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CFC 184: Cutwood vs Manel! PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Holohan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holohan comes to the cage accompanied by Come out and Fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Holohan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Drake!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake dives in and scores a takedown into Holohan's guard.
Holohan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Drake gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Drake trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holohan wants to sweep here but Drake controlling him for the moment.
Drake works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Holohan actively working from the bottom here.
Drake tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holohan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Drake seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holohan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Holohan looking for submissions off his back.
Drake trying to mount his opponent but Holohan defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holohan actively working from the bottom here.
Drake working the head and body with strikes.
Holohan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drake pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holohan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drake pulls his head out easily.
Drake is pressing down on Holohan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Holohan is holding on for now.
Holohan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Holohan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Drake drops an elbow to the side of Holohan's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holohan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Drake tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holohan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Holohan is just riding it out for now. Drake eventually gives up the hold.
Holohan actively working from the bottom here.
Holohan looking for submissions off his back.
Holohan tries to roll over but Drake keeps him under control.
Drake seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holohan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Drake's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Drake's back!
Drake rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Drake is looking to control Holohan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Drake avoid being mounted?
Holohan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drake defends it well.
Drake actively working from the bottom here.
Holohan is looking for a kimura here.
Holohan is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Drake still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Drake has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holohan is looking to reverse the position.
Drake is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Holohan is trying to escape and Drake transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Holohan is forced to tap! Nice work there by Drake! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frankie Drake!
In defeat, Patrick Holohan stepped up to the mic, saying '"A life making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing at all."'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keeping Promises (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Promises's entrance music is MegaDeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!. A fine choice. Keeping Promises has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keeping Promises!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Promises was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
A bone on bone clash there as Anderson blocks the leg kick.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick.
Anderson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Promises is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Promises's head.
A low kick from Anderson misses
and Promises counters with a left to the body.
Promises looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson throws a good cross that connects.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Promises throws a quick counter kick to the body but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson connects with a jab.
Anderson with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Promises.
Promises drops his hands momentarily and Anderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson fails with the takedown.
Promises feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Keeping Promises is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a sloppy body shot
and Promises counters with a big head kick but Anderson shrugs it off.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Promises avoids it well.
Promises looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Anderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Promises on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anderson. Anderson obviously looking to wear him down.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson misses the jab.
It looked like Promises wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Promises seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Anderson digs a good body shot into Promises's ribs.
Promises throws a front kick aimed at Anderson's knee but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Promises slips the punch.
Promises jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Anderson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Promises fakes the leg kick and cracks Anderson in the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Promises moves out of range of the leg kick from Anderson.
Promises swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson motions for Promises to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Promises counters with a quick kick to the body but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson moves out of range as Promises throws a body kick.
Anderson cracks a nice hook into Promises's ribs.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Promises swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Promises misses with a leg kick.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Promises was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Promises pushes Anderson away with a front kick.
Anderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Promises sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anderson somewhat.
Keeping Promises has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Austin Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook but Promises avoids it easily.
Promises misses with a body kick.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Promises was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Promises dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to land a leg kick but Promises is out of range.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Promises moves away.
It appears Promises was looking to counter with a kick there.
Anderson throws a body punch but Promises moves out of range.
Promises uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Promises has time to react.
Promises lands a nice looking body kick.
Promises checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Promises.
Promises throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
Promises fakes the leg kick and cracks Anderson in the body.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Promises uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson shoots in and bounces Promises off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson throws a strike but Promises rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Promises showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Anderson pulls Promises in close to his closed guard and prevents Promises from doing any damage or advancing position.
Anderson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Promises tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Austin Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Promises staying out of range there.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Promises. That did some damage!
Promises shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Promises.
Promises throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Promises.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Promises tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Promises back against the cage.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Promises uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Anderson.
Promises can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Promises tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Promises controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Promises takes a shot to the head.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Promises uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Promises.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Promises looking to slow down the pace here.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Promises working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Promises blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Promises's head.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Promises blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Promises blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Promises avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.
Promises can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Promises.
Promises tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Promises avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Promises has double underhooks.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Promises backwards.
Anderson misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Promises prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Promises misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Austin Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Promises has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson tries to work over Promises's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Promises throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson moves out of range as Promises throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Promises lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Austin Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Promises thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Promises misses with a body kick.
Promises looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Anderson jabs Promises to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Promises lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Promises.
Anderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Promises misses.
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Promises should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Promises scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Promises misses with a kick to the body
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Promises lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
Promises slips under a jab from Anderson.
Anderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Promises moved out of range.
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Promises throws a wild body kick that Anderson sees coming a mile off.
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Promises's waist but Promises gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
Some bone on bone action there as Anderson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Promises moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Promises looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Promises pushes him off.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Austin Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Promises's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Promises throws a front kick aimed at Anderson's knee but Anderson avoids it well.
Promises keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Promises swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anderson swings for the body but Promises moves out of range.
Promises throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson throws a counter combo.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Promises has time to react.
Promises ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson wants to slow Promises down by chopping away at his legs.
Promises looks for the body kick but Anderson saw that one coming.
Promises ducks right into an uppercut from Anderson.
Promises keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson checks a low kick from Promises.
Anderson throws a body punch but Promises moves out of range.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson swings for the body but Promises moves out of range.
Promises tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Promises staying out of range there.
Promises is looking to counter with a body kick.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Promises misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Promises is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Promises - that will leave a mark!
Anderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Promises.
Anderson throws a head kick but Promises moves out of range.
Promises quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Some bone on bone action there as Anderson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Promises moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Promises connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Promises is able to avoid easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Promises misses the target.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Promises slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Promises misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Promises does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson cracks a nice hook into Promises's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Promises is just out of range.
Promises scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
Promises dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Promises gets tackled into the cage by Anderson. Anderson maintains the clinch.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Promises tries to tie him up.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Promises lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson is leaning against Promises and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Promises doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Promises.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Promises fails to land.
Promises lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Promises uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Promises fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson pushes Promises back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Promises swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Anderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Promises controls the action.
Promises tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Promises.
Promises goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson tries a body shot but Promises blocks it.
Promises trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Promises uses good head movement to avoid it.
Promises can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson is leaning against Promises and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Promises.
Promises lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Promises blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Promises misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson tries a body shot but Promises blocks it.
Keeping Promises has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Promises struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anderson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Anderson!
An out of breath Austin Anderson 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuki Kondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stacee Jaxee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaxee has chosen Pour Some Sugar on Me by Stacee Jaxx as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuki Kondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stacee Jaxee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaxee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kondo lands with a good body shot.
Jaxee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kondo on the side of the head.
Kondo throws a body punch but Jaxee moves out of range.
Jaxee needs to keep his hands up - Kondo had a free shot at his head there.
Kondo misses with a double jab.
Stacee Jaxee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaxee lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kondo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jaxee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jaxee throws a poor cross that misses
and Kondo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaxee misses with an uppercut
and Kondo counters with a left and a right that stings Jaxee.
Kondo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jaxee smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A slow jab from Jaxee misses its intended target.
Jaxee looks to land a right hand but Kondo moved out of range.
Kondo is looking to counter the offense by Jaxee and move into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaxee lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Jaxee finds it's way through Kondo's defenses.
A right-left combo lands from Jaxee.
Kondo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jaxee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice body punch from Jaxee.
Kondo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kondo is rocked!
Jaxee fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Kondo out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Stacee Jaxee!
A victorious Stacee Jaxee thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phoenix comes to the cage accompanied by Phoenix. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Phoenix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donelly avoids the head kick by Phoenix.
Phoenix throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donelly misses with a low kick.
Phoenix throws a shot from downtown. Donelly moves away and avoids it.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Donelly moved out of range.
Donelly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Donelly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Phoenix on the side of the head.
Donelly throws a head kick but Phoenix moves out of range.
Donelly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Donelly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Donelly ducked under it nicely.
Donelly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donelly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Phoenix counters with a series of strikes. Donelly will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donelly is looking to clinch.
Phoenix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donelly moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly throws a body kick that misses.
Donelly avoids the head kick by Phoenix.
Phoenix swinging wildly here.
Donelly wants to counter the offense by Phoenix and move into the clinch position.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Phoenix darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Donelly is looking to clinch but Phoenix is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Donelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Phoenix gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donelly.
Phoenix blocks a leg kick.
Phoenix is looking to counter punch.
Donelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Phoenix uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donelly.
Donelly misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Phoenix.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix scoring well with a low kick there.
Phoenix feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donelly's calf.
Donelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Phoenix circles away.
Phoenix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donelly. Donelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Donelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phoenix has time to react.
Donelly ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix.
Donelly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donelly doesn't manage to clinch there - Phoenix circles away.
Donelly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phoenix paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phoenix throws a leg kick which misses Donelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Donelly tries to avoid it.
Donelly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Donelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phoenix misses with a body kick.
Phoenix tests Donelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with a double jab
and Donelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donelly throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Donelly blocks the leg kick.
Phoenix fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Donelly.
Donelly takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Phoenix throws a right and a left that Donelly avoids nicely.
Donelly counters with a body kick.
Donelly wants to clinch.
Phoenix misses with a straight left.
Donelly looks to land a body kick but Phoenix moved away.
Donelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Phoenix in the body.
Donelly throws a looping overhand right but Phoenix ducks down to avoid it.
Phoenix connects with the punch.
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix thuds his shin into the meat of Donelly's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donelly misses the shot to the body.
Phoenix with a hook.
Phoenix gets tackled into the cage by Donelly. Donelly maintains the clinch.
Donelly managing to block the knees to the body from Phoenix.
Donelly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phoenix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phoenix works on Donelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Phoenix - that landed with a thud.
Phoenix with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Donelly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Phoenix's efforts to push away.
Phoenix has Donelly pressed against the cage.
Phoenix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix lands a knee to the body.
Phoenix using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Donelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Donelly managing to block the knees to the body from Phoenix.
Donelly tries to throw a body punch but Phoenix avoids it by throwing Donelly back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Phoenix dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Donelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Simon Phoenix is winning the standup battle so far.
Phoenix misses with a kick to the body.
Donelly closes the distance and clinches.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
Donelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donelly misses with a knee strike.
Donelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Phoenix.
Phoenix breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Phoenix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donelly throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix scores with a hook to the body. Donelly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phoenix.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
And Donelly responds with a good body kick, but Phoenix manages to step out the way in time.
Donelly looks for the body kick but Phoenix saw that one coming.
Phoenix fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Donelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Phoenix on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix takes a swing at Donelly's ribcage but misses.
Donelly throws out a counter right but Phoenix avoids it with no problem.
Donelly throws a jab when Phoenix was well out of range.
Phoenix scores with a head kick. Donelly tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Donelly misses with a left hand
and Phoenix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Phoenix misses with a leg kick
and Donelly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Phoenix is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donelly can do to turn this around?
A combination from Phoenix does no damage.
Donelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Phoenix staying out of range there.
Donelly misses with a low kick as Phoenix jumps back.
Donelly throws a big shot that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donelly.
Phoenix throws a looping overhand right but Donelly ducks down to avoid it.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donelly, right into the meat.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Donelly.
Phoenix throws a lazy head kick
and Donelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Phoenix's knee momentarily.
Donelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donelly.
Donelly misses with a head kick.
Phoenix scores with a jab. Donelly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phoenix lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phoenix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donelly.
Donelly moves out of range of the body kick.
Phoenix throws a body kick that misses.
Phoenix lands a head kick!
Donelly checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good work by Phoenix as he checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Donelly.
Phoenix throws the kick towards the body but Donelly avoids it.
Phoenix attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Phoenix looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Donelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Phoenix moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Phoenix throws a leg kick but Donelly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donelly is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Phoenix staying out of range there.
Phoenix walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Donelly finds it's way through Phoenix's defenses.
Phoenix throws a leg kick
and Donelly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice defenses there by Phoenix.
A big left from Donelly misses.
Phoenix throws a quick inside leg kick.
Phoenix misses with a body kick.
Donelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly missing with a left hand there. Phoenix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phoenix goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donelly closes the distance and clinches.
Phoenix is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Donelly is defending well for now.
Donelly lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Simon Phoenix has been cut.
Donelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donelly blocks the elbow strike.
Donelly misses with an elbow strike.
Phoenix is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donelly lands a damaging elbow.
Donelly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Donelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Phoenix.
Donelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Phoenix crunches a lovely knee into Donelly's ribcage.
Donelly is breathing heavily.
Phoenix tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donelly avoids it.
Phoenix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, Phoenix scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix looking to throw knees to the head but Donelly is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joseph Donelly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Simon Phoenix'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!
Phoenix swats away the attempt to clinch by Donelly.
Good work by Donelly as he checks the leg kick.
Donelly throws out a counter right but Phoenix avoids it with no problem.
Phoenix moves into range and connects with a jab.
Phoenix avoids a kick to the body.
Donelly looks to land a left hand but Phoenix moved out of range nicely.
Phoenix slips under a jab.
Phoenix pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phoenix looks to land a combination. Donelly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from Donelly both land. Nice combination.
Phoenix misses with a hook
and Donelly counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donelly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Phoenix is out of range and Donelly settles back down.
Phoenix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Phoenix.
Phoenix lands the left hand.
Phoenix is looking to clinch.
Donelly thinks about the counter body kick.
Some wild striking there from Phoenix.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix throws a series of strikes that have Donelly backpedaling.
Donelly tries to clinch but Phoenix moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Donelly.
Donelly lands with a nice body punch.
Donelly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donelly misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Phoenix blocks a leg kick.
Phoenix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donelly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donelly loads up on a big right hand but Phoenix slips the punch.
Phoenix misses with a low kick.
Donelly ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phoenix scoring well with a low kick there.
Donelly takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donelly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Phoenix.
Phoenix misses with a body shot.
Phoenix lands a nice shot that snaps Donelly's head back.
Phoenix throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Phoenix's head backwards.
Donelly scores with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Donelly there.
Donelly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Phoenix counters with a left and a right that stings Donelly.
Donelly is rocked!
Phoenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phoenix slips under a jab from Donelly.
Phoenix throwing a counter right hand but Donelly manages to avoid it.
Donelly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donelly misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Donelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Phoenix throws a good cross that connects.
Donelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Phoenix finish him?
Phoenix is looking to slow Donelly down with leg kicks.
Donelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Phoenix scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donelly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Phoenix. That did some damage!
Phoenix throws the kick towards the body but Donelly avoids it.
Donelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phoenix takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donelly scores with a shot to the body.
Phoenix throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Donelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phoenix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phoenix moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Donelly misses the target.
Donelly lands a right hook to the body.
Phoenix takes one to the side of the head.
Donelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Phoenix smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Donelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Donelly duly obliges.
Donelly tries to clinch but Phoenix is having none of it.
A quick step to the side and Phoenix tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phoenix loads up on a big right hand but Donelly slips the punch.
Donelly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donelly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Donelly duly obliges.
Donelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phoenix will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donelly tries a low kick but Phoenix avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Phoenix tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phoenix throws out the jab.
Phoenix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donelly.
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 Simon Phoenix.
I think Phoenix 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Simon Phoenix!
Simon Phoenix took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hellbent for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Homer Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulkkinen comes to the cage accompanied by The Third, The Magical. Homer Simpson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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157 lbs
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156 lbs
51 - 25 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pertti Pulkkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
51 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Homer Simpson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simpson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good work by Pulkkinen as he checks the leg kick.
Good work by Pulkkinen as he checks the leg kick.
Simpson scores with a nice strike.
An inside leg kick lands from Simpson.
Simpson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pulkkinen gets a clinch.
Simpson is trying to break the clinch but Pulkkinen has him pressed against the cage.
Simpson breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Simpson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
A bone on bone clash there as Pulkkinen blocks the leg kick.
It looked like Pulkkinen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A clash of legs there as Pulkkinen blocks the low kick.
Simpson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simpson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pulkkinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Simpson.
Simpson throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen lands with an overhand left.
Simpson lands a head shot.
Pulkkinen lands with a right hand.
Pulkkinen staying out of range there.
Simpson misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Pulkkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Simpson blocks a head kick by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a leg kick which misses Simpson's front leg but catches the back leg as Simpson tries to avoid it.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pulkkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Simpson is just out of range.
Simpson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Simpson.
Simpson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Simpson eats them both and turns towards Pulkkinen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pulkkinen throws a jab when Simpson was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Pulkkinen there.
Simpson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Simpson throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pertti Pulkkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Simpson counter with a right hand.
Simpson throws a solid leg kick but Pulkkinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Simpson.
Simpson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Simpson throws a poor cross that misses
and Pulkkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simpson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen throwing a counter right hand but Simpson manages to avoid it.
Pulkkinen drops his hands momentarily and Simpson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Simpson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pulkkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Simpson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Simpson throws a leg kick but Pulkkinen checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Simpson.
Simpson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pulkkinen.
Simpson throws a front kick aimed at Pulkkinen's knee but Pulkkinen avoids it well.
Simpson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Simpson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Simpson throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simpson manages to avoid it.
Pulkkinen cracks the inside of Simpson's front leg.
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut. Simpson saw that one coming.
Simpson throws a counter combo.
Pulkkinen throws a head kick that misses.
Simpson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Simpson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Simpson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Simpson.
A big right from Pulkkinen misses.
Pulkkinen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook
and Simpson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simpson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson staying out of range there.
Simpson cracks the inside of Pulkkinen's front leg.
A low kick from Pulkkinen misses
and Simpson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pulkkinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen misses with an uppercut. Simpson saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Simpson.
Pulkkinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Simpson's calf.
Pulkkinen throws the kick towards the body but Simpson avoids it.
Simpson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pulkkinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Simpson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jab from Simpson.
Simpson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Simpson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Pulkkinen.
Simpson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Simpson. That snapped Pulkkinen's head back.
Pulkkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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 Pertti Pulkkinen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Simpson checks the leg kick.
Simpson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pulkkinen.
Some bone on bone action there as Pulkkinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Simpson throws a series of punches but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen throwing a counter right hand but Simpson manages to avoid it.
Simpson connects with a solid leg kick.
Simpson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Simpson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jab from Simpson.
Good leg kick by Pulkkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pulkkinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Simpson. That did some damage!
Simpson throws a hook to the side of Pulkkinen's head but Pulkkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pulkkinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Simpson.
Pulkkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Simpson is just out of range.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook.
Pulkkinen throws a looping overhand right but Simpson ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson lands a leg kick that knocks Pulkkinen off balance momentarily.
Simpson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pulkkinen misses with a straight left.
Simpson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pulkkinen. Simpson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up but Simpson circles away and keeps his distance.
Simpson throws out a counter right but Pulkkinen avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Pulkkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pulkkinen misses with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Simpson.
Simpson lands with a nice body punch.
Simpson misses with a hook.
Pulkkinen lands a head shot.
Pulkkinen 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.
Simpson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Simpson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Simpson throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a low kick.
Pulkkinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simpson avoids the body shot from Pulkkinen.
Good standup being displayed there by Simpson as he connects with a hook.
Simpson misses with an uppercut
letting Pulkkinen counter with a right hand.
Pulkkinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pulkkinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Simpson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Pulkkinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Pulkkinen throws a leg kick
letting Simpson counter with a right hand.
Simpson throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen slips under a jab from Simpson.
Pulkkinen throws a looping overhand right but Simpson ducks down to avoid it.
Simpson throws a counter combo.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pulkkinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simpson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
Simpson blocks a low kick nicely.
Pulkkinen throws a series of punches but Simpson moves out of range.
Simpson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A quick step to the side and Pulkkinen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Simpson 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 Pulkkinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pulkkinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Simpson.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Pulkkinen blocks a jab.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Simpson strikes.
Homer Simpson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simpson is looking to slow Pulkkinen down with leg kicks.
Simpson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Simpson throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body. Simpson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Simpson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Simpson.
A good leg kick by Pulkkinen.
Simpson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Simpson throws a body shot but no joy.
Simpson throws a right hand that Pulkkinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pulkkinen also avoids with ease.
Pulkkinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Simpson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Simpson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pulkkinen. That did some damage!
Pulkkinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pulkkinen misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Homer Simpson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Pulkkinen jabs at Simpson's body.
Pulkkinen throws a right and a left that Simpson avoids nicely.
Pulkkinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pulkkinen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Simpson tries to work over Pulkkinen's front leg with a kick but Pulkkinen checks it.
Pulkkinen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A good leg kick by Simpson.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pulkkinen.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pulkkinen.
A jab from Simpson misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Simpson, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simpson looks to land a right hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range.
Pulkkinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Simpson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pulkkinen scrambles back to his feet.
Pulkkinen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson looks to land a left hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range nicely.
Simpson throws a hook but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simpson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Pulkkinen counter with a right hand.
Simpson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body. Simpson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Simpson throws a low kick, looking for Pulkkinen's leg but Pulkkinen calmly moves out of range.
A low kick from Pulkkinen is predictable there
and Simpson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pulkkinen throws a hook but Simpson avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Simpson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pulkkinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Simpson avoids the head kick by Pulkkinen.
Simpson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Simpson throws an overhand right that lands on Pulkkinen's shoulder, as Pulkkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Pulkkinen dodges the punch combination from Simpson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson misses with the combination.
Pulkkinen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Simpson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pulkkinen wants to slow Simpson down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice shot by Pulkkinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Simpson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries to land a leg kick but Simpson saw it coming and moves away.
Simpson just misses with a punch to the body.
Simpson moves away from the strike by Pulkkinen.
Simpson cracks the inside of Pulkkinen's front leg.
Pulkkinen connects with a looping right hand.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Pulkkinen.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Simpson! But no joy.
A head kick misses from Pulkkinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen moves into the clinch successfully.
Pulkkinen has Simpson pressed against the cage, preventing Simpson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pulkkinen has Simpson pressed against the cage, preventing Simpson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pulkkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpson.
Pulkkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Simpson controls his hands.
Pulkkinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Simpson breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulkkinen backing away here, and Simpson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Simpson looks to land a left hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulkkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simpson misses with a straight right.
Simpson slips under a jab.
Simpson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson connects with an inside leg kick.
Pulkkinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Simpson throws a leg kick but Pulkkinen moved away.
Simpson scores with a nice strike.
Pulkkinen throws the left hand but Simpson avoids the punch easily.
Simpson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Simpson connects with a leg kick. Pulkkinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Simpson can pounce on him.
Pulkkinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot.
Pulkkinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Simpson throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Simpson tries to move into range but Pulkkinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pulkkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simpson manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pertti Pulkkinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pulkkinen 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pertti Pulkkinen!
An out of breath Pertti Pulkkinen 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Abe Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Harbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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
45 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Abe Goldman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Harbor!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harbor shoots in but Goldman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Goldman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harbor prevents Goldman from getting back to his feet.
Goldman keeping full guard, as Harbor tries to pass.
Harbor has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Den of Tears (22 coaches, $600 fee). Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Goldman controls Harbor momentarily but Harbor frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harbor trying to control but Goldman is working from the bottom.
Harbor with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbor trying to control but Goldman is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goldman pushes Harbor off and scrambles back to his feet.
Harbor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Goldman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Goldman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abe Goldman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harbor looks for a takedown but Goldman sprawls well.
Harbor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goldman moves away.
Goldman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Goldman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Some wild striking there from Harbor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harbor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harbor misses the shot to the body.
Harbor ducks under a wild hook from Goldman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut lands for Goldman. That snapped Harbor's head back.
Goldman throws a lazy right hand but Harbor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Goldman as Harbor shoots in.
It appears Goldman was looking to counter with a kick there.
Abe Goldman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Harbor.
Goldman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harbor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goldman.
Goldman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harbor shoots in and gets a takedown into Goldman's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harbor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harbor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Goldman looking to control.
Goldman seems keen to control Harbor's posture.
Harbor trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Goldman manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Harbor is adopting a defensive guard.
Goldman tries to free his leg and advance position but Harbor is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Goldman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harbor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Goldman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Goldman is posturing up here but Harbor has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Goldman tries to roll out but it's too tight and Goldman has to tap! Slick submission there by Harbor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Harbor!
A victorious James Harbor thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Make Munalukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Make Munalukko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Make Munalukko!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munalukko slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Munalukko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Munalukko throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Don Diego has been cut.
Diego misses with a head kick.
Munalukko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Some bone on bone action there as Diego checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Munalukko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diego.
Munalukko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diego uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Munalukko.
Diego scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego throws a nice looking combination but Munalukko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Munalukko throws a predictable looking body shot
and Diego counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Munalukko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego throws a body punch but Munalukko moves out of range.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munalukko.
Munalukko keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Diego is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Munalukko lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Munalukko misses the target.
Munalukko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diego waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Munalukko.
Diego shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Munalukko takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diego lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Munalukko swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Munalukko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Munalukko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diego connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Diego.
Diego takes one to the side of the head.
Diego throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Munalukko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Munalukko's front leg but catches the back leg as Munalukko tries to avoid it.
Diego throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munalukko scores with a decent looking hook.
Munalukko lands a lovely overhand right.
Diego misses with a hook. Munalukko ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Munalukko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Munalukko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diego throws a big counter combination but Munalukko scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Munalukko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego throws a body punch but Munalukko moves out of range.
Diego is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Munalukko.
Munalukko lands a right hook to the body.
Munalukko misses with a low kick as Diego jumps back.
Munalukko delivers a nice body kick.
Munalukko misses with a body kick.
Munalukko throws a hook but Diego blocks it.
Diego is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A good leg kick by Munalukko.
Diego throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Munalukko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diego slips under a jab from Munalukko.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Munalukko misses with a body shot.
Diego sizes up Munalukko with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Munalukko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diego's calf.
Munalukko cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Munalukko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Munalukko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Munalukko misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego checks a low kick from Munalukko.
Diego swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Munalukko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Munalukko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diego throws a sloppy head kick and Munalukko moves out of range easily.
Munalukko slips a jab from Diego.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munalukko throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Munalukko. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Munalukko looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Munalukko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diego throws out a loose jab but Munalukko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Munalukko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diego.
Munalukko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Diego had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Diego throws a head kick that misses.
Munalukko only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Munalukko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A lazy body kick from Munalukko
and Diego counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munalukko misses with a punch to the body.
Munalukko throws a head punch that misses.
Munalukko tries to break free but Diego pushes him back against the cage.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munalukko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Make Munalukko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Don Diego's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Diego takes one to the side of the head.
Munalukko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Munalukko misses with an uppercut. Diego saw that one coming.
Diego throws a lazy right hand but Munalukko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Munalukko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Munalukko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego lands with a hook. Munalukko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diego misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Munalukko.
Diego tries to clinch but Munalukko moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Munalukko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Munalukko.
Munalukko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diego tried to counter with a leg kick but Munalukko avoided it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munalukko moves away from the strike by Diego.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Munalukko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Munalukko misses with a low kick as Diego jumps back.
Munalukko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego throws a jab but it's blocked by Munalukko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego closes the distance and clinches.
Munalukko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Munalukko misses with a punch on the inside.
Munalukko throws a head punch that misses.
Munalukko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Munalukko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Munalukko controls his hands.
Diego prevents a body shot from Munalukko.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Munalukko misses with the head strike.
Diego content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Munalukko fails to land.
Munalukko tries to work over Diego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diego is leaning against Munalukko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munalukko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munalukko.
Good body shot from Diego.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munalukko.
Diego pushes Munalukko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Munalukko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munalukko misses with some punches.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Munalukko misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diego.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munalukko is looking to control Diego's arms but Diego gets an underhook and turns him. Now Munalukko has his back to the cage.
Diego tries a body shot but Munalukko blocks it.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Munalukko looking to stall.
Munalukko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diego leaning against his opponent.
Munalukko keeps control of Diego as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munalukko decides to pull guard.
Munalukko being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko is looking for a triangle but Diego pushes his legs off easily.
Munalukko wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Diego is now in half guard.
Munalukko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diego passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Munalukko!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munalukko tries to hold on but Diego postures up.
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 Don Diego will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Don Diego's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Munalukko throws a looping overhand right but Diego ducks down to avoid it.
Diego blocks the body kick.
Munalukko misses with an uppercut
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munalukko moves away.
Diego pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diego pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munalukko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Munalukko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Munalukko throws a solid leg kick but Diego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Munalukko.
Munalukko tries a low kick but Diego avoids it.
Munalukko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Munalukko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd cheers as Diego lands an impressive looking overhand right. Munalukko doesn't seem phased though.
A low kick from Diego is predictable there
and Munalukko counters with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Munalukko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab from Diego.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Munalukko's head but Munalukko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Diego looks to land a body kick but Munalukko moved away.
Diego avoids a kick to the body.
Munalukko misses with a low kick.
Munalukko thumps Diego with a low kick.
Diego uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Munalukko.
Munalukko throws a lazy uppercut
and Diego counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Munalukko throws a jab when Diego was well out of range.
Munalukko throws a wild body kick that Diego sees coming a mile off.
That kick from Diego tenderised Munalukko's leg. Munalukko is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick from Diego lands but Munalukko takes it in his stride.
Diego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Munalukko.
Munalukko misses with a body kick.
Diego misses with a straight right.
Munalukko takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munalukko moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munalukko misses the shot to the body.
Diego scores with a jab to the jaw.
Munalukko misses the jab.
Diego throws a big counter combination but Munalukko scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Munalukko fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diego checks it well.
Diego swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Munalukko.
Diego connects with a single shot there.
Munalukko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Munalukko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego throws a hook but Munalukko avoids it easily.
Munalukko swats away the attempt to clinch by Diego.
Munalukko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Munalukko manages to avoid it.
Munalukko was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Munalukko avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego looks for the body kick but Munalukko saw that one coming.
Munalukko lands a really nice looking cross but Diego seems unphased.
Diego goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Munalukko flicks out a counter leg kick but Diego steps away.
Diego lands an overhand right.
Diego fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Munalukko, pushing him back against the cage.
Diego cracks Munalukko with a nice body shot.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Munalukko's head.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Munalukko backwards.
Munalukko blocks a body shot from Diego.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego tries to work over Munalukko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munalukko backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munalukko.
Munalukko working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Munalukko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Munalukko blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Munalukko fails to land.
Diego breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Munalukko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Munalukko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Munalukko misses with a wild body shot.
Diego tried to counter with a leg kick but Munalukko avoided it.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A punch combination from Diego misses.
Munalukko now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Munalukko moves away from the strike by Diego.
Munalukko throws a body shot but no joy.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Munalukko - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Don Diego'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.
A leg kick checked by Munalukko.
Diego moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMunalukko.
Munalukko misses the shot to the body.
Munalukko misses with a wild body shot.
Diego is looking to counter punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Diego blocks the leg kick.
Munalukko throws a solid leg kick but Diego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Munalukko.
Diego cracks the inside of Munalukko's front leg.
Don Diego is winning the standup battle so far.
Diego misses with an uppercut. Munalukko saw that one coming.
Diego avoids the body shot from Munalukko.
Diego slips a jab from Munalukko.
Munalukko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego throws the kick towards the body but Munalukko avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Munalukko misses.
Munalukko throws a head kick that misses.
Munalukko misses with a shot to the body
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Munalukko stuns Diego with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Munalukko misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego looks to land a right hand but Munalukko moved out of range.
Munalukko checks a leg kick.
Munalukko blocks a head kick by Diego.
Munalukko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diego.
Diego swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Munalukko throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munalukko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Munalukko throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Munalukko slips a straight right by Diego.
Munalukko throws a predictable looking body shot
and Diego counters with a nice uppercut.
Diego lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Munalukko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Munalukko slips a straight right by Diego.
Munalukko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diego.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko keeps the fight on the outside.
Munalukko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego moves out of range of the body kick.
Munalukko is looking to chop away at Diego's legs.
Munalukko misses with a wild body shot.
Diego moves into the clinch successfully.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Munalukko looking to slow down the pace here.
Munalukko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Munalukko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
Munalukko prevents Diego from breaking the clinch.
Munalukko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko working hard to break the clinch.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Munalukko.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Munalukkos head.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Munalukko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diego cracks Munalukko with a nice body shot.
Munalukko tries to stall but Diego uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Munalukko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego lands a left hand.
Munalukko struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munalukko.
Munalukko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego throws a wild body kick that Munalukko sees coming a mile off.
Diego cracks a nice hook into Munalukko's ribs.
Diego moves away from the strike by Munalukko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Munalukko.
Munalukko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Munalukko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Munalukko misses.
Diego is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Munalukko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Munalukko misses with a hook
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Munalukko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Munalukko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diego thumps Munalukko with a low kick.
Munalukko throws a leg kick
and Diego counters with an outside leg kick.
Diego misses with a two punch combination.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego had his way with Make Munalukko in that round.
The cut man is working on Don Diego's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Diego takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Diego explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Diego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Munalukko.
Munalukko just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDiego.
Munalukko throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
It appears Diego was looking to counter with a kick there.
Munalukko is looking to slow Diego down with leg kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Munalukko. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Munalukko.
Munalukko throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
A big left from Diego misses.
Munalukko throws a low kick but Diego avoids it.
Munalukko misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego throws a body punch but Munalukko moves out of range.
Diego tries to land a body kick
and Munalukko counters with a leg kick.
Munalukko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diego swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munalukko tries to land a leg kick but Diego saw it coming and moves away.
Diego bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Munalukko's head.
Diego throws a wild body kick that Munalukko sees coming a mile off.
Diego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munalukko bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Munalukko jabs at Diego's body.
Munalukko lands a lovely overhand right.
Diego avoids the body shot from Munalukko.
Munalukko throws a shot to the body.
Diego throws a right hand that misses
and Munalukko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diego pushes Munalukko away with a front kick.
Munalukko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Munalukko.
Munalukko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Make Munalukko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diego.
Diego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Munalukko misses with a hook.
Munalukko throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Diego throws a hook but Munalukko blocks it.
Munalukko motions for Diego to come forward. Munalukko throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Munalukko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diego connects with a high kick.
Munalukko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego takes a kick to the side of the head.
Diego checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Diego.
Diego slips a jab from Munalukko.
Munalukko lets loose with a powerful body kick. Diego will feel that in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munalukko throws a looping overhand right but Diego ducks down to avoid it.
Munalukko looks for the body kick but Diego saw that one coming.
Munalukko walks into a straight right hand from Diego.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Munalukko tries a head kick but it misses.
Diego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Diego pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munalukko looks to score with a jab to the body but Diego is just out of range.
Munalukko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Munalukko sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Munalukko slips the punch.
Jab by Diego.
Diego sizes up Munalukko with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Munalukko circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab from Munalukko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diego was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munalukko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diego slips under a jab from Munalukko.
Diego misses with a body kick.
Munalukko throws a leg kick
and Diego counters with a series of strikes. Munalukko will be more careful next time no doubt.
Diego misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Diego lets loose with a powerful body kick. Munalukko will feel that in the morning.
Munalukko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diego connects with a looping right hand.
Munalukko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Munalukko does no damage.
Munalukko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Don Diego is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Munalukko scores with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Make Munalukko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diego has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 49:47
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
Judge William Peck scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Diego!
An intense looking Don Diego took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I'll finally speak, my English no very good so my apologize. I work very hard for dis, and thank you to my trainers, and people back home. I will KO anybody...Sorry to my opponent, I do feel bad for him, that was no fun time for him..'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Musashi Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Nixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes to the cage accompanied by 神風 Musashi Kato is gyrating in front of the ring girls. Nixon has chosen The Upsetters - Dread Lion 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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174 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Musashi Kato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
45 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Nixon!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon lands with a nice combination. Kato backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Musashi Kato has been cut.
Nixon lands a head shot.
Kato takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kato misses with a straight left.
Kato has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Kato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nixon checks a leg kick nicely.
Kato swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon slips a jab from Kato.
Kato misses with a lunging right hand
and Nixon counters with a stiff right hand.
Nixon throws a front kick that sends Kato stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Nixon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
Nixon scores with a spinning back kick!
Nixon throws a shot from downtown. Kato moves away and avoids it.
Kato throws a chopping leg kick but Nixon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nixon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nixon.
Kato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nixon throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
Nixon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Kato misses its intended target.
Kato takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nixon throws a jab when Kato was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Nixon blocks the leg kick.
Nixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nixon throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kato moves away.
Kato misses with a right hand
and Nixon counters with a straight right hand.
Nixon lands a leg kick that knocks Kato off balance momentarily.
A slow jab from Kato misses its intended target.
Nixon swings for the body but Kato moves out of range.
Kato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nixon throws out a counter right but Kato avoids it with no problem.
Nixon throws a body punch but Kato moves out of range.
Nixon lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nixon moves out of range as Kato strikes.
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kato moves away.
Nixon avoids a kick to the body.
Kato sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nixon cracks the inside of Kato's front leg.
Kato slips a straight right by Nixon.
Nixon sizes up Kato with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nixon throws a leg kick but Kato sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nixon finds it's way round the side to connect with Kato's head.
Nixon moves away from the strike by Kato.
Kato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kato scores with a jab to the body.
Kato swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon throws a push kick but Kato slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good shot there by Kato.
A big right from Kato misses.
Kato throws a big shot that misses.
Kato slips under a jab.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nixon's calf.
Kato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nixon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nixon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kato scores with a nice strike.
Nixon misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nixon. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato throws a big shot that misses.
Nice jab there from Nixon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon misses with an uppercut.
Kato throws a hook but Nixon blocks it.
Kato looks to throw a body kick
and Kato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nixon.
Sloppy strikes from Nixon. Those never looked like landing.
Kato stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nixon.
Nixon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nixon swings for the body but Kato moves out of range.
Kato pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nixon is out of range and Kato settles back down.
Nixon scores with a hook.
Kato walks into a jab.
Nixon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kato had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kato scores with a nice strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kato looks to land a right hand but Nixon moved out of range.
Nixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Nixon.
Kato thumps Nixon with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Nixon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kato misses with a hook. Nixon ducked under it nicely.
Nixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Kato is just out of range.
Jab by Kato.
Kato misses with a left hand
enabling Nixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Richard Nixon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kato cracks Nixon with an open hand slap.
Nixon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kato has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Kato misses.
Nixon throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
Kato throwing a counter right hand but Nixon manages to avoid it.
Kato blocks a low kick nicely.
Nixon cracks Kato with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kato misses with a shot to the body
and Nixon counters with an outside leg kick.
Kato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kato blocks a low kick nicely.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nixon moves away.
Nixon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nixon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nixon takes a swing at Kato's ribcage but misses.
Nixon tests Kato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Nixon counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato throws a body punch but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.
Nixon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nixon!
Kato throws a head kick that misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kato might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kato bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nixon's head backwards.
Nixon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nixon throws a sloppy head kick and Kato moves out of range easily.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon lands a head shot.
Nixon misses with a wild body shot.
Kato is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kato jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nixon lands a jab to Kato's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato avoids the body shot from Nixon.
Nixon loads up on a big right hand but Kato slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Kato.
Kato goes for a double leg but Nixon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Nixon continues to drive forward.
Nice body punch from Nixon.
Nixon lands a nice looking body shot.
Kato ducks under a wild hook from Nixon.
Kato checks a leg kick nicely.
Nixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nixon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nixon misses the body punch
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Nixon 's knee.
Kato misses with a low kick as Nixon jumps back.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kato 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 Nixon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nixon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kato scores with a push kick.
Nixon scores with a jab. Kato acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nixon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nixon is able to avoid easily.
Kato will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nixon misses with a body kick.
Kato connects with a right hand. Nixon shakes it off.
Kato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kato looks to land a right hand but Nixon moved out of range.
Nixon throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Kato.
Nixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
Nixon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kato on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Nixon. That snapped Kato's head back.
Kato misses with an uppercut.
Nixon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kato under the eye.
A big right from Kato misses.
Nice shot by Nixon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nixon.
Nixon clinches with his opponent.
Kato tries to pull guard but Nixon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nixon's elbow.
Nixon misses with the head strike.
Nixon lands a left hand.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Nixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Kato misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Nixon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nixon throws a body punch but Kato moves out of range.
It looked like Kato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kato missing with a left hand there. Nixon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kato throws an overhand right that lands on Nixon's shoulder, as Nixon tries to avoid the shot.
Kato connects with a right hand. Nixon shakes it off.
A swing and a miss from Kato.
Kato scores with a nice strike.
Kato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nixon.
Nixon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nixon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nixon tries to clinch but Kato moves out of range.
Nixon connects with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon walks into a straight right hand from Kato.
Kato checks a leg kick.
Kato lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato slips a straight right by Nixon.
Kato swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kato throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.
Kato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nixon.
Nixon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kato.
Kato misses the jab.
Nixon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Nixon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kato with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nixon to score with a decent uppercut.
Nixon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kato.
Nixon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nixon misses with a looping right.
Kato jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kato lands with a cross.
Nixon avoids the body shot from Kato.
A little jabbing left from Nixon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nixon.
Nixon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kato on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nixon misses with a hook. Kato ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nixon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kato there.
Nixon lands a jab.
Nixon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kato counters with a single leg into guard. Nixon didn't expect that.
Kato content to stall in guard here.
Kato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kato will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nixon looking to control.
Kato postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nixon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nixon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kato looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nixon is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Nixon seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that Nixon has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Kato looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato is looking for a sweep. Nixon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nixon wants to get back to his feet.
Nixon wants to work for an arm triangle but Kato is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kato throws a hook to the side of Nixon's head but Nixon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nixon connects with an inside leg kick.
Kato looks to score with a jab to the body but Nixon is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Richard Nixon just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nixon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kato appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nixon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kato scores with a punch to the head.
Kato walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nixon moves out of range of the body kick from Kato.
Nixon misses with a wild body shot.
Kato lands an overhand right.
Nixon throws a hook but Kato avoids it easily.
Nixon misses with a lunging right hand
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab lands there for Kato.
Nixon checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kato swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon misses with a right hand
and Kato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kato throws a right hand that misses
and Nixon counters with a left and a right that stings Kato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato throws the left hand but Nixon avoids the punch easily.
Kato motions for Nixon to come forward. Kato throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon checks the leg kick.
Nixon throws out a counter right but Kato avoids it with no problem.
Nixon misses with a hook.
Nixon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nixon misses with a low kick as Kato jumps back.
Nixon moves out of range as Kato strikes.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Kato misses with a hook
and Nixon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kato fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nixon checks it well.
Nixon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nixon moves out of range of the strikes.
Kato throws out a loose jab but Nixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kato wants to slow Nixon down by chopping away at his legs.
Kato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nixon.
Kato throws a poor cross that misses
and Nixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nixon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nixon slips a jab from Kato.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nixon! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a series of punches but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon moves out of range of the strikes.
Kato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Nixon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Nixon misses the target.
Nixon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kato blocks a leg kick.
Kato was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kato throws a hook to the side of Nixon's head but Nixon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nixon doesn't manage to clinch there - Kato circles away.
Nixon misses with a body shot.
Nixon slips a jab from Kato.
Nixon cracks Kato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nixon lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kato takes a step back to recover.
Kato ducks under a wild hook from Nixon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Kato.
Nixon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nixon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato misses with a body shot.
Nixon throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
Kato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a straight left.
Nixon throws a right and a left that Kato avoids nicely.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nixon's sensitive parts.
Nixon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nixon clinches up with Kato and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Kato avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Kato.
Nixon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Kato avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Nixon tries to work over Kato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nixon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nixon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kato backwards.
Kato is trying to pull guard but Nixon has him pressed against the cage.
Kato pulls guard successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Nixon dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Good work by Kato as he checks the leg kick.
Kato moves out of range of the leg kick from Nixon.
Some wild striking there from Nixon.
Kato scores with a jab. Nixon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nixon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nixon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kato gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
Nixon punishes Kato's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato connects with a crisp jab.
Kato throws a shot from downtown. Nixon moves away and avoids it.
Kato's corner calls for a 1-2. Kato obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nixon is looking to slow Kato down with leg kicks.
Kato defending well as Nixon loads up on a big left hand.
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
Kato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kato connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kato works Nixon's body with a nice hook.
Kato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kato misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nixon counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nixon walks into a stiff left hand from Kato.
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nixon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Musashi Kato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nixon throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
Nixon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kato moves out of range as Nixon strikes.
Kato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kato throws an overhand right that lands on Nixon's shoulder, as Nixon tries to avoid the shot.
Nixon 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.
Nixon connects with a crisp jab.
Nixon avoids the body shot from Kato.
Kato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nixon throws a right and a left that Kato avoids nicely.
Nixon scores with a one two! Kato had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kato 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.
Nixon lands a nice shot that snaps Kato's head back.
Nixon takes a swing at Kato's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nixon throws a looping overhand right but Kato ducks down to avoid it.
Kato appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nixon scores with a sloppy right hand. Kato should have avoided that one.
Nixon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kato.
Nixon slips under a jab.
Nixon lands with a shot to the body.
Kato sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nixon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kato misses with a lunging right hand
and Nixon counters with an inside leg kick.
Kato tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nixon is able to avoid easily.
Kato wants to slow Nixon down by chopping away at his legs.
Kato scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon looks to throw the jab but Kato is out of range.
Kato drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nixon sprawls and moves away.
Nixon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kato has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nixon digs a good body shot into Kato's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato misses with a hook. Nixon ducked under it nicely.
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.
Nixon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nixon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kato's head.
Nixon is looking to clinch but Kato is avoiding it.
Kato feinted with a counter takedown.
Nixon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nixon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kato will feel that in the morning.
That kick from Nixon tenderised Kato's leg. Kato is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kato throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nixon counters with a left and a right that stings Kato.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nixon slips a straight right by Kato.
Nixon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Nixon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nixon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Nixon! Richard Nixon retains his welterweight title!
In his post fight interview, Richard Nixon started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tesco Vee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luu Viulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vee comes to the cage accompanied by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple man. Luu Viulu told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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
32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tesco Vee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luu Viulu!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vee throws a body punch but Viulu moves out of range.
Viulu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Tesco Vee has been cut.
Vee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Viulu stuns Vee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Viulu manages to avoid it.
Vee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viulu stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Viulu wants it to stay on the feet.
Viulu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A shot to the liver by Vee. Beautiful body shot.
Vee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viulu.
Vee circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vee. Viulu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Viulu forces Vee back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viulu tries to stall but Vee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Viulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Viulu lands with a light punch inside.
Vee lands a hook that snaps the head of Viulu backwards.
Vee misses with a punch on the inside.
Viulu tries to work over Vee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viulu avoids it.
Vee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Viulu.
Viulu stalls.
Vee wants a takedown.
A shot in the inside from Vee.
Vee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Viulu's defenses.
Vee blocks a body shot from Viulu.
Vee lands a knee to the head.
Viulu working aggressively here.
Viulu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vee has a couple of punches blocked by Viulu.
Vee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Viulu misses with a looping right.
Luu Viulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vee moves out of range of the strikes.
Viulu swings for the body but Vee moves out of range.
Viulu stalks Vee and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vee's face. Vee staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viulu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vee looks to land a left hand but Viulu moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu misses with a body shot.
Vee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Viulu is looking to clinch.
Vee is looking to wear down Viulu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Viulu closes the distance and pushes Vee back into the cage.
Vee working aggressively here.
Viulu is trying to stall.
Viulu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vee seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Viulu can turn it around.
Viulu scores with a hook to the body.
Viulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Viulu is keeping busy.
Viulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Vee fails to land.
Vee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Viulu.
Vee tries to throw a body punch but Viulu avoids it by throwing Vee back against the cage.
Viulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu misses with a body punch.
Vee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Vee's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vee looks to score with a jab to the body but Viulu is just out of range.
Vee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Viulu.
Vee slips a jab from Viulu.
Vee defending well as Viulu loads up on a big left hand.
Good leg kick by Vee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some wild striking there from Vee.
Vee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Viulu misses with a body punch
and Vee counters with a low kick, right behind Viulu 's knee.
Viulu misses with a wild body shot.
Vee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Viulu.
Vee slips under a jab.
A shot to the liver by Viulu. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viulu misses with an uppercut. Vee saw that one coming.
Vee feinted with a counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viulu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Viulu throws a body shot but no joy.
Viulu stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tesco Vee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Viulu misses.
Vee attempts a counter takedown but Viulu avoids it well and moves away.
Oooooh!!! Viulu has knocked Vee down with a huge combo! Viulu steps away and waves a wobbly Vee back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Vee is rocked!
Vee is breathing heavily.
Viulu throws a right hand that Vee ducks under and follows up with a left that Vee also avoids with ease.
Oh Vee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Viulu throws a jab when Vee was well out of range.
Vee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vee is looking to land body kicks.
Viulu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vee seems to have got his legs back now.
Viulu stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Viulu wants it to stay on the feet.
Viulu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Viulu throws a combination that misses
and Vee counters with a takedown into side control.
Viulu struggling a bit here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Viulu is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Vee has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Viulu is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luu Viulu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tesco Vee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Viulu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Viulu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vee misses with a body kick.
Viulu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Viulu looks to land a left hand but Vee moved out of range nicely.
Vee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vee throws out a leg kick but Viulu moves out of range and Vee only half commits.
Vee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Viulu misses with a body shot.
Vee connects with a solid leg kick.
Vee walks into a jab.
Viulu drops Vee with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Vee looks back up at him and smiles so Viulu waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vee.
Viulu lands a right hook to the body.
Viulu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vee counters with a two punch combo.
Viulu tries to close the distance and clinch but Vee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Viulu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vee throws a solid leg kick but Viulu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vee.
Viulu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viulu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viulu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Viulu blocks it with crossed arms.
Viulu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luu Viulu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vee has a couple of punches blocked by Viulu.
Vee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viulu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viulu avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Vee fails to land.
Viulu trying to stall but Vee improves his position.
Viulu is looking to control Vee's arms but Vee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Viulu has his back to the cage.
Viulu is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Viulu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vee throws a head punch that misses.
Viulu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vee or not.
Viulu lands with a short shot to the head.
Viulu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Viulu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu lands a hook that snaps the head of Vee backwards.
Viulu drops Vee onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Vee is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Viulu lands a big right hand that drops Vee! The killer instinct kicks in and Viulu finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Viulu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luu Viulu! Luu Viulu retains his light heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Luu Viulu waved his t-shirt featuring FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)'s logo in front of the cameras.
In defeat, Tesco Vee stepped up to the mic, saying 'I think it's time to step out from business. I'm too old for this.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Cutwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Manel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manel has chosen A Portuguesa as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Cutwood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Toni Manel!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manel blocks a jab.
Cutwood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cutwood defends it well.
Manel thumps Cutwood with a low kick.
Manel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carlos Cutwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutwood throws a leg kick
so Manel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Manel throwing strikes from guard but Cutwood blocks nicely.
Manel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutwood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cutwood pulls Manel in to control the position.
Manel is looking to advance position but Cutwood has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cutwood throwing strikes here but Manel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Cutwood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Manel tries to lock up and control but Cutwood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cutwood manages to capitalize on a mistake by Manel to take his back!
Cutwood is hanging on to Manel's back as he tries to escape.
Manel is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Cutwood.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manel wants to escape the position.
Cutwood struggling to keep hold of the position.
Manel is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood trying to control momentarily.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Manel wants to escape the position.
Cutwood biding his time, looking for the opening.
Manel tries to escape but Cutwood has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Cutwood struggling to land strikes to the head as Manel covers up.
Cutwood is not going to allow Manel to sit and survive in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Cutwood controlling the positon.
Cutwood gets his hands free as Manel looks to control.
You can see the frustration on Manel's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Cutwood has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Manel has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Manel is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cutwood is looking to control Manel but Manel is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Cutwood trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Manel doesn't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood not allowing Manel to control his hands.
Cutwood looking for the choke but no joy.
Manel staying busy and making it hard for Cutwood to control.
Manel is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manel turns into Cutwood and is now in his guard.
Manel is in close to Cutwood's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Manel trying to control the position from guard on top but Cutwood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Cutwood dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cutwood is looking to score with low kicks.
Cutwood scores with a push kick.
Cutwood fails to land with a series of punches.
Manel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A left lands for Cutwood.
Cutwood clinches up with Manel and pushes him back against the cage.
Manel is looking for a takedown.
Cutwood lands a shot to the body.
Cutwood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manel wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutwood ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cutwood no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Manel is breathing heavily.
Cutwood 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.
Cutwood is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Cutwood looking for a sweep. Not yet Cutwood, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutwood controlling the position.
Cutwood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Manel throws an elbow that misses. Cutwood uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Manel's guard. Nice move by Cutwood!
Manel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cutwood engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Manel keeping moving, preventing Cutwood from controlling successfully.
Cutwood is fighting to break Manel's control of his arms but Manel is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cutwood wants to control from the top but Manel keeps moving.
Cutwood not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cutwood passes Manel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cutwood wants to pass to mount but Manel is defending the position.
Manel is looking for a sweep. Cutwood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Manel is doing well to control the position and prevent Cutwood from advancing to side control.
Cutwood wants to free his trapped foot but Manel is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cutwood is looking to take a break and control but Manel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood misses with a hook.
Manel ducks under a wild hook from Cutwood.
Manel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cutwood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cutwood scores with a nice strike.
Cutwood misses with a low kick as Manel jumps back.
Nice jab there from Cutwood.
Cutwood takes a swing at Manel's ribcage but misses.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutwood staying out of range there.
Cutwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manel moves away.
Jab from Manel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood misses with a takedown attempt
so Manel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Manel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Manel throws a big right hand that misses.
Manel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cutwood is keeping the position for now.
Cutwood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manel gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cutwood won't allow Manel to sweep him here.
Cutwood passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Cutwood dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cutwood fails with the takedown.
And Manel tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutwood pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cutwood lands with a good body shot.
Carlos Cutwood is winning the standup battle so far.
Cutwood feints and as Manel raises his hands in defense, Cutwood changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cutwood pushes down on Manel's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cutwood wants to pass the guard but Manel is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutwood stopping the sweep attempt from Manel.
Cutwood controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cutwood trying to control but Manel is working from the bottom.
Manel controls Cutwood momentarily but Cutwood frees himself.
Cutwood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manel can do to turn this around?
Manel looking for a sweep. Not yet Manel, not yet.
Cutwood showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Manel is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cutwood lands a slapping body shot.
Cutwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Manel feints the counter takedown.
Manel manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cutwood on his heels. He'll look to pass Cutwood's guard now, I'm sure.
Cutwood has momentary wrist control but Manel slips an elbow through the middle.
Manel throwing strikes but missing.
Manel postures up in Cutwood's guard and throws a big left but Cutwood blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood looking for a sweep. Not yet Cutwood, not yet.
Manel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cutwood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Manel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Manel looking to sit in guard and control but Cutwood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Manel wants to sweep but no luck.
Manel is adopting a defensive guard.
Manel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cutwood is one step ahead there.
Cutwood passes Manel's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Manel is still trying to improve position.
Cutwood is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cutwood has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cutwood is thwarting Manel's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Cutwood clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cutwood tries to clinch but Manel moves out of range.
Cutwood misses with a hook to the body
and Manel counters with a shoot takedown. Cutwood fights it but they end up in guard.
Manel trying to control the position from guard on top but Cutwood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Manel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Manel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cutwood wants to sweep here but Manel controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutwood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manel passes Cutwood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cutwood's head.
Manel winds up and cracks Cutwood with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cutwood manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Manel lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Manel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Manel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Manel throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Manel tries a low kick but Cutwood avoids it.
Cutwood fires out a quick counter leg kick but Manel just manages to avoid it.
Cutwood misses with a wild body shot.
That's two 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.
Cutwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manel was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutwood.
Manel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cutwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Manel is just out of range.
Manel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cutwood throws a leg kick but Manel moved away.
Cutwood lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Manel.
Cutwood tries to clinch there but Manel circles away.
Manel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cutwood thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Manel if he has to take too many more of those.
Manel is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cutwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Manel is just out of range.
Cutwood loads up on a big right hand but Manel slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manel blocks the body kick.
And Manel tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutwood pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cutwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manel was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutwood.
Manel feints the counter takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Manel as Cutwood shoots in.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manel manages to avoid it.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutwood misses with a lunging right hand
and Manel counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Manel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manel working Cutwood over with strikes.
Manel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cutwood trying to control from the bottom.
Manel missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Manel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cutwood defending well though.
Manel looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cutwood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cutwood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cutwood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cutwood wants it to stay on the feet.
Cutwood throws a hook but Manel blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manel ducks right into an uppercut from Cutwood.
Manel throws a leg kick but Cutwood moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Toni Manel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutwood. Manel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cutwood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cutwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manel feints the counter takedown.
Cutwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Manel feints the counter takedown.
Cutwood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Manel counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cutwood!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cutwood avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Manel.
Cutwood is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Manel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cutwood keeps working.
Manel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cutwood is trying to improve his position.
Cutwood stops Manel from passing to mount.
Cutwood managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Manel.
Toni Manel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Manel grinds an elbow into Cutwood's temple.
Manel trying to control the position but Cutwood is working away.
Manel working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cutwood can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cutwood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manel.
Cutwood throws an off balance right hand
and Manel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cutwood won't be happy with that.
Manel has knee on belly momentarily but Cutwood bucks him off and regains half guard.
Manel tries to pass to full mount but Cutwood defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood trying to hold on to Manel's head to control him but Manel postures up.
Toni Manel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Manel thows a huge punch but Cutwood dodges it nicely.
Manel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cutwood knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Manel lands with a punch from half guard.
Manel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cutwood does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Manel lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cutwood trying to control here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Manel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cutwood throws a low kick, looking for Manel's leg but Manel calmly moves out of range.
Cutwood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Manel.
Manel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cutwood looks to throw a body kick
and Manel counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cutwood tries to buck Manel off but Manel is having none of it.
Manel cracks Cutwood with a big elbow.
Manel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toni Manel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cutwood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Cutwood!
Carlos Cutwood is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Carlos Cutwood 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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hype
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