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EVO 102: Douglas vs Tires PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Braylon Beswicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marek Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Braylon Beswicke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Marek Koltun!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koltun wants to slow Beswicke down by chopping away at his legs.
Good leg kick by Beswicke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beswicke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Koltun pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beswicke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beswicke moves out of range as Koltun strikes.
Beswicke looks to land a left hand but Koltun moved out of range nicely.
Koltun connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beswicke's hands.
Koltun lands a right hook to the body.
Beswicke connects with a solid leg kick.
Beswicke misses with a low kick.
Koltun throws a right hand that Beswicke ducks under and follows up with a left that Beswicke also avoids with ease.
Koltun takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Marek Koltun has been cut.
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!
Koltun throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koltun connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beswicke. Beswicke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beswicke misses with an uppercut. Koltun saw that one coming.
Koltun lands a nice hook to Beswicke's body. Beswicke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beswicke swats away the attempt to clinch by Koltun.
Beswicke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Koltun is out of range and Beswicke settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koltun takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Koltun looks to throw the jab but Beswicke is out of range.
Koltun throws a head kick but Beswicke moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koltun.
Beswicke connects with a leg kick. Koltun looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Beswicke throws out a loose jab but Koltun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beswicke loads up on a big right hand but Koltun slips the punch.
Beswicke throws a leg kick but Koltun checks it.
Beswicke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beswicke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beswicke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beswicke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beswicke just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Koltun - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Beswicke.
Beswicke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Beswicke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Koltun drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Koltun wants to control from the top but Beswicke keeps moving.
Koltun missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Koltun forces his way into half guard.
Koltun wants to take a breather but Beswicke is having none of it.
Beswicke is looking to improve his position.
Koltun controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koltun thows a huge punch but Beswicke dodges it nicely.
Koltun wants to work for an arm triangle but Beswicke is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Koltun controlling the action here.
Koltun seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Beswicke does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beswicke has a hand on Koltun's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Koltun takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Koltun wants to control the pace but Beswicke is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Koltun sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Beswicke taking shots to the head.
Koltun tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Koltun looking to control but Beswicke is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Koltun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koltun misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koltun tries to control but Beswicke wriggling away.
Koltun is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Beswicke has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marek Koltun will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marek Koltun's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Beswicke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koltun dips to his left and cracks Beswicke with an uppercut!
Beswicke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beswicke is looking to land body kicks.
Beswicke lands a big head kick that sends Koltun tumbling to the mat! Beswicke takes a step backwards and waves Koltun back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Beswicke - just one landing.
Koltun is rocked!
Koltun misses with a straight left.
Koltun is still on wobbly legs! Can Beswicke finish him?
Beswicke circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Koltun to the canvas! Koltun doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Beswicke keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Braylon Beswicke!
An out of breath Braylon Beswicke 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Kovalenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling's entrance music is Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. A fine choice. Nikolai Kovalenko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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260 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
56 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kovalenko!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Kovalenko.
Kovalenko misses with a body shot.
Kovalenko throws an off balance right hand
and Stehling counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kovalenko's guard now.
Stehling might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Stehling trying to control but Kovalenko is working from the bottom.
Stehling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stehling throwing strikes from guard but Kovalenko blocks nicely.
Kovalenko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stehling.
Kovalenko is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stehling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kovalenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kovalenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kovalenko jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Kovalenko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stehling closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Stehling controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko can't do much from the bottom here.
Stehling is looking to take a break and control but Kovalenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovalenko takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kovalenko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stehling is controlling him well.
You can see the frustration on Kovalenko's face as Stehling controls the position.
Stehling has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sloppy strikes there by Stehling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling in side control lands a decent elbow.
Stehling throws an elbow but Kovalenko slips to the side and avoids it well.
Stehling misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Stehling is looking to take a break and control but Kovalenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from Stehling crashes against the mat.
Stehling trying to control the position but Kovalenko is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Stehling trying to control the action but Kovalenko is working from the bottom.
Stehling is putting a hurting on Kovalenko here, landing some big shots from side control.
Stehling working the ground and pound but Kovalenko is defending the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The strikes coming from Stehling are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Stehling trying to control the action but Kovalenko is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Stehling dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kovalenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kovalenko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stehling looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stehling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kovalenko.
Stehling ducks under a wild hook from Kovalenko.
Stehling has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kovalenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stehling looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stehling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kovalenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kovalenko is looking to chop away at Stehling's legs.
Stehling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kovalenko.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stehling misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stehling connects with a body shot that sends Kovalenko's belly button to the back.
Stehling looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovalenko is just out of range.
Stehling rushes Kovalenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stehling misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stehling.
Kovalenko tries to break free but Stehling pushes him back against the cage.
Stehling misses with the head strike.
Kovalenko blocks an uppercut.
Stehling lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kovalenko backwards.
Kovalenko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Stehling fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stehling takes a swing at Kovalenko's ribcage but misses.
Stehling connects with a jab.
Stehling takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovalenko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kovalenko scores with a decent looking hook.
Kovalenko avoids the body shot from Stehling.
Stehling uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kovalenko.
Nikolai Kovalenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kovalenko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kovalenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Kovalenko throws a looping overhand right but Stehling ducks down to avoid it.
Stehling staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko looks to land a combination but Stehling avoids it well.
Kovalenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kovalenko lands with a straight right. Stehling didn't see that one coming.
Stehling avoids the head kick by Kovalenko.
Kovalenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stehling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kovalenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stehling manages to avoid it.
Kovalenko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kovalenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kovalenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Stehling.
Stehling avoids a kick to the body.
Stehling doesn't manage to clinch there - Kovalenko circles away.
Stehling swings for the body but Kovalenko moves out of range.
Nikolai Kovalenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kovalenko misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling slips a jab and a cross from Kovalenko.
Stehling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stehling is looking to wear down Kovalenko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kovalenko misses with a straight right.
Stehling swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kovalenko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovalenko. Stehling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovalenko checks a low kick from Stehling.
Nikolai Kovalenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Kovalenko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stehling tries to clinch there but Kovalenko circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kovalenko cracks Stehling with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kovalenko digs a good body shot into Stehling's ribs.
Kovalenko misses with a hook
and Stehling counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kovalenko!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Kovalenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Stehling shoots in for a double leg but Kovalenko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stehling slips under a jab from Kovalenko.
Kovalenko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stehling has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stehling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kovalenko.
Stehling slips a jab from Kovalenko.
Stehling moves out of range as Kovalenko strikes.
Stehling avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kovalenko takes a swing at Stehling's ribcage but misses.
Stehling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kovalenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kovalenko throws a big shot that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Stehling checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
No joy there for Kovalenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stehling.
Stehling wants to slow Kovalenko down by chopping away at his legs.
Stehling defending well as Kovalenko loads up on a big left hand.
Stehling fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Kovalenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stehling looking to score a takedown here. Kovalenko is defending well but Stehling drives through and ends up in Kovalenko's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kovalenko holds on and takes a little breather.
Stehling is looking to pass into half guard but Kovalenko pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kovalenko is in guard.
Stehling trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stehling wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mitchell Stehling has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stehling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kovalenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovalenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stehling scores with a body shot.
Kovalenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kovalenko.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kovalenko napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kovalenko is not content to let Stehling control the position.
Stehling sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kovalenko is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kovalenko wants to get back to his feet but Stehling is dominant here and he's now got Kovalenko's back!
Kovalenko is trapped and Stehling is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Stehling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Kovalenko!
Mitchell Stehling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Kovalenko finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Stehling looking to finish Kovalenko with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kovalenko!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stehling tries to control but Kovalenko wriggling away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mitchell Stehling showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stehling has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitchell Stehling!
Mitchell Stehling thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sluggo Brott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and A J Hearts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brott might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to So What. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sluggo Brott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, A J Hearts!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hearts has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Brott is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Brott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hearts scores with a nice strike.
Hearts misses with a body kick.
Hearts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brott. Brott obviously looking to wear him down.
Hearts clinches up against the cage.
Brott has a couple of punches blocked by Hearts.
Hearts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Brott on the inside.
Hearts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearts misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Brott fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Brott fails to land.
Brott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brott misses with a body kick.
Hearts shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Brott napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hearts creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brott tries to buck Hearts off but Hearts is having none of it.
Brott on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hearts working away.
Hearts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hearts is chipping away with strikes.
Hearts tries to stand but Brott is controlling his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hearts landing a few strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts is looking to take a break and control but Brott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hearts throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Brott can't do much from the bottom here.
Brott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brott is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hearts connects with a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearts working the ground and pound.
Hearts working the ground and pound from side control.
Brott gets back to half guard.
Brott has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hearts is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hearts trying to pass the guard but Brott defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearts thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brott's head.
Hearts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hearts working Brott over with strikes.
Brott trying to control from the bottom.
Hearts not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brott wants to control but Hearts is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A J Hearts dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Brott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hearts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hearts misses the shot to the body.
Hearts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brott scores with a nice strike.
Hearts misses with a jab to the body
and Brott decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hearts's guard.
Brott throws a strike but Hearts rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brott is trying to hold Hearts in close to prevent damage but Hearts has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brott wants to improve his position but Hearts is controlling well.
Hearts is looking to take a break and control but Brott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hearts thows a huge punch but Brott dodges it nicely.
Brott is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hearts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brott is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts is thwarting Brott's attempts to control the position.
Hearts throwing shots but Brott is blocking nicely.
Hearts lands strikes from half guard.
Hearts throwing shots but Brott is blocking nicely.
Brott is controlling Hearts's trapped leg to prevent Hearts from advancing to side control.
Hearts is pressing down on Brott's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brott is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearts throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brott to regain full guard.
Hearts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hearts stopping the sweep attempt from Brott.
Hearts trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brott is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearts won't allow Brott to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sluggo Brott.
Brott misses with a looping left.
Hearts's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hearts duly obliges.
Brott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hearts looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brott fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hearts to the ground. Brott is now in Hearts's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brott wants to control from the top but Hearts keeps moving.
Brott throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sluggo Brott dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hearts tries to clinch but Brott is having none of it.
Hearts throws an overhand right that lands on Brott's shoulder, as Brott tries to avoid the shot.
Brott lands with a hook. Hearts tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brott throws a head kick that misses.
A low kick from Hearts misses
and Brott counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Brott wants to advance to full mount but Hearts doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Hearts bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brott's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearts throwing strikes but missing.
Hearts throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brott will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hearts is in close to Brott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Brott wants to sweep but no luck.
Hearts wants to control from the top but Brott keeps moving.
A J Hearts has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hearts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hearts won't allow Brott to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brott is trying to control the position but Hearts postures up.
Brott wants to sweep here but Hearts controlling him for the moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hearts shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brott is trying to defend but Hearts finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hearts throwing shots but Brott is blocking nicely.
Hearts is trying to control. Brott wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brott is doing well to control the position and prevent Hearts from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearts is looking to advance position but Brott won't allow it.
Brott is looking to control Hearts's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brott avoid being mounted?
Hearts prevents Brott from improving his position.
Brott is refusing to be controlled, as Hearts sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A J Hearts has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brott just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearts throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Brott was covering up waiting for the punch and Hearts finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Brott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hearts.
Brott has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brott is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brott seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hearts is trying to keep Brott in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but A J Hearts just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hearts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brott.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brott.
Hearts checks the leg kick.
Brott slaps away a takedown attempt from Hearts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brott throws a low kick but Hearts moves out of range easily.
Hearts digs a good body shot into Brott's ribs.
Hearts drives through and clinches with Brott against the cage.
Hearts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hearts as Brott tries to tie him up.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brott tries a body shot but Hearts blocks it.
Hearts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brott's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Brott.
Brott has had enough of the clinch but Hearts keeps him there for the moment.
Brott scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brott blocking some punches.
Brott throws a head punch that misses.
Hearts has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brott is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hearts blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Brott fails to land.
Brott is trying to drag Hearts to the mat but Hearts just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brott misses with a punch to the body.
Brott drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brott looking to slow down the pace here.
Brott misses with a punch on the inside.
Brott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hearts is keeping busy.
Brott throws a punch but it's blocked by Hearts.
Hearts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hearts tries a body shot but Brott blocks it.
Brott blocks a body shot from Hearts.
Brott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brott tries a body shot but Hearts blocks it.
Hearts lands a shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hearts swings wildly with an uppercut but Brott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearts stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brott.
Brott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hearts's elbow.
Hearts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brott backwards.
Brott working aggressively here.
Brott misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Brott.
Hearts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brott's elbow.
Brott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hearts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hearts ducks under a wild hook from Brott.
Brott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hearts uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brott has time to react.
Brott throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hearts on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brott connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hearts cracks Brott with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hearts scores with a hook.
Hearts connects with a crisp jab.
Brott misses with a hook.
Brott is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice straight punches there by Brott. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brott.
Brott misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hearts takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brott tries to work over Hearts's front leg with a kick but Hearts checks it.
Hearts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brott is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but A J Hearts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Brott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brott jabs at Hearts's body.
Brott looks to land a left hand but Hearts moved out of range nicely.
Hearts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brott at a distance.
Brott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearts.
Brott shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hearts sprawls well. Hearts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brott gets slowly back to his feet.
Brott misses with a body shot.
Brott throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hearts counters with a single leg into guard. Brott didn't expect that.
Brott is controlling Hearts's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts throwing strikes but missing.
Hearts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brott looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hearts is one step ahead there.
Hearts looking to pass the guard.
A J Hearts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts controls from within his opponent's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sluggo Brott wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nice uppercut there from Hearts.
Hearts shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Brott manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hearts sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brott is adopting a defensive guard.
Sluggo Brott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brott 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.
Brott being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. A J Hearts wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hearts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hearts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hearts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brott misses with a kick to the body.
Brott throws out a leg kick but Hearts moves out of range and Brott only half commits.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brott on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hearts misses with a leg kick
and Brott counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hearts's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brott distracts Hearts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to A J Hearts.
I think Hearts 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... A J Hearts!
A J Hearts decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Belleville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belleville comes to the cage accompanied by The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid . Nazarethyan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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153 lbs
24 - 6 - 0 |
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Belleville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belleville misses with a double jab
and Nazarethyan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Belleville keeping moving, preventing Nazarethyan from controlling successfully.
Belleville working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nazarethyan.
Belleville is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nazarethyan forces his way into half guard.
Belleville is trying is best to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belleville taking some punishment here, with Nazarethyan in his half guard.
Belleville tries to get to full guard but Nazarethyan has control of the leg.
Nazarethyan not doing much here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nazarethyan works his way into side control.
Nazarethyan looks up at the clock and then as Belleville takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nazarethyan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Belleville tries to improve position but can't.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Belleville is keeping him busy.
Belleville is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nazarethyan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belleville tries to buck Nazarethyan off but Nazarethyan is having none of it.
Nazarethyan working the ground and pound but Belleville is defending the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belleville holds on to Nazarethyan's head and controls the position momentarily.
Belleville dodges the ground and pound from Nazarethyan.
Belleville is trying to control Nazarethyan's posture but Nazarethyan avoids it.
Nazarethyan lands some shots froms side control.
Belleville wants to control but Nazarethyan postures up.
Nazarethyan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Belleville is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Belleville avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nazarethyan.
Belleville tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nazarethyan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Belleville will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
You can see the frustration on Belleville's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nazarethyan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Belleville is looking for a sweep.
Nazarethyan tries to move into full mount but can't pass Belleville's legs.
Belleville is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nazarethyan off and has taken his back!
Belleville throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Nazarethyan rolls, trying to escape but Belleville keeps control of the position.
Nazarethyan covering up well under a series of strikes from Belleville.
Belleville lands shots from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Belleville.
Belleville not allowing Nazarethyan to control his hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belleville misses with an elbow to the head.
Good control from Belleville.
Nazarethyan covers up after that shot from Belleville.
Belleville thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Even with his hooks in, Belleville manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belleville missing with strikes from the back.
Nazarethyan tries to escape but Belleville has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Belleville connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Nazarethyan to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Suren Nazarethyan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belleville, right into the meat.
Belleville throws a shot from downtown. Nazarethyan moves away and avoids it.
Nazarethyan throws a series of punches but Belleville avoids them all with ease.
Belleville dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nazarethyan clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belleville creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nazarethyan is pressed up against the cage. Belleville has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nazarethyan down to the mat. Nazarethyan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nazarethyan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Belleville cracks Nazarethyan with an open hand slap.
Nazarethyan is rocked!
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!
Nazarethyan slips under a jab.
Nazarethyan is still on wobbly legs! Can Belleville finish him?
An inside leg kick lands from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Belleville uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Belleville is trying to maintain the position but Nazarethyan is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Belleville is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nazarethyan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nazarethyan's back!
Belleville throwing damaging strikes from the back! Nazarethyan could be in trouble here!
Belleville punches Nazarethyan on the ear.
I really don't envy Nazarethyan right now.
Nazarethyan defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Belleville missing with strikes.
Nazarethyan covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Suren Nazarethyan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Even with his hooks in, Belleville manages to miss with strikes from the back.
A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan breaks Belleville's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belleville being controlled here, momentarily.
Belleville looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Belleville not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Belleville will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Belleville 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.
Belleville has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nazarethyan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Belleville is keeping the position for now.
Belleville is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Benjamin Belleville wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nazarethyan lands a nice looking body shot.
Belleville throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nazarethyan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Nazarethyan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Belleville.
Nazarethyan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bellevilles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Belleville throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nazarethyan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Belleville has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nazarethyan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Belleville misses with a two punch combination.
Nice sprawl there from Belleville as Nazarethyan shoots in.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazarethyan. That's going to slow Belleville down.
Belleville will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nazarethyan cracks Belleville with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nazarethyan takes one on the button.
Belleville swats away the attempt to clinch by Nazarethyan.
Belleville throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nazarethyan counters with a single leg into guard. Belleville didn't expect that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarethyan landing some decent shots from guard.
Belleville avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Belleville wants to sweep here but Nazarethyan controlling him for the moment.
Nazarethyan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Belleville is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Belleville looking for a sweep. Not yet Belleville, not yet.
Nazarethyan is pushing down on Belleville's leg trying to pass to half guard. Belleville is fighting to maintain full guard but Nazarethyan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nazarethyan wants to take a breather but Belleville is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belleville tries to get to full guard but Nazarethyan has control of the leg.
Nazarethyan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nazarethyan passes to side control.
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 Benjamin Belleville will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nazarethyan cracks Belleville with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nazarethyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Belleville.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Nazarethyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nazarethyan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belleville walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nazarethyan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Belleville takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Belleville fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nazarethyan manages to avoid it.
Belleville takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belleville tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nazarethyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Belleville.
Nazarethyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Belleville.
Nazarethyan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nazarethyan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Belleville throws a half hearted mid kick.
Belleville takes a swing at Nazarethyan's ribcage but misses.
Nazarethyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Belleville is looking to wear down Nazarethyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nazarethyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Belleville.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belleville throws a big shot that misses.
Belleville blocks a head kick by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Belleville throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nazarethyan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Belleville is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nazarethyan cracks Belleville with a big elbow.
Nazarethyan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Belleville is keeping him busy.
Belleville gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nazarethyan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Nazarethyan is thwarting Belleville's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazarethyan wants to control but Belleville is keeping him busy.
Belleville makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belleville.
Nazarethyan wants to control from the top but Belleville keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nazarethyan looking to sit in guard and control but Belleville gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nazarethyan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Belleville.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belleville postures up in Nazarethyan's guard and throws a big left but Nazarethyan blocks it.
Belleville drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nazarethyan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nazarethyan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nazarethyan!
Belleville wants to control but Nazarethyan postures up.
Belleville is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nazarethyan slows the pace down.
The strikes coming from Nazarethyan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Belleville takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Belleville is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Nazarethyan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Belleville trying to hold on to Nazarethyan's head to control him but Nazarethyan postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Belleville has his hands clasped together around Nazarethyan's back. He's all about the action.
Belleville is looking to control Nazarethyan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Belleville avoid being mounted?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazarethyan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Belleville is trying to get back to full guard.
Nazarethyan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Belleville defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan wants to advance to full mount but Belleville doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Nazarethyan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nazarethyan preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Suren Nazarethyan really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Belleville scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Belleville pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nazarethyan is out of range and Belleville settles back down.
Belleville throws a combination. Nazarethyan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Suren Nazarethyan has been cut.
Belleville misses with a takedown attempt
and Nazarethyan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Belleville won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belleville taking a bit of punishment here - Nazarethyan scoring with strikes.
Belleville sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nazarethyan controlling the action here.
Nazarethyan is pressing down on Belleville's thigh, looking to free his foot. Belleville is holding on for now.
Nazarethyan is taking a breather. Belleville says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Belleville trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belleville trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Belleville is trying desperately to improve position.
Nazarethyan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Belleville is looking to escape.
Nazarethyan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Belleville is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Belleville can't escape the position.
Nazarethyan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Belleville's face.
Nazarethyan raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Nazarethyan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nazarethyan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Belleville is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan landing strikes from the mount and Belleville is in trouble!
Belleville is rocked!
Belleville gets back to half guard.
Belleville makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belleville.
Belleville utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Belleville is trying to keep Nazarethyan in close.
Nazarethyan 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.
Nazarethyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nazarethyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Belleville 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.
Belleville looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Belleville is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nazarethyan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Nazarethyan cracks Belleville with a solid left hand.
Nazarethyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Belleville is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Belleville seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Benjamin Belleville has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Belleville scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nazarethyan in his tracks.
A head kick misses from Nazarethyan.
Belleville lands with a thumping leg kick.
Belleville misses with a two punch combination.
Nazarethyan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nazarethyan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarethyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Belleville throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belleville throws a jab when Nazarethyan was well out of range.
A big right from Belleville misses.
Nazarethyan lands a right hook to the body.
Belleville misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazarethyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benjamin Belleville is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left lands for Nazarethyan.
Belleville throws a head kick that misses.
Belleville throws a right hand that Nazarethyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Nazarethyan also avoids with ease.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nazarethyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Belleville throws a leg kick
and Nazarethyan counters with an outside leg kick.
Nazarethyan stuns Belleville with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Belleville is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belleville with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nazarethyan to score with a decent uppercut.
Belleville throws a head kick but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Belleville throws the left hand but Nazarethyan avoids the punch easily.
Belleville misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Suren Nazarethyan dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Suren Nazarethyan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nazarethyan connects with a looping right hand.
Nazarethyan blocks a leg kick.
A left lands for Nazarethyan.
Belleville on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nazarethyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Belleville misses with a wild body shot.
Nazarethyan checks a low kick from Belleville.
Nazarethyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nazarethyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Belleville's calf.
Belleville throws a leg kick
and Nazarethyan moves into the clinch.
Belleville misses with the head strike.
Nazarethyan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Belleville up against the cage.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Belleville as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan wants to stall.
Belleville misses with some punches.
Belleville pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belleville ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazarethyan moves away.
Belleville throws a leg kick which misses Nazarethyan's front leg but catches the back leg as Nazarethyan tries to avoid it.
Nazarethyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nazarethyan clobbers Belleville with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Benjamin Belleville is winning the standup battle so far.
Belleville lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belleville manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belleville.
Belleville walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Belleville misses with a body shot.
Benjamin Belleville seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belleville tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belleville closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nazarethyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benjamin Belleville has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan blocking some punches.
Nazarethyan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Belleville tries to circle away but Nazarethyan has him pinned against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belleville misses with a short punch on the inside.
Belleville misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Belleville controls his hands.
Nazarethyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belleville misses with a body punch.
Belleville tries to work over Nazarethyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nazarethyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Belleville fails to land.
Belleville scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Belleville struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazarethyan controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belleville working aggressively here.
Belleville stalling.
Belleville misses with some punches.
Belleville working aggressively here.
Belleville breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nazarethyan.
Belleville tries to clinch up.
Belleville digs a good body shot into Nazarethyan's ribs.
Nazarethyan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Belleville is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan stuffs the takedown.
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.
Belleville misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Belleville stuffs the takedown attempt from Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan gets slowly back to his feet.
Nazarethyan gets a double leg takedown into Belleville's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belleville throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Belleville has wrist control.
Belleville pulls Nazarethyan in close to prevent any damage.
Belleville controls Nazarethyan momentarily but Nazarethyan frees himself.
We're going to have a standup here because Benjamin Belleville wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Belleville throws a jab when Nazarethyan was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belleville throws a head kick but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Belleville throws a low kick but Nazarethyan moves out of range easily.
Nazarethyan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Belleville napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nazarethyan blocks the strikes from Belleville.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Suren Nazarethyan.
I think Nazarethyan 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:49
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
A very excited looking Suren Nazarethyan 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Takanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable. The crowd seem to be enjoying Takanen's choice of entrance music: Krayzie Bone - Murda Mo. 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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156 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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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
61 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
46 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Esko Takanen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen throws a low kick but Takanen moves out of range easily.
Takanen throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Takanen down.
Jokinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Takanen misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen is looking to slow Takanen down with leg kicks.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Takanen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen closes the distance and pushes Takanen back into the cage.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takanen blocking some punches.
Takanen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takanen pushes Jokinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jokinen is working Takanen over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takanen lands a nice uppercut.
Takanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takanen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokinen's elbow.
Takanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen'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.
Takanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takanen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Takanen under the eye.
Takanen moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Jokinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takanen.
Nice body kick from Jokinen.
Takanen blocks the body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Takanen. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Takanen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Takanen connects with a nice looking jab.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Takanen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jokinen doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen looks to throw the jab but Takanen is out of range.
Takanen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Takanen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jokinen's head backwards.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown but Takanen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Takanen throws a leg kick which misses Jokinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jokinen tries to avoid it.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Takanen.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takanen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jokinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Esko Takanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Takanen moved out of range.
Jokinen moves in looking to clinch but Takanen pushes him off.
Takanen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Takanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
A head kick from Jokinen lands but Takanen takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen throws a low kick, looking for Jokinen's leg but Jokinen calmly moves out of range.
Takanen throws out a leg kick but Jokinen moves out of range and Takanen only half commits.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Takanen moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takanen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jokinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Jokinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takanen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jokinen's knee momentarily.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takanen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jokinen 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.
Jokinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Takanen should have avoided that one.
Takanen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jokinen lands with a hook. Takanen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Takanen.
Takanen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokinen at a distance.
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!
Jokinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takanen avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Takanen connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Jokinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Takanen defends well and Jokinen ends up having to push Takanen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jokinen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jokinen seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takanen backwards.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Takanen controls the action.
Jokinen tries to work over Takanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takanen blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Takanen misses with the head strike.
Takanen misses with some punches.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Takanen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Takanen lands with a hook. Jokinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jokinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Good work by Takanen as he checks the leg kick.
Takanen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Takanen scores with a jab to the head.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Takanen takes one to the side of the head.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takanen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Jokinen misses its intended target.
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!
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Takanen.
Jokinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takanen.
Jokinen throws a wild body kick that Takanen sees coming a mile off.
Takanen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Takanen takes one on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen stuns Takanen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Takanen avoids the punch easily.
Jokinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Takanen throws a leg kick which misses Jokinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jokinen tries to avoid it.
Takanen feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Takanen's head.
Jokinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Otso Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takanen moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Jokinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takanen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jokinen's hands.
Jokinen missing with a left hand there. Takanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Takanen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Takanen sees it coming and checks it 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!
Takanen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanen is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
Takanen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Takanen avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Takanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Takanen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A lazy left from Jokinen finds it's target.
Takanen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Takanen.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Takanen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Takanen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
Jokinen throws the left hand but Takanen avoids the punch easily.
Takanen cracks a nice hook into Jokinen's ribs.
Jokinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jokinen misses with some punches.
Takanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takanen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Takanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takanen.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Takanen misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takanen lands a right hand.
Takanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanen prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
Takanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Takanen lands a body shot.
Takanen misses with some punches.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Jokinen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Takanen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takanen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Takanen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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 Otso Jokinen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Takanen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jokinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Takanen saw that one coming.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Takanen lands with a shot to the body.
Takanen lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.
Takanen misses the shot to the body.
Takanen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Takanen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takanen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jokinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Takanen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jokinen swings for the body but Takanen moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking cross lands there for Takanen.
Takanen takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Takanen thumps Jokinen with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Takanen connects with an inside leg kick.
Takanen cracks Jokinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Takanen tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Takanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Jokinen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Takanen is trying to defend but Jokinen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Takanen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jokinen prevents Takanen from improving his position.
Jokinen wants to control but Takanen is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen prevents Takanen from getting back to his feet.
Takanen keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Takanen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jokinen manages to get himself to full guard.
Jokinen has his hands on Takanen's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen trying to control the position from guard on top but Jokinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Takanen is having none of it.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takanen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jokinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanen throws a leg kick but Jokinen checks it.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Takanen moves away and avoids it.
Takanen connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Jokinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Takanen moves out of range of the body kick.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Takanen throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen throws a right hand that Takanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Takanen also avoids with ease.
Takanen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Takanen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jokinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to Jokinen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takanen's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takanen.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Takanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Otso Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Takanen really dominated that round.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Takanen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Takanen slips the punch.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Takanen.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Takanen's shoulder, as Takanen tries to avoid the shot.
Takanen throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Takanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Takanen moved away.
Takanen works the jab nicely.
Takanen checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Takanen lands the left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takanen.
Jokinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Takanen checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen drives through and clinches with Takanen against the cage.
Jokinen just leaning against Takanen, taking a breather.
Takanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Takanen prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
Takanen tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Takanen lands a right hand.
Jokinen is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takanen prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanen working aggressively here.
Jokinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takanen controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takanen controls his hands.
A bit of stalling here from Jokinen.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takanen controls his hands.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Takanen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takanen misses with some punches.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
Takanen digs a right hand underneath Jokinen's ribcage. Jokinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takanen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takanen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Takanen blocks an uppercut.
Takanen lands a body punch.
Takanen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jokinen blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Takanen fails to land.
Jokinen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takanen's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Takanen fails to land.
Takanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takanen digs a right hand underneath Jokinen's ribcage. Jokinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Takanen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Takanen gets through Jokinen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Takanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takanen has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Takanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takanen as Jokinen tries to tie him up.
Takanen lands with a left to the head.
Jokinen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
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 lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Takanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Takanen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Takanen dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Takanen throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Takanen avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Takanen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen looks to throw the jab but Takanen is out of range.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen throws a nice head kick!
A punch combination from Takanen misses.
Takanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takanen misses with a series of wild punches.
Takanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike.
Jokinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takanen looking to stall.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Takanen is looking to control Jokinen's arms but Jokinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takanen has his back to the cage.
Takanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Takanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Takanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen gets through Takanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen avoiding damage.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
Takanen blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Takanen misses with some punches.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from Takanen.
Takanen breaks from the clinch.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takanen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range and Takanen settles back down.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good exchange - Takanen coming out on top.
Some wild striking there from Takanen.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Takanen ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jokinen lands with a nice body punch.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but Takanen circles away.
Takanen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Takanen moves out of range easily.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Takanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jokinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Takanen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Takanen throws a head kick that Jokinen semi-blocks.
Takanen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Takanen 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.
Takanen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Takanen moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Jokinen blocks the leg kick.
Takanen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokinen under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Takanen checks it well.
Takanen connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Takanen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jokinen momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Takanen blocks the low kick.
Takanen lands with a nice body punch.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Takanen blocks the leg kick.
Takanen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen throws a shot to the body.
Takanen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jokinen backs up against the cage.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but Takanen circles away.
Takanen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Esko Takanen.
I think Takanen 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 48:48
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Esko Takanen!
Esko Takanen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Comfortably Numb. Moretti has chosen CHANGES as his entrance music. 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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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Enzo Moretti!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt avoids the body shot from Moretti.
Moretti misses with a right hand
and Hunt counters with a single leg into guard. Moretti didn't expect that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Moretti keeping full guard, as Hunt tries to pass.
Moretti 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.
Moretti not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hunt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moretti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hunt is one step ahead there.
Hunt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moretti lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Moretti looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Moretti controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moretti wants to control for a moment but Hunt uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Moretti content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Moretti is looking to take a break and control but Hunt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Enzo Moretti wasn't active enough on the ground.
Moretti checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Moretti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunt lands an overhand right.
Moretti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moretti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Hunt misses the jab.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Moretti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hunt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Moretti scores with a head kick. Hunt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hunt looks to land a body kick but Moretti moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a low kick, looking for Moretti's leg but Moretti calmly moves out of range.
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Hunt lands a nice looking body shot.
Hunt avoids a kick to the body.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Moretti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Moretti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt thumps Moretti with a low kick.
Moretti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moretti misses with an uppercut.
Moretti misses with an uppercut.
Enzo Moretti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot lands for Moretti.
Hunt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hunt lands the left hand.
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 Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Moretti looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Good exchange - Hunt coming out on top.
Moretti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hunt's head backwards.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Moretti moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Hunt staying out of range there.
Moretti misses with a low kick.
Moretti checks a leg kick.
Moretti throws a low kick but Hunt avoids it.
Moretti misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Moretti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Moretti. Beautiful body shot.
Hunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hunt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hunt under the eye.
Moretti scores with a push kick.
Hunt scores with a nice head shot.
Hunt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt throws a series of strikes that have Moretti backpedaling.
Hunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hunt misses with a hook. Moretti ducked under it nicely.
Moretti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moretti cracks the inside of Hunt's front leg.
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Moretti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. Moretti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Moretti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hunt lands a jab to Moretti's midsection.
Moretti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunt moves out of range of the body kick.
Moretti misses with a low kick.
Moretti throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hunt throws a solid leg kick but Moretti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hunt.
Hunt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moretti tries to avoid it but Hunt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moretti to the ground. Moretti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Merik Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hunt preventing the sweep.
Hunt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt being controlled here momentarily.
Let's hope that Moretti has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hunt trying to control but Moretti is working from the bottom.
Hunt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moretti is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Moretti's head.
Hunt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Moretti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hunt is fighting to break Moretti's control of his arms but Moretti is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Enzo Moretti.
Moretti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hunt to score with a decent uppercut.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Moretti.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Hunt moves out of range as Moretti strikes.
Hunt avoids the head kick by Moretti.
Hunt tests Moretti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt throws a jab when Moretti was well out of range.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Moretti uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
Merik Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt thumps Moretti with a low kick.
Moretti moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
Moretti misses with a body kick.
Hunt wants to slow Moretti down by chopping away at his legs.
Moretti misses with a two punch combination.
Moretti takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Moretti moves out of range.
Hunt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Moretti jabs Hunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Moretti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Moretti blocks a head kick by Hunt.
A jab from Moretti does it's job there.
A jab from Moretti misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt blocks a jab.
Moretti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moretti scores with a nice strike.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moretti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hunt.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Hunt.
Moretti cracks Hunt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hunt misses with a straight right.
Moretti misses with a hook.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Moretti off balance momentarily.
Moretti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Moretti throws a poor cross that misses
and Hunt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moretti won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moretti wants to control but Hunt postures up.
Hunt landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Moretti parries the strikes from Hunt easily there. Hunt is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Moretti to escape.
Moretti is not content to let Hunt control the position.
Moretti manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Moretti is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunt is pressing down on Moretti's thigh, looking to free his foot. Moretti is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti controlling the position for now.
Moretti wants to control but Hunt is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hunt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Moretti is positioning himself well to prevent Hunt advancing to mount.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Enzo Moretti wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hunt throws a head kick but Moretti moves out of range.
Moretti moves out of range of the strikes.
Merik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Moretti scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
Hunt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moretti connects with a leg kick. Hunt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Moretti throws a leg kick but Hunt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moretti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Moretti throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily.
Hunt swings widly with a right hand
and Moretti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt throws a leg kick but Moretti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Moretti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt thuds his right hand into Moretti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Hunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Moretti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hunt scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Merik Hunt did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moretti moves away.
Moretti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hunt throws a sloppy body shot
and Moretti counters with a three punch combo that has Hunt backing up. Hunt nods at Moretti to acknowledge the strikes.
Moretti lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Moretti.
A big left from Moretti misses.
Hunt cracks Moretti with a good jab.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moretti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hunt misses with a few strikes there.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Moretti moved out of range nicely.
Moretti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Hunt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moretti momentarily.
Moretti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hunt counters with a single leg into guard. Moretti didn't expect that.
Merik Hunt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moretti controlling the position.
Hunt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moretti swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Moretti trying to control the position.
Hunt tries to free his leg and advance position but Moretti is retaining full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Enzo Moretti was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Moretti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Hunt finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Moretti finds it's target.
Moretti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moretti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moretti pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hunt looks to throw the jab but Moretti is out of range.
Hunt cracks the inside of Moretti's front leg.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Moretti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moretti lands a nice looking body kick.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Moretti counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Moretti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moretti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Moretti moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hunt throws a solid leg kick but Moretti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hunt.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moretti.
Moretti thuds his right hand into Hunt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hunt tries to bum rush Moretti with a series of wild strikes but Moretti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hunt shoots in but Moretti avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Moretti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hunt throws a hook but Moretti avoids it easily.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moretti doesn't seem bothered though.
Moretti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moretti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hunt misses with the combination.
Moretti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moretti scores with a spinning back kick!
Hunt 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Moretti.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moretti tries to avoid it but Hunt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moretti to the ground. Moretti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
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 Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hunt swings widly with a right hand
and Moretti counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hunt shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Moretti manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hunt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Moretti wants to sweep but no luck.
Moretti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hunt.
Hunt wants to pass the guard but Moretti is keeping the position.
Moretti not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moretti controlling the position.
Hunt tries to free his leg and advance position but Moretti is retaining full guard.
Moretti keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Moretti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Moretti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hunt's sensitive parts.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Moretti thumps Hunt with a low kick.
Nice cross by Hunt.
Moretti lands a leg kick that knocks Hunt off balance momentarily.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moretti. That did some damage!
Hunt takes a swing at Moretti's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Hunt misses.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Enzo Moretti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt tries to land a leg kick but Moretti saw it coming and moves away.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Decent striking displayed by Moretti there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moretti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Moretti throws a sloppy head kick and Hunt moves out of range easily.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Moretti is just out of range.
Hunt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hunt 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.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hunt misses with a takedown
and Moretti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti scores with a jab.
Moretti tries to work over Hunt's front leg with a kick but Hunt checks it.
Hunt takes one on the button.
Hunt is rocked!
Moretti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oh Hunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moretti lands a right hook to the body.
Hunt seems to have got his legs back now.
Moretti throws an overhand right that drops Hunt like a sack of potatoes! Moretti dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enzo Moretti!
In his post fight interview, Enzo Moretti gave a big smile as he said 'Brazil sucks. I'm calling out Sativa Sensei. I'll set my sliders to kick your ass the next time we fight!'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Lomax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to UFC Theme Song. Lomax is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ace of Spades. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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
35 - 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
54 - 13 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clint Lomax!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva tries a low kick but Lomax avoids it.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lomax is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Lomax throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lomax lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Lomax tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Lomax blocks the body kick.
We've been informed that Lomax 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.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lomax.
Lomax avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lomax throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lomax tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva tries to land a body kick
and Lomax counters with an inside leg kick.
Lomax checks a low kick from Silva.
Lomax throws a half hearted mid kick.
Clint Lomax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lomax takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax with a jab.
Lomax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Lomax's leg but Lomax calmly moves out of range.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lomax is able to avoid easily.
A left lands for Lomax.
Lomax just misses with a punch to the body.
Lomax avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lomax tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Lomax throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Lomax misses its intended target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lomax.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lomax, right into the meat.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Lomax moves his leg out of the way.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lomax rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lomax fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lomax.
Lomax takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Lomax moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lomax.
Silva defending well as Lomax loads up on a big left hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lomax.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lomax, right into the meat.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lomax tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomax throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Lomax lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lomax throws a body kick that misses.
Lomax tries to clinch up.
A jab from Lomax misses.
A swing and a miss from Lomax.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Lomax will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva pushes Lomax up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lomax struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Lomax scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lomax can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lomax backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Lomax goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva tries a body shot but Lomax blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Lomax fails to land.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Lomax uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lomax blocks a body shot from Silva.
Lomax misses with the head strike.
Lomax tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Lomax blocking some punches.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Lomax.
Silva is looking to clinch but Lomax is avoiding it.
Lomax tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lomax throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch but Lomax moves out of range.
Lomax looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Lomax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lomax throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lomax misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax connects with a single shot there.
Lomax swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lomax checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Lomax moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Lomax throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Lomax throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Lomax takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Lomax moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Lomax ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Lomax throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lomax tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lomax is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lomax throws a big shot that misses.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Lomax circles away.
Lomax moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lomax blocks a leg kick.
Lomax throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lomax swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rafa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Lomax pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lomax looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Lomax looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lomax moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Lomax throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lomax misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomax defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Lomax lands with a good body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lomax fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lomax wants to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Lomax lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lomax.
Lomax thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lomax throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lomax takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva checks a low kick from Lomax.
Lomax throws a lazy uppercut
and Lomax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lomax's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lomax will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Lomax keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lomax throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lomax steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva slips under a jab.
Lomax misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lomax lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Lomax counters with an inside leg kick.
Lomax throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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 Rafa Silva will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lomax works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lomax throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Lomax lands with a slapping head kick.
Lomax moves out of range of the body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Lomax there.
Lomax with a hook.
Lomax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lomax makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Lomax moves his leg out of the way.
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.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lomax slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lomax uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a low kick as Lomax jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Lomax misses with a low kick.
Lomax lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Lomax misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lomax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lomax.
Silva blocks a head kick by Lomax.
Lomax fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Lomax scores with a jab to the head.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Lomax avoids a kick to the body.
A jab from Lomax finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lomax swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lomax misses with a kick to the body.
Lomax misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a low kick but Lomax moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Lomax there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lomax thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lomax on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lomax throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lomax.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lomax turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomax is just out of range.
Lomax has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Lomax gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Lomax is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lomax.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Lomax throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Lomax drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lomax tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lomax is looking to score with low kicks.
Lomax moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lomax throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Lomax throws a big shot that misses.
Lomax on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Lomax throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lomax looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Rafa Silva 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!
Lomax blocks a jab.
Lomax misses with a low kick.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lomax misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Lomax is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva feints and then cracks Lomax's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lomax down.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lomax. That one must have hurt.
Lomax slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lomax misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lomax.
Lomax lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lomax lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva checks a low kick from Lomax.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax throws a leg kick
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Lomax sees coming a mile off.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Lomax misses with a wild body shot.
Lomax throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Lomax throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Lomax throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lomax displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Lomax fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lomax.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Lomax takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lomax thumps Silva with a low kick.
Lomax loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva slips a straight right by Lomax.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Lomax just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva takes a swing at Lomax's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a head kick but Lomax moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lomax throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lomax.
Lomax jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Lomax misses with a head kick.
Lomax fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws the left hand but Lomax avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lomax throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lomax.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Lomax pushes him off.
Lomax tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva swinging wildly here.
That kick from Lomax tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lomax dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lomax can pounce on him.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Lomax with an uppercut!
Lomax scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Lomax fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lomax.
Lomax misses with a looping right.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lomax. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Lomax misses its intended target.
Lomax tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lomax fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Lomax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Lomax dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lomax finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lomax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lomax throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Lomax explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lomax throws a good cross that connects.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lomax.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lomax walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Lomax throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Lomax's knee but Lomax avoids it well.
Lomax scores with a nice body kick.
Lomax tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lomax.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Lomax's side.
Lomax throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lomax is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Lomax throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws a leg kick but Lomax sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lomax missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Lomax stumbling back into the cage.
Lomax dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Clint Lomax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva works Lomax's body with a nice hook.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lomax.
Lomax scores with a leg kick.
Lomax has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Lomax closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Lomax's head.
Lomax misses with a looping right.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lomax.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lomax.
Lomax lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lomax connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lomax. Lomax circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lomax throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Lomax with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lomax throws a right hand that misses
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lomax avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva jabs Lomax right on the nose. Lomax blinks but takes it well.
Lomax turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lomax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Lomax misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Lomax checks a low kick from Silva.
Lomax misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lomax throws out the jab.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lomax misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva avoids the head kick by Lomax.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Lomax has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lomax bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lomax looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Lomax takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Clint Lomax.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 47:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a draw!
Rafa Silva retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Magneto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magneto comes to the cage accompanied by Rise Against - Injection. Jordan has chosen Dawn of the Dead by Does it Offend you, yeah? as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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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
32 - 13 - 5, fighting out of London, Maximus Magneto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magneto connects with a solid leg kick.
Magneto bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice defenses there by Magneto.
Jordan checks a leg kick.
Jordan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Magneto, pushing him back against the cage.
Jordan tries to stall but Magneto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Magneto tries to throw a body punch but Jordan avoids it by throwing Magneto back against the cage.
Jordan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Magneto tries a body shot but Jordan blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Magneto.
Jordan trying to control the position but instead, Magneto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jordan into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jordan fails to land.
Jordan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Magneto blocking some punches.
Jordan managing to block the knees to the body from Magneto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magneto.
Magneto lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan misses with a punch on the inside.
Jordan digs a right hand into Magneto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Magneto's gas tank.
Magneto misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Magneto.
Magneto lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magneto.
Still in the clinch, Jordan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Magneto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Magneto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magneto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jordans head.
Magneto swings wildly with an uppercut but Jordan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Magneto misses with a knee to the head.
Magneto lands a nice uppercut.
Jordan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jordan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magneto lands a shoulder strike.
Magneto blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jordan stalling in the clinch but Magneto improves position.
Jordan struggles to land a body shot inside as Magneto controls his hands.
Magneto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magneto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jordan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jordan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jordan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jordan blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Magneto looking to throw knees to the head but Jordan is blocking nicely.
Jordan misses with a body punch.
Magneto swings wildly with an uppercut but Jordan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jordan lands a shoulder strike.
Magneto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan struggles to land a body shot inside as Magneto controls his hands.
Magneto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Magneto.
Magneto gets through Jordan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Magneto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jordan's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Magneto.
Magneto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jordan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jordan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Magneto.
Jordan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magneto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magneto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Jordan.
A shot in the inside from Jordan.
Jordan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magneto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jordan backwards.
Jordan misses with a punch on the inside.
Jordan lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan lands a hook that snaps the head of Magneto backwards.
Jordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan blocks an uppercut.
Magneto misses with the head strike.
A short left from Jordan.
A short uppercut from Magneto.
Magneto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jordan is defending well for now.
Jordan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magneto's elbow.
Magneto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan tries a body shot but Magneto blocks it.
Magneto tries a body shot but Jordan blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Magneto.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
Magneto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magneto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jordan blocking some punches.
Jordan swings wildly with an uppercut but Magneto uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Magneto.
Magneto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jordan.
Magneto can't find room to land a body shot as Jordan controls the action.
Magneto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jordan.
Jordan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Magneto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Magneto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jordan scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magneto working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Magneto fails to land.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
Magneto tries to work over Jordan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jordan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jordan lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hal Jordan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jordan throws a nice looking combination but Magneto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jordan wants to clinch.
Magneto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jordan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice uppercut lands for Jordan. That snapped Magneto's head back.
Jordan throws a hook to the side of Magneto's head but Magneto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magneto looks to throw the jab but Jordan is out of range.
Magneto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jordan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jordan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Magneto is rocked!
Magneto moves in looking to clinch but Jordan pushes him off.
Oh Magneto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magneto throws a wild body kick that Jordan sees coming a mile off.
Magneto seems to have got his legs back now.
Jordan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jordan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Magneto in his tracks.
Jordan throws a leg kick which misses Magneto's front leg but catches the back leg as Magneto tries to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Magneto.
Jordan looks to score with a jab to the body but Magneto is just out of range.
Magneto has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jordan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Magneto, pushing him back against the cage.
Jordan lands with a left to the head.
Jordan misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jordan.
Jordan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magneto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jordan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Magneto or not.
Jordan pushes Magneto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Jordan.
Magneto throws a punch but it's blocked by Jordan.
Jordan swings wildly with an uppercut but Magneto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jordan controlling the action here for a moment.
Jordan misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magneto crunches a lovely knee into Jordan's ribcage.
Jordan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magneto backwards.
Jordan lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Jordan fails to land.
Jordan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magneto lands a body shot.
Magneto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Magneto can't find room to land a body shot as Jordan controls the action.
Jordan is leaning against Magneto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Magneto throws a head punch that misses.
Magneto misses with a body punch.
Jordan lands with a right to the head.
Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Jordan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jordan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jordan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jordan throws out a leg kick but Magneto moves out of range and Jordan only half commits.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Magneto does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jordan throws out a leg kick but Magneto moves out of range and Jordan only half commits.
Jordan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magneto manages to avoid it.
Jordan lunges at Magneto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magneto's hand.
Magneto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Magneto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jordan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Magneto fails to land with a series of punches.
Jordan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Magneto.
Magneto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jordan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Magneto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jordan was well out of range. Poor timing from Magneto.
Jordan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Magneto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Jordan misses
and Magneto counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magneto connects with a jab.
Jordan looks to score with a jab to the body but Magneto is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jordan.
Jordan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Magneto under the eye.
Jordan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jordan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jordan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magneto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magneto misses with a kick to the body.
Magneto throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jordan avoids the body shot from Magneto.
Magneto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jordan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hal Jordan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jordan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Magneto's calf.
Hal Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Magneto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hal Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jordan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jordan sizes up Magneto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jordan throws a good cross that connects.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Magneto, as that shot connected.
Magneto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jordan throws a looping overhand right but Magneto ducks down to avoid it.
Jordan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Magneto counters with a nice body shot.
Jordan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jordan checks a leg kick.
Magneto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magneto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magneto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for Magneto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magneto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jordan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jordan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Magneto on the side of the head.
Magneto cracks Jordan with an open hand slap.
BOOM! Jordan lands a beautiful left hook that drops Magneto. Magneto tries to recover but Jordan is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Magneto lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hal Jordan!
Hal Jordan is the new middleweight champion!
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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark comes to the cage accompanied by All Fired Up. Eddie Clark had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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180 lbs
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178 lbs
28 - 8 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Clark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Junior!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior slips under a jab.
Clark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Junior lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Clark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Junior circles away quickly and effectively.
Junior takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Junior throws a sloppy head kick and Clark moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clark.
Junior missing with a left hand there. Clark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Clark's head coaches at Datsik's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clark, right into the meat.
Clark displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Junior.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Junior slips a jab from Clark.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Junior moves away.
Junior throws a wild body kick that Clark sees coming a mile off.
Junior lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clark, right into the meat.
Junior cracks a nice hook into Clark's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark throws a body kick that misses.
Junior finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Clark scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Jorge Junior has been cut.
Junior lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Junior misses with a hook
and Clark counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Junior misses with a hook.
Junior stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Junior throws out a powerful jab.
Junior moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Junior misses with an uppercut
and Clark counters with a nice double leg into side control. Junior won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Junior taking a bit of punishment here - Clark scoring with strikes.
Junior parries the strikes from Clark easily there. Clark is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Junior to escape.
Clark is looking to take a break and control but Junior is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Junior is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior controls the position for a moment.
Junior tries to bench press Clark off him but Clark keeps the position.
Clark in side control, throwing shots but Junior defends.
Clark looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Junior is avoiding damage well.
Clark working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Clark just content to control the position.
Junior is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Clark's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior works his way to full guard. Good work.
Junior 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.
Clark tries to free his leg and advance position but Junior is retaining full guard.
Junior working a defensive guard here.
Clark works over Junior with some ground and pound from guard.
Clark postures up and lands a big shot to Junior's brow.
Clark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Junior bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Clark's guard.
Junior throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Clark 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.
Junior with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Junior stands and throws Clark's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Junior is working Clark over with some ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Clark's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Junior trying to control the action but Clark is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Junior looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Clark is avoiding damage well.
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 Eddie Clark will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jorge Junior's cut.
That's time! Clark's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Junior shoots in but Clark avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Junior throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Junior avoids a kick to the body.
Clark drives through and clinches with Junior against the cage.
Junior working hard to break the clinch.
Clark scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Clark.
Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Clark finds it's way through Junior's defenses.
Nice uppercut there from Junior.
Clark misses with a head kick.
Clark throws a head kick that misses.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Clark fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Junior.
Junior misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Junior uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clark.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Clark does it's job there.
Junior takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Clark throws a jab when Junior was well out of range.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Junior moves out of range of the body kick.
Junior misses with a wild body shot.
Eddie Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Junior lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Junior throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Junior's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clark under the eye.
Clark connects with an inside leg kick.
Jorge Junior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark stuns Junior with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clark misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior throws a jab when Clark was well out of range.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a head kick that misses.
Clark displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Junior.
Clark wants to land a leg kick but Junior is out of range.
Clark digs a good hook to Junior's body.
Junior connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Junior blocks a jab.
Junior lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Junior ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Junior misses.
Clark thuds a left hand into Junior's body.
Jab from Junior.
Junior lands a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Junior shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clark looking to hit a scissor sweep but Junior is one step ahead there.
Clark controls Junior momentarily but Junior frees himself.
Junior in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Junior has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Clark looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Junior puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Junior works his way into side control.
Junior trying to control the position but Clark is working away.
Junior throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Clark works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junior trying to pass the guard but Clark defending well.
Well, if Junior is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Junior wants to pass to mount but Clark is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Junior wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clark keeps working.
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 Eddie Clark will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jorge Junior's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Junior's head but Junior sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Junior uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Junior takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Junior scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clark is trying to get back to full guard.
Junior moves into full mount! Clark won't be happy about that!
Junior raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior tries to control but Clark wriggling away.
Junior looking to finish with strikes here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is in a horrible position here. Junior smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Clark regains half guard.
Junior is keen to just control but Clark is a slippery customer.
Junior looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Clark is staying active underneath Junior, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clark trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark wants to control but Junior is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Junior missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Clark is controlling Junior's trapped leg to prevent Junior from advancing to side control.
Clark avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junior.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior lands with a nice body punch.
Junior is looking to slow Clark down with leg kicks.
A jab lands there for Junior.
Junior lands a nice looking kick to the body. Clark takes a step back to recover.
Clark throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clark throws a lazy uppercut
so Junior counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Clark wants to sweep but no luck.
Junior distracts Clark with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clark is trying to keep Junior in close.
Junior missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Clark has momentary wrist control but Junior slips an elbow through the middle.
Junior wants to control from the top but Clark keeps moving.
Jorge Junior has got the better of the ground game so far.
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!
Clark trying to control the position.
Junior landing with the ground and pound.
Clark manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Clark raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Junior wants to hold on but Clark pushes him away.
Junior is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Junior really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Junior's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Clark getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clark takes one on the button.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Junior.
Junior misses with a low kick.
Clark tries to score with a low kick but Junior moves his leg out of the way.
Junior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
Junior misses the shot to the body.
Junior moves away from the strike by Clark.
Junior throws a nice head kick!
Clark checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Clark misses with a body punch
and Junior counters with a takedown into side control.
Junior working the strikes but Clark uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior wants to pass the guard but Clark is defending well.
Junior seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Clark has recovered full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Junior is looking to work some ground and pound but Clark has wrist control.
Junior preventing the sweep.
Junior wants to control from the top but Clark keeps moving.
Junior postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Junior wants to pass the guard but Clark is keeping the position.
Junior won't allow Clark to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark strikes from his own guard.
Clark is trying to keep Junior in close.
Junior passes Clark's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Clark punching from the bottom.
Clark is defending against the submission attempts here by Junior.
Clark trying to get back to full guard but Junior takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Junior sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark is squirming around, avoiding Junior's attempts to control the action.
Junior can't control as he wanted to and Clark manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Junior throwing shots but Clark is blocking nicely.
Clark won't allow Junior to pass to mount.
Junior keeps trying to improve his position.
Junior is keen to just control but Clark is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to get to full guard but Junior has control of the leg.
Clark is working hard here to advance position.
Junior is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Clark!
Clark is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Junior in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Clark tries to reverse the position but Junior maintains control.
Junior with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Junior dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Junior'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. This is the final round!
Junior throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clark misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Clark.
Junior bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Junior is looking to take a break and control but Clark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Junior might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Clark haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Clark stops Junior from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior is looking to take a break and control but Clark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Junior cracks Clark with a big elbow.
Clark takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Junior throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Junior throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Clark is looking for a sweep.
Clark looking for a sweep but Junior has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior is stalling here but it's allowed Clark to get half guard.
Junior wants to pass to mount but Clark is defending the position.
Clark is looking to control Junior's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Clark avoid being mounted?
Junior wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Junior sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clark defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark is looking to improve his position.
Clark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Junior's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Junior's back!
Junior is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Clark.
Junior manages to reverse the position and now he's in Clark's guard. Nice work there by Junior.
Junior's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Junior is pushing down on Clark's leg trying to pass to half guard. Clark is fighting to maintain full guard but Junior has managed to sneak the leg through.
Junior is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Junior throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Junior connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Clark wants to control from the top but Junior keeps moving.
Clark is fighting to break Junior's control of his arms but Junior is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Clark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Junior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Junior looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clark is one step ahead there.
Clark working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Junior comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Junior 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 William Gold scores the fight 47:48
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Junior!
Jorge Junior is the new welterweight champion!
Jorge Junior decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick Tires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, La La La - Snoop Lion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
45 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brick Tires!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tires gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Brick Tires has been cut.
Tires moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
Douglas thows a leg kick but Tires checks it
and Tires counters with a stiff right hand.
Tires has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Douglas misses with an uppercut
and Tires counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Douglas.
Tires misses the body punch
and Douglas counters with a straight right hand.
Douglas is looking to land body kicks.
Tires darts in and clinches Douglas up against the cage.
Tires has a couple of punches blocked by Douglas.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tires's elbow.
Douglas breaks the clinch.
Tires chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Douglas can pounce on him.
Douglas throws a leg kick
letting Tires counter with a right hand.
Tires fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas thuds his right hand into Tires's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Douglas stuns Tires with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Douglas misses the jab.
Douglas moves out of range of the body kick.
Douglas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Douglas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Douglas.
Douglas throws a body punch but Tires moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Douglas.
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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Tires misses.
Douglas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Douglas swings for the body but Tires moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tires looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dustin Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tires swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires lands the left hand.
Douglas lands a really nice looking cross but Tires seems unphased.
Tires takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tires swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tires buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Douglas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Douglas scores with a jab to the body.
Douglas wants to land a leg kick but Tires is out of range.
Tires fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Tires rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Douglas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tires is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tires looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Douglas loads up on a big right hand but Tires slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tires. Tires circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Douglas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tires tries to move into range but Douglas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Douglas looks to score with a jab to the body but Tires is just out of range.
Tires fails with an attempt to clinch.
Douglas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tires can pounce on him.
Douglas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas tries a low kick but Tires avoids it.
Douglas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Douglas.
Tires tries to close the distance and clinch up but Douglas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tires takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tires looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires just misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tires takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tires avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Tires moves out of range as Douglas strikes.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tires wants to clinch up but Douglas keeps it at a distance.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Tires misses with a leg kick
and Douglas counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas looks to land a left hand but Tires moved out of range nicely.
Douglas looks to throw the jab but Tires is out of range.
Douglas lands a big head kick that sends Tires tumbling to the mat! Douglas takes a step backwards and waves Tires back to his feet - he wants the finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Douglas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brick Tires's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Douglas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Douglas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Tires checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Douglas throws an overhand right that lands on Tires's shoulder, as Tires tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tires. Douglas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Douglas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Douglas.
That has opened up Brick Tires's cut even more.
Douglas looks for the body kick but Tires saw that one coming.
Douglas motions for Tires to come forward. Douglas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tires scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas tries to score with a low kick but Tires moves his leg out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Tires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Douglas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tires has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Douglas throws a hook but Tires blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Douglas lands.
Douglas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tires counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Douglas throws a looping overhand right but Tires ducks down to avoid it.
Douglas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tires's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tires jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Douglas throws a body punch but Tires moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Tires blocks the low kick.
Tires blocks a low kick nicely.
Douglas swings for the body but Tires moves out of range.
Tires blocks the body kick.
Tires lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tires can do to turn this around?
Douglas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tires was well out of range. Poor timing from Douglas.
Douglas connects with an inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tires checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas throws a leg kick
letting Tires counter with a right hand.
Tires ducks right into an uppercut from Douglas.
Tires lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Tires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tires throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Douglas on the side of the head.
Tires throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tires misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a left hand
letting Tires counter with a right hand.
Tires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tires throws a big shot that misses.
Douglas throws a lazy right hand but Tires sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tires misses with a body kick.
Tires misses with a straight left.
Dustin Douglas is winning the standup battle so far.
Douglas throws a front kick aimed at Tires's knee but Tires avoids it well.
Douglas tests Tires's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tires avoids the body shot from Douglas.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body. Tires takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tires takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tires blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tires tries to clinch up.
Douglas lands a right hook to the body.
Douglas lands a jab to Tires's midsection.
Douglas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tires misses with a body shot.
Tires ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tires is looking to clinch but Douglas is avoiding it.
Douglas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body. Tires takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab from Douglas.
Tires moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Douglas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brick Tires's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Douglas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tires scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Tires tenderised Douglas's leg. Douglas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tires walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Douglas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Douglas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tires is out of range and Douglas settles back down.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tires lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Douglas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Douglas misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Douglas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Douglas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tires is able to avoid easily.
Tires swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas swings for the body but Tires moves out of range.
Tires lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Douglas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Douglas staying out of range there.
Douglas lands with a good body shot.
Tires slips under a jab.
Tires misses with a wild combination.
Douglas misses with a combination
and Tires counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Douglas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tires was well out of range. Poor timing from Douglas.
Douglas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tires checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Douglas blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tires lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tires's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Douglas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tires scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Tires throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tires chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Douglas can pounce on him.
Douglas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Douglas tries to land a leg kick but Tires saw it coming and moves away.
Tires throws a low kick but it's checked well by Douglas.
Douglas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tires.
Tires moves into the clinch.
Tires swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tires throws a head punch that misses.
Tires has a couple of punches blocked by Douglas.
Tires tries to throw a body punch but Douglas avoids it by throwing Tires back against the cage.
Douglas tries to work over Tires's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Douglas tries to work over Tires's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Douglas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Douglas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tires takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tires.
Tires fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.
Douglas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Douglas scores with a shoulder strike.
Douglas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tires throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Douglas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tires has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tires misses with a wild body shot.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Douglas takes a swing at Tires's ribcage but misses.
Douglas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Douglas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tires counters with a thumping low kick.
Douglas catches Tires with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Douglas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas misses with a low kick as Tires jumps back.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Douglas loads up on a big right hand but Tires slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Douglas clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Brick Tires's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tires tries to work over Douglas's front leg with a kick but Douglas checks it.
Tires connects with a crisp jab.
Tires moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Douglas.
Tires throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Tires misses its intended target.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tires.
Tires thows a body shot but no joy.
Douglas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tires under the eye.
Tires scores with a nice head shot.
Tires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Douglas was well out of range. Poor timing from Tires.
Tires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Douglas.
Douglas connects with a leg kick. Tires looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires throws a leg kick which misses Douglas's front leg but catches the back leg as Douglas tries to avoid it.
Tires is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Douglas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tires walks into a stiff left hand from Douglas.
Tires checks the leg kick.
Douglas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas misses with a body shot.
Douglas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Douglas looks to score with a jab to the body but Tires is just out of range.
Douglas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tires moves out of range of the strikes.
Douglas swings widly with a right hand
and Tires counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Douglas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tires fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Douglas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tires avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Tires avoids the body shot from Douglas.
Tires slips under a jab from Douglas.
Tires 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.
Tires has Douglas up against the cage in a clinch.
Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.
Tires throws a body punch but Douglas moves out of range.
Tires misses with a low kick as Douglas jumps back.
Douglas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tires was well out of range. Poor timing from Douglas.
Tires thumps Douglas with a low kick.
Tires dodges the punch combination from Douglas.
Tires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Douglas throws a body punch but Tires moves out of range.
Douglas looks to score with a jab to the body but Tires is just out of range.
Douglas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tires.
Douglas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That kick from Tires tenderised Douglas's leg. Douglas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tires slips a jab from Douglas.
Tires moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tires throws a leg kick that is checked
and Douglas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tires is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tires misses with a body shot.
Tires steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Tires fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tires buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Douglas throws a looping overhand right but Tires ducks down to avoid it.
Tires with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tires misses with a low kick.
Douglas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Brick Tires will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brick Tires's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Douglas looks for the body kick but Tires saw that one coming.
Tires uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Tires misses with a wild body shot.
Tires with a jab.
Tires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Douglas was well out of range. Poor timing from Tires.
Douglas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tires. Tires circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Douglas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tires moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tires throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Tires misses with a hook from the clinch.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Tires.
Nice body punch from Douglas.
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 lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tires backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
Tires is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Douglas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Tires fails to land.
Tires misses with a punch on the inside.
Dustin Douglas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A frustrated look appears on Tires's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Douglas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Douglas tries a body shot but Tires blocks it.
Douglas misses with some punches.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Tires.
A hook to the body from Tires.
Tires misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tires takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas wants to stall.
Tires is looking to control Douglas's arms but Douglas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tires has his back to the cage.
Douglas tries a body shot but Tires blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tires looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Douglas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tires gets a clinch.
Douglas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Douglas scores with a shot to the side of Tires's head.
Tires pushes Douglas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Douglas misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Douglas.
Douglas scores with a shoulder strike.
Tires is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tires creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires misses with a punch on the inside.
Tires working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tires throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Tires swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Douglas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tires's face.
Douglas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Douglas lands with a short shot to the head.
Douglas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tires.
Douglas drops Tires onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Tires is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Tires is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Douglas.
Tires is still on wobbly legs! Can Douglas finish him?
Douglas throws a big uppercut that drops Tires! More strikes from Douglas and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tires lies dazed against the cage as Douglas celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Douglas!
Post fight, Dustin Douglas stared into the camera and said 'Was a great fight from my friend Brick. What's next for the Lion now? One love.'.
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