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CCF 209: Atunes vs. Padilla PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Major Lazer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lazer comes to the cage accompanied by Major Lazer - Pon De Floor. Leonidas is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Best of Me. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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32
200 lbs
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180 cm
29
193 lbs
11 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Major Lazer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Achilles Leonidas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonidas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leonidas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lazer on the side of the head.
Leonidas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leonidas moves in looking to clinch but Lazer pushes him off.
Leonidas takes the fight into the clinch.
Lazer is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Leonidas is defending well.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but Lazer blocks it.
Leonidas looking to throw knees to the head but Lazer is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lazer.
Leonidas tries to land a knee to the head but Lazer blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonidas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lazer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leonidas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lazer is defending well for now.
Lazer tries to score a body lock takedown but Leonidas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Leonidas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lazer blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonidas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lazer's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonidas tries to land a knee to the head but Lazer blocks with his arms.
Leonidas misses with a knee to the head.
Leonidas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leonidas misses with a knee strike.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but Lazer blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leonidas obliges.
Leonidas working aggressively here.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonidas gets underhooks to prevent Lazer's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Major Lazer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lazer is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Leonidas is pressed up against the cage. Lazer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Leonidas down to the mat. Leonidas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lazer definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Achilles Leonidas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonidas misses with a looping right.
Leonidas moves into the clinch successfully.
Lazer prevents a body shot from Leonidas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas is pressed up against the cage. Lazer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Leonidas down to the mat. Leonidas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Leonidas takes a swing at Lazer's ribcage but misses.
Lazer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Leonidas connects with an inside leg kick.
Leonidas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lazer is out of range.
Lazer gets a double leg takedown into Leonidas's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lazer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Leonidas wants to get back to his feet but Lazer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lazer won't allow Leonidas to sweep him here.
Lazer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Leonidas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leonidas seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Lazer works over Leonidas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas wants to stand but Lazer is controlling the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Leonidas holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Leonidas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lazer is controlling him.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lazer avoids a kick to the body.
Leonidas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leonidas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lazer.
A head kick misses from Leonidas.
Lazer tries to counter with a takedown but Leonidas is quick to defend against it.
Leonidas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lazer gets tackled into the cage by Leonidas. Leonidas maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses with a punch to the body.
Leonidas working Lazer over with knees to the body.
Leonidas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lazer blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonidas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leonidas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leonidas tries to throw a body punch but Lazer avoids it by throwing Leonidas back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Leonidas.
Leonidas misses with a punch to the body.
Leonidas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lazer avoids it.
Lazer is trying to drag Leonidas to the mat but Leonidas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but Lazer blocks it.
Lazer has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Leonidas after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Achilles Leonidas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lazer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Major Lazer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leonidas throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lazer's head.
Lazer shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Leonidas's guard.
Leonidas is trying to control the position but Lazer postures up.
Leonidas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leonidas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Leonidas looking to control.
Lazer throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lazer throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Leonidas manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Leonidas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas tries a body shot but Lazer blocks it.
Lazer tries for a takedown but Leonidas manages to get underhooks.
Leonidas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leonidas misses with a body punch.
Leonidas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lazer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lazer is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Leonidas is defending well.
Leonidas lands a body shot.
Leonidas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lazer.
Leonidas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lazer blocks it with crossed arms.
Lazer pulls guard effortlessly.
Leonidas throwing strikes but missing.
Leonidas wants to stand but Lazer is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Leonidas throws a strike but Lazer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lazer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lazer prevents Leonidas from getting back to his feet.
Leonidas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lazer manages to get himself to full guard.
Leonidas tries to stand but Lazer is controlling from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazer pulls Leonidas in close to his closed guard and prevents Leonidas from doing any damage or advancing position.
Leonidas is looking to advance position but Lazer has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Leonidas is working to get back to half guard.
Leonidas tries to hold on but Lazer pushes him away.
Lazer wants to control the pace but Leonidas is squirming around nicely.
Lazer 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas gets back to half guard.
Leonidas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lazer.
Lazer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lazer drops an elbow to the side of Leonidas's head.
Lazer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leonidas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lazer landing some decent shots from guard.
Leonidas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lazer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lazer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leonidas wants to stand and escape but Lazer is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Major Lazer will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Lazer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Leonidas swivels and escapes.
Leonidas has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lazer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lazer gets tackled into the cage by Leonidas. Leonidas maintains the clinch.
Leonidas looking to throw knees to the head but Lazer is blocking nicely.
Leonidas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lazer blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonidas misses with a knee to the head.
Leonidas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonidas scores a nice knee to the body.
Leonidas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lazer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leonidas misses with a knee strike.
Leonidas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lazer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonidas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lazer blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonidas misses with the head strike.
Leonidas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lazer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leonidas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leonidas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lazer avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas looking to throw knees to the head but Lazer is blocking nicely.
Leonidas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leonidas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lazer gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Leonidas regains guard.
Lazer scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lazer working some strikes from top position.
Lazer postures up in Leonidas's guard and throws a big left but Leonidas blocks it.
Lazer chips away with some ground and pound.
Lazer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lazer with a nice head shot there.
Lazer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lazer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lazer throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Lazer is pulling down on Leonidas's head. It's preventing any offense from Leonidas, at least for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazer trying to keep a closed guard but Leonidas is proving a slippery customer.
Lazer is controlling Leonidas's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazer keeping moving, preventing Leonidas from controlling successfully.
Leonidas preventing the sweep.
Lazer pulls Leonidas in to control the position.
Leonidas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leonidas wants to stand and escape but instead Lazer has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Leonidas is pulling down on Lazer's head. It's preventing any offense from Lazer, at least for the moment.
Leonidas wants to sweep but no luck.
Achilles Leonidas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lazer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leonidas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leonidas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lazer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lazer drives through with a takedown into Leonidas's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Major Lazer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lazer is in close to Leonidas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Leonidas controls Lazer momentarily but Lazer frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Major Lazer.
I think Lazer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Achilles Leonidas!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Achilles Leonidas!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Achilles Leonidas!
Achilles Leonidas wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Achilles Leonidas gave a big smile as he said 'I want to thank my sponsors and all of my fans! My goal every show is to give the crowd an exciting fight. One day I will become Champion!! '.
The defeated Major Lazer had this to say: 'thanks for all the love guys'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between TJ Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crawford might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to John Legend - Who Do We Think We Are . Watanabe has chosen The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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36
155 lbs
19 - 21 - 0 |
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32
135 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Crawford avoids nicely.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Crawford avoids nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Crawford has double underhooks.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watanabe.
Watanabe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Watanabe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawford tries to clinch but Watanabe moves out of range.
Crawford drives through and clinches with Watanabe against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crawford misses with a knee to the head.
Watanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Crawford has Watanabe pressed against the cage, preventing Watanabe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crawford misses with a knee to the head.
Crawford missing with knees to the body.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Watanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Watanabe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watanabe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crawford wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Crawford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Crawford avoids nicely.
Watanabe has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Watanabe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crawford moves in looking to clinch but Watanabe pushes him off.
Watanabe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crawford rushes Watanabe and presses him up against the cage.
Crawford has Watanabe pressed against the cage, preventing Watanabe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks it.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford working Watanabe over with knees to the body.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
Watanabe manages to break the clinch.
Crawford has Watanabe up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crawford tries a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crawford obliges.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watanabe.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Watanabe is blocking nicely.
Crawford misses with a knee strike.
Crawford trying to land knees to the body.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the cage.
Watanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watanabe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crawford tries to counter by clinching up but Watanabe breaks away and moves out of range.
Crawford tries to clinch up but Watanabe circles away and keeps his distance.
Watanabe misses with a wild combination.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Watanabe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watanabe pushes Crawford away with a front kick.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watanabe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crawford clinches with his opponent.
Watanabe takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crawford clinches with his opponent.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Crawford has double underhooks.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Watanabe is blocking nicely.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crawford.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Watanabe breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Watanabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crawford takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Watanabe is blocking nicely.
Watanabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Crawford has double underhooks.
Crawford misses with a knee to the head.
Watanabe lands with a right to the head.
Crawford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watanabe lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like TJ Crawford has been cut.
Watanabe misses with the combination.
Crawford tries to clinch there but Watanabe circles away.
Crawford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.
Crawford is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Takeshi Watanabe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on TJ Crawford's cut.
That's time! Crawford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crawford fails in his attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Watanabe both land. Nice combination.
Watanabe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crawford circles away quickly and effectively.
Crawford tries to clinch there but Watanabe circles away.
Watanabe misses with a combination
and Crawford counters by clinching up.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawford misses with a knee strike.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crawford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Watanabe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Watanabe is trying to push Crawford away but Crawford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Watanabe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crawford obliges.
Crawford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crawford obliges.
Crawford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watanabe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crawford landing knees to the head.
Crawford trying to land knees to the body.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watanabe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watanabe tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the cage.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Watanabe is blocking nicely.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watanabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Watanabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crawford tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Watanabe manages to circle out of the way.
Watanabe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crawford is looking to clinch but Watanabe is avoiding it.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watanabe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Watanabe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Watanabe tries to bum rush Crawford with a series of wild strikes but Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watanabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watanabe.
Crawford rushes Watanabe and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe breaks the clinch.
Crawford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watanabe.
Watanabe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crawford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford clinches up against the cage.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawford lands a good knee to the midsection. Watanabe won't want to take too many of those.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford trying to land knees to the body.
Watanabe lands an uppercut.
Watanabe lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the cage.
Watanabe is trying to push Crawford away but Crawford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Watanabe is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
Crawford misses with a knee strike.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watanabe avoids it.
Crawford prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Watanabe wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Watanabe breaks from the clinch.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crawford tries to clinch but Watanabe is having none of it.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watanabe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watanabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawford moves in looking to clinch but Watanabe pushes him off.
Crawford has closed the distance and engaged Watanabe in a clinch.
Crawford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watanabe is defending well for now.
Watanabe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crawford keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crawford dodges the punch combination from Watanabe.
As Watanabe tries to get set, Crawford tries to push him back and clinch up but Watanabe manages to avoid the attempt.
Watanabe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe tries to bum rush Crawford with a series of wild strikes but Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watanabe looks to land a body kick but Crawford moved away.
Crawford avoids a kick to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Crawford.
Watanabe is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TJ Crawford dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on TJ Crawford's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Watanabe. Those never looked like landing.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watanabe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watanabe misses with a few strikes there.
Watanabe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crawford closes the distance and pushes Watanabe back into the cage.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crawford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watanabe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
Watanabe keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watanabe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Watanabe throws a nice looking combination but Crawford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Watanabe circles away.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Watanabe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watanabe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Watanabe circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford slips a jab and a cross from Watanabe.
Crawford is looking to counter the offense by Watanabe and move into the clinch.
No joy there for Watanabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crawford moves in looking to clinch but Watanabe pushes him off.
Crawford gets a clinch.
Crawford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Crawford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
TJ Crawford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks with his arms.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Watanabe tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watanabe manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Crawford moves out of range.
As Watanabe tries to get set, Crawford tries to push him back and clinch up but Watanabe manages to avoid the attempt.
Takeshi Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe stalks Crawford and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crawford's face. Crawford staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watanabe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick from Watanabe.
Crawford wants to clinch.
Watanabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crawford wants to clinch.
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Watanabe keeps the fight on the outside.
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Crawford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watanabe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Watanabe throws a right hand that Crawford ducks under and follows up with a left that Crawford also avoids with ease.
Crawford tries to clinch up but Watanabe circles away and keeps his distance.
Watanabe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford dodges the punch combination from Watanabe.
Crawford is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Watanabe.
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe misses with the combination.
Takeshi Watanabe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crawford closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crawford obliges.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Crawford lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Crawford.
Crawford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crawford has Watanabe pressed against the cage, preventing Watanabe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks with his arms.
Watanabe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Watanabe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe works over Crawford's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Watanabe both land. Nice combination.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And Watanabe tries to counter it with a takedown but Crawford pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Watanabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As Watanabe tries to get set, Crawford tries to push him back and clinch up but Watanabe manages to avoid the attempt.
Watanabe keeps the fight on the outside.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Watanabe. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Crawford has Watanabe up against the cage in a clinch.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takeshi Watanabe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Watanabe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Takeshi Watanabe!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manny Baddabing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Kennison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kennison has chosen Snot- Stoopid as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Manny Baddabing could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Karl Kennison's chin.
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Great elbows
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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
43 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Baddabing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Kennison!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baddabing slips a straight right by Kennison.
Baddabing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kennison.
Baddabing feinted with a counter takedown.
Baddabing smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Baddabing takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kennison staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Baddabing misses the target.
Baddabing throws an overhand right that lands on Kennison's shoulder, as Kennison tries to avoid the shot.
Kennison tries to close the distance and clinch but Baddabing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baddabing feinted with a counter takedown.
Kennison misses with an uppercut.
Kennison throws a hook but Baddabing avoids it easily.
Baddabing throws a hook but Kennison blocks it.
Baddabing shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kennison as he avoids it easily.
Kennison throws out a counter right but Baddabing avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Baddabing does it's job there.
Kennison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Baddabing keeps the fight on the outside.
Baddabing gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kennison has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Baddabing is on him like a limpet, forcing Kennison back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennison is fighting off a takedown attempt but Baddabing is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kennison to the mat. Kennison regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Kennison wants to stand and escape but Baddabing is having none of it.
Baddabing slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Baddabing looking to sit in guard and control but Kennison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kennison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Baddabing is proving hard to escape from.
Baddabing 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.
Baddabing is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing prevents Kennison from standing back up.
Baddabing is stalling here. Kennison is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Baddabing seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kennison has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Baddabing is trying to improve his position.
Baddabing is working hard here to advance position.
The referee asks Kennison politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Kennison prefers to stall for the moment though.
My spies in Bloodsport Gym 16 Elites inform me that Kennison has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Baddabing looks to move to half guard but instead Kennison has passed into mount! Damn!
Kennison looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kennison.
Baddabing gets back to half guard.
Kennison is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Baddabing moves into full guard.
Baddabing looking to control.
Kennison is fighting to break Baddabing's control of his arms but Baddabing is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Baddabing controls Kennison momentarily but Kennison frees himself.
Kennison would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Baddabing bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kennison's guard.
Baddabing passes Kennison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Baddabing is looking to stall here but Kennison recovers full guard.
Kennison is looking to stand up but Baddabing isn't so interested in that idea.
Kennison has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Baddabing off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kennison throws a low kick but Baddabing moves out of range easily.
Baddabing ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Karl Kennison 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.
Kennison looks to throw the jab but Baddabing is out of range.
Kennison is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Baddabing rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kennison counters with a nice uppercut.
Kennison throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kennison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kennison scores with a nice head shot.
Kennison throws a hook but Baddabing avoids it easily.
Kennison walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kennison throws a leg kick
and Baddabing counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Baddabing.
Baddabing pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kennison is keeping the position for now.
Baddabing stands and throws Kennison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
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!
Baddabing trying to control the action but Kennison is working from the bottom.
Kennison being controlled for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennison dodges the ground and pound from Baddabing.
Baddabing wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kennison keeps working.
Baddabing controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kennison pushes Baddabing away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Baddabing gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Baddabing staying calm.
Baddabing seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kennison for as long as he can get away with.
Baddabing wants to control but Kennison is keeping him busy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Baddabing.
Kennison is not content to let Baddabing control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kennison is looking to clinch but Baddabing is avoiding it.
Kennison tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baddabing counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kennison!
Baddabing tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kennison's legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baddabing trying to control the action but Kennison is working from the bottom.
Manny Baddabing overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kennison is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Baddabing asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing slows the pace down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kennison sneaks out the side door and pushes Baddabing away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Baddabing dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baddabing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kennison drives through and clinches with Baddabing against the cage.
Kennison is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kennison misses with an elbow strike.
Baddabing has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kennison after a bit of a struggle.
Baddabing tries to pull guard but Kennison holds him up against the cage and eventually Baddabing drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Baddabing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kennison misses with a punch on the inside.
Baddabing pulls guard effortlessly.
Baddabing working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kennison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kennison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kennison gets to his feet. Baddabing looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Baddabing misses.
Kennison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baddabing throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baddabing blocks a jab.
Kennison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baddabing has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kennison finds it's way round the side to connect with Baddabing's head.
Baddabing shoots for a takedown but Kennison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Baddabing's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kennison under the eye.
Baddabing displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Karl Kennison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kennison looks to land a right hand but Baddabing moved out of range.
Baddabing connects with the punch.
Kennison staying out of range there.
Kennison drops his hands momentarily and Baddabing takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Baddabing checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Karl Kennison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kennison misses with a body shot.
Baddabing feinted with a counter takedown.
A head kick misses from Kennison.
Kennison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Baddabing swats away the attempt to clinch by Kennison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing looks to land a left hand but Kennison moved out of range nicely.
Baddabing scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A combination from Baddabing does no damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kennison.
Baddabing is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kennison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Baddabing misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kennison.
A jab from Kennison misses.
Baddabing tries to counter with a takedown but Kennison is quick to defend against it.
Baddabing jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baddabing slips a straight right by Kennison.
Baddabing slips under a jab from Kennison.
A punch lands to the side of Baddabing 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slow jab from Kennison misses its intended target.
Baddabing on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab lands there for Kennison.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Kennison.
Kennison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baddabing keeps the fight on the outside.
Kennison fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Kennison does no damage.
Baddabing looks to land a left hand but Kennison moved out of range nicely.
A lazy left from Baddabing finds it's target.
Kennison cracks Baddabing with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Baddabing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kennison.
Baddabing swings for the body but Kennison moves out of range.
Baddabing staying out of range there.
Baddabing fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Baddabing is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Baddabing shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kennison defends it nicely.
Kennison appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennison loads up on a big right hand but Baddabing slips the punch.
Baddabing tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kennison sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Baddabing somewhat.
Baddabing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baddabing blocks a jab.
Baddabing ducks under a wild hook from Kennison.
Baddabing feinted with a counter takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennison is looking to slow Baddabing down with leg kicks.
Baddabing shoots in looking for a takedown. Kennison tries to sprawl out of it but Baddabing keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kennison manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kennison throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kennison throws a lazy right hand but Baddabing sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baddabing half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Kennison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kennison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Karl Kennison!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Karl Kennison!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight as a draw!
Karl Kennison wins by majority decision!
Karl Kennison thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfredo Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dawid Rafal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by We Can't Stop. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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16 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfredo Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawid Rafal!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafal looks to throw the jab but Gomez is out of range.
A jab from Rafal does it's job there.
Nice takedown defense from Rafal. No joy for Gomez on that attempt.
Rafal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gomez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rafal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gomez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rafal tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gomez is in Rafal's guard.
Gomez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gomez is looking to work some ground and pound but Rafal has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez throwing strikes from guard but Rafal blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez throws a big right hand that misses.
Gomez looking to pass the guard.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Rafal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomez throwing strikes from guard but Rafal blocks nicely.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gomez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rafal.
Gomez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Rafal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A left and a right from Gomez both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rafal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rafal lands with a shot to the body.
Gomez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rafal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rafal lands a leg kick that knocks Gomez off balance momentarily.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Rafal's head.
Rafal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomez throws a big shot that misses.
Rafal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gomez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rafal scrambles back to his feet.
Rafal tries a low kick but Gomez avoids it.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rafal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomez.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rafal.
Rafal cracks Gomez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rafal as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alfredo Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rafal misses with a head kick.
Gomez throwing a counter right hand but Rafal manages to avoid it.
Good work by Gomez as he checks the leg kick.
Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rafal keeps the fight on the outside.
Rafal throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rafal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rafal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rafal misses with a looping right.
Gomez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gomez gets a takedown into half guard.
Gomez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rafal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal is controlling Gomez's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Gomez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rafal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gomez.
Rafal slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gomez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rafal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
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 Alfredo Gomez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rafal darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rafal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rafal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gomez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gomez takes one to the side of the head.
Gomez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rafal scores with a head kick.
Gomez lands a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Rafal scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rafal slips under a jab.
Rafal follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Gomez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gomez is defended easily by Rafal.
Rafal missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez shoots in looking for a takedown. Rafal tries to sprawl out of it but Gomez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rafal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gomez shoots in looking for a takedown. Rafal tries to sprawl out of it but Gomez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rafal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alfredo Gomez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rafal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gomez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rafal throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gomez.
Dawid Rafal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rafal gets tackled into the cage by Gomez. Gomez maintains the clinch.
Gomez is looking for a takedown.
Rafal blocks a body shot from Gomez.
Rafal prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Rafal has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
A short right from Rafal on the inside.
Rafal creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Rafal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rafal misses with a punch to the body.
Gomez keeps control of Rafal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rafal connects with a knee to the head.
Rafal scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Gomez.
Rafal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gomez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rafal moves away.
Rafal walks into a jab.
A big right from Gomez misses.
Gomez cracks Rafal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rafal thumps Gomez with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a hook but Rafal avoids it easily.
Rafal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gomez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rafal's head backwards.
Rafal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rafal lands a nice hook to Gomez's body. Gomez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rafal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gomez under the eye.
Jab from Rafal.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomez looks for a takedown but Rafal sprawls well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rafal, right into the meat.
Gomez scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rafal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gomezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws an overhand right that lands on Rafal's shoulder, as Rafal tries to avoid the shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rafal.
Rafal missing with a left hand there. Gomez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rafal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomez. That did some damage!
Rafal throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gomez connects with a single shot there.
Gomez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rafal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gomez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rafal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a hook
letting Rafal counter with a right hand.
Gomez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomez throws a jab when Rafal was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez shoots in looking for a takedown but Rafal manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gomez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dawid Rafal 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. And we move into the final round!
Gomez throws a hook but Rafal blocks it.
Rafal throws a counter combo.
Rafal scores with a nice strike.
Gomez throws a hook to the side of Rafal's head but Rafal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rafal looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Rafal counters with a leg kick.
Rafal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dawid Rafal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rafal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gomez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rafal.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafal throws a leg kick but Gomez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slow jab from Rafal misses its intended target.
Gomez is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rafal throws an off balance right hand
and Gomez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rafal throws a shot to the body.
Gomez walks into a jab.
Gomez misses the shot to the body.
Rafal throws out a counter right but Gomez avoids it with no problem.
Rafal thuds his shin into the meat of Gomez's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafal looks to land a left hand but Gomez moved out of range nicely.
Rafal lands a nice shot that snaps Gomez's head back.
Rafal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gomez misses with a hook to the body
and Rafal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rafal just misses with a punch to the body.
Rafal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rafal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rafal fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomez is out of range.
Rafal throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gomez misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Gomez. Those never looked like landing.
Gomez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rafal doesn't seem bothered though.
Gomez loads up on a big right hand but Rafal slips the punch.
Alfredo Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rafal throws a leg kick but Gomez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rafal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gomez shoots in for a double leg but Rafal sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gomez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rafal is looking for the big counter here.
Rafal throws a leg kick but Gomez checks it.
Gomez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rafal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gomez cracks Rafal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Rafal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rafal scoring well with a low kick there.
Rafal throws the kick towards the body but Gomez avoids it.
Gomez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gomez is looking to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gomez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Gomez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rafal slips under a jab.
Rafal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gomez misses with an uppercut
and Rafal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomez thinking.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rafal was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
Rafal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rafal lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomez's sensitive parts.
Gomez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rafal throws a leg kick which misses Gomez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomez tries to avoid it.
Rafal lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gomez punishes Rafal's body with a nice straight punch.
Rafal catches Gomez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Rafal.
Rafal is looking to score with low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gomez throws a series of punches but Rafal avoids them all with ease.
Rafal throws out a counter right but Gomez avoids it with no problem.
Rafal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomez.
Gomez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rafal thuds his right hand into Gomez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gomez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rafal! But no joy.
Rafal slips under a jab.
Gomez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A good leg kick by Rafal.
Gomez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rafal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gomez scores with a hook.
Gomez misses with a straight right.
Rafal throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rafal. Rafal obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dawid Rafal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rafal has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Dawid Rafal!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Dawid Rafal!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Dawid Rafal!
Dawid Rafal wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Dawid Rafal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Roofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Roofer's choice of entrance music: Jonesmann Feat. Azad - Der Soldat James Rhyme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Roofer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Roofer finds it's way through Finkle's defenses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Finkle 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 Roofer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Roofer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Roofer has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Finkle is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Roofer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Finkle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Roofer manages to circle out of the way.
Finkle uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roofer has time to react.
Finkle throws a nice looking combination but Roofer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roofer throws a leg kick but Finkle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Roofer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roofer throws out a leg kick but Finkle moves out of range and Roofer only half commits.
Finkle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roofer.
Roofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finkle lands a head kick. Roofer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Roofer tried to score with a low kick but Finkle checks it.
Finkle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roofer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Finkle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Finkle moves in looking to clinch but Roofer pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roofer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Finkle is out of range.
Roofer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Finkle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roofer misses with a low kick as Finkle jumps back.
A clash of legs there as Finkle blocks the low kick.
Roofer 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkle checks a leg kick.
Roofer punishes Finkle's body with a nice straight punch.
Finkle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roofer.
Finkle feints and then cracks Roofer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roofer down.
Roofer misses with a kick to the body.
Roofer looks for the body kick but Finkle saw that one coming.
Roofer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Finkle is out of range and Roofer settles back down.
Finkle throws a head kick that misses.
Finkle throws a sloppy head kick and Roofer moves out of range easily.
Finkle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Finkle throws a leg kick which misses Roofer's front leg but catches the back leg as Roofer tries to avoid it.
Finkle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Finkle moves out of range as Roofer throws a body kick.
Finkle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roofer needs to keep his hands up - Finkle had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Finkle misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Roofer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roofer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Finkle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finkle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Roofer as he checks the leg kick.
Roofer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roofer connects with a solid leg kick.
Finkle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roofer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roofer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Finkle tries to clinch but Roofer moves out of range.
Roofer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Finkle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roofer.
Finkle tries to clinch up but Roofer circles away and keeps his distance.
Roofer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finkle blocks a head kick by Roofer.
Finkle misses the shot to the body.
Roofer avoids the head kick by Finkle.
Finkle misses with a body punch
and Roofer counters with a leg kick.
Roofer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Roofer misses with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Roofer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Finkle connects with a looping right hand.
Roofer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Finkle is able to avoid easily.
Finkle throws a counter high kick but Roofer was just alert enough to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle tries to clinch up.
Roofer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Finkle ducks under a wild hook from Roofer.
Roofer needs to keep his hands up - Finkle had a free shot at his head there.
Roofer loads up on a big right hand but Finkle slips the punch.
Finkle gets a clinch.
Finkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roofer has a couple of punches blocked by Finkle.
Roofer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roofer cracks Finkle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A low kick from Roofer is predictable there
and Finkle counters with a good low kick that Roofer was not able to check.
Roofer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Finkle is able to avoid easily.
Roofer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finkle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Finkle is looking to chop away at Roofer's legs.
Roofer tries to land a leg kick but Finkle saw it coming and moves away.
Finkle avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Finkle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Roofer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finkle throws a leg kick but Roofer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Finkle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Roofer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roofer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finkle.
Finkle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Finkle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Roofer checks a low kick from Finkle.
Finkle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roofer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finkle.
Finkle connects with an inside leg kick.
Finkle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Roofer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Finkle.
Roofer throws a push kick but Finkle slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roofer swings for the body but Finkle moves out of range.
Roofer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Finkle throws a head kick that misses.
Roofer connects with a solid leg kick.
Roofer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's 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 Ray Finkle will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Finkle checks a leg kick.
It looked like Finkle was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Roofer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Finkle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roofer motions for Finkle to come forward. Roofer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Finkle checks a leg kick.
Finkle misses with a looping left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roofer.
Finkle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Roofer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Roofer throws the kick towards the body but Finkle avoids it.
Roofer throws a leg kick but Finkle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Finkle throws a sloppy head kick and Roofer moves out of range easily.
Roofer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finkle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finkle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Roofer throws a counter combo.
Finkle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Finkle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finkle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roofer was well out of range. Poor timing from Finkle.
Finkle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Roofer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Roofer 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roofer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roofer misses with a looping right.
Finkle lands with a kick to the temple. Roofer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Finkle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roofer.
Finkle tries to score with a low kick but Roofer moves his leg out of the way.
Roofer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roofer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roofer avoids the body shot from Finkle.
Roofer lands a head kick!
Finkle throws a head kick but Roofer moves out of range.
Ray Finkle is winning the standup battle so far.
Finkle bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roofer's head backwards.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roofer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roofer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finkle is looking to counter with head kicks.
Roofer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Finkle looks to score with a jab to the body but Roofer is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkle checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Finkle connects with a solid leg kick.
Roofer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body kick from Finkle.
Roofer loads up on a big right hand but Finkle slips the punch.
Finkle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Finkle scores with a jab to the head.
Finkle wants to clinch up but Roofer keeps it at a distance.
Roofer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roofer checks a leg kick.
Roofer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roofer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Roofer connects with a leg kick. Finkle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Finkle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roofer misses with an uppercut. Finkle saw that one coming.
Roofer scores with a nice head shot.
Roofer tries to land a leg kick but Finkle saw it coming and moves away.
Roofer misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Finkle's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Finkle lands with a shot to the body.
Finkle misses with a head kick.
Roofer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roofer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Finkle has time to react.
Finkle 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.
Finkle misses with a double jab.
Roofer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roofer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roofer throws a head kick but Finkle moves out of range.
Finkle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Roofer.
Roofer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Finkle counters with a stiff right hand.
Finkle scores with a punch to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Roofer.
A jab from Roofer misses.
Roofer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finkle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roofer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finkle throws a series of punches but Roofer moves out of range.
Roofer appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Finkle looks to score with a jab to the body but Roofer is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Finkle blocks the low kick.
Roofer loads up on a big right hand but Finkle slips the punch.
Roofer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Finkle thuds a left hand into Roofer's body.
Roofer throws a chopping leg kick but Finkle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Finkle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Finkle misses with a low kick.
Roofer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Roofer tries a low kick but Finkle avoids it.
Roofer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Finkle.
Roofer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Finkle looks to score with a jab to the body but Roofer is just out of range.
Finkle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finkle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Finkle just misses with a punch to the body.
Roofer is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ray Finkle 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Roofer feints and then cracks Finkle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Finkle down.
Roofer misses with a low kick.
Finkle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roofer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Finkle is able to avoid easily.
Roofer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finkle.
Roofer slips a jab and a cross from Finkle.
Roofer is looking for the big counter here.
Finkle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roofer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finkle.
Finkle misses with a series of wild punches.
Roofer throws a counter combo.
Finkle checks a leg kick nicely.
Finkle throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Finkle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finkle 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.
Finkle throws a leg kick that misses.
Finkle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roofer. Roofer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Finkle misses with a looping left.
Finkle has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Roofer.
Finkle scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Finkle throws a big shot that misses.
Finkle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roofer.
Finkle with a nice cross.
Roofer throws a head kick but Finkle moves out of range.
Finkle connects with a solid leg kick.
Roofer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Roofer thows a leg kick but Finkle checks it
and Finkle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roofer's knee momentarily.
Roofer misses with a hook to the body
and Finkle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Finkle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roofer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Finkle is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Finkle checks a leg kick.
Finkle throwing a counter right hand but Roofer manages to avoid it.
Finkle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Finkle misses with a body shot.
Finkle throws a solid leg kick but Roofer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Finkle.
Roofer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Roofer lands with a kick to the ribs.
Finkle scores with a head kick.
Ben Roofer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roofer misses with the body kick
and Finkle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Roofer finds it's way through Finkle's defenses.
Finkle throws a leg kick but Roofer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Finkle is looking to clinch.
Finkle moves in looking to clinch but Roofer pushes him off.
Roofer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot by Roofer.
Roofer looks for the body kick but Finkle saw that one coming.
Finkle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roofer. Roofer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Finkle looks to land a right hand but Roofer moved out of range.
Roofer scores with a shot to the body.
Roofer moves out of range of the strikes.
Roofer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roofer misses the jab.
Roofer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roofer throws a head kick that misses.
Finkle lands with a slapping head kick.
Roofer checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle moves out of range of the leg kick from Roofer.
An inside leg kick lands from Finkle.
Finkle misses the shot to the body.
Roofer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Finkle swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Roofer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roofer misses with a straight left.
Finkle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good leg kick by Finkle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Finkle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Finkle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Finkle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finkle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Finkle moves out of range as Roofer strikes.
Finkle pushes Roofer up against the cage in a clinch.
Roofer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finkle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Ben Roofer has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finkle gets through Roofer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finkle lands a nice knee to the body.
Finkle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roofer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finkle tries to land knees in the clinch but Roofer avoids the damage to the body.
Roofer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Finkle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finkle can't find room to land a body shot as Roofer controls the action.
Roofer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finkle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roofer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice inside leg kick there by Finkle. That's going to slow Roofer down.
Roofer loads up on a big right hand but Finkle slips the punch.
Finkle swings for the body but Roofer moves out of range.
A jab from Finkle finds it's way through Roofer's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finkle scores with a jab to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Roofer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Finkle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Finkle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Ray Finkle wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Ray Finkle thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe has chosen The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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222 lbs
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30
207 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
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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
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Crowe enables Harris to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Crowe manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Crowe wants to sweep but no luck.
Harris looking to sit in guard and control but Crowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Crowe chips away with some ground and pound.
Crowe wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Harris looking for a guillotine here but Crowe defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris is trying to control the position but Crowe postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to sweep here but Crowe controlling him for the moment.
Harris keeping full guard, as Crowe tries to pass.
Harris looking for a guillotine here but Crowe defends easily.
Crowe wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Crowe stays in close to Harris's body and controls the position.
Harris looking for subs off his back but Crowe has passed one foot through into half guard.
Harris gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Crowe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Crowe won't allow Harris to sweep him here.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Crowe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harris's head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Harris holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Crowe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Crowe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris prevents a body shot from Crowe.
Crowe misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crowe throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crowe throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crowe misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Crowe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris clobbers Crowe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crowe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crowe was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Crowe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Crowe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe slips a straight right by Harris.
Crowe works the jab nicely.
It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Crowe lands with a nice body punch.
Crowe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice body kick from Crowe.
Crowe tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
An inside leg kick from Harris misses.
Stanton Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Crowe blocks a jab.
Crowe lands with a right hand.
Harris scores with a jab. Crowe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Crowe throws a left that rocks Harris and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Crowe dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Harris regain composure!
Harris is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanton Crowe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Crowe measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Harris! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Stanton Crowe!
Stanton Crowe decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aung San Suu Kyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds comes to the cage accompanied by Ballad Of Serenity. Suu Kyi has chosen Peace Prize Speech as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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218 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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malcolm Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aung San Suu Kyi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suu Kyi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been informed that Suu Kyi 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.
Suu Kyi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reynolds throws a body shot but no joy.
Reynolds looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reynolds is trying to control. Suu Kyi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Reynolds scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Reynolds is looking to take a break and control but Suu Kyi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Suu Kyi tries to roll over but Reynolds keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds wants to control but Suu Kyi is keeping him busy.
Reynolds works his way into full mount!
Reynolds throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Reynolds prevents Suu Kyi from getting the reversal.
Reynolds looking to finish with strikes here!
Reynolds lands a couple of good shots and Suu Kyi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Suu Kyi tries to break free.
Reynolds misses with an elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds misses with an elbow to the head.
Reynolds punishes Suu Kyi with strikes from the back mount.
Reynolds avoiding Suu Kyi 's attempts to control his hands.
Reynolds punches Suu Kyi on the ear.
It looks like Aung San Suu Kyi has been cut.
Suu Kyi can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suu Kyi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds lands a heavy elbow.
That has opened up Aung San Suu Kyi's cut even more.
Suu Kyi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Reynolds breaks from Suu Kyi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds landing strikes from the mount and Suu Kyi is in trouble!
Reynolds is stalling here but it's allowed Suu Kyi to get half guard.
Nice strikes from Reynolds there.
Reynolds is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Suu Kyi is just riding it out for now. Reynolds eventually gives up the hold.
Suu Kyi tries to roll over but Reynolds keeps him under control.
Suu Kyi is trying is best to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds lands with a punch from half guard.
Reynolds takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Reynolds looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Reynolds works his foot free and advances to mount.
Reynolds controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Reynolds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aung San Suu Kyi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Suu Kyi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reynolds has time to react.
A slow jab from Suu Kyi misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Reynolds there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reynolds misses with a hook.
Suu Kyi pushes Reynolds away with a front kick.
Reynolds is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suu Kyi can do to turn this around?
A jab from Suu Kyi does it's job there.
Suu Kyi misses with an uppercut. Reynolds saw that one coming.
Suu Kyi lands with a right hand.
Aung San Suu Kyi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Suu Kyi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Suu Kyi flicks out a counter leg kick but Reynolds steps away.
A jab from Suu Kyi finds it's way through Reynolds's defenses.
Suu Kyi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Suu Kyi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Suu Kyi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reynolds.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suu Kyi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aung San Suu Kyi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suu Kyi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reynolds throws an off balance right hand
and Suu Kyi counters with a three punch combo that has Reynolds backing up. Reynolds nods at Suu Kyi to acknowledge the strikes.
Reynolds attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Reynolds connects with a body shot.
A low kick from Reynolds misses
and Suu Kyi counters with a nice body kick.
Reynolds scores with a nice right hand.
Jab, jab by Suu Kyi - just one landing.
Suu Kyi pushes Reynolds away with a front kick.
Suu Kyi lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds shoots and misses
and Suu Kyi counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Suu Kyi. Reynolds shrugs it off though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suu Kyi.
Reynolds walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Reynolds is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suu Kyi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suu Kyi is trying to counter with his kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suu Kyi.
An inside leg kick from Reynolds misses.
Reynolds chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Suu Kyi can pounce on him.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reynolds. That's going to slow Suu Kyi down.
Reynolds throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suu Kyi lands an overhand right.
Suu Kyi throws a jab but it's blocked by Reynolds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reynolds is rocked!
Suu Kyi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reynolds's sensitive parts.
Reynolds scores with a jab to the head.
Aung San Suu Kyi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reynolds lands a nice shot to the body.
Suu Kyi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reynolds.
Suu Kyi lands with a slapping head kick.
Oh Reynolds is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reynolds glances at the clock... BAM! Suu Kyi nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Reynolds crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Reynolds is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aung San Suu Kyi!
A relieved looking Aung San Suu Kyi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conan Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashy Larry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Where I'm From, Marcy Son. Ashy Larry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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281 lbs
26 - 15 - 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
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan Drogo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashy Larry!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo connects with an inside leg kick.
Drogo blocks the body kick.
Drogo sizes up Larry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Larry has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Larry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Drogo looks to land a right hand but Larry moved out of range.
Drogo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Larry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Larry jabs at Drogo's body.
Some wild striking there from Drogo.
Drogo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drogo throws the left hand but Larry avoids the punch easily.
Larry throws out a counter right but Drogo avoids it with no problem.
Larry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Drogo checks it well.
Drogo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Larry as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larry blocks a jab.
Larry looks to score with a jab to the body but Drogo is just out of range.
Drogo throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Drogo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Larry doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larry lands a nice looking body shot.
Larry drops Drogo with a beautiful combination! Drogo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Larry is looking for the KO!
Drogo is rocked!
It looks like Conan Drogo has been cut.
Larry cracks Drogo's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Drogo slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Larry can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ashy Larry!
Ashy Larry is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Ashy Larry 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esa Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esa Tikkanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Esa Tikkanen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Tikkanen.
Tikkanen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judah.
Judah throws a body punch but Tikkanen moves out of range.
Tikkanen misses with a wild combination.
Tikkanen tries to land a leg kick but Judah saw it coming and moves away.
Tikkanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tikkanen blocks an elbow strike.
Judah blocks a body shot from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tikkanen misses with a body punch.
Tikkanen takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah blocks an uppercut.
Tikkanen working aggressively here.
Judah tries to work over Tikkanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tikkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Tikkanen prevents a body shot from Judah.
Judah lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Tikkanen controls his hands.
Tikkanen lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Tikkanen.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Tikkanen avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Tikkanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Judah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tikkanen's brow.
Tikkanen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Judah is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tikkanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Judah.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Esa Tikkanen has been cut.
Tikkanen wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Judah fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Judah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tikkanen's brow.
Tikkanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tikkanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tikkanen pushes Judah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tikkanen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Judah seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tikkanen can turn it around.
Tikkanen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen tries for a takedown but Judah manages to get underhooks.
David Judah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Esa Tikkanen.
Judah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Tikkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judah misses with some punches.
Tikkanen blocks an elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen throws a head punch that misses.
Judah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tikkanen dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen lands a nice uppercut.
Judah lands a right hand.
Judah lands with a light punch inside.
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Tikkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Judah lands a shot to the body.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
Tikkanen pushes Judah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tikkanen blocks an uppercut.
Tikkanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short left from Judah.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tikkanen can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Judah pushes off an throws an elbow but Tikkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tikkanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah blocks a body shot from Tikkanen.
Judah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Judah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tikkanen looking to stall.
Tikkanen pushes Judah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tikkanen dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Judah controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tikkanen blocks a body shot from Judah.
Judah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Judah working aggressively here.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Judah.
Still in the clinch, Tikkanen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tikkanen misses with a body punch.
Tikkanen is struggling to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tikkanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Tikkanen misses with a punch to the body.
Judah misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Judah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Esa Tikkanen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Judah clinches up against the cage.
Judah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tikkanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tikkanen tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Judah.
Tikkanen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tikkanen lands a nice uppercut.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
Tikkanen dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Judah blocks a body shot from Tikkanen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tikkanen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tikkanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tikkanen can do to turn this around?
Tikkanen tries to pull guard but Judah forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Tikkanen controls his hands.
Judah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tikkanen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Judah is defending well.
David Judah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Esa Tikkanen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Judah.
Judah stops a takedown attempt from Tikkanen.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judah.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Judah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Judah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Esa Tikkanen's cut even more.
Judah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Judah lands an uppercut.
Tikkanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Tikkanen scores with a hook to the body.
Judah prevents the takedown attempt.
Judah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tikkanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Tikkanen in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tikkanen.
Judah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Tikkanen controls the action.
Tikkanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Tikkanen gets through Judah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Judah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tikkanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Tikkanen controls the action.
Tikkanen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Judah gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tikkanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Judah controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Tikkanen fails to land.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Judah tries to work over Tikkanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tikkanen has Judah pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Judah manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Judah fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with an elbow over the top.
Judah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judah prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen blocks an uppercut.
Judah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tikkanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Judah.
Tikkanen misses with a punch on the inside.
David Judah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Tikkanen.
Judah misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Judah - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Judah.
Tikkanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Judah stops a takedown attempt from Tikkanen.
Judah lands with a left to the head.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Tikkanen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judah.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Tikkanen.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen avoids the elbow strike from Judah, against the cage.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tikkanen's elbow.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tikkanen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Judah avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tikkanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tikkanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tikkanen lands a shoulder strike.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tikkanen wants to take the fight to the mat but Judah manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Judah misses with an elbow over the top.
Tikkanen has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Nice body punch from Judah.
Tikkanen is breathing heavily.
Judah lands an elbow just above Tikkanen 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Judah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Esa Tikkanen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tikkanen misses with a left hand
and Judah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tikkanen scores with a nice strike.
Tikkanen misses with a wild combination.
Judah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tikkanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Judah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tikkanen moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Tikkanen misses with a head kick.
Esa Tikkanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tikkanen clinches up with Judah and pushes him back against the cage.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tikkanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tikkanen is leaning against Judah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Tikkanen - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
A short left from Judah.
Judah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Judah.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tikkanen pushes Judah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tikkanen's elbow.
Tikkanen dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Judah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tikkanen lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Tikkanen - that landed with a thud.
Tikkanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tikkanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tikkanen has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Judah regains guard immediately.
Judah wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tikkanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Judah not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tikkanen is working Judah over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tikkanen misses with a low kick.
Tikkanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Judah misses its intended target.
Tikkanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tikkanen motions for Judah to come forward. Tikkanen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judah throwing a counter right hand but Tikkanen manages to avoid it.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tikkanen moves away.
Judah darts in and clinches Tikkanen up against the cage.
Tikkanen tries to throw a body punch but Judah avoids it by throwing Tikkanen back against the cage.
Tikkanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah lands an elbow inside.
Tikkanen misses with the head strike.
Judah throws an elbow that misses.
Judah gets underhooks to prevent Tikkanen's takedown attempt.
Judah working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tikkanen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Judah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Tikkanen blocks a body shot from Judah.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tikkanen looking to stall.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Tikkanen.
Tikkanen misses with the head strike.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Judah is keeping busy.
Judah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The cut above Esa Tikkanen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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 nice glancing elbow lands by Judah.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Judah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tikkanen's brow.
Tikkanen is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Esa Tikkanen just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Esa Tikkanen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tikkanen swats away the attempt to clinch by Judah.
Tikkanen drives through and clinches with Judah against the cage.
Judah prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Tikkanen in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Tikkanen tries to throw a body punch but Judah avoids it by throwing Tikkanen back against the cage.
Tikkanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Judah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tikkanen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Tikkanen avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Tikkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Judah is defending well.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Tikkanen controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Judah as the two fighters clinch.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Tikkanen blocks a body shot from Judah.
Tikkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Tikkanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Judah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Judah misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Judah.
Tikkanen tries for a takedown. No joy.
David Judah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Esa Tikkanen.
Judah tries a body shot but Tikkanen blocks it.
Judah pushes off an throws an elbow but Tikkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tikkanen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Judah gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Judah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Esa Tikkanen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Judah cracks Tikkanen with a nice body shot.
Tikkanen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Judah misses with an elbow over the top.
Judah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tikkanen dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen tries to throw a body punch but Judah avoids it by throwing Tikkanen back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tikkanen takes an elbow to the temple.
Tikkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Judah.
Tikkanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah presses Tikkanen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Judah.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Esa Tikkanen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). David Judah!
David Judah is the new light heavyweight champion!
David Judah tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nero Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Padilla's choice of entrance music: Dead by Dawn by Deicide. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nero Padilla!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Padilla ducks right into an uppercut from Atunes.
Padilla takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice defenses there by Padilla.
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Padilla.
Padilla checks the leg kick nicely there.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Padilla's head but Padilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes thows a body kick. Padilla tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Atunes tests Padilla's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Atunes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Padilla slips a jab from Atunes.
Atunes throws a push kick but Padilla slaps the foot to one side.
Padilla tries to counter by closing the distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Atunes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes misses with an uppercut.
Atunes motions for Padilla to come forward. Atunes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As Atunes backs off Padilla throws a huge counter combo but Atunes manages to avoid it all.
Padilla takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A nice leg kick lands there from Atunes.
Atunes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Padilla's calf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Atunes.
Atunes cracks Padilla with a good jab.
Padilla steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Atunes is looking to chop away at Padilla's legs.
Padilla swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Atunes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A swing and a miss from Atunes.
Padilla steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Atunes.
Atunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Padilla tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Atunes lands with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Atunes digs a good body shot into Padilla's ribs.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Padilla lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Atunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Padilla now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Some wild striking there from Atunes.
Padilla throws out a counter right but Atunes avoids it with no problem.
Atunes throws out a leg kick but Padilla moves out of range and Atunes only half commits.
Atunes backing away here, and Padilla unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
Padilla is trying to counter with his kicks.
Atunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Atunes lands with a cross.
Padilla on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab lands there for Atunes.
Atunes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Padilla is rocked!
Atunes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Padilla moves into the clinch.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
Padilla jumps guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Padilla is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Atunes defends well.
Padilla working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Atunes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Atunes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Atunes has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Padilla to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Atunes is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Padilla pulls down on the head and he's put Atunes to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nero Padilla!
Nero Padilla is the new middleweight champion!
Nero Padilla took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BeastMode for their support in the buildup to the fight.
In defeat, Arturo Atunes stepped up to the mic, saying 'I came to put on a show. I am sorry I let everyone down tonight. Hell I am still so young I will be back.'.
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