profit smiles and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azevedo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Azevedo gets tackled into the cage by Profit. Profit maintains the clinch.
Profit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Profit missing with knees to the body.
Azevedo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Profit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Profit misses with an elbow strike.
Azevedo dodges an elbow strike from Profit.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Profit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azevedo's brow.
Profit misses with an elbow strike.
Profit throws an elbow that misses.
Azevedo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Profit to keep the fight standing.
Profit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azevedo avoids the elbow strike from Profit, against the cage.
Profit lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
Profit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Profit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Profit misses with an elbow over the top.
Azevedo tries to pull guard but Profit holds him up against the cage and eventually Azevedo drops back down to his feet.
Profit pushes off an throws an elbow but Azevedo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Azevedo is trying to pull guard but Profit has him pressed against the cage.
Profit throws an elbow that misses.
Azevedo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azevedo jumps guard.
Profit might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Azevedo is pulling down on Profit's head to control his posture.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Profit throwing strikes but missing.
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 Jim Profit will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Azevedo stuffs the takedown.
Azevedo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Profit.
Profit dives in and grabs Azevedo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Azevedo pushes down on Profit's head and hops out.
Profit wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Azevedo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Profit is looking to clinch.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Azevedo misses with a straight right.
Azevedo tries a head kick but it misses.
Profit shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Profit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Azevedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Azevedo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Profit wants to clinch up but Azevedo keeps it at a distance.
Profit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Azevedo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Profit checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Azevedo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azevedo misses with a head kick.
Profit blocks a head kick by Azevedo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Profit slips under a jab from Azevedo.
Thiago Azevedo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Azevedo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Profit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Azevedo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Azevedo looks for the body kick but Profit saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Profit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Profit blocks a leg kick.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Jim Profit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Profit is looking to clinch.
Azevedo throws a shot from downtown. Profit moves away and avoids it.
Azevedo throws a chopping leg kick but Profit manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Azevedo misses with a looping right.
Azevedo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Azevedo throws a leg kick but Profit checks it.
Profit shoots in and drives through. Azevedo sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Profit checks a leg kick.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Profit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Profit tries to clinch up.
Profit gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Azevedo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azevedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Azevedo throws a body kick that misses.
Azevedo misses with a body kick.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azevedo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Azevedo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Azevedo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Profit checks it well.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azevedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thiago Azevedo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Azevedo throws a head kick but Profit moves out of range.
Azevedo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crunch! Azevedo slams his shin into Profit's torso.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azevedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Profit tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo moves out of range.
Azevedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Profit shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Azevedo pinned against the cage. Azevedo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Azevedo throws a sloppy head kick and Profit moves out of range easily.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Azevedo.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Profit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Profit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Profit blocks a head kick by Azevedo.
Azevedo misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Profit moves out of range as Azevedo strikes.
Profit throws the kick towards the body but Azevedo avoids it.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azevedo throws a head kick but Profit moves out of range.
Profit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Profit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azevedo.
Profit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Azevedo throws the kick towards the body but Profit avoids it.
Azevedo misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Azevedo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Profit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azevedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Profit wants to clinch.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thiago Azevedo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Azevedo throws a looping overhand right but Profit ducks down to avoid it.
Profit misses with a wild combination.
Good work by Profit as he checks the leg kick.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Profit avoids the head kick by Azevedo.
Profit avoids the head kick by Azevedo.
Profit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Azevedo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Profit is looking to clinch.
Profit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Azevedo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Profit moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Azevedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azevedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Azevedo throws a head kick but Profit moves out of range.
Profit moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Azevedo misses with a head kick.
Profit wants to clinch.
Azevedo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo tries to land a front kick but Profit steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Azevedo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Azevedo.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Profit checks a low kick from Azevedo.
Profit moves in looking to clinch but Azevedo pushes him off.
Azevedo loads up on a big right hand but Profit slips the punch.
Azevedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Jim Profit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Profit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Azevedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azevedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Profit.
Profit is looking to clinch but Azevedo is avoiding it.
Profit tries to clinch up but Azevedo circles away and keeps his distance.
Profit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Azevedo keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Profit doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
A head kick misses from Azevedo.
Profit doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo circles away.
Horrible takedown by Profit or perhaps it was just good defense by Azevedo which made him look bad.
Azevedo looks for the body kick but Profit saw that one coming.
Azevedo misses with a head kick.
Profit tries to clinch up.
Profit tries to clinch but Azevedo is having none of it.
Profit blocks the body kick.
Profit moves out of range of the body kick.
Azevedo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Profit has closed the distance and engaged Azevedo in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
Profit lands a nice elbow.
Azevedo blocks an elbow strike.
Azevedo fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Profit throws an elbow that misses.
Profit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Profit misses with an elbow strike.
Profit lands an elbow inside.
Profit throws an elbow but it misses.
Profit throws an elbow that misses.
Profit misses with an elbow over the top.
Profit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Profit lands a damaging elbow.
Azevedo is trying to pull guard but Profit has him pressed against the cage.
Profit pushes off an throws an elbow but Azevedo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
Profit misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
Azevedo avoids a wild elbow strike from Profit.
With the fighters up against the cage, Profit throws an elbow but misses.
Profit pushes off an throws an elbow but Azevedo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Azevedo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Profit uses from the top position.
Azevedo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Profit postures up in Azevedo's guard and throws a big left but Azevedo blocks it.
Azevedo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Profit.
Azevedo has control of Profit's left arm, preventing Profit from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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!
Azevedo has his foot on Profit's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Profit works his way back into a safe position though.
Profit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Profit showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Profit has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Profit!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maksim Ivanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Narvaez has chosen Soca Warriors Anthem as his entrance music. Rafael Narvaez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maksim Ivanski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivanski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivanski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Narvaez.
Ivanski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Narvaez did well to prevent Ivanski getting side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ivanski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Narvaez tries to get to full guard but Ivanski has control of the leg.
Narvaez gets full guard.
Ivanski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Narvaez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ivanski wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.
Narvaez wants to sweep here but Ivanski controlling him for the moment.
Narvaez looking for a guillotine here but Ivanski defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez working a defensive guard here.
Narvaez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ivanski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Narvaez's head.
Ivanski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ivanski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narvaez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Narvaez trying to control the position.
Ivanski is fighting to break Narvaez's control of his arms but Narvaez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanski wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.
Ivanski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ivanski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Narvaez looking to control.
Ivanski landing some decent shots from guard.
Ivanski wants to pass the guard but Narvaez is keeping the position.
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!
Narvaez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Narvaez has his foot on Ivanski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivanski works his way back into a safe position though.
Ivanski wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.
Ivanski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanski stopping the sweep attempt from Narvaez.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivanski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narvaez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Narvaez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Narvaez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Narvaez controls Ivanski momentarily but Ivanski frees himself.
Narvaez has his foot on Ivanski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivanski works his way back into a safe position though.
Ivanski looking to pass the guard.
Narvaez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Narvaez is trying to keep Ivanski in close.
Ivanski throwing strikes from guard but Narvaez blocks nicely.
Ivanski throwing strikes but missing.
Ivanski postures up and lands a big shot to Narvaez's brow.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Narvaez is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narvaez stands up over Ivanski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Narvaez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ivanski lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Narvaez!
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 Maksim Ivanski will probably get the nod.
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.
Narvaez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ivanski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maksim Ivanski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez connects with an inside leg kick.
Ivanski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ivanski misses with a double jab.
Narvaez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Ivanski's leg. Ivanski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narvaez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ivanski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Narvaez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ivanski tries to close the distance and clinch but Narvaez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Narvaez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Narvaez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ivanski back to the cage. Narvaez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Narvaez sprawls well. Narvaez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ivanski gets slowly back to his feet.
Ivanski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Narvaez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanski is looking to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Ivanski or perhaps it was just good defense by Narvaez which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maksim Ivanski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Narvaez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ivanski.
Narvaez clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Narvaez fails to land.
Narvaez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ivanski looking for a takedown.
Ivanski tries to pull guard but Narvaez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Narvaez tries to work over Ivanski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivanski is trying to trip Narvaez. He has hold of a leg but Narvaez is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ivanski persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Narvaez is trying to keep Ivanski in close.
Ivanski trying to control but Narvaez is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ivanski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Narvaez looking for a guillotine here but Ivanski defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narvaez is pulling down on Ivanski's head. It's preventing any offense from Ivanski, at least for the moment.
Ivanski postures up in Narvaez's guard and throws a big left but Narvaez blocks it.
Narvaez keeping moving, preventing Ivanski from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ivanski got a little sloppy there for a moment and Narvaez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ivanski has managed to get both his arms back between Narvaez's legs - danger averted.
Ivanski postures up in Narvaez's guard and throws a big left but Narvaez blocks it.
Narvaez looking for a guillotine here but Ivanski defends easily.
Ivanski scoring with some ground and pound.
Ivanski postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ivanski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Narvaez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez looking for a guillotine here but Ivanski defends easily.
Narvaez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ivanski trying to control but Narvaez is working from the bottom.
Narvaez has his foot on Ivanski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivanski works his way back into a safe position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ivanski stands up over Narvaez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Narvaez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ivanski defends it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narvaez thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Narvaez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Nice sprawl there from Narvaez as Ivanski shoots in.
Narvaez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ivanski.
Narvaez stuffs the takedown attempt from Ivanski. Ivanski gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maksim Ivanski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Narvaez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ivanski defends it nicely.
Ivanski shoots in for a takedown but Narvaez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ivanski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Narvaez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ivanski shoots in for a double leg but Narvaez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Narvaez lands with a nice body punch.
Ivanski darts in looking for a takedown but Narvaez gets double underhooks and turns Ivanski into the cage.
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ivanski is trying to pull guard but Narvaez has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Narvaez gets underhooks to prevent Ivanski's takedown attempt.
Ivanski struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Ivanski jumps guard but Narvaez stands there with Ivanski around his waist. Ivanski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Narvaez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ivanskis head.
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narvaez.
A shot in the inside from Narvaez.
Narvaez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ivanski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Narvaez breaks the clinch.
Ivanski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ivanski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Narvaez misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ivanski on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narvaez leaves Ivanski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rafael Narvaez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narvaez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ivanski closes the distance and clinches up with Narvaez, looking for a takedown. Ivanski pushes Narvaez against the cage but Narvaez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Narvaez dives in for a single leg takedown but Ivanski sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Narvaez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez lands a shot to the body.
Narvaez breaks the clinch.
Ivanski shoots in looking for a takedown but Narvaez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ivanski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Narvaez lands a really nice looking cross but Ivanski seems unphased.
Ivanski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Narvaez avoids it really well and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Narvaez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez scores with a three punch combo!
Ivanski shoots in for a double leg but Narvaez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fighters circling - Ivanski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Narvaez jabs Ivanski right on the nose. Ivanski blinks but takes it well.
Nice sprawl there from Ivanski as Narvaez shoots in.
Horrible takedown by Ivanski or perhaps it was just good defense by Narvaez which made him look bad.
Narvaez lands with a straight right. Ivanski didn't see that one coming.
Narvaez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ivanski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Narvaez defends it nicely.
Narvaez throws a right hand that Ivanski ducks under and follows up with a left that Ivanski also avoids with ease.
Ivanski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ivanski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Narvaez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ivanski's sensitive parts.
Ivanski tries to clinch there but Narvaez circles away.
Ivanski goes for a double leg but Narvaez avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Narvaez continues to drive forward.
Ivanski tries to score a body lock takedown but Narvaez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Narvaez has picked Ivanski up - he's going for a ride! Narvaez dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Narvaez wants to take a breather but Ivanski is having none of it.
Narvaez lands strikes from half guard.
Narvaez working over Ivanski with some ground and pound. Ivanski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Narvaez lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanski tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Narvaez has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Ivanski is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Narvaez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Narvaez 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Narvaez!
Rafael Narvaez managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Just Fight (Everything 7$), into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosmo Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kramer has chosen O Jerry ....or is it Sherry....no matter its by Journey as his entrance music. Kosmo Kramer will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Bale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kosmo Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bale gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kramer throws a punch but it's blocked by Bale.
Bale is trying to stall.
Kramer connects with a knee to the head.
Kramer misses with a knee strike.
Kramer lands a shoulder strike.
Bale works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Kramer trying to control the position.
Bale is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kramer keeping full guard, as Bale tries to pass.
We've been hearing that Bale has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer keeping moving, preventing Bale from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gareth Bale wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kramer tries to clinch up but Bale circles away and keeps his distance.
Bale closes the distance and clinches.
Kramer throws an elbow that misses.
Bale managing to block the knees to the body from Kramer.
Bale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bale lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bale tries to pass to full mount but Kramer defends it.
Bale with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bale works his way into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bale is working Kramer over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bale is looking to take a break and control but Kramer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kramer felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bale tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bale is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kramer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kramer gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale is working for a kimura but Kramer is defending it quite comfortably.
Kramer is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bale wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kramer keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bale. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kramer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bale seems to be working for a kimura but Kramer defends the submission attempt.
Bale working the head and body with strikes.
Bale passes to side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bale controlling from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Bale dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kramer is looking to clinch.
Gareth Bale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kramer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bale.
Bale darts in and clinches Kramer up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Kramer.
Kramer pushes Bale back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bale avoids a wild elbow strike from Kramer.
Kramer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bale is defending well for now.
Kramer pushes off an throws an elbow but Bale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bale avoids the elbow strike from Kramer, against the cage.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the head but Bale blocks with his arms.
Kramer is stalling here.
Kramer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bale is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kramer missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer throws an elbow that misses.
Kramer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kramer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bale avoids it.
Bale breaks from the clinch.
Bale rushes Kramer and presses him up against the cage.
Bale blocks an elbow strike.
Bale is trying to force a seperation but Kramer has the dominant position.
Kramer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bale avoids the damage to the body.
Bale has Kramer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kramer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kramer connects with a knee to the head.
Bale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kramer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kramer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bale.
Kramer misses with a series of wild punches.
Bale moves out of range of the body kick from Kramer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bale blocks a head kick by Kramer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bale clinches up against the cage.
Kramer lands an elbow inside that Bale shrugs off.
Bale has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kramer after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gareth Bale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bale fails to pull guard.
Bale wants a takedown.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bale here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Bale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kramer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bale misses with a series of wild punches.
Kramer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kramer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bale wants to get back to striking at distance but Kramer won't allow it.
Kosmo Kramer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kramer misses with an elbow strike.
Kramer tries a knee to the head but Bale blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kramer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bale gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bale thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bale is trying to control. Kramer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kramer wants to get back to his feet.
Bale tries to pass to full mount but Kramer defends it.
Kramer kicks off Bale and gets to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bale closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kramer throws an elbow but it misses.
Bale is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kramer lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bale drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kramer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bale is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kramer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kramer lands a nice uppercut.
Bale tries for a takedown. No joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kramer scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Gareth Bale has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kramer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bale prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kramer lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosmo Kramer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gareth Bale's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kramer connects with an inside leg kick.
Kramer throws a series of punches but Bale avoids them all with ease.
Bale tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kramer defends well and Bale ends up having to push Kramer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bale dodges an elbow strike from Kramer.
Bale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kramer looking to throw knees to the head but Bale is blocking nicely.
Kramer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bale's defenses.
Bale changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kramer fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bale gets a clinch.
Kramer trying to land knees to the body.
Kramer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kramer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bale blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gareth Bale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kramer lands a hook that snaps the head of Bale backwards.
Kramer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kramer lands an elbow that stopped Bale in his tracks for a moment.
Kramer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Kramer.
Kramer lands an elbow inside.
Kramer throws a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Bale takes an elbow to the temple.
Bale takes an elbow to the temple.
Kramer pushes off an throws an elbow but Bale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kramer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kramer lands a good knee to the midsection. Bale won't want to take too many of those.
Kramer lands an elbow just above Bale 's eye.
Kramer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kramer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kramer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bale dodges an elbow strike from Kramer.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kramer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bale's brow.
Kramer stalling.
Bale is looking to break free of the clinch but Kramer has double underhooks.
Bale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kramer obliges.
Kramer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bale as Kramer tries to tie him up.
Knees to the body from Kramer.
Kramer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bale avoids the elbow strike from Kramer, against the cage.
Bale blocks the elbow strike.
Bale dodges an elbow strike from Kramer.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kramer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kramer lands a good knee to the midsection. Bale won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Kramer.
Kramer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kramer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Kramer.
Kramer trying to land knees to the body.
Bale takes a shot to the head.
Kramer misses with an elbow strike.
Bale drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kramer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kramer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kramer stalls.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kramer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bale.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kosmo Kramer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kramer 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kosmo Kramer!
An intense looking Kosmo Kramer took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I want to thank Jerry for letting me eat his food and Neuman for the extra help traing my cardio.Lets all go to my placeand party on. whites only tho...well, latinos ok I guess'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao Pequeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olle Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pequeno comes to the cage accompanied by Căo da Morte by Măo Morta. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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156 lbs
31 - 13 - 1 |
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150 lbs
34 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joao Pequeno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olle Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koskinen lands with a shot to the body.
Pequeno connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Koskinen momentarily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Koskinen 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.
Pequeno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Koskinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Pequeno.
Koskinen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pequeno counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pequeno misses with a low kick.
Pequeno tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Koskinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koskinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pequeno was well out of range. Poor timing from Koskinen.
Pequeno misses with a straight right.
Pequeno tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen misses with a double jab.
Pequeno jabs Koskinen right on the nose. Koskinen blinks but takes it well.
Pequeno misses with a body shot.
Koskinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Koskinen tries to clinch but Pequeno moves out of range.
Koskinen throws a hook but Pequeno avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Koskinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pequeno avoids the head kick by Koskinen.
Koskinen tries to land a leg kick but Pequeno saw it coming and moves away.
Pequeno has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pequeno there as he acknowledges the shot.
Koskinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Pequeno.
Pequeno bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pequeno throws a wild body kick that Koskinen sees coming a mile off.
Good standup being displayed there by Pequeno as he connects with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Pequeno blocks the low kick.
Pequeno lets loose with a powerful body kick. Koskinen will feel that in the morning.
Koskinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pequeno.
Pequeno throws a leg kick that is checked
and Koskinen counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Pequeno slips under a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Koskinen blocks the leg kick.
Pequeno definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pequeno misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koskinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pequeno misses with a series of wild punches.
Pequeno tests Koskinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koskinen misses with the body kick
and Pequeno counters with a nice low kick that buckles Koskinen's knee momentarily.
Pequeno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pequeno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Koskinen. Those never looked like landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koskinen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Koskinen.
Koskinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pequeno.
Pequeno lands a jab.
Koskinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pequeno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a body punch
letting Pequeno counter with a right hand.
Koskinen throws a leg kick but Pequeno sees it coming and moves out of range.
Koskinen connects with a body shot that sends Pequeno's belly button to the back.
Pequeno feints and then cracks Koskinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koskinen down.
Pequeno throws a lazy right hand but Koskinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pequeno swings for the body but Koskinen moves out of range.
Pequeno works the jab nicely.
Pequeno feints and then cracks Koskinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koskinen down.
Koskinen misses with a low kick.
Pequeno tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pequeno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koskinen.
Koskinen misses with a low kick.
Koskinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pequeno has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Olle Koskinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pequeno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koskinen moves away.
Koskinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pequeno.
Pequeno motions for Koskinen to come forward. Pequeno throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koskinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pequeno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
Koskinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pequeno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Joao Pequeno has been cut.
Pequeno connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pequeno swinging wildly here.
Pequeno moves out of range of the strikes.
Pequeno throws a body kick that misses.
Pequeno throws a head kick but Koskinen moves out of range.
Pequeno blocks a jab.
Pequeno avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pequeno keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pequeno avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Koskinen misses with a low kick as Pequeno jumps back.
Koskinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Pequeno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Joao Pequeno will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joao Pequeno's cut.
That's time! Pequeno's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pequeno misses with a kick to the body.
Koskinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pequeno dips to his left and cracks Koskinen with an uppercut!
Koskinen lands a head kick. Pequeno smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pequeno moves out of range of the strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pequeno - that will leave a mark!
Pequeno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koskinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pequeno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pequeno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pequeno cracks the inside of Koskinen's front leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pequeno throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pequeno throws a looping overhand right but Koskinen ducks down to avoid it.
Koskinen throws the kick towards the body but Pequeno avoids it.
Pequeno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pequeno tries to throw a body punch but Koskinen avoids it by throwing Pequeno back against the cage.
Koskinen misses with the head strike.
Pequeno misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pequeno lands with a short shot to the head.
Pequeno has a couple of punches blocked by Koskinen.
Nice body punch from Pequeno.
Pequeno working aggressively here.
Pequeno lands with a light punch inside.
Pequeno tries to break free but Koskinen pushes him back against the cage.
Koskinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koskinen misses with a punch to the body.
Koskinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koskinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Pequeno.
Koskinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pequeno manages to break the clinch.
Pequeno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koskinen.
Koskinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koskinen dips to his left and cracks Pequeno with an uppercut!
Koskinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pequeno defending well as Koskinen loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen throws a hook to the side of Pequeno's head but Pequeno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pequeno moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen blocks a body shot from Pequeno.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Pequeno.
Pequeno has a couple of punches blocked by Koskinen.
Koskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pequeno misses with a punch on the inside.
Koskinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pequeno's elbow.
Pequeno lands a shoulder strike.
Pequeno tries to throw a body punch but Koskinen avoids it by throwing Pequeno back against the cage.
Pequeno lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koskinen backwards.
Pequeno throws a head punch that misses.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pequeno misses with the head strike.
Pequeno stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koskinen throws a head punch that misses.
Koskinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koskinen misses with the head strike.
Joao Pequeno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pequeno misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pequeno misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pequeno.
Koskinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pequeno throws a punch but it's blocked by Koskinen.
Pequeno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen tries to break free but Pequeno pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Koskinen fails to land.
Koskinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pequeno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pequeno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koskinen looks to land a right hand but Pequeno moved out of range.
Koskinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pequeno misses with a straight left.
Pequeno connects with a good right hand that stumbles Koskinen. Koskinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koskinen throws a front kick aimed at Pequeno's knee but Pequeno avoids it well.
Koskinen lands with a nice combination. Pequeno backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno tries to bum rush Koskinen with a series of wild strikes but Koskinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Koskinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Koskinen stalks Pequeno and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pequeno's face. Pequeno staggers backwards, shaken.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Koskinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pequeno thuds his shin into the meat of Koskinen's side.
Pequeno connects with a jab.
Pequeno goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pequeno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koskinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Koskinen scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pequeno moves out of range of the body kick from Koskinen.
Koskinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pequeno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koskinen misses with a shot to the body
and Pequeno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Pequeno.
Koskinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Olle Koskinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Joao Pequeno's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice shot lands for Koskinen.
Koskinen scores with the left hand. Pequeno knows he should have avoided that one.
Koskinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Koskinen moves out of range as Pequeno throws a body kick.
Pequeno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Koskinen tries to clinch up
and Pequeno counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Koskinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Koskinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Koskinen instigates a clinch.
Koskinen gets through Pequeno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pequeno blocking some punches.
Koskinen gets through Pequeno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pequeno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koskinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Pequeno uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen blocks a body shot from Pequeno.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koskinen.
Pequeno blocking some punches.
Pequeno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pequeno tries to stall but Koskinen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pequeno throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koskinens head.
Pequeno is working Koskinen over against the cage.
Pequeno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pequeno misses with the head strike.
Pequeno blocks an uppercut.
Koskinen presses Pequeno against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koskinen lands a nice uppercut.
Pequeno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pequeno lands a body shot.
Pequeno misses with a body punch.
Pequeno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koskinen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pequeno.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koskinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koskinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pequeno struggles to land a body shot inside as Koskinen controls his hands.
Koskinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pequeno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pequeno is looking to control Koskinen's arms but Koskinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pequeno has his back to the cage.
A short left from Pequeno.
Koskinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Pequeno misses with a punch to the body.
Pequeno lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koskinen backwards.
Koskinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pequenos head.
Pequeno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Koskinen.
Koskinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Koskinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen blocks a body shot from Pequeno.
Koskinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pequeno fails to land.
Pequeno has Koskinen pressed against the cage, preventing Koskinen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Koskinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pequeno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pequeno misses with some punches.
Koskinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koskinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circling - Koskinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koskinen misses with a wild combination.
Pequeno on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pequeno throws a body kick that misses.
Pequeno moves in looking to clinch but Koskinen pushes him off.
Pequeno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koskinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pequeno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koskinen manages to avoid it.
Koskinen scores with a punch to the head.
Koskinen digs a good body shot into Pequeno's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koskinen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pequeno counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Koskinen is predictable there
and Pequeno counters with a three punch combo that has Koskinen backing up. Koskinen nods at Pequeno to acknowledge the strikes.
Pequeno throws a leg kick but Koskinen checks it.
Pequeno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koskinen moves away.
Koskinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Koskinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pequeno.
Pequeno falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koskinen counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koskinen avoids a kick to the body.
Koskinen throws a solid leg kick but Pequeno takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koskinen.
Koskinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Koskinen works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olle Koskinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Koskinen 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Olle Koskinen!
Olle Koskinen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [WAO]MADE IN GERMANY for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamalski Ramirezovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holliday comes to the cage accompanied by Wanted Dead Or Alive. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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215 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doc Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamalski Ramirezovic!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirezovic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ramirezovic walks into a jab.
It looks like Jamalski Ramirezovic has been cut.
A left lands for Holliday.
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!
Holliday scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holliday goes for a double leg but Ramirezovic avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ramirezovic continues to drive forward.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ramirezovic throws an elbow but misses.
Holliday is trying to break the clinch but Ramirezovic is controlling him.
Holliday changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ramirezovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ramirezovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hook to the body lands for Holliday.
Ramirezovic lands an elbow inside that Holliday shrugs off.
Ramirezovic stops a takedown attempt from Holliday.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doc Holliday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirezovic.
Holliday lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramirezovic backwards.
Holliday is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ramirezovic keeps control of Holliday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirezovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holliday has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holliday is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramirezovic has double underhooks.
Holliday is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Holliday lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Holliday misses with some punches.
Holliday avoids the elbow strike from Ramirezovic, against the cage.
Holliday has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ramirezovic after a bit of a struggle.
Holliday goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holliday lands a nice shot to the body.
Holliday's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirezovic. Holliday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holliday throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ramirezovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good work by Ramirezovic as he checks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Holliday.
A right-left combo lands from Holliday.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holliday misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ramirezovic loads up on a big right hand but Holliday slips the punch.
Holliday will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Holliday throws a big shot that misses.
Holliday slips a jab from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic misses with a leg kick.
Holliday darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ramirezovic is trying to get back to full guard.
Ramirezovic is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Holliday.
Holliday 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.
Ramirezovic wants to control but Holliday is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ramirezovic wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Holliday stops Ramirezovic from getting back to his feet.
Ramirezovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday stops Ramirezovic from getting back to his feet.
Ramirezovic tries to roll over but Holliday keeps him under control.
Holliday wants to pass to mount but Ramirezovic is defending the position.
Holliday is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ramirezovic doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Holliday.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holliday lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Holliday is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ramirezovic is just riding it out for now. Holliday eventually gives up the hold.
Ramirezovic wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ramirezovic wants to get back to his feet.
Holliday seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ramirezovic is in trouble now - Holliday has advanced to mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holliday prevents Ramirezovic from getting the reversal.
Holliday lands a couple of good shots and Ramirezovic has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Holliday lands strikes to the head.
Holliday is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Ramirezovic knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Ramirezovic for a finish.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramirezovic takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Ramirezovic is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Holliday dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamalski Ramirezovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Holliday wants to slow Ramirezovic down by chopping away at his legs.
Ramirezovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Holliday checks it well.
Holliday lands a head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Holliday. That's going to slow Ramirezovic down.
Holliday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holliday lands a head shot.
Ramirezovic connects with a body shot that sends Holliday's belly button to the 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!
Holliday tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ramirezovic is able to avoid easily.
Holliday just misses with a punch to the body.
Holliday missing with a left hand there. Ramirezovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramirezovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Ramirezovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ramirezovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
That has opened up Jamalski Ramirezovic's cut even more.
Ramirezovic throws a hook but Holliday blocks it.
Ramirezovic stuns Holliday with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ramirezovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ramirezovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirezovic stalks Holliday and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Holliday's face. Holliday staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Doc Holliday has been cut.
Holliday fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramirezovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Holliday throws a leg kick
and Ramirezovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holliday throws a leg kick but Ramirezovic moved away.
Ramirezovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Holliday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramirezovic.
A low kick from Holliday is predictable there
and Ramirezovic counters with a left to the body.
Ramirezovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Holliday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holliday throws a lazy right hand but Ramirezovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ramirezovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jamalski Ramirezovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirezovic tries to clinch but Holliday moves out of range.
Ramirezovic pushes Holliday up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirezovic keeps control of Holliday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holliday looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirezovic lands a knee to the body.
Holliday is trying to stall.
Holliday is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ramirezovic is defending well.
Ramirezovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Holliday leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramirezovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Holliday trying to control the position but instead, Ramirezovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Holliday into the cage.
Ramirezovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ramirezovic gets through Holliday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ramirezovic missing with knees to the body.
Holliday has Ramirezovic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ramirezovic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ramirezovic lands an elbow that stopped Holliday in his tracks for a moment.
Ramirezovic unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Holliday! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ramirezovic is unloading with more strikes now! Holliday drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamalski Ramirezovic!
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