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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Duke Dog has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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255 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duke Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shawn Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dog misses with a few strikes there.
Michaels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dog but Dog pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dog throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels throws out a counter right but Dog avoids it with no problem.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Dog circles away.
Michaels shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dog leaves Michaels with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Duke Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shawn Michaels.
Dog will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Dog pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danga de danga de dang - Dog scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Shawn Michaels has been cut.
Michaels is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Dog moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duke Dog!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vajas Tomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huber is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Enter Sandman. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vajas Tomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Huber!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huber shoots in looking for a takedown. Tomas tries to sprawl out of it but Huber keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Huber fails to land the takedown.
Huber shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tomas as he avoids it easily.
Vajas Tomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Huber.
Huber gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Huber misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tomas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mario Huber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomas scores with a punch to the head.
Huber shoots and misses
and Tomas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Huber looks winded!
Tomas scores with a decent looking hook.
Huber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tomas.
Tomas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Huber is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tomas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tomas gets in close and tags Huber with a short punch that almost sends Huber to the mat! Oh Huber is in big trouble! He turns his back on Tomas, trying to create some distance but Tomas rushes him, striking wildly and Huber goes down! The referee tackles Tomas into the cage to end the fight! Tomas is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vajas Tomas!
During a confident post fight interview, Vajas Tomas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Kruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Seagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruiz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is ZARILA KANDZE. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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193 lbs
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204 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Kruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lance Seagan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruiz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Seagan's waist but Seagan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kruiz off to one side.
Kruiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kruiz misses with a takedown attempt
and Seagan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Seagan throws out a leg kick but Kruiz moves out of range and Seagan only half commits.
Seagan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seagan moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Seagan misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Seagan as he connects with a hook.
Seagan drops Kruiz with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Kruiz looks back up at him and smiles so Seagan waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Kruiz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruiz switches off momentarily and Seagan cracks him with a monster right hand! Kruiz topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Seagan dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Seagan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lance Seagan!
A determined Lance Seagan didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felippe Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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270 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Felippe Francisco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Smith!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Francisco slips under a jab from Smith.
Francisco was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Francisco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith blocks a head kick by Francisco.
Francisco moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Francisco scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Francisco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Francisco scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Francisco throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Francisco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Francisco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Francisco looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Francisco moves away from the strike by Smith.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco scores with a hook.
Smith closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Francisco did well to prevent Smith getting side control.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith throwing shots but Francisco is blocking nicely.
Francisco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Smith.
Francisco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Francisco tries to get out of the position.
Smith wants to take a breather but Francisco is having none of it.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Francisco with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smith wants to take a breather but Francisco is having none of it.
Smith thows a huge punch but Francisco dodges it nicely.
Smith thows a huge punch but Francisco dodges it nicely.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throwing shots but Francisco is blocking nicely.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Smith working Francisco over with strikes.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smith throwing shots but Francisco is blocking nicely.
Smith thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Francisco misses with a kick to the body
and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith misses with the ground and pound.
Smith happy to just control the position for now.
Smith misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Francisco avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Smith stalls from top position.
Smith looks up at the clock and then as Francisco takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Smith smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Smith throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Smith just content to control the position.
Smith cracks Francisco with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Smith throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Smith postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Francisco tries to improve position but can't.
Francisco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Francisco can't do much from the bottom here.
Smith working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith cracks Francisco with a big elbow.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Francisco keeps working.
Smith might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Francisco haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Smith scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Francisco to the mat! Francisco manages to get full guard.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Francisco works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith is in close to Francisco's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dave Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith postures up in Francisco's guard and throws a big left but Francisco blocks it.
Francisco looking for a sweep. Not yet Francisco, not yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Francisco tries to buck Smith off but Smith is having none of it.
Smith working the ground and pound but Francisco is defending the strikes.
The ground and pound from Smith seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Francisco is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith throwing strikes but Francisco manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Smith is not content to let Francisco control the position.
Francisco is really struggling to control Smith but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Smith struggling a bit here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Smith thuds his right hand into Francisco's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Francisco lands a right hook to the body.
Felippe Francisco is winning the standup battle so far.
Francisco throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Francisco defends it well.
Felippe Francisco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Francisco thinks about countering with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Francisco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Francisco moves away and avoids it.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Francisco moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
Smith stands up over Francisco, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith looking to sit in guard and control but Francisco gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Francisco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smith is controlling Francisco's posture.
Francisco won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Francisco's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Francisco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Francisco scores with a shot to the body.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Francisco as he jumps to the side.
Francisco throws a head kick that misses.
Smith with the counter takedown but Francisco avoids it easily.
Smith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice cross by Smith.
Francisco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Francisco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Francisco tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francisco fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Francisco lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith avoids the body shot from Francisco.
Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looks to land a combination but Francisco avoids it well.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Felippe Francisco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Smith.
Francisco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Francisco lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Francisco blocks a jab.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Francisco.
Francisco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Francisco.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Felippe Francisco has been cut.
Felippe Francisco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francisco takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Francisco lands a head kick!
Nice takedown defense from Francisco. No joy for Smith on that attempt.
Francisco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Francisco tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Francisco defends it well.
A head kick misses from Francisco.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Smith dives in and grabs Francisco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Francisco pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Francisco appears to be looking for a big counter.
Francisco misses with a wild body shot.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Francisco looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Francisco, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Francisco against the cage but Francisco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Francisco explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Francisco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Francisco jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Francisco throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Francisco cracks Smith with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slow jab from Francisco misses its intended target.
Francisco scores with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Francisco finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Francisco swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Felippe Francisco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Francisco.
Smith with the counter takedown but Francisco avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Francisco. No joy for Smith on that attempt.
Francisco thinks about countering with a head kick.
Francisco cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Francisco scores with a jab to the body.
Francisco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Francisco fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Smith to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Smith looks to clinch but Francisco throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Smith taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Felippe Francisco!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Villars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mo Stash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mo Stash is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Villars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mo Stash!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stash feints and then cracks Villars's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Villars down.
Stash throws out a loose jab but Villars uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villars scores with a nice strike.
We've been hearing reports that Villars has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Villars listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Mo Stash has been cut.
Stash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villars manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Stash misses
and Villars counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Stash.
Villars slips a straight right by Stash.
Stash staying out of range there.
Stash thows a body kick. Villars tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Villars feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stash sprawling to the canvas! Stash rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Villars finish him?!
Stash is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villars knocks out Stash with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Villars before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Villars picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richard Villars!
During a confident post fight interview, Richard Villars thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lubomir Mihailovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cam Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mihailovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Otherwise - Soldiers. Newton has chosen Superman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Lubomir Mihailovic had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lubomir Mihailovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cam Newton!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mihailovic moves into the clinch.
Newton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Newton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mihailovic moves away.
Newton misses with a body shot.
Mihailovic is looking to counter punch.
Mihailovic misses the shot to the body.
Newton throws a hook to the side of Mihailovic's head but Mihailovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mihailovic thows a leg kick but Newton checks it
enabling Newton to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Lubomir Mihailovic has been cut.
We've been told by Mihailovic's head coaches at Odins Body Workshop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Newton swings widly with a right hand
and Mihailovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mihailovic.
Mihailovic misses with a hook. Newton ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mihailovic misses with a wild body shot.
Mihailovic cracks Newton with a good jab.
Newton lands the left hand.
Newton tries to keep at a distance but Mihailovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newton blocks a body shot from Mihailovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihailovic scores with a shot to the side of Newton's head.
Newton manages to break the clinch.
Mihailovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mihailovic.
Newton throws a right hand that misses
and Mihailovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Newton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cam Newton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mihailovic throws the left hand but Newton avoids the punch easily.
Newton feints the counter takedown.
Mihailovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Newton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mihailovic punishes Newton's body with a nice straight punch.
A lazy left from Mihailovic finds it's target.
Newton slips under a jab from Mihailovic.
Lubomir Mihailovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newton loads up on a big right hand but Mihailovic slips the punch.
Mihailovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Mihailovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mihailovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newton moves out of range as Mihailovic strikes.
Mihailovic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Newton back to the cage. Mihailovic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mihailovic lands a nice hook to Newton's body. Newton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Newton avoids the body shot from Mihailovic.
Mihailovic moves into the clinch successfully.
The referee calls for Mihailovic to work.
Newton manages to break the clinch.
Newton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mihailovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mihailovic misses with an uppercut. Newton saw that one coming.
Mihailovic misses with a low kick.
Mihailovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mihailovic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Newton as he avoids it easily.
A jab from Mihailovic misses.
Newton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mihailovic moves away.
Mihailovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Newton.
Newton scores with a nice strike.
Newton on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Newton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Newton looks to land a left hand but Mihailovic moved out of range nicely.
Mihailovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Newton. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihailovic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mihailovic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Mihailovic.
Newton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mihailovic.
Newton feints the counter takedown.
Mihailovic works Newton's body with a nice hook.
Mihailovic drives through with a takedown into Newton's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mihailovic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mihailovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Newton is keeping the position for now.
Newton keeping moving, preventing Mihailovic from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lubomir Mihailovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lubomir Mihailovic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mihailovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Newton.
Mihailovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mihailovic throws a solid leg kick but Newton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mihailovic.
A little jabbing left from Newton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Newton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mihailovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newton moves away.
Newton let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mihailovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newton.
Mihailovic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mihailovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Newton under the eye.
Newton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newton swats away the attempt to clinch by Mihailovic.
Mihailovic misses with an uppercut. Newton saw that one coming.
Newton walks into a straight right hand from Mihailovic.
Newton misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton throws a hook but Mihailovic blocks it.
Mihailovic missing with a left hand there. Newton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mihailovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mihailovic.
Newton moves out of range of the strikes.
Newton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Newton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mihailovic circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mihailovic is defended easily by Newton.
Mihailovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mihailovic connects with a nice looking jab.
Newton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mihailovic.
Mihailovic thuds a left hand into Newton's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newton checks a leg kick nicely.
Cam Newton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mihailovic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lubomir Mihailovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Newton misses with a wild combination.
Mihailovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mihailovic shoots in for a takedown but Newton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Newton. Mihailovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newton takes one to the side of the head.
Newton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mihailovic.
Nice jab there from Mihailovic.
Lubomir Mihailovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Newton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Mihailovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton misses with a hook. Mihailovic ducked under it nicely.
Newton misses with a wild combination.
Newton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newton feints the counter takedown.
Mihailovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Newton's head backwards.
Newton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mihailovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Newton is rocked!
Newton misses with a straight right.
Mihailovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Newton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Newton.
Mihailovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Mihailovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newton moves away.
Newton avoids the body shot from Mihailovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Mihailovic.
Mihailovic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Newton has time to react.
Newton is still on wobbly legs! Can Mihailovic finish him?
Newton looks up at the clock. Bad move! Mihailovic lands a right hand from hell, dropping Newton. Mihailovic pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lubomir Mihailovic!
A relieved looking Lubomir Mihailovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Alcantara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cortland Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright has chosen St. Anger as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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204 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruben Alcantara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cortland Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alcantara is trying to get back to half guard.
Alcantara managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cartwright.
Cartwright throws an elbow but Alcantara slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cartwright is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alcantara is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cartwright working away.
Alcantara on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alcantara tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cartwright wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright working the body and head with strikes.
Cartwright is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alcantara has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright has an Americana. Alcantara didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Cartwright is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Cartwright hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cortland Cartwright!
Post fight, an emotional Cortland Cartwright said 'The Greeks should be responsible for their own actions. But let's say they recklessly borrow money for a big party and now they have no hope of paying it all back.
Should the banks who recklessly lent them the money be responsible for their own actions? Or should the EU continue to bail them out?'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zorba The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Valderena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zorba The Greek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugo Valderena!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valderena is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Valderena misses with a two punch combination.
The Greek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Valderena on the side of the head.
The Greek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valderena is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice jab there from Valderena.
The Greek drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zorba The Greek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Greek moves into the clinch.
The Greek pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Greek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valderena.
Valderena scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valderena needs to keep his hands up - The Greek had a free shot at his head there.
The Greek gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Valderena makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - The Greek scores with a four punch combination!
Valderena is rocked!
The Greek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valderena scores with the left hand. The Greek knows he should have avoided that one.
The Greek misses with an uppercut. Valderena saw that one coming.
Valderena connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valderena shoots in for a takedown but The Greek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from The Greek misses its intended target.
The Greek cracks Valderena with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Valderena is still on wobbly legs! Can The Greek finish him?
Valderena gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! The Greek gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Valderena is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zorba The Greek!
Zorba The Greek managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Big Bear Nutrition 160Q, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karol Cropp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Thump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karol Cropp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Big Thump!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cropp gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cropp's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danga de danga de dang - Thump scores with a four punch combination!
Cropp instigates a clinch.
Cropp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cropp darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cropp takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thump is concentrating on defense, preventing Cropp from advancing position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cropp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thump keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cropp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cropp lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thump is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cropp is trying to work for a kimura but Thump is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cropp thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cropp is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Thump is hurt! He's hurt bad - Cropp fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Thump from any more punishment! Congratulations to Cropp! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karol Cropp!
Karol Cropp is the new heavyweight champion!
Karol Cropp made sure to mention his sponsor, Modern Wear Apparel in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tao comes into the arena with Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!
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38
160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yin Tao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Shields!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shields chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tao can pounce on him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tao.
Tao bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shields throws a sloppy body shot
and Tao counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shields's knee momentarily.
Shields is looking to slow Tao down with leg kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Tao there.
Tao darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shields swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tao plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Shields.
Shields lands with a nice body punch.
Shields misses with a hook. Tao ducked under it nicely.
Shields smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shields throws a body shot but no joy.
Tao throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And Shields tries to counter it with a takedown but Tao pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields lands a high kick!
Tao 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.
Shields scores with a hook.
Tao throws a leg kick which misses Shields's front leg but catches the back leg as Shields tries to avoid it.
Shields misses with a kick to the body.
Tao tried to counter with a leg kick but Shields avoided it.
Tao avoids the body shot from Shields.
Shields is looking to chop away at Tao's legs.
Shields misses with a lunging right hand
and Tao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shields just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Shields misses
and Tao counters with a one-two to the body.
Shields misses with a two punch combination.
Tao fires out a quick counter leg kick but Shields just manages to avoid it.
Shields takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tao lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shields swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Tao to counter with a crisp jab.
Tao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A combination from Shields does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tao. That's going to slow Shields down.
Tao cracks the inside of Shields's front leg.
Shields is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tao rather than just go for the knockout.
Shields has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tao.
A head kick by Tao misses
and Shields counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tao won't be happy with that.
The ground and pound from Shields seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Shields prevents Tao from escaping the position.
Shields working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tao manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shields's best efforts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shields sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tao defending well though.
Tao kicks off Shields and gets to his feet.
Shields checks a leg kick.
Tao misses with an uppercut. Shields saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tao with a hook.
Tao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shields fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tao tries a low kick but Shields avoids it.
Shields throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tao connects with a leg kick. Shields looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shields misses with a lunging right hand
and Tao counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tao swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shields scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shields.
Tao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shields misses with a body shot.
Shields throws a series of punches but Tao avoids them all with ease.
Tao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tao scores with a jab. Shields acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yin Tao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shields takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tao.
Tao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shields walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tao.
That kick from Tao tenderised Shields's leg. Shields is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tao connects with a body shot that sends Shields's belly button to the back.
Tao misses with a head kick.
Shields swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tao counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tao connects with a body shot that sends Shields's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao dominated that round.
That's time! Tao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tao thuds his shin into the meat of Shields's side.
Shields looks to land a body kick but Tao moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Tao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shields getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tao tries a head kick but it misses.
Tao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shields.
Tao is rocked!
Shields lands a slapping body shot.
Oh Tao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tao gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Shields gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Tao is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Shields!
Nick Shields is the new featherweight champion!
Nick Shields decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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pop
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