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UVT 325: Win Lose & Draw PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ceiba Wrestling Coach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chip Freedom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freedom comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Star Spangled Banner kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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162 lbs
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Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ceiba Wrestling Coach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 33 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chip Freedom!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrestling Coach shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wrestling Coach showed some decent athleticism there.
Freedom pushes Wrestling Coach off and gets back to his feet.
Freedom attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Freedom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freedom lands a nice shot to the body.
Wrestling Coach defending well as Freedom loads up on a big left hand.
Freedom throws a body punch but Wrestling Coach moves out of range.
Wrestling Coach swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Freedom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freedom has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wrestling Coach.
Freedom fails to land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Wrestling Coach misses the target.
Freedom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Freedom misses with a looping left.
Freedom moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wrestling Coach slips a jab and a cross from Freedom.
Freedom misses with a wild body shot.
Wrestling Coach takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freedom misses with a double jab
and Wrestling Coach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wrestling Coach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freedom moves away.
Wrestling Coach lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Freedom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wrestling Coach looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wrestling Coach scores with a nice right hand.
Wrestling Coach lands with a good body shot.
Wrestling Coach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freedom misses with a double jab
letting Wrestling Coach counter with a right hand.
Wrestling Coach moves out of range of the body kick.
Freedom looks to land a combination but Wrestling Coach avoids it well.
Wrestling Coach takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Chip Freedom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wrestling Coach with a jab.
Freedom takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Chip Freedom has been cut.
Wrestling Coach checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wrestling Coach gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling Coach tries to work over Freedom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Freedom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Freedom manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wrestling Coach working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Wrestling Coach.
A right hook to the body lands for Wrestling Coach.
Freedom working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wrestling Coach stalling the fight.
Freedom tries to stall but Wrestling Coach uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Freedom looking to slow down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chip Freedom.
Wrestling Coach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wrestling Coach chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Freedom can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Freedom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Freedom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wrestling Coach thuds a left hand into Freedom's body.
Freedom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wrestling Coach looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Freedom throws a leg kick that misses.
Freedom checks a low kick from Wrestling Coach.
A telegraphed right hand from Freedom misses the target.
Freedom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Freedom misses with an attempted mid kick.
Freedom looks to land a left hand but Wrestling Coach moved out of range nicely.
Wrestling Coach closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wrestling Coach looks up at the clock and then as Freedom takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wrestling Coach smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Freedom can't do much from the bottom here.
Wrestling Coach in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Wrestling Coach is chipping away with strikes.
Freedom is looking for a sweep.
Wrestling Coach throws an elbow but Freedom slips to the side and avoids it well.
Freedom on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wrestling Coach working the ground and pound.
Freedom is rocked!
Wrestling Coach scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Freedom is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Wrestling Coach can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ceiba Wrestling Coach!
After winning the bout, Ceiba Wrestling Coach thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Vegata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jeffson Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
34 - 32 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Vegata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 32 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeffson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie looking to score a takedown here. Vegata is defending well but Gracie drives through and ends up in Vegata's guard.
Vegata looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie pushing down on Vegata's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Vegata keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Vegata is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vegata makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Vegata.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegata keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Gracie wants to advance to full mount but Vegata doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegata wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Vegata keeps moving.
Vegata keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Vegata keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Vegata holds on and takes a little breather.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vegata keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
That's two 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.
Vegata avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Vegata has wrist control.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vegata works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vegata keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Vegata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Vegata. Vegata maintains the clinch.
Vegata with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but Vegata blocks it.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Vegata has the dominant position.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Vegata stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Vegata won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vegata stuffs the takedown.
Antonio Vegata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffson Gracie.
Vegata lands a two punch combo.
Gracie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vegata sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gracie somewhat.
Vegata moves into the clinch successfully.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gracie obliges.
Vegata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Vegata.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracie.
Vegata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vegata trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Vegata tries to tie him up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Antonio Vegata has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie shoots in but Vegata avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like Vegata wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vegata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Vegata, which made it look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jeffson Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antonio Vegata's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vegata.
Antonio Vegata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vegata misses with the body kick
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vegata thinking.
Vegata instigates a clinch.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie jumps guard but Vegata stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Vegata holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Vegata gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Antonio Vegata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffson Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vegata missing with knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegata looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie landing knees to the body.
Vegata missing with knees to the body.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Vegata.
Gracie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vegata missing with knees to the body.
Gracie misses with a knee strike.
Vegata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vegata misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Vegata gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Vegata's head.
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vegata fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vegata is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Vegata is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegata wants to clinch.
Vegata tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vegata moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Vegata cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Vegata's head but Vegata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vegata tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vegata jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Vegata gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
Vegata feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Vegata scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Vegata clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vegata looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie tightens his grip and picks Vegata up, before dumping him to the ground. Vegata manages to land in guard.
Vegata is pulling down on Gracie's head to control his posture.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
My spies in The Warehouse inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vegata utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vegata's guard.
Gracie stalling away here and it's allowed Vegata to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Vegata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.
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 Antonio Vegata will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antonio Vegata's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gracie drives through and clinches with Vegata against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Vegata tries to tie him up.
Gracie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vegata is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Vegata tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegata looks to clinch
and Vegata takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vegata moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Vegata!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegata manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gracie's best efforts.
Gracie sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Vegata does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie passes to side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vegata sneaks back into half guard.
Vegata is positioning himself well to prevent Gracie advancing to mount.
Gracie passes to full mount!
Gracie pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Vegata really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gracie looking to control but Vegata is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vegata manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Vegata is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Vegata still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Vegata 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.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vegata controls the position from side control.
Vegata tries to stand but Gracie is controlling his head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Vegata prevents Gracie from improving his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffson Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cobalt Khalil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jo Mama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Khalil might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk. Jo Mama 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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142 lbs
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135 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cobalt Khalil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jo Mama!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khalil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khalil attempts a counter takedown but Mama avoids it well and moves away.
Mama blocks the body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Mama misses.
Khalil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khalil misses with a wild combination.
Mama tries to clinch but Khalil moves away
and Khalil counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Khalil content to stall in guard here.
Khalil throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalil slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mama working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khalil.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khalil accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khalil has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Khalil wants to pass the guard but Mama is keeping the position.
Khalil postures up.
Khalil won't allow Mama to sweep him here.
Khalil throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mama is looking for a triangle here but Khalil uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Mama trying his best to control but Khalil has mounted him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Khalil looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Khalil lands a heavy elbow.
Khalil controlling the position easily from mount.
Khalil landing strikes from the mount.
Khalil controlling the pace for now.
Mama sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Mama is looking to control Khalil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mama avoid being mounted?
Mama felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalil tries to pass to full mount but Mama defends it.
Mama is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khalil scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khalil sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mama defending well though.
Khalil throwing shots but Mama is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Khalil.
Khalil is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Khalil landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mama wants to get back to full guard.
Mama trying to hold on to Khalil's head to control him but Khalil postures up.
Khalil tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mama knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khalil lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Khalil connects with a nice short shot to Mama's temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khalil controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cobalt Khalil dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Khalil clinches with his opponent.
Khalil turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mama is pushing Khalil's head away, looking to escape. Khalil manages to hold on to the position though.
Khalil working away.
Khalil lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Khalil slows the pace down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalil trying to control the action but Mama is working from the bottom.
Mama is looking to regain half guard here but Khalil keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil lands an elbow.
Mama is not content to let Khalil control the position.
Khalil just content to control the position.
Khalil working the ground and pound but Mama is defending the strikes.
Khalil takes a little break here. Mama wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Khalil cracks Mama with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mama on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Khalil working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Mama's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khalil grinds an elbow into Mama's temple.
Mama takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Khalil connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mama some visible discomfort.
Mama is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Khalil is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Khalil is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalil lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Khalil wants to control the pace but Mama is squirming around nicely.
Khalil avoids the attempt from Mama to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Khalil cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Khalil working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cobalt Khalil overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mama is trying desperately to improve position.
Khalil scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mama takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalil is landing with some decent strikes but Mama is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Khalil landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalil with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Khalil.
Khalil landing strikes from the mount.
Khalil scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mama is rocked!
Khalil takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Khalil scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mama is still in real trouble! Can Khalil finish him?
Khalil raining down shots from the mount!
Khalil raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cobalt Khalil dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Khalil!
Khalil lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Khalil.
Khalil throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mama.
Mama seems to have recovered his senses.
Khalil leaves Mama with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Khalil misses the target.
Khalil swinging wildly here.
Khalil throws a series of strikes that have Mama backpedaling.
Khalil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khalil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mama can do to turn this around?
Mama gets a double leg takedown into Khalil's guard.
Khalil has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Mama is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Mama pushes Khalil off looking to stand but Khalil dives back in and keeps control.
Khalil is thwarting Mama's attempts to control the position.
We've been hearing that Khalil has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Khalil is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Khalil trying to mount his opponent but Mama defends it.
Mama is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Khalil pulls his head out easily.
Mama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khalil is trying to control the action in half guard but Mama is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mama missing with punches from the bottom.
Khalil lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mama is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khalil scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khalil working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Khalil there.
Khalil looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalil drops an elbow to the side of Mama's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Khalil in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mama is trying to stand up here but Khalil is controlling him well.
Khalil looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mama with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Khalil lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Khalil slows the pace down in half guard.
Khalil seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jo Mama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobalt Khalil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Khalil controlling the pace.
Khalil slips a nice elbow through Mama's hands, connecting with Mama's forehead.
Khalil content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Khalil scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Khalil landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Khalil lands with a punch from half guard.
Khalil keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cobalt Khalil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khalil 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cobalt Khalil!
Cobalt Khalil was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aydine Antona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain. Antona has chosen Laid to Rest by Lamb of God as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Aydine Antona enters the cage!
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140 lbs
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156 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
46 - 30 - 5, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aydine Antona!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antona fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams blocks the body kick.
Antona has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Antona misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Antona is looking to land body kicks.
Williams tried to counter with a leg kick but Antona avoided it.
Antona ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
A leg kick checked by Antona.
Antona misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams misses with a hook. Antona ducked under it nicely.
Antona throws out a counter right but Williams avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Antona.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antona looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Antona off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Antona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice cross by Williams.
Antona ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
As Williams backs off Antona throws a huge counter combo but Williams manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Antona.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Antona swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Antona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antona takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Antona.
Williams swings for the body but Antona moves out of range.
Williams takes a kick to the side of the head.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Williams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antona connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Paul Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antona bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Antona off balance momentarily.
Antona stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Antona pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Williams back to the cage. Antona follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Antona fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A clash of legs there as Williams blocks the low kick.
Antona tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams staying out of range there.
Antona bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Antona.
Antona on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Antona swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Antona looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Antona.
Williams takes a swing at Antona's ribcage but misses.
Antona on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Antona misses with a leg kick.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Antona misses with a wild body shot.
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Antona's head.
Williams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Antona drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Antona momentarily.
Antona just misses with a punch to the body.
Antona goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Antona moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Williams walks into a straight right hand from Antona.
Antona swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antona thumps Williams with a low kick.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Antona's sensitive parts.
Antona misses with an uppercut.
Antona stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Antona misses with a two punch combination.
Antona misses with the combination.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Antona throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Antona scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
Antona falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aydine Antona will probably get the nod.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Williams misses with a low kick as Antona jumps back.
Antona misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams slips a straight right by Antona.
Decent striking displayed by Antona there.
Aydine Antona seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Antona is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antona fails to land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
Antona slips under a jab.
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!
Antona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Antona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Antona is rocked!
A head kick by Williams - that's a beauty! Antona is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Williams can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paul Williams!
After winning the bout, Paul Williams thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bruce's choice of entrance music: Migos-Y.R.H. Bryan Bishop could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leo Bruce's chin.
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42
145 lbs
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161 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leo Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bishop tries to counter with a takedown but Bruce is quick to defend against it.
Bruce closes the distance but Bishop moves to the side
and Bishop counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bishop postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bruce has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Bishop is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
A head punch on the inside from Bruce fails to land.
Bruce gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bishop.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Bishop avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce lands a nice uppercut.
Bruce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bishop is defending well for now.
Bruce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop wants to take the fight to the mat but Bruce manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bruce lands a shoulder strike.
Bruce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bruce lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bruce fails to land.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bishop avoids it.
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bishop has Bruce pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bruce manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bishop drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bruce landing knees to the body.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Bruce.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruce makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruce throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
Bruce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruce scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bishop avoiding damage as Bruce throws knees to the body.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bishop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Bishop avoids the damage to the body.
Bishop has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bruce avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
Bishop tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bruce just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bishop gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bruce pushes Bishop off and gets back to his feet.
Leo Bruce is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce moves to clinch but Bishop breaks away
and Bishop counters with a takedown into side control.
Bishop working the head and body with strikes.
Bishop throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bruce tries to escape but Bishop is in control.
Bishop in side control, throwing shots but Bruce defends.
Bruce felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bruce seems a little lost for a moment, as Bishop dominates the positioning.
Bruce defending against the ground and pound.
Bruce dodges the ground and pound from Bishop.
Bruce pushes Bishop away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bishop gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bishop just content to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Bruce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bishop keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce moves into range and clinches up with Bishop.
A head punch on the inside from Bruce fails to land.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Bruce lands a right hand.
Bruce lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Bishop avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce is pressed up against the cage. Bishop has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bruce down to the mat. Bruce avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bruce wants to clinch but Bishop slips to the side
and Bishop counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bishop stands up over Bruce, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop prevents Bruce from getting back to his feet.
Bishop trying to control but Bruce is working from the bottom.
Bishop is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bruce is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bryan Bishop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bishop trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bishop working some strikes from top position.
Bruce keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bruce is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bishop sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bruce's guard.
Bishop is pressing down on Bruce's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bruce is holding on for now.
Bruce is trying to stand.
Bishop winds up and cracks Bruce with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bishop has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bishop working Bruce over with strikes.
Bishop throwing shots but Bruce is blocking nicely.
Bishop looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bishop missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bruce does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bishop missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bishop lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bishop content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bruce is not content to let Bishop control the position.
Bishop works his way into full mount!
Bishop thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bruce wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Bishop dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Bishop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bishop attempts a counter takedown but Bruce avoids it well and moves away.
Bishop tries to keep at a distance but Bruce has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Leo Bruce seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Bishop is looking for a takedown.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce is pressed up against the cage. Bishop has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bruce down to the mat. Bruce avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce looks to clinch
and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bishop won't allow Bruce to get back to his feet.
Bruce is looking to stand back up but Bishop counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Bruce.
Bruce on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bruce is trying to stand.
Bruce has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bishop looks to land a strike but Bruce avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bishop showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bishop might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bishop has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bishop throws a big elbow that misses.
Bishop throwing strikes but missing.
Bishop postures up in Bruce's guard and throws a big left but Bruce blocks it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bruce wants to clinch.
Bruce looks to clinch
and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bruce is looking to stand back up but Bishop counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Bruce.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop slows the pace down in half guard.
Bishop lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands with a punch from half guard.
Bruce wants to get back to his feet.
Bishop is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bishop trying to control the pace.
Bishop stops Bruce from getting back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bishop working the head and body with strikes.
Bruce is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Bishop showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bishop 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Bishop!
An out of breath Bryan Bishop thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Leo Bruce had this to say: 'got out skilled but it was a great match.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank Babal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus comes to the cage accompanied by Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. Babal has chosen Lil Wayne- HollyWeezy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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31
168 lbs
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21
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Cirus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tank Babal!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babal looks to clinch
and Cirus counters with a takedown into side control.
Babal tries to escape but Cirus is in control.
Cirus throws a strike aimed at the side of Babal's head but Babal avoids it well.
Cirus working the ground and pound from side control.
Babal wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Cirus working the head and body with strikes.
Cirus is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Babal will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Babal tries to escape but Cirus is in control.
Cirus working the ground and pound but Babal is defending the strikes.
Cirus scores with punches from side control.
Babal pushes Cirus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cirus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Cirus creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Babal is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Babal is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cirus is controlling him well.
Babal is still in real trouble! Can Cirus finish him?
Cirus cracks Babal with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Cirus immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Babal is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Cirus!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Cirus!
Tom Cirus thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Tank Babal was interviewed post fight and said 'Must of been his night not mine.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyon Okiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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220 lbs
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219 lbs
36 - 23 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Bourque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyon Okiro!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okiro ducks under a wild hook from Bourque.
Okiro clinches up against the cage.
Okiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bourque wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Okiro lands a left hand.
Okiro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okiro.
Okiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bourque can't find room to land a body shot as Okiro controls the action.
Bourque fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Okiro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
Bourque misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Bourque's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Okiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okiro misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bourque.
Bourque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okiro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Okiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Okiro.
Okiro misses with a few strikes there.
Bourque throws a big counter combination but Okiro scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Okiro with a jab.
Okiro throws a front kick aimed at Bourque's knee but Bourque avoids it well.
Okiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okiro connects with a right hand. Bourque shakes it off.
Okiro avoids the body shot from Bourque.
Okiro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bourque takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Okiro fakes the leg kick and cracks Bourque in the body.
Bourque is breathing heavily.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch but Okiro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Okiro steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bourque.
The fighters circling - Bourque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okiro closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okiro breaks from the clinch.
Okiro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Okiro cracks Bourque with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bourque appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bourque blocks the body kick.
Bourque clinches up against the cage.
Okiro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Okiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bourque's elbow.
Bourque is trying to stall.
Bourque trying to stall but Okiro improves his position.
Bourque digs a right hand underneath Okiro's ribcage. Okiro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Okiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bourque swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Bourque throwing a counter right hand but Okiro manages to avoid it.
Okiro with a hook.
Okiro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Bourque misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Okiro. That snapped Bourque's head back.
A punch combination from Okiro misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Okiro.
Okiro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bourque's head backwards.
Okiro scores with a decent looking hook.
Bourque moves into the clinch.
Bourque trying to control the position but instead, Okiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bourque into the cage.
Bourque breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourque takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Okiro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Okiro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bourque's calf.
Bourque is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Okiro.
Bourque is rocked!
Okiro clinches up with Bourque and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bourque fails to land.
Bourque misses with the head strike.
Bourque has a couple of punches blocked by Okiro.
Bourque lands with a short shot to the head.
Okiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Okiro prevents a body shot from Bourque.
Bourque fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okiro is working Bourque over against the cage.
Bourque being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyon Okiro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Okiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lyon Okiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourque throws a leg kick but Okiro sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bourque steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okiro. That one must have hurt.
Okiro moves into the clinch.
Bourque throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Okiros head.
Lyon Okiro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Okiro scores with a nice hook to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Okiro.
Bourque misses with a punch on the inside.
Bourque taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okiro lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bourque.
Okiro misses with the head strike.
Okiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okiro breaks from the clinch.
Okiro tries to clinch up but Bourque circles away and keeps his distance.
Bourque is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque tries to clinch but Okiro moves out of range.
Okiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Okiro throws a head kick that misses.
Bourque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Okiro.
Okiro lands with a right hand.
Okiro connects with a looping right hand.
Okiro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oh Bourque is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okiro clinches with his opponent.
Bourque seems to have got his legs back now.
Bourque blocks a body shot from Okiro.
Bourque misses with some punches.
Okiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Bourque controls his hands.
Bourque scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bourque misses with a hook to the ribs.
Okiro digs a right hand into Bourque's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bourque's gas tank.
Okiro stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Okiro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Okiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Okiro lands a lovely overhand right.
Bourque throws a nice looking combination but Okiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bourque looks to land a left hand but Okiro moved out of range nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Okiro!
Okiro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bourque.
Okiro clinches with his opponent.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Okiro is leaning against Bourque and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bourque swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bourque misses with some punches.
Bourque is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Okiro scores with a hook to the body.
Bourque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okiro manages to break the clinch.
Okiro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bourque on the side of the head.
Bourque's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Okiro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bourque scrambles back to his feet.
Okiro cracks Bourque with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Bourque tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Okiro pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Bourque is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyon Okiro!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hitmon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso's entrance music is WAR-Low Rider. A fine choice. 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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40
212 lbs
41 - 23 - 3 |
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38
222 lbs
34 - 20 - 0 |
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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
41 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hitmon Lee!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Gattuso throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gattuso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lee.
A clash of legs there as Gattuso blocks the low kick.
Lee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Gattuso misses.
Lee shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gattuso but Gattuso pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gattuso ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lee has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gattuso lands with a good body shot.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gattuso.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Gattuso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gattuso connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lee. Lee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gattuso, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso misses with a head kick.
Gattuso has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gattuso fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lee on the side of the head.
Gattuso throws a sloppy body shot
so Lee counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gattuso pushes Lee off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hitmon Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee feints and then cracks Gattuso's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gattuso down.
Gattuso thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lee if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gattuso closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gattuso throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gattuso throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gattuso checks a low kick from Lee.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slow jab from Gattuso misses its intended target.
Lee drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gattuso defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso misses with a looping right.
Lee throws a head kick that half lands.
The fighters circling - Gattuso throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gattuso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Gattuso avoids the head kick by Lee.
Good work by Lee as he checks the leg kick.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gattuso connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
Gattuso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee swings for the body but Gattuso moves out of range.
Gattuso throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee scores with the left hand. Gattuso knows he should have avoided that one.
Gattuso throws a body kick that misses.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Gattuso counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso cracks Lee with a good jab.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gattuso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gattuso manages to avoid it.
Gattuso leaves Lee with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lee.
Gattuso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gattuso throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee misses with an uppercut
and Gattuso counters with a right hand to the body.
Gattuso feints and then cracks Lee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lee down.
Lee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gattuso.
Gattuso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a takedown into Gattuso's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Gattuso doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Lee paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Gattuso - great work!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Javier Gattuso!
Javier Gattuso retains his light heavyweight title!
Javier Gattuso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nylerhotep Constantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alpo Wednesday was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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28
170 lbs
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44
162 lbs
56 - 20 - 3 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nylerhotep Constantine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
56 - 20 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alpo Wednesday!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wednesday lands a jab to Constantine's midsection.
Wednesday throws a body punch but Constantine moves out of range.
Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Constantine.
Wednesday lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wednesday throws a hook to the side of Constantine's head but Constantine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wednesday misses with a hook.
Wednesday has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Constantine is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Constantine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Constantine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Constantine rushes Wednesday and presses him up against the cage.
Wednesday tries to throw a body punch but Constantine avoids it by throwing Wednesday back against the cage.
Wednesday is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wednesday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wednesday is defending well for now.
Constantine misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wednesday.
Wednesday digs a right hand into Constantine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Constantine's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wednesday.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Constantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday has a couple of punches blocked by Constantine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Wednesday.
Wednesday trying to stall but Constantine improves his position.
Constantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday lands an uppercut.
Wednesday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wednesday stalling in the clinch.
Wednesday doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wednesday lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Constantine is keeping busy.
Constantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Wednesday can't find room to land a body shot as Constantine controls the action.
Constantine misses with the head strike.
Constantine holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Constantine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine lands with a right to the head.
Constantine working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Wednesday.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wednesday.
Wednesday softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wednesday tries to throw a body punch but Constantine avoids it by throwing Wednesday back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Constantine has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
Constantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Wednesday blocking some punches.
Wednesday lands a left hand.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Constantine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Constantine misses with some punches.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Constantine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine slowing the pace effectively.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Constantine on the inside.
Wednesday works on Constantine's body with a couple of short punches.
Constantine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Constantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Wednesday avoids the damage to the body.
Constantine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wednesday avoids it.
Constantine working aggressively here.
Wednesday lands with a short shot to the head.
Wednesday lands a nice uppercut.
Wednesday stalling the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Constantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Constantine.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wednesday.
Constantine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wednesday is defending well for now.
Wednesday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wednesday wants to stall.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Constantine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wednesday.
Constantine blocks a body shot from Wednesday.
Constantine scores a nice knee to the body.
Constantine has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
Constantine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Constantine pushes Wednesday back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Constantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Constantine has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch on the inside from Constantine fails to land.
Wednesday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 Nylerhotep Constantine will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wednesday moves into range and connects with a jab.
Constantine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Constantine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wednesday.
Constantine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Constantine misses with a looping left.
A left lands for Constantine.
Wednesday closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Constantine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wednesday lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Constantine stalling in the clinch.
Constantine misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Constantine.
Constantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Constantine lands with a left to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wednesday in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Constantine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Constantine.
Wednesday has a couple of punches blocked by Constantine.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Wednesday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Constantine.
Constantine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wednesday is working Constantine over against the cage.
Wednesday avoiding damage as Constantine throws knees to the body.
A short right from Constantine.
Constantine leaning his opponent against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Constantine.
A bit of stalling here from Wednesday.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Constantine.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Wednesday.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Wednesday.
Still in the clinch, Wednesday scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short uppercut from Constantine.
Wednesday looking to slow down the pace here.
Constantine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wednesday in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Constantine landing knees to the body.
Wednesday is breathing heavily.
Constantine working aggressively here.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Wednesday blocking some punches.
Constantine has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Constantine is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wednesday's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.
Wednesday lands with a short shot to the head.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Constantine has Wednesday pushed against the cage.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Wednesday.
Wednesday tries to stall but Constantine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Constantine on the inside.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wednesday lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Constantine or not.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Constantine misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Constantine.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Constantine fails to land.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday lands a left hand.
Wednesday misses with some punches.
Constantine lands with a light punch inside.
Constantine is trying to maintain a safe position but Wednesday gets an underhook and turns Constantine into the cage.
Wednesday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Constantine.
Constantine content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Constantine.
Wednesday blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wednesday lands a right hand that snaps the head of Constantine backwards.
Wednesday takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Constantine.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Constantine uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nylerhotep Constantine dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Constantine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wednesday's head.
Constantine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wednesday can do to turn this around?
Constantine throws a jab when Wednesday was well out of range.
Wednesday blocks a jab.
Constantine looks to land a left hand but Wednesday moved out of range nicely.
Wednesday clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Wednesday on the inside.
Constantine lands a good knee to the midsection. Wednesday won't want to take too many of those.
Constantine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Constantine misses with some punches.
Wednesday lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Constantine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wednesday.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wednesday is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.
Constantine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Constantine just leaning against Wednesday, taking a breather.
Wednesday takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine taking a breather.
Constantine gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A head punch on the inside from Constantine fails to land.
Wednesday just leaning against Constantine, taking a breather.
Constantine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wednesday is defending well for now.
Wednesday tries a body shot but Constantine blocks it.
Constantine throws a head punch that misses.
Wednesday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
Constantine lands an uppercut.
Nylerhotep Constantine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Constantine.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Constantine.
Constantine lands a good knee to the midsection. Wednesday won't want to take too many of those.
Wednesday stalling against the cage.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Constantine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Constantine.
Wednesday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Constantine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Constantine is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wednesday pushes Constantine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Constantine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wednesday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Constantine - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wednesday wants to stall.
Wednesday blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee calls for Wednesday to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday stalling in the clinch but Constantine improves position.
Wednesday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Wednesday avoids the damage to the body.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.
Constantine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Constantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Constantine misses with the head strike.
Wednesday is trying to maintain a safe position but Constantine gets an underhook and turns Wednesday into the cage.
Constantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Wednesday.
Wednesday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Constantine is keeping busy.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantine displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wednesday up against the cage.
Constantine throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Constantine as Wednesday tries to tie him up.
Constantine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wednesday lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Constantine scores with a shot to the side of Wednesday's head.
Constantine lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Constantine.
Constantine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wednesday on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Constantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Constantine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Constantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nylerhotep Constantine 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Constantine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Constantine does it's job there.
Constantine is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Constantine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wednesday sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wednesday takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wednesday avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wednesday wants to counter with a clinch but Constantine pushes him away.
Constantine rushes Wednesday and presses him up against the cage.
Constantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Constantine working aggressively here.
Constantine swings wildly with an uppercut but Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Constantine gets through Wednesday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Constantine lands with a short shot to the head.
Constantine has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday trying to control the position but instead, Constantine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wednesday into the cage.
Constantine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday controlling the action here for a moment.
Wednesday stalls.
Constantine blocking some punches.
Constantine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wednesday blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wednesday.
Wednesday lands a nice uppercut.
Wednesday misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine trying to land knees to the body.
Wednesday misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Constantine gets through Wednesday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wednesday misses with a body punch.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Constantine.
Constantine misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Constantine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stalling in the clinch from Wednesday.
Constantine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Constantine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Constantine blocks an uppercut.
Constantine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wednesday avoids it.
A short right from Constantine on the inside.
Wednesday is rocked!
Constantine tries to land knees in the clinch but Wednesday avoids the damage to the body.
Wednesday is still on wobbly legs! Can Constantine finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wednesday in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wednesday is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Wednesday being controlled against the cage.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Constantine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Constantine lands a nice uppercut.
Constantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wednesday.
Constantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Constantine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Constantine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wednesday avoids it.
Constantine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wednesday blocks an uppercut.
Constantine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Constantine creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Wednesday with a big uppercut! Wednesday tries to clinch up but Constantine pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Wednesday to the mat! Wednesday covers up and Constantine unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nylerhotep Constantine!
Nylerhotep Constantine retains his lightweight title!
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