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LFC | 62° PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hisato Otake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marian Bauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marian Bauch is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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150 lbs
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130 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hisato Otake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marian Bauch!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bauch tries to sprawl but Otake drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bauch looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Otake seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Bauch is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Hisato Otake!
Hisato Otake decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carl Betricky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ze Povinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carl Betricky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ze Povinho!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Povinho moves into the clinch.
Povinho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Povinho controlling the action here for a moment.
Our sources have told us that Betricky has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Povinho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Povinho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Betricky gets control of Povinho's arms and successfully pulls guard. Betricky will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Povinho gets to his feet - Betricky follows without any prompting.
Betricky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Povinho.
Povinho wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Povinho tries to clinch but Betricky moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Betricky.
A combination from Betricky does no damage.
Povinho unleashes a big counter combination but Betricky bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Povinho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Povinho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Betricky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Povinho dodges the punch combination from Betricky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Betricky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Povinho tries to clinch but Betricky is having none of it.
Betricky appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Povinho darts in and clinches Betricky up against the cage.
Povinho lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Betricky.
Povinho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Betricky blocks it with crossed arms.
Povinho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Betricky avoids it.
Good body shot from Povinho.
Povinho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Betricky is breathing heavily.
Povinho unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Povinho has Betricky pushed against the cage.
Povinho misses with a knee strike.
Povinho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Betricky or not.
Povinho is leaning against Betricky and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Povinho manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Povinho misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Povinho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Povinho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Betricky has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Betricky's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Povinho scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Povinho stalling against the cage.
Betricky has Povinho pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Povinho manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Povinho lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Betricky.
Povinho scores with a knee to the head.
Povinho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Betricky backwards.
Povinho lands a shoulder strike.
Povinho lands a damaging elbow.
Povinho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Povinho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Povinho lands with a light punch inside.
Povinho gets through Betricky's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Betricky takes a shot to the head.
Betricky avoiding damage as Povinho throws knees to the body.
Povinho will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Betricky up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Povinho.
Povinho tries a knee to the head but Betricky blocks it.
Betricky tries to score a body lock takedown but Povinho shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Povinho scores with a shoulder strike.
Betricky jumps guard but Povinho turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carl Betricky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Povinho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Povinho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Betricky drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Povinho scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Povinho with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Povinho.
Povinho with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Povinho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Betricky's face.
Povinho lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Betricky is rocked!
Povinho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Betricky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Povinho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Povinho creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Betricky with a big uppercut! Betricky tries to clinch up but Povinho pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Betricky to the mat! Betricky covers up and Povinho unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ze Povinho!
A victorious Ze Povinho thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Dijkstra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronny James Dio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dijkstra comes to the cage accompanied by Soulfly - Back To The Primitive. Ronny James Dio is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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175 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Omar Dijkstra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronny James Dio!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dijkstra lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dijkstra slips under a jab.
Dijkstra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dio's waist but Dio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dijkstra off to one side.
A little jabbing left from Dio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dijkstra ducks under a wild hook from Dio.
Dijkstra is looking to counter punch.
A head kick by Dijkstra misses
and Dio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dio throws the left hand but Dijkstra avoids the punch easily.
Dio slips a jab from Dijkstra.
A big right from Dio misses.
Dio lands a nice looking body shot.
Dio works Dijkstra's body with a nice hook.
Dio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dijkstra at a distance.
Dijkstra cracks Dio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dijkstra throws a head kick that misses.
Dio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dijkstra moves away.
Dijkstra walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Omar Dijkstra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dijkstra avoids the body shot from Dio.
Dio throws a body punch but Dijkstra moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Dijkstra. That snapped Dio's head back.
Dio throws a series of punches but Dijkstra moves out of range.
Dijkstra seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dijkstra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dijkstra looking to score a takedown here. Dio is defending well but Dijkstra drives through and ends up in Dio's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dio can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dio trying to control the position.
Dijkstra showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dijkstra manages to get himself to full guard.
Dio wants to control from the top but Dijkstra keeps moving.
Dijkstra 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.
Dijkstra is working hard here to advance position.
Dio being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dijkstra keeping moving, preventing Dio from controlling successfully.
Dijkstra is pulling down on Dio's head to control his posture.
I've been told that Dio has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dio stops Dijkstra from standing up.
Dio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dijkstra looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dio is one step ahead there.
Dijkstra seems keen to control Dio's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dio lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dio cracks Dijkstra with a good jab.
Dijkstra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dio keeping moving, preventing Dijkstra from controlling successfully.
Dio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dijkstra wants to control from the top but Dio keeps moving.
Dijkstra throwing strikes from guard but Dio blocks nicely.
Dio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dio wants to sweep here but Dijkstra controlling him for the moment.
Dijkstra throwing strikes from guard but Dio blocks nicely.
Dijkstra in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dijkstra throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dijkstra.
Dijkstra trying to control the position from guard on top but Dio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dio looking to control.
Dijkstra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dijkstra trying to control but Dio is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dijkstra fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dio avoids it really well and circles away.
Dijkstra lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dio lands a jab to the nose.
Dijkstra misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dijkstra takes the fight into the clinch.
Dijkstra is trying to drag Dio to the mat but Dio just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Dijkstra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ronny James Dio 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.
Dio moves away from the strike by Dijkstra.
Dio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dio uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dijkstra.
Dio lands with an uppercut that bounces Dijkstra off the cage and back into range.
Dio misses with a looping left.
Dijkstra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dio.
Dio looks to score with a jab to the body but Dijkstra is just out of range.
Dijkstra moves into the clinch.
Dio tries to circle away but Dijkstra has him pinned against the cage.
Dijkstra lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Dijkstra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dijkstra scores with a shoulder strike.
Dijkstra keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dio's efforts to push away.
Dio is defending well against a takedown attempt.
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!
Dio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dijkstra drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dio gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dijkstra is working Dio over against the cage.
Dijkstra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dio backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dijkstra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dijkstra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dio blocks an uppercut.
Dijkstra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dio or not.
Dijkstra lands a nice uppercut.
Dijkstra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dijkstra misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dio's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dio is trying to break the clinch but Dijkstra is controlling him.
Dijkstra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dijkstra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Dio misses.
Dijkstra gets a double leg takedown into Dio's guard.
Dio is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Dijkstra tries to free his leg and advance position but Dio is retaining full guard.
Dijkstra trying to control the position from guard on top but Dio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Omar Dijkstra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dijkstra trying to control but Dio is working from the bottom.
Dijkstra content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dio can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dijkstra controls the pace.
Dijkstra trying to control the position from guard on top but Dio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dijkstra won't allow Dio to sweep him here.
Dio keeping moving, preventing Dijkstra from controlling successfully.
Dijkstra stopping the sweep attempt from Dio.
Dijkstra is pushing down on Dio's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dio is fighting to maintain full guard but Dijkstra has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dio is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, if Dijkstra 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dio is trying to maintain the position but Dijkstra is very close to passing his half guard.
Dijkstra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dijkstra throwing shots but Dio is blocking nicely.
Dijkstra working over Dio with some ground and pound. Dio looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dijkstra is trying to control the action in half guard but Dio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dio trying to control here.
Dijkstra not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dijkstra landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dio holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Dijkstra controlling the action here.
Dijkstra prevents Dio from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dio is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dijkstra scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dijkstra slips a nice elbow through Dio's hands, connecting with Dio's forehead.
Dio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dijkstra trying to control from half guard but Dio is working away.
Dijkstra content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dijkstra is looking to pass Dio's guard but actually Dio recovers to full guard.
Dio trying to control the position.
Dijkstra working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Omar Dijkstra dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dijkstra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dijkstra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dijkstra moves out of range as Dio strikes.
Dio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dijkstra was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dijkstra lands an overhand right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dijkstra - that will leave a mark!
Dijkstra throws the kick towards the body but Dio avoids it.
Dijkstra delivers a nice body kick.
Dijkstra cracks Dio with a good jab.
Dio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dijkstra was well out of range. Poor timing from Dio.
Dijkstra is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dio sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dijkstra misses with a lunging right hand
and Dio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Dio lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dijkstra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dijkstra throws a leg kick which misses Dio's front leg but catches the back leg as Dio tries to avoid it.
Dijkstra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dio manages to avoid it.
Ronny James Dio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dio scores with a sloppy right hand. Dijkstra should have avoided that one.
Dijkstra throws a leg kick which misses Dio's front leg but catches the back leg as Dio tries to avoid it.
Dio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dijkstra at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dijkstra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dio manages to avoid it.
Dijkstra scores with a shot to the body.
Dijkstra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dio moves away.
Dio throws a body shot but no joy.
Dijkstra moves away from the strike by Dio.
Dijkstra appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dijkstra slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dijkstra. Dio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dijkstra lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dio's sensitive parts.
Dio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dijkstra.
Dio stuns Dijkstra with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dio lands a slapping body shot.
Dijkstra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dijkstra gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dio.
Dijkstra throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dijkstra scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Dio.
Dio jabs at Dijkstra's body.
Dijkstra avoids the body shot from Dio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra slips a straight right by Dio.
Dijkstra with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dio counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Dijkstra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dijkstra slips a straight right by Dio.
Dijkstra takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dio avoids the head kick by Dijkstra.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dijkstra is defended easily by Dio.
Dio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dijkstra takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dijkstra throws out a loose jab but Dio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dijkstra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dio.
Dio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dijkstra throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dio loads up on a big right hand but Dijkstra slips the punch.
Dio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Dio. That snapped Dijkstra's head back.
Dio throws a body punch but Dijkstra moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dio misses the shot to the body.
Dijkstra shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dio as he jumps to the side.
Dio lands with a hook. Dijkstra tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big right from Dio misses.
Dijkstra lands with a shot to the body.
Dijkstra misses with an uppercut. Dio saw that one coming.
Dijkstra lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dio connects with the punch.
Dio just misses with a punch to the body.
Dijkstra walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dijkstra is rocked!
Dijkstra takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oh Dijkstra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dio cracks Dijkstra with a hook to the temple - Dijkstra is on wobbly legs here! Dio swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Dijkstra falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Dio wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ronny James Dio!
After the fight, Ronny James Dio was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasem Suleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suleimani's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Busta Rhymes - Arab Money. Mr Steel Penn 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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213 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasem Suleimani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mr Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel Penn throws the left hand but Suleimani avoids the punch easily.
Suleimani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suleimani walks into a left hand.
Steel Penn tries to clinch but Suleimani moves away
enabling Suleimani to counter with a crisp jab.
Steel Penn shoots and misses
and Suleimani counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steel Penn thinking.
Steel Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Suleimani moves out of range easily.
Steel Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suleimani throws out the jab.
Suleimani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steel Penn throws out a loose jab but Suleimani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suleimani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suleimani lands with a light punch inside.
Steel Penn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Suleimani pulls his leg out and moves away.
Steel Penn clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleimani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suleimani lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel Penn backwards.
Suleimani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suleimani misses with the head strike.
Suleimani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suleimani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Suleimani stops a takedown attempt from Steel Penn.
Qasem Suleimani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Steel Penn.
Steel Penn tries to pull guard but Suleimani holds him up against the cage and eventually Steel Penn drops back down to his feet.
A short right from Suleimani.
Steel Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Suleimani's efforts to push away.
Suleimani pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani throws a series of punches but Steel Penn avoids them all with ease.
Steel Penn tries to clinch up.
Steel Penn misses with a hook.
Steel Penn throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Suleimani counter with a right hand.
Steel Penn tries a head kick but it misses.
Suleimani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Qasem Suleimani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steel Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Suleimani 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.
Steel Penn wants to clinch.
Suleimani throws a body punch but Steel Penn moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel Penn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suleimani manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suleimani bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steel Penn's head backwards.
Suleimani blocks a head kick by Steel Penn.
Suleimani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steel Penn.
Mr Steel Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel Penn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Mr Steel Penn has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn doesn't manage to clinch there - Suleimani circles away.
Suleimani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steel Penn throws a series of punches but Suleimani moves out of range.
Steel Penn with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Steel Penn.
Suleimani swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Steel Penn misses with an uppercut. Suleimani saw that one coming.
Suleimani gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Steel Penn to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Suleimani looking for a sweep. Not yet Suleimani, not yet.
Steel Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Suleimani is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steel Penn preventing the sweep.
Suleimani is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Suleimani is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Steel Penn looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Steel Penn misses with the combination.
Steel Penn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Suleimani!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suleimani is trying to get back to his feet.
Suleimani gets back to half guard.
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 Qasem Suleimani will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mr Steel Penn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Suleimani lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Qasem Suleimani is winning the standup battle so far.
Steel Penn scores with a decent looking hook.
Steel Penn throws a head kick that misses
and Suleimani counters with a straight right hand.
Steel Penn throws a hook but Suleimani avoids it easily.
Steel Penn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suleimani.
Steel Penn lands with a straight right. Suleimani didn't see that one coming.
Suleimani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Steel Penn.
Steel Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Suleimani moves out of range easily.
Steel Penn tries to move into range but Suleimani moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Suleimani cracks Steel Penn with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Steel Penn looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Suleimani finish him?
Steel Penn is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel Penn misses with a wild combination.
Steel Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Suleimani finish him?
Steel Penn tries to get into range but Suleimani steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Steel Penn! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Suleimani scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Qasem Suleimani!
A victorious Qasem Suleimani thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Knott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knott comes into the arena with Kanye West vs. The xx - Touch The Sky (Carlos Serrano Mix) blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tikkanen's choice of entrance music: Nyrkillä naamaan - Ei kannattais ees yrittää!. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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184 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Buster Knott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Esko Tikkanen!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knott staying out of range there.
Tikkanen stuns Knott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Buster Knott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knott throws a head kick that half lands.
Tikkanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tikkanen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Knott looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Knott wants to take a breather but Tikkanen is having none of it.
Tikkanen trying to control from the bottom.
Knott seems to be working for a kimura but Tikkanen defends the submission attempt.
Tikkanen won't allow Knott to pass to mount.
Tikkanen is positioning himself well to prevent Knott advancing to mount.
Knott is looking for a kimura here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knott gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Knott lands with a right hand.
We've been hearing reports that Knott has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Knott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knott fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Knott fails with the takedown
and Tikkanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Knott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knott fails with the takedown
and Tikkanen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Knott misses with a body shot.
Knott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tikkanen manages to avoid it.
Tikkanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knott shoots in for a takedown but Tikkanen shows good takedown defense.
Tikkanen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knott.
Tikkanen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tikkanen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knott. Tikkanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tikkanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tikkanen flicks out a counter leg kick but Knott steps away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tikkanen is looking to slow Knott down with leg kicks.
Knott shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tikkanen as he jumps to the side.
Tikkanen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tikkanen throws a leg kick which misses Knott's front leg but catches the back leg as Knott tries to avoid it.
Tikkanen misses the shot to the body.
Knott misses with an uppercut.
Tikkanen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Tikkanen looks to land a body kick but Knott moved away.
Tikkanen lands a jab to the nose.
Esko Tikkanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tikkanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tikkanen.
Knott paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tikkanen lands with a nice body punch.
Tikkanen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knott.
Knott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Knott pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tikkanen back to the cage. Knott follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick misses from Knott.
Knott has a takedown stuffed.
Tikkanen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Knott is breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Tikkanen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tikkanen missing with a left hand there. Knott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knott appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Knott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Tikkanen.
Knott steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tikkanen. That one must have hurt.
Knott throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tikkanen lands with a light punch inside.
Knott is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tikkanen is defending well.
Knott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tikkanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Knott avoids the damage to the body.
Knott avoids the elbow strike from Tikkanen, against the cage.
Tikkanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knott blocks the elbow strike.
Tikkanen prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tikkanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knott backwards.
Knott is rocked!
Tikkanen prevents the takedown attempt.
Oh Knott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tikkanen digs a right hand into Knott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knott's gas tank.
Knott wants a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Tikkanen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Esko Tikkanen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tikkanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tikkanen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Knott drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tikkanen controlling the position.
Knott seems to have got his legs back now.
Knott postures up.
Knott looking to sit in guard and control but Tikkanen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tikkanen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knott can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tikkanen controls the pace.
Tikkanen prevents Knott from getting back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tikkanen trying to control the position from guard on top but Knott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knott managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Tikkanen is defending well. Knott quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Tikkanen has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Knott celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buster Knott!
Buster Knott 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gor Keyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Congo Ashantie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashantie has chosen Congo Ashanti as his entrance music. Congo Ashantie 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gor Keyman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Congo Ashantie!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ashantie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Keyman looks to throw the jab but Ashantie is out of range.
Ashantie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Keyman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ashantie scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Congo Ashantie has been cut.
A jab from Keyman does it's job there.
We've been informed that Ashantie 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.
Congo Ashantie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keyman lands a big head kick that sends Ashantie tumbling to the mat! Keyman takes a step backwards and waves Ashantie back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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!
A swing and a miss from Ashantie.
Keyman avoids the head kick by Ashantie.
Keyman lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Keyman has closed the distance and engaged Ashantie in a clinch.
Ashantie pushes Keyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Keyman.
Ashantie landing knees to the head.
It looks like Gor Keyman has been cut.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ashantie.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but Ashantie blocks with his arms.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but Ashantie blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Keyman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie scores with a knee to the head.
Ashantie lands a hook that snaps the head of Keyman backwards.
Ashantie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keyman.
Ashantie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ashantie.
Ashantie dodges an elbow strike from Keyman.
Ashantie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Keyman looking to throw knees to the head but Ashantie is blocking nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Ashantie.
Ashantie looking to throw knees to the head but Keyman is blocking nicely.
Keyman looking to throw knees to the head but Ashantie is blocking nicely.
Ashantie trying to stall but Keyman improves his position.
Keyman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ashantie looking to throw knees to the head but Keyman is blocking nicely.
Keyman lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashantie tries to stall but Keyman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Keyman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ashantie scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keyman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keyman pushes off an throws an elbow but Ashantie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ashantie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Keyman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ashantie stalling the fight.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ashantie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ashantie blocks an elbow strike.
Ashantie blocks the elbow strike.
Keyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ashantie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ashantie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keyman avoids it.
Ashantie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ashantie blocks an elbow strike.
Keyman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ashantie lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Keyman as Ashantie tries to tie him up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ashantie.
Keyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ashantie missing with knees to the body.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Ashantie.
Keyman is breathing heavily.
Ashantie landing knees to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Come on Ashantie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ashantie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ashantie gets through Keyman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ashantie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ashantie lands with a right to the head.
Ashantie stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie stalling.
Keyman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashantie blocks the elbow strike.
Ashantie misses with a knee strike.
Keyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ashantie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keyman misses with an elbow over the top.
Ashantie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ashantie.
Ashantie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Keyman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keyman misses with a knee strike.
Ashantie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ashantie looking to throw knees to the head but Keyman is blocking nicely.
Ashantie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ashantie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Keyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Congo Ashantie dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ashantie scores with a head kick. Keyman tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ashantie scoring well with a low kick there.
Ashantie connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ashantie closes the distance and pushes Keyman back into the cage.
Keyman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Keyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Keyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ashantie.
Ashantie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ashantie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Keyman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Keyman misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashantie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Keyman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keyman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ashantie tries to land knees in the clinch but Keyman avoids the damage to the body.
Keyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ashantie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Keyman blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashantie lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ashantie.
Ashantie dodges an elbow strike from Keyman.
Ashantie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keymans head.
Keyman prevents a body shot from Ashantie.
Ashantie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Keyman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashantie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ashantie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Keyman up against the cage.
Keyman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but Ashantie blocks with his arms.
Ashantie taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie tries to land knees in the clinch but Keyman avoids the damage to the body.
Keyman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashantie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashantie scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Ashantie.
Ashantie scores with a shot to the side of Keyman's head.
Keyman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Keyman takes a shot to the head.
Ashantie scores with a knee to the head.
Ashantie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ashantie lands a left hand.
Ashantie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ashantie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keyman.
A shot in the inside from Ashantie.
Keyman throws an elbow but it misses.
Ashantie landing knees to the head.
Ashantie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie blocks the elbow strike.
Ashantie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ashantie blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie scores a nice knee to the body.
Ashantie lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Ashantie as the two fighters clinch.
Ashantie landing knees to the head.
Ashantie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Ashantie.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ashantie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ashantie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ashantie lands a hook that snaps the head of Keyman backwards.
Ashantie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Keyman is keeping busy.
Keyman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ashantie's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ashantie is trying to maintain a safe position but Keyman gets an underhook and turns Ashantie into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Keyman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ashantie's brow.
Keyman misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie lands a good knee to the midsection. Keyman won't want to take too many of those.
Ashantie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ashantie with a knee to the head.
Ashantie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ashantie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ashantie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ashantie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Keyman tries to land a knee to the head but Ashantie blocks with his arms.
Ashantie taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Ashantie.
Ashantie tries a knee to the head but Keyman blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ashantie is struggling to control the position.
Keyman looking to throw knees to the head but Ashantie is blocking nicely.
Ashantie avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Congo Ashantie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Keyman.
Ashantie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ashantie lands the left hand.
Ashantie avoids the head kick by Keyman.
Keyman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ashantie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keyman's sensitive parts.
Ashantie clinches with his opponent.
Ashantie avoids the elbow strike from Keyman, against the cage.
Ashantie misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Keyman throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keyman misses with an elbow strike.
Ashantie pushes Keyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ashantie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyman takes a knee right on the jaw!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ashantie.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Ashantie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keyman throws an elbow that misses.
Keyman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Keyman misses with a knee strike.
Ashantie misses with a knee to the head.
Ashantie looking to throw knees to the head but Keyman is blocking nicely.
Congo Ashantie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ashantie scores with a shoulder strike.
Keyman pushes off an throws an elbow but Ashantie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Keyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ashantie blocks an elbow strike.
Ashantie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keyman backwards.
Ashantie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ashantie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ashantie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ashantie lands with a light punch inside.
Ashantie drops Keyman onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Keyman is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Keyman is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ashantie pushes Keyman against the cage. Ashantie is working some dirty boxing. Ashantie pushes off with a quick right hook! Keyman goes down! Keyman tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ashantie moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Congo Ashantie!
A very excited looking Congo Ashantie 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dr Dre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Jawo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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29
148 lbs
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21
145 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dr Dre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Jawo!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dre shoots in for a double leg but Jawo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And Jawo tries to counter it with a takedown but Dre pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dre dives in for a single leg takedown but Jawo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dre dives in for a single leg takedown but Jawo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dr Dre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dre gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jawo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jawo drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dre dives on top into guard.
Dre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jawo is keeping the position for now.
Jawo keeping moving, preventing Dre from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dre looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jawo keeping moving, preventing Dre from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Dre has his hands clasped together but Jawo extends and breaks Dre's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Jawo.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Junior Jawo!
During a confident post fight interview, Junior Jawo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kabal Labak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Merridew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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22
213 lbs
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kabal Labak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Merridew!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Labak doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Merridew gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Merridew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Labak was well out of range. Poor timing from Merridew.
Labak gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Merridew.
Labak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Merridew tries to bum rush Labak with a series of wild strikes but Labak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Labak throws a lazy right hand but Merridew sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Merridew lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Labak at a distance.
Labak closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Merridew quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Labak working the head and body with strikes.
Labak landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Labak is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Merridew is just riding it out for now. Labak eventually gives up the hold.
Labak is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Merridew has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Labak seems to be looking for submissions.
Labak is pressing down on Merridew's thigh, looking to free his foot. Merridew is holding on for now.
Labak stalling away here and it's allowed Merridew to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Labak lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Labak works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Merridew is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Labak is looking to advance position but Merridew won't allow it.
Merridew felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Labak landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Labak is looking to take a break and control but Merridew is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Merridew avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Labak.
Labak throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Labak is pressing down on Merridew's thigh, looking to free his foot. Merridew is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Labak is nestled in close to Merridew, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Labak not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Labak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Merridew has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Labak is working away from the top position though.
Merridew moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've been hearing that Labak has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Merridew manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Labak blocks a body shot from Merridew.
Merridew can't break the clinch.
Merridew is looking to break free of the clinch but Labak has double underhooks.
Merridew misses with a punch to the body.
Labak is working for takedown but Merridew is calmly controlling the position for now.
Merridew manages to break the clinch.
Merridew fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Labak manages to avoid it.
Labak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Labak fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Merridew takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Labak throws a sloppy body shot
and Merridew counters with a right hand to the body.
Merridew is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Labak.
Labak half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jack Merridew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Labak lands with a hook. Merridew tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Merridew is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Labak rather than just go for the knockout.
Labak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Merridew throws out the jab.
Merridew misses with a body shot.
Merridew walks into a straight right hand from Labak.
Labak ducks under a wild hook from Merridew.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kabal Labak dominated that round.
That's time! Labak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Labak looks to land a right hand but Merridew moved out of range.
Labak misses the shot to the body.
Labak shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Merridew sprawls well. Merridew wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Labak gets slowly back to his feet.
Merridew throws a jab when Labak was well out of range.
Merridew just misses with a punch to the body.
Merridew jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Labak.
Labak on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Merridew lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Labak with a lazy takedown attempt
and Merridew counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merridew cracks Labak with an open hand slap.
Merridew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Labak lands a nice looking body shot.
Labak cracks Merridew with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Merridew throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Labak throws out a loose jab but Merridew uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Labak misses.
Merridew doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Labak scores with a jab to the body.
Jack Merridew seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Merridew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Labak changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Merridew ducks under a wild hook from Labak.
Labak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Merridew takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Merridew swings for the body but Labak moves out of range.
Labak fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kabal Labak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Merridew lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Labak slips a straight right by Merridew.
Labak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Labak throws a body shot but no joy.
Merridew looks to land a right hand but Labak moved out of range.
Labak drops down looking for a counter takedown but Merridew sprawls and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merridew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Merridew misses.
Labak tries to counter with a takedown but Merridew is quick to defend against it.
Merridew comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Labak cracks Merridew with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Merridew walks into a jab.
Labak lands a lovely overhand right.
Merridew misses with a double jab
and Labak counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Labak pushing down on Merridew's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Labak thows a huge punch but Merridew dodges it nicely.
Labak wants to pass the guard but Merridew is defending well.
Merridew avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Labak.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Labak thows a huge punch but Merridew dodges it nicely.
Labak controlling the pace.
Labak is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Labak dominating with strikes here.
Labak with the ground and pound from mount.
Labak can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Merridew is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Merridew can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merridew wants to control but Labak is having none of it.
Labak working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Merridew looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Labak! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kabal Labak!
Kabal Labak retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Kabal Labak thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baas Baako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Mabuva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baako comes to the cage accompanied by Acapella Soul - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Baas Baako has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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31
245 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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37
270 lbs
33 - 14 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baas Baako!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cedric Mabuva!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baako uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Mabuva misses the target.
Mabuva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baako counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Baako works Mabuva's body with a nice hook.
Baako throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mabuva scores with the left hand. Baako knows he should have avoided that one.
We've been informed that Mabuva 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.
Mabuva misses with a body shot.
Mabuva misses the jab.
Mabuva throws a right hand that misses
and Baako counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baako throws a sloppy head kick and Mabuva moves out of range easily.
Baako doesn't manage to clinch there - Mabuva circles away.
Jab from Baako.
Baako fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mabuva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baako looks to land a left hand but Mabuva moved out of range nicely.
Baako throws a body punch but Mabuva moves out of range.
Mabuva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A quick step to the side and Baako tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baako slips a straight right by Mabuva.
Baako ducks under a wild hook from Mabuva.
Baako misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mabuva looks to land a left hand but Baako moved out of range nicely.
Mabuva takes a swing at Baako's ribcage but misses.
Baako bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baako misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baako feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mabuvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baako displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mabuva throws out the jab.
Baako slips a jab and a cross from Mabuva.
Mabuva throws a series of punches but Baako avoids them all with ease.
Mabuva avoids the body shot from Baako.
Mabuva looks to land a left hand but Baako moved out of range nicely.
Baako swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mabuva unleashes a big counter combination but Baako bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mabuva tests Baako's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mabuva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Baako has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Baako and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mabuva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mabuva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mabuva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mabuva throws a lazy uppercut
and Baako cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baako wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mabuva takes one to the chin there.
Mabuva moves forwards but Baako connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Baako dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baako misses with a hook
and Mabuva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mabuva is looking to score with low kicks.
Baako bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Baako misses with a body shot.
Baako slips a straight right by Mabuva.
Baako checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big left from Mabuva misses.
Baako swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Baako throws a one two combo.
Baako lands with a nice body punch.
Baako connects with a single shot there.
Mabuva misses with a body shot.
Mabuva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baako was well out of range. Poor timing from Mabuva.
Baako misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Mabuva.
Mabuva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baako slips a jab from Mabuva.
Cedric Mabuva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baako avoids the body shot from Mabuva.
Mabuva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mabuva slips a straight right by Baako.
Baako connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Baako lands a jab to the head.
Mabuva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baako drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baako doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Baako forces Mabuva back against the cage and clinches.
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!
Baako lands a left hand.
Baako lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mabuva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baako doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mabuva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baako has Mabuva pressed against the cage, preventing Mabuva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baako lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mabuva backwards.
Baako cracks Mabuva with a nice body shot.
Baako prevents Mabuva from breaking the clinch.
Baako scores with a shot to the side of Mabuva's head.
Baako lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Baako keeps control of Mabuva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mabuva is trying to break free.
A nice left hand lands by Baako.
Baako lands with a left to the head.
Mabuva is rocked!
Baako throws a punch but it's blocked by Mabuva.
Mabuva is still on wobbly legs! Can Baako finish him?
Baako swings wildly with an uppercut but Mabuva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mabuva seems to have recovered his senses.
Mabuva wants to get back to striking at distance but Baako won't allow it.
Baako has a couple of punches blocked by Mabuva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mabuva is trying to push Baako away but Baako has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baako throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mabuvas head.
Mabuva blocking some punches.
Mabuva blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baas Baako dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Baako digs a good hook to Mabuva's body.
Baas Baako is winning the standup battle so far.
Mabuva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mabuva throws a lazy right hand but Baako sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baako circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Mabuva to the canvas! Mabuva doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Baako keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baas Baako!
Baas Baako is the new super heavyweight champion!
Baas Baako made sure to mention his sponsor, Just Fight (Everything 8$) in his post fight interview.
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