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EVO 100: Douglas vs Oath 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gary Bunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Takanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Go to Sleep - Eminem. Takanen has chosen Tell A Bitch as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Bunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
45 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Esko Takanen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Takanen!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunn wants to control but Takanen is keeping him busy.
Takanen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Takanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Takanen is being controlled here.
Bunn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takanen keeps working.
Takanen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bunn off and has taken his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanen tries to get the hooks in deep but Bunn pushed the leg off.
Takanen biding his time, looking for the opening.
Bunn just trying to survive but Takanen is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bunn is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Takanen.
Bunn trying to control the action but Takanen just sinks the hooks in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gary Bunn has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Takanen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bunn thumps Takanen with a low kick.
Bunn lands a head shot.
Bunn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bunn throws a leg kick which misses Takanen's front leg but catches the back leg as Takanen tries to avoid it.
Bunn throws a body punch but Takanen moves out of range.
Bunn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takanen. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunn slips under a jab from Takanen.
Bunn wants to land a leg kick but Takanen is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunn misses with a wild body shot.
Bunn thows a leg kick but Takanen checks it
letting Takanen counter with a right hand.
Bunn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takanen.
Takanen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bunn's head backwards.
Bunn clobbers Takanen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gary Bunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bunn.
The fighters circling - Bunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bunn misses with a looping left.
Bunn misses with a hook.
Bunn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bunn.
Esko Takanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takanen doesn't manage to clinch there - Bunn circles away.
Bunn throws a leg kick but Takanen moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Bunn finds it's target.
Bunn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bunn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Takanen's head.
Bunn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunn misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Bunn.
Takanen misses with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Takanen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bunn throws a low kick but Takanen avoids it.
Bunn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bunn lands with a cross.
Bunn connects with a solid leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Bunn does no damage.
Bunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Takanen digs a good body shot into Bunn's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Bunn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bunn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Takanen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bunn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bunn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice jab there from Bunn.
Takanen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Takanen checks a leg kick.
Takanen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bunn connects with a right hand. Takanen shakes it off.
Bunn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Takanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takanen misses with a looping right.
Takanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunn is just out of range.
Takanen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunn throws a head kick but Takanen moves out of range.
Takanen slips a jab from Bunn.
Takanen misses with a straight right.
Bunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takanen's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunn connects with a nice looking jab.
Bunn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bunn throws a sloppy head kick and Takanen moves out of range easily.
Bunn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Takanens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bunn lands a jab to Takanen's midsection.
Bunn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Takanen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bunn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Takanen.
Takanen throws a front kick that sends Bunn stumbling back into the cage.
Takanen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bunn. Takanen shrugs it off though.
Bunn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bunn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Takanen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bunn counters with a single leg into guard. Takanen didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takanen keeping moving, preventing Bunn from controlling successfully.
Bunn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bunn looking to sit in guard and control but Takanen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Takanen controlling from the top position.
Takanen advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen prevents Bunn from improving his position.
Bunn moves into full guard.
Takanen wants to control from the top but Bunn keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanen 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.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Esko Takanen wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bunn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Takanen.
Bunn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bunn throws a leg kick
and Takanen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Takanen blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bunn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bunn ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bunn no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Takanen content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Bunn dominated that second round.
That's time! Bunn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bunn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab lands there for Takanen.
Takanen is looking to slow Bunn down with leg kicks.
A big left from Takanen misses.
Takanen stuns Bunn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bunn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Takanen tries to score with a low kick but Bunn moves his leg out of the way.
Takanen tries to move into range but Bunn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takanen ducks under a wild hook from Bunn.
Bunn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bunn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takanen avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Takanen.
Bunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takanen.
A clash of legs there as Takanen blocks the low kick.
Bunn connects with a jab.
Bunn shoots in for a takedown but Takanen shows good takedown defense.
Takanen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bunn lands a lovely overhand right.
Takanen is looking to clinch but Bunn is avoiding it.
Bunn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takanen. Takanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice uppercut lands for Takanen. That snapped Bunn's head back.
A swing and a miss from Bunn.
Bunn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bunn lands a right hook to the body.
Bunn throws a leg kick but Takanen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Takanen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takanen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bunn.
Takanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bunn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bunn misses with a takedown attempt - Takanen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Bunn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takanen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bunn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Takanen checks it well.
Takanen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takanen checks a leg kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bunn swings widly with a right hand
and Takanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bunn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bunn throws a leg kick
letting Takanen counter with a right hand.
Bunn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bunn throws a leg kick but Takanen moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bunn.
Bunn avoids the body shot from Takanen.
Bunn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gary Bunn is winning the standup battle so far.
Takanen throws a hook to the side of Bunn's head but Bunn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bunn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bunn throws a head kick but Takanen moves out of range.
Bunn checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takanen defending well as Bunn loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunn looks to throw a body kick
and Takanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bunn scores with a kick to the body.
Takanen staying out of range there.
Takanen scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bunn darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bunn scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bunn throws a leg kick that misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bunn.
Bunn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Takanen on the side of the head.
Takanen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bunn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Takanen scrambles back to his feet.
Bunn throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takanen lands a leg kick that knocks Bunn off balance momentarily.
Takanen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bunn.
Bunn throws a front kick aimed at Takanen's knee but Takanen avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Gary Bunn did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Takanen avoids the head kick by Bunn.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bunn.
Takanen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Takanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Bunn there.
Takanen throws a low kick but Bunn moves out of range easily.
Takanen lands with a right hand.
Bunn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A low kick from Bunn misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Takanen slips a jab from Bunn.
Takanen digs a good body shot into Bunn's ribs.
A low kick from Bunn misses
and Takanen counters with a straight 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!
Takanen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bunn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Takanen blocks the leg kick.
Bunn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunn looks to throw the jab but Takanen is out of range.
A slow jab from Takanen misses its intended target.
Takanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bunn tries for a takedown but Takanen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bunn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bunn's corner calls for a 1-2. Bunn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Takanen misses with an uppercut
and Bunn counters with a shoot takedown. Takanen fights it but they end up in guard.
Takanen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Takanen seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bunn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Takanen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunn throws a strike but Takanen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takanen advances position into side control!
What's Bunn going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunn tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Takanen presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Bunn reaches up to try and control the position but Takanen seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Bunn rolls and tries to escape and now Takanen has his back!
What can Bunn do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Bunn wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunn looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Bunn prevents Takanen from getting a body triangle.
Takanen controlling from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bunn trying to control the hands but Takanen won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Esko Takanen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Takanen cracks Bunn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Takanen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takanen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Takanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bunn moves away from the strike by Takanen.
Takanen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bunn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takanen thows a body shot but no joy.
Takanen scores with a punch to the head.
Bunn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bunn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bunn avoids the body shot from Takanen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bunn.
Takanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunn was well out of range. Poor timing from Takanen.
Bunn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Takanen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bunn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bunn lands the left hand.
Bunn throws the kick towards the body but Takanen avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Takanen misses the target.
Takanen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bunn.
Takanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bunn looks to land a combination. Takanen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Takanen connects with a nice looking jab.
Bunn misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanen moves out of range of the body kick.
Bunn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bunn scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Takanen counters with a one-two to the body.
Bunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takanen.
Bunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Esko Takanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bunn lands with a slapping head kick.
Bunn throws a sloppy head kick and Takanen moves out of range easily.
Bunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Takanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Bunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the liver by Bunn. Beautiful body shot.
Takanen throws the left hand but Bunn avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bunn. Bunn obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Bunn misses its intended target.
Bunn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bunn is rocked!
Takanen drops Bunn with a huge uppercut! Bunn drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Takanen is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esko Takanen!
A victorious Esko Takanen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex De Paiva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jordan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dawn of the Dead by Does it Offend you, yeah?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
33 - 11 - 0 |
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195 lbs
23 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hal Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex De Paiva Santos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Paiva Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jordan's sensitive parts.
De Paiva Santos goes for a double leg but Jordan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jordan continues to drive forward.
Jordan struggles to land a body shot inside as De Paiva Santos controls his hands.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by De Paiva Santos.
Jordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jordan lands with a left to the head.
De Paiva Santos pulls guard successfully.
Jordan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Paiva Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jordan is in close to De Paiva Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jordan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
De Paiva Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jordan is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Paiva Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jordan wants to control from the top but De Paiva Santos keeps moving.
De Paiva Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De Paiva Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Jordan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jordan gets to his feet - De Paiva Santos follows without any prompting.
Jordan moves out of range as De Paiva Santos throws a body kick.
Jordan takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for De Paiva Santos.
Jordan cracks the inside of De Paiva Santos's front leg.
Jordan works the jab nicely.
It looks like Alex De Paiva Santos has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Paiva Santos works Jordan's body with a nice hook.
De Paiva Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Paiva Santos misses with a body kick.
De Paiva Santos looks to throw a body kick
and Jordan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jordan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jordan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jordan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Paiva Santos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Paiva Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Jordan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Paiva Santos.
Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Paiva Santos.
A combination from Jordan does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos cracks Jordan with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Paiva Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jordan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Paiva Santos lands a head shot.
Hal Jordan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Paiva Santos throws a leg kick which misses Jordan's front leg but catches the back leg as Jordan tries to avoid it.
De Paiva Santos is looking to land body kicks.
Jordan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Paiva Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Jordan looks to throw the jab but De Paiva Santos is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jordan.
De Paiva Santos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Paiva Santos takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Paiva Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Paiva Santos throws a leg kick but Jordan moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan moves out of range of the body kick.
Jordan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alex De Paiva Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Paiva Santos cracks Jordan with a good jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Jordan enables De Paiva Santos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jordan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
De Paiva Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jordan is trying to control the position but De Paiva Santos postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan is looking to stand up but De Paiva Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
De Paiva Santos advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex De Paiva Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex De Paiva Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A combination from De Paiva Santos does no damage.
De Paiva Santos shoots in for a takedown but Jordan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
De Paiva Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Paiva Santos.
Jordan checks a low kick from De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos misses with the combination.
De Paiva Santos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Paiva Santos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jordan takes a step back to recover.
De Paiva Santos looks to land a body kick but Jordan moved away.
A low kick from De Paiva Santos is predictable there
and Jordan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jordan stuffs the takedown attempt from De Paiva Santos. De Paiva Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Hal Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jordan was well out of range. Poor timing from De Paiva Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jordan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos looks to throw a body kick
and Jordan counters with an inside leg kick.
De Paiva Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alex De Paiva Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jordan defending well as De Paiva Santos loads up on a big left hand.
Jordan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Paiva Santos missing with a left hand there. Jordan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Paiva Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Jordan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Paiva Santos misses with a low kick.
Jordan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Paiva Santos throws a low kick but Jordan moves out of range easily.
Jordan moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos throws a lazy body kick
and Jordan counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Good work by Jordan as he checks the leg kick.
De Paiva Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
De Paiva Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
De Paiva Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Paiva Santos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Paiva Santos tries to land a front kick but Jordan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Paiva Santos misses with the body kick
and Jordan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Paiva Santos.
A head kick misses from De Paiva Santos.
A head kick from De Paiva Santos lands but Jordan takes it in his stride.
De Paiva Santos throws a low kick but Jordan moves out of range easily.
De Paiva Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jordan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Paiva Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Jordan is just out of range.
De Paiva Santos misses with a right hand
and Jordan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Paiva Santos is breathing heavily.
De Paiva Santos throws a wild body kick that Jordan sees coming a mile off.
Jordan moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Paiva Santos throws out a leg kick but Jordan moves out of range and De Paiva Santos only half commits.
Jordan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Paiva Santos.
Jordan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Paiva Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Paiva Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Paiva Santos misses the shot to the body.
Jordan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Paiva Santos takes a swing at Jordan's ribcage but misses.
Jordan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Paiva Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from De Paiva Santos.
Jordan fakes the leg kick and cracks De Paiva Santos in the body.
Jordan cracks De Paiva Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Paiva Santos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jordan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Paiva Santos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jordan in his tracks.
De Paiva Santos misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan takes one to the chin there.
De Paiva Santos looks for a takedown but Jordan sprawls well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Jordan as he connects with a hook.
De Paiva Santos throws a hook but Jordan blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hal Jordan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex De Paiva Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jordan throws a body punch but De Paiva Santos moves out of range.
Jordan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jordan throws a low kick but De Paiva Santos moves out of range easily.
De Paiva Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Paiva Santos lands a jab to Jordan's midsection.
De Paiva Santos checks a leg kick nicely.
Jordan missing with a left hand there. De Paiva Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jordan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Paiva Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Jordan.
Jordan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Paiva Santos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A low kick from De Paiva Santos is predictable there
and Jordan counters by clinching up.
Jordan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Paiva Santos.
Jordan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De Paiva Santos misses with the head strike.
De Paiva Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jordan tries to work over De Paiva Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Paiva Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Paiva Santos misses with some punches.
Jordan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Paiva Santos working aggressively here.
A short left from Jordan.
De Paiva Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Paiva Santos.
Jordan lands a body punch.
De Paiva Santos throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jordan.
Jordan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Paiva Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jordan just stands there and leans against the cage.
De Paiva Santos prevents a body shot from Jordan.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jordan can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
De Paiva Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jordan.
De Paiva Santos ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. De Paiva Santos no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
De Paiva Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throwing strikes but missing.
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!
De Paiva Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jordan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jordan stands up from De Paiva Santos's guard - Jordan perhaps looking for a knockout.
De Paiva Santos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jordan counters with a left to the body.
De Paiva Santos missing with a left hand there. Jordan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Paiva Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Paiva Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jordan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos throws a body punch but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Paiva Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jordan slips a jab and a cross from De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos misses with an uppercut.
Jordan lands a nice hook to De Paiva Santos's body. De Paiva Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Paiva Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Jordan gets double underhooks and turns De Paiva Santos into the cage.
Jordan blocks an uppercut.
De Paiva Santos working aggressively here.
Jordan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jordan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jordan controlling the action here for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jordan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jordan blocking some punches.
Jordan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Paiva Santos working aggressively here.
Jordan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That has opened up Alex De Paiva Santos's cut even more.
De Paiva Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jordan lands a left hand.
Jordan scores with a shot to the side of De Paiva Santos's head.
De Paiva Santos is rocked!
Jordan has De Paiva Santos pressed against the cage.
Jordan lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Paiva Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Jordan finish him?
Jordan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jordan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jordan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jordan scores with a shoulder strike.
De Paiva Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Jordan.
Jordan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Paiva Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Paiva Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jordan smiles and moves away.
Hal Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Jordan! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hal Jordan!
A very excited looking Hal Jordan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. UFC: Closer to the Edge (Jared Leto) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bruce Li is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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264 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
32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Williams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Li moves into the clinch.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Li scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Li drops his hands momentarily and Williams takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Bruce Li has been cut.
Williams misses with a hook. Li ducked under it nicely.
Li takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams misses with a kick to the body
and Li holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Li breaks the clinch.
Li feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
We've been told by Li's head coaches at IMMA Gym of ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams throws a leg kick but Li sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Li.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li takes one on the button.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Li sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams tries a low kick but Li avoids it.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Li walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Li counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Li.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams stalling in the clinch but Li improves position.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Li.
Come on Li - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Li prevents a body shot from Williams.
Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Li steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Li lands a nice looking body kick.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Li takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Li steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li checks the leg kick nicely there.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Li tries a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams motions for Li to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Li is out of range and Williams settles back down.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Li counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Li.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Li is defending well for now.
Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Li clinches.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Li controls the action.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick
and Li moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Li's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Li fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li slips a jab from Williams.
Li avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams throws a low kick, looking for Li's leg but Li calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Li's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Williams does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That kick from Li tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good work by Li as he checks the leg kick.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Li counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Li content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li'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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Bruce Li's cut is getting worse.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Li holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williams has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Li is trying to drag Williams to the mat but Williams just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Williams just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Williams in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
Simon Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Li moves into the clinch.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Li.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams misses with a right hand
and Li counters by clinching up.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
Li is rocked!
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Li with a big uppercut! Li tries to clinch up but Williams pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Li to the mat! Li covers up and Williams unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Simon Williams!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manoel comes to the cage accompanied by Hino do Flamengo. On his way into the cage it seems that Antonio Manoel has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Antonio Manoel seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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32
222 lbs
32 - 10 - 0 |
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280 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Severn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Manoel sprawling to the canvas! Manoel rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Severn finish him?!
It looks like Antonio Manoel has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Severn drops Manoel with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Manoel looks back up at him and smiles so Severn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Manoel is rocked!
Manoel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oh Manoel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Manoel gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bas Severn!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorn Anthriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, UFC Theme Song. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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31
142 lbs
34 - 4 - 0 |
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141 lbs
25 - 6 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorn Anthriel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anthriel.
Anthriel slips under a jab.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anthriel looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Anthriel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Anthriel sees coming a mile off.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Anthriel punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Anthriel is out of range.
Anthriel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Anthriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anthriel if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Anthriel.
Anthriel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Anthriel looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Anthriel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anthriel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva misses with a hook.
Anthriel is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Anthriel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anthriel manages to avoid it.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anthriel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anthriel moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Anthriel throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anthriel misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Jab by Anthriel.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Anthriel avoids it.
We've been informed that Anthriel has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Some bone on bone action there as Anthriel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Anthriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anthriel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anthriel tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Anthriel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anthriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva tries to work over Anthriel's front leg with a kick but Anthriel checks it.
Silva moves out of range as Anthriel strikes.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the body shot from Anthriel.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anthriel just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anthriel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Anthriel connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
Anthriel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva is looking to slow Anthriel down with leg kicks.
Anthriel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anthriel, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel blocks a body shot from Silva.
Anthriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Anthriel backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Silva.
Anthriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva cracks Anthriel with a nice body shot.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anthriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva cracks Anthriel with a nice body shot.
Anthriel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anthriel misses with a combination
and Silva counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Anthriel just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Anthriel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anthriel darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Anthriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Anthriel.
Anthriel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anthriel throws a head punch that misses.
Anthriel tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Anthriel back against the cage.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anthriel's elbow.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anthriel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anthriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anthriel.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Anthriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Anthriel swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rafa Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva cracks Anthriel with a nice body shot.
Anthriel blocks a body shot from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anthriel.
Anthriel lands an uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Anthriel misses with a body punch.
Anthriel lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva gets through Anthriel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anthriel has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anthriel or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anthriel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anthriel controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anthriel controls the action.
Anthriel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anthriel working aggressively here.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Anthriel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anthriel.
Silva tries a body shot but Anthriel blocks it.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with some punches.
Anthriel tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Anthriel misses with a punch on the inside.
Anthriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Anthriel is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Anthriel back against the cage.
Anthriel can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Anthriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anthriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anthriel.
Anthriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Anthriel controls his hands.
Anthriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anthriel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anthriel tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva throws a push kick but Anthriel slaps the foot to one side.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Anthriel is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Anthriel misses.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Anthriel avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva forces Anthriel back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Anthriel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Anthriel working aggressively here.
Anthriel wants to stall.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Anthriel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Anthriel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Anthriel's leg but Anthriel calmly moves out of range.
Anthriel misses with a body shot.
Anthriel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anthriel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anthriel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Anthriel.
Anthriel moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva tries to clinch up but Anthriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Anthriel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Anthriel misses the shot to the body.
Anthriel lands with a good body shot.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anthriel moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anthriel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anthriel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Anthriel.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Anthriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Anthriel.
Anthriel slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anthriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anthriel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anthriel's sensitive parts.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Anthriel stumbling back into the cage.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anthriel.
Anthriel throws an off balance right hand
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Anthriel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anthriel has time to react.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a low kick but Anthriel moves out of range easily.
Anthriel misses with a wild body shot.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Anthriel throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva throws a head kick but Anthriel moves out of range.
Anthriel throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Anthriel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anthriel missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel blocks a leg kick.
Anthriel throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anthriel takes a step back to recover.
Anthriel connects with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anthriel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anthriel misses the shot to the body.
Anthriel misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Anthriel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anthriel wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anthriel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Anthriel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva slips under a jab from Anthriel.
Silva tries to clinch up but Anthriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Anthriel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anthriel moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Anthriel just misses with a punch to the body.
Anthriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
No joy there for Anthriel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anthriel works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva throws a combination. Anthriel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthriel keeps the fight on the outside.
Anthriel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Anthriel misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anthriel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anthriel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anthriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anthriel fails to land with a series of punches.
Anthriel misses with a straight right.
Anthriel moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anthriel is looking to clinch.
Anthriel takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anthriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rafa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Anthriel lands with a shot to the body.
Anthriel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anthriel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva avoids the body shot from Anthriel.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Anthriel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
A shot to the liver by Anthriel. Beautiful body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Anthriel checks it.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Anthriel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anthriel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anthriel swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anthriel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A cross from Silva lands.
Anthriel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Anthriel blocks a leg kick.
Anthriel thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthriel lands a jab.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Anthriel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anthriel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Anthriel.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Anthriel saw it coming and moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anthriel, as that shot connected.
Silva cracks the inside of Anthriel's front leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anthriel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anthriel moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Rafa Silva will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Silva throws a head kick but Anthriel moves out of range.
Anthriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anthriel misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Anthriel's leg but Anthriel calmly moves out of range.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anthriel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva tries to clinch up but Anthriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Anthriel.
Anthriel tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Anthriel back against the cage.
Anthriel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anthriel is working Silva over against the cage.
Anthriel managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Anthriel is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthriel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anthriel blocking some punches.
Silva tries to work over Anthriel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anthriel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anthriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anthriel digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anthriel controls the action.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Anthriel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anthriel tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anthriel scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Anthriel tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anthriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anthriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Anthriel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anthriel tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Anthriel cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Anthriel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anthriel.
Anthriel tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Anthriel back against the cage.
Anthriel dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Anthriel.
Anthriel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Anthriel as the two fighters clinch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Anthriel avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel lands with a light punch inside.
Silva blocking some punches.
Anthriel tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anthriel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Jorn Anthriel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthriel misses with some punches.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anthriel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Anthriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Anthriel avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Anthriel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anthriel misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Anthriel backwards.
A short right from Silva.
A shot in the inside from Anthriel.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva tries a body shot but Anthriel blocks it.
Anthriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anthriel can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anthriel lands with a left to the head.
Anthriel misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Anthriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anthriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anthriel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jorn Anthriel.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 49:46
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafa Silva!
Rafa Silva retains his bantamweight title!
After winning the bout, Rafa Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnie Ironz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ironz comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra. Machida has chosen No more Shadows for the Past- NARNIA as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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243 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnie Ironz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renzo Machida!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida misses with a wild body shot.
Machida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Machida on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ironz. Ironz obviously looking to wear him down.
Ironz instigates a clinch.
Machida can't break the clinch.
Ironz tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Ironz back against the cage.
Machida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ironz backwards.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machida throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Ironz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Machida pushes Ironz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Machida lands a left hand.
Machida throws a punch but it's blocked by Ironz.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ironz.
Machida misses with the head strike.
Ironz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Machida.
Ironz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ironz scores with a shot to the side of Machida's head.
Ironz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Machida scores with a shot to the side of Ironz's head.
Machida misses with the head strike.
Machida lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ironz.
Ironz gets through Machida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Machida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Machida throws a punch but it's blocked by Ironz.
Ironz working aggressively here.
Ironz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Machida.
Ironz blocking some punches.
Ironz swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machida misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ironz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machida prevents a body shot from Ironz.
Ironz misses with a knee to the head.
Ironz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ironz is trying to maintain a safe position but Machida gets an underhook and turns Ironz into the cage.
Machida misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Ironz.
A left hand lands to the body for Ironz.
Machida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Ironz there.
Ironz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ironz misses with an uppercut.
A lazy left from Machida finds it's target.
Machida misses with a hook. Ironz ducked under it nicely.
Ironz tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Ironz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Machida. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Machida. Those never looked like landing.
Machida misses with a leg kick
and Ironz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ironz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ironz moves into the clinch.
Ironz blocks an uppercut.
Ironz digs a right hand underneath Machida's ribcage. Machida let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Machida looks winded!
Machida throws a punch but it's blocked by Ironz.
Machida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Machida.
Ironz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machida misses with a punch on the inside.
Machida has a couple of punches blocked by Ironz.
Machida scores with a nice hook to the head.
Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Machida on the inside.
Ironz misses with the head strike.
Ironz blocking some punches.
Ironz stalling the fight.
Machida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ironzs head.
Machida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ironz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida misses with some punches.
Ironz has Machida pressed against the cage.
Machida digs a right hand underneath Ironz's ribcage. Ironz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Machida lands a shoulder strike.
Ironz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Machida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ironz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Machida misses with some punches.
Machida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ironz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Machida.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ironz misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Ironz.
Machida tries a body shot but Ironz blocks it.
Ironz working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arnie Ironz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ironz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ironz throws a good cross that connects.
Ironz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Machida circles away quickly and effectively.
Machida looks to score with a jab to the body but Ironz is just out of range.
Machida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Machida thumps Ironz with a low kick.
Machida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Machida lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ironz throws a lazy uppercut
and Machida counters with a thumping low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Machida.
Machida jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Machida.
Ironz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ironz gets a clinch.
Machida blocks a body shot from Ironz.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Machida in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Machida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ironz backwards.
Machida has Ironz pressed against the cage.
Ironz lands with a short shot to the head.
Machida lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Machida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ironz prevents Machida from breaking the clinch.
Ironz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machida is trying to break the clinch but Ironz is controlling him.
Machida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ironz tries to land knees in the clinch but Machida avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Machida.
Ironz is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Machida scores with a shot to the side of Ironz's head.
Oh Ironz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A body shot lands from Machida.
Machida is working Ironz over against the cage.
Renzo Machida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Machida lands a big right hand that drops Ironz! The killer instinct kicks in and Machida finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Machida!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renzo Machida!
In his post fight interview, Renzo Machida started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moretti comes to the cage accompanied by CHANGES. Clark has chosen All Fired Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Enzo Moretti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Clark!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark gets a clinch.
Clark prevents a body shot from Moretti.
Moretti presses Clark against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moretti has Clark pressed against the cage, preventing Clark from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Moretti misses with some punches.
Moretti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Moretti.
I was talking to Moretti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Moretti scores with a shot to the side of Clark's head.
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!
Clark tries to work over Moretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moretti working aggressively here.
Moretti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
Moretti lands a body shot.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Moretti avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Moretti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moretti struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Moretti.
Moretti misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Moretti struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
Clark tries to work over Moretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
A short uppercut from Moretti.
Moretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Moretti.
Clark breaks the clinch.
Eddie Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moretti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Moretti throws the kick towards the body but Clark avoids it.
Moretti moves out of range of the body kick from Clark.
Moretti dodges the punch combination from Clark.
Moretti misses with a hook. Clark ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Clark. That's going to slow Moretti down.
Moretti lands with a shot to the body.
Moretti misses with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Clark.
Moretti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Moretti throws out a powerful jab.
Moretti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clark.
Moretti with a nice cross.
Moretti misses with a straight right.
Moretti just misses with a punch to the body.
Moretti throws out a leg kick but Clark moves out of range and Moretti only half commits.
Clark getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clark takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti swings widly with a right hand
and Clark counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Moretti trying to control from the bottom.
Clark is looking to take a break and control but Moretti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Moretti tries to get to full guard but Clark has control of the leg.
Moretti works his way to full guard. Good work.
Moretti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark trying to control but Moretti is working from the bottom.
Moretti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark is fighting to break Moretti's control of his arms but Moretti is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Moretti looks to land a body kick but Clark moved away.
Moretti throws out a loose jab but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moretti tries to keep at a distance but Clark has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Moretti fails to land.
Moretti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moretti misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo Moretti dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Clark stuns Moretti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clark throws a head kick that misses.
Clark jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Moretti just misses with a punch to the body.
Moretti misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Moretti.
Clark slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Clark. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Clark.
Clark takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clark needs to keep his hands up - Moretti had a free shot at his head there.
Moretti throws a body punch but Clark moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Clark.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moretti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Clark darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark lands with a cross.
Clark jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Moretti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Clark connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moretti scrambles back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Clark!
Clark tried to score with a low kick but Moretti checks it.
Moretti looks to throw the jab but Clark is out of range.
Moretti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moretti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Moretti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good work by Clark as he checks the leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clark avoids the body shot from Moretti.
Clark moves out of range as Moretti throws a body kick.
Clark has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clark.
Moretti avoids the head kick by Clark.
Moretti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clark misses with a body kick.
Moretti gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Clark.
Clark lands a right hook to the body.
Moretti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Moretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Moretti throws a leg kick that misses.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moretti throws a leg kick which misses Clark's front leg but catches the back leg as Clark tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark checks a low kick from Moretti.
Moretti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moretti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
Clark throws a body punch but Moretti moves out of range.
Moretti throws out a leg kick but Clark moves out of range and Moretti only half commits.
Clark showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moretti.
Moretti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
Clark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moretti throws the kick towards the body but Clark avoids it.
Moretti throws a poor cross that misses
and Clark counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Moretti wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a strike but Moretti rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moretti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clark is keeping the position for now.
Clark looking for a sweep. Not yet Clark, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moretti controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Clark 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.
Moretti throws a big shot that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Clark.
Moretti throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark lands a right hook to the body.
Moretti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clark is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Crunch! Clark slams his shin into Moretti's torso.
Clark works the jab nicely.
Eddie Clark seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clark throws a half hearted mid kick.
Moretti throws the left hand but Clark avoids the punch easily.
Clark lands with an overhand left.
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!
Clark moves out of range of the body kick from Moretti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti throws a leg kick but Clark checks it.
Moretti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Moretti.
Moretti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moretti swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark misses with a straight right.
Clark connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moretti momentarily.
Clark explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Moretti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moretti throws a jab when Clark was well out of range.
Moretti throws a body kick that misses.
Clark scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Clark throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Clark throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Moretti's head.
Clark throws a chopping leg kick but Moretti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Clark fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Moretti on the side of the head.
Clark pushes Moretti away with a front kick.
Moretti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moretti throws a right and a left that Clark avoids nicely.
Clark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moretti.
Clark fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donk. Clark catches Moretti right on the button with a cross.
Clark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Clark.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clark throws a low kick but Moretti moves out of range easily.
Moretti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clark.
Moretti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Moretti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark tries to land a front kick but Moretti steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Clark connects with the punch.
Clark cracks Moretti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clark misses with a body kick.
Clark scores with a crisp jab that stopped Moretti in his tracks.
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!
Clark throws a hook but Moretti blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark thumps Moretti with a low kick.
Clark scores with a sloppy right hand. Moretti should have avoided that one.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
Moretti scores with a punch to the head.
Clark tries to clinch but Moretti is having none of it.
Clark checks the leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clark has had enough of the clinch but Moretti keeps him there for the moment.
Moretti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Moretti prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark prevents a body shot from Moretti.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moretti misses with a punch to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clark - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Moretti throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Moretti seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Clark can turn it around.
Moretti missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Clark really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Moretti thows a leg kick but Clark checks it
and Clark counters with a takedown into side control.
Moretti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Clark wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Clark working the ground and pound but Moretti is defending the strikes.
Clark tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moretti is not content to let Clark control the position.
Moretti tries to buck Clark off but Clark is having none of it.
Moretti manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Moretti trying to control but Clark postures up.
Moretti moves into full guard.
Clark is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Clark pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moretti is keeping the position for now.
Clark trying to control the position from guard on top but Moretti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark is fighting to break Moretti's control of his arms but Moretti is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Eddie Clark hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Clark misses with a head kick.
Clark bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Moretti misses.
Clark throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moretti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clark throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moretti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Clark works the jab nicely.
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!
Clark takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Clark lands a jab to Moretti's midsection.
Moretti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
Clark throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Moretti throws a chopping leg kick but Clark manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Clark thumps Moretti with a low kick.
Moretti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Clark misses.
Moretti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Moretti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Clark lands a nice shot that snaps Moretti's head back.
Clark throws a body punch but Moretti moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moretti catches Clark with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Clark scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clark looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Moretti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Clark throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clark darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moretti.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A lazy left from Clark finds it's target.
Clark throws a shot from downtown. Moretti moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Clark dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Moretti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clark slips a jab and a cross from Moretti.
Moretti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moretti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clark lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Clark lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Clark lands with a straight right. Moretti didn't see that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Clark.
Clark tried to score with a low kick but Moretti checks it.
Clark throws a combination. Moretti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Moretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moretti throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Clark counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Moretti's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Clark landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moretti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Clark.
Moretti is trying to keep Clark in close.
Clark throws a big right hand that misses.
Moretti is trying to keep Clark in close.
Enzo Moretti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti keeping moving, preventing Clark from controlling successfully.
Clark avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moretti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Moretti keeping moving, preventing Clark from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Eddie Clark is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Moretti delivers a nice body kick.
Clark sizes up Moretti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clark throws the left hand but Moretti avoids the punch easily.
Clark throws a front kick that sends Moretti stumbling back into the cage.
Clark throws a series of punches but Moretti moves out of range.
Moretti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Clark.
Moretti lands the left hand.
Clark connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moretti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moretti lands a nice hook to Clark's body. Clark takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moretti thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid body kick from Moretti.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moretti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Clark avoids the body shot from Moretti.
Moretti throws a lazy head kick
and Clark counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Moretti is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Clark pulls his head out easily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moretti makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Moretti.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Clark comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Clark 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Clark!
Eddie Clark is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Eddie Clark thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tweedle Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Magneto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Chumbawamba - Tubthumping. Magneto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rise Against - Injection. Maximus Magneto acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Tweedle Dee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 5, fighting out of London, Maximus Magneto!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magneto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magneto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dee takes a swing at Magneto's ribcage but misses.
Magneto slips a straight right by Dee.
Magneto misses the shot to the body.
Magneto looks to land a body kick but Dee moved away.
Dee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dee misses with the body kick
and Magneto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Magneto.
Magneto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dee's calf.
Dee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Homunculus Alembic in the buildup to the fight.
A cross from Magneto lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magneto darts in and clinches Dee up against the cage.
Magneto misses with a punch to the body.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Magneto has him pressed against the cage.
Dee working aggressively here.
Dee lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dee.
Magneto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dee backwards.
Dee tries for a takedown. No joy.
Magneto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dee takes a shot to the head.
Magneto cracks Dee with a nice body shot.
Dee avoiding damage as Magneto throws knees to the body.
Magneto lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dee fails to land.
Magneto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Magneto misses with a punch to the body.
Dee working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magneto presses Dee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Magneto throws a head punch that misses.
Magneto tries to work over Dee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magneto.
Magneto looking to throw knees to the head but Dee is blocking nicely.
Dee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magneto lands a shoulder strike.
Dee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dee.
Magneto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Magneto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magneto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Magneto backwards.
A short right from Dee.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Magneto.
Magneto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magneto lands a knee to the head.
Magneto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Magneto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Magneto misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magneto.
Dee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dee pushes Magneto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Magneto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dee tries a body shot but Magneto blocks it.
Dee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Magneto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Magneto tries a body shot but Dee blocks it.
Magneto scores with a shoulder strike.
Dee blocks a body shot from Magneto.
Dee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magneto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dee fails to land.
Dee has a couple of punches blocked by Magneto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magneto.
Dee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dee working aggressively here.
Dee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magneto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee has a couple of punches blocked by Magneto.
Dee throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magneto tries to throw a body punch but Dee avoids it by throwing Magneto back against the cage.
Dee throws a punch but it's blocked by Magneto.
Magneto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dee throws a punch but it's blocked by Magneto.
Magneto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Magneto misses with a knee to the head.
Magneto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Magneto.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Magneto.
Magneto throws a punch but it's blocked by Dee.
Magneto tries to work over Dee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magneto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magneto can't find room to land a body shot as Dee controls the action.
Magneto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dee backwards.
Magneto digs a right hand underneath Dee's ribcage. Dee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Magneto lands an uppercut.
Magneto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Magneto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dee cracks a nice hook into Magneto's ribs.
Dee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Dee.
Dee throws a low kick but Magneto moves out of range easily.
Dee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magneto manages to avoid it.
Dee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Magneto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Magneto cracks Dee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dee thows a body shot but no joy.
Magneto thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dee if he has to take too many more of those.
Dee throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dee blocks the body kick.
Dee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Magneto. Magneto obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magneto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dee darts in looking for a takedown but Magneto gets double underhooks and turns Dee into the cage.
Magneto gets underhooks to prevent Dee's takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dee has a couple of punches blocked by Magneto.
Magneto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dee's elbow.
Magneto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Magneto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Magneto scores with a shoulder strike.
Dee wants the takedown. Magneto is fighting it off but Dee persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Magneto's guard against the cage.
Magneto looking to control.
Magneto keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
Magneto seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magneto keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magneto wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Magneto, right into the meat.
Magneto is looking to score with low kicks.
Dee avoids the head kick by Magneto.
Magneto moves out of range of the strikes.
Dee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Magneto connects with a solid leg kick.
Dee shoots in but Magneto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tweedle Dee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dee throws a leg kick but Magneto moved away.
Magneto throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Magneto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dee changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Magneto tries to avoid it but Dee manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Magneto to the ground. Magneto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Magneto swinging wildly here.
Magneto tries to score with a low kick but Dee moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters circle momentarily. Magneto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dee changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Magneto tries to avoid it but Dee manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Magneto to the ground. Magneto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Magneto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Magneto.
Dee throws a push kick but Magneto slaps the foot to one side.
Dee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Magneto throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magneto lands a glancing blow to the side of Dee's head.
Dee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Magneto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magneto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Magneto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magneto tries a body shot but Dee blocks it.
A short left from Dee.
Magneto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Magneto looking to throw knees to the head but Dee is blocking nicely.
A short left from Magneto.
Magneto presses Dee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Magneto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dee blocks a body shot from Magneto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magneto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Magneto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dee or not.
A shot in the inside from Dee.
A right hand to the body from Magneto.
Magneto lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Magneto 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.
Magneto scores with a body shot.
Maximus Magneto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magneto moves out of range of the body kick from Dee.
Dee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Magneto's head backwards.
Dee misses with a straight left.
Dee thows a body shot but no joy.
Magneto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd cheers as Magneto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dee doesn't seem phased though.
Magneto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Magneto throws a shot from downtown. Dee moves away and avoids it.
No luck for Dee with that takedown attempt.
Magneto slips a straight right by Dee.
Dee misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Magneto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dee crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Magneto - the referee stops the clock and Dee gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Magneto. Dee manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jab from Magneto.
Dee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Magneto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dee thinking.
Magneto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dee looks for the body kick but Magneto saw that one coming.
Magneto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maximus Magneto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Magneto.
A thudding body kick lands there by Magneto!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Magneto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dee scrambles back to his feet.
Magneto scoring well with a low kick there.
Dee gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Magneto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magneto bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dee's head backwards.
Dee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Magneto is fending him off so far but Dee persists. Nope, Magneto circles away and we're back to standing.
Dee connects with a right hand. Magneto shakes it off.
Magneto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dee moves out of range as Magneto throws a body kick.
Magneto cracks the inside of Dee's front leg.
Magneto closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Magneto.
A short uppercut from Magneto.
Magneto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dee is rocked!
Dee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Dee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dee wants to take the fight to the mat but Magneto manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dee seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tweedle Dee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magneto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Magneto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Magneto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dee backwards.
Dee can't find room to land a body shot as Magneto controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Magneto.
Magneto lands a nice uppercut.
Dee will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Magneto.
Magneto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dee avoiding damage as Magneto throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Magneto.
Magneto lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Tweedle Dee has been cut.
Magneto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dee swings wildly with an uppercut but Magneto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magneto lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from Magneto.
Magneto lands with a left to the head.
Magneto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Magneto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Magneto.
Magneto gets through Dee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Magneto dips a shoulder and cracks Dee with a mighty uppercut! Dee falls back against the cage and Magneto unloads with a barrage of strikes! Dee is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Magneto screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximus Magneto!
Maximus Magneto is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Maximus Magneto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick McWhiskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McWhiskey's entrance music is ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪. A fine choice. Saint has chosen Bad Company - Holy Water as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick McWhiskey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Saint misses
and McWhiskey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
I was talking to McWhiskey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McWhiskey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint or not.
Saint tries to work over McWhiskey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McWhiskey misses with a knee strike.
McWhiskey landing knees to the head.
It looks like Jensen Saint has been cut.
McWhiskey gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from McWhiskey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey misses with some punches.
Saint breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McWhiskey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McWhiskey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saint.
McWhiskey tries to clinch up but Saint circles away and keeps his distance.
McWhiskey tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
McWhiskey misses with a double jab.
Jensen Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint throws an overhand right that lands on McWhiskey's shoulder, as McWhiskey tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWhiskey throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Saint tries to keep at a distance but McWhiskey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McWhiskey obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint looks winded!
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!
McWhiskey lands a body shot.
McWhiskey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McWhiskey cracks Saint with a nice body shot.
McWhiskey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McWhiskey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
McWhiskey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
McWhiskey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saint can't find room to land a body shot as McWhiskey controls the action.
McWhiskey lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint tries to work over McWhiskey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McWhiskey tries a body shot but Saint blocks it.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McWhiskey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McWhiskey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McWhiskey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a nice uppercut.
McWhiskey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saint struggles to land a body shot inside as McWhiskey controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from McWhiskey.
A short left from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McWhiskey obliges.
McWhiskey crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Saint tries to throw a body punch but McWhiskey avoids it by throwing Saint back against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Saint tries to pull guard but McWhiskey holds him up against the cage and eventually Saint drops back down to his feet.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McWhiskey lands a nice uppercut.
McWhiskey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint has a couple of punches blocked by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey scores with a hook to the body.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
McWhiskey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McWhiskey crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Knees to the body from McWhiskey.
A knee to the head by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey lands a hook that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McWhiskey works on Saint's body with a couple of short punches.
McWhiskey lands a knee to the body.
McWhiskey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint blocks it with crossed arms.
McWhiskey prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey tries a knee to the head but Saint blocks it.
McWhiskey can't find room to land a body shot as Saint controls the action.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey lands with a left to the head.
McWhiskey lands with a right to the head.
McWhiskey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Saint successfully pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McWhiskey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McWhiskey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saint's head.
Saint has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. McWhiskey is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Saint.
An elbow from McWhiskey crashes against the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McWhiskey lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McWhiskey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McWhiskey is looking to clinch.
McWhiskey takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Saint.
McWhiskey is leaning against Saint and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McWhiskey tries to throw a body punch but Saint avoids it by throwing McWhiskey back against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
McWhiskey digs a right hand underneath Saint's ribcage. Saint let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McWhiskey lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
McWhiskey works on Saint's body with a couple of short punches.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saint is breathing heavily.
McWhiskey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McWhiskey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McWhiskey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saint in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McWhiskey scores with a shoulder strike.
McWhiskey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Saint avoiding damage as McWhiskey throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McWhiskey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint wants to break free but McWhiskey has control.
McWhiskey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patrick McWhiskey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saint is trying to pull guard but McWhiskey has him pressed against the cage.
Saint has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McWhiskey uses from the top position.
McWhiskey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McWhiskey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McWhiskey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McWhiskey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McWhiskey puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McWhiskey throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Saint to regain full guard.
McWhiskey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Our spies down at at Heavy Metal inform us that Saint has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McWhiskey throws a strike but Saint rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
McWhiskey has his foot on Saint's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Saint works his way back into a safe position though.
Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saint accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McWhiskey working for a triangle but Saint defends it easily.
Saint cracks McWhiskey with a solid left hand.
McWhiskey looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saint got a little sloppy there for a moment and McWhiskey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Saint has managed to get both his arms back between McWhiskey's legs - danger averted.
McWhiskey had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Saint defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McWhiskey has his foot on Saint's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Saint works his way back into a safe position though.
Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
McWhiskey looking for a guillotine here but Saint defends easily.
Patrick McWhiskey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saint scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McWhiskey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saint can do to turn this around?
McWhiskey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saint with a nice head shot there.
McWhiskey has momentary wrist control but Saint slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four 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!
McWhiskey controls Saint momentarily but Saint frees himself.
McWhiskey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Saint is aware though and is defending well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saint's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saint postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McWhiskey looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Saint scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McWhiskey's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint passes McWhiskey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McWhiskey moves into full guard.
McWhiskey is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Saint defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McWhiskey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
McWhiskey scores with a decent looking hook.
Saint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McWhiskey.
Saint sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saint moves forwards but McWhiskey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saint throws a leg kick
and McWhiskey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the liver by McWhiskey. Beautiful body shot.
Saint misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McWhiskey moves away.
A head kick misses from Saint.
Saint takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McWhiskey tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
McWhiskey tries to clinch but Saint moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Saint.
Saint throws a head kick that misses.
Saint thows a body shot but no joy.
McWhiskey looks to land a right hand but Saint moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint jabs at McWhiskey's body.
Patrick McWhiskey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McWhiskey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McWhiskey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saint manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saint cracks the inside of McWhiskey's front leg.
Saint avoids the head kick by McWhiskey.
Saint fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McWhiskey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saint moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey cracks Saint with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey avoids the head kick by Saint.
McWhiskey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Saint, pushing him back against the cage.
Saint lands a hook that snaps the head of McWhiskey backwards.
McWhiskey looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Saint looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saint breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by McWhiskey. Beautiful body shot.
McWhiskey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint.
Nice shot lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey clobbers Saint with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McWhiskey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McWhiskey lands an overhand right.
Horrible takedown by Saint or perhaps it was just good defense by McWhiskey which made him look bad.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McWhiskey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McWhiskey clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McWhiskey moves out of range of the body kick from Saint.
McWhiskey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Saint throws a hook but McWhiskey avoids it easily.
McWhiskey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice leg kick lands there from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McWhiskey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint circles away quickly and effectively.
McWhiskey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint takes one to the side of the head.
McWhiskey misses with the combination.
McWhiskey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint misses with a hook to the body
and McWhiskey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saint manages to pull guard.
Saint is looking for a triangle here but McWhiskey uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
McWhiskey is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Saint knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Saint has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint sneaks back into half guard.
McWhiskey is working for a submission of some sort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey prevents Saint from improving his position.
Saint avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McWhiskey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint wants to control but McWhiskey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
McWhiskey looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Saint tries to get to full guard but McWhiskey has control of the leg.
Saint gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Saint looking for a guillotine here but McWhiskey defends easily.
McWhiskey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Saint is trying to control the position but McWhiskey postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McWhiskey is working Saint over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick McWhiskey had his way with Jensen Saint in that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Saint swinging wildly here.
McWhiskey motions for Saint to come forward. McWhiskey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saint misses with a body shot.
McWhiskey avoids the body shot from Saint.
McWhiskey misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McWhiskey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saint.
Saint fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McWhiskey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saint's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McWhiskey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A left lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saint is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McWhiskey rather than just go for the knockout.
McWhiskey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McWhiskey wants it to stay on the feet.
McWhiskey throws a nice inside leg kick.
McWhiskey lands with a shot to the body.
McWhiskey throws out a loose jab but Saint uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from McWhiskey misses the target.
Saint walks into a stiff left hand from McWhiskey.
Saint misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey pushes Saint away with a front kick.
Saint is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey looks to land a combination. Saint sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A head kick misses from McWhiskey.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McWhiskey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a hook to the side of McWhiskey's head but McWhiskey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jensen Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saint motions for McWhiskey to come forward. Saint throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
Saint shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. McWhiskey manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
McWhiskey has his foot on Saint's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Saint works his way back into a safe position though.
McWhiskey is looking for a triangle but Saint pushes his legs off easily.
Saint got a little sloppy there for a moment and McWhiskey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Saint has managed to get both his arms back between McWhiskey's legs - danger averted.
Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saint lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four 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!
Saint lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
McWhiskey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Saint is aware though and is defending well.
Saint thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Saint cracks McWhiskey with a solid left hand.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McWhiskey working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Saint doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Saint manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saint postures up and lands a big shot to McWhiskey's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint stands and throws McWhiskey's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Saint scores with a couple of short elbows.
Saint scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McWhiskey to see if he's OK.
Saint tries to move into full mount but can't pass McWhiskey's legs.
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 Patrick McWhiskey.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McWhiskey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:44
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:44
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick McWhiskey!
Patrick McWhiskey retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Patrick McWhiskey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Oath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes into the arena with La La La - Snoop Lion blaring out of the sound system. Oath is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fuck your guts out. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Oath!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oath pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Oath connects with a body shot that sends Douglas's belly button to the back.
Good work by Oath as he checks the leg kick.
Oath moves out of range of the body kick from Douglas.
Douglas throws a leg kick
and Oath decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Douglas's guard.
Douglas controlling Oath's posture.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oath trying to control but Douglas is working from the bottom.
Oath showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Douglas misses the body punch
and Oath counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Oath sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Douglas defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oath trying to control the pace.
Oath landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to improve his position.
Oath wants to take a breather but Douglas is having none of it.
Douglas 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.
Oath content to control rather than advance.
Oath is keen to just control but Douglas is a slippery customer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Douglas wants to improve his position but Oath is controlling well.
Oath not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Douglas is looking to control Oath's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Douglas avoid being mounted?
Oath looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Douglas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Ken Oath has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a poor cross that misses
and Oath counters with a shoot takedown. Douglas fights it but they end up in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Douglas trying to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oath throws a big elbow that misses.
Douglas seems keen to control Oath's posture.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Oath from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Douglas punishes Oath's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Oath does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a hook to the side of Oath's head but Oath sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oath on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Douglas. Douglas obviously looking to wear him down.
Oath takes one to the chin there.
Douglas swings for the body but Oath moves out of range.
Douglas misses with a leg kick
and Oath counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oath bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oath moves forwards but Douglas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oath pivots, looking for a leg kick but Douglas is out of range and Oath settles back down.
Oath tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by Douglas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas stuns Oath with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Douglas lands a right hook to the body.
Oath looks winded!
Douglas lands a leg kick that knocks Oath off balance momentarily.
Douglas cracks Oath with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Douglas has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Oath to stand back up!
Oath is rocked!
Oath leaves his chin hanging out and Douglas seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Oath crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dustin Douglas!
Dustin Douglas retains his heavyweight title!
As Dustin Douglas got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Good fight Oath. You're a top notch competitor and I have much respect for you. Now lets burn one for humanity. One love, courtesy of the lion.'.
The defeated Ken Oath had this to say: 'Fark you Douglas.... Fark you... Too good Soy'.
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