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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthias Staam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly's entrance music is Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. A fine choice. Staam has chosen Muay Thai Sarama - Round 5 as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Iain Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthias Staam!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reilly takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Staam doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reilly manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Staam on his heels. He'll look to pass Staam's guard now, I'm sure.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reilly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reilly postures up and lands a big shot to Staam's brow.
Reilly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reilly is in close to Staam's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Staam is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Staam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reilly is one step ahead there.
Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Staam is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staam utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reilly throwing strikes but missing.
Staam not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reilly with a nice head shot there.
Staam wants to get back to his feet but Reilly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've been hearing that Reilly has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Reilly lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reilly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Staam keeping moving, preventing Reilly from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Staam trying to control the position here.
Staam looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Reilly wants to control from the top but Staam keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Staam throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reilly swats away the attempt to clinch by Staam.
Reilly attempts a counter takedown but Staam avoids it well and moves away.
Staam connects with a looping right hand.
Reilly misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Staam gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Staam tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Staam is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reilly is keeping busy.
Staam connects with a knee to the head.
Staam tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Staam lands a knee to the head.
Reilly is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Staam is defending well.
Staam tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reilly.
Staam connects with a knee to the head.
Staam is trying to maintain a safe position but Reilly gets an underhook and turns Staam into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly is trying to break the clinch but Staam has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Staam.
Reilly is rocked!
Staam misses with a knee to the head.
Oh Reilly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Staam looking to throw knees to the head but Reilly is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Staam tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Staam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Staam tries to land a knee to the head but Reilly blocks with his arms.
Staam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Staam looks winded!
Staam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Staam tries a knee to the head but Reilly blocks it.
Reilly seems to have got his legs back now.
Reilly wants to break free but Staam has control.
Staam lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Staam lands a big knee to the head and Reilly goes down! Staam pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matthias Staam!
Matthias Staam bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paco Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlakveltch Garp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vlakveltch Garp will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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182 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paco Gutierrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlakveltch Garp!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Garp lands.
Garp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gutierrez.
No luck for Gutierrez with that takedown attempt.
Garp goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Garp lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Garp lands with a straight right. Gutierrez didn't see that one coming.
Gutierrez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Garp coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutierrez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gutierrez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gutierrez is staying tight to Garp's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Gutierrez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Gutierrez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gutierrez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gutierrez tries to score with some ground and pound. Garp controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gutierrez taking a breather here.
Gutierrez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Garp down.
Garp takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gutierrez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Garp is avoiding damage well.
Gutierrez throws a strike aimed at the side of Garp's head but Garp avoids it well.
Gutierrez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Garp sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gutierrez working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Garp's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Garp taking a bit of punishment here - Gutierrez scoring with strikes.
Garp is looking to reverse the position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Garp can't do much from the bottom here.
Garp on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gutierrez working the ground and pound.
Gutierrez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
A lull in the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gutierrez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Garp works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garp does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gutierrez has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Gutierrez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Garp knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gutierrez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gutierrez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gutierrez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garp defending well though.
Gutierrez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garp's head.
Gutierrez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gutierrez trying to control from Garp's half guard. Garp has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Garp trying to control the position.
Gutierrez lands a couple of elbows.
Gutierrez postures up in Garp's guard and throws a big left but Garp blocks it.
Gutierrez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gutierrez trying to control but Garp is working from the bottom.
Gutierrez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gutierrez misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paco Gutierrez 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.
Garp throws a body punch but Gutierrez moves out of range.
Garp catches Gutierrez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garp lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gutierrez walks into a straight right hand from Garp.
Garp on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gutierrez 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.
Gutierrez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garp trying to control the position here.
Gutierrez postures up in Garp's guard and throws a big left but Garp blocks it.
Gutierrez throws a strike but Garp rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garp tries to free his leg and advance position but Gutierrez is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Garp manages to get himself to full guard.
Gutierrez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garp working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gutierrez.
Gutierrez landing with the ground and pound.
Gutierrez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gutierrez trying to control the position from guard on top but Garp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garp is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gutierrez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutierrez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Garp lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gutierrez is on top in guard.
Gutierrez tries to free his leg and advance position but Garp is retaining full guard.
Gutierrez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gutierrez 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.
Gutierrez tries to free his leg and advance position but Garp is retaining full guard.
Gutierrez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garp trying to control the position.
Gutierrez throws a big elbow that misses.
Garp lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Gutierrez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garp trying to control the position from guard on top but Gutierrez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garp must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garp stopping the sweep attempt from Gutierrez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Garp is looking to control Gutierrez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garp avoid being mounted?
Garp is refusing to be controlled, as Gutierrez sits in half guard.
Gutierrez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gutierrez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gutierrez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garp defending well though.
Gutierrez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gutierrez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paco Gutierrez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Garp looks to score with a jab to the body but Gutierrez is just out of range.
Garp gets caught flat footed, as Gutierrez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Garp keeping moving, preventing Gutierrez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gutierrez slips nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gutierrez thows a huge punch but Garp dodges it nicely.
Gutierrez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garp keeps working.
Gutierrez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garp can do to turn this around?
Gutierrez slows the pace down in half guard.
Gutierrez lands strikes from half guard.
Gutierrez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gutierrez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gutierrez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garp!
Gutierrez thowing shots but they're missing.
Vlakveltch Garp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paco Gutierrez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez controlling from the full mount.
Garp tries to lock up and control but Gutierrez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gutierrez with shots to the head and body - Garp looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gutierrez dominating with strikes here.
Gutierrez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gutierrez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gutierrez 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.
Gutierrez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutierrez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Garp tries to reverse the position but Gutierrez maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez controlling from mount.
Gutierrez landing strikes from the mount and Garp is in trouble!
Gutierrez controlling the pace for now.
Garp wants to control but Gutierrez is having none of it.
Garp flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez content just to control the position here.
Gutierrez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Garp for as long as he can get away with.
Gutierrez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gutierrez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gutierrez controlling from the full mount.
Further stalling from Gutierrez.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gutierrez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gutierrez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paco Gutierrez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gutierrez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paco Gutierrez!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Siegward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Tanba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siegward kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Das Panzerlied. Kazushi Tanba told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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196 lbs
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192 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sebastian Siegward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazushi Tanba!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanba looking to score a takedown here. Siegward is defending well but Tanba drives through and ends up in Siegward's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tanba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Siegward avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tanba postures up in Siegward's guard and throws a big left but Siegward blocks it.
Siegward manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tanba manages to get himself to full guard.
Siegward is looking to pass into half guard but Tanba pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tanba is in guard.
Tanba distracts Siegward with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tanba missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tanba avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Siegward looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tanba has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Power Plant. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Tanba postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Siegward looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tanba content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Siegward seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanba preventing the sweep.
Tanba got a little sloppy there for a moment and Siegward has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tanba has managed to get both his arms back between Siegward's legs - danger averted.
Siegward working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tanba.
Tanba stands up over Siegward, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Siegward had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tanba defends it easily.
Siegward working for a triangle but Tanba defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tanba's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Siegward is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Siegward throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Siegward is breathing heavily.
Tanba landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanba postures up and lands a big shot to Siegward's brow.
Tanba scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tanba throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Siegward works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tanba chips away with some ground and pound.
Tanba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Siegward is keeping the position for now.
Tanba sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Siegward's guard.
Siegward keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tanba throwing shots but Siegward is blocking nicely.
Tanba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Siegward with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Siegward is trying to get back to full guard.
Siegward is holding on to half guard well.
Tanba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Siegward with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanba working Siegward over with strikes.
Tanba slips a nice elbow through Siegward's hands, connecting with Siegward's forehead.
Tanba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Siegward trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Tanba there.
Tanba not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tanba slips a nice elbow through Siegward's hands, connecting with Siegward's forehead.
Siegward is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tanba pulls his head out easily.
Siegward is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tanba scores with a couple of nice shots.
Siegward trying to control but Tanba postures up.
Tanba drops an elbow to the side of Siegward's head.
Tanba works his foot free and advances to mount.
Tanba lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siegward is desperately trying to improve his position but Tanba has a good base and remains in mount.
Siegward is in a horrible position here. Tanba smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Tanba! Siegward is hurt baaadly! Tanba is firing away with more strikes - Siegward is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazushi Tanba!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Pellegrini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mosi Amadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellegrini's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nicola Piovani - Il Camorrista. Amadi has chosen DR Congo National Anthem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mosi Amadi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Salvatore Pellegrini's chin.
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198 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Salvatore Pellegrini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mosi Amadi!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amadi wants to slow Pellegrini down by chopping away at his legs.
Pellegrini changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
An inside leg kick from Amadi misses.
Amadi misses with a body kick.
Pellegrini tries to close the distance and clinch but Amadi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Amadi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Amadi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pellegrini swings for the body but Amadi moves out of range.
Pellegrini throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Amadi.
Amadi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pellegrini manages to avoid it.
Amadi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Amadi. Beautiful body shot.
Amadi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amadi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pellegrini has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Amadi tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amadi 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.
A solid body kick from Amadi.
Mosi Amadi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amadi throws a head kick but Pellegrini moves out of range.
Amadi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pellegrini avoids the head kick by Amadi.
Amadi throws a hook but Pellegrini avoids it easily.
Pellegrini shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Amadi but Amadi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pellegrini tries to clinch up
and Amadi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pellegrini really felt that one!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amadi misses with a low kick.
Amadi throws a head kick but Pellegrini moves out of range.
Amadi throws a lazy right hand but Pellegrini sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amadi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pellegrini takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pellegrini wants to clinch
and Amadi counters with a series of strikes. Pellegrini will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pellegrini misses with an uppercut
and Amadi counters with a one-two to the body.
Pellegrini is rocked!
Amadi lands a big head kick that sends Pellegrini to the canvas! Amadi follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mosi Amadi!
Mosi Amadi spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adegoke Olujimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Psycho Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olujimi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jovivaa - Vigilant. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Excellent 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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adegoke Olujimi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Psycho Russell!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell swings for the body but Olujimi moves out of range.
Olujimi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Russell sprawls and moves away.
Russell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Olujimi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Russell's guard.
Russell has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cylon Training Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olujimi looking to sit in guard and control but Russell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Olujimi pulls Russell in to control the position.
Olujimi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Olujimi 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.
Russell being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Olujimi is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olujimi is working Russell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Olujimi is looking to work some ground and pound but Russell has wrist control.
Olujimi throwing strikes but missing.
Olujimi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Russell has momentary wrist control but Olujimi slips an elbow through the middle.
Russell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Olujimi throws a big elbow that misses.
Olujimi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olujimi trying to control the position from guard on top but Russell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Olujimi throws a big elbow that misses.
Olujimi wants to control from the top but Russell keeps moving.
Olujimi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Olujimi trying to control but Russell is working from the bottom.
Olujimi throwing strikes but missing.
Olujimi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Russell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Russell misses.
Olujimi looks to land a right hand but Russell moved out of range.
Russell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Russell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olujimi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Russell avoids it really well and circles away.
Russell digs a good hook to Olujimi's body.
Russell throws out a loose jab but Olujimi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russell throws a body punch but Olujimi moves out of range.
Russell throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olujimi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olujimi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Psycho Russell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olujimi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Russell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Olujimi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Olujimi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Russell finds it's way round the side to connect with Olujimi's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olujimi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Olujimi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Russell walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Russell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Russell misses.
Jab, jab by Russell - just one landing.
Olujimi looks to land a left hand but Russell moved out of range nicely.
Russell doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A swing and a miss from Olujimi.
Olujimi lands with a cross.
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 Adegoke Olujimi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Russell lands a slapping body shot.
Russell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Russell misses with a straight right.
Russell misses with a two punch combination.
Russell tries to close the distance and clinch but Olujimi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Russell lands a body shot.
Russell's corner calls for a 1-2. Russell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Olujimi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Russell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Olujimi is in Russell's guard.
Olujimi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Olujimi is looking to work some ground and pound but Russell has wrist control.
Olujimi throws a strike but Russell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olujimi looking for a sweep. Not yet Olujimi, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Russell passes easily into side control. Nice work.
I wouldn't like to be where Olujimi is right now.
Olujimi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Russell is looking to take a break and control but Olujimi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Olujimi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Russell cracks Olujimi with a big right hand but Olujimi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Olujimi is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Russell trying to control the action but Olujimi is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Olujimi there.
Russell avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Olujimi misses the target.
Russell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Olujimi does no damage.
It seemed like Russell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Russell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Russell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Olujimi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Russells head.
Russell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Olujimi lands a shot to the body.
Olujimi has a couple of punches blocked by Russell.
Olujimi blocks a body shot from Russell.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olujimi's elbow.
Olujimi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olujimi misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Russell lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Olujimi.
Russell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Olujimi blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Psycho Russell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Olujimi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
It looks like Psycho Russell has been cut.
Olujimi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Russell misses with a wild body shot.
Russell swings for the body but Olujimi moves out of range.
Nice cross by Russell.
Russell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Olujimi feinted with a counter takedown.
A big left from Russell misses.
Olujimi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Russell.
Olujimi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
A jab from Russell misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olujimi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Olujimi throws a jab when Russell was well out of range.
Russell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Olujimi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olujimi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Russell sprawls and moves away.
Russell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Olujimis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olujimi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Olujimi.
Russell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Russell wants it to stay on the feet.
Russell scores with a hook to the body. Olujimi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Russell drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Olujimi right on the button. Olujimi goes down! Russell follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Russell gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Psycho Russell!
Psycho Russell is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Psycho Russell started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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FIGHT
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